News Sport Weather iPlayer Sounds Bitesize CBeebies CBBC Food

BBC Orchestras and Choirs

BBC Orchestras and Choirs Calendar

By Month

Tue 8 Jan 2019
- 13:55
  An Afternoon of Coates
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  The BBC Philharmonic’s first concert of 2019 lifts the January gloom with music from Eric Coates – renowned for his light, orchestral compositions.
  The BBC Philharmonic’s first concert of 2019 lifts the January gloom with music from Eric Coates – renowned for his light, orchestral compositions.
  Programme
  Eric Coates
  Overture 'The Merrymakers'(5 mins)
  The Jester at the Wedding: Suite(21 mins)
  Dancing Nights(8 mins)
  Ballad for strings(6 mins)
  Two Symphonic Rhapsodies(5 mins)No. 2 only
  London Everyday: Suite(15 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  John Wilson
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Eric Coates
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Fri 11 Jan 2019
- 19:00
  BBC Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale
  Maida Vale Studios
  the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale Studios for UK premieres of recent works by four Icelandic composers.
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season
- 19:30
  Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
  St Luke's Church, Chelsea
  The BBC Singers perform J S Bach's festive masterpiece, the Christmas Oratorio.
  The BBC Singers perform J S Bach's festive masterpiece, the Christmas Oratorio.
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248Parts 4-6
  Performers
  Sofi Jeannin
  conductor
  conductor
  Academy of Ancient Music
  BBC Singers
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2018-19 A Very Choral Christmas
Sat 12 Jan 2019
- 19:45
  Live Stream: Fennessy & Nørgård
  City Halls
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of David Fennessy's 'The Ground', the latest in the orchestra’s 'Scottish Inspirations' BBC Commissions, and Per Nørgård's Symphony No.7.
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
- 20:00
  Fennessy/ Nørgård/ Steen-Andersen
  Glasgow City Halls
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by David Fennessy, Per Nørgård and Simon Steen-Andersen in a 'Hear and Now' concert.
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by David Fennessy, Per Nørgård and Simon Steen-Andersen in a 'Hear and Now' concert.
  Programme
  David Fennessy
  The Ground(BBC Commission, World Premiere)
  Per Nørgård
  Symphony No. 7(2006) (Scottish Premiere)
  Simon Steen-Andersen
  Piano Concerto (2014) (for piano solo, sampler, video and orchestra)(UK Premiere)
  Performers
  Nicolas Hodges
  piano
  piano
  Thomas Dausgaard
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  David Fennessy
  Per Nørgård
  Simon Steen-Andersen
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
Sun 13 Jan 2019
- 16:00
  Adventure at Sea
  Chichester Festival Theatre
  CBBC’s Naomi Wilkinson, actor and singer Turlough Convery and the brilliant BBC Concert Orchestra to set off on a musical adventure at sea.
  Part of
  Get Involved For Families Get Involved
- 19:00
  RNCM Strings Festival: Tchaikovsky, Elgar & Sibelius
  Royal Northern College of Music
  A unique collaboration between RNCM string students and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the 2019 RNCM Strings Festival
  A unique collaboration between RNCM string students and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the 2019 RNCM Strings Festival
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’(16 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  Cello Concerto in E minor(27 mins)
  interval
  Jean Sibelius
  Violin Concerto(29 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  István Várdai
  cello
  cello
  Ning Feng
  violin
  violin
  Simone Young
  conducor
  conducor
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Edward Elgar
  Jean Sibelius
Thu 17 Jan 2019
- 19:30
  MacMillan Trombone Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  Jörgen van Rijen performs James MacMillan's 'Trombone Concerto'.
  Jörgen van Rijen performs James MacMillan's 'Trombone Concerto'.
  Programme
  Antonín Dvořák
  Slavonic Dances (a selection)
  Sir James MacMillan
  Trombone Concerto
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No 1 in G minor, 'Winter Daydreams'
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Jörgen van Rijen
  trombone
  trombone
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Antonín Dvořák
  Sir James MacMillan
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
Fri 18 Jan 2019
- 14:00
  BBC Concert Orchestra at Watford Colosseum
  Watford Colosseum, Watford
  Violinist Jennifer Pike and conductor Anna-Maria Helsing the BBC Concert Orchestra for music by a selection of female and French composers.
