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BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2023/24 Events

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 Glasgow Series 2023/24
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 Glasgow Series 2023/24
Thu 14 Dec 2023
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Muzyka Polska!
  Glasgow City Halls
  Our 2023/24 Featured Artist, violinist Bomsori Kim and guest conductor Marta Gardolińska explores works by Bacewicz, Szymanowski and Lutosławski.
  Our 2023/24 Featured Artist, violinist Bomsori Kim and guest conductor Marta Gardolińska explores works by Bacewicz, Szymanowski and Lutosławski.
  Programme
  Grażyna Bacewicz
  Concerto for String Orchestra(15 mins)
  Karol Szymanowski
  Violin Concerto No 1(26 mins)
  interval
  Witold Lutosławski
  Concerto for Orchestra(29 mins)
  Performers
  Bomsori Kim
  violin
  violin
  Marta Gardolińska
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Grażyna Bacewicz
  Karol Szymanowski
  Witold Lutosławski
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24
Thu 26 Oct 2023
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Beethoven 7
  Glasgow City Halls
  Mult-talented composer/conductor Jörg Widmann directs a selection of his own compositions before exploring Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
  Mult-talented composer/conductor Jörg Widmann directs a selection of his own compositions before exploring Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
  Programme
  Jörg Widmann
  Con brio(12 mins)
  Dubairische Tänze(16 mins)
  Danse macabre(16 mins)(BBC Co-Commission, UK Premiere)
  interval
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 7 in A major(38 mins)
  Performers
  Jörg Widmann
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jörg Widmann
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24

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23:20

Stravinsky - The Firebird

Delyana Lazarova conducts Stravinsky's 'The Firebird - Suite' in City Halls, Glasgow.

13 JunBBC

26:52

Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Sean Shibe performs Rodrigo's classic for guitar and orchestra in Glasgow.

13 JunBBC

38:21

Stravinsky - Petrushka

Ilan Volkov conducts the 1947 version of Stravinsky's 'Petrushka' with the BBC SSO.

13 JunBBC