BBC Symphony Orchestra Events
Sat 6 Feb 2021
- 20:00Barbican, London
POSTPONED: Paul Weller stars in a special performance curated by Creative Artist in Association Jules Buckley with the BBC SO.
Sun 14 Mar 2021
- 15:00Barbican, London
POSTPONED: Venture to the beautiful Scottish Highlands with the BBC SO and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo as the craggy landscapes are brought vividly to life through music
Fri 30 Apr 2021
- 19:30Barbican, London
Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius’s boldest and most revealing symphony alongside his charming Humoresques, beginning with a masterpiece of orchestral virtuosity from Britain.
Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius’s boldest and most revealing symphony alongside his charming Humoresques, beginning with a masterpiece of orchestral virtuosity from Britain.
Programme
- Asyla, Op 17
- Six Humoresques for violin and orchestra, Op.87 and Op.89
- Symphony No 4 in A minor
Performers
- Alina Pogostkinaviolin
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Composers
Thu 13 May 2021
- 19:30Barbican, London
Gemma New conducts groovy, glitzy and gregarious scores by American composers who were teachers and pupils, from Copland and Bernstein to Adams and Kernis.
Gemma New conducts groovy, glitzy and gregarious scores by American composers who were teachers and pupils, from Copland and Bernstein to Adams and Kernis.
Programme
- The Chairman Dances
- Violin Concerto(UK premiere)
- Appalachian Spring – suite
- West Side Story – Symphonic Dances
Performers
- James Ehnesviolin
- Gemma Newconductor
Fri 28 May 2021
- 19:30Barbican, London
Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC SO season finale, culminating in Kodály’s intense and outspoken Psalmus Hungaricus for choir and orchestra.
Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC SO season finale, culminating in Kodály’s intense and outspoken Psalmus Hungaricus for choir and orchestra.
Programme
- Cantata profana, Sz 94
- Violin Concerto
- Tannhäuser – overture
- Psalmus hungaricus, Op 13
Performers
- Pekka Kuusistoviolin
- Božidar Smiljanićbass-baritone
- Dalia Stasevskaconductor
Fri 22 Jan 2021
- 14:00BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert
A chance to hear some recent recordings by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Thu 31 Dec 2020
- 22:00Royal Albert Hall
Another chance to listen to the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dalia Stasevska with South African soprano Golda Schultz and violinist Nicola Benedetti. A musical feast of old favourites and new delights to bring in the New Year.
Thu 24 Dec 2020
- 14:00Barbican, London
For BBC Radio 3's Afternoon Concert on Christmas Eve, we hear Berlioz's The Childhood of Christ recorded at the Barbican in December 2018.
Wed 23 Dec 2020
- 14:00Barbican, London
Professor Brian Cox and the BBC Symphony Orchestra carry us across the Cosmos: music by Sibelius, Ives and Mahler with the BBC SO's Principal Guest Conductor, Dalia Stasevska.
Tue 22 Dec 2020
- 15:30Royal Albert Hall
For BBC Radio 3's Afternoon Concert, listen to highlights from the BBC Proms including Strauss's Alpine Symphony conducted by Semyon Bychkov.