Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures bursts open, as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra plays a live accompaniment to two wonderful animated adventures.
Full sail for new shores: Sakari Oramo conducts Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony, Britten’s Double Concerto and the London premiere of Oliver Knussen’s exquisite Cleveland Pictures.
Full sail for new shores: Sakari Oramo conducts Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony, Britten’s Double Concerto and the London premiere of Oliver Knussen’s exquisite Cleveland Pictures.
Three composers, three dramatic meditations on Fate and the Day of Judgement.
Three composers, three dramatic meditations on Fate and the Day of Judgement.
Martyn Brabbins takes the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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.
Martyn Brabbins takes the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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.
Martyn Brabbins, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers launch an evening-long odyssey through the music of Dallapiccola, Maderna, Nono and Berio.
Martyn Brabbins, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers launch an evening-long odyssey through the music of Dallapiccola, Maderna, Nono and Berio.
Professor Jonathan Cross and Dr Harriet Boyd introduce the music in tonight's Total Immersion concert
Miniatures by Berio and Maderna, introduced and performed live by virtuoso instrumentalists and singers from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
An introduction to the four composers in Total Immersion: Italian Radicals.
A screening of Frank Scheffer's documentary in which Luciano Berio discusses the creative process behind his masterpiece, Sinfonia.
Join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra for an evening of words and music with award-winning author, Kate Atkinson.
Join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra for an evening of words and music with award-winning author, Kate Atkinson.
Severed heads, demonic orgies and obsessive love. Jader Bignamini pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally colourful imaginations of Poulenc and Camile Pépin.
Severed heads, demonic orgies and obsessive love. Jader Bignamini pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally colourful imaginations of Poulenc and Camile Pépin.
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.
Clemens Schuldt conducts Raymond Yiu’s powerful new violin concerto, framed by explosions of colour and joy from Kodály and Beethoven.
Clemens Schuldt conducts Raymond Yiu’s powerful new violin concerto, framed by explosions of colour and joy from Kodály and Beethoven.
Let there be light! The UK premiere of James MacMillan’s Fiat Lux, conducted by the composer himself.
Let there be light! The UK premiere of James MacMillan’s Fiat Lux, conducted by the composer himself.
Still waters run deep: Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus perform Brahms’s German Requiem, plus two emotionally-charged rediscoveries from postwar Finland.
Still waters run deep: Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus perform Brahms’s German Requiem, plus two emotionally-charged rediscoveries from postwar Finland.
The UK premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar – the story of a woman who redefined the possible, performed by mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and musicians from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
The UK premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar – the story of a woman who redefined the possible, performed by mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and musicians from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
Missy Mazzoli introduces her own music, and music that inspires her, performed by the superb young artists of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Missy Mazzoli introduces her own music, and music that inspires her, performed by the superb young artists of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Meet Missy Mazzoli – in person and on film: a collection of short films introducing Missy Mazzoli and her music. Hosted by Sara Mohr Pietsch.
Dalia Stasevska conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra as composer Missy Mazzoli introduces four of her most powerful (and personal) orchestral pieces.
Dalia Stasevska conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra as composer Missy Mazzoli introduces four of her most powerful (and personal) orchestral pieces.
Meet Missy Mazzoli – in person and on film: a collection of short films introducing Missy Mazzoli and her music. Hosted by Sara Mohr Pietsch.
Alexander Malofeev plays Prokofiev, and Hannu Lintu conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in colourful showpieces by Adams and Stravinsky – plus a Bernard Rands world premiere.
Alexander Malofeev plays Prokofiev, and Hannu Lintu conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in colourful showpieces by Adams and Stravinsky – plus a Bernard Rands world premiere.
Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony crowns an evening of music that speaks directly to the world around us, in the first London appearance by conductor Kahchun Wong.
Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony crowns an evening of music that speaks directly to the world around us, in the first London appearance by conductor Kahchun Wong.
Night thoughts: from the magic of Helen Grime to the fantasy of Richard Strauss and the unchained emotion of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique symphony, conducted by a true rising star.
Night thoughts: from the magic of Helen Grime to the fantasy of Richard Strauss and the unchained emotion of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique symphony, conducted by a true rising star.
Sakari Oramo joins star violinist Vilde Frang to bend time and play the unplayable – whether Andrew Norman’s American odyssey or Sibelius at his most passionate.
Sakari Oramo joins star violinist Vilde Frang to bend time and play the unplayable – whether Andrew Norman’s American odyssey or Sibelius at his most passionate.
My soul doth magnify the Lord: Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½SO and Chorus in music from four centuries that aims directly at the human heart.
My soul doth magnify the Lord: Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½SO and Chorus in music from four centuries that aims directly at the human heart.
From the elemental grandeur of Sibelius to the miracle of a globe-skimming dragonfly, Sakari Oramo joins violinist Johan Dalene to explore new horizons and old.
From the elemental grandeur of Sibelius to the miracle of a globe-skimming dragonfly, Sakari Oramo joins violinist Johan Dalene to explore new horizons and old.
Beethoven’s Eroica, Ravel’s exotica, and the adventures of the Argonauts: mezzo Jennifer Johnston joins Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, and no emotion is off-limits.
Beethoven’s Eroica, Ravel’s exotica, and the adventures of the Argonauts: mezzo Jennifer Johnston joins Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, and no emotion is off-limits.
Two different centuries, and two very different – but equally heartfelt – fourth symphonies. Semyon Bychkov conducts music by Detlev Glanert and Johannes Brahms.
Two different centuries, and two very different – but equally heartfelt – fourth symphonies. Semyon Bychkov conducts music by Detlev Glanert and Johannes Brahms.
Fairytale colours, Ukrainian courage and a talking violin. Roderick Cox conducts Stravinsky and Debussy and Ilya Gringolts gives the world premiere of a violin concerto with a difference.
Fairytale colours, Ukrainian courage and a talking violin. Roderick Cox conducts Stravinsky and Debussy and Ilya Gringolts gives the world premiere of a violin concerto with a difference.
Darkness meets light as Shostakovich’s shattering Tenth Symphony confronts music of ecstasy, beauty and soaring optimism by Olivier Messiaen and Outi Tarkiainen.
Darkness meets light as Shostakovich’s shattering Tenth Symphony confronts music of ecstasy, beauty and soaring optimism by Olivier Messiaen and Outi Tarkiainen.
Violence, delicacy and sounds to liberate the imagination: as Ryan Wigglesworth and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra put Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring at the centre of a century of sonic adventure.
Violence, delicacy and sounds to liberate the imagination: as Ryan Wigglesworth and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra put Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring at the centre of a century of sonic adventure.
Grand passions and epic vistas: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is the gateway into a lost world of central European music, as Sakari Oramo opens the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra’s new season.
Grand passions and epic vistas: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is the gateway into a lost world of central European music, as Sakari Oramo opens the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra’s new season.