The BBC Music Magazine Concert Livestream Calendar
An up-to-date round-up of the concerts, operas and recitals available to view online during self-isolation
Wednesday 14 April
7.30pm BST
Works by Castello, Monteverdi and Strozzi
Thursday 15 April
The Violin Channel: Vanguard Concerts
5pm ET
Philippe Quint, violin
Jun Cho, piano
- Debussy | Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor
- Clara Schumann | Three Romances for Violin and Piano
- Piazzolla | Le Grand Tango (Arr. Gubaidulina)
- Bloch | Nigun from Baal Shem
- Ravel | Tzigane
Concert
Tickets $25 per household. Available to view until 18 April.
Programme:
Mozart: Symphony No. 38
Dvorak: Czech Suite
Friday 16 April
Concert
Time: 8pm
Performers: Musicians of the SSO
Programme:
MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
BEETHOVEN Piano Quartet No. 3 in C major, WoO 36
Thursday 22 April
Howard Shelley and the London Mozart Players: Piano Explored
Concert
Available to view online from 1.05pm, filmed at St John’s Smith Square without an audience.
Tickets: £8, with films available to view for six month’s via the LMP’s website.
Programme:
Hummel: Piano Concerto in E
Friday 23 April
Concert
Time: 8pm
Performer: Sir András Schiff (piano)
Livestream available until Thursday 29 April. Programme to include works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.
Saturday 24 April
16th Lyon International Chamber Music Competition
Competition
22 violin-and-piano duos from across the world compete in this year’s Lyon International Chamber Music Competition, which will take place remotely. Each competitor will record their performance from home. The competition will be broadcast on Classic@Home.
Today: 3-7pm
Final
Thursday 29 April
Concert
Tickets $25 per household. Available to view until 18 April.
Join Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik for a musical journey from the Spanish heartland to the streets of Havana and Buenos Aires! Featuring Georges Bizet’s Carmen Suite, Manuel de Falla’s Ritual of Fire Dances, Ernesto Lecuona’s Andalucia and Jeff Tyzik’s Three Latin Dances.
Sunday 2 May
Concert
Performer: Calidore String Quartet
Time: 5.30pm ET
Tickets: $15. Tickets include access to the broadcast and on-demand streaming of the concert for the following week. Concert will be followed by a Q&A with the artist.
Programme:
DVOŘÁK: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96. “American”
HANNAH LASH: String Quartet No. 1 [Streaming World Premiere]
SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887
Thursday 6 May
Concert
Tickets $25 per household. Available to view until 18 April.
Programme:
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Friday 7 May
Concert
Time: 8pm
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Livestream available until Thursday 13 May. Programme to include Bach’s Suite No. 3 and Kodály’s solo sonata.
Thursday 13 May
Howard Shelley and the London Mozart Players: Piano Explored
Concert
Available to view online from 1.05pm, filmed at St John’s Smith Square without an audience.
Tickets: £8, with films available to view for six month’s via the LMP’s website.
Programme:
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 11
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
Wednesday 19 May
PROGRAM
JS BACH Chorale Prelude “Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”, BWV639
PETERIS VASKS Vox Amoris
SIBELIUS Kuolema, Op.44: Scene VI
SCHOENBERG Verklärte nacht, Op.4
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti – Director & Violin
Stefanie Farrands – Viola
Timo-Veikko Valve – Cello
Maxime Bibeau – Double Bass
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Friday 21 May
Concert
Time: 8pm
Performers:
Darrell Ang, conductor
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Chloe Chua, violin*
Ye Lin, violin*
Programme:
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047
J.S. BACH Concerto in D minor for Two Violins and Orchestra, BWV 1043*
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV 1049
Concert
Time: 8pm
Performers: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Joshua Bell (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello)
Livestream available until Thursday 27 May. Programme to include works inspired by Jewish life, folk songs and liturgical melodies.
Wednesday 26 May
Howard Shelley and the London Mozart Players: Piano Explored
Concert
Available to view online from 1.05pm, filmed at St John’s Smith Square without an audience.
Tickets: £8, with films available to view for six month’s via the LMP’s website.
Programme:
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 6
Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 1
Thursday 27 May
Concert
Tickets $25 per household. Available to view until 18 April.
Programme:
Stravinsky: Octet for Wind Instruments
Janáček: Mládi (Youth)
Tuesday 1 June
Concert
Tickets $25 per household. Available to view until 18 April.
Programme:
John Adams: Chamber Symphony
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Friday 4 June
Concert
Time: 8pm
Performer: Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano)
Livestream available until Thursday 10 June. Programme to include JS Bach’s The Art of Fugue.
Wednesday 7 July
PROGRAM
CRAWFORD SEEGER Andante for Strings
WALKER Lyric for Strings
RAVEL (arr. Tognetti) Deux mélodies hébraïques
TCHAIKOVSKY Andante Cantabile for cello and strings
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings, Op.48
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti – Director
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday 18 August
PROGRAM
ARVO PÄRT Tabula Rasa
SHOSTAKOVICH (arr. Barshai) Chamber Symphony in C minor
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti – Director & Violin
Satu Vänskä – Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday 15 September
PROGRAM
SCHUBERT String Quintet in C major, D.956
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti – Violin
Helena Rathbone – Violin
Stefanie Farrands – Viola
Timo-Veikko Valve – Cello
Melissa Barnard – Cello
Wednesday 3 November
PROGRAM
BEETHOVEN (arr. Tognetti) Violin Sonata in A major ‘Kreutzer’
JANÁČEK (arr. Tognetti) String Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti – Director & Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday 1 December
PROGRAM
To include:
CACCINI Ciaccona
STROZZI Arie, Op.8 No.6 “Che si può fare”
TARTINI (arr. Kreisler) Violin Sonata in G minor “The Devil’s Trill”
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti – Director
Helena Rathbone – Violin
Satu Vänskä – Violin
Stefanie Farrands – Viola
Timo-Veikko Valve – Cello
This list will be updated daily. If there are any we have missed, please contact freya.parr@immediate.co.uk.
