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Performances of Sergey Rachmaninov at BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Fri 27 Feb 2026
- 19:30
  Montero plays Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto
  Barbican, London
  Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, and a UK premiere from Julia Adolphe. Big emotions and natural wonders from Kristiina Poska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, and a UK premiere from Julia Adolphe. Big emotions and natural wonders from Kristiina Poska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Programme
  Julia Adolphe
  Underneath the Sheen
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor
  Performers
  Kristiina Poska
  conductor
  conductor
  Gabriela Montero
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Julia Adolphe
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2025-26 Barbican Season
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Fri 13 Feb 2026
- 19:30
  Rustioni conducts Bernstein and Rachmaninov
  Barbican, London
  Rachmaninov, Bernstein and Davóne Tines – a fresh perspective on America’s past, present and future from Daniele Rustioni and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Rachmaninov, Bernstein and Davóne Tines – a fresh perspective on America’s past, present and future from Daniele Rustioni and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Programme
  Leonard Bernstein
  Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’
  Davóne Tines
  ANTHEM
  interval
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Symphony No. 3 in A minor
  Performers
  Daniele Rustioni
  conductor
  conductor
  Davóne Tines
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Leonard Bernstein
  Davóne Tines
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2025-26 Barbican Season
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Fri 8 Aug 2025
- 18:00
  Rachmaninov’s ‘Paganini’ Variations
  Royal Albert Hall
  Josep Pons conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Bartók’s ‘grotesque pantomime’ The Miraculous Mandarin, and Italian pianist Beatrice Rana is soloist in Rachmaninov’s thrilling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Josep Pons conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Bartók’s ‘grotesque pantomime’ The Miraculous Mandarin, and Italian pianist Beatrice Rana is soloist in Rachmaninov’s thrilling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Programme
  Paul Dukas
  La Péri – Poème dansé(18 mins)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini(25 mins)
  interval
  Béla Bartók
  The Miraculous Mandarin(32 mins)
  Performers
  Beatrice Rana
  piano
  piano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Josep Pons
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Paul Dukas
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Béla Bartók
  Part of
  Proms 2025
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  Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
Mon 3 Mar 2025
- 14:45
  Elena Schwarz conducts Scriabin and Rachmaninov
  Maida Vale Studios
  Russian Romantics share the stage in this rich and lyrical programme conducted by Elena Schwarz in her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Russian Romantics share the stage in this rich and lyrical programme conducted by Elena Schwarz in her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Programme
  Alexander Scriabin
  Concerto for Piano in F sharp minor, Op 20
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Five Études-tableaux(arr. Ottorino Respighi)
  Performers
  Elena Schwarz
  conductor
  conductor
  Julius Asal
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Alexander Scriabin
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra 2024/25