BARBICAN, LONDON
Hania Rani performs the world premiere of Non Fiction: A Piano Concerto In Four Movements alongside Manchester Collective assembled as a 45-piece Orchestra with Rakhi Singh, conductor Hugh Brunt, Jack Wyllie & Valentina Magaletti.
Hania Rani & Manchester Collective
BARBICAN, LONDON
Hania Rani performs the world premiere of Non Fiction: A Piano Concerto In Four Movements alongside Manchester Collective assembled as a 45-piece Orchestra with Rakhi Singh, conductor Hugh Brunt, Jack Wyllie & Valentina Magaletti.
BBC Concert Orchestra: South
ROYAL CONCERT HALL, Nottingham
A record of one of the greatest survival stories in the history of exploration, South is the original film – exquisitely photographed by Frank Hurley – of Shackleton’s 1914-16 Endurance expedition to Antarctica, during which the ship was crushed by ice, stranding the crew. Shackleton’s death over 100 years ago in 1922 is seen to have marked the end of the ‘heroic age’ of Antarctic exploration.
Now considered the world’s first documentary feature, South was restored in pre-digital days by the BFI National Archive with its original tinting. The film was digitally remastered for its centenary release in 2019, with an atmospheric, newly commissioned score by Neil Brand which will be performed live by members of the BBC Concert Orchestra with conductor Hugh Brunt.
Gazelle Twin & LCO
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra: Galaxymphony
Musikkens Hus, Aalborg
Music from Blade Runner, Avatar, Interstellar and Star Wars.
Cassandra Lemoine (soprano)
Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano)
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Hugh Brunt (conductor)
BBC Proms: BBC Young Composer
Albert Hall, Nottingham
Be first to hear pieces composed by the most recent winners of the BBC Young Composer competition, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Mentored by composers Gavin Higgins and Helen Grime, tonight’s composers have been inspired by Luke Jerram’s artwork Gaia, an eight-metre-tall replica of the Earth and by soundscapes inspired by the work of academics at UCL East’s People and Nature Lab, and the Biome Health Project.
Jess Gillam (presenter)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Hugh Brunt (conductor)
Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3
The Smile & LCO
BBC 6 MUSIC FESTIVAL
O2 VICTORIA WAREHOUSE, MANCHESTER
BBC 6 Music Festival presents The Smile in a world exclusive performance with the LCO, with support from Jordan Rakei and an opening set from Mary Anne Hobbs and Anna Phoebe.
The Smile (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Tom Skinner)
London Contemporary Orchestra
Hugh Brunt (conductor)
Matthew Herbert x LCO: The Horse
THEATER DES WESTENS, BERLIN
Electronic musician and producer Matthew Herbert performs a unique live show alongside Ensemble Resonanz, journeying into the origins of music, from its very beginnings to modern day electronics and sampling.
Matthew Herbert x LCO: The Horse
BARBICAN, LONDON
Electronic musician and producer Matthew Herbert performs a unique live show alongside the LCO, journeying into the origins of music, from its very beginnings to modern day electronics and sampling.
Laufey & LA Phil
The Ford, Los Angeles
Maan & Metropole Orkest
Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Together with Maan, Metropole Orkest will open this year’s edition of the VriendenLoterij ZomerConcerten in Het Concertgebouw. She has already shared the stage with the Metropole Orkest and this evening the special collaboration will continue: conducted by Hugh Brunt, well-known hits and songs from Maan’s latest album Leven will be played in a spectacular orchestral version..
San Francisco Symphony: Nicholas Britell & Barry Jenkins
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
A special SoundBox show curated by Academy Award-nominated composer/pianist and SF Symphony Collaborative Partner Nicholas Britell and his frequent creative partner, Academy Award-winner Barry Jenkins, the acclaimed director of the award-winning films If Beale Street Could Talk and Moonlight.
San Francisco Symphony: Nicholas Britell & Barry Jenkins
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
A special SoundBox show curated by Academy Award-nominated composer/pianist and SF Symphony Collaborative Partner Nicholas Britell and his frequent creative partner, Academy Award-winner Barry Jenkins, the acclaimed director of the award-winning films If Beale Street Could Talk and Moonlight.
Julia Holter & Chorus of Opera North: The Passion of Joan of Arc
BARBICAN, LONDON
Joined by her band and the 36-strong Chorus of Opera North, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and composer Julia Holter ventures into astonishing and beautiful new territory with her live soundtrack for The Passion of Joan of Arc.
Julia Holter & Chorus of Opera North: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Joined by her band and the 36-strong Chorus of Opera North, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and composer Julia Holter ventures into astonishing and beautiful new territory with her live soundtrack for The Passion of Joan of Arc.
