Ronnie Scott’s presents a unique and very special night featuring one of the most iconic British groups in Decades, the James Taylor Quartet (JTQ) with a live orchestra!

This very special live show follows the release of ‘Soundtrack from Electric Black’ For the past 30 years, the James Taylor Quartet has set the standard for the coolest sounds in funky acid jazz. On dozens of mighty albums and at their legendary gigs at home and around the world, they’ve quietly become a byword for distinguished British creativity.

The Wanderlust series opens with a coffee concert in St Laurence Church, Catford. Vienna has been a cultural hub for centuries, with many creatives converging on the city to pursue their artistic dreams. This recital features Lieder and chamber music from Mozart, Schumann, Korngold, Kreisler, and Brahms’ Two Songs for voice, viola and piano Op 91.

Max Richter’s new project, co-commissioned by the Barbican, is written for an orchestra with radically reimagined instrumentation. Known for his experimental post-minimalist style, mixing electronic and classical sounds in his work, Richter has written for film, opera and ballet as well as an eight-hour piece intended to be listened to overnight titled Sleep. With this new commission, Richter continues his established relationship with the Barbican having most recently co-curated Sounds and Visions, a weekend of music and image, with artist Yulia Mahr in May 2018.

Max Richter’s new project, co-commissioned by the Barbican, is written for an orchestra with radically reimagined instrumentation. Known for his experimental post-minimalist style, mixing electronic and classical sounds in his work, Richter has written for film, opera and ballet as well as an eight-hour piece intended to be listened to overnight titled Sleep. With this new commission, Richter continues his established relationship with the Barbican having most recently co-curated Sounds and Visions, a weekend of music and image, with artist Yulia Mahr in May 2018.

The second leg of the Hoodies All Summer Tour will see Kano take the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester UK on 15 February 2020. One of the most innovative, interesting and pioneering artists to come out of Britain in recent years, Kano’s latest album is a pitch of scalding urgency, with an honesty that uses personal experience and observation as a means to magnify the current processes of the societal and political system.

String quartet composition workshop at Oxford University. The Kreutzer Quartet, one of Europe’s most dynamic and innovative string quartets, will perform works for string quartet by students and offer their expertise and advice to improve aspects of their compositions.

Makers’ Day is the British Violin Making Association’s annual showcase of violin and bow makers – the best of new making in Britain and abroad. The Kreutzer Quartet will be with us again this year, it is expected that Halls One and Two will be available for them to try out instruments upon which their lunchtime concert will be performed.

The second leg of the Hoodies All Summer Tour will see Kano take The Drumsheds on 7 February 2020. One of the most innovative, interesting and pioneering artists to come out of Britain in recent years, Kano’s latest album is a pitch of scalding urgency, with an honesty that uses personal experience and observation as a means to magnify the current processes of the societal and political system.

London-based composer and electronic producer Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles performs a new work for 16 string players, alongside a performance of gleann ciùin by Claire M Singer.

In this performance, an AI installation inspired by the visual art of Bridget Riley responds to the sound of the LCO playing Michael Gordon’s mesmerising piece Rushes.

The installation is the product of the orchestra’s recent experimentation with artificial intelligence, imagery and music, and is influenced by the perceptual effects of Riley’s work. It is triggered by the music in tonight’s concert.

Rival Consoles returns to Southbank Centre after a sold-out live premiere in September 2019 as part of our Purcell Sessions: Erased Tapes x LCO series.

Supported by Arts Council England and the Cockayne Foundation.

One of the highlights of the London Christmas calendar A Macmillan Christmas will take place on Tuesday 3rd December 2019 at Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair.

Hosted by BBC Radio 4’s very own Zeb Soanes, celebrity readings from Prue Leith and Edward Bluemel with music from Konya Kanneh-Mason, Jaymee Coonjobeeharry, Verity Quade, Colla Voce Singers, and the London Contemporary Orchestra.

The British Fashion Council is delighted to announce that The Fashion Awards 2019 will take place on Monday 2 December, returning to iconic London venue The Royal Albert Hall.

The Fashion Awards recognises creativity and innovation in fashion, celebrating exceptional individuals whose imagination and creativity have broken new ground in fashion globally over the past 12 months, and the brands and businesses that have transformed the possibilities of fashion today.

