Mon 17 Aug 2026

• 19:00

  Copland and Stravinsky

  Royal Albert Hall

  Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform two 20th-century ballets – Copland’s Billy the Kid and Stravinsky’s Petrushka – alongside a new Clarinet Concerto by Portland-based composer and songwriter Gabriel Kahane

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  Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform two 20th-century ballets – Copland’s Billy the Kid and Stravinsky’s Petrushka – alongside a new Clarinet Concerto by Portland-based composer and songwriter Gabriel Kahane

  Programme

  • • • Aaron Copland
      • Billy the Kid – suite(22 mins)
    • • Gabriel Kahane
      • Clarinet Concerto, ‘If love will not swing wide the gates’(22 mins)BBC co-commission: European premiere
    • • interval
    • • Igor Stravinsky
      • Petrushka (1947 version)(34 mins)

  Performers

  • Anthony McGill

    clarinet
    clarinet
  • BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Ryan Bancroft

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Aaron Copland
  • Gabriel Kahane
  • Igor Stravinsky

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