BBC SO 2016-17 season premieres
BBC SO 2016-17 season premieres Calendar
By Year
Wed 28 Sep 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
BBC SO Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo launches the 2016-17 season with a UK premiere from Brett Dean and Richard Strauss’s extravagant tone poem.
BBC SO Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo launches the 2016-17 season with a UK premiere from Brett Dean and Richard Strauss’s extravagant tone poem.
Programme
- Knocking at the Hellgate(40 mins)
- interval
- Ein Heldenleben(45 mins)
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Russell Braunbaritone
Composers
Fri 14 Oct 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
A screening of the 1922 silent film Robin Hood accompanied by a live performance of Neil Brand’s magnificent score.
Tue 1 Nov 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
Joshua Weilerstein conducts Rachmaninov’s energising Symphonic Dances and the world premiere of Brett Dean’s Hamlet Diffraction.
Joshua Weilerstein conducts Rachmaninov’s energising Symphonic Dances and the world premiere of Brett Dean’s Hamlet Diffraction.
Programme
- ricordi decompostiUK premiere
- From Melodious Lay (A Hamlet Diffraction)BBC Commission: World Premiere
- Symphonic Dances
Performers
- Joshua Weilersteinconductor
- Allison Bellsoprano
- Allan Claytontenor
Sun 27 Nov 2016
- 16:30Barbican, London
A journey celebrating Bennett’s mastery of the orchestra with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the composer’s former musical partner Claire Martin.
A journey celebrating Bennett’s mastery of the orchestra with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the composer’s former musical partner Claire Martin.
Programme
- Partita
- Four Songs for Voice and Orchestraarr. Scott Dunn
- The Garden
- Reflections on a 16th-Century Tune
- Murder on the Orient Express, Suite (arr. David Lindup)
Performers
- Scott Dunnconductor
- Claire Martinsinger
- Arnie Somogyidouble bass
- Gareth Williamspiano
- Julian Nicholassaxophone
- Sebastiaan de Kromdrums
Composers
Wed 7 Dec 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
An invigorating concert featuring the world premiere of a Concerto for Brass and Orchestra, Haydn’s Symphony No 83 amusingly nicknamed ‘The Hen’, and Stravinsky’s epic The Firebird.
An invigorating concert featuring the world premiere of a Concerto for Brass and Orchestra, Haydn’s Symphony No 83 amusingly nicknamed ‘The Hen’, and Stravinsky’s epic The Firebird.
Programme
- Concerto for Brass and OrchestraBBC commission; world premiere
- Symphony No. 83 in G minor 'La poule'
- The Firebird
Performers
- Jukka-Pekka Sarasteconductor
Composers
Also part ofBBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season
Thu 15 Dec 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
Two Russian blockbusters frame the UK premiere of True Fire: a new commission specially written for Barbican featured artist Gerald Finley.
Two Russian blockbusters frame the UK premiere of True Fire: a new commission specially written for Barbican featured artist Gerald Finley.
Programme
- Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
- True FireBBC co-commission; UK premiere
- Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Performers
- Gerald Finleybaritone
- Sakari Oramoconductor
