Friday 20 July 2018, 12.00pm
Citing Lee Konitz, Charlie Parker, Warne Marsh, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman, Steve Coleman, Rabi Abou Khalil, and Paul Motian as major influences, Martin has...
Monday 23 July 2018, 1.00pm
Jean Rondeau, harpsichord
Young French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau is a passionate and quirky champion of his instrument, with a maverick energy that brings a contemporary freshness to his period...
Monday 23 July - Wednesday 25 July 2018
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humour writers. You may have heard him on the hugely popular BBC Radio 4...
Tuesday 24 July 2018, 12.00pm
An exciting new collaboration between pianist Frank Harrison and vocalist Brigitte Beraha.
Harrison is one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation, known for his...
Thursday 26 July 2018, 7.30pm
Will Todd's skilful and entertaining jazz form of the liturgy, Mass in Blue, George Shearing's delightful "collaboration" with Shakespeare, and Chris Lee's After Shakespeare, a...
Friday 27 July 2018, 12.00pm
Aimed at the heart, not the head, this is Freddie’s highly evocative collection of compositions written for long time collaborators and quartet members Tom Cawley (piano), Calum...
Monday 30 July 2018, 1.00pm
Ancient Rituals and New Tales
Cairo-born, longtime Sydney-resident oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros has reimagined the range of music accessible to his instrument, the ancient Middle-Eastern lute.
Steeped in...
Tuesday 31 July 2018, 12.00pm
Paul Higgs takes you on a delightful musical tour of the history of jazz, playing hits by the legendary greats - Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker,...
Wednesday 1 August 2018, 7.30pm
with special guest singer Dianne Reeves
Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz, with very special guest singer Dianne Reeves, showcases American music for big band from Basie and Ellington to today’s jazz greats, directed by...
Monday 6 August 2018, 1.00pm
Dame Sarah Connolly & Joseph Middleton
Lullabies and dreams, sleep and insomnia are themes that drift through this night-inspired recital of English song.
British mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly makes her Proms...
Monday 13 August 2018, 1.00pm
Colin Currie & JACK Quartet
Award-winning British percussionist Colin Currie joins forces with dynamic contemporary music specialists, the JACK Quartet, for a programme of 20th- and 21st-century works,...
Saturday 18 August 2018, 7.30pm
Featuring Aprile Millo and Bruce Ford
Aprile Millo and Bruce Ford host the London Bel Canto Festival Young Artist’s concert as part of the festival’s concert series.
Performances will include major operatic...
Monday 20 August 2018, 1.00pm
BBC Singers
Endings – whether of a day, a relationship or a lifetime – are the thread that runs through this beautiful programme of English choral music performed by the BBC...
Tuesday 21 August 2018, 7.30pm
London Bel Canto Festival
As part of the London Bel Canto Festival Legendary Metropolitan Opera soprano Aprile Millo presents her London solo recital debut featuring an eclectic mix of songs and arias from...
Monday 27 August 2018, 1.00pm
Bernstein on Broadway and Beyond
The BBC Proms Bernstein series continues with a recital of gems by Bernstein and his associates.
The concert also features a new song by British-Lebanese composer Bushra...
