Performances of Pyotr Tchaikovsky at BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
(See all works in BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra by Pyotr Tchaikovsky)Sun 16 Nov 2025
- 14:00City Halls
Award-winning actor Rory Kinnear (best known from his role in James Bond films) narrates Prokofiev’s playful 'Peter and the Wolf' and the phenomenal Sterling Elliott dazzles in Tchaikovsky's showpiece for cello and orchestra.
Award-winning actor Rory Kinnear (best known from his role in James Bond films) narrates Prokofiev’s playful 'Peter and the Wolf' and the phenomenal Sterling Elliott dazzles in Tchaikovsky's showpiece for cello and orchestra.
Programme
- Second Essay
- Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra(20 mins)
- interval
- Lincoln Portrait(14 mins)
- Peter and the Wolf, Op 67(30 mins)
Performers
- Rory Kinnearnarrator
- Sterling Elliottcello
- Christian ReifConductor
Thu 19 Mar 2026
- 19:30City Halls
Pulse-raising passion and a teenage prodigy’s firecracker piano concerto
Pulse-raising passion and a teenage prodigy’s firecracker piano concerto
Programme
- Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A-Flat Major(43 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’(42 mins)
Performers
- Duo Játékokpianos
- Delyana LazarovaConductor
Composers
Fri 20 Mar 2026
- 19:30Music Hall, Aberdeen
Tchaikovsky's pulse-raising passion and Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky's pulse-raising passion and Mozart's 'Turkish' Violin Concerto
Programme
- Little Suite(11 mins)
- Violin Concerto No 5 in A major, K 219 'Turkish'(30 mins)Cadenza by Raymond Yiu
- interval
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’(42 mins)
Performers
- Esther Yooviolin
- Delyana LazarovaConductor
Fri 30 Oct 2026
- 19:30Music Hall, Aberdeen
Musical fireworks ignite a new season as British violinist Chloë Hanslip performs Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Violin Concerto, and Mihhail Gerts explores the raw emotional power of Arvo Pärt (the world's most performed living composer at age 90!).
Musical fireworks ignite a new season as British violinist Chloë Hanslip performs Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Violin Concerto, and Mihhail Gerts explores the raw emotional power of Arvo Pärt (the world's most performed living composer at age 90!).
Programme
- Swansong(8 mins)
- Violin Concerto in D major(34 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No 4, ‘Lyrical’(36 mins)
Performers
- Chloë Hanslipviolin
- Mihhail GertsConductor
Composers
Thu 5 Nov 2026
- 14:00Glasgow City Halls
“With desire and passion,” wrote Tchaikovsky on the score of his Fifth Symphony... and you’re about to hear why! Soprano Sophie Bevan also stars in this vibrant all-Russian programme launching the Afternoon Performance series.
“With desire and passion,” wrote Tchaikovsky on the score of his Fifth Symphony... and you’re about to hear why! Soprano Sophie Bevan also stars in this vibrant all-Russian programme launching the Afternoon Performance series.
Programme
- Baba Yaga and The Enchanted Lake(10 mins)
- Songs and Dances of Death(22 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 5 in E minor(47 mins)
Performers
- Sophie Bevansoprano
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
Sun 8 Nov 2026
- 15:00Usher Hall, Edinburgh
“With desire and passion,” wrote Tchaikovsky on the score of his Fifth Symphony... and you’re about to hear why! Soprano Sophie Bevan also features in this vibrant all-Russian programme launching the Usher Hall Series.
“With desire and passion,” wrote Tchaikovsky on the score of his Fifth Symphony... and you’re about to hear why! Soprano Sophie Bevan also features in this vibrant all-Russian programme launching the Usher Hall Series.
Programme
- Baba Yaga and The Enchanted Lake(10 mins)
- Songs and Dances of Death(22 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Performers
- Sophie Bevansoprano
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
