ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season Events
Sun 29 Jun 2025
- 15:00Barbican, London
Quentin Blake’s glorious, multicoloured Box of Treasures bursts open as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra accompanies two wonderfully animated adventures live: Angel Pavement and Loveykins.
Quentin Blake’s glorious, multicoloured Box of Treasures bursts open as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra accompanies two wonderfully animated adventures live: Angel Pavement and Loveykins.
Programme
- Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures
Composers
Fri 23 May 2025
- 19:30Barbican, London
Goodnight, Vienna: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra brings its season to an unforgettable close.
Goodnight, Vienna: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra brings its season to an unforgettable close.
Programme
- Kammersymphonie(25 mins)
- interval
- Das Lied von der Erde(64 mins)
Performers
- Sir Mark Elderconductor
- Alice Cootemezzo-soprano
- David Butt Philiptenor
Composers
Fri 16 May 2025
- 19:30Barbican, London
From the depths to the stars; from romance to tragedy: Dima Slobodeniouk pairs Prokofiev’s 'Romeo and Juliet' with Lili Boulanger’s mighty shout of hope and praise.
From the depths to the stars; from romance to tragedy: Dima Slobodeniouk pairs Prokofiev’s 'Romeo and Juliet' with Lili Boulanger’s mighty shout of hope and praise.
Programme
- Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme'(24 mins)
- Three Interludes from 'The Sacrifice'
- interval
- Excerpts from 'Romeo and Juliet'
Performers
- Dima Slobodenioukconductor
- Marta Fontanals-Simmonsmezzo-soprano
- Graham Nealtenor
Fri 25 Apr 2025
- 19:30Barbican, London
Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
Programme
- Egmont - overture
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor(33 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 1 in D major(50 mins)
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Stephen Houghpiano
Composers
Wed 16 Apr 2025
- 19:30Barbican, London
Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s playful Fourth Symphony – and plays the violin too, as Kurt Weill retells the myth of Orpheus in his own, utterly original style.
Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s playful Fourth Symphony – and plays the violin too, as Kurt Weill retells the myth of Orpheus in his own, utterly original style.
Programme
- Lamia(12 mins)
- Der neue Orpheus, Op. 15(20 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 4 in G major(54 mins)
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor/violin
- Anu Komsisoprano
Composers
Fri 11 Apr 2025
- 19:30Barbican, London
England’s dreaming: Sakari Oramo rediscovers rare and wonderful British masterpieces by Vaughan Williams, Doreen Carwithen and Malcolm Arnold.
England’s dreaming: Sakari Oramo rediscovers rare and wonderful British masterpieces by Vaughan Williams, Doreen Carwithen and Malcolm Arnold.
Programme
- Serenade to Music(13 mins)
- Concerto for Piano(31 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 5(33 mins)
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Alexandra Dariescupiano
