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Britten at his most joyful: the upbeat Welcome Ode and the sparkling Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, a lively tour of every instrument. A spirited celebration, complete with fresh narration by Rory Kinnear.

Guy Johnston is the soloist in Benjamin Britten’s Cello Symphony. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo, who also perform Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 and the UK premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Festen Suite

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields spotlights the French horn and bassoon in concertos by Mozart and Thea Musgrave. Britten’s playful Simple Symphony and Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Symphony bookend the concert.

Andrew Manze conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a celebration of English music, featuring works by Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten

John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London present a concert of English music, pairing two works by Britten – the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge and orchestral song-cycle Les illuminations – with music by Berkeley, Bridge and Imogen Holst

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Dvořák’s famous ‘New World’ Symphony alongside a new Triple Concerto by Gwilym Simcock featuring three former BBC Young Musician finalists: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Following a sold-out concert in 2024, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra returns to the Corran Halls for a programme rooted in folk tradition that crackles with colour and energy.

Leader Zoë Beyers leads the latest instalment in our series at the RNCM – music from William Byrd, Benjamin Britten, Errollyn Wallen, Edmund Finnis, Tom Coult and Michael Tippett.

Debussy’s 'La mer' crowns a concert that surges with elemental power; whether Britten’s East Anglian seascapes or Shostakovich at his punchiest.

A festive, family friendly celebration conducted by Luis Castillo Briceño. Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel Prelude and Bridge’s Christmas Dance lead into Britten’s Young Person’s Guide, before Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite closes in seasonal magic.

Benjamin Britten lives! 50 years to the day since his death in 1976, the Britten Sinfonia and the BBC Singers unleash the irrepressible life-force of Britten’s St Nicholas, the story of the saint who inspired the figure of Santa Claus.

Britten Sinfonia and the BBC Singers combine to realise Britten’s joyous cantata telling the tale of the saint that inspired Santa Claus – some of the composer’s brightest and boldest music.

Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth waltzes us into the silken, seductive Vienna of Strauss’s 'Der Rosenkavalier', with added enchantment from the “pure and very expressive” voice of soprano Erika Baikoff.

Under David Brophy, this BBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night celebrates Britain’s bond with the sea. From Sullivan and Walton to Bax and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes, with Gareth Brynmor John, it blends wit, colour and atmosphere.

Under Ludovic Morlot, three imaginative voices take centre stage. Stravinsky’s Jeu des cartes sparkles with wit, Britten’s youthful Double Concerto features Ben Baker and Tim Ridout, and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite closes in glowing fairy‑tale colour.

Under Ludovic Morlot, three imaginative voices take centre stage. Stravinsky’s Jeu des cartes sparkles with wit, Britten’s youthful Double Concerto features Ben Baker and Tim Ridout, and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite closes in glowing fairy‑tale colour.

Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov collaborates with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the RNCM for a programme of Mozart, Britten and John Adams.