Raise a glass to a very special Oktoberfest — no lederhosen required! Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture gets the evening off to a suitably celebratory start, weaving together a number of student drinking songs into a brilliantly spirited orchestral party. From there, the mood turns more mysterious and reflective with Schubert’s haunting Unfinished Symphony, before Brahms’s […]

Some composers seem to belong to every age — and Mozart is surely one of them. His music can be sparkling and mischievous, graceful and intimate, full of theatrical wit one moment and profound beauty the next. Like the many portraits on our gallery wall, there are countless ways of seeing Mozart, but his extraordinary […]

Prepare to be swept away by a concert inspired by the power, mystery and ever-changing moods of the sea. Wagner’s dramatic Flying Dutchman Overture launches us into a world of storms, legend and relentless waves, before Britten’s Four Sea Interludes paints the sea in all its shifting colours — from eerie stillness to crashing tempest. […]

Step into a world where the wide-open landscapes of America meet the rich musical imagination of the New World. Copland’s Appalachian Spring opens the evening with its irresistible blend of freshness, energy and optimism, conjuring a world of open skies, new beginnings and dancing rhythms. Then prepare to be swept away by the soaring lyricism and passion […]