Laufey & Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa, Reykjavík
Laufey & Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa, Reykjavík
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Composer Nicholas Britell is a two-time Academy Award nominee and an Emmy winner who has been lauded for his collaborations with Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Underground Railroad) and Adam McKay (The Big Short, Vice, Succession). Britell curates an evening showcasing some of today’s most innovative composers and scores. Featuring works by Mica Levi, Terence Blanchard, Jonny Greenwood, Kathryn Bostic, and Britell himself, this evening will be a unique celebration of their works in live performance. A special bonus will be the first live performance of selections from Britell’s new score to Adam McKay’s upcoming Netflix comedy Don’t Look Up.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Hildur Guðnadóttir won an Emmy and Grammy in 2019 for her score to Chernobyl and followed it up in 2020 with an Oscar win for Joker and this year a highly celebrated soundtrack for the video game Battlefield 2042. The Icelandic composer and cellist curates an evening featuring music by the groundbreaking and adventurous composers who have deeply influenced today’s film music landscape.
BBC Concert Orchestra
Royal FESTIVAL Hall, London
Saxophonist and presenter Jess Gillam celebrates her ARIA-winning weekly BBC Radio 3 show and podcast, ‘This Classical Life’ with the BBC Concert Orchestra and special guests, live from the Royal Festival Hall.
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 14 July
BBC Proms: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Royal Albert Hall, London
World premiere of Jonny Greenwood‘s Horror vacui for solo violin and 68 strings, alongside works by Krzysztof Penderecki and Steve Reich
Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 13 September
Saint Etienne: Tiger Bay
Barbican, London
25 years since its release, pioneering trio Saint Etienne perform their critically rated album in its entirety, joined by the London Contemporary Orchestra
Philip Glass: The Bowie Symphonies
Royal Festival Hall, London
London Contemporary Orchestra perform Philip Glass‘ Symphony No.1 (Low), Symphony No.4 (Heroes) and the European premiere of Symphony No.12 (Lodger) – from the music of David Bowie and Brian Eno
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood with Jonny Greenwood’s score performed live by the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood with Jonny Greenwood’s score performed live by the New York Philharmonic
Actress & LCO
Barbican, London
A unique collaboration commissioned and curated by Boiler Room and the London Contemporary Orchestra pairing producer Darren Cunningham, aka Actress, with the LCO.
John Cale & London Contemporary Orchestra
BARBICAN, LONDON
John Cale & London Contemporary Orchestra
BARBICAN, LONDON
Royal Northern Sinfonia
SAGE GATESHEAD
James MacMillan St Luke Passion
Royal Northern Sinfonia
SAGE GATESHEAD (NORTHERN ROCK FOUNDATION HALL)
Young Composers’ Competition workshop
Closed session
Organ Reframed: London Contemporary Orchestra
UNION CHAPEL, London
The opening night of Organ Reframed features six world premieres from Mira Calix, Emily Hall, Tim Hecker, Gordon Monahan, Phill Niblock and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, performed by James McVinnie, LCO and special guest Gordon Monahan.
BBC Proms: London Contemporary Orchestra
The Tanks, Tate Modern, London
Works by Actress, Catherine Lamb and Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
London Contemporary Orchestra: GABA-analogue
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
HAMER HALL, MELBOURNE
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood with Jonny Greenwood’s score performed live by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Part of the Melbourne International Film Festival
Mercury Rev & Royal Northern Sinfonia
BARBICAN, LONDON
Mercury Rev & Royal Northern Sinfonia
COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL
Mercury Rev & Royal Northern Sinfonia
SAGE GATESHEAD
Royal Northern Sinfonia
SAGE GATESHEAD (SAGE TWO)
Agustín Fernández Notes from Underground
Peter Wiegold Les Roses
Orchestra of Opera North
HOWARD ASSEMBLY ROOM, LEEDS
Fritz Lang / Gottfried Huppertz Metropolis (2010 restored version with live score)
There Will Be Blood: Live
COLSTON HALL, BRISTOL
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood with Jonny Greenwood’s score performed live by the London Contemporary Orchestra
There Will Be Blood: Live
BRIGHTON DOME
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood with Jonny Greenwood’s score performed live by the London Contemporary Orchestra
There Will Be Blood: Live
SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood with Jonny Greenwood’s score performed live by the London Contemporary Orchestra
There Will Be Blood: Live
Royal Festival Hall, London
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood with Jonny Greenwood’s score performed live by the London Contemporary Orchestra
Jonny Greenwood (ondes Martenot)
Royal Northern Sinfonia
SAGE GATESHEAD (NORTHERN ROCK FOUNDATION HALL)
Composers’ workshop
Closed session
Sam Lee & City of London Sinfonia
St John at Hackney Church, LONDON
Sam Lee (arr. Farrington) Songs from The Fade in Time and Ground of Its Own
Britten Suite on English Folk Tunes “A Time There Was
…”
Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow
Delius (arr. Farrington) Brigg Fair
London Contemporary Orchestra & Choir
Roundhouse, London
John Tavener Svyati
CHAINES (aka Caroline Haines) DOWN (world premiere – LCO commission)
Morton Feldman Rothko Chapel
Mica Levi You belong to me (world premiere – LCO commission)
Yoko Ono Sky Piece to Jesus Christ
Part of Ron Arad’s Curtain Call
Actress & LCO
STRELKA INSTITUTE, MOSCOW
A unique collaboration commissioned and curated by Boiler Room and the London Contemporary Orchestra pairing producer Darren Cunningham, aka Actress, with the LCO.
