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BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24

BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24 Calendar

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2023
2024

Thu 25 Jan 2024
- 19:30
  Volkov Conducts ‘Petrushka’
  Glasgow City Halls
  Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov takes you through Stravinsky's colour work, 'Petrushka'.
  Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov takes you through Stravinsky's colour work, 'Petrushka'.
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  4 Études(10 mins)
  Michael Parsons
  LEVELS for orchestra(15 mins)(BBC Commission, World Premiere)
  Howard Skempton
  Piano Concerto(14 mins)
  interval
  Igor Stravinsky
  Petrushka (1947 version)(35 mins)
  Performers
  Joanna MacGregor
  piano
  piano
  Ilan Volkov
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Michael Parsons
  Howard Skempton
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season
Thu 1 Feb 2024
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Elgar’s Cello Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and cellist Dai Miyata for Elgar's popular Cello Concerto.
  our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and cellist Dai Miyata for Elgar's popular Cello Concerto.
  Programme
  Lisa Illean
  An acre ringing, still (BBC Commission, Word Premiere)(20 mins)(BBC Commission, World Premiere)
  Edward Elgar
  Cello Concerto in E minor(32 mins)
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 3 in F major(39 mins)
  Performers
  Dai Miyata
  cello
  cello
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Lisa Illean
  Edward Elgar
  Johannes Brahms
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2023/24
Thu 15 Feb 2024
- 19:30
  Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2
  Glasgow City Halls
  us, guest conductor Ludovic Morlot and soloist Boris Giltburg for an evening filled with romance and ion. Perfect for Valentine's Day.
  us, guest conductor Ludovic Morlot and soloist Boris Giltburg for an evening filled with romance and ion. Perfect for Valentine's Day.
  Programme
  Giacomo Puccini
  Preludio sinfonico(10 mins)
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  sca da Rimini(24 mins)
  Roxanna Panufnik
  Alma's Songs Without Words(BBC Commission, UK Premiere)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(35 mins)
  Performers
  Boris Giltburg
  piano
  piano
  Ludovic Morlot
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Giacomo Puccini
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Roxanna Panufnik
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season
Thu 22 Feb 2024
- 19:30
  Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5
  Glasgow City Halls
  “With desire and ion”, he wrote on the score of his Fifth Symphony, and it begins in melancholy and ends in roof-raising celebration. us, conductor Tabita Berglund and soloist Truls Mørk for an evening of pulse-raising ion.
  “With desire and ion”, he wrote on the score of his Fifth Symphony, and it begins in melancholy and ends in roof-raising celebration. us, conductor Tabita Berglund and soloist Truls Mørk for an evening of pulse-raising ion.
  Programme
  Geirr Tveitt
  Velkomne med Æra, Op.151 (Welcome with Honour)(4 mins)
  Antonín Dvořák
  Cello Concerto in B minor(41 mins)
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor(48 mins)
  Performers
  Truls Mørk
  cello
  cello
  Tabita Berglund
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Geirr Tveitt
  Antonín Dvořák
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Student Picks
Thu 29 Feb 2024
- 19:30
  Bruckner’s Symphony No.9
  Glasgow City Halls
  Alpesh Chauhan conducts works by Puccini, Tchaikovsky and Bruckner.
  Alpesh Chauhan conducts works by Puccini, Tchaikovsky and Bruckner.
  Programme
  Giacomo Puccini
  Madama ButterflyIntermezzi
  Manon Lescaut(15 mins)Intermezzi
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Fatum(17 mins)
  interval
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor(60 mins)
  Performers
  Alpesh Chauhan
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Giacomo Puccini
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Anton Bruckner
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season
Thu 7 Mar 2024
- 19:30
  Barber Violin Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  BBC New Generation Artist Geneva Lewis and conductor Gemma New s the orchestra for Barber's romantic Violin Concerto.
  BBC New Generation Artist Geneva Lewis and conductor Gemma New s the orchestra for Barber's romantic Violin Concerto.
  Programme
  Sarah Gibson
  warp & weft(14 mins)
  Samuel Barber
  Violin Concerto(25 mins)
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor(39 mins)
  Performers
  Geneva Lewis
  violin
  violin
  Gemma New
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Sarah Gibson
  Samuel Barber
  Johannes Brahms
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Student Picks
Thu 21 Mar 2024
- 19:30
  Verdi’s Requiem
  Glasgow City Halls
  Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth has assembled the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, the BBC SSO and a stellar team of solo singers for Verdi's epic 'Requiem'.
  Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth has assembled the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, the BBC SSO and a stellar team of solo singers for Verdi's epic 'Requiem'.
  Programme
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Requiem(85 mins)
  Performers
  Miah Persson
  soprano
  soprano
  Alice Coote
  mezzo soprano
  mezzo soprano
  Antonio Poli
  tenor
  tenor
  William Thomas
  bass
  bass
  Edinburgh Festival Chorus
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Verdi's Requiem
Thu 28 Mar 2024
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Rodrigo Guitar Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  Multi-award-winning Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe s us and conductor Delyana Lazarova for an exciting afternoon concert.
  Multi-award-winning Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe s us and conductor Delyana Lazarova for an exciting afternoon concert.
  Programme
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Capriccio espagnol, Op 34(15 mins)
  Francisco Coll
  Turia: new version for guitar & chamber orchestra(18 mins)(UK Premiere)
  interval
  Joaquín Rodrigo
  Concierto de Aranjuez(24 mins)
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)(23 mins)
  Performers
  Sean Shibe
  guitar
  guitar
  Delyana Lazarova
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Francisco Coll
  Joaquín Rodrigo
  Igor Stravinsky
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2023/24
Thu 18 Apr 2024
- 19:30
  Hough Plays Rachmaninov
  Glasgow City Halls
  Pianist Sir Stephen Hough returns to City Halls for Rachmaninov’s hugely-popular 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' under the baton of our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth.
  Pianist Sir Stephen Hough returns to City Halls for Rachmaninov’s hugely-popular 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' under the baton of our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth.
  Programme
  Hans Abrahamsen
  Suite from The Snow Queen(12 mins)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini(26 mins)
  interval
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Fairy's Kiss(44 mins)
  Performers
  Stephen Hough
  piano
  piano
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Hans Abrahamsen
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Igor Stravinsky
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season
Thu 16 May 2024
- 19:30
  Dvořák’s New World Symphony
  Glasgow City Halls
  us for Dvořák’s much-loved symphony “from the New World”. Plus BBC Young Musician 2022 finalist Ethan Loch s conductor Michael Sanderling and the orchestra for Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2.
  us for Dvořák’s much-loved symphony “from the New World”. Plus BBC Young Musician 2022 finalist Ethan Loch s conductor Michael Sanderling and the orchestra for Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2.
  Programme
  Aaron Copland
  Fanfare for the Common Man(3 mins)
  Frédéric Chopin
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor(33 mins)
  interval
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’(45 mins)
  Performers
  Ethan Loch
  piano
  piano
  Michael Sanderling
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Aaron Copland
  Frédéric Chopin
  Antonín Dvořák
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Student Picks
Thu 23 May 2024
- 19:30
  Closing Night: Sibelius Violin Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  Our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth closes the season with a spellbinding concert with our 2023/24 Featured Artist, the phenomenal Bomsori Kim.
  Our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth closes the season with a spellbinding concert with our 2023/24 Featured Artist, the phenomenal Bomsori Kim.
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Violin Concerto(31 mins)
  interval
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 7 in E major(68 mins)
  Performers
  Bomsori Kim
  violin
  violin
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Anton Bruckner
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Student Picks