What's On

Organ Recital This evening’s concert features organ music both by Charles-Marie Widor, long-time organist of the gargantuan church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris and one of his most famous pupils, Louis Vierne. Representing a grand moment in the French organ tradition, these works are truly symphonic, and encompass a very wide range of colour and expression. Dates: Mon 16 Booking and More Information

Beyond the Notes: The Guitar in Conversation An inclusive conversation exploring the traditions and performance practices of the Baroque, 19th Century and Contemporary classical guitars. Dates: Tue 17 Booking and More Information

Olivier Messiaen: Writing An Old Life Anew How does one write a new biography of a well-known composer? Dates: Fri 20 Booking and More Information

Masterclass: Joanna MacGregor Dame Myra Hess Chair of Piano, Professor Joanna MacGregor, gives a masterclass to piano students.
Dates: Tue 24 Booking and More Information

Deaf Awareness Week Tour Barbara Meyer, Curator of Instruments at the Academy for over a decade, gives an introduction to the Museum Strings Gallery and string instrument collection for deaf and hearing impaired audiences. There will be a sign interpreter accompanying the tour and participation from Academy students. Dates: Wed 25 Booking and More Information

Masterclass: Miloš Karadaglić The celebrated guitarist and Academy alumnus, known commercially as MILOŠ, works with Academy guitar students. Dates: Thu 26 Booking and More Information

Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Brass Professor in Residence Jeroen Berwaerts leads Academy students in a range of 20th-century works. Birtwistle’s 1994 curtain-raiser Fanfare for Glyndebourne is followed by Schoenberg’s melding of his own harmonic practice with the American wind band tradition. The jazz-inflected idiom of HK Gruber’s 3 MOB Piecesis also heard in Leonard Bernstein’s spectacular Prelude, Fugue and Riffs. Dates: Fri 27 Booking and More Information

Black and red illustration of William Purcell over a 1600s map of the British Isles

Resounding Shores: Chamber and Chapel Breaking down the barriers between meditative church music and theatre music, this rich programme features sumptuous symphony anthems, including the vivid Like as the hart by Pelham Humfrey, who remains little known owing to his untimely death in his mid twenties. Charles II liked to use his violin band even in chapel, creating a special blend of intense spiritual anguish punctuated by cheerful instrumental moments. Dates: Sun 29 Booking and More Information