The finale of our four events, an exploration of Neo-classical music in the unique setting of the Brixton Recreation Centre 3G football pitch.* Our 30 piece orchestra will feature work by three of the 20th Century's most significant figures of orchestral music.

Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite

Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony

Milhaud’s Chamber Symphony No.1

The evening will include background notes from BCO conductor Matthew O’Keeffe

Learn about our instruments from the people who play them and have a go yourself! The workshop is suitable for children in Key Stage 2 primary school education (ages 7 - 11 yrs)

In association with Lambeth Music Service

Audience entry for this event will be via the side ramp leading to the 3G football pitch at Brixton Recreation Centre, accessed from Brixton Station Road. 

All of the events in the Spring season will be filmed and recorded for use on our social media channels.

Mozart with Paul Lewis

Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Mozart Piano Concerto No.27 in B-flat K595
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Adam Hickox conductor
Paul Lewis piano

Beethoven with Paul Lewis

Schumann Overture, Genoveva
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Adam Hickox conductor
Paul Lewis piano

AT THE HEART OF THE SYMPHONY: CLARITY, GRACE AND POWER

MENDELSSOHN • SCHUBERT • FARRENC

Felix Mendelssohn, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major

Louise Farrenc, Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36

Benjamin Draper, Conductor

A dance workshop lead by Aya Robertson, currently an Emerging Artist at the Fondazione Mascarade Opera in  Florence, Italy, and a recent Young Artist Répétiteur at the National Opera Studio in London, UK.

Come and learn simple classical dances such as Pavanne, Minuet and Waltz, accompanied by live music performed by the Brixton Chamber Orchestra (BCO). Enjoy a relaxed afternoon of music, movement and shared experience at the 3G Football Pitch in Brixton Recreation Centre*

This event offers a wonderful opportunity to meet new people, enjoy gentle exercise, and try something new in a friendly and supportive environment. No previous dance experience is required.

Saffron Hall

Valentine’s night is a time to shine – to open your heart and be your dazzling, romantic self. So what better way to celebrate than with soprano-extraordinaire Danielle de Niese, the opera star with a voice like a 100 carat diamond.

Tonight she’ll take you to Broadway: torch songs and love letters from Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter and more, including hits from West Side Story, Kiss Me Kate and South Pacific. It’s sassy, it’s sexy and it’s straight from the heart – all gift-wrapped in the luxurious sound of the full London Philharmonic Orchestra. Go on, treat that special someone…or yourself!

Programme

• Bernstein Candide Overture

• Bernstein Dream with me

• Bernstein A Little Bit in Love

• Bernstein I feel Pretty

• Sondheim Green Finch and Linnet Bird

• Sondheim On the Steps of the Palace

• Sondheim I wish I could forget you

• Gershwin Girl Crazy

• Adam Guettel The Beauty Is

• Adam Guettel The Light in the Piazza

• Cole Porter I Hate Men

• Cole Porter I get a kick out of you

• Jerome Kern Smoke Gets in your eyes

• Jerome Kern Can’t Help Loving that Man of Mine

• Rodgers & Hammerstein What's the use of wondering

• Rodgers & Hammerstein Some enchanted evening

• Lerner & Loewe I could have danced all night

Performers

• London Philharmonic Orchestra

• Wilson Ng conductor

• Danielle De Niese soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra presented by Brighton Dome

The music

• Selection of songs by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter and more.

The performers

• Wilson Ng* conductor

• Danielle de Niese soprano

Let superstar soprano Danielle de Niese whisk you away this Valentine's.

Brixton Chamber Orchestra - Off Side by Side!

The first of four BCO Spring events, featuring Lambeth Youth Symphony Orchestra in association with Lambeth Music Service.

A concert in culmination of our 4-week Side by Side project, featuring 25 BCO players and 35 teenage instrumentalists’, featuring a Multi-genre programme, with Classical, rock, jazz and baroque music.

​Tickets are free but if you would like to contribute to our work with young people please select one of the the payment options available.

Please note that there will be filming taking place during this event that may be shared on ​BCO media channels.

Performers

Chineke! Orchestra

Harish Shankar conductor

Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar

Repertoire

Jenkins: Rhapsody No.1 (Charlestonia)

Jasdeep Singh Degun: Concerto for sitar & orchestra (Arya)

Interval

Jasdeep Singh Degun: Lament arr. Ashok Gupta for sitar, tabla & string ensemble (London premiere)

Kodály: Dances of Galánta

Gershwin: An American in Paris

Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

Beethoven’s Second

Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin (16’)

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5, K219 (Turkish) (31’)

Interval (20’)

Beethoven Symphony No. 2 (34’)

Erina Yashima - conductor

Maria Włoszczowska - violin

Chineke! Orchestra bring festive cheer to Woolwich Works with an evening of music and celebration.

Royal Ballet Overture

Side-By-Side

Conductor Koen Kessels

The HPO Ensemble will be performing at St Mary's Church, Horsham alongside the Billingshurst Choral Society, conducted by Marcio da Silva.

MOZART Vesprae Solennes de Confesore

FAURE Requiem (String orchestra version)

MOZART Divertimento in D Major

Violin 1 | Ayşen Ulucan

Violin 2 | Nuri Koseoglu

Viola | Jordi Morell

Cello | Natalie Hancock

Double Bass | Aiyana Rennie

O'MEARA

'No Man'
 - INTERVAL -
BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 9

Conductor Marcio da Silva
Soprano Helen May
Mezzo Sarah Denbee
​Tenor Lionel Pinheiro
Bass Robert Winslade- Anderson

This special concert is a celebration of HPO's milestone 10th season.

