Symphonic Pride

Available for 27 days

Join the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for a joyful, feel-everything celebration of LGBTQ+ artists from Tchaikovsky to Chappell Roan. Symphonic Pride: We Have Always Been Here is a bold celebration of LGBTQ+ artists whose creativity has shaped orchestral music across centuries. In the first Pride-themed concert by a professional orchestra in Scotland, we move between big-hearted orchestral classics and bold new expressions from the 21st century. At the concert’s heart is Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake — arguably the most famous ballet score ever written — whose themes of hidden identity and impossible love continue to resonate with the LGBTQ+ community today. Alongside that, we have a UK premiere from Elena Kats-Chernin celebrating the legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2013, Broadway glitz and glamour from Leonard Bernstein, and a new orchestral version of LGBTQ+ anthem Pink Pony Club. Presented by Bryan Burnett at City Halls, Glasgow on Wednesday 22 July 2026. Leonard Bernstein: Overture to ‘On the Town’ Elena Kats-Chernin: Rainbow Promise (UK premiere) Francis Poulenc: Sinfonietta (1947) (c.28 mins) interval Jennifer Higdon: blue cathedral Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Selections from Swan Lake Chappell Roan: Pink Pony Club, arranged for orchestra by Fiona Brice Jessica Cottis conductor BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra