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Thu 23 May 2024
- 19:30
  Closing Night: Sibelius Violin Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  Our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth closes the season with a spellbinding concert with our 2023/24 Featured Artist, the phenomenal Bomsori Kim.
  Our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth closes the season with a spellbinding concert with our 2023/24 Featured Artist, the phenomenal Bomsori Kim.
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Violin Concerto(31 mins)
  interval
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 7 in E major(68 mins)
  Performers
  Bomsori Kim
  violin
  violin
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Anton Bruckner
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24
Thu 16 May 2024
- 19:30
  Dvořák’s New World Symphony
  Glasgow City Halls
  us for Dvořák’s much-loved symphony “from the New World”. Plus BBC Young Musician 2022 finalist Ethan Loch s conductor Michael Sanderling and the orchestra for Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2.
  us for Dvořák’s much-loved symphony “from the New World”. Plus BBC Young Musician 2022 finalist Ethan Loch s conductor Michael Sanderling and the orchestra for Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2.
  Programme
  Aaron Copland
  Fanfare for the Common Man(3 mins)
  Frédéric Chopin
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor(33 mins)
  interval
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’(45 mins)
  Performers
  Ethan Loch
  piano
  piano
  Michael Sanderling
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Aaron Copland
  Frédéric Chopin
  Antonín Dvořák
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24
Thu 7 Mar 2024
- 19:30
  Barber Violin Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  BBC New Generation Artist Geneva Lewis and conductor Gemma New s the orchestra for Barber's romantic Violin Concerto.
  BBC New Generation Artist Geneva Lewis and conductor Gemma New s the orchestra for Barber's romantic Violin Concerto.
  Programme
  Sarah Gibson
  warp & weft(14 mins)
  Samuel Barber
  Violin Concerto(25 mins)
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor(39 mins)
  Performers
  Geneva Lewis
  violin
  violin
  Gemma New
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Sarah Gibson
  Samuel Barber
  Johannes Brahms
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24
Thu 22 Feb 2024
- 19:30
  Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5
  Glasgow City Halls
  “With desire and ion”, he wrote on the score of his Fifth Symphony, and it begins in melancholy and ends in roof-raising celebration. us, conductor Tabita Berglund and soloist Truls Mørk for an evening of pulse-raising ion.
  “With desire and ion”, he wrote on the score of his Fifth Symphony, and it begins in melancholy and ends in roof-raising celebration. us, conductor Tabita Berglund and soloist Truls Mørk for an evening of pulse-raising ion.
  Programme
  Geirr Tveitt
  Velkomne med Æra, Op.151 (Welcome with Honour)(4 mins)
  Antonín Dvořák
  Cello Concerto in B minor(41 mins)
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor(48 mins)
  Performers
  Truls Mørk
  cello
  cello
  Tabita Berglund
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Geirr Tveitt
  Antonín Dvořák
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24
Thu 7 Dec 2023
- 19:30
  The Shostakovich Piano Concertos
  Glasgow City Halls
  A dazzling display of virtuosity in Shostakovich’s Piano Concertos with pianist Federico Colli and trumpeter Matilda Lloyd.
  A dazzling display of virtuosity in Shostakovich’s Piano Concertos with pianist Federico Colli and trumpeter Matilda Lloyd.
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Images – Ibéria(22 mins)
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major(21 mins)
  interval
  Claude Debussy
  Images pour orchestre - I. Gigues
  Images pour orchestre - III. Rondes de printemps(16 mins)
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings (Piano Concerto No. 1)(22 mins)
  Performers
  Federico Colli
  piano
  piano
  Matilda Lloyd
  trumpet
  trumpet
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Martyn Brabbins
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24

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