ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season Calendar
By Year
Wed 28 Sep 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo launches the 2016-17 season with a UK premiere from Brett Dean and Richard Strauss’s extravagant tone poem.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo launches the 2016-17 season with a UK premiere from Brett Dean and Richard Strauss’s extravagant tone poem.
Programme
- Knocking at the Hellgate(40 mins)
- interval
- Ein Heldenleben(45 mins)
Performers
- conductor
- baritone
Composers
Tue 4 Oct 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
A rare opportunity to experience Schmitt’s Antoine et Cléopâtre in a dramatic context with readings by actors from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
A rare opportunity to experience Schmitt’s Antoine et Cléopâtre in a dramatic context with readings by actors from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
Programme
- Antoine et Cléopâtre– suites nos. 1 & 2
Performers
- conductor
- Cleopatra
- Antony
- Enobarbus
- Charmian
- Eros and others
- Iqbal Khanstage director
- Adaptor
Composers
Also part ofStage, screen & voice
Fri 14 Oct 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
A screening of the 1922 silent film Robin Hood accompanied by a live performance of Neil Brand’s magnificent score.
Sun 16 Oct 2016
- 16:00Milton Court
An exploration of Tchaikvsky’s relationship with his muse and patron Nadezhda von Meck featuring Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Wed 19 Oct 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
Semyon Bychkov explores the music of Tchaikovsky over three concerts starting with the Second Piano Concerto and the Manfred Symphony.
Semyon Bychkov explores the music of Tchaikovsky over three concerts starting with the Second Piano Concerto and the Manfred Symphony.
Programme
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
- ManfredSymphony
Performers
- conductor
- piano
Composers
Also part ofBeloved Friend: Tchaikovsky Project
Mon 24 Oct 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
Discover three different faces of Tchaikovsky in this second concert exploring his music, plus a powerful overture by one of his pupils, Taneyev.
Discover three different faces of Tchaikovsky in this second concert exploring his music, plus a powerful overture by one of his pupils, Taneyev.
Programme
- Serenade for Strings in C major, Op 48
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major
- Francesca da Rimini
Performers
- conductor
- piano
Composers
Also part ofBeloved Friend: Tchaikovsky Project
Fri 28 Oct 2016
- 18:00Barbican, London
Bring your family along to this fun interactive workshop and receive concert tickets for just £5 (plus booking fee).
- 19:30Barbican, London
Semyon Bychkov concludes his exploration of Tchaikovsky’s music with the composer’s great Pathétique symphony preceded by Rachmaninov’s colourful choral symphony The Bells.
Semyon Bychkov concludes his exploration of Tchaikovsky’s music with the composer’s great Pathétique symphony preceded by Rachmaninov’s colourful choral symphony The Bells.
Programme
- The Bells
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’
Performers
- conductor
- soprano
- tenor
- bass
- ensemble
Composers
Tue 1 Nov 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
Joshua Weilerstein conducts Rachmaninov’s energising Symphonic Dances and the world premiere of Brett Dean’s Hamlet Diffraction.
Joshua Weilerstein conducts Rachmaninov’s energising Symphonic Dances and the world premiere of Brett Dean’s Hamlet Diffraction.
Programme
- ricordi decompostiUK premiere
- From Melodious Lay (A Hamlet Diffraction)ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Commission: World Premiere
- Symphonic Dances
Performers
- conductor
- soprano
- tenor
Composers
Sun 13 Nov 2016
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Berlioz's breath-taking, roof-raising Requiem, performed in a similarly epic venue, the Royal Albert Hall on Remembrance Sunday.
Berlioz's breath-taking, roof-raising Requiem, performed in a similarly epic venue, the Royal Albert Hall on Remembrance Sunday.
Programme
- Requiem (Grande messe des morts)
Performers
- conductor
- tenor
Composers
Fri 18 Nov 2016
- 19:00City of London School for Girls, London
Develop your vocal technique with Mary King and members of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers as they rehearse Kurt Weill's 'The Seven Deadly Sins'.
Wed 23 Nov 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
A concert celebrating the music of two European émigrés, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Kurt Weill, who fled to the US in the 1930s.
