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BBC Orchestras and Choirs Calendar

By Month

Fri 1 Sep 2017
- 20:00
  Friday Night Is Music Night: Snape Proms
  Snape Maltings Concert Hall
  Friday Night Is Music Night returns to the Snape Maltings for a special live edition to end their summer season in rousing style.
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
Sat 2 Sep 2017
- 19:30
  Peterborough Film Music Gala
  The Broadway Theatre
  The BBC Concert Orchestra with Peterborough Male Voice Choir, Peterborough Voices and Peterborough Youth Choir present a wonderful evening of classic film music scores and movie themes.
Sun 3 Sep 2017
- 11:15
  Proms Extra: Family Workshop
  Imperial College Union
  professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to tonight's Prom. Bring your instrument and in! Suitable for all the family (ages 7-plus).
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms Extra For Families Get Involved: London
Tue 5 Sep 2017
- 19:30
  Prom 70: Missy Mazzoli, Bartók and Dvořák
  Royal Albert Hall
  American pianist Jeremy Denk s Karina Canellakis and the BBC SO for Bartók’s ferociously brilliant Second Piano Concerto – a contrast to the pastoral beauty of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8. The concert opens with Missy Mazzoli’s mesmeric Sinfonia.
  American pianist Jeremy Denk s Karina Canellakis and the BBC SO for Bartók’s ferociously brilliant Second Piano Concerto – a contrast to the pastoral beauty of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8. The concert opens with Missy Mazzoli’s mesmeric Sinfonia.
  Programme
  Missy Mazzoli
  Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)(12 mins)European premiere of orchestral version
  Béla Bartók
  Piano Concerto No 2(30 mins)
  interval
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 8 in G major(36 mins)
  Performers
  Jeremy Denk
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Karina Canellakis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Missy Mazzoli
  Béla Bartók
  Antonín Dvořák
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms on TV
Thu 7 Sep 2017
- 14:00
  Roussel & Saint-Saëns
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  The orchestra are ed by conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier and cellist Andrei Ionita
  The orchestra are ed by conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier and cellist Andrei Ionita
  Programme
  Albert Roussel
  Pour une fête de printemps, Op 22
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
  Albert Roussel
  Suite in F
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Yan Pascal Tortelier
  conductor
  conductor
  Andrei Ionita
  cellist
  cellist
  Composers
  Albert Roussel
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Sat 9 Sep 2017
- 15:00
  Proms in the Park: Hyde Park
  Hyde Park
  in the Last night of the Proms celebrations in Hyde Park, hosted by Michael Ball, with Proms in the Park favourites the BBC Concert Orchestra under the baton of Richard Balcombe, and special guest Sir Bryn Terfel, headlined by Sir Ray Davies.
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms on TV Classical for Starters 2018-19
- 18:00
  BBC Proms in the Park Wales
  Swansea, Singleton Park
  The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales will be performing an array of well-known film and TV favourites, along with some classical pieces and traditional Welsh songs. Special guests will be announced shortly.
  Part of
  Proms 2017 BBC NOW On the Road 2017-18
- 19:15
  Prom 75: Last Night of the Proms
  Royal Albert Hall
  Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra weave together many of this season’s strands with music by John Adams, Sibelius and Malcolm Sargent. Nina Stemme leads the end-of-season festivities, ed by the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus.
  Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra weave together many of this season’s strands with music by John Adams, Sibelius and Malcolm Sargent. Nina Stemme leads the end-of-season festivities, ed by the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus.
  Programme
  Lotta Wennäkoski
  Flounce(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Zoltán Kodály
  Budavári Te Deum(21 mins)
  Malcolm Sargent
  An Impression on a Windy Day(7 mins)
  Jean Sibelius
  Finlandia(8 mins)(choral version)
  Richard Wagner
  Tristan and Isolde – Prelude and Liebestod(17 mins)
  interval
  John Adams
  Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance(5 mins)London premiere
  Kurt Weill
  Happy End(5 mins)'Surabaya Johnny'
  Lady in the Dark(5 mins)arr. Olov Helge - 'The Saga of Jenny'
  George Gershwin
  Pardon My English(3 mins)orch. Paul Bateman, arr. James Holmes
  Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(18 mins)(arr. Wood)
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(5 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(3 mins)
  Unknown
  The National Anthem (arr. Bliss)(3 mins)
  Trad.
  Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)arr C.T. Davie
  Performers
  Nina Stemme
  soprano
  soprano
  Lucy Crowe
  soprano
  soprano
  Christine Rice
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Ben Johnson
  tenor
  tenor
  John Relyea
  bass
  bass
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Lotta Wennäkoski
  Zoltán Kodály
  Malcolm Sargent
  Jean Sibelius
  Richard Wagner
  John Adams
  Kurt Weill
  George Gershwin
  Thomas Arne
  Edward Elgar
  Hubert Parry
  Unknown
  Trad.
  Part of
  Proms 2017 Proms on TV Classical for Starters 2018-19
- 19:30
  BBC Proms in the Park Northern Ireland
  Castle Coole, Enniskillen
  We are delighted that this year’s BBC Northern Ireland’s Proms in the Park will be happening in the magnificent grounds of Castle Coole in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh on 9 September, 2017.
  Part of
  Proms 2017
- 19:30
  Proms in the Park Scotland
  Glasgow Green
  the world renowned BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for BBC Scotland’s Proms in the Park, a fantastic celebration of music of all kinds.
  Part of
  Proms 2017
Wed 13 Sep 2017
- 14:00
  Joshua Weilerstein conducts the BBC Philharmonic
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  Joshua Weilerstein conducts a programme of short works
  Joshua Weilerstein conducts a programme of short works
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Musical Offering – Ricercar a 6 (orch. Webern)(7 mins)
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture 'Leonore' No. 3(13 mins)
  Claude Debussy
  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune(10 mins)
  Ethel Smyth
  The Wreckers – On the Cliffs of Cornwall (Prelude to Act 2)(8 mins)
  interval
  Anton Webern
  Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10(5 mins)
  Charles Ives
  Variations on 'America' (version for orchestra)(7 mins)
  John Luther Adams
  The Light That Fills the World(13 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Joshua Weilerstein
  conducor
  conducor
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Claude Debussy
  Ethel Smyth
  Anton Webern
  Charles Ives
  John Luther Adams
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Thu 14 Sep 2017
- 18:45
  Friday Night Is Music Night: Radio 2's 50th Anniversary
  Hackney Empire
  Stand back as Ken Bruce wheels in the birthday cake and lights the candles for Radio 2's 50th anniversary!
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
Fri 15 Sep 2017
- 14:00
  Brahms, Beethoven & Caroline Shaw
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  Joshua Weilerstein conducts a programme including Brahms's Fourth and Beethoven’s beloved Egmont overture
  Joshua Weilerstein conducts a programme including Brahms's Fourth and Beethoven’s beloved Egmont overture
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Egmont - overture(9 mins)
  Caroline Shaw
  Entr’acte(12 mins)
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor(38 mins)
  Three Intermezzos, Op 117 - No. 1(5 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Joshua Weilerstein
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Caroline Shaw
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
- 14:00
  BBC Singers at St Peter’s Eaton Square: In Memoriam John Tavener
  St Peter's Eaton Square, London
  The BBC Singers give a concert in memory of John Tavener.
  The BBC Singers give a concert in memory of John Tavener.
  Programme
  John Tavener
  The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen(UK premiere)
  Thomas Tallis
  Misere nostri
  Nico Muhly
  Recordare, Domine
  Thomas Crecquillon
  Pater peccavi / Quanti mercenarii
  Matthew Martin
  Lamentations of Jeremiah
  Josquin des Prez
  Qui habitat in adiutorio altissimi (a 24)
  John Tavener
  Requiem Fragments
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Ben Goldscheider
  horn
  horn
  James McVinnie
  organ
  organ
  Peter Philips
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Composers
  John Tavener
  Thomas Tallis
  Nico Muhly
  Thomas Crecquillon
  Matthew Martin
  Josquin des Prez
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2017-18 Season
- 20:00
  Lammermuir Festival 2017
  St Mary's Church, Haddington
  The BBC SSO gives the opening concert in the 2017 Festival, with works by Mahler, Mozart and Wagner.
