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BBC SSO Student Series 2024/25 Events

Thu 8 May 2025
- 19:30
  Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony
  Glasgow City Halls
  Imagine...a journey from darkness to light. Struggles between love & despair inspire a pulse-raising master-piece that stirs the soul.
  Imagine...a journey from darkness to light. Struggles between love & despair inspire a pulse-raising master-piece that stirs the soul.
  Programme
  Lera Auerbach
  Icarus(12 mins)
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor(38 mins)
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor(46 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Rosanne Philippens
  violin
  violin
  Gemma New
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Lera Auerbach
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Thu 13 Mar 2025
- 19:30
  Zakir Hussain’s Triple Concerto & Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’
  Glasgow City Halls
  Imagine...an intoxicating combination of Eastern and Western traditions creates musical magic.
  Imagine...an intoxicating combination of Eastern and Western traditions creates musical magic.
  Programme
  Zakir Hussain
  Triple Concerto for Tabla, Sitar and Bansuri(28 mins)
  interval
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  The Isle of the Dead(20 mins)
  Igor Stravinsky
  The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)(23 mins)
  Performers
  Fazal Qureshi
  tabla
  tabla
  Niladri Kumar
  sitar
  sitar
  Rakesh Chaurasia
  bansuri
  bansuri
  Alpesh Chauhan
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Zakir Hussain
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Igor Stravinsky
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Zakir Hussain’s Triple Concerto & Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’ BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Thu 6 Feb 2025
- 19:30
  Colin Currie in Glasgow
  Glasgow City Halls
  Imagine...an irrational robot goes terrifyingly off the rails… & Percussionist Colin Currie is the only man who can stop it.
  Imagine...an irrational robot goes terrifyingly off the rails… & Percussionist Colin Currie is the only man who can stop it.
  Programme
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Autumnal Sketch, Op 8(9 mins)
  Olga Neuwirth
  Trurliade – Zone Zero for solo percussion and orchestra(33 mins)
  interval
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Symphony No 6 in E flat minor(42 mins)
  Performers
  Colin Currie
  percussion
  percussion
  Mihhail Gerts
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Olga Neuwirth
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Colin Currie BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Thu 14 Nov 2024
- 19:30
  Elder Conducts Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty
  Glasgow City Halls
  Imagine...glorious tunes in an enchanting ballet score for a timeless fairy tale.
  Imagine...glorious tunes in an enchanting ballet score for a timeless fairy tale.
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Scènes historiques - Suite No. 2(19 mins)
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor(30 mins)
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  The Sleeping Beauty, Suite(40 mins)
  Performers
  Tom Borrow
  piano
  piano
  Sir Mark Elder
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25
Thu 3 Oct 2024
- 19:30
  Gabriela Montero's ‘Latin’ Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  Imagine...irrepressible imagination and flair from a Venezuelan virtuoso.
  Imagine...irrepressible imagination and flair from a Venezuelan virtuoso.
  Programme
  Caroline Shaw
  Entr'acte for strings(12 mins)
  Gabriela Montero
  Piano Concerto No.1(37 mins)('Latin Concerto’)
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 4 in E minor(41 mins)
  Performers
  Gabriela Montero
  piano
  piano
  Elim Chan
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Caroline Shaw
  Gabriela Montero
  Johannes Brahms
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2024-25 Season BBC SSO Gabriela Montero Latin Concerto BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2024/25

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TV & Radio

23:20

Stravinsky - The Firebird

Delyana Lazarova conducts Stravinsky's 'The Firebird - Suite' in City Halls, Glasgow.

13 JunBBC

26:52

Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Sean Shibe performs Rodrigo's classic for guitar and orchestra in Glasgow.

13 JunBBC

38:21

Stravinsky - Petrushka

Ilan Volkov conducts the 1947 version of Stravinsky's 'Petrushka' with the BBC SSO.

13 JunBBC