BBC Philharmonic - Concerts
BBC Philharmonic
Concerts
BBC Philharmonic - Cracking Elgar's Enigma Code
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 30 November 2024
And then a bold hybrid, inspired by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra?s very own Principal Bassoon, Roberto Giaccaglia along with the works of Swiss artist HR Giger, Anima Mia promises to be an extraordinary animal. Alien vs. Bassoon....BBC Philharmonic - From the Canyons to the Stars
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 12 December 2024
Pianist Steven Osborne is a huge champion of Messiaen?s music. Tonight, he joins BBC Philharmonic Orchestra?s Associate Artist Ludovic Morlot and horn player Martin Owen for a rare chance to hear this luminous work by one of the most distin...BBC Philharmonic - Daphnis and Chloé
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 11 January 2025
A ravishing and truly fitting celebration of his 150th birthday year. Join us to enjoy more Ravel and Boulez on 22 February....BBC Philharmonic - The Firebird
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
From our green and pleasant land, we travel to the depths of Russia. The land of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker also gave us the magical, majestic world of Stravinsky?s Firebird. The October Revolution is remembered in Shostakovich?s Second S...BBC Philharmonic - Pictures at an Exhibition
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
A giant hut on legs, an ancient castle and a ballet of unhatched chicks are only some of the images brought to life in Pictures at an Exhibition. From the depths of the catacombs to glory of the Great Gate of Kiev, the might of Mussorgsky?s...BBC Philharmonic - A Celebration of International Women's Day
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
To finish, the Fifth Symphony of Emilie Mayer. A trailblazer during her lifetime, Mayer?s music earns her a place amongst the greatest composers of the 19th century....BBC Philharmonic - Grieg's Piano Concerto
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 March 2025
Finally, Sibelius?s Third Symphony. John Storga?rds has been called a ?master architect? of this great symphonist. The synergy between these two Finns is, quite simply unmissable....BBC Philharmonic - John Wilson conducts Saint-Saëns's Organ Symphony
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 29 March 2025
John Wilson conducts this French programme in all its finery. Before that, we?ll hear music by Ernest Chausson, one of the 19th century?s great melodists: Poe?me de l?amour et de la mer, his masterpiece for singer and orchestra. But we star...BBC Philharmonic - Roman Holiday
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 3 April 2025
It?s not all serioso though and the proof is in tonight?s sparkling opener: Rossini?s overture to The Thieving Magpie. There are more bubbles here than in a Bellini! To finish, Pulcinella?gives us Italy?s answer to Punch and Judy. Our final...BBC Philharmonic - Mahler Symphony No. 9
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
As Gustav Mahler began his Ninth Symphony, he was fully aware of its portent. Like Beethoven, Schubert and Bruckner before him, his Ninth was to be the last he finished Mahler knew about his heart defect which would prove fatal. This most e...BBC Philharmonic - Let me tell you
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 17 May 2025
Beethoven?s symphonic canon is to the concert platform what Shakespeare?s plays are to the stage. We join the man taking Vienna by storm at the start of his journey with the ebullient First Symphony. (Exit, pursued by a bear)....BBC Philharmonic - The Voice of Nature
