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BBC Orchestras and Choirs Calendar

By Month

Thu 6 May 2021
- 16:45
  Tectonics Live Stream Day 1
  Glasgow City Halls
  Live from Glasgow, day one of the Tectonics Festival.
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2020-21 Season
- 19:30
  Digital Concerts: Carlijn Metselaar
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  Carlijn Metselaar's Time for your Walk
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2020-21 Season BBC NOW Digital Concert Series
Fri 7 May 2021
- 19:30
  Peter Phillips conducts music of the Renaissance from South America
  BBC Radio 3 in Concert
  Peter Phillips conducts Renaissance music from South America
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2020-21
Sat 8 May 2021
- 8 – 9 May 2021
  Tectonics Glasgow 2021
  Glasgow City Halls
  An online and on-air version of the festival for 2021
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2020-21 Season
Sun 9 May 2021
- 9 – 10 May 2021
  Tectonics Live Stream Day 2
  Glasgow City Halls
  Live from Glasgow, day two of the Tectonics Festival.
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2020-21 Season
Thu 13 May 2021
- 19:30
  Digital Concerts: Ryan Wigglesworth
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  BBC NOW perform the World Premiere of Ryan Wigglesworth's Five Waltzes
  BBC NOW perform the World Premiere of Ryan Wigglesworth's Five Waltzes
  Programme
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  Five Waltzes
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Lawrence Power
  Viola
  Viola
  Composers
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2020-21 Season BBC NOW Digital Concert Series
Sat 15 May 2021
- 20:00
  Paul Weller, Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Barbican, London
  Paul Weller stars in a special performance curated by Creative Artist in Association Jules Buckley with the BBC SO.
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2020-21 Season
Thu 20 May 2021
- 19:30
  Digital Concerts: Haydn
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  BBC NOW perform Haydn's Symphony No. 90
  BBC NOW perform Haydn's Symphony No. 90
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 9 in C major
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Ryan Bancroft
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2020-21 Season BBC NOW Digital Concert Series
- 19:30
  LIVE: John Wilson Conducts Ravel
  Glasgow City Halls
  Music by Ravel, Vaughan Williams and more, conducted by John Wilson.
  Music by Ravel, Vaughan Williams and more, conducted by John Wilson.
  Programme
  George Enescu
  Suite No. 1 – Prélude à l’unisson
  Lennox Berkeley
  Serenade for strings
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  On Wenlock Edge
  Maurice Ravel
  Mother Goose (ballet)
  Performers
  John Wilson
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Benjamin Hulett
  tenor
  tenor
  Composers
  George Enescu
  Lennox Berkeley
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Maurice Ravel
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2020-21 Season
Fri 21 May 2021
- 19:00
  BBC Symphony Orchestra live from Snape Maltings
  Snape Maltings Concert Hall
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra returns to Snape Maltings with music by Mozart, Britten, Julian Anderson and Ryan Wigglesworth.
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra returns to Snape Maltings with music by Mozart, Britten, Julian Anderson and Ryan Wigglesworth.
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K 546 (version for String Orchestra)
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  Notturno
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No 12 in A major, K 414
  Julian Anderson
  Past Hymns
  Benjamin Britten
  Prelude and Fugue
  Performers
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor, piano
  conductor, piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  Julian Anderson
  Benjamin Britten
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2020-21 Season
Wed 26 May 2021
- 19:30
  LIVE: Colin Currie Plays Joey Roukens
  Glasgow City Halls
  Colin Currie gives the UK Premiere of the composer's percussion concerto from 2011.
  Colin Currie gives the UK Premiere of the composer's percussion concerto from 2011.
  Programme
  Joey Roukens
  Percussion ConcertoUK Premiere
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Don Giovanni – overture
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Colin Currie
  percussion
  percussion
  Chloé van Soeterstède
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Joey Roukens
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2020-21 Season
Thu 27 May 2021
- 19:30
  Digital Concerts: Berg
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  Berg's Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite
  Berg's Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite
  Programme
  Alban Berg
  Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Ryan Bancroft
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Composers
  Alban Berg
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2020-21 Season BBC NOW Digital Concert Series