Performances of Oliver Knussen at BBC Music
(See all works in BBC Music by Oliver Knussen)Thu 30 Oct 2025
- 14:00City Halls
A fascination with nature, a love of the East and a shared passion for the endlessly subtle hues of French music: delicate and beautiful threads link the different pieces in this programme featuring soprano Claire Booth and violist Lawrence Power
A fascination with nature, a love of the East and a shared passion for the endlessly subtle hues of French music: delicate and beautiful threads link the different pieces in this programme featuring soprano Claire Booth and violist Lawrence Power
Programme
- Green(5 mins)
- Shéhérazade(16 mins)
- O Hototogisu! - fragment of a Japonisme(8 mins)
- interval
- On Opened Ground(25 mins)
- La valse(12 mins)
Performers
- Lawrence Powerviola
- Claire Boothsoprano
- Matthew Highamflute
Mon 3 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Kirill Gerstein is soloist in Rachmaninov’s glittering Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. He joins Thomas Søndergård and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, who also perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 and Knussen’s Flourish with Fireworks
Kirill Gerstein is soloist in Rachmaninov’s glittering Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. He joins Thomas Søndergård and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, who also perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 and Knussen’s Flourish with Fireworks
Programme
- Flourish with Fireworks(4 mins)
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini(22 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 11 in G minor, ‘The Year 1905’(55 mins)
Performers
- Kirill Gersteinpiano
- Thomas Søndergårdconductor
Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
