NYCOS marks its 30th anniversary with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, featuring Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, the world premiere of Jay Capperauld’s The World, and Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year.

Words and music, presented at the Philharmonic Studio as part of the BBC’s much-loved festival of music and speech.

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.

A vivid musical journey unfolds from Farrenc’s Overture No. 2 to Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, with Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto spotlighting Alis Huws, former Royal Harpist, and flautist Elizaveta Ivanova, in a charming celebration of nature.

MUSIC THAT SPEAKS TO THE HEART: Bomsori plays Beethoven's masterful Violin Concerto and two world-class vocalists shine in Zemlinsky's sumptuous Lyric Symphony

Music of death and the divine – Brahms’s German Requiem and Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 24.