Join us at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday, 21st November 2024, at 7:30 pm for an unforgettable evening with the Philharmonia Orchestra, featuring the legendary Herbert Blomstedt as conductor and the virtuosic Leonidas Kavakos on violin. This concert promises to be a highlight in London’s cultural calendar, showcasing a program that includes Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4, K. 218, and Mahler's profound Symphony No. 9.

Revered for his passion and longevity in music-making, Herbert Blomstedt, in his late nineties, will lead the orchestra through Mahler’s last completed work, Symphony No. 9. This piece, known for its emotional depth and complexity, offers an experience of doubt, defiance, grief, hope, and climaxes of devastating power, culminating in a hushed ending that captivates the audience. 

Before the grandeur of Mahler, the concert will open with Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4, featuring Leonidas Kavakos, whose previous performance was described as "pitch perfect" and "life-enhancing" by Seen and Heard International. The clarity and refinement of this concerto serve as the perfect introduction to the evening's program.

Ticket prices range from £20 to £85, with priority booking available for Friends of the Philharmonia. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday, 23rd April. This event also offers a multibuy discount, with special rates for under-18s and concessions. The concert duration is approximately 2 hours, including an interval, and is recommended for ages 7 and above.

Free printed programmes will be available at the venue, and digital programme notes will be accessible a week before the event. For more information or to book your tickets, contact the Philharmonia Box Office at 0800 652 6717, Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Herbert Blomstedt, with Leonidas Kavakos's exceptional violin performance, in the heart of London at the Royal Festival Hall.

Herbert Blomstedt and Leonidas Kavakos

Royal Festival Hall

Join the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) for an unforgettable evening of groundbreaking music as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. This special concert, featuring LSO x Cassie Kinoshi’s seed., is set to take place at the Barbican on Thursday, 21 November 2024, at 7pm. 

The evening promises to be a remarkable collaboration between the LSO and the Mercury Prize-nominated ensemble seed., led by the talented saxophonist and composer Cassie Kinoshi. Known for their innovative approach to contemporary jazz, seed. merges influences from various musical traditions, offering a unique sonic experience that pushes the boundaries of genre. This concert is a celebration of new music, showcasing the ensemble's dynamic range and the collaborative spirit of the LSO.

Cassie Kinoshi, an alumna of the LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme, brings her visionary leadership to the ensemble, ensuring an evening of compelling performances that resonate with both jazz aficionados and classical music lovers alike. As part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, this event highlights the LSO's commitment to genre-melding collaborations and its dedication to presenting high-caliber performances.

Tickets are available at various price points, ensuring accessibility for all. Booking fees apply for online and phone transactions, but savings can be made through various discounts, including Wildcards for guaranteed entry with seat allocation on the day, Multibuy Discounts, and special rates for groups, young people, students, and Barbican Access Members.

To book your tickets, visit lso.co.uk or barbican.org.uk, or call +44 20 7870 2500 Monday to Friday between 12 and 5:30 pm. You can also purchase tickets in person at the Barbican Centre with no booking fee. For any inquiries regarding your booking or to learn more about the discounts available, please contact the Barbican Box Office.

Don't miss this extraordinary evening with the LSO and Cassie Kinoshi’s seed., where music transcends boundaries and captivates the soul.

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LSO x Cassie Kinoshi’s seed.

Barbican Centre

An award-winning classical pianist of Nigerian-Filipino heritage, Adam Heron is the titleholder of the 2020 Harriet Cohen Bach Prize, and a laureate of multiple British and international competitions. Born in Hong Kong, he rose to prominence following his 2018 television debut as a BBC Young Musician piano finalist. Through his unique artistry, coupled with an innate flair for communication, Adam strives to become a leading ambassador for classical music. 

Piano Recital

Smith Square Hall

Do you remember the first piece of music that changed your life? That piece you stumbled upon, somewhere in a parent’s record collection, on a weary car radio, or in the depths of a YouTube playlist? And how, every time that you return to that piece, a whole world of memories are re-awakened? They cease to become just songs or movements: they’re a part of you, a bookmark in the story of your life.

Stories

John Heffernan, Aaron Krohn and Howard W. Overshown bring their ‘virtuosic performances’ (The Mercury News) to London, following a critically acclaimed run in San Francisco, playing the Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons in this thrilling ‘tour de force of acting talent.’ (KQED Radio)

On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers, and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, triggering the largest financial crisis in history.

