Dvořák’s radiant Violin Concerto takes centre stage in an evening of bold colour and orchestral brilliance.
Randall Goosby plays Barber’s Violin Concerto; a soaring prelude to the UK premiere of Caroline Shaw’s intergalactic oratorio, The Listeners.
Inspired by lyricism and pastoral beauty, a programme including sumptuous works by Butterworth (A Shropshire Lad) and Vaughan Williams (The Lark Ascending), Mozart’s good-humoured Violin Concerto No. 5, and Dvořák’s exuberant Symphony No. 8.
Beethoven's famous four-note opening is just the beginning of one of the most powerful journeys in classical music.
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.
Elusive dreams, a soaring symphony, plus Thomas Adès conducts French pianist Bertrand Chamayou in his own vibrant evocation of the Creation.
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.
Mahler meets Beethoven in one dazzling concert.
The brilliant trumpeter and colleagues celebrate Nadia and Lili Boulanger through music by the remarkable sisters, their students, teachers and contemporaries.
The multi-talented musical friends come together under the name Council to welcome us for an intimate evening of original songs, chamber and folk music.
Composer and conductor Thomas Adès celebrates elemental Sibelius, shimmering Saariaho and a new version of his darkly prescient orchestral fable.
Sakari Oramo conducts Brahms’s epic First Symphony, and joins Korean violin phenomenon Inmo Yang in Bartók’s impassioned First Violin Concerto.
The master of minimalism at 90: Susanna Mälkki leads the celebration of Steve Reich with five of his most iconic, influential works.
Emanuel Ax plays one of Mozart’s greatest concertos, framed by music from two operas that couldn’t be more different.
Three very different musical stories come together in one unforgettable concert.
Big emotions. Big sound. Big talent. Huge orchestra. If you like your musical experiences super-sized, this is the concert for you.
Three great orchestral works that balance turbulence with tranquility featuring Mendelssohn’s storm‑tossed Hebrides Overture, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor with Jeneba Kanneh‑Mason, and Brahms’ deeply expressive Third Symphony.
A king, a queen, his favourite and her lover – caught in a struggle for power and survival.
The charm of chamber music finds its ideal home in LSO St Luke’s, in curated series of concerts recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3.
An unforgettable, glitter-soaked journey through the soul of America.
In A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, acclaimed theatre-maker Taylor Mac reimagines history as a dazzling, deeply personal musical experience. Spanning 240 years, this genre-defying work tells a subjective story of America through popular song – blending ballads, anthems, disco, and more into a bold and joyous theatrical event.