BBC Orchestras and Choirs

A landmark semi-staged opera by Shiva Feshareki and Karen McCarthy Woolf, exploring the Goddess through history and modernity. Featuring the Upper Voices of the BBC Singers and Vox Urbane with electronics and turntables.

Born in Cardiff, Novello left an extraordinary legacy, composing more than 230 published songs and creating eight West End musicals that shaped British musical theatre for over thirty years.

Sakari Oramo pairs flair and exoticism with idyllic cheer in this dual outing of Romantic masterpieces: Saint-Saëns’ fifth piano concerto and Brahms’s Second Symphony.

Following the huge success of the Northern Soul Orchestrated tour last year, writer and BBC Radio 6 Music broadcaster Stuart Maconie, alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra and Manchester's composer and conductor Joe Duddell will return in March 2026.

Following the huge success of the Northern Soul Orchestrated tour last year, writer and BBC Radio 6 Music broadcaster Stuart Maconie, alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra and Manchester's composer and conductor Joe Duddell will return in March 2026.

Sir Donald Runnicles joins forces with Edinburgh Festival Chorus for Mahler’s epic Resurrection Symphony at the Usher Hall. A monumental musical event!

Experience the magic of Cinematic Soundtracks like never before — live and immersive with full orchestra.

Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, and a UK premiere from Julia Adolphe. Big emotions and natural wonders from Kristiina Poska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Left handed piano sensation Nicholas McCarthy makes his debut with BBC NOW in Ravel’s emotionally powerfully and highly virtuoso Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

The BBC Singers join the strings from the BBC Concert Orchestra, organist Iain Farrington and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin for an emotive programme of music to touch the very heavens.