Performances of Christoph Willibald Gluck at BBC Symphony Orchestra

Fri 12 Feb 2027

• 19:30

  Simon Trpčeski plays Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto

  Barbican, London

  Song, dance and a tale as old as time: the BBC Symphony Orchestra summons the spirit of Orpheus, in music by Gluck, Stravinsky and Missy Mazzoli.

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  Song, dance and a tale as old as time: the BBC Symphony Orchestra summons the spirit of Orpheus, in music by Gluck, Stravinsky and Missy Mazzoli.

  Programme

  • • • Christoph Willibald Gluck
      • Orfeo ed Euridice (excerpts)
    • • Igor Stravinsky
      • Orpheus
    • • interval
    • • Missy Mazzoli
      • Orpheus Undone
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major

  Performers

  • Christian Karlsen

    conductor
    conductor
  • Simon Trpčeski

    piano
    piano
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck
  • Igor Stravinsky
  • Missy Mazzoli
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

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  Part of

  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2026-27 Barbican Season