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ORA Singers & Suzi Digby OBE present their second Graduate Composers' Showcase, platforming another five early-career composers who have been selected from a competitive field of applicants as representatives of the future of choral music.

Some musicians really get inside the soul of their instrument, and for five decades, Nicholas Daniel has been one of the UK’s most inspiring – and best-loved – oboists. We’re delighted to welcome him back to the RWCMD for a concert filled with wonder. From the magic and mystery of Britten’s Greek myths, to the brilliance of turn-of-the-century Paris, it’s enchantment all the way.

RWCMD's Visiting International Chair of Cello and founder of the Scandinavian Cello School, Jacob Shaw is an innovative and passionate performer and teacher. Together with our string performers he presents a vibrant and energetic programme including Giovanni Sollima's Violoncelles, Vibrez! and Jessie Montgomery's vivacious Starburst.

Embark on a folk-inspired musical journey around the world with the renowned Carducci Quartet. This vibrant programme weaves together traditional airs and dances from diverse cultures, paired with evocative works by Dvořák, Elgar, Haydn, Glass, Piazzolla, Puccini, and more. From the heart of Europe to the rhythms of South America, discover a rich tapestry of global sounds reimagined through the string quartet.

There are bass players, and then there’s Yuri Goloubev, the Russian bass superstar who moves effortlessly between the twin worlds of classical and jazz. For Goloubev, classics by Schumann and Bottesini are just the upbeat to a whole new adventure, as the spirit of jazz collides with the music of the baroque and classical era - an unmissable highlight of our Big Strings Weekend.

Dominic Ingham is a pioneering jazz violinist and composer of captivating original music. He joins performers from RWCMD Jazz department in an extra special AmserJazzTime as part of The Big Strings Weekend.

"Virtuosic brilliance with a wave to the wild side" is how The Arts Desk describes this young Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas.

In the finale of The Big Strings Weekend, musicians of BBC National Orchestra of Wales present a concert with young musicians who've joined workshops across the weekend.

After the accidental death of their father, two grown up brothers Valene and Coleman, live out their days in his house in the hills of Connemara. Locked in a battle of sibling rivalry and childish bickering over the most mundane of things, the only person who might save them is their alcoholic parish priest. Martin McDonaghs award-winning bleak, dark comedy is a hilarious and riotous examination of what happens when the modern world leaves you behind.

In a desperate search, she finds an abandoned concrete island in the heart of Manchester.