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BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2024/25 Events

Sun 18 May 2025
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1
  Glasgow City Halls
  Orchestra challenges, piano responds with Tchaikovsky's grand tune. Seabirds soar in Pacific skies. A young artist embarks on a lifelong voyage, narrated by BBC SSO and conductor Tito Muñoz. Pianist Alim Beisembayev, a luminous talent, is the soloist.
  Orchestra challenges, piano responds with Tchaikovsky's grand tune. Seabirds soar in Pacific skies. A young artist embarks on a lifelong voyage, narrated by BBC SSO and conductor Tito Muñoz. Pianist Alim Beisembayev, a luminous talent, is the soloist.
  Programme
  Gabriella Smith
  Tumblebird Contrails(12 mins)
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor(38 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 1 in D major(56 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Alim Beisembayev
  piano
  piano
  Tito Muñoz
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Gabriella Smith
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Gustav Mahler
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Thu 17 Apr 2025
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Dvořák’s Symphony No.7
  Glasgow City Halls
  The BBC SSO’s superb new Principal Double Bass Kai Kim steps into the spotlight for a concerto by Estonian composer Eduard Tubin, and Anu Tali conducts Dvořák's dance-like Seventh Symphony.
  The BBC SSO’s superb new Principal Double Bass Kai Kim steps into the spotlight for a concerto by Estonian composer Eduard Tubin, and Anu Tali conducts Dvořák's dance-like Seventh Symphony.
  Programme
  Arvo Pärt
  Fratres (version for strings and percussion)(10 mins)
  Eduard Tubin
  Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra(19 mins)
  interval
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 7 in D minor(40 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Anu Tali
  conductor
  conductor
  Kai Kim
  double bass
  double bass
  Composers
  Arvo Pärt
  Eduard Tubin
  Antonín Dvořák
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Sun 30 Mar 2025
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances
  Glasgow City Halls
  BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist soprano Johanna Wallroth turns the leaves of the Richard Strauss songbook: miniature worlds of tenderness, melody and romance, perfectly suited to what one critic called the “pure magic” of her voice.
  BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist soprano Johanna Wallroth turns the leaves of the Richard Strauss songbook: miniature worlds of tenderness, melody and romance, perfectly suited to what one critic called the “pure magic” of her voice.
  Programme
  Grażyna Bacewicz
  Overture(6 mins)
  Richard Strauss
  Songs for soprano(19 mins)(Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden, Morgen, Säusle liebe Myrthe, Wiegenlied, Als mir dein Lied erklang)
  interval
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Symphonic Dances(40 mins)
  Performers
  Johanna Wallroth
  soprano
  soprano
  Stephanie Childress
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Grażyna Bacewicz
  Richard Strauss
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Thu 6 Mar 2025
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Sibelius's Symphony No.3
  Glasgow City Halls
  Two of the most dynamic young stars in Finnish music – violinist Tami Pohjola and conductor Taavi Oramo – bring a special freshness and energy to music filled with sea air and northern light.
  Two of the most dynamic young stars in Finnish music – violinist Tami Pohjola and conductor Taavi Oramo – bring a special freshness and energy to music filled with sea air and northern light.
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)(11 mins)
  Magnus Lindberg
  Violin Concerto No.1(25 mins)
  interval
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No 3 in C major(30 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Tami Pohjola
  violin
  violin
  Taavi Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Magnus Lindberg
  Jean Sibelius
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Thu 30 Jan 2025
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Brahms' Violin Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  Guest Conductor Antony Hermus presents enchanting music from Prokofiev's 'Cinderella' and the remarkable soloist Ning Feng plays Brahms's Violin Concerto.
  Guest Conductor Antony Hermus presents enchanting music from Prokofiev's 'Cinderella' and the remarkable soloist Ning Feng plays Brahms's Violin Concerto.
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Violin Concerto in D major
  interval
  Joey Roukens
  Night Flight
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Cinderella
  Performers
  Ning Feng
  violin
  violin
  Antony Hermus
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Joey Roukens
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25

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