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In Holst’s 150th-anniversary year, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform his masterpiece The Cloud Messenger. We also hear Elgar’s ever-popular Cello Concerto, with Senja Rummukainen as soloist, and Jonathan Harvey’s Tranquil Abiding
Sakari Oramo and his BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Richard Strauss’s spectacular Alpine Symphony – which calls for an orchestra of 130 musicians – after Mozart’s charming Piano Concerto No. 9 and Saariaho’s hypnotic snapshot of womanhood, Mirage
The BBC Symphony Orchestra present an all-British Prom, with Elgar’s ‘Cockaigne’ overture, Holst’s Hammersmith and Vaughan Williams’s A London Symphony featuring alongside a selection of Stanford’s songs performed by baritone Christopher Maltman
Tianyi Lu conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Puccini’s lyrical Preludio sinfonico, Dukas’s retelling of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice tale and a new Cello Concerto by Francisco Coll. Rounding off the evening is Stravinsky’s iconic ballet The Firebird
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska perform a remarkable work by Julius Eastman alongside Sibelius’s triumphant Fifth Symphony and Gustav Mahler’s songs of love and loneliness, sung by the inimitable Jamie Barton
The BBC Symphony Orchestra re Sir Andrew Davis (1944–2024) in this Prom presenting the UK premiere of Steve Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder and a pair of pieces close to Sir Andrew’s heart