The Lehman Trilogy

Gillian Lynne Theatre

Full of melodies that are now the musical backdrop of modern life, Verdi’s Rigoletto is one of the world’s best-loved operas. Jonathan Miller’s production is the godfather of the genre. Set in Little Italy in 1950’s New York, it is a terrific night out: a fast-paced gangster saga of jealousy, love and revenge.

Rigoletto

London Coliseum

Juan Diego Flórez and Leonardo Caimi lead a fantastic cast in Offenbach's dream-like opera.

The Tales of Hoffmann

Royal Opera House

Feel the magic of Christmas at the Royal Opera House with excerpts from three of the productions that light up the Main Stage this festive period: Cinderella, , Hansel and Gretel and Ruination. Enter into worlds of myth and fairy tale and explore the beauty – and darkness – at the heart of each work.

Insights Magic and Myth in Opera And Ballet

February 1975. In freezing weather off the coast of Iceland, the sidewinder Graham Greene ices up, heels over, and sinks in seconds, taking fifteen of her crew with her. Such are the realities of the brutal world of trawler fishing. On impulse, despised trawler-owner Donald Claxton flies to Reykjavik to see the survivors, setting in train an evening of drinking, horseplay, romance and story-telling that will change all their lives forever.

Reykjavik

Hampstead Theatre

The fortunes of the Cavaliers are about to change: the great LeBron James, the biggest star in basketball, is coming to Cleveland. But when superfan Matt’s latest business venture turns sour, he has to sell his most prized possession – his pair of Cavs season tickets. The buyer, Shawn, just sold his first short story – so watching his team in the flesh for the first time will be a sweet reward. Now just to figure out what to do with that second ticket…

KIng James

Diyan Zora (Tom Fool; English) directs a new production of Arnold Wesker’s lyrical, impassioned play about a young woman’s journey to self-discovery which, together with John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, changed British theatre forever. The mirror they held up to 1950s society is now angled towards 2024, with the two plays running alongside each other in repertory for 11 weeks, as part of the Almeida’s Angry and Young season.

ROOTS

Almeida Theatre

Bedroom-pop star and indie icon Beabadoobee is heading to Alexandra Palace this November for a huge headline show.

The tour comes in support of Beabadoobee’s forthcoming studio album This Is How Tomorrow Moves, out Friday 16 August via Dirty Hit, featuring the singles Take A Bite and Coming Home.

Beabadoobee

Alexandra Palace

Welcome to THE CHOIR OF MAN- the best night in your local you’ve ever had. It’s a party, it’s a concert, it’s a lock in like no other. Featuring breath-taking reinventions of chart topping hits from artists including Guns’N’Roses, Fun!, Adele, Avicii, Paul Simon, Sia and many more, THE CHOIR OF MAN has something for everyone!

Choir of Man

Seven Dials

The LSO regularly collaborates with genre-melding artists as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival and this year the Orchestra are joined by seed. – a dynamic group of musicians pushing the boundaries of contemporary jazz, which merges influences from various musical traditions to create a unique sonic experience.

London Symphony Orchestra x seed. featuring Cassie Kinoshi

Returning to the stage for the first time in over a decade, Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) takes on the role of a lifetime in Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed contemporary adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi, playing at the Trafalgar Theatre for 11 weeks only.

The Duchess

Trafalgar Theatre

Manny dreams of being a big dog – but right now he’s hocking fake designer goods, living with his mum and dealing with her new boyfriend. The glittery skyscrapers of Canary Wharf he sees out the window every day have never seemed so far away.

Wolves On Road

Bush Theatre

Ivy has life sorted; she’s got a flat, a boyfriend and she knows exactly where it’s all headed. Except there is this thing that she tries not to think about. The thing she left in her childhood bedroom.

Ash is having the time of her life. Fresh from leaving a bad relationship, she’s got no idea what’s next. But there’s something about her new flat. The wallpaper pulses and sometimes it sounds like a heartbeat. 

Tender

Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true.

Heathers The Musical

Hailed by the New York Times as a ‘genuinely epic production’, The Lehman Trilogy is a sweeping story of a family spanning generations and a company that changed the world.

John Heffernan, Aaron Krohn and Howard W. Overshown bring their ‘virtuosic performances’(The Mercury News) to London, following a critically acclaimed run in San Francisco, playing the Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons in this thrilling ‘tour de force of acting talent.’(KQED Radio)

The Lehman Trilogy at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

This is THE CHOIR OF MAN, an uplifting celebration of community and friendship where everyone is welcome! It’s a party…it’s a concert…it’s a theater experience unlike any before.

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