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BBC Symphony Orchestra Calendar

By Month

Sat 3 May 2014
- Oramo conducts Elgar and Debussy
  Barbican, London
  Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Elgar’s famous Enigma Variations.
  Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Elgar’s famous Enigma Variations.
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
  Pascal Dusapin
  AufgangUK Premiere
  Arthur Honegger
  Rugby
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Renaud Capuçon
  Violin
  Violin
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Pascal Dusapin
  Arthur Honegger
  Edward Elgar
  Part of
  BBC SO 2013-14 Season Get Involved BBC SO Plus Family
Mon 5 May 2014
- Family Orchestra & Chorus
  BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
  Make new music with your family and of the BBC Symphony Orchestra!
  Part of
  Get Involved
Fri 9 May 2014
- 18:00
  Magyar Music
  St Giles' Cripplegate, London
  A bird's-eye-view of this seldom-heard music
  A bird's-eye-view of this seldom-heard music
  Programme
  Bárdos Lajos
  Cantemus
  Zoltán Kodály
  Norveg lanyok
  Mátyás Seiber
  Three Hungarian Folksongs
  Franz Liszt
  Cinq Choeurs
  Bárdos Lajos
  Audi Filia
  Levente Gyöngyösi
  Assumpta est Maria
  György Ligeti
  Nonsense Madrigals – No. 3: The Alphabet
  Nonsense Madrigals – No. 2: Cuckoo in the Pear Tree
  Béla Bartók
  Three partsongs for women’s voices
  Zoltán Kodály
  Este (Evening), for soprano and chorus
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  James Morgan
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Bárdos Lajos
  Zoltán Kodály
  Mátyás Seiber
  Franz Liszt
  Levente Gyöngyösi
  György Ligeti
  Béla Bartók
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2013-14 Season BBC Singers at Six: 2013/14 BBC Singers at Six BBC SO 2013-14 Season
- Family Orchestra & Chorus Performance
  Barbican, London
  The culmination of a BBC Learning project.
  Part of
  Get Involved
- Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  Barbican, London
  Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Bartók's celebration of the symphony orchestra.
  Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Bartók's celebration of the symphony orchestra.
  Programme
  Paul Dukas
  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  Bright Sheng
  Let FlyBBC Commission: UK Premiere
  Béla Bartók
  Concerto for Orchestra
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Gil Shaham
  Violin
  Violin
  Composers
  Paul Dukas
  Bright Sheng
  Béla Bartók
  Part of
  BBC SO 2013-14 Season Get Involved BBC SO Plus Family
Fri 16 May 2014
- Birtwistle at 80: Gawain
  Barbican, London
  Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s iconic opera Gawain.
  Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s iconic opera Gawain.
  Programme
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Gawain
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Singers
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Christian Baldini
  assistant conductor
  assistant conductor
  John Lloyd Davies
  director
  director
  Leigh Melrose
  Gawain
  Gawain
  John Tomlinson
  The Green Knight
  The Green Knight
  Laura Aikin
  Morgan Le Fay
  Morgan Le Fay
  Jennifer Johnston
  Lady de Hautdesert
  Lady de Hautdesert
  Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
  King Arthur
  King Arthur
  John Graham Hall
  The Fool
  The Fool
  Rachel Nicholls
  Guinevere
  Guinevere
  William Towers
  Bishop Baldwin
  Bishop Baldwin
  Ivan Ludlow
  Agravain
  Agravain
  Robert Anthony Gardiner
  Ywain
  Ywain
  Composers
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Part of
  BBC SO 2013-14 Season
Sat 24 May 2014
- Fauré Requiem
  Barbican, London
  An evening of Gallic delights featuring Poulenc and Fauré.
  An evening of Gallic delights featuring Poulenc and Fauré.
  Programme
  Gabriel Fauré
  Requiem
  Francis Poulenc
  Les mamelles de Tirésias
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Ludovic Morlot
  conductor
  conductor
  Kenneth Richardson
  director
  director
  Hélène Guilmette
  Thérèse
  Thérèse
  Jean-François Lapointe
  Husband
  Husband
  Vitali Rozynko
  Policeman/Theatre Director
  Policeman/Theatre Director
  Thomas Morris
  Journalist from Paris
  Journalist from Paris
  Ivan Ludlow
  Presto
  Presto
  Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
  Lacouf
  Lacouf
  Pierrick Boisseau
  The Son
  The Son
  Rebecca Lodge
  Newspaper-Seller
  Newspaper-Seller
  BBC Singers
  The BBC Symphony Chorus
  Composers
  Gabriel Fauré
  Francis Poulenc
  Part of
  BBC SO 2013-14 Season BBC Symphony Chorus
Sun 25 May 2014
- Birtwistle at 80: Study Afternoon
  Barbican, London
  An afternoon exploring the music of Sir Harrison Birtwistle.
  Part of
  BBC SO 2013-14 Season