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BBC Orchestras and Choirs Calendar

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Wed 3 Apr 2019
- 13:55
  Beethoven, Haydn, Stravinsky & Mozart
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  Conductor Clemens Schuldt and trumpeter Simon Höfele the BBC Philharmonic for a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast
  Conductor Clemens Schuldt and trumpeter Simon Höfele the BBC Philharmonic for a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture ‘Coriolan’(8 mins)
  Joseph Haydn
  Trumpet Concerto(15 mins)
  Igor Stravinsky
  Pulcinella Suite(23 mins)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No 26 in E flat major, K 184(9 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Simon Höfele
  trumpeter
  trumpeter
  Clemens Schuldt
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Joseph Haydn
  Igor Stravinsky
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Thu 4 Apr 2019
- 19:10
  Live Stream: Mahler & Takemitsu
  City Halls
  Watch live as Donald Runnicles conducts two works by Takemitsu & Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
- 19:30
  Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’
  Glasgow City Halls
  Donald Runnicles returns to Glasgow to conduct works by Takemitsu and Mahler.
  Donald Runnicles returns to Glasgow to conduct works by Takemitsu and Mahler.
  Programme
  Toru Takemitsu
  A flock descends into the pentagonal garden
  Requiem for Strings
  Gustav Mahler
  Das Lied von der Erde(The Song of the Earth)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Kelley O'Connor
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Paul Groves
  tenor
  tenor
  Donald Runnicles
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Toru Takemitsu
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
Fri 5 Apr 2019
- 19:30
  Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’ in Aberdeen
  Music Hall, Aberdeen
  Donald Runnicles conducts Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’ in Aberdeen
  Donald Runnicles conducts Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’ in Aberdeen
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 35 in D major, 'Haffner'
  Toru Takemitsu
  Requiem for Strings
  Gustav Mahler
  Das Lied von der Erde
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Kelley O’Connor
  mezzo soprano
  mezzo soprano
  Paul Groves
  tenor
  tenor
  Donald Runnicles
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Toru Takemitsu
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
Sat 6 Apr 2019
- 10:30
  Lili and Nadia Boulanger – Learning project workshop
  Barbican, London
  Take part in a workshop inspired by the Boulanger sisters ahead of a performance later in the evening.
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Get Involved 2018-19 season Total Immersion: Lili and Nadia Boulanger Get Involved For Families Get Involved: London Get Involved Total Immersion
- 11:00
  Film: Nadia Boulanger – Mademoiselle
  Barbican, London
  Explore Nadia Boulanger through Bruno Monsaingeon's 1977 film.
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Total Immersion: Lili and Nadia Boulanger Total Immersion
- 13:00
  Lili and Nadia Boulanger – songs and chamber music
  Milton Court Concert Hall
  Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama perform songs and chamber music by Lili and Nadia Boulanger and their contemporaries
  Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama perform songs and chamber music by Lili and Nadia Boulanger and their contemporaries
  Programme
  Lili Boulanger
  Thème et variations
  D’un matin de printemps
  Nadia Boulanger
  Chanson
  Heures ternes
  Soleils couchants
  Lili Boulanger
  Nocturne (version for violin and piano)
  Deux pièces pour violon (ou flûte) et piano : II. Cortège
  Nadia Boulanger
  La Mer
  Le Beau Navire
  Soir d’hiver
  3 Pieces for Cello and Piano
  O schwöre nicht
  Was will die einsame Thräne?
  Ach, die Augen sind es wieder
  J'ai frappé
  Chanson
  Igor Stravinsky
  Lied ohne Name
  Emile Naoumoff
  In Memoriam Lili Boulanger
  Performers
  Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
  ensemble
  ensemble
  Composers
  Lili Boulanger
  Nadia Boulanger
  Igor Stravinsky
  Emile Naoumoff
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Total Immersion: Lili and Nadia Boulanger Total Immersion
- 15:00
  Lili and Nadia Boulanger – Talk
  Barbican, London
  An introduction to these sister composers who made an extraordinary impact on French musical life.
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Total Immersion: Lili and Nadia Boulanger Total Immersion
- 17:00
  BBC Singers perform Lili and Nadia Boulanger
  St Giles' Cripplegate, London
  The BBC Singers perform choral works by Lili and Nadia Boulanger.
