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BBC Symphony Orchestra Calendar

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Thu 4 Sep 2014
- 19:30
  Prom 63: Mahler & John Adams
  Royal Albert Hall
  Marin Alsop s the BBC SO for Mahler’s colourful and programmatic First Symphony
  Marin Alsop s the BBC SO for Mahler’s colourful and programmatic First Symphony
  Programme
  John Adams
  Short Ride in a Fast Machine
  Saxophone Concerto
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 1 in D major
  Performers
  Timothy McAllister
  alto saxophone
  alto saxophone
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Marin Alsop
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  John Adams
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms
Wed 10 Sep 2014
- 19:30
  Prom 72: English Music
  Royal Albert Hall
  An evening of 20th-century English music that looks beyond pastoral stereotypes.
  An evening of 20th-century English music that looks beyond pastoral stereotypes.
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
  Harrison Birtwistle
  Exody
  William Walton
  Viola Concerto
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Symphony No. 4 in F minor
  Performers
  Lise Berthaud
  viola
  viola
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Andrew Litton
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Harrison Birtwistle
  William Walton
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms
Sat 13 Sep 2014
- 19:30
  Prom 76: Last Night of the Proms
  Royal Albert Hall
  Sakari Oramo directs his first Last Night of the Proms
  Sakari Oramo directs his first Last Night of the Proms
  Programme
  Gavin Higgins
  VelocityBBC commission: world premiere
  Malcolm Arnold
  Overture 'Peterloo'new choral version with lyrics by Sir Tim Rice: world premier
  William Walton
  Façade
  Ernest Chausson
  Poème
  John Tavener
  Song for Athene
  Richard Strauss
  Taillefer
  Aram Khachaturian
  Gayane – Sabre Dance
  Maurice Ravel
  Tzigane
  Jerome Kern
  Show Boat
  Trad.
  Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (arr. R. Williams)
  Mary Poppins
  John Ansell
  Plymouth Hoe
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Unknown
  The National Anthem (arr. Britten)
  Performers
  Janine Jansen
  violin
  violin
  Elizabeth Watts
  soprano
  soprano
  John Daszak
  tenor
  tenor
  Roderick Williams
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Gavin Higgins
  Malcolm Arnold
  William Walton
  Ernest Chausson
  John Tavener
  Richard Strauss
  Aram Khachaturian
  Maurice Ravel
  Jerome Kern
  Trad.
  John Ansell
  Thomas Arne
  Edward Elgar
  Unknown
  Part of
  BBC Orchestras and Singers at the Proms BBC Singers at the Proms BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms
Wed 24 Sep 2014
- BBC Singers at 90
  St Giles' Cripplegate, London
  On their 90th birthday, the BBC Singers perform some of the works written for them
  On their 90th birthday, the BBC Singers perform some of the works written for them
  Programme
  Gabriel Jackson
  Winter Heavens
  Lennox Berkeley
  There Was Neither Grass Nor Corn
  Benjamin Britten
  A Shepherd's Carol
  Michael Tippett
  The Weeping Babe
  Edward Cowie
  Lyre Bird Motet
  Judith Bingham
  Unpredictable but Providential
  Paul Crabtree
  FliteBBC Commission and World Premier
  Bob Chilcott
  Weather Report
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Paul Brough
  conductor
  conductor
  Stephen Cleobury
  conductor
  conductor
  Bob Chilcott
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Gabriel Jackson
  Lennox Berkeley
  Benjamin Britten
  Michael Tippett
  Edward Cowie
  Judith Bingham
  Paul Crabtree
  Bob Chilcott
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2014-15 Season BBC Singers at Six: 2014/15 BBC SO 2014-15 Season BBC Singers at Six
- Celebrating the BBC Singers at 90
  Barbican, London
  American classics by Charles Ives and John Adams.
  American classics by Charles Ives and John Adams.
  Programme
  John Adams
  My Father Knew Charles Ives
  Judith Weir
  Vertue
  John Tavener
  Song for Athene
  Benjamin Britten
  Hymn to St Cecilia, Op 27
  Charles Ives
  Symphony No 4
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Singers
  Andrew Litton
  conductor
  conductor
  David Hill
  conductor
  conductor
  William Wolfram
  Piano
  Piano
  Composers
  John Adams
  Judith Weir
  John Tavener
  Benjamin Britten
  Charles Ives
  Part of
  BBC SO 2014-15 Season BBC Singers 2014-15 Season Student Pulse