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Fri 3 Nov 2023
- 19:30
  The Faun and the Firebird
  Barbican, London
  Fairytale colours, Ukrainian courage and a talking violin. Roderick Cox conducts Stravinsky and Debussy and Ilya Gringolts gives the world premiere of a violin concerto with a difference.
  Fairytale colours, Ukrainian courage and a talking violin. Roderick Cox conducts Stravinsky and Debussy and Ilya Gringolts gives the world premiere of a violin concerto with a difference.
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
  Lotta Wennäkoski
  ProsoidiaBBC Co-Commission and World Premiere
  Boris Lyatoshinsky
  Grazhyna, Op.58
  Igor Stravinsky
  Firebird Suite (1919)
  Performers
  Ilya Gringolts
  violin
  violin
  Roderick Cox
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Lotta Wennäkoski
  Boris Lyatoshinsky
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Barbican Season 2023-24 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season
Tue 7 Nov 2023
- 14:30
  Pierre Bleuse conducts Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto and music by Chausson and Widmann
  Maida Vale Studios
  Pierre Bleuse makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducting Saint-Saëns’s, Chausson and Widmann.
  Pierre Bleuse makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducting Saint-Saëns’s, Chausson and Widmann.
  Programme
  Jörg Widmann
  Con brio
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
  Ernest Chausson
  Symphony in B flat major, Op 20
  Performers
  Pierre Bleuse
  conductor
  conductor
  Santiago Cañón-Valencia
  cello
  cello
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jörg Widmann
  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  Ernest Chausson
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra Maida Vale Concerts 2023/24
Fri 10 Nov 2023
- 14:30
  Alim Beisembayev performs Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
  Jonathon Bloxham conducts Tchaikovsky, Grime and Borodin in a free concert at BBC Maida Vale Studios.
  Jonathon Bloxham conducts Tchaikovsky, Grime and Borodin in a free concert at BBC Maida Vale Studios.
  Programme
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
  Helen Grime
  Limina
  Alexander Borodin
  Symphony No 2 in B minor
  Performers
  Jonathon Bloxham
  conductor
  conductor
  Alim Beisembayev
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Helen Grime
  Alexander Borodin
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra Maida Vale Concerts 2023/24
Fri 17 Nov 2023
- 19:30
  The BBC Symphony Chorus at Maida Vale
  Maida Vale Studios
  the BBC Symphony Chorus for a free concert at Maida Vale Studios.
  the BBC Symphony Chorus for a free concert at Maida Vale Studios.
  Programme
  Johannes Brahms
  Geistliches Lied Op 30
  Michael Higgins
  See, I am God
  Sven-David Sandström
  To See a World
  Caroline Shaw
  and the swallow
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Summer is Gone
  Reena Esmail
  A Winter Breviary
  Jonathan Dove
  The ing of the Year
  Performers
  Michael Higgins
  piano
  piano
  Neil Ferris
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Composers
  Johannes Brahms
  Michael Higgins
  Sven-David Sandström
  Caroline Shaw
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Reena Esmail
  Jonathan Dove
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season BBC Symphony Orchestra Maida Vale Concerts 2023/24
- 19:30
  BBC Symphony Orchestra: Eufonie Festival, Warsaw
  Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra open the Eufonie Festival in Warsaw.
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra open the Eufonie Festival in Warsaw.
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Polonia, Op 76
  Karol Szymanowski
  Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major
  Lotta Wennäkoski
  Verdigris
  Jean Sibelius
  En saga
  Lemminkainen’s Return
  Performers
  Vadim Gluzman
  violin
  violin
  Olari Elts
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Karol Szymanowski
  Lotta Wennäkoski
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season
Fri 24 Nov 2023
- 19:30
  Bychkov conducts Brahms
  Barbican, London
  Two different centuries, and two very different – but equally heartfelt – fourth symphonies. Semyon Bychkov conducts music by Detlev Glanert and Johannes Brahms.
  Two different centuries, and two very different – but equally heartfelt – fourth symphonies. Semyon Bychkov conducts music by Detlev Glanert and Johannes Brahms.
  Programme
  Detlev Glanert
  Prager Sinfonie (Sinfonie Nr. 4)(45 mins)BBC co-commission, UK Premiere
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 4 in Em(40 mins)
  Performers
  Catriona Morison
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Christian Immler
  baritone
  baritone
  Semyon Bychkov
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Detlev Glanert
  Johannes Brahms
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Barbican Season 2023-24 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season
Tue 28 Nov 2023
- 14:30
  Oramo conducts Mucha, Brahms and Raitio
  BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
  Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo for a free concert as he conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an afternoon of UK premieres.
  Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo for a free concert as he conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an afternoon of UK premieres.
  Programme
  Geraldine Mucha
  Summer Day (Letní den)
  Johannes Brahms
  Four Serious Songs, Op 121orch. Detlev Glanert
  Väinö Raitio
  Moonlight on Jupiter
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Konstantin Krimmel
  baritone
  baritone
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Geraldine Mucha
  Johannes Brahms
  Väinö Raitio
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra Maida Vale Concerts 2023/24
Fri 1 Dec 2023
- 19:30
  Fantastic Voyages
  Barbican, London
  Beethoven’s Eroica, Ravel’s exotica, and the adventures of the Argonauts: mezzo Jennifer Johnston s Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and no emotion is off-limits.
  Beethoven’s Eroica, Ravel’s exotica, and the adventures of the Argonauts: mezzo Jennifer Johnston s Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and no emotion is off-limits.
  Programme
  Alice Mary Smith
  Overture: Jason, or The Argonauts and the Sirens
  Maurice Ravel
  Shéhérazade
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’
  Performers
  Jennifer Johnston
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Alice Mary Smith
  Maurice Ravel
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Barbican Season 2023-24 BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2023 - 24 Season