  Violinist Jennifer Pike and conductor Anna-Maria Helsing the BBC Concert Orchestra for music by a selection of female and French composers.
  Programme
  Susan Spain-Dunk
  Stonehenge
  Albert Roussel
  Petite Suite, op. 39
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Introduction and Rondo capriccioso
  Albert Roussel
  Le Festin de l’araignée, op. 17
  Augusta Holmès
  Irlande, Symphonic Poem
  Performers
  Jennifer Pike
  violin
  violin
  Anna-Maria Helsing
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Composers
  Susan Spain-Dunk
  Albert Roussel
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Augusta Holmès
- 18:30
  Discover More: The Art of Mahler part 1
  St David's Hall, Cardiff
  The Art of Mahler part 1
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2018-19 Season Discover More 2018-19 St David's Hall 2018-19
- 19:30
  Stephen Hough plays Beethoven
  St David's Hall, Cardiff
  Mahler’s ‘Rückert’ songs and troubled tenth symphony are moving meditations on themes of beauty, death and martyrdom. With its reflective opening movements, Beethoven’s fourth concerto sets the mood perfectly.
  Mahler’s ‘Rückert’ songs and troubled tenth symphony are moving meditations on themes of beauty, death and martyrdom. With its reflective opening movements, Beethoven’s fourth concerto sets the mood perfectly.
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
  Gustav Mahler
  Rückert-Lieder
  Symphony No 10 – Adagio
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Thomas Søndergård
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Stephen Hough
  Piano
  Piano
  Catriona Morison
  Mezzo
  Mezzo
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  St David's Hall 2018-19 Cardiff BBC NOW Piano 2018-19 BBC NOW 2018-19 Season BBC NOW Subscriptions
- 19:30
  Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Beethoven & Schoenberg
  Barbican, London
  A concert of musical darkness and light pairs Beethoven’s sunny Violin Concerto with the atmospheric shadows of Schoenberg’s *Pelleas und Melisande*.
  A concert of musical darkness and light pairs Beethoven’s sunny Violin Concerto with the atmospheric shadows of Schoenberg’s *Pelleas und Melisande*.
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Pelleas and Melisande
  Performers
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor (please note change to originally d artist)
  conductor (please note change to originally d artist)
  James Ehnes
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season BBC SO Classical for Starters
Sat 19 Jan 2019
- 18:30
  Discover More: The Art of Mahler part 1
  Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
  The Art of Mahler part 1
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2018-19 Season Discover More 2018-19 Brangwyn Hall 2018-19
- 19:30
  Bang on a Can with the BBC Singers- Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields
  Kings Place
  New York’s electric Bang on a Can All-Stars team up with BBC Singers and conductor Tecwyn Evans for the UK premiere of Bang on a Can co-founder Julia Wolfe’s haunting, poignant and relentlessly physical Anthracite Fields.
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2018-19
- 19:30
  Stephen Hough plays Beethoven
  Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
  Mahler’s ‘Rückert’ songs and troubled tenth symphony are moving meditations on themes of beauty, death and martyrdom. With its reflective opening movements, Beethoven’s fourth concerto sets the mood perfectly.
  Mahler’s ‘Rückert’ songs and troubled tenth symphony are moving meditations on themes of beauty, death and martyrdom. With its reflective opening movements, Beethoven’s fourth concerto sets the mood perfectly.
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
  Gustav Mahler
  Rückert-Lieder
  Symphony No 10 – Adagio
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Thomas Søndergård
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Stephen Hough
  Piano
  Piano
  Catriona Morison
  Mezzo
  Mezzo
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  Brangwyn Hall 2018-19 BBC NOW Piano 2018-19 BBC NOW 2018-19 Season BBC NOW Subscriptions
- 19:30
  Symphonic Cinema - Stravinsky/Ravel
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird(54 mins)
  Maurice Ravel
  Daphnis and ChloeSuites 1 & 2
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Ben Gernon
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Maurice Ravel
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic 2018-19 Season
Tue 22 Jan 2019
- 19:30
  RNCM In Focus: George Benjamin
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  This concert is part of the RNCM’s ‘In Focus: George Benjamin’ festival
  This concert is part of the RNCM’s ‘In Focus: George Benjamin’ festival
  Programme
  Sir George Benjamin
  Ringed by the Flat Horizon
  A Mind of Winter
  Duet
  Dance Figures(15 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Claire Booth
  soprano
  soprano
  Tamara Stefanovich
  piano
  piano
  Clark Rundell
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Sir George Benjamin
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Wed 23 Jan 2019
- 19:30
  Sakari Oramo conducts Richard Causton, Schumann and Brahms
  Barbican, London
  Two great Romantic works – Schumann’s heart-on-sleeve Cello Concerto and Brahms’ Third Symphony – celebrate the friendship and musical kinship between the two composers.
