Performances of Richard Wagner at BBC Orchestras and Choirs
(See all works in BBC Orchestras and Choirs by Richard Wagner)Sat 14 Mar 2026
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Rhapsodies on love, death, and lust
Rhapsodies on love, death, and lust
Programme
- Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isoldefeaturing Sarah Wegener (soprano)
- The Landscape Wakes (UK premiere)
- Tintagel
- Four Last Songsfeaturing Sarah Wegener (soprano)
Performers
- Sarah Wegenersoprano
- Nicholas Carterconductor
Fri 3 Apr 2026
- 19:30King's College Cambridge
David Hill conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in the Good Friday concert at Kings College, Cambridge, featuring Wagner's 'Good Friday Music', Poulenc's Four Lenten Motets and Duruflé's 'Requiem' with The Bach Choir.
David Hill conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in the Good Friday concert at Kings College, Cambridge, featuring Wagner's 'Good Friday Music', Poulenc's Four Lenten Motets and Duruflé's 'Requiem' with The Bach Choir.
Programme
- Scenes from Parsifal: Good Friday Music
- Four Lenten Motets
- Requiem, Op 9
Performers
- David Hillconductor
- Katherine Gregorymezzo soprano
- Gareth Brynmor Johnbaritone
Part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Wed 24 Jun 2026
- 14:30MediaCityUK Salford
We join RNCM student conductors and International Artist Diploma musicians for an afternoon of extraordinary music making in the BBC Philharmonic Studio.
We join RNCM student conductors and International Artist Diploma musicians for an afternoon of extraordinary music making in the BBC Philharmonic Studio.
Programme
- Der fliegende Holländer
- Towards the Horizon
- Peterloo Overture
- Symphony No. 7
Performers
- Rosina Flückiger*Conductor
- Stephanie Godwin^Conductor
- Julius Mauldin~Conductor
- Johannes Graycello
Sat 19 Sep 2026
- 19:30The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
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.
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.
Programme
- Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I
- Breathing Forests, Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
- Symphony No. 5
Performers
- John Storgårdsconductor
- James McVinnieOrgan
Thu 27 May 2027
- 19:30Glasgow City Halls
A SEASON CLOSES... A WORLD OPENS: Illicit passion meets cosmic consequence as three of the 21st century’s finest Wagnerian singers join forces with the BBC SSO.
A SEASON CLOSES... A WORLD OPENS: Illicit passion meets cosmic consequence as three of the 21st century’s finest Wagnerian singers join forces with the BBC SSO.
Programme
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture(10 mins)
- Tristan and Isolde – Prelude and Liebestod(18 mins)
- interval
- Die Walküre – Act 1(65 mins)
Performers
- Brenden Gunnelltenor - Siegmund
- Katherine Brodericksoprano - Sieglinde
- James Plattbass - Hunding
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
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