9 Thursday Concerts: 8 live on BBC Radio 3, 5 streamed live to watch online
· Artists include Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov, Associate Conductor Alpesh Chauhan, Sir Mark Elder, Joana Carneiro, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Mark Padmore and Steven Isserlis.
· All concerts are LIVE and free to listen/watch and will be available for 30 days
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra today unveiled details of its planned season of online and on-air concerts for Autumn 2020. Broadcast from its home at Glasgow City Halls, every concert will be live and available either to listen to on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds, or to watch online via the orchestra’s website.
Due to government restrictions in Scotland, the orchestra cannot currently play to physical audiences. All performances and rehearsals are carried out under strict social distancing guidelines.
The season opens this Thursday (24 September) at 7.30pm under newly appointed Associate Conductor Alpesh Chauhan. Live on BBC Radio 3 and streamed online, the concert features symphonies by Prokofiev and Mendelssohn and works by Magnus Lindberg and Tippett.
Other plans for the season include: Isata Kanneh-Mason playing Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto; Nicholas Collon conducting the composer’s ‘Pastoral Symphony’ and music by Bacewicz; Shostakovich 14 under Mark Wigglesworth;and an all-Britten programme with Martyn Brabbins. Sir Mark Elder returns to the BBC SSO for the first time since the late ’90s, with a concert that includes Schreker’s Chamber Symphony.
Dominic Parker, Director of the BBC SSO, said: “We’re thrilled to be back playing and recording at City Halls. And while we can’t yet welcome people to concert halls, audiences can still join us for live music-making thanks to BBC Radio 3 and our online streams. I’m hugely proud that, under the current restrictions and at short notice, we’ve managed to bring together such a distinctive and exciting season.”
LISTINGS
Please note that the following information is subject to change or cancellation. All details were correct at the time of going to press. All performances are staged in adherence to strict social distancing guidelines. Currently it is not possible to have audiences at City Halls but we are monitoring the latest governmental advice.
Thursday 24 September 2020, 7.30pm
MENDELSSOHN 5 & PROKOFIEV 1
Watch live at bbc.co.uk/bbcsso
Listen live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
Magnus Lindberg Aventures
Prokofiev Symphony No.1 ‘Classical’
Tippett Fanfare No.1 For Brass
Mendelssohn Symphony No.5 (Reformation)
Alpesh Chauhan, conductor
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Thursday 1 October, 2.00pm
AFTERNOON CONCERT: SHOSTAKOVICH 14
Listen live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
Britten Simple Symphony
Shostakovich Symphony No.14*
Elizabeth Atherton, soprano
Joshua Bloom, bass
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
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Thursday 8 October, 7.30pm
BARBER’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
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Sibelius Pelléas et Mélisande
Barber Violin Concerto
Berwald Symphony No.3 ‘Sinfonie singulière’
Elena Urioste, violin
Richard Farnes, conductor
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Thursday 22 October, 7.30pm
SIR MARK ELDER CONDUCTS BACH, STRAVINSKY & SCHREKER
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JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.1
Stravinsky Danses concertantes
Schreker Chamber Symphony
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
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Thursday 29 October, 2.00pm
AFTERNOON CONCERT: BACEWICZ AND BEETHOVEN
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Bacewicz Music for Strings, Trumpets and Percussion
Beethoven Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’
Nicholas Collon,conductor
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Thursday 12 November, 7.30pm
BRABBINS CONDUCTS BRITTEN
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Britten Russian Funeral
Britten Nocturne*
Britten Lachrymae for viola and string orchestra
Britten (arr. Bedford) Suite from Death in Venice
Mark Padmore, tenor*
Scott Dickinson, viola
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
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Thursday 19 November, 7.30pm
ADAMS’ ‘SHAKER LOOPS’
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Listen live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No.1
John Adams Shaker Loops
Schumann Symphony No.2
Joana Carneiro, conductor
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Thursday 26 November, 7.30pm
ISATA KANNEH-MASON PLAYS BEETHOVEN
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Listen live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with Principal Guest Conductor, Ilan Volkov, and Isata Kanneh-Mason as soloist.
*Further repertoire for this concert will be announced shortly.
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Ilan Volkov, conductor
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Thursday 10 December, 7.30pm
ISSERLIS PLAYS SCHUMANN
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Listen live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
Andrée Concert Overture in D
Schumann Cello Concerto
Sally Beamish Reckless
Mozart Symphony No.34, K.338
Steven Isserlis, cello
Chloé van Soeterstède, conductor