Performances of Samuel Barber at BBC Music
(See all works in BBC Music by Samuel Barber)Sun 16 Nov 2025
- 14:00City 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
- Second Essay
- Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra(20 mins)
- interval
- Lincoln Portrait(14 mins)
- Peter and the Wolf, Op 67(30 mins)
Performers
- Rory Kinnearnarrator
- Sterling Elliottcello
- Christian ReifConductor
Thu 27 Nov 2025
- 19:30BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Nil Venditti returns to BBC Hoddinott Hall this November with another programme featuring Respighi and Rossini, this time alongside the iconic Violin Concerto by Barber and the UK premiere of María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir’s Oceans.
Nil Venditti returns to BBC Hoddinott Hall this November with another programme featuring Respighi and Rossini, this time alongside the iconic Violin Concerto by Barber and the UK premiere of María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir’s Oceans.
Programme
- OceansUK premiere
- Violin Concerto
- Rossiniana
- William Tell – overture
Performers
- Nil VendittiConductor
- Stella Chenviolin
- 19:30City 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
- Strum(8 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(40 mins)
- interval
- Medea's Dance of Vengeance(14 mins)
- La mer(24 mins)
Performers
- Isata Kanneh‐Masonpiano
- Delyana LazarovaConductor
Fri 28 Nov 2025
- 19:30Music 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
- Strum(8 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(40 mins)
- interval
- Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op 23a(14 mins)
- La mer(24 mins)
Performers
- Isata Kanneh‐Masonpiano
- Delyana LazarovaConductor
Thu 5 Feb 2026
- 19:30City Halls
“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member
“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member
Programme
- Le tombeau de Couperin(17 mins)
- Symphony No. 1, Op 9(21 mins)
- interval
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine(5 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(34 mins)
Performers
- Gemma NewConductor
- Alessio Baxpiano
Sun 8 Feb 2026
- 15:00Usher Hall, Edinburgh
“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member
“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member
Programme
- Le tombeau de Couperin(17 mins)
- Symphony No. 1, Op 9(21 mins)
- interval
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine(5 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(34 mins)
Performers
- Gemma NewConductor
- Alessio Baxpiano
Sun 5 Jul 2026
- 15:00BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
We mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the document of independence with an all American programme featuring some of the most famous American composers in history, from Copland, Barber and Bernstein to William Grant Still and Christopher Tin.
We mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the document of independence with an all American programme featuring some of the most famous American composers in history, from Copland, Barber and Bernstein to William Grant Still and Christopher Tin.
Programme
- Appalachian Spring
- Piano ConcertoUK premiere
- Festive Overture
- Agnus Dei
- Chichester Psalms
Performers
- Kellen Grayconductor
- Lara Downespiano
