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2026

August

• 4: Elena Schwarz, BBCNOW, Alina Ibragimova – Zimmermann: Märchen-Suite, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 [Royal Albert Hall]
• 9: Anu Komsi, Sakari Oramo – Kurtág: Kafka-Fragmenten [Bristol Beacon]
• 9: Peter Whelan, OAE, Erin Morley, Helen Charlston, Guy Cutting, William Thomas – Zelenka: Miserere in C minor, Mozart: Maurerische Trauermusik K 477, Arias Schon lacht der holde Frühling K 580, Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio K 418, Haydn: Missa in angustiis [Royal Albert Hall]
• 10: Esa-Pekka Salonen, RAMSO, Julliard Orchestra, Vilde Frang – Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements, Berg: Violin Concerto, Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra [Royal Albert Hall]
• 18: Cristian Măcelaru, BBCSO – Canat de Chizy: Skyline for three percussionists, timpani and orchestra, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 [Royal Albert Hall]
• 21: Anja Bihlmaier, BBC Philharmonic, Jamie Barton, Clay Hilley – El-Turk: Mosaic, Haydn: Symphony No. 45, Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde [Royal Albert Hall]
• 23: Alain Altinoglu, BBCSO, Gautier Capuçon – Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Dvořák: Cello Concerto, Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Varèse: Amériques [Royal Albert Hall]
• 29: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Oslo Philharmonic, Patricia Kopatchinskaja – Torvund: Symphonic Poem No. 1 Forest Morning, Stravinsky: Violin Concerto, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet excerpts [Royal Albert Hall]

September

• 1: Jakub Hrůša, BBCSO, Lukáš Vondráček – Kaprálová: Suita rustica, Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3, Janáček: Sinfonietta [Royal Albert Hall]
• 6: Sakari Oramo, BBCSO – Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Simcock: Triple Concerto for soprano saxophone, horn and cello, Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 [Royal Albert Hall]
• 7: Simon Rattle, Freiburger Barockorchester, Isabelle Faust – Schumann: Genoveva Overture, Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 2 [Royal Albert Hall]
• 10: Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo, Jeanine De Bique, Eva Zaïcik, Hugh Cutting, Nick Pritchard, Florian Störtz – Bach, J.S.: h-Moll-Messe [Royal Albert Hall]
• 12: Jean-Guihen Queyras – Bach, J.S.: Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012 [Wigmore]
• 14: Allan Clayton, Paul Lewis – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin [Wigmore]
• 15: Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Kiveli Dörken – Smetana: Piano Trio op. 15, Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio op. 50 [Wigmore]
• 16: Angela Hewitt, Dunedin Consort – Haydn: Symphony No. 6, Bach, C.P.E.: Concerto H 423, Martínez: Sinfonie in C, Mozart: Concerto K 449 [Wigmore]
• 19 11:30: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Lorenzo Soulès – Kurtág: Játékok Books 1-4, 8 [Wigmore]
• 19 17:00: Pierre-Laurent Aimard – Kurtág: Játékok Books 5-7, Beethoven: Bagatelles (selections) [Wigmore]
• 19 21:00: Pierre-Laurent Aimard – Kurtág: Játékok Books 9-11, Schumann: Bunte Blätter (selections) [Wigmore]
• 20: Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier – Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine [Wigmore]
• 22: Tamara Stefanovich – Bach, J.S., Messiaen, Rameau [Wigmore]
• 22: Elisabeth Leonskaja – Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 575, 850, Impromptus D 935 [Wigmore]
• 24: The Mozartists, Ian Page, Alexandra Lowe – Kraus: Symphony in C minor, Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide. Dieux puissants que j'atteste, Jommelli: Fetonte. Ombre che tacite qui sede, Mozart: La finta giardiniera. Vorrei punirti in degno, Traetta: Antigona. Ombra cara, amorosa, Haydn: Lo speziale. Amore nel mio petto, Symphony No. 45 [Wigmore]
• 25: Belcea Quartet – Beethoven: String Quartets op. 18 no. 1, op. 130 with Große Fuge op. 133 [Wigmore]
• 22: Thomas Adès – Haydn, Janáček, Adès, Stravinsky, Bartók, Beethvoen [Wigmore]
• 27: Belcea Quartet – Beethoven: String Quartets op. 18 no. 2, opp. 95, 131 [Wigmore]

