BBC Orchestras and Choirs

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo on tour to China and South Korea with piano soloists Bertrand Chamayou (China) and Yeol Eum Son (South Korea).

Musicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra and it’s Chief Conductor, Anna-Maria Helsing, joins talented musicians from the Universities of Nottingham to perform Holst’s ‘The Planets’.

Dazzling woodwinds tarry with bustling strings, folk-like melodies weave with vibrant dance and climactic rushes make way to stately grandeur in Tchaikovsky’s charmingly wintery First Symphony, oozing his trademark symphonic craftsmanship from the off.

Tchaikovsky's pulse-raising passion and Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo on tour to China and South Korea with piano soloists Bertrand Chamayou (China) and Yeol Eum Son (South Korea).

Dazzling woodwinds tarry with bustling strings, folk-like melodies weave with vibrant dance and climactic rushes make way to stately grandeur in Tchaikovsky’s charmingly wintery First Symphony, oozing his trademark symphonic craftsmanship from the off.

Pulse-raising passion and a teenage prodigy’s firecracker piano concerto

Join international storyteller Jan Blake, djembe player Mohamed Gueye and musicians of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for an interactive performance of Ananse and the Monkeys for pre-schoolers.

Puccini first showcased his operatic voice through the orchestra alone with his Capriccio Sinfonico. Marking the start of his signature musical style, it blends the lyrical and dramatic qualities that later came to define his iconic operas.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo on tour to China and South Korea with piano soloists Bertrand Chamayou (China) and Yeol Eum Son (South Korea).