BBC Concert Orchestra 2026-2027 Events
Fri 18 Sep 2026
- 19:00Lighthouse, Poole
BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night comes to the Lighthouse in Poole with an evening celebrating the music of Leonard Bernstein.
Also part ofBBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night
Fri 25 Sep 2026
- 19:30Alexandra Palace
Jazz sensation and entertainer extraordinaire, Joe Stilgoe joins Fiona Monbet and the BBC Concert Orchestra at Alexandra Palace Theatre for an all-swinging, all-singing edition of Friday Night is Music Night.
Also part ofBBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night
Sat 3 Oct 2026
- 19:30Southbank Centre, London
The BBC Concert Orchestra and its Associate Conductor Jérôme Kuhn bring David Buckley’s powerful new opera, Oracle, to the UK for the first time, and mythologically-inspired curtain-raisers by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Dobrinka Tabakova.
The BBC Concert Orchestra and its Associate Conductor Jérôme Kuhn bring David Buckley’s powerful new opera, Oracle, to the UK for the first time, and mythologically-inspired curtain-raisers by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Dobrinka Tabakova.
Programme
- Orpheus’ Comet
- The Wasps SuiteAristophanes Suite
- Oraclechamber opera in 1 act
Performers
- Jérôme Kuhnconductor
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2026-2027 Southbank Centre
Fri 16 Oct 2026
- 19:30Milton Court
On the back of two highly successful concerts of the world of musical theatre, the BBC Singers kick off their 2026/27 concerts at Milton Court with Chief Conductor Owain Park exploring the music of Academy and Grammy award winning composer Alan Menken.
On the back of two highly successful concerts of the world of musical theatre, the BBC Singers kick off their 2026/27 concerts at Milton Court with Chief Conductor Owain Park exploring the music of Academy and Grammy award winning composer Alan Menken.
Programme
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame – The Bells of Notre Dame(6 mins)
- Beauty and the Beast – Belle(5 mins)
- Aladdin – A Whole New World(3 mins)
- The Little Mermaid – Poor Unfortunate Souls(5 mins)
- Beauty and the Beast – Gaston(4 mins)
- Pocahontas – Just Around the Riverbend(3 mins)
- Little Shop of Horrors – Dentist!(3 mins)
- Little Shop of Horrors – Suddenly Seymour(4 mins)
- Aladdin – Proud of Your Boy(3 mins)
- Beauty and the Beast – Be Our Guest(4 mins)
- interval
- Captain America – Star Spangled Man(3 mins)arr. Simon Nathan
- Hercules – Go the Distance(3 mins)
- The Little Mermaid – Part of Your World(3 mins)
- King David – Saul Has Slain His Thousands(4 mins)
- King David – When in Love(3 mins)
- King David – The Long, Long Day & This New Jerusalem (Reprise)(4 mins)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Finale Ultimo(11 mins)arr. Simon Nathan
Performers
- BBC Singersensemble
- Owain Parkconductor
Composers
Also part ofBBC Singers 2026-27
Tickets from £15 (plus £4 booking fees)
Sun 18 Oct 2026
- 19:30Alexandra Palace
Friday Night is Music Night hosts an enchanting exploration of the music of sleep, live from Alexandra Palace.
Friday Night is Music Night hosts an enchanting exploration of the music of sleep, live from Alexandra Palace.
Programme
- Symphony no. 3Movement 1
- Gaspard de la nuitMovement 2: Le Gibet
- Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
- Sleeptalker
- Piano Concerto in G major
- A Night on the Bare Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
- On the Nature of Daylight
Performers
- Edwin Outwaterconductor
- Mishka Rushdie Momenpiano
