Music & Arts

Exhibition Opening: RBA Rising Stars 2025

Thursday 01 May - 18:00

Join us for the Opening Reception of RBA Rising Stars 2025, an exhibition of over 40 emerging artists based in the UK shortlisted for the prestigious Rising Stars awards.

Saxophone Celebration

Friday 02 May - 18:30

Saxophonists and ROSL Prizewinners including Sarah Markham, Gerard McChrystal, Amy Dickson, Sarah Field, Jonathan Radford and Huw Wiggin unite for this very special celebration of the Saxophone.

Renowned Tenor Joseph Calleja in Concert

Tuesday 06 May - 18:30

Calleja appears extensively in concert throughout the world. He was the featured soloist at the 2011 Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm, was selected by the Maltese president to perform a private concert for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, and toured Germany with soprano Anna Netrebko. After co-headlining 2012’s Last Night of the BBC Proms, Calleja returned to the London festival in 2013 for a gala performance at the Royal Albert Hall and an open-air concert marking the Last Night of the Proms in Hyde Park. He stared in the renowned Open-Air Gala in front of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and sang at Moscow’s Zaryadye Concert Hall. Together with Diana Damrau, he performed a live concert at the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy, as part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series. In 2022, invited as a special guest, the tenor performed alongside Anna Netrebko at the 175th Anniversary concert at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.

London History Series: The Other Side of Victorian London

Thursday 08 May - 18:00

VE Day Talk with Veterans and Music

Friday 09 May - 18:30

A rare opportunity to meet two exceptional Second World War Veterans, Christian Lamb (Women’s Royal Naval Service-Plotting Officer ) and Patricia Owtram (Women’s Royal naval service Interceptor for Bletchley Park) in celebration of the 80th Anniversary of VE Day.