BBC Orchestras and Choirs

Wolfe was two blocks from the Twin Towers when the planes hit on September 11, 2001. *Big Beautiful Dark and Scary* is the sound of that aftermath: an ominous, awesome wall of sound.

Passions run high as countertenor Hugh Cutting sings Jonathan Dove’s dramatic Hojoki – plus orchestral showstoppers by Liszt and Dorothy Howell.

Mat Collishaw’s video installation reimagines Liszt’s Dante Symphony, performed live by the BBC Concert Orchestra, with modern-day visions of collapse.

We continue our thrillingly up-close series at the RNCM with a heavyweight artistic collaboration – our Chief Conductor John Storgårds joins the acclaimed pianist Tamara Stefanovich in this exploration of the pure power of the piano.

Callie Rose Petal is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist & semiotician, creator of theory-fiction field (Lexicomythography) comprising language art, ritual composition & software. She confronts the violence of language through the language of violence.

From The King’s Speech to Amadeus; Out of Africa to 2001 A Space Odyssey, the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates the classics from the movies – live, in Nottingham.

Hollywood dreams meet all-American nightmares. Fabien Gabel conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in music from Vertigo and The Sea Hawk – and dives into the myths and memories of a new American century.

Join us in the BBC Philharmonic Studio as we perform Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major, and Schumann's Spring Symphony.

Londoner Ayanna Witter-Johnson blends jazz & classical, teaming with Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie & BBC SSO players at Glasgow’s SWG3. Celebrating Scottish jazz legends, their collaboration merges jazz, folk, & classical in a unique musical tribute.

Striking a balance between the light-hearted and the noble, Elgar’s Variations are an ingenious collection of musical sketches of his friends plus an astute self-portrait; an enigma hidden within the score.