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BBC Symphony Orchestra Calendar

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Sat 1 Nov 2014
- Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
  Barbican, London
  Music inspired by Schubert from Henze and Thomas Larcher.
  Music inspired by Schubert from Henze and Thomas Larcher.
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No. 8 in B minor, 'Unfinished'
  Hans Werner Henze
  Erlkönig - fantasy for orchestra
  Thomas Larcher
  A Pore Cycle
  John Adams
  Harmonium
  Performers
  Edward Gardner
  conductor
  conductor
  Mark Pore
  Tenor
  Tenor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  The BBC Symphony Chorus
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Hans Werner Henze
  Thomas Larcher
  John Adams
  Part of
  BBC SO 2014-15 Season BBC Symphony Chorus
Fri 7 Nov 2014
- 19:30
  A Christmas Carol
  BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
  A Christmas Carol
  A Christmas Carol
  Programme
  Neil Brand
  A Christmas Carol
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Singers
  Martin André
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Neil Brand
  Part of
  Be in the Audience BBC SO 2014-15 Season BBC Singers 2014-15 Season
Wed 12 Nov 2014
- Gershwin, Herrmann and Bartók
  Rhapsody in Blue and Herrmann's Psycho suite
  Rhapsody in Blue and Herrmann's Psycho suite
  Programme
  Bernard Herrmann
  Psycho: A Narrative for String Orchestra
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Piano Concerto
  George Gershwin
  Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grofé)
  Béla Bartók
  The Miraculous Mandarin
  Performers
  James Gaffigan
  conductor
  conductor
  Kirill Gerstein
  Piano
  Piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Bernard Herrmann
  Arnold Schoenberg
  George Gershwin
  Béla Bartók
  Part of
  BBC SO 2014-15 Season
Fri 14 Nov 2014
- 09:00
  BBC SO Children in Need
  BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
  BBC SO do Children in Need
  Part of
  BBC SO 2014-15 Season BBC SO 2014-15 Season
Wed 19 Nov 2014
- Music from Renaissance Spain and England
  St Giles' Cripplegate, London
  Peter Phillips conducts a programme of English and Spanish Renaissance polyphony.
  Peter Phillips conducts a programme of English and Spanish Renaissance polyphony.
  Programme
  Robert Parsons
  Ave Maria
  Tomás Luis de Victoria
  Salve Regina (a 6)
  Thomas Tallis
  Gaude gloriosa Dei mater
  Francisco Guerrero
  Ave Virgo Sanctissima
  Alonso Lobo
  Ave Regina caelorum
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Peter Phillips
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Robert Parsons
  Tomás Luis de Victoria
  Thomas Tallis
  Francisco Guerrero
  Alonso Lobo
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2014-15 Season BBC Singers at Six: 2014/15 BBC SO 2014-15 Season BBC Singers at Six
- Brett Dean: The Annunciation
  Barbican, London
  UK premiere of our Artist in Association's Christmas cantata.
  UK premiere of our Artist in Association's Christmas cantata.
  Programme
  Ottorino Respighi
  Trittico Botticelliano
  Brett Dean
  The Annunciation
  Richard Strauss
  Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op 60 (suite)
  Performers
  Josep Pons
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ottorino Respighi
  Brett Dean
  Richard Strauss
  Part of
  BBC SO 2014-15 Season Artist in Association Brett Dean BBC Singers 2014-15 Season Student Pulse
Fri 21 Nov 2014
- 14:00
  New Generation Artists
  BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
  New Generation Artists
  New Generation Artists
  Programme
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Schauspiel Ouvertüre, Op 4
  Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  Guitar Concerto
  Alexander Glazunov
  Violin Concerto in A minor
  Silvestre Revueltas
  Sensemayá
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sean Shibe
  guitar
  guitar
  Elena Urioste
  violin
  violin
  Michael Seal
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Heitor Villa‐Lobos
  Alexander Glazunov
  Silvestre Revueltas
  Part of
  BBC SO 2014-15 Season
Sun 23 Nov 2014
- 14:00
  Inspire Commissions Concert
  BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
  Premiering eight commissions by the 2012-13 Inspire Young Composer's Competition winners.
  Premiering eight commissions by the 2012-13 Inspire Young Composer's Competition winners.
  Programme
  Unknown
  Cairo
  Dark Ocean Lights
  Verwandlung
  The Bitter Cut
  The Cat and the Crow
  In a Solitude of the Sea
  Felucca on the Nile
  Genie
  Performers
  Musicians from BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Duncan Ward
  conductor
  conductor
  Michael Seal
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Unknown
  Part of
  Be in the Audience
Fri 28 Nov 2014
- Schubert and Mahler
  Barbican, London
  Katarina Karnéus performs Mahler's early song cycle.
  Katarina Karnéus performs Mahler's early song cycle.
  Programme
  Franz Schubert
  Symphony No 4 in C minor, 'Tragic'
  Gustav Mahler
  Songs of a Wayfarer
  Hans Rott
  Symphony No. 1
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Marc Minkowski
  conductor
  conductor
  Katarina Karnéus
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Composers
  Franz Schubert
  Gustav Mahler
  Hans Rott
  Part of
  BBC SO 2014-15 Season
Sun 30 Nov 2014
- The Sound of Chaplin
  Barbican, London
  Chaplin's First World War feature Shoulder Arms alongside early shorts.
  Chaplin's First World War feature Shoulder Arms alongside early shorts.
  Programme
  Timothy Brock
  Kid Auto Races
  Neil Brand
  Easy Street
  Timothy Brock
  The Immigrant
  Charlie Chaplin
  Shoulder Arms
  Performers
  Timothy Brock
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Timothy Brock
  Neil Brand
  Charlie Chaplin
  Part of
  BBC SO 2014-15 Season Student Pulse