What's On: Music

18th May 2021

Songs at Six: Emily Dickinson

Concert, Opera & Vocal

Enjoy highlights from a programme of song exploring the poetry of Emily Dickinson, curated by Iain Burnside.

6:00pm

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20th May 2021

Songs at Six: Hugo Wolf’s Spanisches Liederbuch

Concert, Opera & Vocal

Enjoy highlights from a programme of the Worldly Songs from Hugo Wolf’s settings of Spanish folk poetry curated by Eugene Asti.

6:00pm

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21st May 2021

Introduction to Opera: Die Fledermaus

Opera & Vocal

Join us for a reduced version of Johann Strauss’s ever-popular Die Fledermaus, performed in English by third-year undergraduate singers and musicians.

7:30pm

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25th May 2021

Songs at Six: The Songs of Francis Poulenc

Concert, Opera & Vocal

Graham Johnson celebrates the publication of his new book Poulenc: The Life in the Songs with this concert of settings of poetry by Apollinaire. 

6:00pm

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Admission free

28th May 2021

Beginnings: New and Early Opera

Opera & Vocal

Guildhall Opera department presents a feast of five contrasting short operatic works: three new chamber operas and two early pieces from the Baroque era.

7:00pm

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1st June 2021

Beginnings: New and Early Opera

Opera & Vocal

Guildhall Opera department presents a feast of five contrasting short operatic works: three new chamber operas and two early pieces from the Baroque era.

7:00pm

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2nd June 2021

Vocal Scenes

Opera & Vocal

A selection of opera scenes performed by undergraduate and postgraduate singers from Guildhall School.

6:00pm

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Admission free

3rd June 2021

Beginnings: New and Early Opera

Opera & Vocal

Guildhall Opera department presents a feast of five contrasting short operatic works: three new chamber operas and two early pieces from the Baroque era.

7:00pm

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Admission free

4th June 2021

CANCELLED: American Songbook Company

Opera & Vocal

We're sorry to announce that this concert broadcast has been cancelled.

7:30pm

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7th June 2021

Beginnings: New and Early Opera

Opera & Vocal

Guildhall Opera department presents a feast of five contrasting short operatic works: three new chamber operas and two early pieces from the Baroque era.

7:00pm

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Admission free

8th June 2021

Songs at Six: Zarzuela

Concert, Opera & Vocal

Guildhall singers embark on a musical journey to sunlit Spain to explore Zarzuela’s vast riches. 

6:00pm

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10th June 2021

Songs at Six: The Songs of Samuel Barber

Concert, Opera & Vocal

Julius Drake directs this concert of Barber’s songs, from the early Seven Songs to his late, great cycles for voice and piano.

6:00pm

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11th June 2021

Wigmore Voiceworks

Opera & Vocal

A concert featuring brand new works for voice, the result of a unique collaboration between Guildhall writers, composers, singers and instrumentalists.

7:30pm

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Admission free

15th June 2021

Vocal Scenes

Opera & Vocal

A selection of opera scenes performed by undergraduate and postgraduate singers from Guildhall School.

6:00pm

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Admission free