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Korngold tugs at the heart in his Hollywood-flavoured concerto, while Shostakovich’s Fifth unleashes big tunes and white-hot intensity.

Ana-Maria Ilie is a Romanian pianist who has performed at leading venues including the Romanian Athenaeum and Bozar Hall in Brussels.

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

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

No further information available at time of listing.

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The annual auditions for the famous singing competition, founded in memory of one of the UK's best-loved contraltos, attract capacity houses from both devoted lovers of vocal art and students of singing.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s poem ‘Dawn on the Night-Journey’ is the catalyst for a programme of songs depicting the transition from dusk to dawn and its metaphors: the vastness of time, the uncertainty of the unknown, and the impermanence of life.

This performance forms part of the Hattori Foundation early evening concert series.

FIBONACCI QUARTET

• LUNA DE MOL violin
• KRYŠTOF KOHOUT violin
• ELLIOT KEMPTON viola
• FINDLAY SPENCE cello

Join us for an evening of cutting-edge contemporary music with four world premieres from the LSO Soundhub 2025/26 Members.

Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum of folk duo The Breath, join forces with Paraorchestra for Symbiosis, a soulful fusion of folk and orchestral soundscapes.

Join us for Bach’s monumental Mass in B Minor, with Vox Cordis and the Aurum Vocale Instrumental Collective, under the baton of Charlie Grace.

Enter an immersive soundscape with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, performing works by Vaughan Williams with visuals by light art pioneers Squidsoup.

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

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

Live music recital in association with Guildhall School.

Sam Balchin trumpet

A cross-cultural concert from Anatolia to Europe, exploring rich folk-inspired music.

Opera Rara’s final Salon Series recital of its 55th season sees British tenor Robert Lewis join forces with British-Iranian soprano Soraya Mafi at London’s Bechstein Hall on 23 April 2026.

The Trafalgar Sinfonia performs Vivaldi’s much-loved Four Seasons, alongside works by Handel and Bach.

An extraordinary concert by internationally acclaimed cellist Daniel Müller-Schott and pianist Magdalene Ho.

Daniel ranks among the world’s best cellists and can be heard on all of the foremost international concert stages.

A super-sized Royal Philharmonic Orchestra turns the dial up to 11 for a performance of Messiaen’s cosmic symphony, with animations from 1927 Studios.

Performers

• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Vasily Petrenko - conductor
• Steven Osborne - piano
• Cécile Lartigau - ondes Martenot

Sweet Harmony - a celebration of Shakespeare's birthday in music and words

Part of the 7 Star Arts residency

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

Cellist Abel Selaocoe is joined by a brilliant line-up of South African friends, including Nduduzo Makhathini and Mbuso Khosa (African Heritage Ensemble), for an evening of shared stories and songs.