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.
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Emanuel Ax plays one of Mozart’s greatest concertos, framed by music from two operas that couldn’t be more different.
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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.
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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.
Semyon Bychkov enters the wild, wonderful dreamworld of the mighty Seventh Symphony.
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Shostakovich and Rachmaninov push the orchestra to its limits in a concert of powerful contrasts.
Tread the snowy expanses of Sibelius’ Finland and Vaughan Williams’ Antartica, and warm up to the impressionistic hues of Dubugnon’s new concerto.
Tread the snowy expanses of Sibelius’ Finland and Vaughan Williams’ Antartica, and warm up to the impressionistic hues of Dubugnon’s new concerto.
Be enchanted by Renaissance songs of passion and longing in a rare UK visit from the pioneering ensemble, performing the complete Third Book of Madrigals.
Rites of spring: Stravinsky, Hillborg and a spectacular Mendelssohn rediscovery from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Hear music crackling with energy, from Beethoven’s fiery Appassionata Sonata to Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, played by one of today’s most dazzling pianists.
The ensemble dreams up a world of elemental soundscapes in works by Luke Mombrea, Sasha Scott and James Tenney, with Bach as the calm at the eye of the storm.
Hear Prokofiev at his most riotously witty, while Shostakovich juggles despair and stoicism in a beautiful, virtuosic violin concerto.
Alena Baeva plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Nil Venditti brings a very personal perspective to Falla’s fiesta of a ballet.