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BBC Orchestras and Choirs Calendar

By Month

Thu 1 Sep 2016
- 19:30
  Friday Night is Gospel Music Night
  The Mermaid, London
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
Fri 2 Sep 2016
- 22:15
  Prom 65
  Royal Albert Hall
  BBC Radio 3’s Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an evening of revolutionary 20th-century music performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain and the BBC Singers. The programme includes Bartók’s Three Village Scenes and Boulez’s Anthèmes 2.
  BBC Radio 3’s Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an evening of revolutionary 20th-century music performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain and the BBC Singers. The programme includes Bartók’s Three Village Scenes and Boulez’s Anthèmes 2.
  Programme
  Béla Bartók
  Three Village Scenes(12 mins)
  Pierre Boulez
  Anthèmes 2(20 mins)
  Elliott Carter
  Penthode(20 mins)
  Pierre Boulez
  cummings ist der Dichter(13 mins)
  Performers
  Jeanne-Marie Conquer
  violin
  violin
  BBC Singers
  Ensemble intercontemporain
  Baldur Brönnimann
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Béla Bartók
  Pierre Boulez
  Elliott Carter
  Part of
  Proms 2016 Late Night Proms
Sun 4 Sep 2016
- 12:30
  Proms Extra: Sing
  Imperial College Union
  Mary King and of the BBC Singers to sing excerpts from Rossini’s Semiramide.
  Part of
  Proms 2016 Proms Extra Get Involved: London
- 14:00
  Proms Extra: Family Workshop
  Imperial College Union
  professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this afternoon’s Prom. Bring your instrument and in!
  Part of
  Proms 2016 Proms Extra For Families Get Involved: London
Wed 7 Sep 2016
- 14:00
  Cooke, Schumann & Elgar
  MediaCityUK Salford
  Andrew Gourlay conducts Cooke’s Symphony No. 6, Schumann’s Cello Concerto and Elgar’s Dream Children
  Andrew Gourlay conducts Cooke’s Symphony No. 6, Schumann’s Cello Concerto and Elgar’s Dream Children
  Programme
  Arnold Cooke
  Symphony No.6(32 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  Dream Children(6 mins)
  Robert Schumann
  Cello Concerto in A minor(22 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Andrew Gourlay
  conductor
  conductor
  Narek Hakhnazaryan
  Cello
  Cello
  Composers
  Arnold Cooke
  Edward Elgar
  Robert Schumann
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Fri 9 Sep 2016
- 14:00
  Bantock, Bowen & Musgrave
  MediaCityUK Salford
  Michael Seal leads an afternoon of music from Bantock, Bowen and Musgrave
  Michael Seal leads an afternoon of music from Bantock, Bowen and Musgrave
  Programme
  Granville Bantock
  Overture 'The Frogs'(9 mins)
  York Bowen
  Viola Concerto(35 mins)
  Thea Musgrave
  The Seasons(25 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Michael Seal
  conductor
  conductor
  Lawrence Power
  Viola
  Viola
  Composers
  Granville Bantock
  York Bowen
  Thea Musgrave
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Sat 10 Sep 2016
- 16:00
  Proms in the Park Wales
  Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay
  In Wales, Proms in the Park promises to be an evening of spectacular music and celebration, led by the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales.
  Part of
  Proms 2016 BBC NOW 2015-16 Season
- 19:15
  Prom 75: Last Night of the Proms
  Royal Albert Hall
  Tenor Juan Diego Flórez brings music by Verdi, Donizetti and Rossini to the Last Night. Also on the programme: Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, Butterworth’s On the Banks of Green Willow and Britten’s Matinées musicales. Sakari Oramo conducts.
  Tenor Juan Diego Flórez brings music by Verdi, Donizetti and Rossini to the Last Night. Also on the programme: Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, Butterworth’s On the Banks of Green Willow and Britten’s Matinées musicales. Sakari Oramo conducts.
  Programme
  Tom Harrold
  Raze(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  George Butterworth
  The Banks of Green Willow(7 mins)
  Alexander Borodin
  Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances(12 mins)
  Gioachino Rossini
  La Cenerentola(6 mins)
  Gaetano Donizetti
  L'elisir d'amore – 'Una furtiva lagrima'(5 mins)
  Jacques Offenbach
  La belle Hélène – 'Au mont Ida'(5 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  Matinées musicales(10 mins)
  Jonathan Dove
  Our revels now are ended(8 mins)
  interval
  Michael Torke
  Javelin(9 mins)
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Serenade to Music(11 mins)
  Gaetano Donizetti
  La fille du régiment – 'Ah ! mes amis'(7 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)
  Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(15 mins)arr. Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(5 mins)
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(3 mins)
  Unknown
  The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(3 mins)
  Performers
  Juan Diego Flórez
  tenor
  tenor
  sca Chiejina
  soprano
  soprano
  Eve Daniell
  soprano
  soprano
  Lauren Fagan
  soprano
  soprano
  Alison Rose
  soprano
  soprano
  Claire Barnett-Jones
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Marta Fontanals-Simmons
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Anna Harvey
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Katie Stevenson
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Trystan Llŷr Griffiths
  tenor
  tenor
  Oliver Johnston
  tenor
  tenor
  Joshua Owen Mills
  tenor
  tenor
  James Way
  tenor
  tenor
  Bragi Jónsson
  bass
  bass
  Benjamin Lewis
  bass
  bass
  James Newby
  bass
  bass
  Bradley Travis
  bass
  bass
  BBC Proms Youth Ensemble
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Tom Harrold
  George Butterworth
  Alexander Borodin
  Gioachino Rossini
  Gaetano Donizetti
  Jacques Offenbach
  Benjamin Britten
  Jonathan Dove
  Michael Torke
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Edward Elgar
  Thomas Arne
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
  Part of
  Proms 2016 BBC Symphony Chorus at the Proms
- 19:30
  Proms in the Park Scotland
  Glasgow Green
  the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell for a night of fabulous music on the banks of the River Clyde.
  Part of
  Proms 2016
Tue 13 Sep 2016
- 13:55
  Elgar, Arnold & Foulds
  MediaCityUK Salford
  Guest conductor, Michael Seal, is ed by French horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill in a sparkling programme of orchestral showpieces
  Guest conductor, Michael Seal, is ed by French horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill in a sparkling programme of orchestral showpieces
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1, Op 1a(20 mins)
  Malcolm Arnold
  Horn Concerto No.1(23 mins)
  John Foulds
  April-England(8 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2, Op 1b(17 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Michael Seal
  conductor
  conductor
  Alec Frank-Gemmill
  Horn
  Horn
  Tom Redmond
  presenter
  presenter
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Malcolm Arnold
  John Foulds
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Thu 15 Sep 2016
- 19:30
  Friday Night Is Music Night: Happy Birthday Maestro!
  Hackney Empire
  Ken Bruce presents a special 80th birthday celebration for conductor and composer Carl Davis.
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
- 19:45
  Lammermuir Festival 2016
  St Mary's Church, Haddington
  Ilan Volkov conducts works by Rolf Riehm, Beethoven & Brahms
  Ilan Volkov conducts works by Rolf Riehm, Beethoven & Brahms
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Violin Concerto in D major(42 mins)
  Rolf Riehm
  He, très doulz roussignol joly(17 mins)
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 3 in F major(35 mins)
  Performers
  Liza Ferschtman
  violin
  violin
  Ilan Volkov
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Rolf Riehm
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2016-17 Season
Fri 16 Sep 2016
- 13:55
  Knussen, Elgar, Payne, Finzi & Britten
  MediaCityUK Salford
  Andrew Gourlay is ed by Tenor, Robin Tritschler, for an afternoon full of music from British composers
  Andrew Gourlay is ed by Tenor, Robin Tritschler, for an afternoon full of music from British composers
  Programme
  Oliver Knussen
  The Way to Castle Yonder(8 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  Nursery Suite(23 mins)
  Anthony Payne
  Half-heard in the stillness(12 mins)
  Gerald Finzi
  Farewell to Arms(9 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  Sinfonia da Requiem(19 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Andrew Gourlay
  conductor
  conductor
  Robin Tritschler
  Tenor
  Tenor
  Tom Redmond
  presenter
  presenter
  Composers
  Oliver Knussen
  Edward Elgar
  Anthony Payne
  Gerald Finzi
  Benjamin Britten
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
- 19:30
  English Renaissance Music
  St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
  Peter Phillips, director of The Tallis Scholars, conducts the BBC Singers in a programme of English renaissance polyphony featuring the works of three masters of the period: William Byrd, Robert White and William Mundy.
