Performances of Samuel Barber at BBC Music

“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member

“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member

We mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the document of independence with an all American programme featuring some of the most famous American composers in history, from Copland, Barber and Bernstein to William Grant Still and Christopher Tin.

James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with an all-American programme featuring works by George Gerswhin, Samuel Barber and Wynton Marsalis

The Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms under Jonathon Heyward, bringing with it Dvořák’s ecstatic hymn to nature, the Symphony No. 8, and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with star American soprano Angel Blue

Under the glow of Luke Jerram’s replica of our planet, hear a concert of heavenly works for strings, from Vaughan Williams to Hildur Guðnadóttir.

Randall Goosby plays Barber’s Violin Concerto; a soaring prelude to the UK premiere of Caroline Shaw’s intergalactic oratorio, 'The Listeners'.