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Performances of Béla Bartók at BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Fri 13 Mar 2026
- Yeol Eum Son plays Bartók's Third Piano Concerto
  Barbican, London
  A magical bird, a dream of England, and the sheer magic of pianist Yeol Eum Son, as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra bring a blaze of colour to the Barbican.
  A magical bird, a dream of England, and the sheer magic of pianist Yeol Eum Son, as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra bring a blaze of colour to the Barbican.
  Programme
  Judith Weir
  The Welcome Arrival of Rain
  Béla Bartók
  Piano Concerto No. 3
  interval
  Gerald Finzi
  Eclogue for Piano and Strings, Op 10
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird – suite (1945 version)
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Yeol Eum Son
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Judith Weir
  Béla Bartók
  Gerald Finzi
  Igor Stravinsky
  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)
Sat 22 Mar 2025
- 19:30
  Printemps des arts, Montecarlo: Stravsinky, Bartók and Schönberg
  Auditorium Rainier III, Monte Carlo
  Two innovative ballets, two major symphonic scores and two piano concertos are on the programme of this singular diptych, featuring as soloist the loyal Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo artist François-Frédéric Guy.
  Two innovative ballets, two major symphonic scores and two piano concertos are on the programme of this singular diptych, featuring as soloist the loyal Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo artist François-Frédéric Guy.
  Programme
  Igor Stravinsky
  Agon
  Béla Bartók
  Piano Concerto No 2
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Variations for Orchestra, Op 31
  Performers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  François-Frédéric Guy
  piano
  piano
  Pascal Rophé
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Igor Stravinsky
  Béla Bartók
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Part of
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Wed 12 Mar 2025
- 19:30
  Stasevska conducts Ravel
  Barbican, London
  For sheer sonic splendour, it’s hard to top Janáček’s Sinfonietta – but when Dalia Stasevska and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet perform Bartók and Ravel with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, they’ll give it their best shot.
  For sheer sonic splendour, it’s hard to top Janáček’s Sinfonietta – but when Dalia Stasevska and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet perform Bartók and Ravel with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, they’ll give it their best shot.
  Programme
  Béla Bartók
  Cantata profana, Sz 94(18 mins)
  Maurice Ravel
  Piano Concerto for the Left Hand(18 mins)
  interval
  Leos Janáček
  Sinfonietta(24 mins)
  Performers
  Dalia Stasevska
  conductor
  conductor
  Robin Tritschler
  tenor
  tenor
  Miklós Sebestyén
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  Composers
  Béla Bartók
  Maurice Ravel
  Leos Janáček
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season