Southbank Centre: Your classical music update

ZRI: Schubert at the Red Hedgehog Tavern (Double Bill)

FRI 5 DEC

ZRI take us back to Schubert’s favourite boozer to make his String Quintet in C sound as radical as when it was first written. Tickets include access to the after-hours Cellar Sessions, inspired by the tavern’s infamous lock-ins.

Raphael Wallfisch: Composers in Exile

SUN 18 JAN

The cellist, son of Auschwitz survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, performs a wealth of contrasting music by composers forced to flee their countries in the Second World War.

Claire M Singer x LCO: Gleann Ciùin

SUN 7 DEC

Discover the timeless sound of Claire M Singer’s Highlands-inspired compositions in a performance by the composer with the London Contemporary Orchestra.

Alexandra Dariescu

THU 29 JAN

The celebrated pianist explores short-form pieces of music across the ages with an aural sampler of different composers, culminating in Chopin’s 24 Preludes.

Sean Shibe: Forgotten Dances – Lute & Guitars

SAT 10 JAN

The guitarist guides us through three spaces within the Queen Elizabeth Hall in a journey through forgotten works for lute, classical guitar and electric guitar.

Grisey: Quatre Chants

FRI 28 NOV

Experience Gérard Grisey’s profound meditation on death, brought to life by the London Sinfonietta.

Chineke! Orchestra Celebrates a Decade: Part Two

SAT 29 NOV

In the second of their ten-year anniversary concerts, the orchestra plays a full programme of works commissioned by the ensemble in the last ten years.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason Plays Bloch

SAT 29 NOV

The London Philharmonic Orchestra takes us to different worlds in a concert featuring cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s interpretation of Bloch’s lyrical Schelomo.

Santtu and Fazıl Say

SUN 30 NOV

Celebrated Turkish pianist-composer Fazıl Say performs a new piano concerto in an afternoon of music rooted in the earth of home, with the Philharmonia Orchestra.