Performances of Julia Wolfe at BBC Orchestras and Choirs
(See all works in BBC Orchestras and Choirs by Julia Wolfe)Fri 23 Jan 2026
- 19:30Barbican, London
US composer Julia Wolfe’s new work unEarth receives its UK premiere, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Finchley Children's Music Group, and Danish soprano Else Torp, conducted by Martyn Brabbins.
US composer Julia Wolfe’s new work unEarth receives its UK premiere, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Finchley Children's Music Group, and Danish soprano Else Torp, conducted by Martyn Brabbins.
Programme
- Appalachian Spring
- unEarth
Performers
- Martyn Brabbinsconductor
- Else Torpsoprano
- BBC Singersensemble
- Finchley Children’s Music Groupensemble
Composers
Sat 21 Mar 2026
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Grit courses through Julia Wolfe’s *Anthracite Fields*, her Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio for choir and ensemble that serves as a musical memorial to American miners and their struggle. *‘I guess I have a bias towards the grit.'* – Julia Wolfe
Grit courses through Julia Wolfe’s *Anthracite Fields*, her Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio for choir and ensemble that serves as a musical memorial to American miners and their struggle. *‘I guess I have a bias towards the grit.'* – Julia Wolfe
Programme
- Jalapeño Blues*Performed by the BBC Singers only, conducted by Ellie Slorach
- Anthracite Fields
- SCALLOP (world premiere)
Performers
- John Storgårdsconductor
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestraorchestra
- BBC Singerschoir
- Ellie SlorachConductor*
Sat 25 Apr 2026
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wolfe was two blocks from the Twin Towers when the planes hit on September 11, 2001. *Big Beautiful Dark and Scary* is the sound of that aftermath: an ominous, awesome wall of sound.
Wolfe was two blocks from the Twin Towers when the planes hit on September 11, 2001. *Big Beautiful Dark and Scary* is the sound of that aftermath: an ominous, awesome wall of sound.
Programme
- Big Beautiful Dark and Scary
- Violin Concerto
- Symphonie fantastique
Performers
- Anja Bihlmaierconductor
- Bomsori Kimviolin
Fri 26 Feb 2027
- 20:00Royal Northern College of Music
Guitarist Sean Shibe collaborates with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to present an intimate programme at the RNCM examining the pageantry, rites and emotions of funeral music, ancient and modern.
Guitarist Sean Shibe collaborates with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to present an intimate programme at the RNCM examining the pageantry, rites and emotions of funeral music, ancient and modern.
Programme
- Funeral Music for Queen Mary (‘March’ and ‘Canzona’)
- Aequale I & II
- Fantasia 7 after Henry Purcell
- Reeling
- Needy Mouth Corners
- Chanter
- Grabstein fur Stephan
Performers
- Naomi Wooconductor/keyboards
- Sean Shibeguitar
