A programme of events and performances in 2019/20 to mark the 150th anniversary of Berlioz’s death (on 8 March 1869), including ambitious and memorable initiatives which will raise awareness of and enthusiasm for classical music, especially among children – including those who lack access to music education. The culmination of the programme will be the largest-ever children’s choral event in the UK, with a target of 10,000 singing children, aimed at recreating something of the impact of the Charity Children’s Concert which Berlioz attended in St Paul’s Cathedral on 5 June 1851 and described as “the most extraordinary thing I have seen and heard in my whole life.”