March 2008 News Archive
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BBC Symphony Orchestra 2008–9 Barbican season includes concert performance of Martinů opera Julietta conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek, UK première of Svatopluk Havelka Hommage á Hieronymous Bosch conducted by Jakub Hrůša, and Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen sung by Dagmar Pecková
First posted 5 March 2008
The BBC Symphony Orchestra’s main 2008-9 London season has recently been announced. All concerts are at the Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS. (We still await details of the 2008 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall).
The concerts with Czech repertoire (Dvořák, Havelka, Mahler, Martinů, Smetana and Suk) or artists (Jiří Bělohlávek, Jakub Hrůša, Dagmar Pecková and Ivan Ženatý) are as follows:
- 3 October 2008
7.00pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm)| BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Christine Brewer (soprano), Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Stephen Milling (bass) | • Beethoven: Missa solemnis - 12 November 2008
7.30pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm) | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor) | • Bruckner: Symphony No 5 in B flat - 28 November 2008
7.00pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm) | BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Trinity Boys’ Choir, Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Sally Matthews (soprano), John Graham-Hall (tenor), William Dazeley (baritone) | • Svatopluk Havelka: Hommage á Hieronymous Bosch (UK première) | • Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber | • Orff: Carmina burana - 8 January 2009
7.00pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm) | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Dagmar Pecková (soprano), Ivan Ženatý (violin) | • Smetana: Libuše: overture | • Suk: Fantasy in G for Violin and Orchestra | • Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen | • Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (B 178) ‘New World’ - 27 March 2009
7.00pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm) | BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), soloists to include William Burden (tenor) and Andreas Jaggi (tenor) | • Martinů: Julietta (H 253) (concert staging) - 30 April 2009
7.00pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm) | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Katherine Broderick (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Tenor to be announced, Matthew Rose (bass) | • Wagner: Overture and Good Friday Music from Parsifal | • Bruckner: Mass No 3 in F minor - 16 May 2009
7.30pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm) | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) | • Brian Elias: New Work (BBC commission: world première) | • Haydn: Cello Concerto in C | • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor ‘Pathétique’ - 23 May 2009
7.30pm (pre-concert talk at 6.00pm) | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) | • Haydn: Cello Concerto in D | • Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor
