About this season
The BBC's orchestras are joined by world-renowned singers and musicians at some of the UK's most beautiful concert halls, performing the best in contemporary and classical music.
Episodes (9)
1. Women’s Words and Voices
Aired 22 May 2022 • 89 min
Bramwell Tovey conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a programme of contemporary classical music, written and inspired by women composers and poets.
2. Life, Love and Tchaikovsky
Aired 19 June 2022 • 89 min
Marta Gardolinska conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Bacewicz's Overture and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. Johan Dalene joins them to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
3. A Birmingham Celebration with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Aired 23 October 2022 • 79 min
A special concert celebrating the music and spoken word of Birmingham, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and performances by some of the most exciting vocal talent from the city.
4. 1Xtra’s Afrobeats Concerto
Aired 27 November 2022 • 89 min
Some of the hottest Afrobeats artists join forces with the BBC Philharmonic for a one-off concert celebrating the diverse sounds of Africa.
5. Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
Aired 15 January 2023 • 85 min
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform 20th-century works by Stravinsky and Rachmaninov in St David's Hall, Cardiff.
6. Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé
Aired 26 February 2023 • 95 min
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé ballet score, and with soprano Jane Archibald, Olivier Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi.
7. Sol Gabetta plays Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Aired 19 March 2023 • 87 min
Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Cello Concerto, with Sol Gabetta, Sibelius's First Symphony and Iain Farrington's musical celebration of the BBC, A Party with Auntie.
8. The Lark Ascending
Aired 4 June 2023 • 87 min
Vaughan Williams’ pastoral masterpiece is stunningly performed by the BBC Philharmonic and soloist Zoë Beyers, alongside works by Elgar and Wagner.
9. The Hound of the Baskervilles
Aired 25 December 2023 • 78 min
The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform a live soundtrack in this premier stage adaptation of Conan Doyle’s thriller, starring Mark Gatiss as Holmes and Sanjeev Bhaskar as Dr Watson.