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BBC Orchestras and Choirs Calendar

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Sat 2 Jul 2022
- 12:00
  New Music Biennial 2022: Philip Herbert 'Towards Renewal'
  Southbank Centre, London
  The BBC Concert Orchestra performs the world premiere of Philip Herbert's 'Towards Renewal' as part of the New Music Biennial 2022.
  Part of
  BBC Concert Orchestra 2021-2022 New Music Biennial 2022
- 14:00
  New Music Biennial 2022: Gazelle Twin 'The Power and the Glory'
  Southbank Centre, London
  the BBC Concert Orchestra and Gazelle Twin as part of this year’s New Music Biennial.
  Part of
  BBC Concert Orchestra 2021-2022 New Music Biennial 2022
- 17:00
  BBC SO and Daniel Müller-Schott at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival
  Stud Farm Redefin
  Celebrate the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s premiere performance at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, conducted by Dalia Stasevska and with award-winning cellist Daniel Müller-Schott.
  Celebrate the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s premiere performance at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, conducted by Dalia Stasevska and with award-winning cellist Daniel Müller-Schott.
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
  Edward Elgar
  Cello Concerto in E minor
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
  Performers
  Daniel Müller‐Schott
  cellist
  cellist
  Dalia Stasevska
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Edward Elgar
  Antonín Dvořák
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra in
Sun 3 Jul 2022
- 16:00
  BBC SO and Daniel Müller-Schott at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival
  Neubrandenburg Concert Church
  Celebrate the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s premiere performance at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, conducted by Dalia Stasevska and with award-winning cellist Daniel Müller-Schott.
  Celebrate the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s premiere performance at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, conducted by Dalia Stasevska and with award-winning cellist Daniel Müller-Schott.
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
  Edward Elgar
  Cello Concerto in E minor
  Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’
  Performers
  Daniel Müller‐Schott
  cellist
  cellist
  Dalia Stasevska
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Edward Elgar
  Antonín Dvořák
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra in
Sat 9 Jul 2022
- 21:00
  BBC CO in Malta: Classic Rock Anthems
  The Granaries, Floriana, Malta
  The BBC Concert Orchestra is bringing an epic evening of the world’s classic rock and pop anthems to the spectacular Granaries in Floriana, Malta.
  Part of
  BBC Concert Orchestra 2021-2022
Fri 15 Jul 2022
- 19:30
  First Night of the Proms 2022
  Royal Albert Hall
  Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Verdi’s Requiem: a truly spectacular First Night of the 2022 BBC Proms.
  Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Verdi’s Requiem: a truly spectacular First Night of the 2022 BBC Proms.
  Programme
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Requiem(84 mins)
  Performers
  Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
  soprano
  soprano
  Jennifer Johnston
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  David Junghoon Kim
  tenor
  tenor
  Kihwan Sim
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Crouch End Festival Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Giuseppe Verdi
  Part of
  Proms 2022 Classical for starters Proms on TV
Sun 17 Jul 2022
- 19:30
  Prom 4: Cynthia Erivo – Legendary Voices
  Royal Albert Hall
  Grammy Award-winning vocalist Cynthia Erivo s forces with the BBC Concert Orchestra to salute the legendary women who have inspired her: artists like Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Billie Holiday and Gladys Knight.
  Grammy Award-winning vocalist Cynthia Erivo s forces with the BBC Concert Orchestra to salute the legendary women who have inspired her: artists like Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Billie Holiday and Gladys Knight.
  Programme
  Jule Styne
  Don’t Rain on My Parade(5 mins)arr. Chris Walden
  S. J. Hawkins
  I Put a Spell on You(2 mins)arr. Jeremy Levy
  Mack Gordon
  Harry Warren
  At Last(3 mins)arr. Eric Allen
  Billy Davis
  Berry Gordy
  Gwen Fuqua
  All I Could Do Was Cry(3 mins)arr. Eric Allen
  Walter Donaldson
  Love Me or Leave Me(4 mins)arr. Erik Jekabson
  Bennie Benjamin
  Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood(3 mins)arr. Jeremy Levy
  Anthony Newley
  Leslie Bricusse
  Feeling Good(3 mins)arr. Jeremy Levy
  interval
  Francis Lai
  (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story(4 mins)arr. Simon Hale
  Carlo Donida
  I (Who Have Nothing)(4 mins)arr. Fred Barton/Nick Greer
  Harold Arlen
  Ted Koehler
  Stormy Weather(4 mins)arr. Sean O’Loughlin
  Ewan MacColl
  The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face(4 mins)arr. Mark Graham
  Louiguy
  La vie en Rose(3 mins)arr. Leon Young
  Jacques Brel
  Ne me quitte pas(3 mins)arr. Adam Podd
  Cynthia Erivo
  Glowing Up(4 mins)arr. William Wells
  You're Not Here(5 mins)arr. William Wells
  Jim Weatherly
  Midnight Train to Georgia(4 mins)arr. Sam Hyken
  Prince
  Nothing Compares 2 U(4 mins)arr. Lenny Wee
  Performers
  Cynthia Erivo
  singer
  singer
  Sumudu Jayatilaka
  backing vocals
  backing vocals
  Andrea Grant
  backing vocals
  backing vocals
  Phebe Edwards
  backing vocals
  backing vocals
  Nick Shirm
  backing vocals
  backing vocals
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Edwin Outwater
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jule Styne
  S. J. Hawkins
  Mack Gordon
  Harry Warren
  Billy Davis
  Berry Gordy
  Gwen Fuqua
  Walter Donaldson
  Bennie Benjamin
  Anthony Newley
  Leslie Bricusse
  Francis Lai
  Carlo Donida
  Harold Arlen
  Ted Koehler
  Ewan MacColl
  Louiguy
  Jacques Brel
  Cynthia Erivo
  Jim Weatherly
  Prince
  Part of
  Proms 2022 BBC Concert Orchestra at the Proms 2022 Classical for starters Proms on TV
Mon 18 Jul 2022
- 19:30
  Prom 5: Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony
  Royal Albert Hall
  Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Bruckner’s mighty Sixth Symphony, alongside Webern’s take on Bach and Sir James MacMillan’s Viola Concerto.
  Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Bruckner’s mighty Sixth Symphony, alongside Webern’s take on Bach and Sir James MacMillan’s Viola Concerto.
  Programme
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Musical Offering – Ricercar a 6 (orch. Webern)(8 mins)
  Sir James MacMillan
  Viola Concerto(31 mins)
  interval
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No. 6 in A major(54 mins)
  Performers
  Lawrence Power
  viola
  viola
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  Juanjo Mena
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Johann Sebastian Bach
  Sir James MacMillan
  Anton Bruckner
  Part of
  Proms 2022
Tue 19 Jul 2022
- 19:00
  Prom 6: Vaughan Williams and Tippett – Full Fourths
  Royal Albert Hall
  Two uncompromising landmarks of 20th-century British music, as Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Vaughan Williams’s and Michael Tippett’s Fourth symphonies.
  Two uncompromising landmarks of 20th-century British music, as Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Vaughan Williams’s and Michael Tippett’s Fourth symphonies.
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor(30 mins)
  interval
  Michael Tippett
  Symphony No. 4(33 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  Sir Andrew Davis
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Michael Tippett
  Part of
  Proms 2022
Wed 20 Jul 2022
- 19:30
  Prom 8: Russian Romance and Icelandic Elements
  Royal Albert Hall
  Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra weave a darkly dramatic soundscape, including music by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Hildur Guðnadóttir and Jóhann Jóhannsson.
  Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra weave a darkly dramatic soundscape, including music by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Hildur Guðnadóttir and Jóhann Jóhannsson.