  Peter Phillips, director of The Tallis Scholars, conducts the BBC Singers in a programme of English renaissance polyphony featuring the works of three masters of the period: William Byrd, Robert White and William Mundy.
  Programme
  William Byrd
  Laudibus in sanctis
  Infelix ego
  Robert White
  Domine, quis habitabit III
  Exaudiat te Dominus
  William Byrd
  Ne irascaris, Domine
  The Great Service: Benedictus
  William Mundy
  Vox Patris caelestis
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Peter Phillips
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  William Byrd
  Robert White
  William Mundy
  Part of
  Be in the Audience BBC Singers 2016-17 Season
Sun 18 Sep 2016
- 15:00
  Sibelius Violin Concerto in Aberdeen
  His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
  Ben Gernon conducts works by Glinka, Sibelius & Tchaikovsky
  Ben Gernon conducts works by Glinka, Sibelius & Tchaikovsky
  Programme
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture(6 mins)(Overture)
  Jean Sibelius
  Violin Concerto(33 mins)
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor(43 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Alexandra Soumm
  violin
  violin
  Ben Gernon
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Jean Sibelius
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2016-17 Season Aberdeen Season 2016-17
Wed 21 Sep 2016
- 14:00
  Márquez, Ginastera & Villa-Lobos
  MediaCityUK Salford
  Presenter Stuart Flinders s conductor Alondra de la Parra for the orchestra’s afternoon concert – a live broadcast for BBC Radio 3
  Presenter Stuart Flinders s conductor Alondra de la Parra for the orchestra’s afternoon concert – a live broadcast for BBC Radio 3
  Programme
  Arturo Márquez
  Leyenda de Miliano(12 mins)
  Alberto Ginastera
  Variaciones concertantes(24 mins)
  Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  Bachianas brasileiras No.7(27 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Alondra de la Parra
  conductor
  conductor
  Stuart Flinders
  presenter
  presenter
  Composers
  Arturo Márquez
  Alberto Ginastera
  Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Thu 22 Sep 2016
- 19:30
  Opening Night: Bruckner 9
  Glasgow City Halls
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Helen Grime and Bruckner
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Helen Grime and Bruckner
  Programme
  Helen Grime
  Helen Grime Two Eardley Pictures: Catterline in Winter(10 mins)(BBC Commission)
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor(81 mins)(1887-96, unfinished) (ed. Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs 2000, with performing version of Finale by Samale-Phillips-Cohrs-Mazzuca, 1985-2012)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Thomas Dausgaard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Helen Grime
  Anton Bruckner
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2016-17 Season Brucker 9 Glasgow Season 2016-17
Fri 23 Sep 2016
- 19:30
  Other Presences: The Music of Jonathan Harvey
  LSO St Luke’s, London
  Haunting, spiritual, ecstatic: Jonathan Harvey’s music blurs the boundaries between east and west, body and soul. Its lucid, bell-like resonances and pioneering use of electronics will take you on a journey into new and transformative worlds.
  Haunting, spiritual, ecstatic: Jonathan Harvey’s music blurs the boundaries between east and west, body and soul. Its lucid, bell-like resonances and pioneering use of electronics will take you on a journey into new and transformative worlds.
