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Performances of Hannu Lintu at BBC Symphony Orchestra

Fri 24 Oct 2025
- 19:30
  Lintu conducts Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony
  Barbican, London
  Shostakovich’s shattering Eighth Symphony is the climax of a gripping all-Russian programme from BBC Symphony Orchestra guest conductor Hannu Lintu and viola phenom Timothy Ridout.
  Shostakovich’s shattering Eighth Symphony is the climax of a gripping all-Russian programme from BBC Symphony Orchestra guest conductor Hannu Lintu and viola phenom Timothy Ridout.
  Programme
  Alfred Schnittke
  Viola Concerto
  interval
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Symphony No 8 in C minor
  Performers
  Hannu Lintu
  conductor
  conductor
  Timothy Ridout
  viola
  viola
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Alfred Schnittke
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2025-26 Barbican Season
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Mon 4 Aug 2025
- 19:30
  Mahler and Boulez
  Royal Albert Hall
  The sonic scope of Mahler’s Das klagende Lied meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez’s ‘majestic processional’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu
  The sonic scope of Mahler’s Das klagende Lied meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez’s ‘majestic processional’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu
  Programme
  Pierre Boulez
  Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna(32 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Mahler
  Das klagende Lied (original version, 1880)(65 mins)
  Performers
  Natalya Romaniw
  soprano
  soprano
  Jennifer Johnston
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Russell Thomas
  tenor
  tenor
  James Newby
  baritone
  baritone
  Constanza Chorus
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Hannu Lintu
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Pierre Boulez
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Discovery at the Proms
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  Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
Fri 29 Nov 2024
- 19:30
  Haydn and Strauss: Nelson Mass and A Hero’s Life
  Barbican, London
  Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Haydn’s Nelson Mass and pure sonic wonder from Samy Moussa. Hannu Lintu conducts a concert of outsize emotions and truly spectacular sounds.
  Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Haydn’s Nelson Mass and pure sonic wonder from Samy Moussa. Hannu Lintu conducts a concert of outsize emotions and truly spectacular sounds.
  Programme
  Samy Moussa
  Elysium
  Joseph Haydn
  Mass in D minor 'Nelsonmesse', Hob. XXII:11
  Richard Strauss
  Ein Heldenleben
  Performers
  Hannu Lintu
  conductor
  conductor
  Nardus Williams
  soprano
  soprano
  Jennifer Johnston
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Laurence Kilsby
  tenor
  tenor
  Derek Welton
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Samy Moussa
  Joseph Haydn
  Richard Strauss
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season