  The BBC Singers perform choral works by Lili and Nadia Boulanger.
  Programme
  Lili Boulanger
  Les sirènes
  Sous-bois
  Nadia Boulanger
  Cantique
  Lili Boulanger
  Hymne au soleil
  Nadia Boulanger
  Les heures claires
  Lili Boulanger
  La Source
  Nadia Boulanger
  Allons voir sur le lac d’argent
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Katie Thomas
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Lili Boulanger
  Nadia Boulanger
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season BBC Singers 2018-19 Total Immersion: Lili and Nadia Boulanger Total Immersion
- 18:30
  Preview + 6 April
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  A free pre-concert event
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic: Preview+
- 18:45
  Lili and Nadia Boulanger – Learning project performance
  Barbican, London
  The culmination of a BBC Symphony Orchestra Learning project.
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Total Immersion: Lili and Nadia Boulanger Total Immersion
- 19:30
  Thomas Adès/Prokofiev/Schubert
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Programme
  Thomas Adès
  Three Studies from Couperin(14 mins)
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major(22 mins)
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’(48 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Clemens Schuldt
  conductor
  conductor
  Alina Pogostkina
  violin
  violin
  Composers
  Thomas Adès
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Franz Schubert
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic 2018-19 Season
- 19:30
  James Gaffigan conducts orchestral works by Lili and Nadia Boulanger
  Barbican, London
  The BBC SO perform orchestral works by Lili and Nadia Boulanger as the culmination of the Total Immersion day.
  The BBC SO perform orchestral works by Lili and Nadia Boulanger as the culmination of the Total Immersion day.
  Programme
  Lili Boulanger
  Psalm 24 'La terre appartient à l'Éternel'
  Vieille prière bouddhique
  Faust et Hélène
  Nadia Boulanger
  Fantaisie variée
  Lili Boulanger
  Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme'
  Performers
  Alexandra Dariescu
  piano
  piano
  Katarina Dalayman
  soprano
  soprano
  James Way
  tenor
  tenor
  Samuel Sakker
  tenor
  tenor
  Benedict Nelson
  baritone
  baritone
  James Gaffigan
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Lili Boulanger
  Nadia Boulanger
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season BBC Symphony Chorus at 90 Total Immersion: Lili and Nadia Boulanger BBC Symphony Chorus Total Immersion
Sun 7 Apr 2019
- 18:00
  BBC Concert Orchestra at the Olivier Awards 2019
  Royal Albert Hall
  the BBC Concert Orchestra for a star-studded night at London's biggest theatre awards ceremony of the year.
Wed 10 Apr 2019
- 13:55
  Holst, Ireland, Walton & Bax
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  Conductor John Wilson s the orchestra for a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast
  Conductor John Wilson s the orchestra for a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast
  Programme
  Gustav Holst
  The Perfect Fool(10 mins)Ballet Music
  John Ireland
  The Forgotten Rite(7 mins)
  William Walton
  Facade (selection)(17 mins)
  Arnold Bax
  The Garden of Fand(17 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  John Wilson
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Gustav Holst
  John Ireland
  William Walton
  Arnold Bax
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
- 19:30
  Shostakovich: The Year 1957
  Barbican, London
  Semyon Bychkov brings together three of Shostakovich’s best-loved pieces; all products of the same golden year, 1957 – in a concert that climaxes with a performance of the powerful Eleventh Symphony.
  Semyon Bychkov brings together three of Shostakovich’s best-loved pieces; all products of the same golden year, 1957 – in a concert that climaxes with a performance of the powerful Eleventh Symphony.
  Programme
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
  Variations on a Theme by Glinka(for piano)
  Symphony No 11 in G minor 'The Year 1905'
  Performers
  Semyon Bychkov
  conductor
  conductor
  Alexei Volodin
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season BBC SO Shostakovich 2018/19
Thu 11 Apr 2019
- 18:30
  Discover More: Schubert 9
  St David's Hall, Cardiff
  The final masterpiece: Schubert 9
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2018-19 Season Discover More 2018-19 St David's Hall 2018-19
- 19:30
  Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
  St David's Hall, Cardiff
  Rachmaninov’s most popular concerto and Schubert’s final symphony invite the listener to settle back and lose sense of time; to relax, breathe out and let themselves be swept along.
  Rachmaninov’s most popular concerto and Schubert’s final symphony invite the listener to settle back and lose sense of time; to relax, breathe out and let themselves be swept along.
  Programme
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Alexander Vedernikov
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Boris Giltburg
  Piano
  Piano
  Composers
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Franz Schubert
  Part of
  St David's Hall 2018-19 Cardiff BBC NOW Piano 2018-19 BBC NOW 2018-19 Season BBC NOW Subscriptions
Fri 12 Apr 2019
- 14:00
  BBC Singers perform music by Victoria, Weeks and Schütz
  St Paul's Knightsbridge, London
  James Weeks conducts the BBC Singers in a programme featuring his own work for choir and narrator, Orlando Tenebrae.
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2018-19
- 18:30
  Discover More: Schubert 9
  Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
  The final masterpiece: Schubert 9
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2018-19 Season Discover More 2018-19 Brangwyn Hall 2018-19
- 19:30
  Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
  Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
  Rachmaninov’s most popular concerto and Schubert’s final symphony invite the listener to settle back and lose sense of time; to relax, breathe out and let themselves be swept along.
  Rachmaninov’s most popular concerto and Schubert’s final symphony invite the listener to settle back and lose sense of time; to relax, breathe out and let themselves be swept along.
  Programme
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Alexander Vedernikov
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Boris Giltburg
  Piano
  Piano
  Composers
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Franz Schubert
  Part of
  Brangwyn Hall 2018-19 BBC NOW Piano 2018-19 BBC NOW 2018-19 Season BBC NOW Subscriptions
Sat 13 Apr 2019
- 18:15
  Journey Through Music - 13 April
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Come and explore the music featured in tonight's concert
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Learning
- 19:30
  Bax/Walton/Vaughan Williams
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Programme
  Arnold Bax
  November Woods(19 mins)
  William Walton
  Violin Concerto(30 mins)
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor(31 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  John Wilson
  conductor
  conductor
  James Ehnes
  violin
  violin
  Composers
  Arnold Bax
  William Walton
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic 2018-19 Season
Tue 16 Apr 2019
- 19:30
  Friday Night Is Music Night: Tony Hatch
  Alexandra Palace
  the BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Richard Balcombe and presenter Ken Bruce as we wish a very happy 80th birthday to one of the country’s greatest songwriters, Tony Hatch.
  Part of
  Friday Night is Music Night
Wed 17 Apr 2019
- 19:30
  Sir Andrew Davis conducts Tippett, Szymanowski and Debussy
  Barbican, London
  A triptych of 20th century works by Debussy, Tippett and Symanowski each floods their musical canvass with colour and sensation. Together they offer a vibrant, unusually sensual portrait of their age.
  A triptych of 20th century works by Debussy, Tippett and Symanowski each floods their musical canvass with colour and sensation. Together they offer a vibrant, unusually sensual portrait of their age.
  Programme
  Michael Tippett
  The Rose Lake
  Karol Szymanowski
  Violin Concerto No 1
  Claude Debussy
  Pelléas et MélisandeSuite (UK premiere), arr. Altinoglu
  Performers
  Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Lisa Batiashvili
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Michael Tippett
  Karol Szymanowski
  Claude Debussy
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season
Thu 18 Apr 2019
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Glasgow City Halls
  Nicholas Carter conducts works by Haydn, Rachmaninov and Brahms.
  Nicholas Carter conducts works by Haydn, Rachmaninov and Brahms.
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No.42
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 3 in F major
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Vadym Kholodenko
  piano
  piano
  Nicholas Carter
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
- 19:30
  Sir James MacMillan conducts the BBC Singers
  St John’s Smith Square, London
  Sir James Macmillan conducts the BBC Singers in a programme of choral music for Maundy Thursday.
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2018-19
- 19:30
  Easter Oratorio
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  BBC NOW is ed by two conductors for a special concert for Easter in BBC Hoddinott Hall.
  BBC NOW is ed by two conductors for a special concert for Easter in BBC Hoddinott Hall.
