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Fri 9 May 2025
- 14:30
  Natalia Ponomarchuk conducts Lyatoshynsky, Skoryk & Dvorak
  Maida Vale Studios
  Conductor Natalia Ponomarchuk and cellist Sterling Elliott make their debuts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Conductor Natalia Ponomarchuk and cellist Sterling Elliott make their debuts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Programme
  Boris Lyatoshinsky
  Grazyhna
  Myroslav Skoryk
  Concerto for Orchestra
  Antonín Dvořák
  Cello Concerto in B minor
  Performers
  Natalia Ponomarchuk
  conductor
  conductor
  Sterling Elliott
  cello
  cello
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Boris Lyatoshinsky
  Myroslav Skoryk
  Antonín Dvořák
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra 2024/25
Tue 13 May 2025
- 14:30
  Hyeyoon Park plays Price's Second Violin Concerto
  Maida Vale Studios
  Conductor Kristian Sallinen returns to the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and violinist Hyeyoon Park plays Florence Price's Second Violin Concerto.
  Conductor Kristian Sallinen returns to the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and violinist Hyeyoon Park plays Florence Price's Second Violin Concerto.
  Programme
  Magnus Lindberg
  Vivo
  Florence Price
  Violin Concerto No. 2
  Maurice Ravel
  Mother Goose (ballet)
  Performers
  Kristian Sallinen
  conductor
  conductor
  Hyeyoon Park
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Magnus Lindberg
  Florence Price
  Maurice Ravel
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra 2024/25
Fri 16 May 2025
- 19:30
  Slobodeniouk conducts Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet'
  Barbican, London
  From the depths to the stars; from romance to tragedy: Dima Slobodeniouk pairs Prokofiev’s 'Romeo and Juliet' with Lili Boulanger’s mighty shout of hope and praise.
  From the depths to the stars; from romance to tragedy: Dima Slobodeniouk pairs Prokofiev’s 'Romeo and Juliet' with Lili Boulanger’s mighty shout of hope and praise.
  Programme
  Lili Boulanger
  Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme'(24 mins)
  Sir James MacMillan
  Three Interludes from 'The Sacrifice'
  interval
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Excerpts from 'Romeo and Juliet'
  Performers
  Dima Slobodeniouk
  conductor
  conductor
  Marta Fontanals-Simmons
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Graham Neal
  tenor
  tenor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Composers
  Lili Boulanger
  Sir James MacMillan
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season
Tue 20 May 2025
- 14:30
  Pierre Bleuse conducts Panufnik and Tchaikovsky
  Maida Vale Studios
  Pierre Bleuse returns to the studio conducting works by Roxanna Panufnik and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
  Pierre Bleuse returns to the studio conducting works by Roxanna Panufnik and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
  Programme
  Roxanna Panufnik
  Alma's Songs Without Words
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
  Performers
  Pierre Bleuse
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Roxanna Panufnik
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra 2024/25
Fri 23 May 2025
- 19:30
  Elder conducts Mahler
  Barbican, London
  Goodnight, Vienna: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), as the BBC Symphony Orchestra brings its season to an unforgettable close.
  Goodnight, Vienna: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), as the BBC Symphony Orchestra brings its season to an unforgettable close.
  Programme
  Franz Schreker
  Kammersymphonie(25 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Mahler
  Das Lied von der Erde(64 mins)
  Performers
  Sir Mark Elder
  conductor
  conductor
  Alice Coote
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  David Butt Philip
  tenor
  tenor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Franz Schreker
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season
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