In the words of Moominpapa, “The world is full of great and wonderful things for those who are ready for them”. An evening of words, images and music inspired by the life and works of Tove Jansson.
In the words of Moominpapa, “The world is full of great and wonderful things for those who are ready for them”. An evening of words, images and music inspired by the life and works of Tove Jansson.
A talk examining Tove Jansson’s lifelong relationship with music and its influence on her creative world.
An afternoon set of free, live jazz celebrating one of Tove Jansson’s most beloved genres.
Seasons in Moominvalley: a new film adventure for Moomintroll and his family, with live music from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
An afternoon set of free, live jazz celebrating one of Tove Jansson’s most beloved genres.
A talk exploring the importance of place in Tove Jansson’s creative work, with a special focus on The Summer Book.
A BBC documentary tracing the extraordinary life of Tove Jansson.
Lelia Josefowicz and Sakari Oramo premiere a new violin concerto by Charlotte Bray; a wonderful upbeat to Liszt’s heaven-storming 'Faust Symphony'.
Lelia Josefowicz and Sakari Oramo premiere a new violin concerto by Charlotte Bray; a wonderful upbeat to Liszt’s heaven-storming 'Faust Symphony'.
Music by Janáček and Mozart to thrill and delights, and Ben Goldscheider premieres a brand-new horn concerto from one of Sweden’s most enchanting musical minds.
Music by Janáček and Mozart to thrill and delights, and Ben Goldscheider premieres a brand-new horn concerto from one of Sweden’s most enchanting musical minds.
Tales from a dark century: Isabelle Faust plays Berg’s Violin Concerto, in a concert that embraces nature myths, songs of loss, and the splitting of the atom.
Tales from a dark century: Isabelle Faust plays Berg’s Violin Concerto, in a concert that embraces nature myths, songs of loss, and the splitting of the atom.
Yeol Eum Son plays Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto - the opening chapter in a musical journey through the dark heart of the 20th century.
Yeol Eum Son plays Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto - the opening chapter in a musical journey through the dark heart of the 20th century.
'Lash – Acts of Love': the UK premiere, in a concert staging, of Rebecca Saunders’s extraordinary new opera.
'Lash – Acts of Love': the UK premiere, in a concert staging, of Rebecca Saunders’s extraordinary new opera.
An introduction to Rebecca Saunder's opera, 'Lash'.
Rebecca Saunders’s chamber music might be small in size, but the ideas it conveys are vast. Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama explore a selection of her chamber works this afternoon.
An introduction to the music of Rebecca Saunders
Sakari Oramo conducts Malcolm Arnold: his Seventh Symphony stands alongside British masterpieces by Vaughan Williams and Helen Grime.
Sakari Oramo conducts Malcolm Arnold: his Seventh Symphony stands alongside British masterpieces by Vaughan Williams and Helen Grime.
Francesco Piemontesi plays Brahms’s mighty First Piano Concerto, and conductor Tabita Berglund retells the colourful tale of Grieg’s 'Peer Gynt'.
Francesco Piemontesi plays Brahms’s mighty First Piano Concerto, and conductor Tabita Berglund retells the colourful tale of Grieg’s 'Peer Gynt'.
Kazuki Yamada conducts great musical love stories by Maurice Ravel and Lili Boulanger. Prepare to be seduced…
Kazuki Yamada conducts great musical love stories by Maurice Ravel and Lili Boulanger. Prepare to be seduced…
Swirling ball scene, grotesque witches dance, brutal execution and fatal attraction. Sakari Oramo pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally decadent hedonism of Alban Berg.
Swirling ball scene, grotesque witches dance, brutal execution and fatal attraction. Sakari Oramo pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally decadent hedonism of Alban Berg.
The raw power of Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony meets the anguished humanity of John Adams and Walt Whitman: Jukka-Pekka Saraste explores the terror and compassion of 20th century music at its most powerful.
The raw power of Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony meets the anguished humanity of John Adams and Walt Whitman: Jukka-Pekka Saraste explores the terror and compassion of 20th century music at its most powerful.
Dark fantasies and bewitching melodies: Adam Hickox conjures a collection of the 20th century’s most haunting tales, in music by Liadov, Gubaidulina and Bartók.
Dark fantasies and bewitching melodies: Adam Hickox conjures a collection of the 20th century’s most haunting tales, in music by Liadov, Gubaidulina and Bartók.
Song, dance and a tale as old as time: the BBC Symphony Orchestra summons the spirit of Orpheus, in music by Gluck, Stravinsky and Missy Mazzoli.
Song, dance and a tale as old as time: the BBC Symphony Orchestra summons the spirit of Orpheus, in music by Gluck, Stravinsky and Missy Mazzoli.
Polish fireworks and a long-awaited rediscovery as Marta Gardolińska and violinist Bomsori Kim perform music by Szymanowski and Grazyna Bacewicz.
Polish fireworks and a long-awaited rediscovery as Marta Gardolińska and violinist Bomsori Kim perform music by Szymanowski and Grazyna Bacewicz.
To hell and back: Berlioz’s huge, flamboyant take on the Faust legend simply has to be heard to be believed.
To hell and back: Berlioz’s huge, flamboyant take on the Faust legend simply has to be heard to be believed.
Kirill Karabits conducts Jasdeep Singh Degun's new Sitar Concerto, amid music by John Adams and Sergei Prokofiev in a wide-ranging programme of 20th and 21st century music.
Kirill Karabits conducts Jasdeep Singh Degun's new Sitar Concerto, amid music by John Adams and Sergei Prokofiev in a wide-ranging programme of 20th and 21st century music.
Night Tracks, live in concert: the BBC Symphony Orchestra performs a sequence of classics for adventurous minds, inspired by the popular late-night Radio 3 show.
Music for wellbeing in conversation.
Music and Meditation live: for the first time in London, Izzy Judd and the BBC Singers present a live edition of Radio 3’s hugely popular podcast.
Words and Music live: a sonic journey towards the place where music and words flow together to comfort the spirit.
Music for wellbeing in conversation
Alena Baeva plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Nil Venditti brings a very personal perspective to Falla’s fiesta of a ballet.
Alena Baeva plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Nil Venditti brings a very personal perspective to Falla’s fiesta of a ballet.
Rites of spring: Stravinsky, Hillborg and a spectacular Mendelssohn rediscovery from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Rites of spring: Stravinsky, Hillborg and a spectacular Mendelssohn rediscovery from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Semyon Bychkov enters the wild, wonderful dreamworld of the mighty Seventh Symphony.
Semyon Bychkov enters the wild, wonderful dreamworld of the mighty Seventh Symphony.
Sakari Oramo conducts Brahms’s epic First Symphony, and joins Korean violin phenomenon Inmo Yang in Bartók’s impassioned First Violin Concerto.
Sakari Oramo conducts Brahms’s epic First Symphony, and joins Korean violin phenomenon Inmo Yang in Bartók’s impassioned First Violin Concerto.
Randall Goosby plays Barber’s Violin Concerto; a soaring prelude to the UK premiere of Caroline Shaw’s intergalactic oratorio, 'The Listeners'.
Randall Goosby plays Barber’s Violin Concerto; a soaring prelude to the UK premiere of Caroline Shaw’s intergalactic oratorio, 'The Listeners'.
Debussy’s 'La mer' crowns a concert that surges with elemental power; whether Britten’s East Anglian seascapes or Shostakovich at his punchiest.
Debussy’s 'La mer' crowns a concert that surges with elemental power; whether Britten’s East Anglian seascapes or Shostakovich at his punchiest.