Unclassified Live
The BBC Concert Orchestra lends its powerful sound to an eclectic range of pioneering artists in BBC Radio 3’s Unclassified Live, with presenter Elizabeth Alker.
Discover composers evading categorisation with the BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor André de Ridder and BBC Radio 3 host Elizabeth Alker. You’re invited to enjoy music that transcends genres, conjured up by the full forces of the orchestra in a live concert version of Alker’s BBC Radio show, Unclassified.
This time, collaborating with the BBC Concert Orchestra are three exciting artists: experimental metal band Divide and Dissolve premieres brand new music, composed especially for Unclassified Live; the unclassifiable British-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist Nwando Ebizie goes fully symphonic; and singer-songwriter Bill Ryder-Jones combines his distinct mood music with poetry in new orchestral arrangements of his tracks.
Alker is your guide to the outer reaches of sound, offering on-stage introductions and interviews to a selection of intriguing composers.
Performers
BBC Concert Orchestra
André de Ridder conductor
Takiaya Reed
Bill Ryder-Jones
Nwando Ebizie
Elizabeth Alker presenter
Repertoire
Nwando Ebizie: Solve et Coagula arr. Mark Knoop for orchestra; All the calm of a distant sea arr. Mark Knoop for orchestra
Takiaya Reed (Divide and Dissolve): Symphony No.1 (Your hands taught me what it is to feel love for the first time) arr. Fiona Brice
Bill Ryder-Jones: Medley: And the sea ...; Thankfully for Anthony; Nos Da; arr. Jacob Downs
Need to know
Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer at 9.30pm: DJ set with Katherine Cantwell. Free
For your visit
This event is held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre
The Queen Elizabeth Hall is open from 90 minutes before events start until they finish. It’s closed at all other times.
Plan your visit
The Queen Elizabeth Hall is home to both our second-largest auditorium and the Purcell Room.
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