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Sakari Oramo Conducts Events

Fri 22 May 2020
- 19:30
  Cancelled: Sakari Oramo conducts Stravinsky, Sibelius and Elgar
  Barbican, London
  Cancelled
  Cancelled
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Snöfrid(UK premiere)
  Igor Stravinsky
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Jean Sibelius
  Tulen Synty, op. 32
  Edward Elgar
  Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Vilde Frang
  violin
  violin
  Ville Rusanen
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  chorus
  chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Igor Stravinsky
  Edward Elgar
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season BBC Symphony Chorus 2019-20 Season Classical for Starters 2019-20
Thu 7 May 2020
- 19:30
  Cancelled: Paul Lewis performs Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
  Barbican, London
  Cancelled
  Cancelled
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  The Creatures of Prometheus – overture
  Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
  Dora Pejačević
  Symphony in F sharp minor
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Paul Lewis
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Dora Pejačević
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season Classical for Starters 2019-20
Fri 3 Apr 2020
- 19:30
  Cancelled: Sakari Oramo conducts Shostakovich Symphony No 15
  Barbican, London
  Cancelled
  Cancelled
  Programme
  Gioachino Rossini
  William Tell – overture
  Victoria Borisova-Ollas
  Violin Concerto: A Portrait of a Lady by the Swan Lake(UK premiere; BBC co-commission)
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 15 in A major
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Baiba Skride
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Gioachino Rossini
  Victoria Borisova-Ollas
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season Classical for Starters 2019-20
Sat 22 Feb 2020
- 19:30
  Sakari Oramo conducts the music of Anders Hillborg
  Barbican, London
  Step into the unique and emotive sound-world of our Total Immersion composer Anders Hillborg and his unparalleled handling of the modern symphony orchestra.
  Step into the unique and emotive sound-world of our Total Immersion composer Anders Hillborg and his unparalleled handling of the modern symphony orchestra.
  Programme
  Anders Hillborg
  Fanfare
  Eleven Gates
  Beast Sampler
  Concerto for Clarinet 'Peacock Tales'Millenium Version
  Through Lost Landscapes(BBC commission, UK premiere)
  Violin Concerto no. 1
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Carolin Widmann
  violin
  violin
  Martin Fröst
  clarinet
  clarinet
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Anders Hillborg
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season Discover New Music 2019-20 Total Immersion: Anders Hillborg – Swedish Maverick
Fri 7 Feb 2020
- 19:30
  Sakari Oramo conducts Mendelssohn’s Elijah
  Barbican, London
  Soloists from both sides of the North Sea the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for Mendelssohn’s great choral masterpiece of grandeur and soulfulness, his musical telling of the story of the prophet Elijah.
  Soloists from both sides of the North Sea the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for Mendelssohn’s great choral masterpiece of grandeur and soulfulness, his musical telling of the story of the prophet Elijah.
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Elijah
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Elizabeth Watts
  soprano
  soprano
  Claudia Huckle
  contralto
  contralto
  Allan Clayton
  tenor
  tenor
  Johan Reuter
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season BBC Symphony Chorus 2019-20 Season Classical for Starters 2019-20