Performances of Joseph Phibbs at BBC Symphony Orchestra

Fri 16 Jan 2026

• 19:30

  Clemens Schuldt conducts Strauss and Phibbs

  Barbican, London

  Clemens Schuldt and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Shakespearean classics, Strauss at his most sumptuous, and a new British concerto for cellist Guy Johnston.

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  Clemens Schuldt and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Shakespearean classics, Strauss at his most sumptuous, and a new British concerto for cellist Guy Johnston.

  Programme

  • • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
      • Fantasy-Overture 'Hamlet'
    • • Joseph Phibbs
      • Cello ConcertoBBC co-commission: world premiere
    • • interval
    • • Mel Bonis
      • Ophelie
    • • Richard Strauss
      • Der Rosenkavalier – suite

  Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Clemens Schuldt

    conductor
    conductor
  • Guy Johnston

    cello
    cello

  Composers

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Joseph Phibbs
  • Mel Bonis
  • Richard Strauss

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  Part of

  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2025-26 Barbican Season