Performances of Adolphus Hailstork at BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sun 14 Dec 2025

• 19:00

  Ghost Stories and Music for Christmas

  Barbican, London

  A festive treat with a ghostly difference: a night of classic stories and haunting melodies from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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  A festive treat with a ghostly difference: a night of classic stories and haunting melodies from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  Programme

  • • • Camille Saint‐Saëns
      • Danse macabre
    • • Alan Silvestri
      • Marley's Ghost...
    • • Antonio Vivaldi
      • The Four Seasons – Winter
    • • Marius Constant
      • Twilight Zonearr. Stu Philips
    • • interval
    • • Béla Bartók
      • Music for Strings, Percussion and CelestaIII. Adagio
    • • Adolphus Hailstork
      • Spiritual No. 2
    • • Charles Gounod
      • Marche funèbre d'une marionette
    • • Ray Parker Jr.
      • Theme Song from 'Ghostbusters'

  Performers

  • Karen Ní Bhroin

    conductor
    conductor
  • Alex Jennings

    host and reader
    host and reader
  • Sarah Niles

    reader
    reader
  • Jonathan Andrew Hume

    vocals
    vocals
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns
  • Alan Silvestri
  • Antonio Vivaldi
  • Marius Constant
  • Béla Bartók
  • Adolphus Hailstork
  • Charles Gounod
  • Ray Parker Jr.

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  Part of

  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2025-26 Barbican Season