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From sunbursts to sorrow, discover an Elgar you might not expect.
Doors: 6.45pm
Concert starts: 7.30pm (approximate end time: 10pm)
Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, star vocalists and a special guest presenter for its much-loved The Music of Bond show – live, for one night only, at the Royal Albert Hall.
Featuring influential classics from John Barry and David Arnold, to chart-topping hits by Paul McCartney and Adele – each timelessly depicting everyone's favourite Secret Service agent, 007.
Enjoy the seminal songs and soundtracks from: You Only Live Twice, Goldeneye, Live and Let Die, Quantum Of Solace, The Spy Who Loved Me, Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, Casino Royale, Diamonds Are Forever, Skyfall, No Time To Die and Spectre – to name just a few.
Whether you’re a die-hard Bond fan, or simply fancy an excuse to dress up and don your (very much optional) black tie, this sensational show promises to impress and thrill in equal measure.
Debussy’s impressionistic colours give way to Ravel’s dazzling concerto and wild, untamed waltz; Lutosławski exhilarates in his Concerto for Orchestra.
Two of Berlioz’s most popular works frame a performance by ‘the best trumpeter in the world’ in this fiesta of a concert.
The remarkable Ligeti Quartet traces the shifting contours of memory, nature, and change, through music by Kaija Saariaho, Cassandra Miller, John Luther Adams and many more.
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Be transported to a different world.
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Celebrated Turkish pianist-composer Fazıl Say performs his own new piano concerto, in an afternoon of music rooted in the earth of home.
Three magnificent musicians celebrate the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel, plus Rachmaninov’s emotional heights and Beethoven’s most famous piano trio.
A radical figurehead for the harpsichord brings to life beguiling music by some of the English Renaissance’s greatest composers.
Two leading instrumental groups – period ensemble Consone Quartet and the acclaimed Chiaroscuro Quartet – join forces to present an evening of beloved classical works.
Back by popular demand, John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration returns to the Royal Albert Hall with even more festive fun and cheer.
Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Sir John Rutter himself for his much-loved Christmas spectacular that will no doubt get you well and truly into the Yuletide spirit.
A programme of choral and symphonic seasonal classics awaits you, as well as all your favourite sing-along carols.
We are pleased to present two performances of this concert, at 3pm and 7:30pm. Don’t miss out: bring your family and friends and join us in this magical Christmas celebration!
This event will have a BSL (British Sign Language) interpreter throughout who will be positioned to the left of the stage.
Please book directly via the Royal Albert Hall website to book these seats.
The sound of the lute takes centre-stage in this series curated by Thomas Dunford, an award-winning lutenist and celebrated chamber musician.
For this performance Thomas Dunford is joined by mezzo-soprano Niamh O’Sullivan, a 2023–25 BBC New Generation Artist.
Ermonela Jaho stars in Puccini’s bittersweet romance, his opera La rondine, incorporating music that has not been heard this century.
Quintet ZRI reimagine Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C to sound as radical as when it was first written.
Discover the timeless sound of Claire M Singer’s Cairngorms-inspired compositions in a performance by the composer with the London Contemporary Orchestra.
Tchaikovsky faces his demons in the fate-filled Fourth Symphony, before the ravishing pastoral music of English composer Vaughan Williams.
Acclaimed choral ensemble Marian Consort pays tribute to flowers and gardens both actual and allegorical, with music from the late Renaissance to the present day.
Thea Musgrave paints with radiant colours, Walton gives flight to the viola, and Vaughan Williams dreams of London.
Following the success of their festive 'Live from London' collab in 2024, Adrian Scarborough (History Boys, Gavin and Stacey) joins the BBC Singers on a Christmas journey of carols & literature.