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On the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, the Ubuntu Ensemble gathers at Ronnie Scott’s to mark one of the most defining moments in South Africa’s history through a powerful and deeply personal musical reflection.

Josephine Knight, Alfredo Piatti Chair in Cello at the Academy, leads students in a programme for cello ensembles that has become an annual highlight for cellists under her guidance.

Four premieres of works by Academy composers are performed alongside Hans Abrahamsen’s Winternacht and A House of Rumours by Head of Composition, Philip Cashian.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

On the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, the Ubuntu Ensemble gathers at Ronnie Scott’s to mark one of the most defining moments in South Africa’s history through a powerful and deeply personal musical reflection.

Robert Schumann - Märchenbilder Op.113
Matthew Taylor - Fantasy Pieces
Johannes Brahms - Sonata in F minor

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Kensington Symphony Orchestra returns to Cadogan Hall to perform Nielsen’s Fifth Symphony (1922), likened by the composer to “the division of dark and light, the battle between evil and good”.

A trumpet sounds an ominous fanfare, the orchestra cries out, and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony thunders into life. But that’s just the beginning – and, after all, this is Mahler! 68 minutes later, the whole orchestra is punching the sky in triumph.

• Korngold Violin Concerto
• Mahler Symphony No.5

One of the UK’s most distinguished mezzo-sopranos, Dame Sarah Connolly, takes the stage with a star of the next generation, Beth Taylor. Sarah was made a DBE in the 2017 Birthday Honours and has sung in most of the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls.

George Herbert - piano/voice
Bernhard Malkmus and Marielle Sutherland - readers

Join Quartet XII – four dedicated members of the 12 Ensemble – for a programme that ventures to the extremes of musical sound and silence.

There is usually a weekly organ recital on Tuesday at 12:30, with free entry and voluntary retiring collection.

Enjoy a varied programme of chamber music from talented RCM musicians at this lunchtime concert.

R SCHUMANN - Liederkreis, Op 24
RACHMANINOV - Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

Music by Georg Philipp Telemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, and Carl Frühling at our free lunchtime recital.

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'Fountain of Youth', the Mithras Trio's second CD on Linn Records, celebrates music written by prodigiously talented composers at the start of their careers, and all of the energy, excitement, and inventiveness that flowed from these remarkable young minds.

The Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s great sacred spaces and over the centuries, it has inspired and nourished a musical tradition without parallel in Western culture.

Kings Place Quartet in Residence, the Piatti Quartet, joins internationally acclaimed pianist Noriko Ogawa for an evening shaped by reflection, passion, and musical rebirth.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Tra Nguyen, the acclaimed British-Vietnamese pianist, captivates audiences with performances hailed as “coruscating” (The Independent), “sophisticated” (Rheinpfalz-Zeitung), and possessing “surpassing keyboard artistry and passion” (American Record Guide).

Live music recital in association with Guildhall School.

Sam Balchin trumpet