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BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2021-22 Season Events

Fri 27 May 2022
- 19:30
  Stephen Hough Plays Rachmaninov
  Barbican, London
  Star pianist Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini while Alphesh Chauhan conducts Bruckner’s unfinished final symphony.
  Star pianist Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini while Alphesh Chauhan conducts Bruckner’s unfinished final symphony.
  Programme
  Richard Baker
  The Price of Curiosity(BBC Commission: world premiere)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Alpesh Chauhan
  conductor
  conductor
  Sir Stephen Hough
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Richard Baker
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Anton Bruckner
Sun 22 May 2022
- 15:00
  Stutzmann conducts Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony
  Barbican, London
  Nathalie Stutzmann makes her BBC Symphony Orchestra podium debut in Tchaikovsky’s most emotional symphony, while orchestra and chorus are united for Brahms at his most hushed
  Nathalie Stutzmann makes her BBC Symphony Orchestra podium debut in Tchaikovsky’s most emotional symphony, while orchestra and chorus are united for Brahms at his most hushed
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Nänie
  Song of the Fates
  Song of Destiny
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Nathalie Stutzmann
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Fri 13 May 2022
- 19:30
  The Other Vaughan Williams
  Barbican, London
  The composer who brought us gentle, pastoral music like The Lark Ascending processes the aftermath of war, in a concert whose gaze across the English Channel includes the modern premiere of a lost work by César Franck
  The composer who brought us gentle, pastoral music like The Lark Ascending processes the aftermath of war, in a concert whose gaze across the English Channel includes the modern premiere of a lost work by César Franck
  Programme
  Maurice Ravel
  Valses nobles et sentimentales (orchestral version)
  Tristan Murail
  L'oeil du cycloneBBC Co-Commission and UK Premiere
  César Franck
  RédemptionLost work – UK premiere of the modern revival
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  Performers
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  François-Frédéric Guy
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Maurice Ravel
  Tristan Murail
  César Franck
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fri 6 May 2022
- 19:30
  Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts music by Prokofiev, Kidane and Nielsen
  Barbican, London
  Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts three works that respond in different ways to the pandemic, to a personal loss and to the devastation of war.
  Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts three works that respond in different ways to the pandemic, to a personal loss and to the devastation of war.
  Programme
  Daniel Kidane
  Be Still
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
  Carl Nielsen
  Symphony No. 4, ‘The Inextinguishable’
  Performers
  Jukka‐Pekka Saraste
  conductor
  conductor
  Denis Kozhukhin
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Daniel Kidane
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Carl Nielsen
Fri 22 Apr 2022
- 19:30
  Zadie Smith with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Barbican, London
  One of the most influential cultural figures in Britain s us for an evening of words and music.