BARTÓK Four Orchestral Pieces
LIGETI Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Edward Gardner conductor
Alina Ibragimova violin

Tchaikovsky likened the process of creating his Fourth Symphony to “the musical confession of a soul in which many things have welled up”. Fate, melancholy, recollections of things past and unrestrained joy permeate Tchaikovsky’s score, providing fertile ground for regular BBC Symphony Orchestra guest Edward Gardner’s interpretation. Former BBC Radio 3 Young Generation Artist, Alina Ibragimova, takes centre stage in Ligeti’s five-movement Violin Concerto, an astonishing work that slips the chains of expectation in hot pursuit of new sounds and expressive gestures.

Pre-concert talk, 6.00pm
Fountain Room
An introduction to tonight's concert

TAN DUN

TAN DUN The Map concerto for Cello, Video and Orchesetra
TAN JIANPING Sacred Fire
GUO WENJING Bamboo Flute Concerto

Tan Dun conductor
Tang Jun Qiao bamboo flute
Anssi Karttunen cello

Pre-concert talk, 6.00pm
Fountain Room
An introduction to tonight’s concert

MARTINU Julietta

Jiri Belohlavek conductor
CAst includes: Magdalena Kozena, William Burden, Andreas Jaggi, Anna Stephany, Zdenek Plech, Rosalind Plowright, Jean Rigby, Roderick Williams, Frederic Goncalves
BBC Singers

Concert staging

Another unmissable evening at the opera with Jiøí Bìlohlávek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra! Their performance last season of Janáèek’s The Excursions of Mr Brouèek seized its audience and scored an instant critical hit. Expect the same for Martinu’s Julietta. The Czech composer’s compelling work, subtitled ‘The Book of Dreams’, has not been heard in London for over 30 years. Its surrealist libretto, ever-shifting action and dreamscapes are subtly etched in a score packed with fantasy and psychological insight.

Pre-concert talk 6.00pm
Barbican Hall
Martinu’s opera Julietta