  Programme
  Jóhann Jóhannsson
  The Miners’ Hymns – They Being Dead Yet Speaketh(10 mins)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(35 mins)
  interval
  Hildur Guðnadóttir
  The Fact of the Matter(15 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’(19 mins)
  Performers
  Denis Kozhukhin
  piano
  piano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Dalia Stasevska
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jóhann Jóhannsson
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Hildur Guðnadóttir
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  Proms 2022 Classical for starters
Thu 21 Jul 2022
- 19:00
  Prom 9: The Two Scheherazades
  Royal Albert Hall
  Harpist Catrin Finch is the soloist as Ariane Matiakh conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in tales of musical wonder by Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov and Sally Beamish.
  Harpist Catrin Finch is the soloist as Ariane Matiakh conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in tales of musical wonder by Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov and Sally Beamish.
  Programme
  Maurice Ravel
  Shéhérazade – ouverture de féerie(16 mins)
  Sally Beamish
  Hive(23 mins)BBC co-commission: world premiere
  interval
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Scheherazade(42 mins)
  Performers
  Catrin Finch
  harp
  harp
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Ariane Matiakh
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Maurice Ravel
  Sally Beamish
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Part of
  Proms 2022
Fri 22 Jul 2022
- 19:30
  Prom 10: Music for Royal Occasions
  Royal Albert Hall
  Happy and glorious: the BBC Singers the BBC Concert Orchestra for a Platinum Jubilee celebration of music and royalty spanning six centuries.
  Happy and glorious: the BBC Singers the BBC Concert Orchestra for a Platinum Jubilee celebration of music and royalty spanning six centuries.
  Programme
  Arthur Bliss
  ‘Jubilant’ Fanfare(1 mins)
  George Frideric Handel
  Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’(10 mins)
  William Walton
  Coronation March ‘Orb and Sceptre’(7 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  O hearken Thou(3 mins)
  William Henry Harris
  The Windsor Dances(6 mins)arr. Jonathan Manners
  King Henry VIII of England
  Pastime with good company(3 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  Courtly Dances from ‘Gloriana’(9 mins)
  Hubert Parry
  Coronation Anthem ‘I Was Glad’(8 mins)
  interval
  John Ireland
  Epic March(9 mins)
  Judith Weir
  I love all beauteous things(4 mins)
  William Byrd
  O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth(3 mins)
  George Frideric Handel
  Water Music, Suite No. 1 – I: Overture(3 mins)arr. Hamilton Harty
  Water Music, Suite No. 1 – II: Adagio e staccato(2 mins)arr. Hamilton Harty
  Water Music, Suite No. 1 – V: Air.(3 mins)arr. Hamilton Harty
  Water Music, Suite No. 1 – XI: Alla Hornpipe(4 mins)arr. Hamilton Harty
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Silence and Music(5 mins)
  Cheryl s-Hoad
  Your Servant, ElizabethBBC commission: world premiere
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major(4 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Barry Wordsworth
  Composers
  Arthur Bliss
  George Frideric Handel
  William Walton
  Edward Elgar
  William Henry Harris
  King Henry VIII of England
  Benjamin Britten
  Hubert Parry
  John Ireland
  Judith Weir
  William Byrd
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Cheryl s-Hoad
  Part of
  Proms 2022 BBC Singers 2022-23 BBC Concert Orchestra at the Proms 2022 Classical for starters Proms on TV
Tue 26 Jul 2022
- 19:30
  Prom 15: Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
  Royal Albert Hall
  Jordan de Souza conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Johan Dalene is the soloist in Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, in a concert that also features music by Bernstein, Tchaikovsky and George Walker.
  Jordan de Souza conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Johan Dalene is the soloist in Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, in a concert that also features music by Bernstein, Tchaikovsky and George Walker.
  Programme
  Leonard Bernstein
  Candide – overture(5 mins)
  George Walker
  Variations for Orchestra(14 mins)
  Samuel Barber
  Violin Concerto(23 mins)
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor(44 mins)
  Performers
  Johan Dalene
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Jordan de Souza
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Leonard Bernstein
  George Walker
  Samuel Barber
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  Proms 2022 Classical for starters
Wed 27 Jul 2022
- 19:00
  Prom 16: Sea Sketches with Andrew Manze and BBC NOW
  Royal Albert Hall
  ‘Behold, the sea itself!’ In Vaughan Williams’s anniversary year, Andrew Manze and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform his majestic A Sea Symphony alongside musical seascapes by Grace Williams and Doreen Carwithen.
