From opera to classic rock, children’s films to towering symphonies, this round-up of the RNCM’s season highlights is about as eclectic as it gets.

First up, two alternatives to the usual Christmas fare. RNCM Opera’s Eugene Onegin brings mistimed love, a duel at dawn and Tchaikovsky in full lyrical flow. For families, meanwhile, there’s a screening of the animated adaptation of Charlie Mackesy’s bestselling illustrated book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, complete with live orchestral accompaniment.

The clock rewinds to 1977 as the RNCM Session Orchestra reimagines Queen’s stadium anthems, the Berlin-era brilliance of David Bowie, and Fleetwood Mac at their pop heights. And to 1944, as the RNCM Symphony Orchestra performs Prokofiev’s heroic, bright and beautiful (but possibly not entirely sincere) Fifth.

Children get another turn at the big screen in February, as a live brass band accompanies Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave under the Young Explorers umbrella. And finally, an intriguing, choose-your-own-adventure concert from violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Tom Poster, where the audience gets a say in the programme.

More variety than you can shake a conductor’s stick at.