Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season Events
Fri 29 Nov 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Haydn’s Nelson Mass and pure sonic wonder from Samy Moussa. Hannu Lintu conducts a concert of outsize emotions and truly spectacular sounds.
Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Haydn’s Nelson Mass and pure sonic wonder from Samy Moussa. Hannu Lintu conducts a concert of outsize emotions and truly spectacular sounds.
Programme
- Elysium
- Mass in D minor 'Nelsonmesse', Hob. XXII:11
- Ein Heldenleben
Performers
- Hannu Lintuconductor
- Nardus Williamssoprano
- Jennifer Johnstonmezzo-soprano
- Laurence Kilsbytenor
- Derek Weltonbass-baritone
Composers
Fri 6 Dec 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Respighi’s Roman spectacular and a new American classic frame Prokofiev’s most thrilling piano concerto in this Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra debut for conductor Jonathan Heyward and pianist Yeol Eum Son.
Respighi’s Roman spectacular and a new American classic frame Prokofiev’s most thrilling piano concerto in this Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra debut for conductor Jonathan Heyward and pianist Yeol Eum Son.
Programme
- Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula
- Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
- Fountains of Rome
- Pines of Rome
Performers
- Jonathon Heywardconductor
- Yeol Eum Sonpiano
Fri 13 Dec 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
A tribute to Sir Andrew Davis: Sakari Oramo and the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius.
A tribute to Sir Andrew Davis: Sakari Oramo and the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius.
Programme
- The Dream of Gerontius
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Dame Sarah Connollymezzo-soprano
- Nicky Spencetenor
- Roderick Williamsbaritone
Composers
Sat 18 Jan 2025
- 19:00Barbican, London
Experience highlights from the hit Â鶹ԼÅÄ series on the big screen with live orchestral music from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra, conducted and presented by the series’ composer George Fenton.
Fri 24 Jan 2025
- 19:30Barbican, London
An evening-long meditation on life and the hereafter, devised by Sakari Oramo and featuring the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s astonishing final masterpiece Hush.
An evening-long meditation on life and the hereafter, devised by Sakari Oramo and featuring the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s astonishing final masterpiece Hush.
Programme
- Symphony No 10 – Adagio
- HUSHÂ鶹ԼÅÄ Co-Commission, UK Premiere
- Toward the Unknown Region
- The Lark Ascending
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Verneri Pohjolatrumpet
- Igor Yuzefovichviolin
Fri 8 Nov 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Glowing colours and grand passions: Sakari Oramo and the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra join violinist Ilya Gringolts in Szymanowski’s gorgeous concerto – plus music by Wagner, Strauss and Dora PejaÄević.
Glowing colours and grand passions: Sakari Oramo and the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra join violinist Ilya Gringolts in Szymanowski’s gorgeous concerto – plus music by Wagner, Strauss and Dora PejaÄević.
Programme
- OvertureOrchestra in D minor, Op.49
- Violin Concerto No 1
- Siegfried Idyll
- Death and Transfiguration
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Ilya Gringoltsviolin
Fri 1 Nov 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
Expect epic visions and piano playing that’s out of this world when Kirill Gerstein and Sakari Oramo champion Ferruccio Busoni’s stupendous Piano Concerto, as well as music by Grazyna Bacewicz.
Expect epic visions and piano playing that’s out of this world when Kirill Gerstein and Sakari Oramo champion Ferruccio Busoni’s stupendous Piano Concerto, as well as music by Grazyna Bacewicz.
Programme
- Symphony No. 2
- Piano Concerto
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Kirill Gersteinpiano
- Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Chorus (lower voices)
Composers
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ԼÅÄ Singers
- Mark StoneRené Gallimard
- Fleur BarronComrade Chin/Shu Fung
- Kevin BurdetteManuel Toulon/Judge
- James Robinsondirector
Composers
Also part ofÂ鶹ԼÅÄ Singers 2024-25
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ԼÅÄ 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ԼÅÄ 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
Wed 2 Oct 2024
- 19:30Barbican, London
We're joined by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ 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ԼÅÄ 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)
- Nagula(4 mins)excerpts
- 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ԼÅÄ 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
- Eric Whitacreconductor
Also part ofÂ鶹ԼÅÄ Singers 2024-25