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Sat 14 Jun 2025
- 10:30
  CBeebies Wildlife Jamboree
  Hackney Empire
  some of your favourite CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and brilliant conductor Karen Ní Bhroin.
  some of your favourite CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and brilliant conductor Karen Ní Bhroin.
  Programme
  Adam Walters
  Hello, from 'River of Freedom' (Opening)
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Dance, from 'Othello'
  Alberto Ginastera
  Malabo, from 'Estancia'
  Antonio Vivaldi
  The Four Seasons – Winter
  Bill Withers
  Lovely DayArr. Iain Farrington
  Manuel de Falla
  Danza del Fuego, from 'El Amor Brujo'
  Sarah Freestone
  Medley of CBeebies Theme Tunes
  Sarah Class
  When the Rains Come
  Adam Walters
  Hello, from 'River of Freedom' (Finale)
  Performers
  Karen Ní Bhroin
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Adam Walters
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Alberto Ginastera
  Antonio Vivaldi
  Bill Withers
  Manuel de Falla
  Sarah Freestone
  Sarah Class
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra 2024/25 BBC SO Hackney CBeebies 2025
  Book Tickets
- 13:45
  CBeebies Wildlife Jamboree
  Hackney Empire
  some of your favourite CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and brilliant conductor Karen Ní Bhroin.
  some of your favourite CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and brilliant conductor Karen Ní Bhroin.
  Programme
  Adam Walters
  Hello, from 'River of Freedom' (Opening)
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Dance, from 'Othello'
  Alberto Ginastera
  Malabo, from 'Estancia'
  Antonio Vivaldi
  The Four Seasons – Winter
  Bill Withers
  Lovely DayArr. Iain Farrington
  Manuel de Falla
  Danza del Fuego, from 'El Amor Brujo'
  Sarah Freestone
  Medley of CBeebies Theme Tunes
  Sarah Class
  When the Rains Come
  Adam Walters
  Hello, from 'River of Freedom' (Finale)
  Performers
  Maddie Moate
  presenter
  presenter
  Rhys Stephenson
  presenter
  presenter
  Karen Ní Bhroin
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  presenter
  presenter
  Composers
  Adam Walters
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Alberto Ginastera
  Antonio Vivaldi
  Bill Withers
  Manuel de Falla
  Sarah Freestone
  Sarah Class
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra 2024/25 BBC SO Hackney CBeebies 2025
  Book Tickets
Sat 21 Jun 2025
- 19:30
  BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Aldeburgh Festival
  Snape Maltings Concert Hall
  This first BBC Symphony Orchestra concert features two masterpieces by Richard Strauss in which darkness is transformed into light. Featured artist Leila Josefowicz plays Helen Grime’s Violin Concerto, and Anu Komsi sings Strauss’ Four Last Songs.
  This first BBC Symphony Orchestra concert features two masterpieces by Richard Strauss in which darkness is transformed into light. Featured artist Leila Josefowicz plays Helen Grime’s Violin Concerto, and Anu Komsi sings Strauss’ Four Last Songs.
  Programme
  Daniel Kidane
  Awake(11 mins)
  Helen Grime
  Violin Concerto(22 mins)UK premiere
  Richard Strauss
  Death and Transfiguration(23 mins)
  Four Last Songs(24 mins)
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Anu Komsi
  soprano
  soprano
  Leila Josefowicz
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Daniel Kidane
  Helen Grime
  Richard Strauss
  Part of
  Aldeburgh Festival 2025
  Sold out
Sun 22 Jun 2025
- 17:00
  BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Aldeburgh Festival
  Snape Maltings Concert Hall
  Sakari Oramo directs scintillating forces in a divine setting by Britten of W.H. Auden’s poetry; its war-torn angst is dissolved in the triumphant resolution of Sibelius’ grand Fifth Symphony.
  Sakari Oramo directs scintillating forces in a divine setting by Britten of W.H. Auden’s poetry; its war-torn angst is dissolved in the triumphant resolution of Sibelius’ grand Fifth Symphony.
  Programme
  Helen Grime
  Night Songs(5 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  Our Hunting Fathers, Op 8(27 mins)
  Brian Elias
  Horn Concerto(20 mins)Britten Pears Arts commission/world premiere
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No. 5 in E flat major(30 mins)
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Allan Clayton
  tenor
  tenor
  Ben Goldscheider
  French horn
  French horn
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Helen Grime
  Benjamin Britten
  Brian Elias
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  Aldeburgh Festival 2025
Sun 29 Jun 2025
- 15:00
  Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Barbican, London
  Quentin Blake’s glorious, multicoloured Box of Treasures bursts open as the BBC Symphony Orchestra accompanies two wonderfully animated adventures live: Angel Pavement and Loveykins.
  Quentin Blake’s glorious, multicoloured Box of Treasures bursts open as the BBC Symphony Orchestra accompanies two wonderfully animated adventures live: Angel Pavement and Loveykins.
  Programme
  Stefano Cabrera
  Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures
  Composers
  Stefano Cabrera
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season
  Book Tickets