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BBC Symphony Orchestra Calendar

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Fri 3 Mar 2017
- 19:30
  Sakari Oramo conducts Nielsen & Sibelius
  Barbican, London
  Experience the music of Scandinavian contemporaries Nielsen and Sibelius, whose music is close to the heart of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo
  Experience the music of Scandinavian contemporaries Nielsen and Sibelius, whose music is close to the heart of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo
  Programme
  Carl Nielsen
  Rhapsodic Overture 'A Imaginary Journey to the Faroes', FS123
  Detlev Glanert
  MegarisBBC co-commission: UK premiere
  Jean Sibelius
  Lemminkäinen Suite, Op 22
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Singers
  Composers
  Carl Nielsen
  Detlev Glanert
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season BBC SO 2016-17 season premieres Sakari Oramo Conducts
Fri 10 Mar 2017
- 19:30
  Simone Young conducts Bartók & Peter Eötvös
  Barbican, London
  Two works by two Hungarian composers sit side by side in a dramatic highlight of the BBC SO’s season – Bartók’s virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra and the UK premiere of living composer Peter Eötvös’s one-act opera, Senza Sangue.
  Two works by two Hungarian composers sit side by side in a dramatic highlight of the BBC SO’s season – Bartók’s virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra and the UK premiere of living composer Peter Eötvös’s one-act opera, Senza Sangue.
  Programme
  Béla Bartók
  Concerto for Orchestra
  Péter Eötvös
  Senza sangueUK premiere
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Simone Young
  conductor
  conductor
  Albane Carrère
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Russell Braun
  baritone
  baritone
  Composers
  Béla Bartók
  Péter Eötvös
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season BBC SO 2016-17 season premieres Stage, screen & voice
Tue 21 Mar 2017
- 20:00
  BBC Proms Dubai: First Night of the Proms
  Dubai Opera, Dubai
  BBC Proms Dubai opens with British composer Gary Carpenter’s fizzing orchestral showpiece Dadaville, written for and premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 2015.
  BBC Proms Dubai opens with British composer Gary Carpenter’s fizzing orchestral showpiece Dadaville, written for and premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 2015.
  Programme
  Gary Carpenter
  Dadaville
  Mohammed Fairouz
  Pax Universalis
  Benjamin Britten
  Piano Concerto
  William Walton
  Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Edward Gardner
  conductor
  conductor
  Benjamin Grosvenor
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Gary Carpenter
  Mohammed Fairouz
  Benjamin Britten
  William Walton
  Part of
  BBC Proms Dubai
Thu 23 Mar 2017
- 19:30
  BBC Proms Dubai: Prom 3
  Dubai Opera, Dubai
  This concert opens with the world premiere of Dubai-based British composer Joanna Marsh’s Flare.
  This concert opens with the world premiere of Dubai-based British composer Joanna Marsh’s Flare.
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
  Edward Elgar
  ‘Enigma’ Variations
  Joanna Marsh
  Flareworld premiere
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Edward Gardner
  conductor
  conductor
  Benjamin Grosvenor
  piano
  piano
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Edward Elgar
  Joanna Marsh
  Part of
  BBC Proms Dubai
Fri 24 Mar 2017
- 20:00
  BBC Proms Dubai: Prom 6 'Last Night of the Proms'
  Dubai Opera, Dubai
  Featuring much-loved classics from Shostakovich and Debussy, Proms soloist Benjamin Grosvenor performs Saint-Saëns’s Second Piano Concerto and the BBC Singers the orchestra for Handel’s most popular anthem, Zadok the Priest
  Featuring much-loved classics from Shostakovich and Debussy, Proms soloist Benjamin Grosvenor performs Saint-Saëns’s Second Piano Concerto and the BBC Singers the orchestra for Handel’s most popular anthem, Zadok the Priest
  Programme
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Festive Overture
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
  Claude Debussy
  La mer
  George Frideric Handel
  Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’
  Joseph Tawadros
  New workworld premiere
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Singers
  Edward Gardner
  conductor
  conductor
  Benjamin Grosvenor
  piano
  piano
  Joseph Tawadros
  oud
  oud
  James Tawadros
  percussion
  percussion
  Composers
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Claude Debussy
  George Frideric Handel
  Joseph Tawadros
  Thomas Arne
  Edward Elgar
  Part of
  BBC Proms Dubai