Performances of Leonard Bernstein at BBC Orchestras and Choirs
(See all works in BBC Orchestras and Choirs by Leonard Bernstein)Thu 21 Aug 2025
- 19:30Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Karina Canellakis conducts the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and BBC SSO in a programme featuring Messiaen's Les Offrandes Oubliées, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with Hugh Cutting, and Stravinsky's reorchestrated Petrushka.
Karina Canellakis conducts the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and BBC SSO in a programme featuring Messiaen's Les Offrandes Oubliées, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with Hugh Cutting, and Stravinsky's reorchestrated Petrushka.
Programme
- Les offrandes oubliées(12 mins)
- Chichester Psalms(19 mins)
- interval
- Petrushka (1947 version)(34 mins)
Performers
- Hugh CuttingCountertenor
- James GrossmithChorus Director
- Karina CanellakisConductor
Fri 13 Feb 2026
- 19:30Barbican, London
Rachmaninov, Bernstein and Davóne Tines – a fresh perspective on America’s past, present and future from Daniele Rustioni and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Rachmaninov, Bernstein and Davóne Tines – a fresh perspective on America’s past, present and future from Daniele Rustioni and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Programme
- Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’
- ANTHEMcollaboratively arranged by Michael Schachter, Caroline Shaw, Davóne Tines and Tyshawn Sorey, including text by Mahogany L. Browne
- interval
- Symphony No. 3 in A minor
Performers
- Daniele Rustioniconductor
- Davóne Tinesbass-baritone
Thu 16 Apr 2026
- 14:25MediaCityUK, Salford
Influenced by Czech folk and expressionism, Haas’s Study for Strings is an energetic, introspective work now seen as a key piece of 20th-century Czech music.
Influenced by Czech folk and expressionism, Haas’s Study for Strings is an energetic, introspective work now seen as a key piece of 20th-century Czech music.
Programme
- Study for Strings
- The Rock, Prélude symphonique
- Three Places in New England
- On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Performers
- Joshua Weilersteinconductor
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
