Max Richter’s music comes directly from the heart; his compositions feel both vast and intimately personal. ABC Classic calls him an ‘expert in presenting an emotion or a feeling.’

Anna Lapwood performs Max Richter

Sydney Opera House

Vanguard will kick-off 2026 with an exclusive behind-the-scenes event in the Sydney Opera House on 24 March.

Sydney Symphony Vanguard in the Sydney Opera House

This concert celebrates Jonny Greenwood’s love of orchestral string writing. In Water, the warmth of the Hallé strings envelopes two flutes and an Indian tanpura on a journey of rippling colour.

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The Hallé Presents: Jonny Greenwood

The Bridgewater Hall

This concert celebrates Jonny Greenwood’s love of orchestral string writing. In Water, the warmth of the Hallé strings envelopes two flutes and an Indian tanpura on a journey of rippling colour. Lutosławski dedicated his moving Musique funèbre to the pioneering composer Bela Bartók whilst Steve Reich’s lyrical Pulse is a tenderly contemplative, yet constantly pulsating, work. Jonny Greenwood’s groundbreaking Horror Vacui, performed by Daniel Pioro, ‘the violinist making classical music cool’ (The Telegraph), plays upon the artistic concept of ‘the fear of empty spaces’ to astonishing effect. Using the full sonic potential of the solo violin and extensive string orchestra, he creates an eerily liminal soundscape, building in atmosphere and intensity throughout each movement. These are string instruments as you’ve never heard them before.

The Hallé Presents… Jonny Greenwood

The Belgian National Orchestra celebrates rhythms and percussion. Gershwin's only opera, Porgy and Bess , distills the essence of jazz and contains timeless tunes like Summertime . With Body Language (2012), Julia Wolfe highlights Colin Currie's physical and musical talent, transforming his body into a veritable instrument to fuse the sounds of urban folk music with those of the orchestra. Andriessen's Tapdance (2013), also written for Currie, magnifies the sound of tap dancing and the memory of big bands. As for Arvo Pärt's Fratres , characteristic of the Estonian composer's ethereal and meditative style, it offers a suspended moment imbued with spirituality.

Porgy & Bess

Philharmonic Hall of Liege

Hailed as one of the greatest films of all time, Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey — renowned for its stunning visuals and groundbreaking use of classical music — features the opening of Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, Johann Strauss Jr.’s The Blue Danube and the ethereal works of György Ligeti. André de Ridder leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in breathtaking live-to-picture performances of this iconic score.

A Live Presentation of 2001: A Space Odyssey

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

It’s a bug’s life in Roussel’s The Spider’s Feast, a suite depicting the insects found in a garden. This special performance moves from the garden to the Aotearoa New Zealand native bush with Giant Wetas, Huhu Grubs and all the fluttering life found in the forest. One thing is always clear, the spider is always looking for lunch. This work is guaranteed to make the kids laugh, smile, and squirm!

Creepy-Crawly Carnival

Auckland Town Hall

Michael Fowler Centre

According to Māori tradition, Papatūānuku is the Earth Mother, from which all living things are created. In this concert we celebrate nature with Papatūānuku, a work co-created by Kiwi composer Salina Fisher and Grammy Award-winning taonga puoro artist Jerome Kavanagh.

Ascension

The first night of the 2025 Rumakina Immerse Festival is an evening of enchantment, with three of the best-loved pieces in the repertoire.

Enchanted

Classical music sensation and Royal Albert Hall associate artist Anna Lapwood brings the organ to the fore in her Royal Albert Hall headline debut, in a concert featuring the Philharmonia Chorus and conducted by André de Ridder.

Anna Lapwood plays Max Richter, Hans Zimmer and more

Royal Albert Hall

The BBC Concert Orchestra lends its powerful sound to an eclectic range of pioneering artists in BBC Radio 3's Unclassified Live, with presenter Elizabeth Alker.

Unclassified Live

Southbank Centre

Music that thinks outside the box: Elizabeth Alker presents Bill Ryder-Jones, Nwando Ebizie, Divide & Dissolve and the BBC Concert Orchestra in the latest edition of BBC Radio 3’s genre-smashing Unclassified Live.

Hear phenomenal organist Anna Lapwood with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. We move from divine mysteries to cosmic melodies and the world of film in music by Richter, Zimmer, Arakelyan and Saint-Saëns.

Anna Lapwood plays Max Richter

Göteborgs Konserthus

Black Country, New Road will perform a landmark and genre-defying concert with the award-winning Orchestra of ENO, curated and conducted by André de Ridder, ENO’s Music Director Designate.

André de Ridder

Events

Upcoming events

9 - 10 Sep, 2026

Anna Lapwood plays Max Richter · Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Nov 13, 2026

Sessions at the London Coliseum: Black Country, New Road · London Coliseum

Past events

25 - 28 Mar, 2026

Anna Lapwood performs Max Richter · Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Mar 24, 2026

Sydney Symphony Vanguard in the Sydney Opera House · Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Concerto for Orchestra by Bartók

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Petrushka by Stravinsky

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Fratres by Pärt

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

Conductor in The Lark Ascending by Williams

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Catfish Row by Gershwin

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

Conductor in Musique funèbre by Lutosławski

The Hallé

Conductor in Interstellar by Zimmer

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Symphony No. 3 by Saint-Saëns

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Porgy & Bess by Gershwin

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

Conductor in The Spider’s Feast by Roussel

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Pulse by Reich

The Hallé

Conductor in The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Dukas

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Symphony No. 1 by Schumann

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Papatūānuku by Fisher

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Solve et Coagula by Ebizie

BBC Concert Orchestra

Conductor in All the Calm of a Distant Sea by Ebizie

BBC Concert Orchestra

Conductor in The Da Vinci Code by Zimmer

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Water by Greenwood

The Hallé

Conductor in Toccata by Arakelyan

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Body Language by Wolfe

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

Conductor in Tapdance by Andriessen

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

Conductor in Cosmology by Richter

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Horror Vacui by Greenwood

The Hallé

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