Performances of Samuel Barber at BBC Music
(See all works in BBC Music by Samuel Barber)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 27 Nov 2025
- 19:30BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Nil Venditti returns to BBC Hoddinott Hall this November with another programme featuring Respighi and Rossini, this time alongside the iconic Violin Concerto by Barber and the UK premiere of María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir’s Oceans.
Nil Venditti returns to BBC Hoddinott Hall this November with another programme featuring Respighi and Rossini, this time alongside the iconic Violin Concerto by Barber and the UK premiere of María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir’s Oceans.
Programme
- OceansUK premiere
- Violin Concerto
- Rossiniana
- William Tell – overture
Performers
- Nil VendittiConductor
- Stella Chenviolin
- 19:30City Halls
Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos” and Delyana Lazarova makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor!
Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos” and Delyana Lazarova makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor!
Programme
- Strum(8 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(40 mins)
- interval
- Medea's Dance of Vengeance(14 mins)
- La mer(24 mins)
Performers
- Isata Kanneh‐Masonpiano
- Delyana LazarovaConductor
Fri 28 Nov 2025
- 19:30Music Hall, Aberdeen
Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos” and Delyana Lazarova makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor!
Isata Kanneh-Mason conquers the legendary “Everest of piano concertos” and Delyana Lazarova makes her debut as Principal Guest Conductor!
Programme
- Strum(8 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor(40 mins)
- interval
- Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op 23a(14 mins)
- La mer(24 mins)
Performers
- Isata Kanneh‐Masonpiano
- Delyana LazarovaConductor
Thu 5 Feb 2026
- 19:30City Halls
“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member
“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member
Programme
- Le tombeau de Couperin(17 mins)
- Symphony No. 1 in One movement(21 mins)
- interval
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine(5 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(34 mins)
Performers
- Gemma NewConductor
- Alessio Baxpiano
Sun 8 Feb 2026
- 15:00Usher Hall, Edinburgh
“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member
“Goosebumps Galactica!” in the words of a BBC SSO audience member
Programme
- Le tombeau de Couperin(17 mins)
- Symphony No. 1 in One movement(21 mins)
- interval
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine(5 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(34 mins)
Performers
- Gemma NewConductor
- Alessio Baxpiano
Sun 5 Jul 2026
- 15:00BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
We mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the document of independence with an all American programme featuring some of the most famous American composers in history, from Copland, Barber and Bernstein to William Grant Still and Christopher Tin.
We mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the document of independence with an all American programme featuring some of the most famous American composers in history, from Copland, Barber and Bernstein to William Grant Still and Christopher Tin.
Programme
- Appalachian Spring
- Piano ConcertoUK premiere
- Festive Overture
- Agnus Dei
- Chichester Psalms
Performers
- Kellen Grayconductor
- Lara Downespiano
Thu 13 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with an all-American programme featuring works by George Gerswhin, Samuel Barber and Wynton Marsalis
James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with an all-American programme featuring works by George Gerswhin, Samuel Barber and Wynton Marsalis
Programme
- Concerto for Orchestra(36 mins)BBC co-commission: UK premiere
- interval
- Piano Concerto in F major(31 mins)
- Symphony No. 1 in One movement(21 mins)
Performers
- Yeol Eum Sonpiano
- James Gaffiganconductor
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £16.28 to £59.12 (including booking fee)
Sat 22 Aug 2026
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms under Jonathon Heyward, bringing with it Dvořák’s ecstatic hymn to nature, the Symphony No. 8, and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with star American soprano Angel Blue
The Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms under Jonathon Heyward, bringing with it Dvořák’s ecstatic hymn to nature, the Symphony No. 8, and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with star American soprano Angel Blue
Programme
- Dance Suite(15 mins)reconstr. & arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe; world premiere
- Knoxville: Summer of 1915(15 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 8 in G major(34 mins)
Performers
- Angel Bluesoprano
- Jonathon Heywardconductor
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
Fri 30 Oct 2026
- 19:30Barbican, London
Randall Goosby plays Barber’s Violin Concerto; a soaring prelude to the UK premiere of Caroline Shaw’s intergalactic oratorio, 'The Listeners'.
Randall Goosby plays Barber’s Violin Concerto; a soaring prelude to the UK premiere of Caroline Shaw’s intergalactic oratorio, 'The Listeners'.
Programme
- Grazhyna Op.58
- Violin Concerto
- interval
- The ListenersUK Premiere
Performers
- Dalia Stasevskaconductor
- Randall Goosbyviolin
- Lotte Betts-Deanmezzo-soprano
- Florian Störtzbass-baritone
