Spoken word meets the thrilling sound of an orchestra as an extraordinary line-up of poets join forces with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra for an unmissable evening at Hackney Empire.

A smash-hit Broadway play turned movie, David Henry Hwang鈥檚 M. Butterfly metamorphoses into music theatre as the UK premiere of Huang Ruo鈥檚 operatic reworking takes wing.

Expect epic visions and piano playing that鈥檚 out of this world when Kirill Gerstein and Sakari Oramo champion Ferruccio Busoni鈥檚 stupendous Piano Concerto, as well as music by Grazyna Bacewicz.

Glowing colours and grand passions: Sakari Oramo and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra join violinist Ilya Gringolts in Szymanowski鈥檚 gorgeous concerto 鈥� plus music by Wagner, Strauss and Dora Peja膷evi膰.

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The 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra welcomes back the French conductor Pierre Bleuse.

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A musical journey from Germany to the USA with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Jonathan Bloxham.

Strauss鈥檚 Ein Heldenleben (A Hero鈥檚 Life), Haydn鈥檚 Nelson Mass and pure sonic wonder from Samy Moussa. Hannu Lintu conducts a concert of outsize emotions and truly spectacular sounds.

Respighi鈥檚 Roman spectacular and a new American classic frame Prokofiev鈥檚 most thrilling piano concerto in this 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra debut for pianist Yeol Eum Son

The 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra is delighted to welcome back the Polish conductor Michal Nestorowicz

A tribute to Sir Andrew Davis: Sakari Oramo and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Elgar鈥檚 The Dream of Gerontius.

Experience highlights from the hit 麻豆官网首页入口 series on the big screen with live orchestral music from the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra, conducted and presented by the series鈥� composer George Fenton.

An evening-long meditation on life and the hereafter, devised by Sakari Oramo and featuring the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho鈥檚 astonishing final masterpiece Hush.

The Year 1905: Shostakovich鈥檚 monumental symphony meets Beethoven at his brightest. Unchained energy from conductor Jakub Hrusa, pianist Jonathan Biss and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.

Vinay Parameswaran makes his conducting debut with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra, leading a grand programme of works by Carlos Simon, Jacques Ibert and Sergei Prokofiev.

Grand passions and big tunes from Mendelssohn, Korngold and Augusta Holm猫s, as conductor Marie Jacquot makes her debut with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.

Big skies and new worlds: Domingo Hindoyan conducts three musical salutes to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, including Barber鈥檚 glorious Violin Concerto.

Continents, computers and electric dreams: Tristan Murail鈥檚 non-electronic orchestral classic Gondwana charts a course to new worlds with electronics sound from Steven Daverson and Misato Mochizuki.

Stockhausen鈥檚 last electronic piece, plus a new adventure from experimental composer and turntablist Shiva Feshareki: Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory. A wondrous finale to a day of sonic innovation.

Conductor Elim Chan and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor: a dream-team joins the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich, Britten and the UK premiere of Elizabeth Ogonek鈥檚 ravishing Moondog.

Russian Romantics share the stage in this rich and lyrical programme conducted by Elena Schwarz in her debut with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.

Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti returns to the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra for a programme of farewells.

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Two innovative ballets, two major symphonic scores and two piano concertos are on the programme of this singular diptych, featuring as soloist the loyal Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo artist Fran莽ois-Fr茅d茅ric Guy.

Two innovative ballets, two major symphonic scores and two piano concertos are on the programme of this singular diptych, featuring as soloist the loyal Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo artist Fran莽ois-Fr茅d茅ric Guy.

An evening-long tribute to the limitless creative mind of Pierre Boulez, culminating in a rare performance of his five-movement epic masterpiece Pli selon pli.

Poetry unlocks the imagination, as Ryan Wigglesworth and soprano Sophie Bevan plunge into the wild, wondrous sonic universe of Claude Debussy and Alban Berg.

England鈥檚 dreaming: Sakari Oramo rediscovers rare and wonderful British masterpieces by Vaughan Williams, Doreen Carwithen and Malcolm Arnold.

Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler鈥檚 playful Fourth Symphony 鈥� and plays the violin too, as Kurt Weill retells the myth of Orpheus in his own, utterly original style.

Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler鈥檚 First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor Lee Reynolds and soprano Sophia Burgos return to the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor Natalia Ponomarchuk and cellist Sterling Elliott make their debuts with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor Kristian Sallinen returns to the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra, and violinist Hyeyoon Park plays Florence Price's Second Violin Concerto.

From the depths to the stars; from romance to tragedy: Dima Slobodeniouk pairs Prokofiev鈥檚 'Romeo and Juliet' with Lili Boulanger鈥檚 mighty shout of hope and praise.

Pierre Bleuse returns to the studio conducting works by Roxanna Panufnik and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Goodnight, Vienna: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler鈥檚 Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), as the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra brings its season to an unforgettable close.

Join some of your favourite CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra and brilliant conductor Karen N铆 Bhroin.

Join some of your favourite CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra and brilliant conductor Karen N铆 Bhroin.

Jonathon Heyward returns to the studio conducting works by Christian Jost and Mieczys艂aw Weinberg.

Sakari Oramo and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra open their new season with Mahler鈥檚 heartrending Ninth Symphony.

Become Ocean: Dalia Stasevska conducts John Luther Adams鈥檚 21st century cult classic.

Nil Venditti, Jess Gillam and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra travel from the West of Ireland to the shores of the Bosphorus, in music by Ottorino Respighi, Giacomo Puccini, Fazil Say and Anna Clyne.

Shostakovich鈥檚 shattering Eighth Symphony is the climax of a gripping all-Russian programme from 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra guest conductor Hannu Lintu and viola phenomenon Timothy Ridout.

Dark fire and glittering ice: Mozart鈥檚 Requiem crowns an evening of deep emotions and natural wonders from Sakari Oramo and pianist Martin Helmchen.

Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius鈥檚 Lemminka茂nen Legends 鈥� a stirring counterpart to the brilliance of Thomas Ad猫s鈥檚 Violin Concerto, played by Christian Tetzlaff.

Ermonela Jaho stars in Puccini鈥檚 bittersweet romance, his opera La rondine, incorporating music that has not been heard this century.

Sir James MacMillan conducts a starry performance of his huge, life-affirming Christmas Oratorio 鈥� music that speaks to listeners of all faiths and none.

Clemens Schuldt and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra perform Shakespearean classics, Strauss at his most sumptuous, and a new British concerto for cellist Guy Johnston.

Music that glitters, sings and dances for joy, as Sakari Oramo pairs two newly minted classics with Beethoven鈥檚 brightest symphony.

Love, death and pomegranates: Sakari Oramo rediscovers Stravinsky鈥檚 epic retelling of the myth of Persephone.

Rachmaninov, Bernstein and Dav贸ne Tines 鈥� a fresh perspective on America鈥檚 past, present and future from Daniele Rustioni and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.

Feel the chill鈥� Experience a deep dive into the cutting edge of Iceland鈥檚 mesmerising musical landscape in a full day of events with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra and guests.

Rachmaninov鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Fifth Symphony, and a UK premiere from Julia Adolphe. Big emotions and natural wonders from Kristiina Poska and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra.

Sakari Oramo pairs flair and exoticism with idyllic cheer in this dual outing of Romantic masterpieces: Saint-Sa毛ns鈥� fifth piano concerto and Brahms鈥� Second Symphony.

A magical bird, a dream of England, and the sheer magic of pianist Yeol Eum Son, as Sakari Oramo and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra bring a blaze of colour to the Barbican.