  ‘Behold, the sea itself!’ In Vaughan Williams’s anniversary year, Andrew Manze and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform his majestic A Sea Symphony alongside musical seascapes by Grace Williams and Doreen Carwithen.
  Programme
  Doreen Carwithen
  Bishop Rock(8 mins)
  Grace Williams
  Sea Sketches(19 mins)
  interval
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)(67 mins)
  Performers
  Elizabeth Llewellyn
  soprano
  soprano
  Jacques Imbrailo
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC National Chorus of Wales
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Andrew Manze
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Doreen Carwithen
  Grace Williams
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Part of
  Proms 2022 Proms on TV
Thu 28 Jul 2022
- 19:30
  Prom 17: Brahms’s A German Requiem
  Royal Albert Hall
  Brahms’s A German Requiem and Jennifer Walshe’s The Site of an Investigation – performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and National Youth Choir of Great Britain, conducted by Ilan Volkov.
  Brahms’s A German Requiem and Jennifer Walshe’s The Site of an Investigation – performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and National Youth Choir of Great Britain, conducted by Ilan Volkov.
  Programme
  Jennifer Walshe
  The Site of an Investigation(33 mins)London premiere
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  A German Requiem(68 mins)
  Performers
  Jennifer Walshe
  voice
  voice
  Elena Tsallagova
  soprano
  soprano
  Shenyang
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  National Youth Choir
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Ilan Volkov
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jennifer Walshe
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  Proms 2022
Fri 29 Jul 2022
- 19:30
  Prom 18: Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
  Royal Albert Hall
  Music and politics collide in Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Alpesh Chauhan conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and percussionist Colin Currie premieres a new concerto by Canadian sonic magician Nicole Lizée.
  Music and politics collide in Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Alpesh Chauhan conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and percussionist Colin Currie premieres a new concerto by Canadian sonic magician Nicole Lizée.
  Programme
  Nicole Lizée
  Blurr is the Colour of My True Love’s Eyes(35 mins)BBC co-commission: European premiere
  Anton Bruckner
  String Quintet in F major – Adagio(16 mins)arr. Skrowaczewski
  interval
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 5 in D minor(44 mins)
  Performers
  Colin Currie
  percussion
  percussion
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Alpesh Chauhan
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Nicole Lizée
  Anton Bruckner
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  Proms 2022
Sun 31 Jul 2022
- 19:30
  Prom 20: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
  Royal Albert Hall
  Xenakis’s Jonchaies meets Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring: explosive masterpieces from opposite ends of the 20th century, with Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Xenakis’s Jonchaies meets Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring: explosive masterpieces from opposite ends of the 20th century, with Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Programme
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Sonance Severance 2000(3 mins)
  Maurice Ravel
  Piano Concerto in G major(23 mins)
  Iannis Xenakis
  Jonchaies(16 mins)
  interval
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Rite of Spring(33 mins)
  Performers
  Tom Borrow
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Maurice Ravel
  Iannis Xenakis
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  Proms 2022 Classical for starters
Mon 1 Aug 2022
- 19:30
  BBC CO: Summer at Snape
  Snape Maltings Concert Hall
  Rousing and enchanting orchestral pieces by British composers, including Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and Arthur Bliss’ ballet score, Checkmate.
  Rousing and enchanting orchestral pieces by British composers, including Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and Arthur Bliss’ ballet score, Checkmate.
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Wasps – overture
  The Lark Ascending
  Benjamin Britten
  Soirées musicales
  William Walton
  Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’
  Arthur Bliss
  Checkmate
  Performers
  Nathaniel Anderson-Frank
  violin
  violin
  Barry Wordsworth
  condcutor
  condcutor
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Benjamin Britten
  William Walton
  Arthur Bliss
  Part of
  BBC Concert Orchestra 2021-2022