BBC Symphony Orchestra
Associate Orchestra
The backbone of the BBC Proms and one of the UK's finest orchestras, the BBC SO performs a thrilling, distinctive range of music, from works at the heart of classical music to contemporary premieres.
Events
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oramo: Mahler Symphony No 5
Grand passions and epic vistas: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is the gateway into a lost world of central European music, as Sakari Oramo opens the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s new season.
Joby Talbot's Everest
The UK premiere of Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer’s new opera Everest: a spectacular drama of life, death and the human spirit on the roof of the world.
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Slobodeniouk
The BBC Symphony Chorus sings Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, at the heart of a life-affirming debut concert from guest conductor Dima Slobodeniouk.
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Davis: A Child of Our Time
Hope comes from darkness as Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a team of world-class performers in Michael Tippett’s heart-rending A Child of Our Time.
BBC SO Total Immersion: Oramo conducts Kaija Saariaho
Light becomes sound; poetry becomes music and words create worlds. Sakari Oramo crowns a day of total immersion in the music of Kaija Saariaho with a sumptuous orchestral celebration.
BBC Total Immersion: BBC Singers Spotlight on Kaija Saariaho
The BBC Singers perform the vocal music of Kaija Saariaho – part of a day of Total Immersion in the sounds and thoughts of this visionary Finnish composer.
BBC SO Total Immersion: Spotlight on Kaija Saariaho
The BBC Symphony Orchestra’s day of Total Immersion in the music of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho begins with music of gentle (but limitless) power.
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oramo
Sakari Oramo, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and violinist Inmo Yang raise the roof in three dazzling concertos – one for violin and two for the whole orchestra.
Ian McEwan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
In the latest of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s collaborations with great writers, Ian McEwan joins the orchestra for an evening of words and music.
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Brabbins & Charles Styles
Beowulf and Job: two tales of courage, defiance and the triumph of the human spirit, retold in music by Iain Bell and Ralph Vaughan Williams, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Bringuier & Akiko Suwanai
Lionel Bringuier conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an evening of Debussy, Dutilleux, Roussel and Ravel. French music at its most poetic, and its most dangerous.
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Schuldt
Swan Lake retold, and told anew. Violinist Tessa Lark takes the spotlight in a BBC Symphony Orchestra concert devoted to musical fairytales, both light and hauntingly dark.
BBC Symphony Orchestra/New & Lise de la Salle
American dreams and sonic fireworks as conductor Gemma New and pianist Lise de la Salle make their joint debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Lintu
Bright colours, dark emotions and uncompromising truths: Hannu Lintu conducts three vivid stories and from three powerful creative personalities.
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Oramo
Poles apart: Sakari Oramo and the BBC SO explore the sensuality and raw energy of two great Polish symphonies, while Johan Dalene and Timothy Ridout encounter Mozart at the very top of his game.
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oramo & Julie Price
Sunlight, defiance and unsung heroes: Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra by Antonín Dvořák and Grażyna Bacewicz, plus a delightful showcase for the BBC SO’s own Principal Bassoon.
Our Precious Planet
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Marvel at the beauty and fragility of our world in a family concert of sound and storytelling, with Grégoire Pont’s drawings projected live alongside thrilling music from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Wigglesworth
Tragedy, triumph, and a whole life lived in between: Ryan Wigglesworth conducts Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, as well as his own song-cycle Till Dawning.
Discover
Composer Focus – Episode 5: Jean Sibelius with Sakari Oramo
In the final episode, host Edward Seckerson is joined by BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor Sakari Oramo to discuss his fellow countryman Jean Sibelius, and the themes of nature and Finnish national identity woven throughout his music.
