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Performances of Igor Stravinsky at BBC Proms

(See all works in BBC Proms by Igor Stravinsky)

Thu 11 Sep 2025
- 19:30
  Brahms’s Second Symphony
  Royal Albert Hall
  Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra present two works by Gabrieli alongside Stravinsky’s last major work, the Requiem Canticles. Brahms’s happiest symphony, the Second, makes up the second half
  Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra present two works by Gabrieli alongside Stravinsky’s last major work, the Requiem Canticles. Brahms’s happiest symphony, the Second, makes up the second half
  Programme
  Giovanni Gabrieli
  In ecclesiis (ed. Maderna)(10 mins)
  Igor Stravinsky
  Requiem Canticles(15 mins)
  interval
  Giovanni Gabrieli
  Canzone a tre core (ed. Maderna)(5 mins)
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 2 in D major(45 mins)
  Performers
  Jess Dandy
  contralto
  contralto
  Ashley Riches
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  National Youth Choir
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Ilan Volkov
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Giovanni Gabrieli
  Igor Stravinsky
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  Proms 2025
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  Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
Sat 6 Sep 2025
- 19:30
  Golda Schultz Sings Gershwin and Bernstein
  Royal Albert Hall
  South African soprano Golda Schultz returns to the Proms with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, performing songs by Bernstein, Gershwin, Weill and others. Schreker’s sensuous Chamber Symphony and Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird also feature
  South African soprano Golda Schultz returns to the Proms with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, performing songs by Bernstein, Gershwin, Weill and others. Schreker’s sensuous Chamber Symphony and Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird also feature
  Programme
  Franz Schreker
  Chamber Symphony(28 mins)
  George Gershwin
  By Strauss(3 mins)
  Kurt Weill
  Youkali (Tango Habanera)(6 mins)
  George Gershwin
  Porgy and Bess – ‘Summertime’(3 mins)
  Kurt Weill
  Lost in the Stars – title song(4 mins)
  interval
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Rake’s Progress – ‘No Word From Tom’(8 mins)
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Die tote Stadt – ‘Marietta’s Lied’(6 mins)
  Leonard Bernstein
  West Side Story – ‘Somewhere’(4 mins)
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird – suite (1945 version)(28 mins)
  Performers
  Golda Schultz
  soprano
  soprano
  Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  Robin Ticciati
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Franz Schreker
  George Gershwin
  Kurt Weill
  Igor Stravinsky
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Leonard Bernstein
  Part of
  Proms 2025
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  Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee)
Wed 13 Aug 2025
- 19:30
  Boléro and The Rite of Spring
  Royal Albert Hall
  From the primal, hypnotic dances of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring to the sensual throb of Ravel’s Boléro and the edgy thrum and twitch of Varèse’s Intégrales, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Eva Ollikainen get the musical pulse racing
  From the primal, hypnotic dances of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring to the sensual throb of Ravel’s Boléro and the edgy thrum and twitch of Varèse’s Intégrales, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Eva Ollikainen get the musical pulse racing
  Programme
  Edgard Varèse
  Intégrales(12 mins)
  Anna Thorvaldsdottir
  Before we fall (Cello Concerto)(26 mins)BBC co-commission: UK premiere
  Maurice Ravel
  Boléro(13 mins)
  interval
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Rite of Spring(33 mins)
  Performers
  Johannes Moser
  cello
  cello
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Eva Ollikainen
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Edgard Varèse
  Anna Thorvaldsdottir
  Maurice Ravel
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  Proms 2025
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  Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
Thu 24 Jul 2025
- 19:30
  Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
  Royal Albert Hall
  Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra soloist Augustin Hadelich for Mendelssohn’s vivacious, melody-filled Violin Concerto. We also hear Stravinsky’s The Song of the Nightingale and Strauss’s tone-poem Till Eulenspiegel
  Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra soloist Augustin Hadelich for Mendelssohn’s vivacious, melody-filled Violin Concerto. We also hear Stravinsky’s The Song of the Nightingale and Strauss’s tone-poem Till Eulenspiegel
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Song of the Nightingale(21 mins)
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Violin Concerto in E minor(26 mins)
  interval
  Anthony Davis
  Tales (Tails) of the Signifying Monkey(15 mins)UK premiere
  Richard Strauss
  Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks(15 mins)
  Performers
  Augustin Hadelich
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Anthony Davis
  Richard Strauss
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Classical for starters
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  Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)