Taibhithe de Ludwig van Beethoven ag BBC Orchestras and Choirs

City Noir is John Adams’s musical tribute to half-lit rooms, venetian blinds, desperate men, dangerous women, secrets, lies, and the City of Angels.

Music that glitters, sings and dances for joy, as Sakari Oramo pairs two newly minted classics with Beethoven’s brightest symphony.

Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen is a lament for strings, mourning the destruction of Europe in the World War II and the collapse of the musical civilisation that shaped and inspired him.

When it comes to symphonies, Beethoven's Third symphony was a real game changer.

From The King’s Speech to Amadeus; Out of Africa to 2001 A Space Odyssey, the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates the classics from the movies – live, in Nottingham.

Earthly travail lead to heavenly bliss in Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. To conduct we welcome back award-winning French conductor Alexandre Bloch.

Earthly travail lead to heavenly bliss in Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. To conduct we welcome back award-winning French conductor Alexandre Bloch.

The ever-popular Martyn Brabbins returns to BBC NOW this May as we travel to St Davids for the annual Cathedral Festival.

Although less frequently performed that some of his other symphonies, Beethoven’s Second Symphony is a snapshot of Beethoven at his most humorous. Unpredictability and playfulness tally with a bold explosion of joy in this vividly contrasting symphony.

From the serenity of Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, the programme moves to Cameron Biles-Liddell’s gritty new Harp Concerto, before closing with Beethoven’s joyful Pastoral Symphony, a richly illustrative celebration of nature and landscape.

A vivid musical journey unfolds from Farrenc’s Overture No. 2 to Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, with Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto spotlighting Alis Huws, former Royal Harpist, and flautist Elizaveta Ivanova, in a charming celebration of nature.

A vivid musical journey unfolds from Farrenc’s Overture No. 2 to Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, with Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto spotlighting Alis Huws, former Royal Harpist, and flautist Elizaveta Ivanova, in a charming celebration of nature.

MUSIC THAT SPEAKS TO THE HEART: Bomsori plays Beethoven's masterful Violin Concerto and two world-class vocalists shine in Zemlinsky's sumptuous Lyric Symphony

Following a sold-out concert in 2024, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra returns to the Corran Halls for a programme rooted in folk tradition that crackles with colour and energy.

Join us in Dortmund with our Principal Guest Conductor Anja Bihlmaier for an evening of Ligeti, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven.

From spring light to Berlioz’s imagination: Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps sparkles with colour and motion; Schubert’s Allegretto, with Steven Osborne, offers lyric intimacy; Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy leads to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.

Join us in Frankfurt with our Principal Guest Conductor Anja Bihlmaier for an evening of Ligeti, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven.

Rooted in folk traditions, this vibrant programme features Ligeti’s dazzling reimagining of Eastern European melodies, Vaughan Williams’ folk-inspired beauty, Mozart’s sparkling Horn Concerto with Chris Gough, and Beethoven’s energetic Fourth Symphony.

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.

RELENTLESS RHYTHMS, SOARING FLIGHT: Ilan Volkov pairs Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony with mesmerising music by Japanese visionaries, featuring violinist Akiko Suwanai and flautist Adam Walker.

Ilan Volkov pairs Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony with mesmerising music by Japanese visionaries, featuring violinist Akiko Suwanai and flautist Adam Walker.

Beethoven’s era-defining Symphony No. 5, meets Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte and Haydn’s Cello Concerto with soloist Daniel Müller-Schott.

Beethoven’s epic, uplifting ‘Choral’ Symphony No. 9 sits alongside Roderick Williams’s Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined, Pauline Oliveros’s Tuning Meditation and John Adams’s Absolute Jest.

Marking 200 years since Beethoven’s death, this concert explores his links to British and Irish folk music. Grant Llewellyn leads songs inspired by Irish, Scottish and Welsh melodies, with piper and harp soloists, and the finale of Symphony No. 7.

“Even in a day when keyboard virtuosos are thick on the ground, Kozhukhin is special.” Denis Kozhukhin returns to the BBC SSO in a programme pairing a Romantic masterpiece with Beethoven’s playful Eighth Symphony.

“Even in a day when keyboard virtuosos are thick on the ground, Kozhukhin is special.” Denis Kozhukhin returns to the BBC SSO in a programme pairing a Romantic masterpiece with Beethoven’s playful Eighth Symphony.

Led by Jaime Martin, this concert pairs MacMillan’s Concerto for Orchestra – Ghosts with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Marking 200 years since Beethoven’s death, the programme journeys from spectral memories to the symphony’s choral finale of joy.

Led by Jaime Martin, this concert pairs MacMillan’s Concerto for Orchestra – Ghosts with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Marking 200 years since Beethoven’s death, the programme journeys from spectral memories to the symphony’s choral finale of joy.