BBC Orchestras and Choirs Events
Thu 5 Feb 2026
- 19:30City Halls
“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member
“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member
Programme
- Le tombeau de Couperin(17 mins)
- Symphony No. 1, Op 9(21 mins)
- interval
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine(5 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(34 mins)
Performers
- Gemma NewConductor
- Alessio Baxpiano
Fri 6 Feb 2026
- 14:30Maida Vale Studios
Join us at the Maida Vale Studios for a powerful celebration of emerging vocal talent with music from contemporary female composers.
Join us at the Maida Vale Studios for a powerful celebration of emerging vocal talent with music from contemporary female composers.
Programme
- Route Connection(7 mins)
- Pulchra es et decora(4 mins)
- Inner Light(3 mins)
- M87
- The Drowned Lovers(6 mins)
- Jalapeño Blues(20 mins)
Performers
- BBC Singersensemble
- Vox Next Genensemble
- Members of National Youth Choirensemble
- Lucy Goddardconductor
Part ofBBC Singers 2025-26 - 19:30Barbican, London
Love, death and pomegranates: Sakari Oramo rediscovers Stravinsky’s epic retelling of the myth of Persephone.
Love, death and pomegranates: Sakari Oramo rediscovers Stravinsky’s epic retelling of the myth of Persephone.
Programme
- Violin Concerto No. 1
- interval
- Perséphone
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Lisa Batiashviliviolin
- Amira Casarnarrator
- Peter Tantsitstenor
- BBC Symphony Choruschoir
- Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial Schoolchildren's choir
Composers
Sat 7 Feb 2026
- 15:00Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Bursting with catchy tunes and drenched in joy, Dvořák’s firecracker Eighth Symphony pulses with life and vigour.
Bursting with catchy tunes and drenched in joy, Dvořák’s firecracker Eighth Symphony pulses with life and vigour.
Programme
- Three Pieces in Old Style
- Gloria
- Symphony No. 8 in G major
Performers
- Michał Nesterowiczconductor
- Sophie Bevansoprano
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Adam Hickox makes his Bridgewater Hall debut in this sparkling and generous programme of technicolour musical delights.
Adam Hickox makes his Bridgewater Hall debut in this sparkling and generous programme of technicolour musical delights.
Programme
- Les Eaux célestes
- Piano Concerto in G
- Symphonic Dances
Performers
- Adam Hickoxconductor
- Elisabeth Braußpiano
Tue 3 Feb 2026
- 16:30Maida Vale Studios
Eamonn Dougan leads students of the Royal Academy of Music in this open conducting masterclass with the BBC Singers.
Eamonn Dougan leads students of the Royal Academy of Music in this open conducting masterclass with the BBC Singers.
Programme
- Ave Regina Caelorum
- Love Bade Me Welcome
- Messa di RequiemIntroit, Kyrie & Agnus Dei
- Mass in E flat, op 109 'Cantus Missae'Kyrie & Gloria
- Silence in Music
- The Hills
- God and the universe
- Regina Caeli
Performers
- Eamonn Douganconductor
- Susie Hillconductor
- Sungjoon Parkconductor
- Mark Wildeconductor
- Harvey Lokconductor
- Kwan Ruangtrakoolconductor
- BBC Singersensemble
Part ofBBC Singers 2025-26
Sat 31 Jan 2026
- 15:00BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Conductor Gemma New returns to BBC NOW this January with a programme of Russian masterpieces, starting with a work which needs little introduction, Prokofiev’s exhilarating Classical Symphony.
Conductor Gemma New returns to BBC NOW this January with a programme of Russian masterpieces, starting with a work which needs little introduction, Prokofiev’s exhilarating Classical Symphony.
Programme
- Symphony No 1 in D major, 'Classical'
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
Performers
- Gemma NewConductor
- Vadym Kholodenkopiano
- 19:30Southbank Centre, London
Step inside your favourite games in the world premiere of a live concert celebrating two decades of BAFTA-nominated and award-winning games music.
Step inside your favourite games in the world premiere of a live concert celebrating two decades of BAFTA-nominated and award-winning games music.
Programme
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Hitman: Contracts
- Assassin’s Creed
- Cuphead
- Journey
Performers
- Austin Wintoryconductor
Part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 30 Jan 2026
- 19:30Barbican, London
Music that glitters, sings and dances for joy, as Sakari Oramo pairs two newly minted classics with Beethoven’s brightest symphony.
Music that glitters, sings and dances for joy, as Sakari Oramo pairs two newly minted classics with Beethoven’s brightest symphony.
Programme
- ICE
- Harp Concerto
- interval
- Symphony No. 4 in B flat major
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Elizabeth Bassharp
- 20:00Royal Northern College of Music
Music from the court of Versailles begins and ends this sparkling exploration of the baroque.
Music from the court of Versailles begins and ends this sparkling exploration of the baroque.
Programme
- Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
- Selections from The Art of Fugue
- Concerto for Two Trumpets
- Concerto for Oboe and Violin
- Selections from Les Indes Galantes, Naïs, Hippolyte et Aricie, and Dardanus
Performers
- Jonathan Cohendirector
- Gwyn Owentrumpet
- Tom Fountaintrumpet
- Zoë Beyersviolin



















