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A feast from Finland. Two powerful pieces for soprano and orchestra join a two of Sibelius’s symphonies, works of very different natures

Josep Pons conducts two terrific and colourful Spanish scores

Film: Leonard Bernstein, Young People’s Concerts – what is impressionism?

Bernstein on a small scale, revealing his prodigious ability to write music of charm, substance and a miraculous and genre-defying gift of melody.

Leonard Bernstein – the man and the music: Edward Seckerson in conversation with Andrew McGregor.

Bernstein the choral composer drawing on his Jewish heritage as well as writing for the Christian church – both fused in his popular Chichester Psalms.

The culmination of a ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra learning project based on the music of Leonard Bernstein.

A rare chance to hear Bernstein’s song-cycle Songfest and his Plato-inspired Serenade in a concert launched with the fireworks of Candide’s Overture.

Choral music by Finzi, setting some great British poetry, sits alongside Bairstow’s masterly Let all mortal flesh and Farrar’s touching To Daffodils.

Two works full of hope from the 1950s: Finzi, writing under the shadow of death; and Shostakovich perhaps responding to the death of Stalin.

Masterly composer and imaginative orchestrator Ravel is performed alongside a UK premiere by George Walker and Barber’s expressive First Symphony.

A powerful operatic exploration of the US justice system and capital punishment given by a strong cast headed by Joyce DiDonato.

One of Beethoven’s loveliest symphonies, a London premiere for Anna Clyne’s haunting This Midnight Hour and Britten’s magical violin concerto.

Bring your family along to this fun interactive workshop and receive concert tickets for just £5 (plus booking fee).

Smaller scale choral Elgar that finds the composer lifting some beautiful British poetry as well as sacred texts into song.

A London premiere, a lost treasure and two lovely Elgar scores. This is a typically imaginative ´óÏó´«Ã½ SO programme that sees Andrew Davis back on the podium.

Man’s humanity to man amid the horrors of war links this imaginative programme that includes a world premiere by New Zealand composer Ross Harris.

Making her debut with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska conducts orchestral music by Sibelius, Stravinsky and Rautavaara.Making her debut with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska conducts orchestral music by Sibelius, Stravinsky and Rautavaara.

A programme of vivid colours and evocative sounds create a concert that’s the musical equivalent of a Technicolor film

Sakari Oramo, a passionate Elgarian, conducts a superb trio of soloists in the composer’s greatest oratorio.

Rescheduled from February 2017, Jonas Kaufmann sings Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra performs an evening of Finnish orchestral music, chosen by Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo.The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra performs an evening of Finnish orchestral music, chosen by Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo.

Join pianist Mariam Batsashvili and conductor Gergely Madaras for an exciting juxtaposition of music by Mozart, Judit Varga and Dohnányi.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra performs a school-friendly Ten Pieces concert for Key Stage 2 students

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra marks 100 years of Estonian independence with UK premieres from Helena Tulve and Erkki-Sven Tüür.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra presents a French-themed programme with works by Berlioz, Liszt and Dutilleux.