Lunchtime concert: Echéa Quartet
Photo credit: Ailsing Tara Programme Haydn – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5 Mendelssohn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 44 No. 3 Performers Echea Quartet This Friday Lunchtime Concert is programmed in partnership with City Music Foundation…
ENO in the Fields: Meet the New Harewood Artists
Programme to include songs by Brahms, Clara Schumann, Florence Price, Liza Lehmann, George Butterworth and Donizetti. Performers Alexandra Oomens Soprano Benson Wilson Baritone William Thomas Bass Michael Pollock Piano Each Harewood Artist undertakes a bespoke programme of vocal and language training, is…
ENO in the Fields: Olivia Clarke conducts the Orchestra of ENO in American Classics
Programme Augusta Read Thomas – Plea for Peace Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Copland – Appalachian Spring Performers Olivia Clarke (ENO Mackerras Conducting Fellow) Conductor Orchestra of English National Opera Nadine Benjamin Soprano This Friday Lunchtime Concert is programmed in partnership…
Lunchtime concert: Reylon and James Larter
Photo credit: Ben Ealovega Programme Yan Laolie – Thunder After the Drought Zhou Deming – Joyous Xinjiang Li Xiaoyuan and Xiang Zuhua – General’s Command Alex Ho – Rituals and Resonances Reylon, Mantawoman – Night and Day Huang He – Journey to Lhasa…
Lunchtime concert: Giacomo Susani and Ariana Kashefi
Photo credits: Antonio Susani, Irene Scioti Programme Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras no. 5 Bach Suite for lute BWV 995 Casals El cant dels ocells (Song of the Bird) Cassadó Suite for cello solo Gismonti Agua y vino Piazzolla Cafè 1930, Nightclub 1960 Performers…
St Martin’s Voices: Bach St John Passion
St Martin’s Voices and the London Mozart Players join forces to perform one of Bach’s masterpieces. Originally premiered in Leipzig on Good Friday 1724, the St John Passion is an iconic musical retelling of the Easter story, featuring Bach’s vocal and instrumental writing…
BBC Singers: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Programme Purcell – I was glad Purcell – Rejoice in the Lord always Purcell – My heart is inditing Purcell – Dido and Aeneas Performers BBC Singers Sofi Jeannin Conductor Dido and Aeneas: the BBC Singers, under their inspirational chief conductor Sofi…
La Serenissima: Vivaldi and Brescianello – A Tale of Two Fiddlers
Vivaldi is the headliner, but expect discoveries too, when Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima explore the musical byways of baroque Venice. Imagine a city of shadows and reflections, of glittering splendour and dazzling display. Vivaldi’s concertos are the sound of Venice, and…
Baroque meets Minimalism: Sean Shibe plays Bach and Steve Reich
Bach meets Steve Reich and Scottish lute songs encounter the New York underground in this latest musical exploration from guitarist (and phenomenon) Sean Shibe. “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of exploring Bach” say…
