London’s Ultimate Music Calendar

This concert is approximately 90 minutes in duration, without an interval

For the longing listener, the music of composer Dan English is the communing of the head and the heart sharing secrets. Born in a quiet town in Iowa, he grew up chasing invisible things: codes in books, echoes in movies, half-sentences in songs.

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

The Carducci String Quartet return as Philip Carne Ensemble in Residence for a highlight concert.

JS Bach Solo sonatas arranged for string quartet
Beethoven String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No.4
Bridge Second Idyll from Three Idylls H67
Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

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

Experience the grandeur of eighteenth-century music as St Martin’s Voices and St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble

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!

Violinist Helen Davies performs Vivaldi’s much-loved Four Seasons with the Belmont Ensemble of London, alongside other works by Bach, Handel and Pachelbel.

Enjoy a polished chamber performance amongst a beautiful collection of historic artefacts and instruments.

Bendit Chan is a Hong Kong-born pianist currently pursuing postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, where he studies with Gareth Owen and Noriko Ogawa.

Trinity Laban Chamber Musicians.

The multi-talented musical friends come together under the name Council to welcome us for an intimate evening of original songs, chamber, and folk music.

Pekka Kuusisto is a Southbank Centre Resident Artist for Classical Music: Autumn/Winter 2026/27.

The Elias, Elmore & Isla Quartets join forces for Mendelssohn and Shostakovich

The brilliant trumpeter and colleagues celebrate Nadia and Lili Boulanger through music by the remarkable sisters, their students, teachers, and contemporaries.

Hyeyoon Park - violin

Andreas Brantelid - cello

Julian Bliss - clarinet

Tine Thing Helseth - trumpet

Julien Quentin - piano

Specially selected RCM Junior Department musicians take centre stage for a concert of solo performances accompanied by piano.

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

Across Wenlock, St Pancras, and Horsfall rooms, audiences can move between sessions and experience chamber music in its most immediate and exploratory form.

Experience a powerful fusion of film, music, and cultural history, as Tomorrow’s Warriors presents John Akomfrah’s ‘The Stuart Hall Project’ with Miles Davis’ soundtrack performed live.

Blaze Ensemble return for another engaging Lunchtime Recital.

Programme
Adrian Sutton ‘Montana Peaks’ Dectet
Charles Villiers Stanford Serenade in F Major
Bohuslav Martinu Nonet H.374

In 1926, Henry Wood invited a 72-year-old Leoš Janáček to visit the Academy, where he observed an orchestral rehearsal in the Duke’s Hall.

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

Trinity Laban Chamber Musicians.