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Grimeborn 2024 ~ Dalston, London
In the heart of the summer 2024, Grimeborn Opera Festival returns from the 14th of August for its seventeenth year of radical opera, featuring seven innovative productions from across the globe.
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In the heart of the summer 2024, Grimeborn Opera Festival returns from the 14th of August for its seventeenth year of radical opera, featuring seven innovative productions from across the globe.
Performances and sharings of all new opera with librettists Simone Ibbett-Brown, Chris Harrris and Jen McGregor.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
A celebration of nature and a call to arms, in JUMP, field recordings of insects and amphibians become part of an exciting musical score, taking audiences on an enchanting musical journey into their world.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
City of London Sinfonia and Professor James Sparks explore the fundamental patterns of life on this earth, and the beauty and inspirations they enable – through the work of two great musicians, Bartók and Adams.
The soaring, timeless 12th century arabesques of Hildegard of Bingen meet 21st century transfiguration in Voice Trio’s intimate and illuminating portrait.
Harriet Constable discusses her debut novel The Instrumentalist with bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
Feast your eyes and ears, as fashion and song intersect in this lieder recital like no other. Turning the defiant mindset of the 1920s New Objectivity movement towards today’s social attitudes, Rowan Hellier explores the role of symbolism and sensuality in the modern female identity.
Join us for an enchanting evening as we delve into the vibrant world of 18th-century Venice with novelist, Harriet Constable.
The time of year, the time of day, the intensity of light; the warmth, the cool; the breeze, the wind, the rain; the presence and activity of other people and beings going about their lives…
Prepare to be terrified at this screening of an American horror classic in the haunting setting of Glasgow’s oldest building, with a spine-tingling soundtrack from Odeon Leicester Square’s world-renowned organist, Donald MacKenzie.
"Top Festival for expanding your musical horizons…” The Big Issue
Join Kantos Chamber Choir as we examine the lives and passions of the mysterious Brontë sisters through the eyes of their friend and supporter, Elizabeth Gaskell.
Join us for an enchanting evening as we delve into the vibrant world of 18th-century Venice with novelist, Harriet Constable. We are thrilled to welcome Harriet to discuss her captivating novel, The Instrumentalist, in conversation with a leading broadcaster.
Join Kantos Chamber Choir as we examine the lives and passions of the mysterious Brontë sisters through the eyes of their friend and supporter, Elizabeth Gaskell.
Part tea party, part gaming session, part speed-date, part networking session for anyone in the opera industry.
American composer and pianist Vijay Iyer defies categorisation. He travels intuitively across jazz, big band music and classical.
Four Arts Sector leaders discuss how to source funding for Arts companies and ensembles, followed by a Q&A session.
Drop in throughout the opening weekend of the season, pop on a headset, and find out what it’s like to sit right in the middle of the Philharmonia Orchestra in full flow.
Have you ever sat inside an orchestra? Felt the violin, clarinet or timpani reverberating around you?
Written for the same instruments as Vivaldi’s masterpiece – give or take the odd Tibetan singing bowl – Panufnik’s spin-on-a-classic transports you from Japanese cherry-blossom season to the Autumnal folk rhythms of Albania.
Eight musicians from countries and cultures across the world collaborate for a concert on the theme of ‘Oceans’.
Join James for an evening of pure nostalgia, stepping back in time for some joyous singalong tunes to take you back to your Primary School days.
The cellist harnesses the power of music to console, comfort and uplift in a specially commissioned concert experience, with visuals from Yeast Culture.
The exquisite Philip Glass Ensemble perform some of the early works of the famous American composer and pianist.
'Ghost’ is built on Emma Wheeler and Anna Appleby’s life experience as queer, neurodivergent women – stories that have not historically been told in opera.
Scottish cellist Louise McMonagle (Riot Ensemble) presents Scottish composers from Anna Meredith to John Maxwell Geddes, plus works for cello and electronics spatialised in d&b Soundscape.
Enter the world of Henryk Górecki’s cathartic and hauntingly beautiful Symphony of Sorrowful Songs at an immersive performance, conducted by Charles Hazlewood.
The Philip Glass Ensemble makes a triumphant return to Cambridge following their sell-out Festival performance in 2014.
This session will equip you with tools to hold healthy conversations around mental health while prioritizing your own wellbeing.
A Zoom conversation about the role of the librettist in new opera.
A new natural history immersive concert experience: Netflix’s Life on Our Planet in Concert, presenting the highlights from across the series alongside an incredible live soundtrack.
