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Bach, the Universe and Everything: X-Ray Planets
Sun 24 Nov | 11:30am London, Kings PlaceBach, the Universe and Everything continues with one of Bach's best-known cantatas, Wachet auf, ruf uns die Stimme and with guest speaker, Affelia Wibisono.
Bach, the Universe and Everything: Space Animals
Sun 15 Dec | 11:30am London, Kings PlaceFor our pre-Christmas edition of Bach, the Universe and Everything, we are joined by Helen Arney – science communicator, comedian, songwriter and 33.33% of The Festival of the Spoken Nerd.
Open Rehearsal – Baroquebusters
Tue 7 Jan 2025 | 3pm London, Acland Burghley School, Assembly Hall (The Hex)This event is available to all Supporting, Bronze, Silver and Gold friends and all Patrons.
Baroquebusters
Thu 9 Jan 2025 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallJulia Bullock brings the vocal fireworks to an evening celebrating the Greatest Hits of the 18th Century. A baroque-tastic exploration of why the masterpieces of the time became so popular and remain so today.
A Journey Through Baroque at Saffron Hall
Sat 11 Jan 2025 | 7:30pm Saffron Walden, Saffron HallJulia Bullock brings the vocal fireworks to an evening celebrating the Greatest Hits of the 18th Century with a performance at Saffron Walden.
Bach, the Universe and Everything: Sustainable Space
Sun 19 Jan 2025 | 11:30am London, Kings PlaceJoanne Wheeler, director of the Earth Space Sustainability Initiative, talks about the urgent work of protecting the surprisingly limited space around our Earth for future generations in this new year edition of Bach, the Universe and Everything.
Bach, the Universe and Everything: The Learn’d Poet
Sun 16 Feb 2025 | 11:30am London, Kings PlaceIn the penultimate edition of Bach, the Universe and Everything, guest speaker Sam Illingworth explores the numerous occasions in history where poets and creative minds have somehow been ahead of scientific discovery in their predictions.
Beethoven: Hero/Rebel
Thu 27 Feb 2025 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallAs the dream of liberty promised by Napoleon crumbled to dust, Beethoven faced his own personal struggles. Maxim Emelyanychev and Vilde Frang join us in two works that capture the rebellious spirit and herosim of the time.
Bach, the Universe and Everything: Lost in Both Time and Space
Sun 16 Mar 2025 | 11:30am London, Kings PlaceOur final cantata of this Bach, the Universe and Everything season, Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn (You true God and Son of David), BWV 23, is a soulful contemplation of the human journey from darkness into light.
Das Jahr – The Year
Sun 23 Mar 2025 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth HallOlga Pashchenko showcases Fanny Mendelssohn's cycle of 13 piano pieces describing the passage of a year, within a reimagining for period instrument orchestra by four contemporary composers: Roxanna Panufnik, Electra Perivolaris, Freya Waley-Cohen and Errollyn Wallen.
Bach: St Matthew Passion
Thu 3 Apr 2025 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Royal Festival HallFrom intimate grief to monumental crowd scenes, the St Matthew Passion is Bach's most profound musical testimony. The sorrowful retelling of Jesus' final hours is sculpted into a gripping drama under the direction of Jonathan Cohen.
Schumann’s Piano Concerto
Thu 22 May 2025 | 7pm London, Southbank Centre's Royal Festival HallThe remarkable Sir András Schiff sprinkles fantasy and magic as he performs the most romantic of piano concertos alongside Mendelssohn's impish music for A Midsummer Night's Dream.
