The latest news on performances of Classical Music in UK / West End.
One of the assured highlights of the Proms in recent years has been the appearance of the Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, which explores a seminal piece of music through spoken word, dramatic realisation and musical illustration, then going on to perform the piece.
There was a distinctly cinematic feel to last night's Prom, Korngold's Violin Concerto, which also featured Prokofiev’s 'Symphony No.
The thene of the evening is the great outdoors, with the LEO'S blending of the old and new making the audience stamp their feet for more.
It's an outstanding win for Spain in the World Cup – and for the sizzling Spanish National Orchestra in their BBC Proms debut.
Black Dyke Band brings its popular programme of classics and movie music, written or arranged for brass, to the BBC Proms.
If the Last Night is about waving Union Jacks until arms ache, the First Night had some of that feeling too — albeit a different flag.
The Royal Ballet and Opera is cutting 64 roles, including nine compulsory redundancies, as the Covent Garden institution looks to shore up its finances during what it describes as a challenging period.
A one-off in-concert performance of SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE has been announced at London's Eventim Apollo, featuring a full orchestra, scratch DJ, and live electronics performing Daniel Pemberton's score alongside the film.
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House has opened applications for Overture, its year-long mentorship programme for musicians aged 18-25 from underrepresented groups, run in collaboration with Black Lives in Music and the National Open Youth Orchestra.
Kelly Glyptis, known for her roles in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA West End and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF on Broadway, will perform with the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra at Medina Theatre in a U.
ATTACK ON TITAN: SYMPHONY FROM PARADIS will make its world premiere at London's Royal Albert Hall, featuring the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performing newly created symphonic arrangements by the anime's original composers.
Fantasia Orchestra will present two BBC Proms performances at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring the BBC Singers, Dame Evelyn Glennie, and the world premiere of WOOD PIGEON with Héloïse Werner.
The BBC Proms returns in summer 2026, presenting eight weeks of world-class music from an array of leading orchestras, conductors and soloists from across the UK and around the world.
Southbank Centre's Classical Music Autumn/Winter season will open and close with 90th birthday celebrations for minimalist icons Steve Reich and Philip Glass, including the UK premiere of Glass's 15th Symphony.
The winners of the 2025 BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards have been revealed, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year.
This is the final chance to vote the 2025 BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year.
Voting is now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year.
This is the final chance to submi nominations for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year.
Opening the London Handel Fetsival, this flawless presentation of Saul was a celebration of Handel that set the tone of the performances to follow.
Classical Mixtape: A Live Takeover is part of the Southbank Centre's 75th anniversary programme.
BroadwayWorld is now accepting nominations for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year.
It’s been an interesting process creating the very first weekly classical concert series at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club together with James Pearson.
BroadwayWorld is now accepting nominations for the BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year.
The London Handel Festival has announced its 2026 Festival, From Heavenly Harmony, a five-week celebration of Handel’s music beginning in February.
BrightDog Theatre brings its provocative new comedy As the Snow Falls to Canal Café Theatre for a strictly limited run this October.
After 86 concerts spanning over the past eight weeks, the 130th season of the Proms has come to a close, ending with the iconic Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, which has hosted over 3,000 musicians these past few months.
South African soprano Golda Schultz is always a treat to hear; with honeyed tones, rich storytelling and nimble versatility, the programme at Saturday's prom was an excellent vehicle to show off her considerable skills.
'Who doesn't check twice behind the shower curtain now?' asks presenter Edith Bowman, kicking off a spinetingling evening of thriller film soundtracks from the excellent BBC Concert Orchestra, under the assured direction of American conductor Edwin Outwater at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall.
Experiencing art in a former car park is never going to get old - cold perhaps - so I was glad to return to Bold Tendencies to sample their 2025 season titled Déjà vu.
Mozart's beloved comedy The Marriage of Figaro opened Glyndebourne's very first Festival in 1934 and is the renowned opera house's most performed work.
Speranza Scappucci will make her debut as Principal Guest Conductor of The Royal Opera with Verdi’s The Sicilian Vespers, opening on the Main Stage September 19 and running through October 6, 2025.
This programme of music seems to thrive on themes of togetherness, resilience, and support that may have also influenced the Russian composer at the mid-point of his life, the Hungarian maestro nearing the end of his, and even the bright young man setting out to shake us the music scene in Europe to
It's 20 years since Anoushka Shankar made her Proms debut, along with her father Ravi Shakar.
Bringing Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra back to the BBC Proms, last night’s concert offered a programme of Beethoven’s 'Symphony No.
This is a great opportunity to hear the breadth of Beethoven’s work performed in a novel way, and the drama does have its flashes of brilliance.
A program featuring one of the world's most beloved symphonies, a stunning piano concerto allowing pianist Alexandre Kantorow to show off his prowess, and a fascinating contemporary piece by Scottish composer Jay Capperauld, the 10th BBC Prom 2025 marks a triumph for conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and
From the moment the first note rang out, this was no ordinary Proms night.
Once Proms season comes around, there aren’t many better places to be on a Sunday morning than at the Royal Albert Hall.
As classical performance continues to wrestle with relevance, accessibility and representation, the Proms are under pressure to lead this change.
