March, Music, Classical

Military band concerts featuring a variety of styles, from big band to classical pieces. Also a chance to see the famed Royal Marines Corps of Drums.

Ludwig Van Beethoven: String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131 Interval Johannes Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, Op.51 No.1 Two of the greatest chamber works by Beethoven and Brahms performed by the world-renowned Artemis Quartet in its International Chamber Music Season debut. Constantly haunted by 'the…

Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in D minor, BWV.913 Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in D, BWV.912 Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata in G minor, BWV.915 The toccata already had a long history before Bach took to the genre as a young man. Even these early works show Bach's inclination to extend both the structure and…

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV.1080 Interval .: continued. The fact that Bach died before completing the mighty triple fugue which was to finish The Art of Fugue has added to the extraordinary mythology that has grown up around this marvellous work. But perhaps the most surprising thing about The…

Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in G, BWV.1038 Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in E minor for flute & continuo, BWV.1034 Johann Sebastian Bach: (attrib.): Trio Sonata in C, BWV.1037 Interval Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in G for violin & continuo, BWV.1021 Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in G…

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in C minor for lute, BWV.999 Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor for lute, BWV.1000 Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in E flat for lute, BWV.998 Interval Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita in C minor for lute, BWV.997 As with all his works for solo…

Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor Interval .: continued. Bach completed the final version of his greatest choral masterpiece, the B minor Mass, shortly before his death. Even by his own extraordinary standards, the emotional depth and majestic proportions of this work are astonishing. The London Bach…

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No.82 `Ich habe genug' Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No.152 `Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn' Interval Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No.54 `Widerstehe doch der Sunde' Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No.182 `Himmelskönig, sei willkommen' It is impossible to overstate the importance…

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, Part 1, BWV.870-881 The first book of Well Tempered Clavier was an extraordinary achievement - 24 preludes and fugues written in every major and minor key. But the second book exceeds even the first in its scale and variety. In this unique event, harpsichord…

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, Part 2, BWV.882-893 Steven Devine completes his cycle of all 24 Preludes and Fugues from the second book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Ticket includes a choice of tea or coffee and biscuits served during the interval. Performers Steven Devine…

Sarah Chang is the featured soloist in a true American classic: Barber's Violin Concerto, which appears directly after another one, the same composer's mournful Adagio for Strings. Lastly, Copland's Symphony No 3 is conducted by David Alan Miller of the Albany Symphony Orchestra.

Sarah Chang is the soloist in Barber's Violin Concerto, plus there's Tsontakis' Let the River Be Unbroken, a musical panorama the American Civil War, and Copland's rousing Symphony No 3, as stirring a piece of post-war optimism as has ever been written, climaxing as it does with the ever-popular Fanfare for the Common…

Miss this one and you may not get another chance for years: first there's the UK premiere of very hip young US composer Sean Shepherd's Blue Blazes, then Gershwin's Piano Concerto with soloist Freddy Kempff, and to round it all off in high style, Charles Ives' seldom-played Symphony No 2, one of those big ol' American…

Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti ed i Montecchi - opera in 2 acts Bellini's sixth opera was written for La Fenice in Venice in 1830, immediately before La sonnambula. It was not based directly on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet but on its Italian precursors. A distinctive coloration is provided by the older tradition of…

A special recital by Cameron Carpenter as part of Pull Out All The Stops festival celebrating the restoration of the Royal Festival Hall organ. Cameron Carpenter, the organist who has taken the music world by storm, improvises an accompanying sound track to the classic German Expressionist horror film of 1920.

Dietrich Buxtehude: Praeludium in C, BuxWV.137 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Fantasia cromatica, SwWV.258 Ad Wammes: Toccata chromatica Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata No.5 in C, BWV.529 for organ Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia from Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV.542 Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale-prelude…

Jean-Louis Florentz: Prélude from l'Enfant noir, Op.17 Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension - 4 méditations symphoniques Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring vers. for four hands Whilst only 23 years of age, Olivier Latry was appointed as one of four titulaires des grands orgue at the mighty cathedral of Notre-Dame in…

Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV.564 Robert Schumann: Study in E, Op.56 No.3 Robert Schumann: Study in A flat, Op.56 No.4 Robert Schumann: Study in B minor, Op.56 No.5 Judith Weir: The Wild Reeds for organ (London premiere) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasie in F minor, K.608 for…

Cristina Ortiz brings her enormous expertise to the teaching platform where she will work with students from the London music colleges, some of whom were involved in the Lang Lang Inspires piano project at Southbank Centre in 2011. Performers Cristina Ortiz piano

Hear talented young musicians from The Purcell School, Britain's oldest specialist school for talented young musicians, perform an eclectic programme of works written for piano. The School holds the UNESCO Mozart Gold Medal in recognition of its unique contribution to music, education and international culture.

Robert Schumann: Fantasie in C, Op.17 Clara Schumann: Piano Sonata in G minor .: Improvisations based on themes from the audience There is no other pianist quite like Gabriela Montero. The Venezuelan musician has not only won worldwide acclaim for her performances and recordings, but also for her ability to…

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 (Quasi una fantasia - Moonlight) Fryderyk Chopin: Nocturne in B, Op.9 No.3 Fryderyk Chopin: Waltz in A flat, Op.34 No.1 Fryderyk Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande polonaise brillante, Op.22 Interval Franz Liszt: Sonata in B minor Ingolf…

Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 Interval Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No.8 Join us for the 70th Birthday Celebration of acclaimed British pianist John Lill, performing Rachmaninov's passionate Piano Concerto No.3. Writing about one of Lill's performances with the RPO…

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.3 (vers. 1888-9, ed. Novak) When his musical guiding light Richard Wagner died, Anton Bruckner set about creating a symphonic memorial to the composer who had inspired him more than any other. The first version appeared in 1873, but it took 16 years…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No.38 (Prague) Richard Strauss: Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra Interval Johann Sebastian Bach: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV.1052 Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung Richard Strauss was unusually young when he set about creating his musical vision of…