Coming Up
Thursday 26 November, 7:00 P.M.
Bohemian Rhapsodies 3
Stefan Solyom conducts Dvořák and Martinů in this concert.
Thursday 3 December, 7:00 P.M.
Bohemian Rhapsodies 4
The final Bohemian Rhapsodies concert features works by Dvořák and Martinů.
Thursday 21 January, 7:30 P.M.
Maestros' Choice 4
"The work of a giant" is how Hugo Wolf described Bruckner's Eighth Symphony. This performance is certain to be one of the major events of the season.
Thursday 11 February, 7:30 P.M.
North By North-East 1
Richard Farnes, Opera North's talented Music Director, makes his BBC SSO debut with a programme that celebrates the best of British music.
Thursday 25 February, 7:30 P.M.
North By North-East 2
Popular violinist Nicola Benedetti makes a welcome return to City Halls with Sibelius' passionate concerto.
Thursday 18 March, 7:30 P.M.
Maestros' Choice 5
Donald Runnicles conducts Wagner. Featuring one of the world's finest sopranos, Christine Brewer
Thursday 25 March, 7:30 P.M.
Maestros' Choice 6
Donald Runnicles and the BBC SSO turn to the "lightest" of Mahler's symphonies, with the young Korean soprano Ji Young Yang as soloist.
Thursday 15 April, 7:00 P.M.
North By North-East 3
The least well-known of Rachmaninov's symphonies, the First, features in this concert.
Thursday 29 April, 7:00 P.M.
North By North-East 4
Vassily Sinaisky, always a welcome visitor to the BBC SSO, ends this concert with the vast, richly romantic canvas of Rachmaninov’s most popular symphony.
Thursday 20 May, 7:00 P.M.
North By North-East 5
The final concert of the season - reaches its climax with Rachmaninov's "American" symphony.
Past Concerts
Thursday 8 October, 7:30 P.M.
Maestros' Choice 1
Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles begins his first season at the helm of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with two great works from the Austro-German symphonic tradition.
Thursday 15 October, 7:30 P.M.
Maestros' Choice 2
The complete Daphnis and Chloé with chorus and James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie feature in this concert.
Thursday 29 October, 7:30 P.M.
Maestros' Choice 3
Ilan Volkov conducts works by Strauss, Beethoven and Sibelius.
Thursday 12 November, 7:00 P.M.
Bohemian Rhapsodies 1
Dvořák's classic Symphony No.9 'From the New World' features in this concert.
Thursday 19 November, 7:00 P.M.
Bohemian Rhapsodies 2
Leading Czech conductor Petr Altrichter, Principal Conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, brings his countryman Dvořák's ebullient Eighth Symphony to City Halls.
About the Concerts
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