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Performances of Claude Debussy at BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Thu 27 Nov 2025
- 19:30
  Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto
  City Halls
  Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos”
  Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos”
  Programme
  Jessie Montgomery
  Strum(8 mins)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(40 mins)
  interval
  Samuel Barber
  Medea's Dance of Vengeance(14 mins)
  Claude Debussy
  La mer(24 mins)
  Performers
  Isata Kanneh‐Mason
  piano
  piano
  Delyana Lazarova
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jessie Montgomery
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Samuel Barber
  Claude Debussy
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2025/26
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Fri 28 Nov 2025
- 19:30
  Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto in Aberdeen
  Music Hall, Aberdeen
  Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos”
  Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos”
  Programme
  Jessie Montgomery
  Strum(8 mins)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(40 mins)
  interval
  Samuel Barber
  Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op 23a(14 mins)
  Claude Debussy
  La mer(24 mins)
  Performers
  Isata Kanneh‐Mason
  piano
  piano
  Delyana Lazarova
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jessie Montgomery
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Samuel Barber
  Claude Debussy
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Aberdeen Series 2025/26
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Thu 11 Dec 2025
- 19:30
  Debussy, Ravel & Rare Gem
  City Halls
  Shimmering soundscapes of impressionist magic and hidden treasures
  Shimmering soundscapes of impressionist magic and hidden treasures
  Programme
  Elsa Barraine
  Symphony No.2(19 mins)
  Maurice Ohana
  Piano Concerto(26 mins)
  interval
  Maurice Ravel
  Valses nobles et sentimentales (orchestral version)(16 mins)
  Claude Debussy
  Nocturnes, for women’s chorus and orchestra(26 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Ilan Volkov
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Nicolas Hodges
  piano
  piano
  Upper Voices of the RCS Chamber Choir
  Composers
  Elsa Barraine
  Maurice Ohana
  Maurice Ravel
  Claude Debussy
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2025/26
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Sun 15 Feb 2026
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Rachmaninov's Symphony No.1
  City Halls
  Rachmaninov's First Symphony is a gripping climax to this concert which also features Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.2: an afternoon that begins in the dream-world of Debussy’s mythical Faun, and ends at the gates of the inferno.
  Rachmaninov's First Symphony is a gripping climax to this concert which also features Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.2: an afternoon that begins in the dream-world of Debussy’s mythical Faun, and ends at the gates of the inferno.
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Prelude A L'Après-midi d'un faune(10 mins)
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor(26 mins)
  interval
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Symphony No. 1 in D minor(45 mins)
  Performers
  Hana Chang
  violin
  violin
  Chloé van Soeterstède
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2025/26 BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2025/26
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Thu 26 Mar 2026
- 19:30
  Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande
  City Halls
  A dreamlike tale of love and fate, wrapped in Debussy’s hypnotic harmonies.
  A dreamlike tale of love and fate, wrapped in Debussy’s hypnotic harmonies.
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Pelléas et Mélisande(195 mins)(concert performance; sung in French with English surtitles)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Huw Montague Rendall
  Pelléas - tenor
  Pelléas - tenor
  Sophie Bevan
  Mélisande - soprano
  Mélisande - soprano
  David Stout
  Golaud - baritone
  Golaud - baritone
  Karen Cargill
  Geneviève – mezzo-soprano
  Geneviève – mezzo-soprano
  Alastair Miles
  Arkel – bass
  Arkel – bass
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  Conductor
  Conductor
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2025/26
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Sun 29 Mar 2026
- 15:00
  Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande in Edinburgh
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  A dreamlike tale of love and fate, wrapped in Debussy’s hypnotic harmonies.
  A dreamlike tale of love and fate, wrapped in Debussy’s hypnotic harmonies.
  Programme
  Claude Debussy
  Pelléas et Mélisande(195 mins)(concert performance; sung in French with English surtitles)
  Performers
  Huw Montague Rendall
  Pelléas - tenor
  Pelléas - tenor
  Sophie Bevan
  Mélisande - soprano
  Mélisande - soprano
  David Stout
  Golaud - baritone
  Golaud - baritone
  Karen Cargill
  Geneviève – mezzo-soprano
  Geneviève – mezzo-soprano
  Alastair Miles
  Arkel – bass
  Arkel – bass
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Claude Debussy
  Part of
  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Edinburgh Series 2025/26
  Book Tickets Now