BBC Symphony Orchestra

Fri 19 Feb 2021, 19:30

Stravinsky’s symphonic workout meets Scriabin’s triumphant hymn to the glory of mankind in a concert of Russian artists exploring Russian sounds.

Fri 29 Jan 2021, 19:30

Exuberance from Anna Clyne and Lior Rosner is followed by the melancholy of Rachmaninov’s lustrous and impassioned third symphony.

Fri 22 Jan 2021, 19:30

From shadows to light, experience a concert that explores the miraculous power of orchestration from the 1920s to the 2010s.

Fri 22 Jan 2021, 18:00

The BBC Singers perform Parry’s wartime laments for a lost age and reimagined hymns and antiphons from the Icelandic composer who has captured her country in music, Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

Sun 17 Jan 2021, 18:30

John Adams conducts the UK premiere of his acclaimed new opera on the downtrodden victims and inspiring dreamers of the Californian gold rush.

Tue 15 Dec 2020, 19:30

Kings of Christmas John Rutter and Bob Chilcott join the BBC Singers for a perfect concert for singing-in the festive season.

Fri 22 May 2020, 19:30

Magic and atmosphere, poignancy and purpose as Sakari Oramo conducts an evening of twentieth-century orchestral and choral works by Stravinsky, Sibelius and Elgar.

Fri 22 May 2020, 18:00

Explorations of love and linguistics from the BBC Singers, performing lustrous and dramatic works from the Nordic region under a miraculous conductor.

Thu 7 May 2020, 19:30

A landmark concert as the Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo resurrect an explosive, elegiac and rhapsodic symphony once buried by history and prejudice.

Sat 2 May 2020

Best-selling author David Walliams invites you into his delightful, topsy-turvy world with a concert of words and music as he reads from his brilliant children’s books. 

Fri 17 Apr 2020, 19:30

Before the fire and ice of Sibelius’s striking First Symphony, Lelia Josefowicz and Dalia Stasevska bring us the UK premiere of Helen Grime’s virtuosic and dreamlike Violin Concert.

Fri 3 Apr 2020, 19:30

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conducts the world premiere of a new concerto by a composer of boundless imagination and Shostakovich’s symphonic cocktail of fantasy and mystery.

Fri 27 Mar 2020, 19:30

In his Barbican debut with the Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan brings us the intense power, cataclysmic terror and exquisite tenderness of Bruckner’s unfinished final symphony.

Fri 13 Mar 2020, 19:30

Edward Gardner and the Orchestra revisit 1890s Vienna, bringing us all the searing power and extreme emotions of musical Romanticism’s last stand.

Wed 4 Mar 2020, 19:30

A cornerstone of the Barbican’s celebrations of 250 years since Beethoven’s birth: his musical vision of the divine is unleashed by the forces of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and vocal soloists.

Wed 4 Mar 2020, 18:00

Step into the strange, wonderful, bizarre and utterly individual world of Gerald Barry as the BBC Singers present recent works from the cult composer.

Sat 22 Feb 2020, 19:30

Step into the unique and emotive sound-world of our Total Immersion composer Anders Hillborg and his unparalleled handling of the modern symphony orchestra.

Sat 22 Feb 2020, 16:00

In the surroundings of St Giles’s Cripplegate, the voices of the BBC Singers offer immersive and embracing choral works including spine-tingling music by 2020 Total Immersion composer Anders Hillborg.

Sat 22 Feb 2020, 10:30

Camilla Lundberg’s documentary examining the life and work of Anders Hillborg – the perfect introduction to our 2020 Total Immersion composer.

Sun 9 Feb 2020, 15:00

Voices can be fast, dazzling, and furious! They can be spooky, magical and curious! They can whisper like falling snow, roar like a train, and blaze like fireworks!