The area’s favourite musical son strides on to the stage at Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall on October 19 for his first concerto appearance at the venue since 2018.
He will be performing Shostakovich’s dramatic Second Cello Concerto with John Wilson’s all-conquering Sinfonia of London, in what must be the hottest ticket of the 2024-2025 season.
The BBC Concert Orchestra joins forces with the choirs of both the city’s universities for Carl Orff’s riotous Carmina Burana on December 4.
2024-2025 also marks a moment in history for Nottingham Classics’ resident orchestra, the Hallé.
After nearly a quarter of a century as music director, Sir Mark Elder hands the baton to the prodigiously talented Singaporean, Kahchun Wong, who gives his first Nottingham performance as the Hallé’s principal conductor on March 22. Kahchun also gives the season finale on June 3 with Beethoven’s uplifting Ninth Symphony.
Elsewhere the Hallé is joined by two outstanding Nottinghamshire opera singers – Lizzie Ryder and Emily Hodkinson – for its sell-out festive season spectacular on December 12.
Mansfield’s world-famous girls’ choir, Cantamus, joins the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for a performance of Gustav Holst’s The Planets in the composer’s 150th anniversary year.
Finally, there’s Nottingham’s first ever BBC Prom at 4pm on Sunday, September 8. The BBC Concert Orchestra performs with another local hero, acclaimed pianist Clare Hammond. She returns to the hall where she made her concerto debut as a teenager with Nottingham Youth Orchestra.
Tickets go on general sale on June 27, online at www.trch.co.uk