Performances of Amira Casar at BBC Symphony Orchestra

Fri 6 Feb 2026

• 19:30

  Oramo conducts Stravinsky and Lindberg

  Barbican, London

  Love, death and pomegranates: Sakari Oramo rediscovers Stravinsky’s epic retelling of the myth of Persephone.

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  Love, death and pomegranates: Sakari Oramo rediscovers Stravinsky’s epic retelling of the myth of Persephone.

  Programme

  • • • Magnus Lindberg
      • Violin Concerto No. 1
    • • interval
    • • Igor Stravinsky
      • Perséphone

  Performers

  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor
  • Lisa Batiashvili

    violin
    violin
  • Amira Casar

    narrator
    narrator
  • Peter Tantsits

    tenor
    tenor
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • BBC Symphony Chorus

    choir
    choir
  • Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School

    children's choir
    children's choir

  Composers

  • Magnus Lindberg
  • Igor Stravinsky

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  Part of

  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2025-26 Barbican Season