Get ready for an unforgettable lineup of events featuring the renowned BBC Concert Orchestra. From a playful Wildlife Jamboree with CBeebies characters, to a dazzling disco dance-off, to operatic tributes to Queen's iconic music, there's something for everyone. Expect grand orchestral performances celebrating legendary screen soundtracks and TV classics. Dive into the world of floating sounds and experience the fusion of northern myths and southern passion. Join us as we explore the artistry and creativity behind these extraordinary events.

BBC Concert Orchestra's Spectacular Series: From Wildlife Jamborees to Queen's Opera

Prepare to embark on a musical journey that blends nostalgia with innovation, as the BBC Concert Orchestra and The Grange Festival present a series of unforgettable events. From the timeless tunes of TV classics to an immersive citywide sound experience, and from the rock-opera fusion of Queen's masterpieces to the passionate interplay of Sibelius and Piazzolla, these concerts promise to exhilarate music lovers across the UK. Join us as we delve into the vibrant world of these concerts, spotlighting the extraordinary talents and the creative works they celebrate.

Exploring the Intersection of Music and Culture: A Journey Through Iconic Concerts

Delve into an auditory adventure with three extraordinary events that celebrate the arts, innovation, and timeless music. From the BBC Concert Orchestra's interactive 'City of Floating Sounds' to the operatic grandeur of 'Queen at the Opera', and the enthralling meeting of northern myths and southern passion in 'Sibelius & Piazzolla', these events promise to captivate and inspire. Join us as we explore the creative brilliance behind these performances, their connections to cultural legends, and the unique experiences they offer to audiences around the world.

Harmonious Journeys: Exploring the Soundscape of BBC Concert Orchestra and The Grange Festival

From The Apprentice to Game of Thrones, Poldark to Pride and Prejudice, the BBC Concert Orchestra brings TV’s best-loved tunes to Nottingham with Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night: TV Classics.

Friday Night is Music Night: TV Classics

Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall

In a special edition of Friday Night Is Music Night as part of the London Soundtrack Festival, the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Richard Balcombe come to Alexandra Palace Theatre to celebrate some of the best-known themes ever written for screens big and small!

Friday Night Is Music Night: London Soundtrack Festival

Alexandra Palace Theatre

Following the huge success of Disco at the BBC Proms concert this summer at the Royal Albert Hall, the BBC Concert Orchestra and acclaimed conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser present a brand-new Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco show at the prestigious London Palladium.

Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco

The London Palladium

Come along with Duggee, the Squirrels and lots more CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world, and look forward to songs, music, lots of fun and opportunities to join in and meet new wildlife friends!

Imagine Festival: CBeebies Wildlife Jamboree on Tour

Southbank Centre

BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night and the BBC Concert Orchestra are off to France. Expect Gallic chic, champagne melodies and southern sun– all without leaving Alexandra Palace Theatre!

Friday Night is Music Night: A French Fantasy

Music that thinks outside the box: Elizabeth Alker presents Bill Ryder-Jones, Nwando Ebizie, Divide & Dissolve and the BBC Concert Orchestra in the latest edition of BBC Radio 3’s genre-smashing Unclassified Live.

Unclassified Live

Lights, cameras… and a very British kind of action! Conductor Richard Balcombe, presenter Petroc Trelawny and the BBC Concert Orchestra invite you to a celebration of great British film scores, including classic movie themes by Vaughan Williams and Arthur Bliss, and melodies that you know and love – 633 Squadron, The Dam Busters, and Walton’s stirring Spitfire Prelude. Expect big tunes, great stories and glorious nostalgia at Friday Night is Music Night, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

Friday Night is Music Night – A Celebration of Film

Chichester Festival Theatre

Celebrate the beginning of a new year with a journey through classical masterpieces. Delight in the haunting beauty of Mozart's Symphony No. 25, renowned for its dramatic intensity and exquisite melodies.

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A New Year's Celebration at Saffron Hall

Saffron Hall

Friday Night Is Music Night will come live from Snape Maltings Concert Hall, filling the space with the sounds of Christmas.

