Performances of Béla Bartók at BBC Symphony Orchestra

Dark fantasies and bewitching melodies: Adam Hickox conjures a collection of the 20th century’s most haunting tales, in music by Liadov, Gubaidulina and Bartók.

Sakari Oramo conducts Brahms’s epic First Symphony, and joins Korean violin phenomenon Inmo Yang in Bartók’s impassioned First Violin Concerto.

Strangers in a strange land: Sakari Oramo conducts music by Bartók and Korngold, European composers stranded in America and dreaming of a better world.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo on tour to China and South Korea with piano soloists Bertrand Chamayou (China) and Yeol Eum Son (South Korea).

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo on tour to China and South Korea with piano soloists Bertrand Chamayou (China) and Yeol Eum Son (South Korea).

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo on tour to China and South Korea with piano soloists Bertrand Chamayou (China) and Yeol Eum Son (South Korea).

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo on tour to China and South Korea with piano soloists Bertrand Chamayou (China) and Yeol Eum Son (South Korea).

A magical bird, a dream of England, and the sheer magic of pianist Yeol Eum Son, as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra bring a blaze of colour to the Barbican.

A festive treat with a ghostly difference: a night of classic stories and haunting melodies from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.