City of London Sinfonia
UK Centre for Carnival Arts, Luton
Orchestras Live concerts
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Sunderland Empire
Asunder – a live film and music collaboration between filmmaker Esther Johnson, Field Music, Warm Digits and Royal Northern Sinfonia, with creative director Bob Stanley
City of London Sinfonia
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
Orchestras Live concerts
London Contemporary Orchestra
Portsmouth Cathedral
Portsmouth Festivities: opening concert
Jonny Greenwood Detuned Orchestra (‘There Will Be Blood’)
Edmund Finnis Across White Air
Pauline Oliveros Rock Piece
Catherine Lamb Tone/Noise
Jonathan Harvey Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco
Mica Levi SAW
Claude Vivier Zipangu
Emilíana Torrini & Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa, Reykjavík
Emilíana Torrini & Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Harpa, Reykjavík
Oxford University Orchestra
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Debussy Images No. 3: Rondes de Printemps
Tchaikovsky The Tempest
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Actress & LCO
Barbican, London
A unique collaboration commissioned and curated by Boiler Room and the London Contemporary Orchestra pairing producer Darren Cunningham, aka Actress, with the LCO.
London Contemporary Orchestra: BBC Radio 3 Live in Concert
St John at Hackney Church, London
CHAINES I Found This
Catherine Lamb Tone/Noise
Laurence Crane Holt Quartet
Jonny Greenwood Detuned Orchestra (‘There Will Be Blood’)
Edmund Finnis Shades Lengthen
London Contemporary Orchestra
St John at Hackney Church, London
Trad. Tonus Peregrinus chant
Kaija Saariaho Sept Papillons
Magister Grimace (ed. Hugh Brunt) Se Zephirus / Se Jupiter: I
(Codex Chantilly – MS fol. 19: Ballade)
Edmund Finnis Shades Lengthen (world premiere)
Arvo Pärt Annum per annum
Magister Grimace Se Zephirus / Se Jupiter: II
John Cage In a Landscape
Trad. Tonus Peregrinus chant
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Sage Gateshead (Northern Rock Foundation Hall)
Composers’ workshop
Closed session
Jonny Greenwood & LCO Soloists
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest
Jonny Greenwood & LCO Soloists
YOTASPACE, Moscow
There Will Be Blood: Live
Royal Festival Hall, London
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood with Jonny Greenwood’s score performed live by the London Contemporary Orchestra
Part of David Byrne’s Meltdown
City of London Sinfonia
UK Centre for Carnival Arts, Luton
Orchestras Live concerts
Jonny Greenwood & LCO Soloists
Beck & London Contemporary Orchestra
Barbican, London
Part of Doug Aitken’s Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening
Jonny Greenwood & LCO Soloists
Jonny Greenwood & LCO Soloists
Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin
Beck with special guests Jonny Greenwood and LCO Soloists
Orchestra of Opera North
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Fritz Lang / Gottfried Huppertz Metropolis (2010 restored version with live score)
Britten Sinfonia
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Cambridge University Composers’ Workshop
Jonny Greenwood & LCO Soloists
Jonny Greenwood & LCO Soloists
St John the Evangelist, Oxford
Oxford University Orchestra
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
R. Strauss Don Juan
Brahms Symphony No. 4
Jonny Greenwood & LCO Soloists
The Albert Hall, Manchester
London Contemporary Orchestra
Roundhouse, London
Howard Skempton Lento
Delia Derbyshire The Delian Mode
Nick Ryan Synaes (world premiere, Roundhouse commission)
Edmund Finnis Between Rain (world premiere, LCO commission)
Kaija Saariaho Verblendungen
Part of Imogen Heap’s Reverb
There Will Be Blood: Live
Roundhouse, London
World premiere screenings of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood with Jonny Greenwood’s score performed live by the London Contemporary Orchestra
Part of the Roundhouse Summer Sessions
There Will Be Blood: Live
Roundhouse, London
World premiere screenings of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award-winning There Will Be Blood with Jonny Greenwood’s score performed live by the London Contemporary Orchestra
Part of the Roundhouse Summer Sessions
Jonny Greenwood & LCO Soloists
LCO Soloists: Across White Air
InTRANSIT Festival
Holy Trinity Sloane Square, London
Byrd (arr. Hugh Brunt) Mass for Four Voices: Kyrie
Jonathan Harvey Ricercare una Melodia* (UK premiere)
Byrd Mass for Four Voices: Gloria
Edmund Finnis Relative Colour (UK professional premiere)
Jonathan Harvey Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco
Byrd Mass for Four Voices: Sanctus & Benedictus
Edmund Finnis Across White Air^ (world premiere, LCO commission)
Byrd Mass for Four Voices: Agnus Dei
City of London Sinfonia
Spitalfields Music Summer Festival
Village Underground, London
Dowland Flow My Tears
Valgeir Sigurðsson The Crumbling
Dowland In Darkness Let Me Dwell
Purcell arr. Britten Chacony in G minor
Thomas Adès Darknesse Visible
Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Valgeir Sigurðsson No Nights Dark Enough (world premiere)