Join us for an evening of wonderful music influenced by and written for Shakespeare’s most beloved plays. Beguiling and atmospheric music by Henry Purcell, Fredrick Handel and William Walton will be interspersed with readings from Shakespeare’s comedies and historical plays including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest and Henry V.
There can be no better evidence that Francis Poulenc was the ‘half monk, half rascal’ of reputation than the composer’s wickedly disciplined Organ Concerto, a knockabout game of chase and tag for orchestra and organ that one moment plays havoc with Bach and another finds deep spirituality. Former Christ Church…
Miloš Forman’s 1984 movie Amadeus is a masterpiece from beginning to end, telling of the ambition, obsession and jealousy that nearly thwarted the career of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and of the sublime music that poured out of a genius whose foibles and vulgarity were all too human. Mozart’s volatile Symphony…
Shakespeare in Music Saturday 8 July 2023St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 19:30 Purcell Excerpts from Timon of Athens and Suite from The Fairy QueenWalton Two Pieces from Henry V SuiteLe Gendre Suite from Richard IIIHandel Water Music Suites Nos 2 & 3 Simon Trinder actorCayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor Join us for an evening of…
Nigel Kennedy and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s tour of the UK comes to an epic conclusion at London’s Barbican Hall.
Titan of the piano Martha Argerich joins the Orchestra on tour in Germany, for concerts in Munich and Heilbronn.
Titan of the piano Martha Argerich joins the Orchestra on tour in Germany, for concerts in Munich and Heilbronn.
Violinist Bomsori Kim joins Marios Papadopoulos and the Orchestra on tour in Germany and Austria.
The Orchestra is joined by pianist Fazil Say for a concert of Schumann and Beethoven on tour in Germany.
Violinist Bomsori Kim joins Marios Papadopoulos and the Orchestra on tour in Germany and Austria.