Performances of Lisa Batiashvili at BBC Symphony Orchestra
Fri 6 Feb 2026
- 19:30Barbican, London
Love, death and pomegranates: Sakari Oramo rediscovers Stravinsky’s epic retelling of the myth of Persephone.
Love, death and pomegranates: Sakari Oramo rediscovers Stravinsky’s epic retelling of the myth of Persephone.
Programme
- Violin Concerto No. 1
- interval
- Perséphone
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Lisa Batiashviliviolin
- Amira Casarnarrator
- Peter Tantsitstenor
- BBC Symphony Choruschoir
- Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial Schoolchildren's choir
Composers
Fri 18 Jul 2025
- 18:45Royal Albert Hall
The 2025 First Night sees Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides’ Overture and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto featured alongside British classics from Bliss and Vaughan Williams, plus a world premiere from Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen
The 2025 First Night sees Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides’ Overture and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto featured alongside British classics from Bliss and Vaughan Williams, plus a world premiere from Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen
Programme
- Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood(2 mins)
- Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)(10 mins)
- Violin Concerto in D minor(35 mins)
- interval
- The Elements(10 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Sancta civitas(30 mins)
Performers
- Lisa Batiashviliviolin
- Caspar Singhtenor
- Gerald Finleybass-baritone
- London Youth Choirs(members from)
- Sakari Oramoconductor
