BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Calendar

Thu 6 Nov 2025
- 19:30
  BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935): Classic Film with Live Orchestra
  City Halls
  A landmark of Hollywood's Golden Age lives again!
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season
Sun 16 Nov 2025
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Rory Kinnear narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
  City Halls
  Award-winning actor Rory Kinnear (best known from his role in James Bond films) narrates Prokofiev’s playful 'Peter and the Wolf' and the phenomenal Sterling Elliott dazzles in Tchaikovsky's showpiece for cello and orchestra.
  Award-winning actor Rory Kinnear (best known from his role in James Bond films) narrates Prokofiev’s playful 'Peter and the Wolf' and the phenomenal Sterling Elliott dazzles in Tchaikovsky's showpiece for cello and orchestra.
  Programme
  Samuel Barber
  Second Essay
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra(20 mins)
  interval
  Aaron Copland
  Lincoln Portrait(14 mins)
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Peter and the Wolf, Op 67(30 mins)
  Performers
  Rory Kinnear
  narrator
  narrator
  Sterling Elliott
  cello
  cello
  Christian Reif
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Samuel Barber
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Aaron Copland
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2025/26 BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2025/26
Thu 20 Nov 2025
- 19:30
  Rachmaninov's Second Symphony
  City Halls
  The ultimate romantic symphony follows MacMillan’s searing “Isobel Gowdie”
  The ultimate romantic symphony follows MacMillan’s searing “Isobel Gowdie”
  Programme
  Sir James MacMillan
  The Confession of Isobel Gowdie(26 mins)
  Ian Whyte
  Violin Concerto(25 mins)(World Premiere)
  interval
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Symphony No. 2 in E minor(60 mins)
  Performers
  Stephanie Gonley
  violin
  violin
  Martyn Brabbins
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Sir James MacMillan
  Ian Whyte
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2025/26
Thu 27 Nov 2025
- 19:30
  Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto
  City Halls
  Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos” and Delyana Lazarova makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor!
  Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos” and Delyana Lazarova makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor!
  Programme
  Jessie Montgomery
  Strum(8 mins)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(40 mins)
  interval
  Samuel Barber
  Medea's Dance of Vengeance(14 mins)
  Claude Debussy
  La mer(24 mins)
  Performers
  Isata Kanneh‐Mason
  piano
  piano
  Delyana Lazarova
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jessie Montgomery
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Samuel Barber
  Claude Debussy
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2025/26
Fri 28 Nov 2025
- 19:30
  Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto in Aberdeen
  Music Hall, Aberdeen
  Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos” and Delyana Lazarova makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor!
  Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos” and Delyana Lazarova makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor!
  Programme
  Jessie Montgomery
  Strum(8 mins)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(40 mins)
  interval
  Samuel Barber
  Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op 23a(14 mins)
  Claude Debussy
  La mer(24 mins)
  Performers
  Isata Kanneh‐Mason
  piano
  piano
  Delyana Lazarova
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jessie Montgomery
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Samuel Barber
  Claude Debussy
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto BBC SSO Aberdeen Series 2025/26