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2013-14 season

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BBC SO 2013-14 Season Events

Sat 28 Jun 2014
- 19:30
  BBC SO at Aldeburgh Festival
  Snape Maltings Concert Hall
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform at the 67th Aldeburgh Festival.
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform at the 67th Aldeburgh Festival.
  Programme
  Olivier Messiaen
  Un sourire
  Tristan Murail
  Le Désenchantement du mondeUK Premiere
  Leos Janáček
  Concerto for Violin 'Pilgrimage of the Soul'
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 7 in C major
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Pierre-Laurent Aimard
  piano
  piano
  Thomas Zehetmair
  violin
  violin
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Olivier Messiaen
  Tristan Murail
  Leos Janáček
  Jean Sibelius
Sun 25 May 2014
- Birtwistle at 80: Study Afternoon
  Barbican, London
  An afternoon exploring the music of Sir Harrison Birtwistle.
Sat 24 May 2014
- Fauré Requiem
  Barbican, London
  An evening of Gallic delights featuring Poulenc and Fauré.
  An evening of Gallic delights featuring Poulenc and Fauré.
  Programme
  Gabriel Fauré
  Requiem
  Francis Poulenc
  Les mamelles de Tirésias
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Ludovic Morlot
  conductor
  conductor
  Kenneth Richardson
  director
  director
  Hélène Guilmette
  Thérèse
  Thérèse
  Jean-François Lapointe
  Husband
  Husband
  Vitali Rozynko
  Policeman/Theatre Director
  Policeman/Theatre Director
  Thomas Morris
  Journalist from Paris
  Journalist from Paris
  Ivan Ludlow
  Presto
  Presto
  Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
  Lacouf
  Lacouf
  Pierrick Boisseau
  The Son
  The Son
  Rebecca Lodge
  Newspaper-Seller
  Newspaper-Seller
  BBC Singers
  The BBC Symphony Chorus
  Composers
  Gabriel Fauré
  Francis Poulenc
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Chorus
Fri 16 May 2014
- Birtwistle at 80: Gawain
  Barbican, London
  Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s iconic opera Gawain.
  Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s iconic opera Gawain.
  Programme
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Gawain
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Singers
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Christian Baldini
  assistant conductor
  assistant conductor
  John Lloyd Davies
  director
  director
  Leigh Melrose
  Gawain
  Gawain
  John Tomlinson
  The Green Knight
  The Green Knight
  Laura Aikin
  Morgan Le Fay
  Morgan Le Fay
  Jennifer Johnston
  Lady de Hautdesert
  Lady de Hautdesert
  Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
  King Arthur
  King Arthur
  John Graham Hall
  The Fool
  The Fool
  Rachel Nicholls
  Guinevere
  Guinevere
  William Towers
  Bishop Baldwin
  Bishop Baldwin
  Ivan Ludlow
  Agravain
  Agravain
  Robert Anthony Gardiner
  Ywain
  Ywain
  Composers
  Harrison Birtwistle
Fri 9 May 2014
- Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  Barbican, London
  Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Bartók's celebration of the symphony orchestra.
  Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Bartók's celebration of the symphony orchestra.
  Programme
  Paul Dukas
  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  Bright Sheng
  Let FlyBBC Commission: UK Premiere
  Béla Bartók
  Concerto for Orchestra
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Gil Shaham
  Violin
  Violin
  Composers
  Paul Dukas
  Bright Sheng
  Béla Bartók
  Also part of
  Get Involved BBC SO Plus Family

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