  Two great Romantic works – Schumann’s heart-on-sleeve Cello Concerto and Brahms’ Third Symphony – celebrate the friendship and musical kinship between the two composers.
  Programme
  Richard Causton
  Ik zeg: NU (I Say: NOW)world premiere; BBC commission
  Robert Schumann
  Cello Concerto in A minor
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 3 in F major
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Steven Isserlis
  cello
  cello
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Richard Causton
  Robert Schumann
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season BBC SO Classical for Starters Sakari Oramo Conducts
Thu 24 Jan 2019
- 19:30
  Friday Night Is Music Night: Capes and Crusaders
  Hackney Empire
  the BBC Concert Orchestra for a night of music for superheroes.
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
Fri 25 Jan 2019
- 14:00
  The BBC Singers Celebrate Choral Works by Jonathan Dove
  Maida Vale Studios
  In the year of his 60th birthday, the BBC Singers celebrate the a capella choral works of British composer Jonathan Dove.
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2018-19
- 19:30
  BBC Hoddinott Hall @ 10
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  Celebrating 10 years of BBC Hoddinott Hall!
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2018-19 Season BBC Hoddinott Hall 2018-19
Sat 26 Jan 2019
- 18:15
  Journey Through Music - 26 January
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Have a go at conducting!
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Learning
- 19:30
  Stravinsky/Mozart/Tchaikovsky
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Scherzo fantastique
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No 25 in C major, K 503
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor(41 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Ben Gernon
  conductor
  conductor
  Imogen Cooper
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic 2018-19 Season
Tue 29 Jan 2019
- 19:30
  Friday Night is Music Night: Hackney Empire
  Hackney Empire
  Ken Bruce, superstar guest singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra for an evening of popular classics, film music and songs from the shows.
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
Wed 30 Jan 2019
- 13:55
  Arnell, Cowen, Fogg, Howell, Vaughan Williams, Goossens & Bliss
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  A live BBC Radio 3 broadcast of English tone-poems
  A live BBC Radio 3 broadcast of English tone-poems
  Programme
  Richard Arnell
  The New Age - Overture(8 mins)
  Frederic Hymen Cowen
  Reverie(8 mins)
  Eric Fogg
  Merok(8 mins)
  Dorothy Howell
  Lamia(14 mins)
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Harnham Down(7 mins)
  Eugene Goosens
  By the Tarn(5 mins)
  Arthur Bliss
  Melee Fantasque(12 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Rumon Gamba
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Arnell
  Frederic Hymen Cowen
  Eric Fogg
  Dorothy Howell
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Eugene Goosens
  Arthur Bliss
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
- 14:00
  Composition:Wales Open Workshop
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  Come and hear the latest in composition in Wales, as composers worthy of wider exposure have the opportunity to hear their works performed by the Orchestra.
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2018-19 Season Composition:Wales 2019 BBC Hoddinott Hall 2018-19
Thu 31 Jan 2019
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Stephen Hough Plays Liszt
  Glasgow City Halls
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Bartók and Liszt.
  Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Bartók and Liszt.
  Programme
  Béla Bartók
  Suite No.2
  Franz Liszt
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  Béla Bartók
  Suite No.1
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Stephen Hough
  piano
  piano
  Thomas Dausgaard
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Composers
  Béla Bartók
  Franz Liszt
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
Fri 1 Feb 2019
- 14:00
  The BBC Singers perform Masses by John Pickard and Ralph Vaughan Williams
  St Peter's Eaton Square, London
  Andrew Griffiths conducts the BBC Singers in the world premiere of John Pickard’s Mass in Troubled Times, which is programmed alongside Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G Minor for unaccompanied choir.
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2018-19