  The BBC SSO gives the opening concert in the 2017 Festival, with works by Mahler, Mozart and Wagner.
  Programme
  Richard Wagner
  Tristan and Isolde – Prelude and Liebestod
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Aria 'Un moto di gioia', K 579
  Aria 'Vado, ma dove" href="/orchestras/events/composers/8d610e51-64b4-4654-b8df-064b0fb7a9d9" >Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 4 in G major
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Rowan Pierce
  soprano
  soprano
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Wagner
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2017-18 Season
Thu 21 Sep 2017
- 19:30
  Queen: A Friday Night at the Opera
  London Coliseum
  Experience Queen’s greatest hits in a rock and symphonic spectacular
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
- 19:30
  Opening Night Composer Roots: Beethoven’s Ninth
  Glasgow City Halls
  Thomas Dausgaard opens the new season with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  Thomas Dausgaard opens the new season with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  Programme
  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  Sicut cervus(four-part motet)
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 867(arr. for string quintet by Beethoven) (Hess 38)
  George Frideric Handel
  Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Dance of the Scythians (Iphigénie en Tauride)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Misericordias Domini, K222
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 70 in D major
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Louise Alder
  soprano
  soprano
  Jennifer Johnston
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Stuart Jackson
  tenor
  tenor
  Neal Davis
  bass
  bass
  Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices
  (Timothy Dean: chorus master)
  (Timothy Dean: chorus master)
  Thomas Dausgaard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  George Frideric Handel
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Joseph Haydn
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2017-18 Season
Fri 22 Sep 2017
- 19:30
  Perth Concert Series: Beethoven's Ninth
  Perth Concert Hall
  Thomas Dausgaard opens the Perth Concert Series with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  Thomas Dausgaard opens the Perth Concert Series with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
  Programme
  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  Sicut cervus(four-part motet)
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 867(arr. for string quintet by Beethoven) (Hess 38)
  George Frideric Handel
  Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Dance of the Scythians (Iphigénie en Tauride)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Misericordias Domini, K222
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Louise Alder
  Jennifer Johnston
  Stuart Jackson
  Neal Davies
  Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices
  Thomas Dausgaard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  George Frideric Handel
  Christoph Willibald Gluck
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2017-18 Season
Sat 23 Sep 2017
- 19:10
  Free performance
  Milton Court Concert Hall
  Hear this brand new piece of music, created collaboratively by the group and taking inspiration from Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Moth Requiem’
  Part of
  Get Involved: London Get Involved
- 19:30
  This is Rattle: Birtwistle
  Milton Court Concert Hall
  Ancient and modern meet in an intriguing programme that folds time back across the centuries, juxtaposing Varèse, Machaut, Byrd and Birtwistle.
  Ancient and modern meet in an intriguing programme that folds time back across the centuries, juxtaposing Varèse, Machaut, Byrd and Birtwistle.
  Programme
  Edgard Varèse
  Octandre
  Guillaume de Machaut
  Messe de Nostre Dame(with Plainsong Tropes arranged for instruments by Harrison Birtwistle)
  William Byrd
  Lamentations
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Pulse Sampler
  The Moth Requiem
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Nash Ensemble
  Composers
  Edgard Varèse
  Guillaume de Machaut
  William Byrd
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2017-18 Season BBC Singers at Milton Court 2017/18
Sun 24 Sep 2017
- 15:00
  Scheherazade
  Hafren, Newtown
  Programme
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Scheherazade
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Michael Seal
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Sheku Kanneh-Mason
  Cello
  Cello
  Composers
  Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2017-18 Season BBC NOW On the Road 2017-18
- 19:30
  Mahler - Symphony No. 3
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Mahler - Symphony No. 3
  Mahler - Symphony No. 3
  Programme
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 3 in D minor(95 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Juanjo Mena
  conductor
  conductor
  Karen Cargill
  mezzo soprano
  mezzo soprano
  BBC National Chorus of Wales
  (ladies) - choir
  (ladies) - choir
  The Boy & Girl Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral
  choir
  choir
  Composers
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic 2017-18 Season
Tue 26 Sep 2017
- 18:00
  BBC Philharmonic and BBC Radio 3: A Clockwork Orange
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  In the year in which we celebrate the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth, BBC Radio Drama in collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic presents a UK premiere of this version of his cult novel A Clockwork Orange
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Wed 27 Sep 2017
- 19:30
  Sibelius Symphonies: Symphony No.5
  Barbican, London
  Richard Strauss imagining a man’s dying moments, Alban Berg lamenting a teenage girl and Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony spreading its giant wings.
