The Magnificat, a sublime canticle sung by the Virgin Mary after the Annunciation, in versions by Bach the elder and his son. A musical and spiritual lineage.

A generous helping of Romanticism from young Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki

A Viennese evening from Haydn to Schoenberg in the company of Nicolas Altstaedt

We already know that his curiosity extends from the Baroque repertoire to the most contemporary works. This season, Philippe Jaroussky has set himself the new challenge of Schubert’s Lieder.

The Euskadi Symphony Orchestra and its conductor Robert Trevino perform Ravel and Mahler

Young Russian piano and conducting prodigy, Maxim Emelyanychev, in a symphony programme

Following in the wake of The Barber of Seville and Carmen, it is now the turn of Susanna, Figaro, the Countess, Count and Cherubino to lead audience members young and old in song

The Swiss pianist captures light and shade exquisitely, a quality which will serve him exceptionally well in his performances of Schubert and Liszt

Young soprano Elsa Dreisig boasts a meteoric career in the intimate art of the recital spanning three different musical worlds

One of Mozart’s most poignant works, enriched by three centuries of legend and preceded by rare works by his contemporaries.

Elisabeth Leonskaja is in good company on the first stage of her journey with Schubert with the two trios for piano and strings.

Elisabeth Leonskaja is in good company on the second stage of her journey with Schubert with two quintets echoing the trios of the previous day.

The creation of the universe by the founding father of Viennese classicism

Trio Wanderer celebrate the Master of Bonn with the Triple Concerto

A Beethoven masterclass from Evgeny Kissin

The Mass in C preceded the completion of the Missa solemnis by fifteen years, but the musician’s modern and visionary dimension was already apparent.

Adam Laloum brings all of his sensitivity to bear on Schubert’s last piano sonatas

Roberto Alagna and Yvan Cassar have devised a Caruso programme brimming with pleasure and virtuosity.

The fifth in the series of Beethoven’s complete quartets with the Belcea Quartet

Written for all-female voices, this sole surviving oratorio by the “Red Priest” will be conducted by Vivaldi connoisseur Jean-Christophe Spinosi.

Beethoven performed by violinist Christian Tetzlaff, with one of the big “hits” of the concert repertoire.

A fascinating and complex work born of the fruitful collaboration between Strauss and his librettist Hofmannsthal, this Frau calls for an exceptional artistic team of the calibre assembled here.

The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra reunites with Yannick Nézet-Séguin for Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.

The cello in all its guises in five instalments beginning with Norwegian master Truls Mørk.

The cello in all its guises in five instalments: part two with Victor Julien-Laferrière, one of the most brilliant young cellists of the French school.

The cello in all its guises in five instalments: part three with Alexander Kniazev, a star of the Russian school.

A journey to the East in the company of Beethoven with pianist Shani Diluka and Indian musicians Mehboob Nadeem and Mitel Purohit

The cello in all its guises in five instalments: part four with the next generation of emerging artists and one of its most promising performers, Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández

The cello in all its guises in five instalments: the fifth and final instalment with young British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, whose talent was showcased at last year’s Royal Wedding.

The last masterpiece by Rossini, who had abandoned operatic composition. However, inspiration is not wanting in this “final sinful indulgence of old age”.

A Beethoven masterclass from the Vienna Philharmonic and Andris Nelsons: from the legacy of Haydn to the Third or “Eroica”.

A Beethoven masterclass from the Vienna Philharmonic and Andris Nelsons: the bliss of the Fourth and Fifth are the pinnacle of Romanticism

An orchestral masterclass from Beethoven and a moving hymn to love and liberty

A Beethoven masterclass from the Vienna Philharmonic and Andris Nelsons: the Pastoral Sixth and the shock of the Seventh

A Beethoven masterclass from the Vienna Philharmonic and Andris Nelsons: the lively Eighth and the monumental Ninth

Alexander Melnikov and Andreas Staier demonstrate their close rapport in dazzling Schubert for four-hands.

A tribute to Polish music past and present with conductor Lukasz Borowicz and pianist Rafal Blechacz.

The Ensemble Les Surprises takes us on a journey of love with Purcell

A version of the adventures of Pinocchio in which music, drama and graphic illustrations combine to create a truly poetic universe.

Two stars of voice and piano with an evening of German Romanticism and French melody

An opera steeped in passion with ambitious Queen Elisabetta and Roberto, the archetypal Romantic hero. A tragic historical canvas handled magnificently by David McVicar

Russian pianist Nikolaï Lugansky with Beethoven’s Appassionata in counterpoint to the refinement of César Franck.

