91Èȱ¬ SO Classical for Starters Events
Fri 3 May 2019
- 19:30Barbican, London
An all-Russian concert of firsts introduces the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra’s new joint leader with a major concerto performance and sees the orchestra perform a long-lost work by Stravinsky.
An all-Russian concert of firsts introduces the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra’s new joint leader with a major concerto performance and sees the orchestra perform a long-lost work by Stravinsky.
Programme
- Funeral Song
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
- The Rite of Spring
Performers
- Igor Yuzefovichviolin
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Composers
Fri 26 Apr 2019
- 19:30Barbican, London
Two great Romantic works, each with a very personal significance for their composer, are paired here in a concert of music that celebrates friendship and mourns loss.
Two great Romantic works, each with a very personal significance for their composer, are paired here in a concert of music that celebrates friendship and mourns loss.
Programme
- Violin Concerto in B minor
- Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Nicola Benedettiviolin
Composers
Wed 23 Jan 2019
- 19:30Barbican, London
Two great Romantic works – Schumann’s heart-on-sleeve Cello Concerto and Brahms’ Third Symphony – celebrate the friendship and musical kinship between the two composers.
Two great Romantic works – Schumann’s heart-on-sleeve Cello Concerto and Brahms’ Third Symphony – celebrate the friendship and musical kinship between the two composers.
Programme
- Ik zeg: NU (I Say: NOW)world premiere; 91Èȱ¬ commission
- Cello Concerto in A minor
- Symphony No. 3 in F major
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Steven Isserliscello
Fri 18 Jan 2019
- 19:30Barbican, London
A concert of musical darkness and light pairs Beethoven’s sunny Violin Concerto with the atmospheric shadows of Schoenberg’s *Pelleas und Melisande*.
A concert of musical darkness and light pairs Beethoven’s sunny Violin Concerto with the atmospheric shadows of Schoenberg’s *Pelleas und Melisande*.
Programme
- Violin Concerto in D major
- Pelleas and Melisande
Performers
- Ryan Wigglesworthconductor (please note change to originally advertised artist)
- James Ehnesviolin
Composers
Also part of91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season
Fri 7 Dec 2018
- 19:30Barbican, London
Love and death collide with wit and irreverence in a programme of contemporary classics, which has one of the century’s most powerful symphonies at its heart.
Love and death collide with wit and irreverence in a programme of contemporary classics, which has one of the century’s most powerful symphonies at its heart.
Programme
- Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
- Seven Early Songs
- Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Performers
- Rafael Payareconductor
- Dorothea Röschmannsoprano