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BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Events

Tue 13 Aug 2019
- 20:00
  BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  Mahler's bright and sunny Fourth Symphony is paired with Shostakovich’s witty, incisive Second Piano Concerto.
  Mahler's bright and sunny Fourth Symphony is paired with Shostakovich’s witty, incisive Second Piano Concerto.
  Programme
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 4 in G major
  Performers
  Semyon Bychkov
  conductor
  conductor
  Kirill Gerstein
  piano
  piano
  Christina Gansch
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Gustav Mahler
Sun 7 Jul 2019
- 19:30
  BBC Symphony Orchestra China 2019: Symphony Hall, Shanghai
  Symphony Hall, Shanghai
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra tour China with Conductor Laureate Andrew Davies, virtuoso pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers.
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra tour China with Conductor Laureate Andrew Davies, virtuoso pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers.
  Programme
  Elizabeth Maconchy
  Proud ThamesOverture
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Samson and Delilah – 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix'
  Gaetano Donizetti
  La favoritaO mio Fernand
  Jacques Offenbach
  La PericholeAh quel diner
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  Raymond Yiu
  Xocolatl
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird Suite
  Henry Wood
  Fantasia on British Sea SongsSaucy Arethusa, Jack’s the Lad (Hornpipe), Home Sweet Home, See, the Conqu’ring Hero comes
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Performers
  Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Catherine Wyn‐Rogers
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Elizabeth Maconchy
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Gaetano Donizetti
  Jacques Offenbach
  Benjamin Britten
  Raymond Yiu
  Igor Stravinsky
  Henry Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Edward Elgar
Sat 6 Jul 2019
- 19:30
  BBC Symphony Orchestra China 2019: Symphony Hall, Shanghai
  Symphony Hall, Shanghai
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra tour China with Conductor Laureate Andrew Davies, virtuoso pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers.
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra tour China with Conductor Laureate Andrew Davies, virtuoso pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers.
  Programme
  Huang Ruo
  Folk Songs for OrchestraI: Flower Drum Song from Feng Yang II: Love Song from Kang Ding III: Little Blue Flower IV: The Girl from the Da Ban City
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Performers
  Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Pavel Kolesnikov
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Huang Ruo
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Edward Elgar
Fri 5 Jul 2019
- 19:30
  BBC Symphony Orchestra China 2019: Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts, Nanjing
  Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts, Nanjing
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra tour China with Conductor Laureate Andrew Davies, virtuoso pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers.
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra tour China with Conductor Laureate Andrew Davies, virtuoso pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers.
  Programme
  Huang Ruo
  Folk Songs for OrchestraI: Flower Drum Song from Feng Yang II: Love Song from Kang Ding III: Little Blue Flower IV: The Girl from the Da Ban City
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Performers
  Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Pavel Kolesnikov
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Huang Ruo
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Edward Elgar
Wed 3 Jul 2019
- 19:30
  BBC Symphony Orchestra China 2019: National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing
  National Center Performing Arts, Beijing
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra tour China with Conductor Laureate Andrew Davies, virtuoso pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers.
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra tour China with Conductor Laureate Andrew Davies, virtuoso pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers.
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Egmont - overture
  Gustav Mahler
  Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 10 in E minor
  Performers
  Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Catherine Wyn‐Rogers
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Gustav Mahler
  Dmitry Shostakovich