BBC SSO
A live laboratory for bold repertoire, new music and the airwaves.
Broadcast from the room, alive in the room.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra — Based at City Halls and broadcasting from Glasgow since 1935, the orchestra makes familiar scores feel newly discovered and new music feel immediately necessary. Ryan Wigglesworth leads a season that moves from Beethoven and Mahler to film, birdsong and the electric violin.
Glasgow, carried on the air.
Opening Night: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
Ryan Wigglesworth · Bomsori · Beethoven + Zemlinsky
Beethoven & Mozart in Oban
Stefano Boccacci · Chris Gough · Britten + Mozart + Vaughan Williams
The Cumnock Tryst: Jess Gillam plays MacMillan’s Saxophone Concerto
Sir James MacMillan · Jess Gillam · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart + Sir James MacMillan
Steve Reich at 90: The Four Sections
Colin Currie · Bryce Dessner · Steve Reich
Antony Hermus conducts Mahler’s Tenth Symphony
Antony Hermus · Jeths + Mahler 10
Antony Hermus conducts Mahler’s Tenth Symphony in Perth
Antony Hermus · Jeths + Mahler 10
Enrico Chapela’s Electric Violin Concerto
Mihhail Gerts · Chloë Hanslip · Pärt + Chapela + Tubin
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in Aberdeen
Mihhail Gerts · Chloë Hanslip · Arvo Pärt + Pyotr Tchaikovsky + Eduard Tubin
Psycho (1960): Film with Live Orchestra
Ben Palmer · Bernard Herrmann · Hitchcock on the big screen
Afternoon Performance: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5
Ryan Wigglesworth · Sophie Bevan · Lyadov + Mussorgsky + Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 in Edinburgh
Ryan Wigglesworth · Sophie Bevan · Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov + Modest Mussorgsky + Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Afternoon Performance: Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
Kalena Bovell · Oleg Shebeta-Dragan · Mozart + Bartók
Beethoven & Mozart in Ayr
Stefano Boccacci · Chris Gough · Ligeti + Mozart + Vaughan Williams
Erland Cooper’s Dawn Chorus & Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending
Robert Ames · Freya Goldmark · Cooper + Vaughan Williams
Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 ‘Choral’ with Hallé Choir
Delyana Lazarova · Hallé Choir · Chin + Beethoven 9
Brahms’ Symphony No.2
Ryan Wigglesworth · Benjamin Baker · Kaner + Brahms 2
Christmas Classics in Aberdeen
Jamie MacDougall, singer and presenter
Christmas Classics in Glasgow
Jamie MacDougall, singer and presenter
Christmas at the Movies in Glasgow
Jamie MacDougall · Frances Mayli McCann
Christmas at the Movies in Edinburgh
Jamie MacDougall · Frances Mayli McCann
Metropolis (1927): Film with Live Orchestra
Ben Palmer · Gottfried Huppertz · Lang on the big screen
Friday Night is Music Night: Celebrating Scotland’s musical heritage
Derrick Morgan · Jamie MacDougall
Korngold’s Violin Concerto
Delyana Lazarova · Liya Petrova · Claude Debussy + Erich Wolfgang Korngold + Sergey Rachmaninov
Korngold’s Violin Concerto in Edinburgh
Delyana Lazarova · Liya Petrova · Claude Debussy + Erich Wolfgang Korngold + Sergey Rachmaninov
Beethoven’s Symphony No.7
Ilan Volkov · Akiko Suwanai · Toru Takemitsu + Dai Fujikura + Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 in Aberdeen
Ilan Volkov · Akiko Suwanai · Toru Takemitsu + Dai Fujikura + Ludwig van Beethoven
Afternoon Performance: Britten’s Les Illuminations
Ryan Wigglesworth · Erika Baikoff · Jasper Eaglesfield + Benjamin Britten + Richard Strauss
Holst’s The Planets
Ryan Wigglesworth · Laura van der Heijden · Gustav Holst + William Walton
Holst’s The Planets in Edinburgh
Ryan Wigglesworth · Laura van der Heijden · Gustav Holst + William Walton
Afternoon Performance: Elgar’s Cello Concerto
Michael Sanderling · Raphaela Gromes · Edward Elgar + Anton Bruckner
Elgar’s Cello Concerto in Perth
Michael Sanderling · Raphaela Gromes · Edward Elgar + Anton Bruckner
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.9 with Elisabeth Brauss
Ryan Wigglesworth · Elisabeth Brauß · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart + Anton Bruckner
Harrison Birtwistle’s The Second Mrs Kong
Martyn Brabbins · John Findon
Afternoon Performance: Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1
Ryan Wigglesworth · Denis Kozhukhin · Laila Arafah + Ludwig van Beethoven + Johannes Brahms
Brahms’s Piano Concerto No.1 in Aberdeen
Ryan Wigglesworth · Denis Kozhukhin · Laila Arafah + Ludwig van Beethoven + Johannes Brahms
Mozart’s Requiem with BBC Singers & Eric Whitacre (Paisley Abbey)
Eric Whitacre · Eleanor Dennis · Eric Whitacre + Lucy Walker + Caroline Shaw
Mozart’s Requiem with BBC Singers & Eric Whitacre in Edinburgh
Eric Whitacre · Eleanor Dennis · Eric Whitacre + Lucy Walker + Caroline Shaw
Afternoon Performance: Respighi: Panoramas of Rome
Emilia Hoving · Andrew Hamilton · Ottorino Respighi + Ernest Chausson + Grace Williams
Closing Night: Wagner’s The Valkyries, Act I
Ryan Wigglesworth · Brenden Gunnell · Richard Wagner
The Music & Meditation Podcast: LIVE
Izzy Judd, presenter