Marin Alsop conducts ‘Mexico’s second national anthem’ and an exciting new cello concerto by the Philharmonia’s Featured Composer Gabriela Ortiz.
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A chance to experience the extraordinary gifts of this renowned pianist and composer in a selection of his own works alongside music by Bach.
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Journey into the world’s waterways with Jeremy Wade, before an evening of music inspired by water and the Earth.
Explore land, water and air before arriving in the city of tango.
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Tchaikovsky wrote his Violin Concerto on holiday by Lake Geneva with the young student he hoped would premiere it, and poured equal parts emotion and virtuosity into his fiercely difficult and beautiful score.
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Four plus four is not just eight: two string quartets join forces to become more than the sum of their parts in three octets full of youthful joy.
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All aboard as we chart an unlikely course through the world of sea shanties, encountering classical, folk and contemporary works along the way.
Two classics of the orchestral repertoire contrast with a heartfelt recent work by our Featured Composer Gabriela Ortiz.
Zvonimir Hačko conducts the period-instrument Hanover Band in Beethoven's iconic and much-loved Ninth Symphony, preceded by Schumann's Piano Concerto with the virtuosic pianist Danny Driver. Beethoven's thrilling Egmont Overture opens the concert.
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but music can paint pictures that haven’t even been imagined.
An unmissable chance to hear one of the world’s greatest pianists and her former protégé perform together in masterpieces for two pianos.
Explore the delicate, interconnected systems that sustain life on Earth.
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From blissful countryside to brooding volcanoes, tonight is all about nature. And gorgeous melodies.
A programme of captivating French music from a century of rapid change: towards a new life – and a new sound.
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Join leading South London choir, Streatham Choral, for a performance of Haydn's The Creation. Inspired by Handel's oratorios heard during visits to London, Haydn's magnificent 1798 masterpiece glorifies the wonder of the first dawn.