What’s on

The Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Roberto González-Monjas, perform Respighi’s three tone poems about Rome, including Pines of Rome.

A concert brimming with flare: Beethoven's Symphony No 2 and Symphony No 8, and Unsuk Chin's Piano Concerto.

In a modern day re-telling, BBC News Presenter Clive Myrie narrates the passion story, with music spanning nearly 1000 years.

Let there be light! The UK premiere of James MacMillan’s Fiat Lux, conducted by the composer himself.

Spencer Brown conducts brass and wind players from Junior Guildhall in the magnificent Milton Court Concert Hall.

Explore Aaron Copland’s Wild West-inspired Billy the Kid alongside other musical rogues and scoundrels, with perhaps a hero or two swooping in to save the day!

Two hundred talented young musicians from schools in the City of Westminster come together to perform music by Brahms and a piece by Cecilia McDowall that tells an extraordinary tale.

Clemens Schuldt conducts Raymond Yiu’s powerful new violin concerto, framed by explosions of colour and joy from Kodály and Beethoven.

Classical and contemporary operatic excerpts performed by outstanding singers and repetiteurs from the first year of Guildhall School's Opera course.

Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili brings passion and vulnerability to her performances, qualities sure to abound in a recital of Beethoven and transcriptions by her hero, Liszt.

Classical and contemporary operatic excerpts performed by outstanding singers and repetiteurs from the first year of Guildhall School's Opera course.

Outstanding staff-student ensembles from Guildhall School of Music & Drama perform an exhilarating programme, including works by Brahms, Donizetti and Fauré.

Junior Guildhall’s Symphony Orchestra and String Ensemble return to Milton Court Concert Hall.

This Sunday afternoon concert offers the chance to enjoy a delightful programme from Purcell to Ravel, as part of Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s ever-popular Chamber Music Festival.

For the finale of Guildhall School’s 2024 Chamber Music Festival, Guildhall School performers and professors present works by Mozart, Korngold and Eleanor Alberga.

A solitary trumpet sounds: and so we enter Jörg Widmann’s heavenly maze and Mahler’s profoundly expressive Fifth Symphony.

Classical and contemporary operatic excerpts performed by outstanding singers and repetiteurs from the first year of Guildhall School's Opera course.

Classical and contemporary operatic excerpts performed by outstanding singers and repetiteurs from the first year of Guildhall School's Opera course.

Chesaba: a trio devoted to the multilayered textures of South African music are joined by BCUC – fresh from winning the WOMEX Artist Award 2023 – for an evening of kaleidoscopic Sowetan sounds.

Hilarious and horrifying, The Death of Stalin is a comedy of terrors, screened in live synchronisation with Christopher Willis' powerful score for the first time. 

On Good Friday, AAM returns to a masterpiece that never grows old: Bach’s St Matthew Passion, stripped back to its essentials and performed with absolute commitment.

With pianist Rie Akamatsu, ECHO artist Mathis Stier showcases the versatility of the bassoon in a programme that takes us from the 19th century through to the present day.

In these free public workshops, witness a pivotal point in the process of writing a new three-minute orchestral piece, as the LSO play works by the latest cohort of Panufnik composers.

Vivid, moreish music by Unsuk Chin and Donghoon Shin, plus beguiling works by emerging talents, conducted by François-Xavier Roth.

Live illustration, colourful music and storytelling merge in this magical family concert from author and illustrator James Mayhew and Britten Sinfonia.

Enjoy a free event with short premieres from the three composers embarking on this year’s edition of Britten Sinfonia’s composer development scheme.

Winner of BBC Music Magazine’s 'Personality of the Year' award in 2022, tenor and broadcaster Nicky Spence joins Britten Sinfonia and star horn player Ben Goldscheider in Britten’s iconic Serenade.

Begin your evening with the gauzy, sensuous soundscape of Ravel’s pastoral ballet.

The gauzy soundscape of Ravel’s pastoral ballet meets a sparkling new concerto by Wynton Marsalis, in this concert with conductor Sir Antonio Pappano and trumpet soloist Alison Balsom.

Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe and the Dunedin Consort, Scotland’s foremost Baroque ensemble, join forces for a feast of early and recent repertoire, including Cassandra Miller’s new concerto.