The clarinet is in the spotlight in the works of Brahms and Schubert, with maestro Michel Portal, pianist Michel Dalberto, and Russian soprano Elena Galitskaya.

The earlier of Bach’s two Passions, which already demonstrates his perfect mastery of the balance between solo arias and choral parts

Rameau’s inspired handling of drama and colour inform this neglected heroic pastorale revived by Les Ambassadeurs

Esa-Pekka Salonen is at the helm of the Philharmonia Orchestra for Mahler’s swansong Ninth Symphony.

Nemanja Radulovic and Michel Vuillermoz engage in dialogue with Beethoven and Tolstoy

Burning passion and ardent embraces in this Shakespeare tragedy featuring two of the most intense roles in the French repertoire. Gounod scales epic heights.

Jean-Guihen Queyras’s cello: from the Romanticism of Saint-Saëns to the modernity of Boulez

Due to illness, Boris Berezovsky has to postponed his recital on Friday 3rd April at 8pm.

Handel’s rarely performed Serse championed here by highly promising singers Emily D’Angelo and Jakub Józef Orliński. 

The sixth and final concert by the Belcea quartet performing Beethoven’s complete Quartets.

The St Matthew Passion, in which Bach gives full expression to his splendour and maturity

Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet Theatre visits Paris with its new artistic director, French ballet star Laurent Hilaire.

The saxophone is in the spotlight with the amazing Signum Saxophone Quartet and pianist Lukas Geniušas.

Bartók’s only opera, steeped in the musical traditions of his native Hungary, is a bewitching score performed here by a world-class duo.

A monumental work which is the culmination of a musical life and a huge mountain to scale for the performers

François-Frédéric Guy combines Mozart’s piano with new music by Aurélien Dumont

Gérard Depardieu’s final tribute to the Lady in Black.

Benjamin Grosvenor is “the most mesmerising young pianist Britain has produced for decades” according to The Times.

After two solo recitals, pianist Simon Ghraichy returns with a concert programme of Liszt and Saint-Saëns.

Michel Lethiec joins forces with his chamber music friends from the Pablo Casals Festival to celebrate Beethoven’s anniversary.

Chinese piano star Yundi excels in his favourite repertoire

A talented quartet of Early Music musketeers: Emőke Baráth, Anthea Pichanick, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Philippe Jaroussky. 

Due to illness, Arcadi Volodos has to postponed his concert on Monday 4th of May

Alessandra Vittini and her New International Philharmonia Orchestra offer a special program with three summits of Mozart's work.

Antoine Tamestit’s viola takes us on a journey through time, from Bach to Britten

Matthias Goerne has been the master of the German Lied for almost twenty years. After Schubert, he is now turning his attention to the less well-known works of Beethoven.

An concert around masterpieces by greatest composers, performed by high school students from Ile-de-France

This founding myth of modern opera and the cornerstone of the operatic genre presented as a favola in musica

Pianist Fazil Say likes to engage in dialogue. This evening, his tête-à-tête is with Beethoven’s Hammerklavier.

Conductor Andrea Marcon and pianist Francesco Piemontesi in a programme by turns light-hearted and solemn, celebrating Mozart and Schubert.

A third performance this season by Philippe Jaroussky as he returns to the wellspring of Baroque virtuosity with Handel and Vivaldi.

Fauré’s Requiem and Gounod’s rarely performed Messe de Clovis. Two perspective on late 19^th century French sacred repertoire.

The rare opera Alessandro dates from Handel’s prolific London period and was a milestone when it was first staged, bringing together the two most famous divas of the day

Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak in recital with some of the finest arias by Leoncavallo, Cilea, Verdi, Puccini, Dvořák, Moniuszko et Tchaïkovski

The Russian keyboard doyenne takes us into the heart of the Romantic repertoire

With Christophe Rousset’s crisp conducting and the elegant direction of Stephen Langridge, this is sure to be an outstanding version of Monteverdi’s last opera.

The technical and poetic prowess of Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz in works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Franck.

A musical journey with a Slavic flavour from the Franco-Serb violinist and his Double Sens ensemble.

Pianist Elena Bashkirova, a chamber music devotee, turns to Beethoven and Schumann for her new recital.

French pianist David Fray blends Mozartian fantasy with Romantic melancholy and heroic variations.

The last three sonatas played by Sunwook Kim bring this Beethoven season to a fitting close

An epic meeting between the Modigliani Quartet, pianist Nicholas Angelich and ballet star Marie-Agnès Gillot.

Psyché, which is less well known than Hamlet, is worthy of a revival. It demonstrates the Second Empire’s interest in mythology, which is handled here with great flair