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Sat 11 Jan 2020
- 20:00
  European premiere of David Lang’s prisoner of the state
  Barbican, London
  Reflecting on two and a half centuries since Beethoven’s birth, the European premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s heartening take on Fidelio – a vocal rhapsody on freedom and love.
  Reflecting on two and a half centuries since Beethoven’s birth, the European premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s heartening take on Fidelio – a vocal rhapsody on freedom and love.
  Programme
  David Lang
  prisoner of the state(European premiere; Barbican co-commission)
  Performers
  Ilan Volkov
  conductor
  conductor
  Julie Mathevet
  The Assistant
  The Assistant
  Alan Oke
  The Leader
  The Leader
  Jarrett Ott
  The Prisoner
  The Prisoner
  Davone Tines
  The Jailor
  The Jailor
  Men of the BBC Singers
  Elkhanah Pulitzer
  director
  director
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  David Lang
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season Discover New Music 2019-20 BBC Singers 2019-20
Thu 16 Jan 2020
- 19:00
  Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale
  Maida Vale Studios
  the BBC Symphony Orchestra as they perform pieces for BBC Radio 3's The New Music Show.
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season
Sun 19 Jan 2020
- 15:00
  Absolute Beethoven?
  Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
  Joana Carneiro leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme inspired by Beethoven.
  Joana Carneiro leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme inspired by Beethoven.
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Grosse Fuge, Op 133
  John Adams
  Absolute Jest for string quartet and orchestra
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
  Performers
  Joana Carneiro
  conductor
  conductor
  Doric String Quartet
  quartet
  quartet
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  John Adams
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season
Fri 24 Jan 2020
- 19:30
  Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Shostakovich Symphony No. 8
  Barbican, London
  Experience Shostakovich’s masterpiece of despair, grotesquery and anger from height of World War II and a brand new work from a compelling new voice from Finland.
  Experience Shostakovich’s masterpiece of despair, grotesquery and anger from height of World War II and a brand new work from a compelling new voice from Finland.
  Programme
  Sebastian Fagerlund
  Water Atlas(UK premiere; BBC commission)
  Alma Mahler-Werfel
  Liedera selection
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No 8 in C minor
  Performers
  Jukka‐Pekka Saraste
  conductor
  conductor
  Karen Cargill
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Sebastian Fagerlund
  Alma Mahler-Werfel
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season
Wed 29 Jan 2020
- 19:30
  Garrick Ohlsson performs Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3
  Barbican, London
  Ritual, lament and incantation lie at the heart of this varied concert, moving from the purity of Arvo Pärt to the rich weave of Rachmaninov’s most epic, ionate and virtuosic concerto.
  Ritual, lament and incantation lie at the heart of this varied concert, moving from the purity of Arvo Pärt to the rich weave of Rachmaninov’s most epic, ionate and virtuosic concerto.
  Programme
  Arvo Pärt
  Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
  Dimitrios Skyllas
  Kyrie eleisonBBC & Onassis Cultural Centre co-commission: world premiere
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
  Performers
  Robert Spano
  conductor
  conductor
  Garrick Ohlsson
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Arvo Pärt
  Dimitrios Skyllas
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season Classical for Starters 2019-20
Fri 31 Jan 2020
- 14:30
  Stefan Solyom conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Maida Vale Studios
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrate International Women's Day
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2019-20 Season BBC Symphony Chorus 2019-20 Season Discover New Music 2019-20 Total Immersion: Anders Hillborg – Swedish Maverick