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BBC SO 2016-17 season premieres Events

Fri 12 May 2017
- 19:30
  Sir Andrew Davis conducts Bliss
  Barbican, London
  Sir Andrew Davis conducts Elgar’s evergreen ‘Enigma’ Variations before the BBC SO is ed by the BBC Symphony Chorus and superb soloists for Bliss’s powerful cantata, The Beatitudes.
  Sir Andrew Davis conducts Elgar’s evergreen ‘Enigma’ Variations before the BBC SO is ed by the BBC Symphony Chorus and superb soloists for Bliss’s powerful cantata, The Beatitudes.
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Arthur Bliss
  The Beatitudes
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Emily Birsan
  soprano
  soprano
  Ben Johnson
  tenor
  tenor
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Arthur Bliss
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season BBC Symphony Chorus 2016-17 season BBC Symphony Chorus
Sat 6 May 2017
- 19:00
  Sakari Oramo conducts Varèse
  Barbican, London
  A half dozen of Varése’s finest scores for orchestra round off the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s 360-degree exploration of the maverick composer’s works.
  A half dozen of Varése’s finest scores for orchestra round off the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s 360-degree exploration of the maverick composer’s works.
  Programme
  Edgard Varèse
  Arcana
  Nocturnal
  Étude pour EspaceUK premiere of arrangement by Chou Wen-Chung
  Déserts
  Tuning Up
  Amériques
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Singers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Allison Bell
  soprano
  soprano
  Composers
  Edgard Varèse
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season Total Immersion: Edgard Varèse Total Immersion Sakari Oramo Conducts
Fri 10 Mar 2017
- 19:30
  Simone Young conducts Bartók & Peter Eötvös
  Barbican, London
  Two works by two Hungarian composers sit side by side in a dramatic highlight of the BBC SO’s season – Bartók’s virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra and the UK premiere of living composer Peter Eötvös’s one-act opera, Senza Sangue.
  Two works by two Hungarian composers sit side by side in a dramatic highlight of the BBC SO’s season – Bartók’s virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra and the UK premiere of living composer Peter Eötvös’s one-act opera, Senza Sangue.
  Programme
  Béla Bartók
  Concerto for Orchestra
  Péter Eötvös
  Senza sangueUK premiere
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Simone Young
  conductor
  conductor
  Albane Carrère
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Russell Braun
  baritone
  baritone
  Composers
  Béla Bartók
  Péter Eötvös
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season Stage, screen & voice
Fri 3 Mar 2017
- 19:30
  Sakari Oramo conducts Nielsen & Sibelius
  Barbican, London
  Experience the music of Scandinavian contemporaries Nielsen and Sibelius, whose music is close to the heart of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo
  Experience the music of Scandinavian contemporaries Nielsen and Sibelius, whose music is close to the heart of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo
  Programme
  Carl Nielsen
  Rhapsodic Overture 'A Imaginary Journey to the Faroes', FS123
  Detlev Glanert
  MegarisBBC co-commission: UK premiere
  Jean Sibelius
  Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers
  Composers
  Carl Nielsen
  Detlev Glanert
  Jean Sibelius
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season Sakari Oramo Conducts
Wed 22 Feb 2017
- 19:30
  Lothar Koenigs conducts Bruckner & Wolfgang Rihm
  Barbican, London
  Lothar Koenigs conducts Bruckner’s hugely popular symphony, while Nicolas Hodges is soloist in the irrepressible German composer Wolfgang Rihm’s beautiful Second Piano Concerto.
  Lothar Koenigs conducts Bruckner’s hugely popular symphony, while Nicolas Hodges is soloist in the irrepressible German composer Wolfgang Rihm’s beautiful Second Piano Concerto.
  Programme
  Wolfgang Rihm
  Piano Concerto No. 2UK premiere
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 7 in E major
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Lothar Koenigs
  conductor
  conductor
  Nicolas Hodges
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Wolfgang Rihm
  Anton Bruckner
  Also part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season