October

• 2: Can Çakmur – Lachenmann: 5 variations on a theme of Franz Schubert, Schubert: Impromptus D 899, Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, première année, Suisse. Vallée d'Obermann [Wigmore]
• 4: Herbert Blomstedt, PO – Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 [Royal Festival Hall]
• 4: Robert Levin – Mozart: Suite K 399, Sonatas K 332, 283, 311, Variations K 500, Allegro K 312 [Wigmore]
• 5: Mark Padmore, Jonathan Biss – Schubert: Lieder D 870, 880, 800, 938, Schumann: Lieder op. 35 [Wigmore]
• 19: Mahan Esfahani, Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Bach, C.P.E.: Symphonies Wq. 175, 178, 182/4, Concertos Wq. 15, 47 [Wigmore]
• 23: Sakari Oramo, BBCSO, Senja Rummukainen – Britten: Four Sea Interludes, Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1, Coll: Elysian, Debussy: La mer [Barbican]
• 30: Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo, Hilary Cronin, Daisy Livesey, James Hall, Jeremy Budd, Hugo Brady, Matthew Long, Dominic Sedgwick, William Gaunt – An English baroque journey I, sacred music. Gibbons, Locke, Purcell, Humfrey, Blow, Greene, Handel [Wigmore]

November

• 2: Richard Goode – Bach, J.S.: Partita BWV 825, Schönberg: Sechs kleine Klavierstücke op. 19, Gesulado: O vos omnes, Byrd: My Ladye Nevells Booke. Pavane and Galliarde Nos. 2, 3, Rameau, Gluck, Bizet, Paderewski, Schubert: Ungarische Melodie D 817, Janáček: Po zarostlém chodníčku. Dobrou noc! [Wigmore]
• 3: Hannes Minnaar – Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87 [Wigmore]
• 9: Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion, Sabine Devieilhe, Lea Desandre, Xenia Puskarz Thomas, Kieran Carrell, Huw Montague-Rendall – Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Mozart: Mass K 427, Haydn, M. [Barbican]
• 10: Sakari Oramo, BBCSO, Inmo Yang – Enescu: Rhapsody No. 1, Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1, Brahms: Symphony No. 1 [Barbican]
• 12: Manfred Honeck, PO, Emanuel Ax – Strauss II: Die Fledermaus, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25, Strauss: Elektra Suite (arr. Honeck and Ille) [Royal Festival Hall]
• 15: Angela Hewitt, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Baptiste Lopez – Bach, C.P.E.: Symphony H 654, Mozart: Concerto K 413, Symphony K 16, Bach, J.C.: Symphony op. 6 no. 6, Bach, J.S.: Concerto BWV 1058 [Wigmore]
• 17: Laurence Cummings, AAM, Anna Dennis, Ed Lyon, Katie Bray, Christopher Lowrey – Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea [Barbican]
• 19: Paul Lewis – Mozart: Sonatas K 570, 333, Weber: Sonata op. 39, Chopin: Polonaise op. 26 no. 1, Nocturnes op. 37 [Wigmore]
• 26: William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew – Monteverdi: Madrigals, Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda [Wigmore]
• 27: Semyon Bychkov, BBCSO – Mahler: Symphony No. 7 [Barbican]
• 28: Quatuor Ébène – Beethoven: String Quartets op. 18 no. 3, op. 95, op. 59 no. 2 [Wigmore]
• 29: Simone Young, PO, Diana Damrau, Gerald Finley – Strauss: Lieder, Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [Royal Festival Hall]
• 29: Quatuor Ébène – Beethoven: String Quartets op. 18 no. 6, op. 132 [Wigmore]

December

• 2: Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Nicolas Altstaedt – Bach, J.S.: Suite BWV 1066, 1068, Bach, C.P.E.: Concerto H 432, Symphony Wq. 182 No. 5 [Wigmore]
• 4: Sakari Oramo, BBCSO, Beth Taylor, Benjamin Bruns, Lawrence Power – Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Hillborg: Viola Concerto, Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps [Barbican]
• 6: Magdalena Kožená, Malcolm Martineau – Janáček: Moravská lidová poesie v písních (selections), Wolf: Mörike-Lieder (selections), Rachmaninov: Songs op. 38, Schönberg: Brettl-Lieder [Wigmore]
• 10: Gerald Finley, Julius Drake – Schumann, Grieg, Barber [Wigmore]
• 12: Nash Ensemble, Claire Booth – Beethoven: Octet op. 103, Matthews: C.A.N.O.N. for soprano and piano trio, Saint-Saëns: Variations on a theme of Beethoven op. 35, Haydn: String Quartet op. 33 no. 2 [Wigmore]
• 15: Masato Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Rachel Nicholls, Terry Wey, Mauro Peter, Dingle Yandell – Handel: Messiah [Barbican]
• 18: Peter Whelan, Irish Baroque Orchestra and Choir – Handel: Messiah [Wigmore]
• 20: Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien – Mozart: Sonata K 454, Enescu: Sonata op. 25, Kodály: Adagio, Bartók: Sonata BB 85 [Wigmore]
• 21: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet – Haydn: Sonatas HXVI/1, 24, 32, 52, D'Indy, Hahn, Ravel, Debussy, Dukas, Widor [Wigmore]
• 23: John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Lucy Crowe, Joanna Songi, Sarah Anne Champion, Guy Cutting, Chris Webb – Scheidt, Rosenmüller, Geist, Bach, J.C., Böhm, Buxtehude, Theile, Schütz, Bach, J.S. [Wigmore]