A concert celebrating the music of two European émigrés, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Kurt Weill, who fled to the US in the 1930s.
Programme
- Symphony in F sharp
- Klopslied
- A Touch of Venus
- Veronika, der Lenz ist da
- Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
- The Seven Deadly Sins
- All God's Children Got Rhythm
Performers
- conductor
- Anna
- ensemble
Composers
Also part ofStage, screen & voice
Sun 27 Nov 2016
- 10:30Barbican, London
Starring Albert Finney as Hercule Poiret, the film is based on Agatha Christie’s classic book.
- 13:15Milton Court
Chamber music by Richard Rodney Bennett, performed by students from the Guildhall School.
Chamber music by Richard Rodney Bennett, performed by students from the Guildhall School.
Programme
- After Syrinx
- Arabesque
- Noctuary
- Sonatina
- Songs before sleep
Performers
Composers
- 15:00Barbican, London
The man and the music: an introductory talk with archive footage.
- 16:30Barbican, London
A journey celebrating Bennett’s mastery of the orchestra with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra and the composer’s former musical partner Claire Martin.
A journey celebrating Bennett’s mastery of the orchestra with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra and the composer’s former musical partner Claire Martin.
Programme
- Partita
- Four Songs for Voice and Orchestraarr. Scott Dunn
- The Garden
- Reflections on a 16th-Century Tune
- Murder on the Orient Express, Suite (arr. David Lindup)
Performers
- conductor
- singer
- double bass
- piano
- saxophone
- drums
Composers
- 19:30Barbican, London
Rumon Gamba conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in a musical feast demonstrating Richard Rodney Bennett’s versatility as a composer.
Rumon Gamba conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in a musical feast demonstrating Richard Rodney Bennett’s versatility as a composer.
Programme
- Lady Caroline Lamb: Elegy for Viola and Orchestra
- Symphony No. 3
- Spells
- Anniversaries
Performers
- conductor
- soprano
- viola
Composers
Fri 2 Dec 2016
- 18:00Barbican, London
Bring your family along to this fun interactive workshop and receive concert tickets for just £5 (plus booking fee).
- 19:30Barbican, London
Bah, humbug. Join Ebenezer Scrooge and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, for Charles Dickens’s festive tale, adapted by composer Neil Brand.
Bah, humbug. Join Ebenezer Scrooge and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, for Charles Dickens’s festive tale, adapted by composer Neil Brand.
Programme
- Christmas Eve, Suite(25 mins)
- interval
- A Christmas Carol(80 mins)
Performers
- conductor
- Ebenezer Scrooge
- Tracy-Ann ObermanGhost of Christmas Past
- Liza Sadovyactor
- actor
- actor
- Carl Prekoppactor
- Shaun Masonactor
- Hannah Genesiusactor
- Evie Killip
Composers
Sat 3 Dec 2016
- 19:00Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers for Dickens's Yuletide classic
Wed 7 Dec 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
An invigorating concert featuring the world premiere of a Concerto for Brass and Orchestra, Haydn’s Symphony No 83 amusingly nicknamed ‘The Hen’, and Stravinsky’s epic The Firebird.
An invigorating concert featuring the world premiere of a Concerto for Brass and Orchestra, Haydn’s Symphony No 83 amusingly nicknamed ‘The Hen’, and Stravinsky’s epic The Firebird.
Programme
- Concerto for Brass and OrchestraÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission; world premiere
- Symphony No. 83 in G minor 'La poule'
- The Firebird
Performers
- conductor
Composers
Also part ofÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO 2016-17 season premieres
Thu 15 Dec 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
Two Russian blockbusters frame the UK premiere of True Fire: a new commission specially written for Barbican featured artist Gerald Finley.
Two Russian blockbusters frame the UK premiere of True Fire: a new commission specially written for Barbican featured artist Gerald Finley.
Programme
- Fantasy-Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
- True FireÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ co-commission; UK premiere
- Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Performers
- baritone
- conductor
Composers
Tue 20 Dec 2016
- 19:30Barbican, London
A night of wit, words and music with David Sedaris and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
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