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As we step into the new year, prepare to be swept away by our innovative classical music programme, with spectacular symphonies, intimate recitals, and genre-defying collaborations just around the corner. Here's to a year filled with musical wonders.

Classics for the future

Paraorchestra: Drone Refractions

FRI 26 JAN

Charles Hazlewood and Paraorchestra turn the orchestra inside out, charting an immersive drone odyssey via some of minimalism’s forebears and greatest composers.

Katia & Marielle Labèque: Two Pianos

SUN 28 JAN

Katia and Marielle Labèque regularly dazzle audiences worldwide with their virtuosity, versatility and charisma. Fall under the spell of the great piano duo as they play magically atmospheric music.

Spring/Summer 2024

Marc-André Hamelin: Beethoven, Medtner & Godowsky

FRI 23 FEB

Marc-André Hamelin, living legend of the piano, performs a virtuoso recital headed by Beethoven’s great Hammerklavier Sonata.

Royal Festival Hall Organ at 70

SAT 23 & SUN 24 MAR

Seventy years on from the Royal Festival Hall organ’s first performance, we celebrate its range and power with a special series of events.

Voices from the East

SUN 19 MAY

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kirill Karabits bring to life forgotten orchestral masterpieces from Ukraine and its surrounding regions.

Nicola Benedetti & Philharmonia Chamber Players

SUN 26 MAY

The ever-popular violinist Nicola Benedetti leads a group of soloists from the Philharmonia Orchestra in vivid chamber music inspired by art and poetry.

Yuja Wang

FRI 7 JUN

Her previous recital here was called dazzling, brilliant, compelling and irresistible – and now star pianist Yuja Wang is back for more.

Berlioz Harold in Italy with Dana Zemtsov

SUN 14 JAN

A dazzling evening of French orchestral music starring viola virtuoso Dana Zemtsov and Bath Festival Orchestra, an energetic ensemble of young, professional orchestral players.

Icons Rediscovered: Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2

THU 8 FEB

Vasily Petrenko conducts Rachmaninov and Jennifer France sings Strauss – a dream ticket with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Resident Orchestras

Haydn's Creation

SAT 2 MAR

Principal Conductor Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra perform Haydn’s choral masterpiece with soloists including soprano Louise Alder.

Decades

WED 24 JAN

The London Sinfonietta marks its birthday with the eclectic, provocative, surprising and beautiful music it has commissioned and performed throughout its history.

Mitsuko Uchida Plays Beethoven

THU 25 JAN

Revered pianist Dame Mitsuko Uchida is the soloist for Beethoven’s joyous Second Piano Concerto, with the Philharmonia Orchestra.

New Traditions

THU 22 FEB

London Sinfonietta travels to the future with three UK premieres and a favourite past commission.

Mozart: Love Is in the Air

THU 22 FEB

Soprano Louise Alder joins the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for this celebration of the prodigious gifts of Mozart, with Riccardo Minasi directing.

Aurora Orchestra: Eroica By Heart

WED 8 MAY

Hear the sounds of a revolution as Aurora Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony from memory.

Roger Eno + NYX

SUN 25 FEB

In a double bill, drone choir NYX presents a new ecstatic choral work, and Roger Eno performs music from his latest album, the skies, they shift like chords.

South Asian Sounds

Pratibha Singh Baghel: The Symphony of Love

SAT 9 MAR

The star singer makes her UK debut live in concert with Chineke! Orchestra and eight of India’s leading instrumentalists with The Symphony of Love.

Kaushiki Chakraborty

SUN 10 MAR

The khayal vocalist returns to London for an afternoon of raga music to transport you far from the hustle and bustle of daily life.

John Francis Flynn + Clara Mann

WED 31 JAN | THE DOME

John Francis Flynn is a singer and multi-instrumentalist who creates contemporary music using traditional and folk material. His acclaimed new album Look Over The Wall, See The Sky has been heralded as one of the best releases of 2023 by Quietus, The Fader and The Atlantic.

Guildhall String Ensemble

FRI 19 JAN | MILTON COURT CONCERT HALL

Join Guildhall String Ensemble for their return to the Milton Court stage with a wonderful programme of works under the direction of András Keller, featuring Shostakovich’s popular Chamber Symphony, Stravinsky’s Apollon musagète and Schubert’s Death and the Maiden.

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