BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 2026/27 Season Events
Tue 15 Sep 2026
- 19:00BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK
Words and music, presented at the Philharmonic Studio as part of the BBC’s much-loved festival of music and speech.
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Sat 19 Sep 2026
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Join us for the opening concert of our 2026/27 season at the Bridgewater Hall – featuring Sibelius Symphony No. 5, Wagner’s Overture to Lohengrin and Gabriella Smith’s organ concerto, Breathing Forests.
Join us for the opening concert of our 2026/27 season at the Bridgewater Hall – featuring Sibelius Symphony No. 5, Wagner’s Overture to Lohengrin and Gabriella Smith’s organ concerto, Breathing Forests.
Programme
- Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I
- Breathing Forests, Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
- Symphony No. 5
Performers
- John Storgårdsconductor
- James McVinnieOrgan
Fri 25 Sep 2026
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Music of death and the divine – Brahms’s German Requiem and Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 24.
Music of death and the divine – Brahms’s German Requiem and Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 24.
Programme
- Psalm 24
- A German Requiem
Performers
- Anja Bihlmaierconductor
- Julia Grütersoprano
- Joshua Hopkinsbaritone
- Audi Young Persons’ Choral Academy
Composers
Sat 10 Oct 2026
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’ sits alongside Korngold’s cinematically inspired Violin Concerto.
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’ sits alongside Korngold’s cinematically inspired Violin Concerto.
Programme
- Overture to Candide
- Violin Concerto
- Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’
Performers
- Yoel Gamzouconductor
- Elena Uriosteviolin
Fri 16 Oct 2026
- 20:00Royal Northern College of Music
Leader Zoë Beyers leads the latest instalment in our series at the RNCM – music from William Byrd, Benjamin Britten, Errollyn Wallen, Edmund Finnis, Tom Coult and Michael Tippett.
Leader Zoë Beyers leads the latest instalment in our series at the RNCM – music from William Byrd, Benjamin Britten, Errollyn Wallen, Edmund Finnis, Tom Coult and Michael Tippett.
Programme
- Christe qui lux es et dies
- Photography
- Les illuminations
- Hymn (after Byrd)
- Black Shuck Lament
- Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Performers
- Zoë Beyersdirector
- Guy Cuttingtenor
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