News Sport Weather iPlayer Sounds Bitesize CBeebies CBBC Food

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Calendar

By Month

Sun 2 Mar 2025
- 15:00
  Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius in Edinburgh
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  Imagine...powerful vocals and heartfelt melodies combine for an epic drama that stirs the soul.
  Imagine...powerful vocals and heartfelt melodies combine for an epic drama that stirs the soul.
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  The Dream of Gerontius(95 mins)
  Performers
  Beth Taylor
  mezzo soprano
  mezzo soprano
  Brenden Patrick Gunnell
  tenor
  tenor
  Neal Davies
  bass
  bass
  The Huddersfield Choral Society
  choir
  choir
  RCS Chamber Choir
  choir
  choir
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius BBC SSO Edinburgh 2024/25 Series
Thu 6 Mar 2025
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Sibelius's Symphony No.3
  Glasgow City Halls
  Two of the most dynamic young stars in Finnish music – violinist Tami Pohjola and conductor Taavi Oramo – bring a special freshness and energy to music filled with sea air and northern light.
  Two of the most dynamic young stars in Finnish music – violinist Tami Pohjola and conductor Taavi Oramo – bring a special freshness and energy to music filled with sea air and northern light.
  Programme
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)(11 mins)
  Magnus Lindberg
  Violin Concerto No.1(25 mins)
  interval
  Jean Sibelius
  Symphony No 3 in C major(30 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Tami Pohjola
  violin
  violin
  Taavi Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Magnus Lindberg
  Jean Sibelius
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2024/25 BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Thu 13 Mar 2025
- 19:30
  Zakir Hussain’s Triple Concerto & Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’
  Glasgow City Halls
  Imagine...an intoxicating combination of Eastern and Western traditions creates musical magic.
  Imagine...an intoxicating combination of Eastern and Western traditions creates musical magic.
  Programme
  Zakir Hussain
  Triple Concerto for Tabla, Sitar and Bansuri(28 mins)
  interval
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  The Isle of the Dead(20 mins)
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)(23 mins)
  Performers
  Fazal Qureshi
  tabla
  tabla
  Niladri Kumar
  sitar
  sitar
  Rakesh Chaurasia
  bansuri
  bansuri
  Alpesh Chauhan
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Zakir Hussain
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Zakir Hussain’s Triple Concerto & Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’ BBC SSO Student Series 2024/25 BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Fri 14 Mar 2025
- 19:30
  Stravinsky's The Firebird in Aberdeen
  Music Hall, Aberdeen
  Imagine...an intoxicating combination of Eastern and Western traditions creates musical magic
  Imagine...an intoxicating combination of Eastern and Western traditions creates musical magic
  Programme
  Zakir Hussain
  Triple Concerto for Tabla, Sitar and Bansuri(28 mins)
  interval
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  The Isle of the Dead(20 mins)
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)(23 mins)
  Performers
  Fazal Qureshi
  tabla
  tabla
  Niladri Kumar
  sitar
  sitar
  Rakesh Chaurasia
  bansuri
  bansuri
  Alpesh Chauhan
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Zakir Hussain
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Igor Stravinsky
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Zakir Hussain’s Triple Concerto & Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’ BBC SSO Aberdeen 2024/25 Series
Thu 20 Mar 2025
- 19:30
  Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.4
  Glasgow City Halls
  Imagine...devastatingly beautiful melodies & breath-taking virtuosity that thrills you to the edge of your seat.
  Imagine...devastatingly beautiful melodies & breath-taking virtuosity that thrills you to the edge of your seat.
  Programme
  Ricardo Ferro
  [Apsinthos](8 mins)(World Premiere)
  Matthias Pintscher
  Neharot
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor(28 mins)
  interval
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Pelleas and Melisande(42 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Denis Kozhukhin
  piano
  piano
  Matthias Pintscher
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ricardo Ferro
  Matthias Pintscher
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Arnold Schoenberg
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Sun 30 Mar 2025
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances
  Glasgow City Halls
  BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist soprano Johanna Wallroth turns the leaves of the Richard Strauss songbook: miniature worlds of tenderness, melody and romance, perfectly suited to what one critic called the “pure magic” of her voice.
  BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist soprano Johanna Wallroth turns the leaves of the Richard Strauss songbook: miniature worlds of tenderness, melody and romance, perfectly suited to what one critic called the “pure magic” of her voice.
  Programme
  Grażyna Bacewicz
  Overture(6 mins)
  Richard Strauss
  Songs for soprano(19 mins)(Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden, Morgen, Säusle liebe Myrthe, Wiegenlied, Als mir dein Lied erklang)
  interval
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Symphonic Dances(40 mins)
  Performers
  Johanna Wallroth
  soprano
  soprano
  Stephanie Childress
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Grażyna Bacewicz
  Richard Strauss
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2024/25 BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25