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BBC Orchestras and Choirs Calendar

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Sun 1 Oct 2023
- 10:00
  Tunes for Tots in Milnathort
  Milnathort Village Hall
  Tunes for Tots is a relaxed drop-in session to bring out the musical side of children and their parents or carers.
  Part of
  Tunes for Tots 2023
Thu 5 Oct 2023
- 19:30
  Season Opening Concert
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  New Repertoire Announced For BBC National Orchestra of Wales’ Season Opening Concert
  New Repertoire Announced For BBC National Orchestra of Wales’ Season Opening Concert
  Programme
  Robert Schumann
  Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op 52
  Gustav Mahler
  Kindertotenlieder
  Robert Schumann
  Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Rhenish’
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Ryan Bancroft
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Christianne Stotijn
  Mezzo
  Mezzo
  Composers
  Robert Schumann
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2023-24 Season BBC Hoddinott Hall 2023-24
- 19:30
  Jess Gillam and the BBC Philharmonic
  Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
  Jess Gillam performs with the BBC Philharmonic under the baton of Ben Gernon at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, with a programme including the UK premiere of Anna Clyne's Glasslands
  Jess Gillam performs with the BBC Philharmonic under the baton of Ben Gernon at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, with a programme including the UK premiere of Anna Clyne's Glasslands
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’
  Anna Clyne
  Glasslands
  Maurice Ravel
  Ma mère l'Oye
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 5 in C minor
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Jess Gillam
  saxophone
  saxophone
  Ben Gernon
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Anna Clyne
  Maurice Ravel
  Ludwig van Beethoven
Fri 6 Oct 2023
- 19:30
  Oramo conducts Mahler
  Barbican, London
  Grand ions and epic vistas: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is the gateway into a lost world of central European music, as Sakari Oramo opens the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s new season.
  Grand ions and epic vistas: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is the gateway into a lost world of central European music, as Sakari Oramo opens the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s new season.
  Programme
  György Ligeti
  Concert Românesc
  Dora Pejačević
  Phantasie ConcertanteUK premiere
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
  Performers
  Alexandra Dariescu
  piano
  piano
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  György Ligeti
  Dora Pejačević
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Barbican Season 2023-24 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season
Sat 7 Oct 2023
- 14:30
  The Cumnock Tryst Big Saturday: In The Stars
  Barony Hall, Barony Campus
  The BBC SSO The Cumnock Tryst's Big Saturday. 2 concerts, 300 performers, 21 world premieres.
  Part of
  BBC SSO at The Cumnock Tryst
- 16:30
  The Cumnock Tryst Big Saturday: Darkness into Darkness
  Barony Hall, Barony Campus
  The BBC SSO The Cumnock Tryst's Big Saturday. 2 concerts, 300 performers, 21 world premieres.
  Part of
  BBC SSO at The Cumnock Tryst
- 19:30
  BBC Philharmonic | 7 October | Beethoven’s Fifth
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  us for an evening of indulgence with conductor Ben Gernon and pianist Sunwook Kim, as we treat ourselves to a trio of popular classics
  us for an evening of indulgence with conductor Ben Gernon and pianist Sunwook Kim, as we treat ourselves to a trio of popular classics
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Overture ‘Cockaigne (In London Town)’(15 mins)
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major(45 mins)
  interval
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 5 in C minor(30 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Sunwook Kim
  pianist
  pianist
  Ben Gernon
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Johannes Brahms
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic 2023-24 Season
Tue 10 Oct 2023
- 19:00
  Delyana Lazarova conducts music by Adam Schoenberg and Tchaikovsky
  Maida Vale Studios
  Award-winning conductor Delyana Lazarova makes her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert of music by Tchaikovsky and Adam Schoenberg.
  Award-winning conductor Delyana Lazarova makes her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert of music by Tchaikovsky and Adam Schoenberg.
  Programme
  Adam Schoenberg
  Finding Rothko
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor
  Performers
  Delyana Lazarova
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Adam Schoenberg
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra Maida Vale Concerts 2023/24 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season
Thu 12 Oct 2023
- 19:30
  Stravinsky & Turnage
  Glasgow City Halls
  Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth continues our exploration of Stravinsky’s ballet music with 'Orpheus', and Martin Robertson is the sax soloist Mark-Anthony Turnage's moody, imioned concerto.
  Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth continues our exploration of Stravinsky’s ballet music with 'Orpheus', and Martin Robertson is the sax soloist Mark-Anthony Turnage's moody, imioned concerto.
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Overture 'Leonore' No. 2(14 mins)
  Mark-Anthony Turnage
  Your Rockaby(22 mins)
  interval
  Unsuk Chin
  Subito con forza(5 mins)
  Igor Stravinsky
  Orpheus(30 mins)
  Performers
  Martin Robertson
  soprano saxophone
  soprano saxophone
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Mark-Anthony Turnage
  Unsuk Chin
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24
- 19:30
  Sibelius - Nature, Hope and Beauty
  Southbank Centre, London
  Jess Gillam and Anna-Maria Helsing celebrate – and question - humanity’s relationship with nature as the BBC Concert Orchestra brings Jimmy Lopez Bellido’s epic Altered Landscape to the UK.
