Taibhithe de Francesca Chiejina ag BBC Music

New Year 2026 transports us – musically – westwards away from Vienna to America.

Experience Górecki’s profound and spiritual journey through loss and love, featuring soprano Francesca Chiejina (pictured) with the BBC SSO. The concert opens with the extraordinary vocalist, violinist, and composer Alice Zawadzki.

The BBC Concert Orchestra joins the mighty choruses of the universities of Nottingham for Verdi’s Requiem.

JOY, UNITY & HARMONY: Every performance of the Ninth Symphony is a major occasion and with conductor Delyana Lazarova, this celebration of the human spirit shines as a beacon of light in a Scottish December.