Classical for starters
Classical for starters Calendar
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Fri 14 Jul 2023
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Experience the buzz of live performance at its finest at the launch of the world’s greatest classical music festival.
Experience the buzz of live performance at its finest at the launch of the world’s greatest classical music festival.
Programme
- Finlandia(8 mins)
- Let There Be Light(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Piano Concerto in A minor(30 mins)
- interval
- Snöfrid(14 mins)
- The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra(18 mins)
Performers
- Lesley Manvilleactor
- Paul Lewispiano
- Dalia Stasevskaconductor
Sun 16 Jul 2023
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Finnish violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto leads The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in a concert of works by Beethoven, Vivaldi and Andrea Tarrodi.
Finnish violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto leads The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in a concert of works by Beethoven, Vivaldi and Andrea Tarrodi.
Programme
- Birds of Paradise(8 mins)
- Symphony No. 1 in C major(26 mins)
- interval
- The Four Seasons(55 mins)interspersed with folk music improvisations
Performers
- Ale Carrcittern
- Pekka Kuusistoviolin/conductor
Wed 19 Jul 2023
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has one of classical music’s most famous openings. This iconic four-note motif returns again and again. Is it a thunderclap – or fate, knocking at the door? Make up your own mind with the BBC NOW.
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has one of classical music’s most famous openings. This iconic four-note motif returns again and again. Is it a thunderclap – or fate, knocking at the door? Make up your own mind with the BBC NOW.
Programme
- Five Études-tableaux(25 mins)orch. Respighi
- Violin Concerto in G minor(33 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 5 in C minor(31 mins)
Performers
- Elena Uriosteviolin
- Tadaaki Otakaconductor
Thu 20 Jul 2023
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Josep Pons play Ravel’s Boléro, and Spanish violinist María Dueñas is soloist in Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Josep Pons play Ravel’s Boléro, and Spanish violinist María Dueñas is soloist in Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.
Programme
- La vida breve – Interlude and Dance(8 mins)
- Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21(33 mins)
- interval
- Images – Ibéria(20 mins)
- Boléro(13 mins)
Performers
- María Dueñasviolin
- Josep Ponsconductor
Also part ofProms 2023
Tue 25 Jul 2023
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Elim Chan perform Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations alongside Noriko Koide’s BBC commission Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain and Beethoven’s mighty Third Piano Concerto.
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Elim Chan perform Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations alongside Noriko Koide’s BBC commission Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain and Beethoven’s mighty Third Piano Concerto.
Programme
- Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain(12 mins)BBC commission: European premiere
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor(34 mins)
- ‘Enigma’ Variations(31 mins)
Performers
- Jan Lisieckipiano
- Elim Chanconductor
Also part ofProms 2023
Thu 27 Jul 2023
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Experience the awe-inspiring power of a full orchestra with massed choir and operatic soloists in a Prom that unites two choral classics.
Experience the awe-inspiring power of a full orchestra with massed choir and operatic soloists in a Prom that unites two choral classics.
Programme
- Symphony of Psalms(21 mins)
- interval
- Carmina burana(65 mins)
Performers
- Maki Morisoprano
- Matthias Rexrothcounter-tenor
- Germán Olverabaritone
- CBSO Children’s Chorus
- Kazuki Yamadaconductor
Composers
Also part ofProms 2023