  Jess Gillam and Anna-Maria Helsing celebrate – and question - humanity’s relationship with nature as the BBC Concert Orchestra brings Jimmy Lopez Bellido’s epic Altered Landscape to the UK.
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 7 in C major
  Michael Nyman
  Where the Bee Dances
  Jimmy López Bellido
  Symphony No 3: Altered LandscapeUK premiere
  Performers
  Anna-Maria Helsing
  conductor
  conductor
  Jess Gillam
  saxophone
  saxophone
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Michael Nyman
  Jimmy López Bellido
  Part of
  BBC Concert Orchestra 2023-2024 Southbank Centre Season BBC Concert Orchestra 2023-2024
Fri 13 Oct 2023
- 14:30
  Leslie Suganandarajah conducts music by Chin, Trojan and Brahms
  Maida Vale Studios
  Leslie Suganandarajah conducts music by Unsuk Chin, Vaclav Trojan and Johannes Brhams.
  Leslie Suganandarajah conducts music by Unsuk Chin, Vaclav Trojan and Johannes Brhams.
  Programme
  Unsuk Chin
  Subito con forza
  Václav Trojan
  Fairy Tales
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 2 in D major
  Performers
  Ryan Corbett
  accordion
  accordion
  Leslie Suganandarajah
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Unsuk Chin
  Václav Trojan
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra Maida Vale Concerts 2023/24 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season
- 19:30
  Our Living Future: Contemporary Choral Delights
  Milton Court Concert Hall
  The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin are ed by the innovative United Strings of Europe for a feast of contemporary music.
  The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin are ed by the innovative United Strings of Europe for a feast of contemporary music.
  Programme
  Dobrinka Tabakova
  Centuries of Meditations
  Kim André Arnesen
  Our Living Futureworld premiere
  interval
  Caroline Shaw
  Entr’acte
  Morten Lauridsen
  Ave Verum CorpusUK premiere
  Judith Weir
  O Sweet Spontaneous Earth
  Performers
  Elizabeth Bass
  harp
  harp
  Michael Higgins
  piano
  piano
  The National Youth Chamber Choir
  BBC Singers
  United Strings of Europe
  ensemble
  ensemble
  Sofi Jeannin
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Dobrinka Tabakova
  Kim André Arnesen
  Caroline Shaw
  Morten Lauridsen
  Judith Weir
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2023-24
Sat 14 Oct 2023
- 19:30
  BBC Philharmonic | 14 October | Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s ARCHORA
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  conductor Eva Ollikainen for an evening of Haydn, Mozart, Debussy and Anna Thorvalsdottir at The Bridgewater Hall.
  conductor Eva Ollikainen for an evening of Haydn, Mozart, Debussy and Anna Thorvalsdottir at The Bridgewater Hall.
  Programme
  Joseph Haydn
  L'isola disabitata, Hob. XXVIII:9(7 mins)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No 18 in B flat major, K 456(29 mins)
  Anna Thorvaldsdottir
  ARCHORA(19 mins)
  Claude Debussy
  La mer(23 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Eva Ollikainen
  conductor
  conductor
  Richard Goode
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Joseph Haydn
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Anna Thorvaldsdottir
  Claude Debussy
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic 2023-24 Season
Wed 18 Oct 2023
- 14:30
  Kristian Sallinen conducts music by Tchaikovsky, Tarkiainen and Sibelius
  Maida Vale Studios
  Rising young Finnish conductor Kristian Sallinen makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Rising young Finnish conductor Kristian Sallinen makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Programme
  Outi Tarkiainen
  Joye
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Jean Sibelius
  Tapiola
  Performers
  Geneva Lewis
  violin
  violin
  Kristian Sallinen
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Outi Tarkiainen
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra Maida Vale Concerts 2023/24 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season
Thu 19 Oct 2023
- 19:00
  Celebrate Voice Festival with Bob Chilcott
  Wilton Italianate Church of St Nicholas & St Mary
  us and Principal Guest Conductor Bob Chilcott at the resplendent Wilton Italianate Church in a specially curated programme for Celebrate Voice Festival’s opening night.
  us and Principal Guest Conductor Bob Chilcott at the resplendent Wilton Italianate Church in a specially curated programme for Celebrate Voice Festival’s opening night.
