Join us for an afternoon of Joceyln Morlock’s Golden, Helen Grime's, Bright Travellers and Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration.

Join us for Classical Wind Down LIVE, an hour of calming classical music to help you release the stresses of the day, recharge and prepare to rest - presented by Irish musician and mindfulness expert Niall Breslin.

NOSTALGIA. ROMANCE. ADVENTURE! Delyana Lazarova conducts a richly expressive programme of Rachmaninov, Debussy and Korngold featuring Bulgarian star Liya Petrova

Join us for Classical Wind Down LIVE, an hour of calming classical music to help you release the stresses of the day, recharge and prepare to rest - presented by Irish musician and mindfulness expert Niall Breslin.

Polish fireworks and a long-awaited rediscovery as Marta Gardolińska and violinist Bomsori Kim perform music by Szymanowski and Grazyna Bacewicz.

John Storgärds leads the next chapter of his exploration of Shostakovich symphonies – this time with the triumphant Symphony No. 7, ‘Leningrad’. Before this, Shostakovich up close with his Quartet No. 8 performed by the NOVO Quartet.

Delyana Lazarova makes her Usher Hall debut alongside Bulgarian star Liya Petrova, conducting a richly expressive programme of Rachmaninov, Debussy and Korngold

RELENTLESS RHYTHMS, SOARING FLIGHT: Ilan Volkov pairs Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony with mesmerising music by Japanese visionaries, featuring violinist Akiko Suwanai and flautist Adam Walker.

Ilan Volkov pairs Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony with mesmerising music by Japanese visionaries, featuring violinist Akiko Suwanai and flautist Adam Walker.

Song, dance and a tale as old as time: the BBC Symphony Orchestra summons the spirit of Orpheus, in music by Gluck, Stravinsky and Missy Mazzoli.

Under Jörg Widmann, this programme spans celebration and an urgent plea for peace. Schumann’s Rhine Symphony surges with life and noble horn calls, while Widmann’s Cantata in tempore belli delivers a searing, uncompromising response to war.

Beethoven’s era-defining Symphony No. 5, meets Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte and Haydn’s Cello Concerto with soloist Daniel Müller-Schott.

Under Jörg Widmann, this programme spans celebration and an urgent plea for peace. Schumann’s Rhine Symphony surges with life and noble horn calls, while Widmann’s Cantata in tempore belli delivers a searing, uncompromising response to war.

Ephemeral forms open out into a lyrical spring morning in Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps.

Dark fantasies and bewitching melodies: Adam Hickox conjures a collection of the 20th century’s most haunting tales, in music by Liadov, Gubaidulina and Bartók.

Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth waltzes us into the silken, seductive Vienna of Strauss’s 'Der Rosenkavalier', with added enchantment from the “pure and very expressive” voice of soprano Erika Baikoff.

Under Pietari Inkinen, this programme moves from Romantic drama to Nordic clarity. Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture opens the concert, then Grieg’s Piano Concerto stars Anna Geniushene, and Sibelius’s Sixth and Seventh Symphonies crown the evening.

The raw power of Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony meets the anguished humanity of John Adams and Walt Whitman: Jukka-Pekka Saraste explores the terror and compassion of 20th century music at its most powerful.

Guitarist Sean Shibe collaborates with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to present an intimate programme at the RNCM examining the pageantry, rites and emotions of funeral music, ancient and modern.