  Programme
  Benjamin Britten
  A.M.D.G. Op.17 (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam)
  Jonathan Harvey
  Mortuos plango, vivos voco
  I love the Lord
  The Annunication
  Other Presences
  Forms of Emptiness
  Wim Henderickx
  BlossomingsWorld Premiere
  Jonathan Harvey
  How could the soul not take flight
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Marco Blaauw
  trumpet
  trumpet
  Sound Intermedia
  electronics
  electronics
  Composers
  Benjamin Britten
  Jonathan Harvey
  Wim Henderickx
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2016-17 Season
- 19:30
  Perth Concert Series: BBC SSO
  Perth Concert Hall
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Mozart & Bruckner
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Mozart & Bruckner
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major(32 mins)
  interval
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor(81 mins)(1894) + completion of Finale (new critical edition by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, Vienna 2000)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Imogen Cooper
  piano
  piano
  Thomas Dausgaard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Anton Bruckner
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2016-17 Season Brucker 9
Sat 24 Sep 2016
- 19:30
  Haydn's The Creation
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Haydn - Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
  Haydn - Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  The Creation
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Juanjo Mena
  conductor
  conductor
  Lucy Hall
  soprano
  soprano
  Robin Tritschler
  tenor
  tenor
  Dietrich Henschel
  baritone
  baritone
  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic 2016-17 Season
Sun 25 Sep 2016
- 15:00
  Bruckner 9 in Edinburgh
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Mozart & Bruckner in Edinburgh
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Mozart & Bruckner in Edinburgh
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major(32 mins)
  interval
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor(81 mins)(ed. Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs 2000, with performing version of Finale by Samale-Phillips-Cohrs-Mazzuca, 1985-2012)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Imogen Cooper
  piano
  piano
  Thomas Dausgaard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Anton Bruckner
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2016-17 Season Brucker 9 Edinburgh Season 2016-17
Tue 27 Sep 2016
- 14:00
  Welcome Xian Zhang
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  Welcome Xian Zhang
  Welcome Xian Zhang
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Eugene Onegin – Polonaise
  Samuel Barber
  Violin Concerto
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Xian Zhang
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Chloë Hanslip
  Violin
  Violin
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Samuel Barber
  Part of
  BBC Hoddinott Hall 2016-17 Xian Zhang 2016-17 BBC NOW 2016-17 Season
Thu 29 Sep 2016
- 19:30
  The Red Brick Sessions: Elgar, Thomas Adès & Schoenberg
  Peel Hall - University of Salford
  The first instalment of a brand new concert series created by the BBC Philharmonic in partnership with the University of Salford
  The first instalment of a brand new concert series created by the BBC Philharmonic in partnership with the University of Salford
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Sospiri(5 mins)
  Thomas Adès
  Violin Concerto 'Concentric Paths'(20 mins)
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Chamber Symphony No 2(19 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Andrew Gourlay
  conductor
  conductor
  Daniel Pioro
  Violin
  Violin
  Elizabeth Alker
  presenter
  presenter
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Thomas Adès
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic: The Red Brick Sessions
Fri 30 Sep 2016
- 14:00
  BBC Singers at St Paul's Knightsbridge
  St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
  Norwegian conductor Grete Pedersen conducts the BBC Singers in a programme punctuated by Felix Mendelssohn’s 3 Psalm settings, and featuring Olivier Messiaen’s iconic setting of O Sacrum Convivium.
  Norwegian conductor Grete Pedersen conducts the BBC Singers in a programme punctuated by Felix Mendelssohn’s 3 Psalm settings, and featuring Olivier Messiaen’s iconic setting of O Sacrum Convivium.
  Programme
  Iannis Xenakis
  Nuits
  Olivier Messiaen
  O sacrum convivium
  Felix Mendelssohn
  3 Psalms, Op 78
  Kaija Saariaho
  Nuits, adieux
  Karin Rehnqvist
  I himmelen
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Grete Pedersen
  conductor
  conductor
  Martin Handley
  presenter
  presenter
  Composers
  Iannis Xenakis
  Olivier Messiaen
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Kaija Saariaho
  Karin Rehnqvist
  Part of
  Be in the Audience
- 19:50
  The 1975: Live Lounge Symphony
  Blackpool Tower Ballroom
  An exclusive concert for BBC Radio 1 at The Blackpool Tower Ballroom
Sat 1 Oct 2016
- 16:00
  Sleeping Beauty with Xian Zhang
  Hafren, Newtown
  Principal Guest Conductor Xian Zhang present an afternoon of musical stories and romance
  Principal Guest Conductor Xian Zhang present an afternoon of musical stories and romance
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
  sca da Rimini
  The Sleeping Beauty
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Xian Zhang
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Catrin Finch
  Harp
  Harp
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  BBC NOW On the Road 2016-17 BBC NOW 2016-17 Season
- 19:00
  RadiRo Festival
  Romanian Radio Hall, Bucharest
  Programme
  Hector Berlioz
  Overture 'Le carnaval romain'
  Aaron Copland
  Rodeo – Four Dance Episodes
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  Malcolm Arnold
  Flute Concerto No. 1
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
  Guy Barker
  Concerto in One Act for Violin & Orchestra
  Performers
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Charles Mutter
  violin
  violin
  Ileana Ruhemann
  flute
  flute
  Robert Jordan
  bagpipes
  bagpipes
  Barry Wordsworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Hector Berlioz
  Aaron Copland
  Benjamin Britten
  Malcolm Arnold
  Peter Maxwell Davies
  Guy Barker