BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season Events
Sun 29 Jun 2025
- 15:00Barbican, London
Quentin Blake’s glorious, multicoloured Box of Treasures bursts open as the BBC Symphony Orchestra accompanies two wonderfully animated adventures live: Angel Pavement and Loveykins.
Quentin Blake’s glorious, multicoloured Box of Treasures bursts open as the BBC Symphony Orchestra accompanies two wonderfully animated adventures live: Angel Pavement and Loveykins.
Programme
- Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures
Performers
- Anthony Gabrieleconductor
Composers
Fri 23 May 2025
- 19:30Barbican, London
Goodnight, Vienna: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), as the BBC Symphony Orchestra brings its season to an unforgettable close.
Goodnight, Vienna: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), as the BBC Symphony Orchestra brings its season to an unforgettable close.
Programme
- Kammersymphonie(25 mins)
- interval
- Das Lied von der Erde(64 mins)
Performers
- Sir Mark Elderconductor
- Alice Cootemezzo-soprano
- David Butt Philiptenor
Composers
Fri 16 May 2025
- 19:30Barbican, London
From the depths to the stars; from romance to tragedy: Dima Slobodeniouk pairs Prokofiev’s 'Romeo and Juliet' with Lili Boulanger’s mighty shout of hope and praise.
From the depths to the stars; from romance to tragedy: Dima Slobodeniouk pairs Prokofiev’s 'Romeo and Juliet' with Lili Boulanger’s mighty shout of hope and praise.
Programme
- Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme'(24 mins)
- Three Interludes from 'The Sacrifice'
- interval
- Excerpts from 'Romeo and Juliet'
Performers
- Dima Slobodenioukconductor
- Marta Fontanals-Simmonsmezzo-soprano
- Graham Nealtenor
Fri 25 Apr 2025
- 19:30Barbican, London
Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Programme
- Egmont - overture
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor(33 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 1 in D major(50 mins)
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Stephen Houghpiano
Composers
Wed 16 Apr 2025
- 19:30Barbican, London
Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s playful Fourth Symphony – and plays the violin too, as Kurt Weill retells the myth of Orpheus in his own, utterly original style.
Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s playful Fourth Symphony – and plays the violin too, as Kurt Weill retells the myth of Orpheus in his own, utterly original style.
Programme
- Lamia(12 mins)
- Der neue Orpheus, Op. 15(20 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 4 in G major(54 mins)
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor/violin
- Anu Komsisoprano
Composers