Dynamic ensemble The Kreutzer Quartet perform Beethoven’s fifteenth string quartet, whose lively middle section ‘Neue Kraft fuehlend’ (feeling new strength) is set against music that echoes a solemn religious song. In this innovative concert, The Kreutzer join forces with singers from the Oxford University Faculty of Music, led by renowned tenor James Gilchrist. Their programme explores more contrasts, performing songs accompanied by string quartet, and string quartets inspired by songs.

Composition workshop at Oxford University. The Kreutzer Quartet, one of Europe’s most dynamic and innovative string quartets, will talk about their work with composers and the rehearsal and performance process, with time for Q&A.

European Tour 2019 | London (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7th November), Brugge (Concertgebouw Brugge, 8th November), Amsterdam (Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 14th November), Köln (Kölner Philharmonie, 15th November), Antwerp (Blauwe Zaal De Singel, 16 November), and Aachen (Eurogress Aachen, 18th November).

Kevin John Edusei makes a welcome return to conduct Chineke! Orchestra and the violin soloist is Elena Urioste, a BBC Young Generation artist whose playing has been hailed as portraying in equal parts ‘passion, sensuality, brains and humour (Washington Post).

European Tour 2019 | London (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7th November), Brugge (Concertgebouw Brugge, 8th November), Amsterdam (Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 14th November), Köln (Kölner Philharmonie, 15th November), Antwerp (Blauwe Zaal De Singel, 16 November), and Aachen (Eurogress Aachen, 18th November).

Kevin John Edusei makes a welcome return to conduct Chineke! Orchestra and the violin soloist is Elena Urioste, a BBC Young Generation artist whose playing has been hailed as portraying in equal parts ‘passion, sensuality, brains and humour (Washington Post).

European Tour 2019 | London (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7th November), Brugge (Concertgebouw Brugge, 8th November), Amsterdam (Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 14th November), Köln (Kölner Philharmonie, 15th November), Antwerp (Blauwe Zaal De Singel, 16 November), and Aachen (Eurogress Aachen, 18th November).

Kevin John Edusei makes a welcome return to conduct Chineke! Orchestra and the violin soloist is Elena Urioste, a BBC Young Generation artist whose playing has been hailed as portraying in equal parts ‘passion, sensuality, brains and humour (Washington Post).

European Tour 2019 | London (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7th November), Brugge (Concertgebouw Brugge, 8th November), Amsterdam (Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 14th November), Köln (Kölner Philharmonie, 15th November), Antwerp (Blauwe Zaal De Singel, 16 November), and Aachen (Eurogress Aachen, 18th November).

Kevin John Edusei makes a welcome return to conduct Chineke! Orchestra and the violin soloist is Elena Urioste, a BBC Young Generation artist whose playing has been hailed as portraying in equal parts ‘passion, sensuality, brains and humour (Washington Post).

Multi-prizewinning American pianist Sara Daneshpour makes her Southbank Centre debut performing works by Boulez, Bach and Ravel.

Daneshpour is joined in the second half of the evening by the principals of Chineke! Orchestra in a performance of Schubert's Trout Quintet.

European Tour 2019 | London (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7th November), Brugge (Concertgebouw Brugge, 8th November), Amsterdam (Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 14th November), Köln (Kölner Philharmonie, 15th November), Antwerp (Blauwe Zaal De Singel, 16 November), and Aachen (Eurogress Aachen, 18th November).

Kevin John Edusei makes a welcome return to conduct Chineke! Orchestra and the violin soloist is Elena Urioste, a BBC Young Generation artist whose playing has been hailed as portraying in equal parts ‘passion, sensuality, brains and humour (Washington Post).

European Tour 2019 | London (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7th November), Brugge (Concertgebouw Brugge, 8th November), Amsterdam (Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 14th November), Köln (Kölner Philharmonie, 15th November), Antwerp (Blauwe Zaal De Singel, 16 November), and Aachen (Eurogress Aachen, 18th November).

Kevin John Edusei makes a welcome return to conduct Chineke! Orchestra and the violin soloist is Elena Urioste, a BBC Young Generation artist whose playing has been hailed as portraying in equal parts ‘passion, sensuality, brains and humour (Washington Post).

Experience an intimate chamber performance from members of Europe’s first majority Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) orchestra, comprised of exceptional musicians from across the continent. CHINEKE! CHAMBER ENSEMBLE will be performing an intimate programme of chamber music in Paines Plough's acclaimed pop-up theatre ROUNDABOUT. Music by Richard Strauss, Errollyn Wallen, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Chineke! Chamber Ensemble presents an interactive session showcasing the work of Chineke!. 

This is a unique event to see how the musicians' instruments work and a chance to see them perform. There will be a Q&A session as well as the opportunity for children to try an instrument. Plus, there may also be the chance to step forward and "conduct" the Ensemble.

Suggested age is 7+ (young children must be accompanied by an adult).

This is a FREE event.

Arcadia Music Festival 2019

Artistic Directors: Eleanor Alberga and Thomas Bowes
Composer: Eleanor Alberga

This year's "Fête Anniversaire” celebrates 10 years of Arcadia and the 70th birthday of co-founder Eleanor Alberga. The 4-concert Festival includes several of Eleanor's compositions and highlights major works performed at Arcadia over the past 9 years.

Listen to chamber works by Alberga, Bach, Bartok, Messiaen, Purcell, Schoenberg, Schubert, and Shostakovich performed by an ensemble of internationally acclaimed musicians.

Arcadia Music Festival 2019

Artistic Directors: Eleanor Alberga and Thomas Bowes
Composer: Eleanor Alberga

This year's "Fête Anniversaire” celebrates 10 years of Arcadia and the 70th birthday of co-founder Eleanor Alberga. The 4-concert Festival includes several of Eleanor's compositions and highlights major works performed at Arcadia over the past 9 years.

Listen to chamber works by Alberga, Bach, Bartok, Messiaen, Purcell, Schoenberg, Schubert, and Shostakovich performed by an ensemble of internationally acclaimed musicians.

Arcadia Music Festival 2019

Artistic Directors: Eleanor Alberga and Thomas Bowes
Composer: Eleanor Alberga

This year's "Fête Anniversaire” celebrates 10 years of Arcadia and the 70th birthday of co-founder Eleanor Alberga. The 4-concert Festival includes several of Eleanor's compositions and highlights major works performed at Arcadia over the past 9 years.

Listen to chamber works by Alberga, Bach, Bartok, Messiaen, Purcell, Schoenberg, Schubert, and Shostakovich performed by an ensemble of internationally acclaimed musicians.

Arcadia Music Festival 2019

Artistic Directors: Eleanor Alberga and Thomas Bowes
Composer: Eleanor Alberga

This year's "Fête Anniversaire” celebrates 10 years of Arcadia and the 70th birthday of co-founder Eleanor Alberga. The 4-concert Festival includes several of Eleanor's compositions and highlights major works performed at Arcadia over the past 9 years.

Listen to chamber works by Alberga, Bach, Bartok, Messiaen, Purcell, Schoenberg, Schubert, and Shostakovich performed by an ensemble of internationally acclaimed musicians.

Chineke! Ensemble performs Spohr’s charming Nonet dating from the late Classical period, Dvořák’s Serenade in D minor, abounding in bohemian melodies and rhythms, and Ligeti’s ebullient and virtuoso collection of Six Bagatelles for wind quintet.

Bringing the music right up to date, Errollyn Wallen’s NNENNA was commissioned for the Cambridge Festival in 2018. Written in memory of Mgbafor Nnenna Inyama (1963 – 1986), NNENNA is scored for seven players. It ends with an arrangement of the highlife song Sweet Mother by Prince Nico Mbarga, sometimes referred to as ‘Africa’s National Anthem’.

A partnership project between Strike A Light, composer Kate Whitley, Gloucestershire Archives, GUST, and Gloucester History Festival.

This exciting and innovative project will work with research teams,  unearthing stories from the archives that reveal personal and professional tales of mental health through the ages. Alongside this research we will be  gathering contemporary mental health narratives from local communities across the City.

This material will be combined and used to create a delicate and moving piece of performance theatre in September 2019 where a cast of professional and community actors will bring these stories to life.

A partnership project between Strike A Light, composer Kate Whitley, Gloucestershire Archives, GUST, and Gloucester History Festival.

This exciting and innovative project will work with research teams,  unearthing stories from the archives that reveal personal and professional tales of mental health through the ages. Alongside this research we will be  gathering contemporary mental health narratives from local communities across the City.

This material will be combined and used to create a delicate and moving piece of performance theatre in September 2019 where a cast of professional and community actors will bring these stories to life.

David Rodigan MBE is celebrating over four decades in the industry as broadcaster and DJ as he joins forces with the critically acclaimed 25-piece Outlook Orchestra for a captivating festival performance at Madness on the Downs 2019 near Bristol UK.