The Strasbourg Philharmonic unleashes a thrilling journey from Saint‑Saëns’s eerie Danse macabre to Prokofiev’s dazzling Violin Concerto No. 1, before soaring through Rachmaninov’s sweeping Symphony No. 2 – an evening of drama, virtuosity and heart‑stirring romance.
Pure sonic sunshine, as the inimitable Sunwook Kim conducts (and plays) Beethoven.
A programme of dance-inspired music including one of Mozart’s most elegant and joyful piano concertos, No. 21 in C, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. In between, Manu Martin’s Fantasy of Companionship and Ukrainian composer Ivan Nebesnyy’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Suite, with a Brahms Hungarian Dance to open the evening.
A cosmic journey from Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine to Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, with Holst’s Mars and Jupiter and John Williams’ Star Wars Suite – a thrilling blend of orchestral spectacle, sci‑fi soundworlds, and iconic themes.
Debussy’s Suite bergamasque opens a vibrant programme alongside Bruch’s much-loved Violin Concerto No. 1, with violinist Paul Huang, Yuan Chen Li’s mesmeric Tao of Meinong, and excerpts from Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet.
Trailblazing soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan guides us through the musical landscape of America at a defining point in its history, from concert hall to musical theatre.
Sakari Oramo conducts Malcolm Arnold: his Seventh Symphony stands alongside British masterpieces by Vaughan Williams and Helen Grime.
The Romantic century encapsulated in three works: Beethoven's dramatic Coriolan Overture, the expansive vistas of Dvořák's wonderful Cello Concerto, played by Johannes Moser, and Mendelssohn's windswept, high-spirited 'Scottish' Third Symphony.
Rebecca Saunders’s chamber music might be small in size, but the ideas it conveys are vast. Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama explore a selection of her chamber works.
Lash – Acts of Love: the UK premiere, in a concert staging, of Rebecca Saunders’s extraordinary new opera.
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