Performances of Morgan Pearse at BBC Symphony Orchestra

Fri 26 Feb 2027

• 19:30

  Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony

  Barbican, London

  The raw power of Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony meets the anguished humanity of John Adams and Walt Whitman: Jukka-Pekka Saraste explores the terror and compassion of 20th century music at its most powerful.

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  The raw power of Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony meets the anguished humanity of John Adams and Walt Whitman: Jukka-Pekka Saraste explores the terror and compassion of 20th century music at its most powerful.

  Programme

  • • • John Adams
      • The Wound-Dresser
    • • interval
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Symphony No. 4 in C minor

  Performers

  • Jukka‐Pekka Saraste

    conductor
    conductor
  • Morgan Pearse

    baritone
    baritone
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • John Adams
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

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  Part of

  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2026-27 Barbican Season