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Fri 12 Apr 2024
- 14:30Maida Vale Studios
Emerging talent Jiří Rožeň returns to the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free afternoon studio concert at Maida Vale.
Emerging talent Jiří Rožeň returns to the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free afternoon studio concert at Maida Vale.
Programme
- Má vlast - Vyšehrad
- Piano Concerto No 25 in C major, K 503
- Má vlast - Vltava
- Kátya Kabanová - Suite
Performers
- Alim Beisembayevpiano
- Jiří Rožeňconductor
Tue 16 Apr 2024
- 14:30Maida Vale Studios
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is delighted to welcome the acclaimed young Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti for her debut in this free afternoon studio concert at Maida Vale. She brings music by two Italian composers and Mozart.
Fri 19 Apr 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Severed heads, demonic orgies and obsessive love. Daniele Rustioni pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally colourful imaginations of Poulenc and Camile Pépin.
Severed heads, demonic orgies and obsessive love. Daniele Rustioni pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally colourful imaginations of Poulenc and Camile Pépin.
Programme
- Les Eaux célestesUK Premiere
- Gloria
- Symphonie fantastique
Performers
- Daniele Rustioniconductor
- Sally Matthewssoprano
Wed 24 Apr 2024
- 19:00Maida Vale Studios
UK conductor-composer Jack Sheen makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free evening concert at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, with new works from younger composers concerned with the environment.
UK conductor-composer Jack Sheen makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free evening concert at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, with new works from younger composers concerned with the environment.
Programme
- Black cloud, under groundUK premiere
- Augenlider Guitar ConcertoUK premiere
- Lung
- LichtungUK premiere
- A Walk into the FutureUK premiere
Performers
- Laura Snowdenguitar
- Jack Sheenconductor
Fri 26 Apr 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra for an evening of words and music with award-winning author, Kate Atkinson.
Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra for an evening of words and music with award-winning author, Kate Atkinson.
Programme
- A Comedy Overture
- Il Segreto di Susannaoverture
- Sinfonietta No. 1 – Rondoii Song Form: Largo
- Devil's Galop
- Fractured Time
- The Creation – Chaos
- Powder Her Faceoverture to Hotel Suite
- Promenade (‘Walking the Dog’)
Performers
- Kate Atkinsonauthor
Wed 27 Mar 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Hilarious and horrifying, The Death of Stalin is a comedy of terrors, screened in live synchronisation with Christopher Willis' powerful score for the first time.
Fri 22 Mar 2024
- 14:30Maida Vale Studios
Francisco Coll makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free afternoon concert.
Francisco Coll makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free afternoon concert.
Programme
- Aqua Cinerea
- Hímnica
- El amor brujo
- Diez Melodías Vascas: No. 6 Amorosa
Performers
- Francisco Collconductor
Wed 20 Mar 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Clemens Schuldt conducts Raymond Yiu’s powerful new violin concerto, framed by explosions of colour and joy from Kodály and Beethoven.
Clemens Schuldt conducts Raymond Yiu’s powerful new violin concerto, framed by explosions of colour and joy from Kodály and Beethoven.
Programme
- Dances of Galánta
- Violin ConcertoBBC co-commission: world premiere
- Symphony No. 7 in A major
Performers
- Clemens Schuldtconductor
- Esther Yooviolin
Fri 15 Mar 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Let there be light! The UK premiere of James MacMillan’s Fiat Lux, conducted by the composer himself.
Let there be light! The UK premiere of James MacMillan’s Fiat Lux, conducted by the composer himself.
Programme
- Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
- Sinfonia da Requiem
- Into the Heart of Light "Canto V"
- Fiat LuxUK Premiere
Performers
- Sir James MacMillanconductor
- Mary Bevansoprano
- Roderick Williamsbaritone
Fri 8 Mar 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Still waters run deep: Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Chorus perform Brahms’s German Requiem, plus two emotionally-charged rediscoveries from postwar Finland.
Still waters run deep: Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Chorus perform Brahms’s German Requiem, plus two emotionally-charged rediscoveries from postwar Finland.
Programme
- A Requiem in Our Time, op. 3
- Mauermusik
- A German Requiem
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Anu Komsisoprano
- Christian Sennbaritone