  Programme
  Kristina Arakelyan
  An Ode to the World
  Bob Chilcott
  The Song of Harvest(with audience participation)
  Roderick Williams
  Sing Joyfully
  interval
  Sarah Quartel
  Requiem Aeterna
  Hubert Parry
  Songs of Farewell
  Sarah Quartel
  Lux Aererna
  Composers
  Kristina Arakelyan
  Bob Chilcott
  Roderick Williams
  Sarah Quartel
  Hubert Parry
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2023-24
- 19:30
  CoLaboratory: Fiona Monbet
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  Fusing American jazz and traditional folk with her trademark French flair, violinist and composer Fiona Monbet s BBC NOW in our first CoLaboratory of the 23/24 season.
  Fusing American jazz and traditional folk with her trademark French flair, violinist and composer Fiona Monbet s BBC NOW in our first CoLaboratory of the 23/24 season.
  Programme
  Jacques Ibert
  Divertissement
  Erik Satie
  La Belle Excentrique
  Germaine Tailleferre
  Petite suite
  Darius Milhaud
  Le boeuf sur le toit
  Leonard Bernstein
  Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town”
  Fiona Monbet
  Suite for Jazz Trio and Orchestraworld premiere
  Performers
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Fiona Monbet
  Violin / Director
  Violin / Director
  Zacharie Abraham
  double bass
  double bass
  Auxane Cartigny
  piano
  piano
  Philippe Maniez
  Drum Kit
  Drum Kit
  Composers
  Jacques Ibert
  Erik Satie
  Germaine Tailleferre
  Darius Milhaud
  Leonard Bernstein
  Fiona Monbet
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2023-24 Season BBC Hoddinott Hall 2023-24
Sun 22 Oct 2023
- 19:00
  Rites Remade
  Barbican, London
  Violence, delicacy and sounds to liberate the imagination: as Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Symphony Orchestra put Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring at the centre of a century of sonic adventure.
  Violence, delicacy and sounds to liberate the imagination: as Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Symphony Orchestra put Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring at the centre of a century of sonic adventure.
  Programme
  Ștefan Niculescu
  Ison IIUK Premiere
  Anna Meredith
  Origami Songs
  Arvo Pärt
  Perpetuum mobile
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Rite of Spring
  Performers
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Erik Bosgraaf
  recorder
  recorder
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ștefan Niculescu
  Anna Meredith
  Arvo Pärt
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Barbican Season 2023-24 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season
Wed 25 Oct 2023
- 14:00
  Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  Today we hear from two very different, but equally brilliant, Russian composers of the Romantic period born within 18 months of each other, with conductor Giuseppe Mengoli and cellist Anastasia Kobekina
  Today we hear from two very different, but equally brilliant, Russian composers of the Romantic period born within 18 months of each other, with conductor Giuseppe Mengoli and cellist Anastasia Kobekina
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33(18 mins)
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)(31 mins)
  Performers
  Giuseppe Mengoli
  conductor
  conductor
  Anastasia Kobekina
  cello
  cello
  BBC Philharmonic
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Thu 26 Oct 2023
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Beethoven 7
  Glasgow City Halls
  Mult-talented composer/conductor Jörg Widmann directs a selection of his own compositions before exploring Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
  Mult-talented composer/conductor Jörg Widmann directs a selection of his own compositions before exploring Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
  Programme
  Jörg Widmann
  Con brio(12 mins)
  Dubairische Tänze(16 mins)
  Danse macabre(16 mins)(BBC Co-Commission, UK Premiere)
  interval
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 7 in A major(38 mins)
  Performers
  Jörg Widmann
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jörg Widmann
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2023-24 Season BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2023/24 BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2023/24
Fri 27 Oct 2023
- 19:30
  Dark visions, Milky Ways
  Barbican, London
  Darkness meets light as Shostakovich’s shattering Tenth Symphony confronts music of ecstasy, beauty and soaring optimism by Olivier Messiaen and Outi Tarkiainen.
  Darkness meets light as Shostakovich’s shattering Tenth Symphony confronts music of ecstasy, beauty and soaring optimism by Olivier Messiaen and Outi Tarkiainen.
  Programme
  Olivier Messiaen
  Les Offrandes oubliées - méditation symphonique
  Outi Tarkiainen
  Milky WaysBBC Co-Commission and UK Premiere
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No.10, Op.93
  Performers
  Nicholas Daniel
  cor anglais
  cor anglais
  David Afkham
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Olivier Messiaen
  Outi Tarkiainen
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Barbican Season 2023-24 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season
Sat 28 Oct 2023
- 19:30
  An evening of Finnish wonder
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  From dusk till dawn, John Storgårds draws us through a programme of spirits and mystic realms.
  From dusk till dawn, John Storgårds draws us through a programme of spirits and mystic realms.
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Pohjola's Daughter(14 mins)
  Sofia Gubaidulina
  In Tempus Praesens’ for violin and orchestra(33 mins)
  Einojuhani Rautavaara
  Symphony no. 7 "Angel of Light"(35 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  John Storgårds
  conductor
  conductor
  Tobias Feldmann
  violin
  violin
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Sofia Gubaidulina
  Einojuhani Rautavaara
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic 2023-24 Season