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BBC SSO Afternoon Performances 2026/27 Events

Thu 5 Nov 2026
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.5
  Glasgow City Halls
  Programme
  Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  Baba Yaga and The Enchanted Lake(10 mins)
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Songs and Dances of Death(22 mins)
  interval
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor(47 mins)
  Performers
  Sophie Bevan
  soprano
  soprano
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2026-27 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2026/27
Sun 15 Nov 2026
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  Programme
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Capriccio espagnol, Op 34(16 mins)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Clarinet Concerto in A major(28 mins)
  interval
  Béla Bartók
  Concerto for Orchestra(35 mins)
  Performers
  Oleg Shebeta-Dragan
  clarinet
  clarinet
  Kalena Bovell
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Béla Bartók
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2026-27 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2026/27
Sun 21 Feb 2027
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Britten's Les Illuminations
  Glasgow City Halls
  Programme
  Jasper Eaglesfield
  No garden, no flowers(3 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  Les illuminations(22 mins)
  interval
  Richard Strauss
  Der Rosenkavalier – suite(22 mins)
  Performers
  Erika Baikoff
  soprano
  soprano
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Jasper Eaglesfield
  Benjamin Britten
  Richard Strauss
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2026-27 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2026/27
Thu 11 Mar 2027
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Elgar's Cello Concerto
  Glasgow City Halls
  Programme
  Edward Elgar
  Cello Concerto in E minor(32 mins)
  interval
  Anton Bruckner
  Symphony No 3 in D minor(60 mins)
  Performers
  Raphaela Gromes
  cello
  cello
  Michael Sanderling
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Edward Elgar
  Anton Bruckner
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2026-27 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2026/27
Thu 22 Apr 2027
- 14:00
  Afternoon Performance: Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1
  Glasgow City Halls
  Programme
  Laila Arafah
  New Work(12 mins)(BBC Commission, World Premiere)
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No 8 in F major(25 mins)
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor(55 mins)
  Performers
  Denis Kozhukhin
  piano
  piano
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  Conductor
  Conductor
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Laila Arafah
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Johannes Brahms
  Also part of
  BBC SSO 2026-27 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2026/27

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TV & Radio

Jessie Montgomery - Strum

Jessie Montgomery - Strum

Delyana Lazarova conducts Montgomery's joyful work Strum, with strings from BBC SSO.

Zakir Hussain's Triple Concerto for Tabla, Sitar & Bansuri

Zakir Hussain's Triple Concerto for Tabla, Sitar & Bansuri

Alpesh Chauhan conducts an intoxicating fusion of Eastern and Western musical traditions.

MacMillan’s Concerto for Orchestra ‘Ghosts’

MacMillan’s Concerto for Orchestra ‘Ghosts’

Sir James MacMillan conducts his Concerto for Orchestra ‘Ghosts’ with the BBC SSO.