Performances of Benjamin Baker at BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Thu 10 Dec 2026

• 19:30

  Brahms' Symphony No.2

  Glasgow City Halls

  RADIANT SOUNDS, DARING SPIRIT: Brahms composed his Second Symphony while on holiday in the Austrian Alps, and that sense of sunshine and soaring vistas glows in every note.

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  RADIANT SOUNDS, DARING SPIRIT: Brahms composed his Second Symphony while on holiday in the Austrian Alps, and that sense of sunshine and soaring vistas glows in every note.

  Programme

  • • • Robert Schumann
      • Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op 52(19 mins)
    • • Matthew Kaner
      • Violin Concerto(World Premiere, BBC Commission)
    • • interval
    • • Johannes Brahms
      • Symphony No. 2 in D major(40 mins)

  Performers

  • Benjamin Baker

    violin
    violin
  • Ryan Wigglesworth

    Conductor
    Conductor
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Robert Schumann
  • Matthew Kaner
  • Johannes Brahms

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  Part of

  BBC SSO 2026-27 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2026/27