Composer

This is a new opera by one of the world’s best composers, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and librettist, Rachael Hewer, adapted from Edith Nesbit’s classic children’s book.

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The Railway Children Aber Musicfest

Aberystwyth Arts Centre

The Times once enthusiastically described Håkan Hardenberger as "the best trumpeter in the galaxy" after a concert. Whether it's a classic concerto by Johann Nepomuk Hummel or new works by composers like Mark-Anthony Turnage, the Swede breathes life into the music with his trumpet, this time accompanied by the renowned Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Harding.

Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Håkan Hardenberger / Daniel Harding

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

When Franz Schubert wrote his Octet in 1824, he created a new eight-person ensemble that has endured to this day. The Scharoun Ensemble was founded in 1983 for this work and consists primarily of clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello, and double bass. The members of the Berlin Philharmonic are among the most exciting chamber music ensembles and are constantly expanding their repertoire with new works—as is the case in this concert, dedicated to the 100th birthday of Hans Werner Henze.

Scharoun Ensemble Berlin / Siyabonga Maqungo / Jürgen Ruck

In the dark heart of a continent on the brink of war, a violin catches fire. Three robed priests vent their pain and rage, in molten, tactile paint. And a hut on hen’s legs flies through a fairytale forest. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but music can paint pictures that haven’t even been imagined. Tonight, Edward Gardner is the curator of a sonic picture gallery: presenting powerful 20th-century masterpieces by Mark-Anthony Turnage and Bartók alongside Mussorgsky’s multicoloured, hugely popular Pictures at an Exhibition. Let your ears be your eyes, and hear them come to life.

Pictures at an Exhibition

Southbank Centre

Prepare for secrets, spies and adventure, as Olivier Award winner Mark-Anthony Turnage and librettist Rachael Hewer turn a much-loved children’s classic by Edith Nesbit into a thrilling new opera.

Glyndebourne x Turnage: The Railway Children

Inspiration comes in many colours. Oliver Knussen heard a messenger from another world in the song of a Japanese cuckoo. Mark-Anthony Turnage’s viola concerto turns rough magic into poetry, and Tōru Takemitsu heard, as well as saw, the colours of his garden.

Afternoon Performance: Fantasia: From Japan to Paris

City Halls

New Music Ensemble

The University of Texas at Austin

Studio Recitals feature students who all study with the same faculty instructor. These young artists represent their studio with a program curated by their teacher. 

Chen Zhao Violin Studio Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor.

Elizabeth Burch, violin - Professional Studies Certificate Recital

Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin pays homage to the stylings of bygone French keyboard music – each movement taking the form of a traditional Baroque dance, and dedicated to friends of the composer who had died fighting in World War I.

Nil Venditti conducts Ravel, Musgrave and Say

BBC Maida Vale Studios

Sir Simon Rattle 7

Munich Residence

Konzerthaus Wien

An all-British programme of Tippett, Turnage and Vaughan Williams inspired by opera and jazz – including an unmissable world premiere, to celebrate Sir Simon Rattle’s 70th birthday. 

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

Barbican Centre

Join the London Symphony Orchestra for a captivating evening of British music, featuring the works of Tippett, Turnage, and Vaughan Williams. This special concert, set to take place at the Barbican on Sunday, 12 January 2025 at 7pm, celebrates Sir Simon Rattle’s 70th birthday with an all-British program inspired by opera and jazz, including an unmissable world premiere.

The evening will commence with Michael Tippett's "Ritual Dances" from "The Midsummer Marriage," a piece overflowing with mythology and symbolism. The concert will then introduce the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's "Sco Guitar Concerto," a piece commissioned for this occasion, featuring legendary jazz guitarist John Scofield. The program will conclude with Ralph Vaughan Williams' deeply moving "Symphony No. 5," a work that transitions from a wistful opening to a serene and meditative conclusion.

Under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, and with the special participation of John Scofield, the London Symphony Orchestra will navigate through a range of orchestral colors and styles, showcasing the exceptional talent and versatility of its musicians. This concert promises to be a memorable event, not only in celebration of Sir Simon Rattle's milestone birthday but also as a testament to the rich legacy of British music.

Tickets are available in various price ranges, with discounts available for multiple bookings, young people, students, and groups. The concert will conclude at approximately 9pm, including a 20-minute interval. Don't miss this extraordinary evening of music at the Barbican, a highlight of the London Symphony Orchestra's 2024/25 season.

Tippett, Turnage and Vaughan Williams 5

Edward Gardner & Nicolas Altstaedt

Castalian String Quartet

Tulsa Performing Arts Center

University of Tulsa

Reserve your seats today and enjoy unbeatable savings by subscribing to New World Symphony’s Sounds of the Times series. Starting at just $8 a concert, our 2023-24 series blends music and mixology. Enjoy specialty cocktails paired with works by Gyorgi Lygeti, Nicole Lizée and Jennifer Higdon.

Bits and Scraps: New Music for Percussion

New World Center

In an ingenious chain of inspirations spanning 220 years, the Castalian String Quartet’s program—and the Turnage commission featured on it—mark the 100th anniversary of Janáček’s Kreutzer Sonata quartet. For his new quartet, Turnage returned to words by the Beethoven sonata’s original dedicatee for inspiration. The Castalian Quartet are “a feisty group, with a real personality and strong interpretative ideas”.

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth continues our exploration of Stravinsky’s ballet music with 'Orpheus', and Martin Robertson is the sax soloist Mark-Anthony Turnage's moody, impassioned concerto.

Stravinsky & Turnage

Glasgow City Hall

The Paris based Modigliani Quartet, which was founded in 2003, is a regular guest of the world’s top venues and finest string quartet and chamber music series.  In 2020 the quartet became Artistic Director of the string quartet festival “Quatuors à Bordeaux” as well as the renowned “The Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition”.

Modigliani Quartet at Buffalo CMS

Kleinhans Music Hall

With great pleasure we present an opera that is for people of all ages who love gruesome things!
Coraline is a young girl whose life has been uprooted. As she wanders alone through her new creaky house, she tries to get the attention of her work-at-home parents to no avail. One day she discovers a mysterious door, through which she sets out on a terrifying adventure that tests the limits of human bravery.

Coraline

Oakland Scottish Rite Center

Experience music of the late 20th and 21st centuries, including premieres, in the intimate setting of the Rose Studio at CMS. Designed in collaboration with CMS artists, Sonic Spectrum concerts are an opportunity to hear the boundaries of chamber music expanded in real time.

Sonic Spectrum I 2026

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Sonic Spectrum I

Spring is lit in Berwaldhallen when Chief Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir in a program that ranges from Walpurgis romance to dramatic music festivities. Helena Munktell's Walpurgis Mass Fire opens the concert with a sparkling choral and orchestral sound, before Artist in Residence Malin Byström steps forward in Richard Strauss's intense finale from the opera Capriccio. After the intermission follows the Swedish premiere of a suite from Mark Anthony Turnage's Festen (The Party), and as the culmination: Mendelssohn's Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, where myth, singing power, and the shadows of spring night meet in a magnificent choral work.

Composer

Mark-Anthony Turnage

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 12, 2026

Sonic Spectrum I 2026 · Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Nov 12, 2026

Sonic Spectrum I · Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

12 - 13 Mar, 2027

Spring Fire with Orozco-Estrada & Byström · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Jul 20, 2026

The Railway Children Aber Musicfest · Welsh National Opera

Jun 17, 2026

Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Håkan Hardenberger / Daniel Harding · Elbphilharmonie

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