BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra Calendar
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Fri 2 May 2025
- 18:00Big Top, Cheltenham
The Soul Jazz Summit brings together the very best of jazz, funk and soul including special guests Emeli Sandé, Vanessa Haynes, Lulu, Tommy Blaize, Lucy-Anne Daniels, Curtis Stigers and Lisa Stansfield.
Part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2024-2025
Sun 4 May 2025
- 16:00Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
John Rutter and Bob Chilcott are towering figureheads of British choral music. In the year they turn 80 and 70 respectively, the massed BBC choral and orchestral forces pay tribute to some of the most enduringly popular choral music of our time.
John Rutter and Bob Chilcott are towering figureheads of British choral music. In the year they turn 80 and 70 respectively, the massed BBC choral and orchestral forces pay tribute to some of the most enduringly popular choral music of our time.
Programme
- Pie Jesu(4 mins)from Requiem
- For the beauty of the earth(3 mins)
- A Clare Benediction(3 mins)
- Look at the world(5 mins)
- Can you hear me?(5 mins)
- The Skye Boat Song(2 mins)
Performers
- John Rutterconductor
- Bob Chilcottconductor
- Neil Ferrisconductor
- Rebecca Leasoprano
Composers
Sun 11 May 2025
- 14:30Milton Court Concert Hall
Following the success of the BBC Singers previous visit to the West End and Broadway, Owain Park conducts BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra in more music from some of our best-loved musicals.
Following the success of the BBC Singers previous visit to the West End and Broadway, Owain Park conducts BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra in more music from some of our best-loved musicals.
Programme
- It's a Grand Night for Singingfrom State Fair
- Mister Snow (Reprise)from Carousel
- If I Loved Youfrom Carousel
- June Is Bustin' Out All Overfrom Carousel
- You’ll Never Walk Alonefrom Carousel
- Companyfrom Company
- You Could Drive a Person Crazyfrom Company
- Being Alivefrom Company
- Master of the Housefrom Les Misérables Music and lyrics by Claude-Michel Schӧnberg, Alain Boublil, Jean Marc-Natel and Herbert Kretzmer
- Starsfrom Les Misérables
- One Day Morefrom Les Misérables Music and lyrics by Claude-Michel Schӧnberg, Alain Boublil, Jean Marc-Natel and Herbert Kretzmer
- interval
- Masqueradefrom Phantom of the Opera
- Music of the Nightfrom Phantom of the Opera
- Attend the Talefrom Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- The Worst Pies in Londonfrom Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Not While I'm Aroundfrom Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Why Can't the English?from My Fair Lady
- Wouldn't it be Loverlyfrom My Fair Lady
- Ascot Gavottefrom My Fair Lady
- I Could Have Danced All Nightfrom My Fair Lady
- My Fair Lady
- Get Me To The Church On Timefrom My Fair Lady
- Put on Your Sunday Clothesfrom Hello Dolly!
Performers
- Bantam of the Opera
- Owain Parkconductor
Fri 23 May 2025
- 19:30Dorchester Abbey
THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL celebrates Britain’s rich musical heritage by showcasing the brilliance, innovation and beauty of English music.
THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL celebrates Britain’s rich musical heritage by showcasing the brilliance, innovation and beauty of English music.
Programme
- The Innumerable Dance: An English Overture(10 mins)
- The Walk to the Paradise Garden(10 mins)
- Cello Concerto(27 mins)
- Heroic Elegy and Triumphal Epilogue(20 mins)
- Symphony No. 2world premiere
Performers
- Martin Yatesconductor
- Raphael Wallfischcello
Part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2024-2025
Fri 30 May 2025
- 19:30Alexandra Palace
Swinging jazz, sizzling melodies and sheer glamour as the BBC Concert Orchestra raises a glass to jazz-age Paris – and gets ready to party like it’s 1929.
