Since the building first opened in 2003, BBC Radio 3 have been presenting these concerts, which are recorded for broadcast at a later date, to ever-increasing numbers of people. Past seasons have included series of Bach sonatas and partitas, string quartets by Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart, Chopin piano music, song cycles by Mendelssohn, Mahler and Schumann, Piano Variations, and a Stravinsky, Debussy and Prokofiev series. We have played host to residencies by the Brodsky Quartet and Nash Ensemble, and have welcomed young performers from the ECHO Rising Stars programme.
Each concert lasts approximately one hour.
The majority of our seats are no longer socially-distanced, however some rows of seats in the stalls remain configured in socially-distanced singles and pairs, for those that would prefer to use them. All seats are unallocated – you are free to sit wherever you wish.
Please note, following the recent Government guidance, all visitors must wear a face covering as a condition of entry, unless exempt or under 12. Find out more about how we're keeping our venue safe here.
> Don't miss our free Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concerts
September 2022 to January 2023
One Pianist, One Composer
Thursday 15 September 1pm Robert Schumann Simone Dinnerstein piano |
Friday 16 September 1pm Franz Schubert Elizabeth Leonskaja piano
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Thursday 29 September 1pm Music by Franz Liszt including: Bertrand Chamayou piano
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Friday 28 October 1pm Music by Frédéric Chopin including: Christian Ihle Hadland piano |
Jazz Inflections
Friday 30 September 1pm Olga Neuwirth Laki Simon Höfele trumpet |
Thursday 6 October 1pm Samuel Barber Four Excursions Joanna MacGregor piano
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Thursday 13 October 1pm Programme to be announced Jess Gillam saxophone
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Friday 21 October 1pm Maurice Ravel Violin Sonata Aleksey Semenenko violin |
Beethoven
Thursday 19 January 1pm Ludwig van Beethoven Pavel Kolesnikov piano |
Thursday 26 January 1pm Ludwig van Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte Ilker Arcayürek tenor |
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Friday 27 January 1pm Robert Schumann Five Pieces in Folk Style Anastasia Kobekina cello |
Thursday 2 February 1pm Joaquín Turina String Quartet Op 34, ‘The Bullfighter’s Prayer’ Quatuor Modigliani |
Tickets
Tickets cost £15 (£13 concessions, £5 under-18s) + booking fee of £0.60 when booking online.
Book any four or more concerts for £10 each.
Concession tickets are not eligible for the multibuy discount as discounts cannot be combined. All four concerts must be booked from the same season for the discount to apply.