A new natural history immersive concert experience: Netflix’s Life on Our Planet in Concert, presenting the highlights from across the series alongside an incredible live soundtrack.
A celebration of women pianist-composers.
A new natural history immersive concert experience: Netflix’s Life on Our Planet in Concert, presenting the highlights from across the series alongside an incredible live soundtrack.
An online coffee chat for composers and musicians.
Experience a unique concert that brings together Maths and Music, Synths and Soundtracks, with composer and keyboardist Will Gregory – one half of electropop duo Goldfrapp.
A new natural history immersive concert experience: Netflix’s Life on Our Planet in Concert, presenting the highlights from across the series alongside an incredible live soundtrack.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
The Chineke! Orchestra honours women composers whose powerful music resonates through the ages, ending with a UK premiere of a rediscovered Florence Price work.
Experience a unique concert that brings together Maths and Music, Synths and Soundtracks, with composer and keyboardist Will Gregory – one half of electropop duo Goldfrapp.
A two-week programme of live music and performance, celebrating the City’s unique environment, beauty and creativity.
A new natural history immersive concert experience: Netflix’s Life on Our Planet in Concert, presenting the highlights from across the series alongside an incredible live soundtrack.
Reawaken the past. Reach into the future. Experience the full force of the string orchestra as Manchester Collective revive old classics and summon futuristic sounds alongside ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga.
Tenebrae is joined by breathwork and meditation coach Michael McCaffrey for an evening of music and meditation.
Experience a unique concert that brings together Maths and Music, Synths and Soundtracks, with composer and keyboardist Will Gregory – one half of electropop duo Goldfrapp.
Matthew Barley plays a beautiful programme of solo cello and electronics against a backdrop of stunning visuals.
Reawaken the past. Reach into the future. Experience the full force of the string orchestra as Manchester Collective revive old classics and summon futuristic sounds alongside ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga.
Pianist, composer and technologist Zubin Kanga performs a set of dreamlike, hallucinatory works created out of his Cyborg Soloists project in a late-night event.
Interweaving singing, dance, and cutting-edge theatre, Gorges Ocloo’s ground-breaking AfrOpera re-examines Nana Yaa Asantewaa’s defiant stance against colonialism and cultural appropriation.
Join City of London Sinfonia and science communicator, atmospheric physicist, and author Dr Simon Clark on a journey across the globe from pole to pole, taking in the freezing desolation of the tundra, the vast expanse of the oceans, and the humid claustrophobia of the tropics.
A new natural history immersive concert experience: Netflix’s Life on Our Planet in Concert, presenting the highlights from across the series alongside an incredible live soundtrack.
Buy a full Day Pass to ‘Classically Black’, a day of events exploring the cutting edge of classical music, presented by Black Lives in Music.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Enjoy informal performances from four emerging ensembles over a pint at The Rose Hill.
Get under the skin of Stravinsky’s The Firebird as it’s deconstructed and reassembled by Aurora Orchestra, presenter Tom Service, and conductor Nicholas Collon.
The Orchestral Forest is yours to explore. Wander between the trees, open your ears and listen. Really listen.
Embark on a journey of improvised soundscapes, poetry, and choral music by composers including Eric Whitacre, Laura Mvula, Vaughan Williams, and a new commission by Kristina Arakelyan to unveil the hidden landscapes of our dreams and the mysteries of the subconscious mind.
Join Kantos Chamber Choir as we examine the lives and passions of the mysterious Brontë sisters through the eyes of their friend and supporter, Elizabeth Gaskell.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
A bold expression of what classical music can be, NONCLAXXICAL sees pioneering promoters of the best new music, Nonclassical, combine forces with the legendary London Symphony Orchestra.
As dusk drapes the world in velvet shadows, sleep whispers its invitation. It is here, in the quiet hours between night and dawn, where this music lives, embarking on a quest to discover what happens when we close our eyes.
Animated by his collaborations with Jarvis Cocker, Feist and Daft Punk, musical maverick Chilly Gonzales steps out onto the stage with his brand-new show, GONZO.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Enjoy the fusion of wine and music as you’re served a selection of canapés and 5 quality wines which have been thoughtfully paired with string quartets.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Jess Gillam effortlessly switches styles and eras, leading us in a whirlwind tour of her musical world.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Max Richter’s fusion of classical technique and electronic technology, heard across genre-defining solo albums and countless scores for film, dance, art and fashion, has won him legions of fans.
Max Richter’s fusion of classical technique and electronic technology, heard across genre-defining solo albums and countless scores for film, dance, art and fashion, has won him legions of fans.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Live music meets pre-recorded material in a boundary-pushing experience from Resident Artist Lawrence Power, with guests Héloïse Werner and Sergio Bucheli
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Joy, warmth and irrepressible energy: Sirocco is a great storm of music from across the world, played with heart and virtuosity.