​When Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 2016 under the auspices of Hastings Philharmonic Choir, their opening concert at The White Rock Theatre included these two magnificent pieces - Beethoven's final symphony (No 9), and a new work by local composer Phillip O'Meara, which was specially commissioned for the event.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was composed for orchestra, with choir and soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists in the final movement. ​'No Man' was composed for orchestra, choir, and soprano and tenor soloists.

HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
​HPO SONGBIRDS
HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Isarphilharmonie Munich

Programme

Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor

• Beethoven: Triple Concerto for violin, cello & piano

• Errollyn Wallen: FLOURISH

• Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

• Andrew Grams: conductor

• Tai Murray violin

• Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello

• Isata Kanneh-Mason piano

Grams, Murray, Kanneh-Masons &
Chineke! Orchestra

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor // 1875–1912

Ballade a-Moll op. 33 // 1898 
 
 

Ludwig van Beethoven // 1770–1827

Konzert für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier C-Dur op. 56 ›Tripelkonzert‹ // 1803–04

// Pause //

Errollyn Wallen // * 1958

FLOURISH // 2025

William Levi Dawson // 1889–1990

Negro Folk Symphony // 1934, 1952

LINEUP

Tai Murray | Violine

Sheku Kanneh-Mason | Violoncello

Isata Kanneh-Mason | Klavier 

Chineke! Orchestra

Andrew Grams | Dirigent

Superb musicianship and a sense of unbridled, authentic joy.   Boston Globe

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Chineke! Orchestra and experience an unforgettable musical evening. This groundbreaking orchestra, now an essential presence on the international stage, has made music history and returns with a program full of power and innovation.

Chineke! Orchestra’s star has already been sparkling in the firmament of international top orchestras for a few years now. This British orchestra stands out for its persistent focus on greater inclusion and diversity in the classical orchestra, and for the irresistible energy with which it brings music to life. With scintillating power, they shine a spotlight on composers of colour such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and William Dawson. Dawson based his Folk Symphony on age-old spirituals, religious songs from Afro-American communities, full of hope, sorrow and resilience. But this concert’s great attraction lies in the all-star cast that has been gathered to perform Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, with brother and sister Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason and the dynamic violinist Tai Murray. Supported by an unleashed Chineke! Orchestra, they add swing and groove to Beethoven’s famous notes.

Ballade in a, opus 33

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Tripelconcerto voor piano, viool, cello en orkest in C, opus 56

Ludwig van Beethoven

FLOURISH

Errollyn Wallen

Negro Folk Symphony

William L. Dawson

Beethoven's Triple Concerto (Dortmund) - Chineke! Orchestra

Tai Murray, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason join the orchestra to play Beethoven's Triple Concerto.

Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor

• Beethoven: Triple Concerto for violin, cello & piano

• Errollyn Wallen: FLOURISH (Irish premiere)

• Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

• Roderick Cox conductor

• Tai Murray violin

• Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello

• Isata Kanneh-Mason piano

Tenth anniversary European tour with a signature work by Coleridge-Taylor and a new commission from Errollyn Wallen.

Performers

Chineke! Orchestra

Roderick Cox conductor

Tai Murray violin

Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello

Isata Kanneh-Mason piano

Repertoire

Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor for orchestra, Op.33

Beethoven: Triple Concerto for violin, cello & piano

Interval

Errollyn Wallen: FLOURISH (London premiere)

Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA / RODERICK COX

Beethoven / Triple concerto - Tai Murray - Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Isata Kanneh-Mason

Chineke! Orchestra Warwick Arts Centre

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Chineke! Orchestra chooses Warwick Arts Centre to launch their tenth anniversary European tour soloists Sheku, Isata Kanneh-Mason and Tai Murray, presenting an evening celebrating a decade of musical excellence and diversity.

HE CALL is a durational performance exploring resilience, identity, and the politics of the body. The work poses the central question ‘Is the body an enabler or an entrapment?’ Rooted in ritual and endurance, Mahsa Salali stands motionless, bearing 20 kilograms of chain, connected to seven double bassists. This sculptural image pays tribute to the radical Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya and the mythological force of Medusa.

The piece confronts and dismantles societal and religious expectations imposed on female-presenting body. Here, the body is reclaimed as a site of agency and resistance. Vulnerability becomes power. Stillness becomes protest.

Mahsa’s current work focuses on the gender binary and body, and the notion of modesty and misogyny in different cultures. Born and raised in Iran and migrated to the UK at the age of 18. Mahsa is committed to dismantling oppressive systems and using art as a means of creating transformative dialogue and resistance. For THE CALL they invite the audience into a space of collective witnessing, ritual, and reckoning.

A Night in Vienna – Lakeside Marquee, Holme Green, Regent's Park

Classic FM’s John Suchet, OBE, and Regent’s Park Festival Orchestra under conductor John Warner celebrate the 200th birthday of “waltz king” Johann Strauss. Be transported to 19th century Vienna with Strauss expert and well-known presenter Suchet, introducing the first appearance of Regent’s Park Festival’s new and very own orchestra performing waltzes, polkas and more.

Holst: The Perfect Fool
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy Soloist Nirvana Che-Lai
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition