Orchestras on Stage

Academy of Ancient Music has unveiled plans for the first part of its 2022/23 London series, and the Cambridge concert series entitled ‘Tis nature’s voice. The first half of BBC Philharmonic's new 2022/23 season at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall is now on sale.

This year’s eight-week BBC Proms celebration will feature 84 concerts, featuring many ABO members, and will feature large-scale repertoire not heard at the festival since 2019. There is also set to be a BBC Young Composer Prom for the first time ever, and the first concert dedicated to video game music. Birmingham Contemporary Music Group’s announced its Summer/Winter 2022 season.

On Your Marks!, Birmingham Royal Ballet's triple bill, ran in June - check out the pictures here. BRB also performed Don Quixote in early July. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2022/23 season, including two world premieres by Ukrainian composers. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announced its 2022-2023 season, and rounded off its centenary celebrations with the final six Centenary Commissions..

City of London Sinfonia released its 2022/23 Season, The World Rediscovered.

The Proms are back! © BBC

English National Ballet performed Cinderella at the Royal Albert Hall in June. Guildhall School of Music & Drama launched it summer season, including a Chamber Music Festival.

Hallé Orchestra presented its first full season of Manchester concerts for three years, and held the Second International Conductors Competition.

Hebrides Ensemble is performing as part of the Edinburgh International Festival’s 75th anniversary programme. National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain welcomed back its weekend Projects orchestras to Bolton, Birmingham and two venues in London including music by Florence Price, Aram Khachaturian, and a specially-commissioned pieces by Ryan Linham. Northern Chamber Orchestra has announced its 2022-23 season, entitled “Orchestrating the Future”, following its move to the new auditorium at The Kings’ School and St Michael's Church, Macclesfield.

Opera North and Kirklees Council announced the 2022-23 season, leading into borough's Year of Music 2023.The orchestra will also close the annual long weekend in Millennium Square, Leeds on Sunday 24 July with Opera in the City, alfresco-style. Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's recent seasons have been inspired by different aspects of Enlightenment thinking. Its 2022/23 season, the sixth and final chapter, will look at Songs of Travel.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra during its 2021-2022 season © Mark Allan

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra's Summer Series is taking place in the new Olivier Hall at St Edward’s School, Oxford.

Philharmonia Orchestra have commenced their 2022/23 season, including Mahler at the Royal Festival Hall, Scriabin in a Peckham car park, and opera at Garsington. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan released their 2022/23 season, including the announcement of trumpeter Pacho Flores as Artist in Residence.

Royal Opera House is to add age ratings to its performances. In its first full London season since the pandemic began, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated the themes of freedom, hope and adventure with music from composers who have defined the landscape of British music.

Spitalfields Music summer festival includes why Bach’s music is mathematically perfect, jazz reimagining of St. Francis of Assisi’s prayer The Canticle of the Sun, a concert of overlooked women composers, and a performance of Afghan traditional songs. The Sixteen's 2022 Choral Pilgrimage sees a programme of English choral music centred around Hubert Parry's emotional Songs of Farewell.

Welsh National Opera's new opera Migrations, comprising music by Will Todd and stories by six different writers telling six different interacting stories, opened in June.