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BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra Calendar

By Month

Fri 1 Aug 2014
- 19:30
  Prom 20: Walton, Gurney & Sally Beamish
  Royal Albert Hall
  Continuing our commemoration of the centenary since the outbreak of the First World War
  Continuing our commemoration of the centenary since the outbreak of the First World War
  Programme
  Ivor Gurney
  War Elegy
  Sally Beamish
  The Singing
  William Walton
  Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
  Performers
  James Crabb
  accordion
  accordion
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Martyn Brabbins
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ivor Gurney
  Sally Beamish
  William Walton
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms
Thu 7 Aug 2014
- 19:30
  Prom 28: Stravinsky – Oedipus rex
  Royal Albert Hall
  Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC SC & BBC Singers in one of the great 20th-century showpieces
  Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC SC & BBC Singers in one of the great 20th-century showpieces
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Egmont - overture
  Brett Dean
  Electric PreludesUK premiere
  Igor Stravinsky
  Oedipus rex
  Performers
  sco D'Orazio
  electric violin
  electric violin
  Allan Clayton
  Oedipus
  Oedipus
  Hilary Summers
  Jocasta
  Jocasta
  Juha Uusitalo
  Creon
  Creon
  Brindley Sherratt
  Tiresias
  Tiresias
  Duncan Rock
  Messenger
  Messenger
  Samuel Boden
  Shepherd
  Shepherd
  Rory Kinnear
  narrator
  narrator
  BBC Singers
  men's voices
  men's voices
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  men's voices
  men's voices
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Brett Dean
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms BBC Singers at the Proms BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms
Wed 13 Aug 2014
- 18:30
  Prom 36: Vaughan Williams & Alwyn
  Royal Albert Hall
  Janine Jansen s Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for this all-English Prom
  Janine Jansen s Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for this all-English Prom
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Wasps – overture
  William Alwyn
  Symphony No. 1
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Lark Ascending
  Job: A Masque for Dancing
  Performers
  Janine Jansen
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  William Alwyn
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms
Mon 18 Aug 2014
- 19:30
  Prom 43: Rachmaninov, Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
  Royal Albert Hall
  An all-Russian programme from the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  An all-Russian programme from the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Scherzo fantastique
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  The Bells
  Igor Stravinsky
  Violin Concerto in D major
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Overture '1812'
  Performers
  Baiba Skride
  violin
  violin
  Ľuba Orgonášová
  soprano
  soprano
  Stuart Skelton
  tenor
  tenor
  Mikhail Petrenko
  baritone
  baritone
  Crouch End Festival Chorus
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Edward Gardner
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms
Sat 23 Aug 2014
- 19:30
  Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales
  Royal Albert Hall
  Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert
  Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert
  Programme
  Maurice Ravel
  Mother Goose (ballet)
  Jukka Tiensuu
  Voice verserUK premiere
  Karol Szymanowski
  Songs of a Fairy Princess
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Scheherazade
  Performers
  Anu Komsi
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Maurice Ravel
  Jukka Tiensuu
  Karol Szymanowski
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms
Sun 31 Aug 2014
- 19:30
  Prom 59: Strauss – Elektra
  Royal Albert Hall
  The ferociously powerful retelling of the Greek revenge myth
  The ferociously powerful retelling of the Greek revenge myth
  Programme
  Richard Strauss
  ElektraSung in German
  Performers
  Christine Goerke
  Electra
  Electra
  Gun-Brit Barkmin
  Chrysothemis
  Chrysothemis
  Dame Felicity Palmer
  Clytemnestra
  Clytemnestra
  Robert Künzli
  Aegisthus
  Aegisthus
  Johan Reuter
  Orestes
  Orestes
  Katarina Bradić
  1st Maid
  1st Maid
  Zoryana Kushpler
  2nd Maid
  2nd Maid
  Hanna Hipp
  3rd Maid
  3rd Maid
  Marie-Eve Munger
  4th Maid
  4th Maid
  Iris Kupke
  5th Maid
  5th Maid
  Miranda Keys
  Overseer
  Overseer
  Ivan Turšić
  Young Servant
  Young Servant
  Jongmin Park
  Orestes' Tutor
  Orestes' Tutor
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Semyon Bychkov
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Richard Strauss
  Part of
  BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms BBC Singers at the Proms BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms