Following a triumphant Paris debut in 1949 as the first German orchestra to perform post-war, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra has remained in consistent demand all over the world. Tonight it is led by Chief Conductor Matthias Foremny and joined by Sony Award-winning artist Olga Scheps for a performance of Chopin’s deeply expressive Piano Concerto No. 1.
In January 2014, Olga Scheps released her second Chopin album with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; the first earned her a prestigious ECHO Klassik Award – Germany’s highest musical accolade.
The orchestra ends the night with Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, a charming and dream-like piece often used in ballets and films, recognized as one of the late Romantic era’s definitive compositions.
Rachmaninov's virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Peter Donohoe, and Tchaikovsky's dramatic Fifth Symphony, conducted by Valery Polyansky. A Karl Jenkins world premiere opens the programme.
Star guitarist Miloš Karadaglić makes his Cadogan Hall debut performing Rodrigo and a special solo set. Borodin's Polovtsian Dances and Saint-Saëns' magnificent 'Organ' Symphony complete the...
The award-winning cellist performs Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1, framed by Beethoven's First and Tchaikovsky's Sixth symphonies, under the baton of Alexander Dmitriev.
Jaap van Zweden conducts Beethoven's much-loved Violin Concerto, with award-winning soloist Ning Feng, and Prokofiev's heroic Fifth Symphony. Fung Lam's Quintessence opens the concert.
Violinist Nicola Benedetti MBE joins the Camerata for a delightful programme of Bartók, Mozart and Bruckner, including Mozart's sunny Violin Concerto No. 5 and Symphony No. 29.
The first of two concerts by this great Swiss orchestra - an all-Beethoven programme featuring the Second Piano Concerto and 'Eroica' Symphony, preceded by the Coriolan Overture.
Sibelius' virtuosic Violin Concerto, performed by Chloë Hanslip, is framed by two orchestral masterpieces - Beethoven's Eighth and Brahms' Second symphonies.
Jacek Kaspszyk conducts Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the full forces of the Warsaw Philharmonic, coupled with Szymanowski’s beautiful and deeply personal Stabat Mater.
The first of three all-Beethoven concerts features the composer's stormy Third Piano Concerto and iconic Fifth Symphony, conducted by Michael Sanderling.
This superb partnership continues its Beethoven series with the intimate Fourth Piano Concerto and evocative Sixth Symphony, the 'Pastoral'. The Egmont Overture opens the programme.
An all-Beethoven programme featuring the heroic Fifth Piano Concerto, the 'Emperor', and joyous Seventh Symphony. The dramatic Prometheus Overture opens the programme.
Joshua Bell directs and performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and The Hebrides, plus Schubert's Death and the Maiden in Mahler's arrangement for string orchestra.
Christopher Warren-Green conducts Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1, with the award-winning soloist Ingolf Wunder, and Dvořák's joyful Symphony No. 8 whose lyricism draws on Bohemian folk music.
Royal Opera’s Anush Hovhannisyan performs concert arias by Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Mozart, framed by Beethoven’s powerful Coriolan Overture and Symphony No. 7.
A thrilling chance to hear Vladimir Ashkenazy conduct the LCO in Sibelius' Rakastava and Elgar's Cello Concerto, with the brilliant young cellist Alexey Stadler. Shostakovich's Two Pieces for String...
A family concert including Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, the world premiere of Petrie's Christmas Carol Fantasia, and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, with soloist Remus Azoitei.
The iconic Maria João Pires performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, under the baton of Christopher Warren-Green. Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 follows after the interval. Mozart's Concert Rondo with...
The renowned clarinettist Jörg Widmann is both soloist and conductor in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Symphony No. 41, the 'Jupiter', preceded by the London premiere of his own composition,...
A French-themed programme featuring works by Mozart, Ravel and Saint-Saëns, plus the world premiere of Peter Fribbins' Violin Concerto, with soloist Philippe Graffin.
A programme of great British music for orchestra and chorus, including Vaugham Williams' Flos Campi and Fantasia on Greensleeves, plus Finzi's Requiem da Camera and Elgar's Serenade for Strings.
A glorious programme of English music, including Elgar's Cello Concerto, with soloist Caroline Dale, and Wand of Youth Suite, and Vaughan Williams' Thomas Tallis Fantasia.
Violinist Nicola Benedetti MBE joins the Camerata for a delightful programme of Bartók, Mozart and Bruckner, including Mozart's sunny Violin Concerto No. 5 and Symphony No. 29.
Schumann's beautiful Piano Concerto, with soloist Gloria Campaner, and Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony, under the baton of Daisuke Muranaka. Beethoven's third Leonora Overture opens the concert.
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, with soloist Imogen Cooper, plus two of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and works by Handel and Mozart, under the baton of Nicholas Kraemer.
Violinist Julia Fischer leads the Academy in a programme of concertos by Haydn and Mendelssohn, with pianist Oliver Schnyder, and Schoenberg's moving Verklärte Nacht.
Joshua Bell directs the much-loved Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings and Astor Piazolla’s evocative Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Members of the Academy join him to perform Vivaldi's Concerto for 4...
