Discover the power of Earth’s forces with Kate Humble, ahead of Gustavo Díaz-Jerez’s explosive piano concerto Tajogaite.
A symphony of iron and steel.
Get ready for an evening of glitz and glamour with this electrifying concert of disco and soul classics reimagined for orchestra.
Douglas Boyd directs a programme featuring a charming Haydn symphony and Strauss’ witty orchestral suite Le bourgeois gentilhomme.
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a conductor? Join us for the day as Royal College of Music students, alumni, professors and special guests come together for the College’s Festival of Conducting!
Hailed as “a magnetic presence” by New York Classical Review, Alena Baeva joins the Philharmonia Orchestra for Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, a work of striking contrasts and emotional depth. Lyrical, long-breathed melodies fill the first two movements, but the violin’s singing lines are tinged with darkness, and give way to a stumbling dance in the finale.
Tangram are flipping the script with an evening of comedy and new music by East and Southeast Asian creatives. The spirit of it? Punching back at Orientalism in Western classical music and bringing audiences into their own imaginative soundworlds and hilarious stories.
Four composers, each with a thousand tales to tell.