  Programme
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Overture 'Russian Easter Festival', Op 36
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  5 Mystical Songs
  Percy Grainger
  Blithe Bells (orchestral version)
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Easter Oratorio
  Performers
  Jonathon Heyward
  conductor
  conductor
  Jonathan Cohen
  conductor
  conductor
  Steven Devine
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  BBC National Chorus of Wales
  Chorus
  Chorus
  Anna Dennis
  Soprano
  Soprano
  William Towers
  Alto
  Alto
  Nick Pritchard
  Tenor
  Tenor
  William Dazeley
  Baritone
  Baritone
  Composers
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Percy Grainger
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Part of
  BBC Hoddinott Hall 2018-19 Cardiff BBC NOW Choral Works 2018-19 BBC NOW 2018-19 Season
Fri 19 Apr 2019
- 19:30
  Easter at King's
  King's College Cambridge
  Mark Good Friday with a performance of Verdi’s Requiem in the stunning surroundings of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge.
  Mark Good Friday with a performance of Verdi’s Requiem in the stunning surroundings of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge.
  Programme
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Requiem
  Performers
  Ailish Tynan
  soprano
  soprano
  Jennifer Johnston
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Brenden Patrick Gunnell
  tenor
  tenor
  James Platt
  bass
  bass
  Stephen Cleobury
  conductor
  conductor
  Philharmonia Chorus
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Composers
  Giuseppe Verdi
Thu 25 Apr 2019
- 19:15
  Live Stream: Shostakovich Symphony No.10
  City Halls
  Watch the BBC SSO perform works by Stravinsky, Mark-Anthony Turnage & Shostakovich.
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
- 19:30
  Shostakovich Symphony No.10
  Glasgow City Halls
  Martyn Brabbins conducts Shostakovich 'Symphony No.10' at City Halls.
  Martyn Brabbins conducts Shostakovich 'Symphony No.10' at City Halls.
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphonies of Wind Instruments
  Mark-Anthony Turnage
  Percussion Concerto
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 10 in E minor
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Colin Currie
  percussion
  percussion
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Mark-Anthony Turnage
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
- 19:30
  Sibelius/Tippett/Stravinsky
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No 6 in D minor(27 mins)
  Michael Tippett
  Piano Concerto(33 mins)
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphony in C(30 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Steven Osborne
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Michael Tippett
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic 2018-19 Season
Fri 26 Apr 2019
- 18:00
  Journey Through Music: Elgar and Dvorák
  Barbican, London
  Bring your family along to a fun interactive workshop led by of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, plus the evening concert for just £5 a ticket (plus booking fee).
  Part of
  Get Involved 2018-19 season BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season Get Involved For Families Get Involved: London Journey Through Music Get Involved
- 19:30
  BBC SSO in Inverness
  Eden Court, Inverness
  Martyn Brabbins conducts works by Stravinsky, Kurt Schwertsik and Shostakovich in Inverness.
  Martyn Brabbins conducts works by Stravinsky, Kurt Schwertsik and Shostakovich in Inverness.
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphonies of wind instruments
  Kurt Schwertsik
  Now you hear me, now you don't, Op.102(for marimba and strings)
  interval
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 10 in E minor
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Colin Currie
  marimba
  marimba
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Kurt Schwertsik
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2018-19 Season
- 19:30
  Sakari Oramo conducts Elgar and Dvorák
  Barbican, London
  Two great Romantic works, each with a very personal significance for their composer, are paired here in a concert of music that celebrates friendship and mourns loss.
  Two great Romantic works, each with a very personal significance for their composer, are paired here in a concert of music that celebrates friendship and mourns loss.
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Violin Concerto in B minor
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 7 in D minor
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Nicola Benedetti
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Antonín Dvořák
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season BBC SO Classical for Starters Sakari Oramo Conducts
Sat 27 Apr 2019
- 19:30
  Sibelius, Tchaikovsky & Stravinsky
  Kendal Leisure Centre, Kendal
  violinist Jennifer Pike, conductor Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Philharmonic at Kendal Leisure Centre for an evening of Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky
  violinist Jennifer Pike, conductor Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Philharmonic at Kendal Leisure Centre for an evening of Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No 6 in D minor(27 mins)
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Violin Concerto in D major(31 mins)
  interval
  Igor Stravinsky
  Symphony in C(30 mins)
  Jean Sibelius
  Finlandia(7 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Jennifer Pike
  violinist
  violinist
  Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Igor Stravinsky
Sun 28 Apr 2019
- 15:00
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Alexander McCall Smith
  Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
  An evening of words and music with one of the world’s best-loved authors.
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season