  Richard Strauss imagining a man’s dying moments, Alban Berg lamenting a teenage girl and Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony spreading its giant wings.
  Programme
  Richard Strauss
  Death and Transfiguration
  Alban Berg
  Violin Concerto
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 5 in E flat major
  Performers
  Alina Pogostkina
  violin
  violin
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Richard Strauss
  Alban Berg
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2017-18 Season Sibelius Symphonies
Thu 28 Sep 2017
- 19:30
  Karen Cargill Sings Elgar
  Glasgow City Halls
  Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill sings Elgar's Sea Pictures.
  Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill sings Elgar's Sea Pictures.
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Sospiri
  Sea Pictures+
  Michael Tippett
  Symphony No. 3*
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Karen Cargill
  mezzo-soprano+
  mezzo-soprano+
  Rachel Nicholls
  soprano*
  soprano*
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Michael Tippett
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2017-18 Season
Fri 29 Sep 2017
- 14:00
  BBC Singers celebrate the music of Edward Cowie
  St Paul's Knightsbridge, London
  The BBC Singers celebrate the music of Edward Cowie at St Paul's Knightsbridge.
  The BBC Singers celebrate the music of Edward Cowie at St Paul's Knightsbridge.
  Programme
  Edward Cowie
  Okavango Dawn Rite(world premiere)
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3 Shakespeare Songs
  Edward Cowie
  Cathedral Music 1
  interval
  György Ligeti
  Lux aeterna
  Thomas Tallis
  Salvator mundi (I)
  Edward Elgar
  They are at rest
  Geoffrey Poole
  Imerina
  Edward Cowie
  Chobe Canticle(world premiere)
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Nicholas Kok
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edward Cowie
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  György Ligeti
  Thomas Tallis
  Edward Elgar
  Geoffrey Poole
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2017-18 Season
- 14:00
  Afternoon Concert 1
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  BBC NOW visit the mountains and countryside of in the first in a series of three concerts exploring tone poems.
  BBC NOW visit the mountains and countryside of in the first in a series of three concerts exploring tone poems.
  Programme
  César Franck
  Ce qu’on entend a la montagne
  Toru Takemitsu
  Fantasma - Cantos II
  Darius Milhaud
  Concertino d'hiver
  Arthur Honegger
  Pastorale d'été
  Vincent d’Indy
  Jour d'été à la montagne, op. 61
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Kazuki Yamada
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Peter Moore
  Trombone
  Trombone
  Composers
  César Franck
  Toru Takemitsu
  Darius Milhaud
  Arthur Honegger
  Vincent d’Indy
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2017-18 Season
Sat 30 Sep 2017
- 18:30
  BBC Philharmonic and BBC Radio 3: A Clockwork Orange
  Middleton Hall, Hull
  In the year in which we celebrate the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth, BBC Radio Drama in collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic presents a UK premiere of his cult novel A Clockwork Orange.
Sun 1 Oct 2017
- 15:00
  University of Worcester Arena
  University of Worcester Arena
  Autumn at Malvern
  Autumn at Malvern
  Programme
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  Max Bruch
  Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Composers
  Benjamin Britten
  Max Bruch
  Antonín Dvořák
  Part of
  BBC NOW On the Road 2017-18
- 15:00
  Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  Martyn Brabbins conducts the 'Pathétique' Symphony in Edinburgh.
  Martyn Brabbins conducts the 'Pathétique' Symphony in Edinburgh.
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  The Tempestfantasy, Op.18
  Edward Elgar
  Sea Pictures
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Karen Cargill
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Edward Elgar
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2017-18 Season