BBC Philharmonic 2023-24 Season BBC Philharmonic | 30 September | Janáček and Tchaikovsky

Join us for our 2023-24 season launch as Chief Conductor John Storgårds sets the stage with Janáček’s gargantuan Sinfonietta.
Brimming with brass and bold yet bridled melodies, its galvanising energy plays foil to the emotional outpourings of Tchaikovsky’s swan song, his Sixth Symphony. Premiered only days before the composer’s death, the Symphony remains an enigma – its only truly agreeable mark, its sheer passion. Separating both of these titanic works, Dame Sarah Connolly joins us for an exploration of some of history’s less well-trodden territory in a collection of Alma Mahler’s orchestrated songs.

Pre-concert entertainment
6.30pm In Stalls Café Bar
Ahead of the concert, the First Violins of the BBC Philharmonic will be performing in the Foyer Café Bar with Dina Parakhina (piano). This performance is a tribute to celebrate the life of Clare “Clara” Dixon (1966 – 2023) who passed away earlier this year. Clare was First Violinist and part of the BBC Philharmonic family for thirty-three years; her husband Peter Dixon is our Principal Cellist.

Yuri Torchinsky
Midori Sugiyama
Kevin Flynn
Austeja Juskaite-Igl
Anna Banaszkiewicz-Maher
Martin Clark
Julian Gregory
Karen Mainwaring
Catherine Mandelbaum
Anya Muston
Toby Tramaseur
Dina Parakhina (piano)

Pre-concert programme
Bach: Concerto for two violins
Glazunov : Entr'acte from ballet "Raymonda" (arr. Daniel Whibley)
Copland: Hoe-down (arr. Julian Gregory)