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Classical music Contemporary music

LSO Soundhub Showcase

Enjoy sounds from the cutting-edge of contemporary, as LSO musicians perform brand-new music by LSO Soundhub composers.

Jasmine Morris Ca'
Amy Crankshaw November moon readings
Delyth Field Shoegaze Capsule
Luke Mombrea Black Gold
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Cinema Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Voyage to Cythera (U)

Directed by Frank Scheffer, Voyage to Cythera explores Italian composer Luciano Berio's tribute to Gustav Mahler.

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Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals Talk

Professor Jonathan Cross (University of Oxford) and Associate Professor Harriet Boyd-Bennett (University of Nottingham) introduce Bruno Maderna, Luciano Berio, Luigi Nono and Luigi Dallapiccola.

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Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals

Miniatures by Berio, Maderna, Nono and Dallapiccola, introduced and performed live by virtuoso instrumentalists and singers from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Luciano Berio O King
Bruno Maderna Honeyrêves
Luigi Nono sofferte onde serene
Luigi Dallapiccola Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio
Bruno Maderna Serenata per un satellite
Viola
Guildhall School musicians
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Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals Talk

An introduction to the music in tonight’s concert with Professor Jonathan Cross (University of Oxford) and Associate Professor Harriet Boyd-Bennett (University of Nottingham).

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Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Sinfonia... and more

Martyn Brabbins, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers launch an evening-long odyssey through the music of Dallapiccola, Maderna, Nono and Berio.

Luigi Dallapiccola Three Questions With Two Answers
Luigi Nono Canti de vita e amore
Bruno Maderna Oboe Concerto No 3
Luciano Berio Sequenza IXc for bass clarinet
Sinfonia
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Nicholas Daniels oboe
Thomas Lessels bass clarinet
Anna Dennis soprano
John Findon tenor
BBC Singers
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Brabbins: Old Pictures, New Worlds

Martyn Brabbins takes the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on an adventure that spans oceans – from a majestic choral masterwork from 19th century Brazil to Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

José Maurício Nunes Garcia Missa de Santa Cecília
Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Erika Baikoff* soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons mezzo-soprano
Joshua Stewart tenor
Ross Ramgobin baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
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Classical music

Britten Sinfonia and the Marian Consort: Renaissance Moderns

The radical spirit of 16th-century composer Carlo Gesualdo is the point of departure for this programme of ancient and modern music.

Gilles Binchois Two Chansons (arr for strings by Lisa Illean)
John Dunstable Regina Caeli
Thomas Adès Darknesse visible
Lisa Illean arcing, stilling, bending, gathering (European premiere, Britten Sinfonia co-commission)
Vicente Lusitano Heu me Domine
Allor che ignuda
Carlo Gesualdo Moro lasso
Hei mihi Domine
Sparge la morte
Brett Dean Carlo
Britten Sinfonia
The Marian Consort
Sound Intermedia electronics
William Cole conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s magnificent vision of a world teeming with joyful life.

Gustav Mahler Symphony No 3
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
Sopranos & Altos of the London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
The Sixteen Choir, standing in a room
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Classical music

The Sixteen: Monteverdi Vespers

World renowned ensemble The Sixteen brings one of the cornerstones of the classical repertoire, Monteverdi’s monumental Vespers of 1610, back to London after a sell-out UK tour in 2019.

Claudio Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
The Sixteen choir & orchestra
Harry Christophers conductor
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Ballet Black: Heroes

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Now in their 22nd year, Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black return to our stage with a double bill featuring new and innovative work.

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Classical music

BBC Singers with Rev Richard Coles: Murder at the Monastery

Ahead of the June publication of his new novel, Rev Richard Coles reads extracts of his new book, joining the BBC Singers who perform iconic choral classics to set the scene.

Sofi Jeannin conductor
Rev Richard Coles* narrator
BBC Singers
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Classical music Contemporary music

Um [Sprouting]

Um [Sprouting] is a project of original works by pianist, composer, improviser and winner of Guildhall School's prestigious Gold Medal in 2018, Yeonjoon Yoon.

Yeonjoon Yoon pianist, composer
Yeji Kim haegeum
Hannah Kim percussion, voice
Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 848: Prelude No 3 in C sharp major
Brad Mehldau After Bach: Rondo
Schönberg Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op 19
Isang Yun Fünf Stücke für Klavier
Chopin Etude Op 10, No 1
Philip Glass Etude Book 1, No 2
Yeonjoon Yoon Etude No. 1, Recursion
Yeonjoon Yoon Um [Sprouting]
Mu-ak [Shaman Dance]
Improvisation
Kiwa Underwater
Jak-dal [Downpour]
San-myeong [Trembling Peaks]
Sakamoto (arr Yeonjoon Yoon, Yeji Kim, Hannah Kim) Thousand Knives
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rakitina: Rachmaninov's Rhapsody

Three composers, three dramatic meditations on Fate and the Day of Judgement.  Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony maps a journey from darkness to light, reflecting the crisis of his collapsed marriage.

Sofia Gubaidulina The Wrath of God
Sergei Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rakitina* conductor
Lise de la Salle piano
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Classical music

Fatma Said and Joseph Middleton

Soprano Fatma Said and pianist Joseph Middleton give a recital that contrasts songs on nocturnal theme by Mozart, Schubert and Robert Schumann with sunnier Spanish repertoire.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Als Luise die Briefe ihres Liebhabers verbrannte
Abendempfindung
Der Zauberer
Franz Schubert Rastlose Liebe
Nachtviolen
Ganymed
'Ständchen' from Schwanengesang
Robert Schumann 'Meine Rose' from Sechs Gedichte von Nikolaus Lenau und Requiem
'Frühlingsnacht' from Liederkreis
'Mond meiner Seele Liebling' from 7 Lieder
'Liebeslied' from Lieder und Gesänge, Vol 2
'Singet nicht mit Trauertönen' from Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister
'Widmung' from Myrthen
Manuel De Falla Siete canciones populares
Tus Ojillos Negros
Fernando Obradors 'Del cabello más sutil' from Canciones Clásicas Españolas, Vol 1
Jose Serrano Marinela
Najib Hankash Aatini al Naya Wa ghanni
Fatma Said soprano
Joseph Middleton piano