A radically different kind of opera experience: a powerful digital work exploring voice loss and identity.
Joy, warmth and irrepressible energy: Sirocco is a great storm of music from across the world, played with heart and virtuosity.
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian epic of annihilation and survival is transformed into a visionary new ballet by Wayne McGregor and Max Richter.
Joy, warmth and irrepressible energy: Sirocco is a great storm of music from across the world, played with heart and virtuosity.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Joy, warmth and irrepressible energy: Sirocco is a great storm of music from across the world, played with heart and virtuosity.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
A celebration of nature and a call to arms, in JUMP, field recordings of insects and amphibians become part of an exciting musical score, taking audiences on an enchanting musical journey into their world.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
It’s time to crack out the Christmas jingles and join James B Partridge for an evening of pure nostalgia, stepping back in time for some joyous singalong tunes from Christmases past.
Featuring a unique blend of biography and music, the show offers a fusion of iconic songs from the 60’s right up to today, cherished photographs and unforgettable memories.
The orchestra begins a year of celebrations marking its tenth anniversary with a performance in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which also hosted its 2015 debut.
Rather than leaning into the narrow, traditional understandings of ‘classical’, Alexis instead leans outward, expansive in his perspective, drawing on a multifarious mosaic of influences that takes the listener by the hand and leads them on a journey through a world of possibility.
Ludovico Einaudi has announced the longest continuous headline run by a pianist in the history of the Royal Albert Hall, with five shows in Summer 2025.
Any performance of Stockhausen’s seminal 1968 work for 6 vocalists and 6 microphones is an important, nowadays rather rare, event.
Join us for an enchanting evening as we delve into the vibrant world of 18th-century Venice with novelist, Harriet Constable. We are thrilled to welcome Harriet to discuss her captivating novel, The Instrumentalist, in conversation with a leading broadcaster.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
An in-store live performance and signing from Max Richter at Rough Trade East.
Beautifully curated instrumental and electronic performances at Folkore Hoxton in London.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
A happy widow. A lovesick boatswain. A plot to foil a fake burglary and so win her heart. What could possibly go wrong?
A musical masterpiece inspired by ancient pilgrimage performed alongside one of the technological marvels of modern travel.
A musical masterpiece inspired by ancient pilgrimage performed alongside one of the technological marvels of modern travel.
Britain’s only orchestra of Black and ethnically diverse musicians returns to the Proms with music that celebrates its own heritage as well as universal dreams and aspirations.
Mahogany Opera presents the UK premiere of Rolf Hind’s much-anticipated new work inspired by the influential Sufi mystic and poet, Rumi.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
A radically honest dive into musicians’ lives and experiences.
An abridged version of L’Olimpiade (1735) by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
Join James for an evening of pure nostalgia, stepping back in time for some joyous singalong tunes to take you back to your Primary School days.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
This session centres around findings from the recent House of Commons Committee report on Misogyny in Music, examining its relevance and implications for Scotland’s music industry.
Distinguished Scottish pianist Susan Tomes celebrates the talent of nine remarkable women pianist/composers from the 18th to the early 20th centuries
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
Expect shimmering beauty and heavenly harmonies as Whitacre himself conducts the BBC Singers and an ensemble of strings and percussion.
Comedian and choirboy Lloyd Griffith is back with a brand new show ‘Baroque and Roll’. It’ll be funny and yes, there’ll be the odd song or two from that magnificent voice of his.
Experience the power of breath and sound as you are guided on a deeply relaxing journey led by Opera North harpist Celine Saout with breathwork by trombonist Blair Sinclair.
Soar high above the clouds with this blissful tibetan bowls sound healing and lying down concert experience of inspiring and uplifting music for violin and piano.
An opera in three acts prefaced with immersive installations and pre-show performances.
Experience the sound of Birmingham's Orchestra... at New Street Station!
The life story of Clara Schumann told in her own words, with readings from her letters and diaries interspersed with live performances of her piano music.
Join the world's most famous consulting detective in a story of murder and stolen treasure that spans the globe...
From Bach to The Beatles and beyond, South Australian cellist/songwriter William Jack presents a free multi-style cello recital in the heart of Edinburgh.
This innovative performance recasts the classical concert as an immersive experience.
Bringing together rappers and singers with heavy brass, strings, woodwind and a thundering backline, Tinderbox transform preconceptions of what an orchestra can be.