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Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra Events
Thu 26 Sep 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Sakari Oramo conducts the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s tragic Sixth Symphony: a powerful opening to our new concert season.
Sakari Oramo conducts the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s tragic Sixth Symphony: a powerful opening to our new concert season.
Wed 2 Oct 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
We're joined by the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony and a host of special guests as we celebrate our 100th birthday and look forward to the future.
We're joined by the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony and a host of special guests as we celebrate our 100th birthday and look forward to the future.
Programme
- Motet 'Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden', BWV 230(7 mins)
- Improvisation(4 mins)
- Numbers(5 mins)
- Chevaliers de Sangreal(4 mins)
- Lux Aurumque(4 mins)
- Friede auf Erden(9 mins)
- interval
- Inform, Educate and Entertain(8 mins)Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Commission, world premiere
- Chichester Psalms(20 mins)
- Decadence Waltz
- On with the show – a whistlestop tour of musicals
Performers
- Sofi Jeanninconductor
- Owain Parkconductor
- Nicholas Chalmersconductor
Tickets from £12.50 (plus booking fee)
Sat 12 Oct 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Channel waves, folk rhythms and the heartbeat of the cosmos, as conductor Dinis Souza, pianist Bertrand Chamayou and the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra play Debussy, Bartók and Unsuk Chin.
Channel waves, folk rhythms and the heartbeat of the cosmos, as conductor Dinis Souza, pianist Bertrand Chamayou and the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra play Debussy, Bartók and Unsuk Chin.
Programme
- Alaraph: Ritual of the Heartbeat
- Piano Concerto No. 3
- La mer
- µþ´Ç±ôé°ù´Ç
Performers
- Bertrand Chamayoupiano
- Dinis Sousaconductor
Fri 18 Oct 2024
- 19:30Hackney Empire
Spoken word meets the thrilling sound of an orchestra as an extraordinary line-up of poets join forces with the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra for an unmissable evening at Hackney Empire.
Fri 25 Oct 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
A smash-hit Broadway play turned movie, David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly metamorphoses into music theatre as the UK premiere of Huang Ruo’s operatic reworking takes wing.
A smash-hit Broadway play turned movie, David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly metamorphoses into music theatre as the UK premiere of Huang Ruo’s operatic reworking takes wing.
Programme
- M. Butterfly
Performers
- Carolyn Kuanconductor
- Kangmin Justin KimSong Liling
- Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Singers
- Mark StoneRené Gallimard
- Fleur BarronComrade Chin/Shu Fung
- Kevin BurdetteManuel Toulon/Judge
- James Robinsondirector
Composers
Sat 14 Sep 2024
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
The Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Singers are joined by Grammy Award-winning American soprano Angel Blue and one of Britain’s best-loved pianists, Sir Stephen Hough, for the biggest musical party of the year.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Singers are joined by Grammy Award-winning American soprano Angel Blue and one of Britain’s best-loved pianists, Sir Stephen Hough, for the biggest musical party of the year.
Programme
- Overture ‘Portsmouth Point’
- Gianni Schicchi – ‘O mio babbino caro’
- Madam Butterfly – Humming Chorus(3 mins)
- Tosca – ‘Vissi d’arte’(4 mins)
- Hellfighters’ Blues(7 mins)Â鶹ÊÓƵAV co-commission: world premiere
- Pavane(6 mins)
- The Yale–Princeton Football Game(3 mins)
- Summer Is Gone(3 mins)
- Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes(11 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, ‘Egyptian’ – Andante(11 mins)
- interval
- Extra Time(4 mins)Â鶹ÊÓƵAV commission: world premiere
- The Pink Panther(3 mins)arr Gavin Sutherland
- In His Hands: Two Spirituals(4 mins)
- Las hijas del Zebedeo – ‘Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores’ (Carceleras)(5 mins)
- Fantasia on British Sea Songs(13 mins)arr. Wood, with additional arrangements by Bob Chilcott and Gareth Glyn
- Rule, Britannia!(3 mins)arr. Sargent
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)
- Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
- The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(2 mins)
- Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)arr. P. Campbell
Performers
- Angel Bluesoprano
- Sir Stephen Houghpiano
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Mon 9 Sep 2024
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Patricia Kopatchinskaja returns to the Proms to perform Schoenberg’s Violin Concerto with the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra and Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski. We also hear Vaughan Williams’s ‘Greensleeves’ Fantasia and Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja returns to the Proms to perform Schoenberg’s Violin Concerto with the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra and Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski. We also hear Vaughan Williams’s ‘Greensleeves’ Fantasia and Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony.
Programme
- Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'(4 mins)
- Violin Concerto(32 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 5 in D minor(44 mins)
Performers
- Patricia Kopatchinskajaviolin
- Tarmo Peltokoskiconductor
Part ofProms 2024
Wed 4 Sep 2024
- 18:30Royal Albert Hall
Stéphane Denève leads the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra in an evening of French music. Works by Lili Boulanger and Ravel frame Fauré’s elegant, consolatory Requiem and his incidental music for Maeterlinck’s Symbolist play Pelleas and Melisande.
Stéphane Denève leads the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra in an evening of French music. Works by Lili Boulanger and Ravel frame Fauré’s elegant, consolatory Requiem and his incidental music for Maeterlinck’s Symbolist play Pelleas and Melisande.
Programme
- Pie Jesu(4 mins)
- Requiem(39 mins)
- interval
- Pelleas and Melisande – suite(18 mins)
- Vieille prière bouddhique(7 mins)
- Daphnis and Chloe – Suite No. 2(18 mins)
Performers
- Golda Schultzsoprano
- Laurence Kilsbytenor
- Jacques Imbrailobaritone
- Stéphane Denèveconductor
Part ofProms 2024
Fri 30 Aug 2024
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra remembers Sir Andrew Davis (1944–2024) in this Prom presenting the UK premiere of Steve Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder and a pair of pieces close to Sir Andrew’s heart
The Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra remembers Sir Andrew Davis (1944–2024) in this Prom presenting the UK premiere of Steve Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder and a pair of pieces close to Sir Andrew’s heart
Programme
- Symphony in Three Movements(22 mins)
- Jacob’s Ladder(15 mins)Â鶹ÊÓƵAV co-commission: UK premiere
- interval
- The Midsummer Marriage – Ritual Dances(24 mins)
- ‘Enigma’ Variations(29 mins)
Performers
- Martyn Brabbinsconductor
Part ofProms 2024
Sat 24 Aug 2024
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska perform a remarkable work by Julius Eastman alongside Sibelius’s triumphant Fifth Symphony and Gustav Mahler’s songs of love and loneliness, sung by the inimitable Jamie Barton
The Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska perform a remarkable work by Julius Eastman alongside Sibelius’s triumphant Fifth Symphony and Gustav Mahler’s songs of love and loneliness, sung by the inimitable Jamie Barton
Programme
- Symphony No. 2, ‘The Faithful Friend: The Lover Friend’s Love for the Beloved’(15 mins)UK premiere
- ¸éü³¦°ì±ð°ù³Ù-³¢¾±±ð»å±ð°ù(22 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 5 in E flat major(30 mins)
Performers
- Jamie Bartonmezzo-soprano
- Dalia Stasevskaconductor
Composers
Part ofProms 2024