Be among the first to hear a brand-new piano concerto, alongside music inspired by myth and magic.
A cinematic masterpiece transformed! The 1931 classic film starring Boris Karloff with a thrilling new film score by Grammy-nominated composer Michael Shapiro played live by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, turning a horror classic into a contemporary cinematic event.
Randall Goosby plays Barber’s Violin Concerto; a soaring prelude to the UK premiere of Caroline Shaw’s intergalactic oratorio, The Listeners.
Cellist Andreas Brantelid and pianist Julien Quentin present a performance of Prokofiev’s and Shostakovich’s cello sonatas in this BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert.
Enjoy an all‑American programme of 20th‑ and 21st‑century musical voices, including iconic works by one of the most famous and influential composers of his nation.
The raw power of Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony meets the anguished humanity of John Adams and Walt Whitman: Jukka-Pekka Saraste explores the terror and compassion of 20th century music.