Friday Night is Music Night: Sounds of Christmas

Snape Maltings

Don your festive glad rags and join national treasure Sandi Toksvig for an evening of singing, silliness and maybe even snow.

Sandi Toksvig and Friends

Royal Albert Hall

Soul pioneer Trevor Nelson is back and better than ever this Christmas.

Trevor Nelson's Soul Christmas

Jack is Back! Multi award-winning composer, songwriter and reigning Pumpkin King, Danny Elfman returns to the UK this December with the live-to-film concert celebrating the timeless classic, 'Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas'.

The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert

OVO Arena Wembley

Orff’s spectacular twentieth-century choral masterpiece, Carmina Burana, remains irresistible to audiences with its boundless rhythmic energy and catchy tunes, powered by massive orchestra and choir.

Carmina Burana

Travel back in time to experience the elation of Northern Soul with the BBC Concert Orchestra, composer and conductor Joe Duddell, and BBC 6 Music’s Stuart Maconie.

Originating across the North and the Midlands in the 1960s and 1970s, the Northern soul subculture emerged as a passionate and vibrant all-night dance movement centred around American soul music. 

Growing from an underground scene to an enduring movement, the legacy of Northern soul resonates in contemporary music today; in this concert, the BBC Concert Orchestra revives the vibrant, euphoric music in a whole new style.

Northern Soul Orchestrated: Birmingham

Birmingham Symphony Hall

Northern Soul Orchestrated: Stockton

Stockton Globe Theatre

Northern Soul Orchestrated: Manchester

O2 Apollo Manchester

Northern Soul Orchestrated: Liverpool

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

The BBC Concert Orchestra returns to the EFG London Jazz Festival with a full symphonic tribute to the life, work and genius of John Coltrane – arranged and curated by Carlos Simon.

Coltrane: Legacy for Orchestra

Legendary Jazz-fusion drummer Billy Cobham celebrates his 80th birthday by going large, in this electrifying new collaboration with Guy Barker and the full BBC Concert Orchestra.

Billy Cobham at 80

Portuguese pop, folk, fado and more with the BBC Concert Orchestra!  Part of the Create Yarmouth residency in partnership with Orchestras Live.

Portuguese pop, folk and fado at the Drill House

The Drill House

Sea songs, Fado and classic West End musicals: the BBC Concert Orchestra comes to Great Yarmouth for a very special Friday Night Is Music Night.

Friday Night is Music Night in Great Yarmouth

Hippodrome Circus

Everybody dance now! From the Charleston to the waltz, bossa nova to ballet, Craig Revel Horwood joins Katie Derham to host a Friday Night is Music Night with a toe-tapping difference.

Friday Night Is Music Night with Craig Revel Horwood

Join the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers and stellar soloists for one of the most popular works in the British choral repertoire: Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

Mendelssohn's Elijah at Cambridge Music Festival

University of Cambridge

Come on, get happy! Ol’ Blue Eyes is back, as the BBC Concert Orchestra presents a swinging salute to the classic movies of Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra.

Frank Sinatra & Judy Garland: A musical celebration with the BBC Concert Orchestra

Sir Lenny Henry presents a special concert at the Royal Albert Hall marking 50 years of Black-owned soul music label Philadelphia International Records.

The Sound of Philadelphia

Instrumentalist of the World Competition 2025 is an international classical music competition for the world’s finest young classical musicians, whose launch will be celebrated with a spectacular orchestral concert at the De La Warr Pavilion. Featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra, Classical Brit and Grammy nominated Saxophonist, Amy Dickson, Decca Gold Recording Artist, Plínio Fernandes (guitar) and BBC Music Magazine Rising Star, Laure Chan (violin). Presented by Linton Stephens.

Instrumentalist of the World Launch Concert

De La Warr Pavilion

Dvořák's Cello Concerto is the centrepiece of a concert inspired by nature - as Anna-Maria Helsing, cellist Senja Rummukainen and the BBC Concert Orchestra travel deep into the wild and wonderful heart of Europe.

Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Senja Rummukainen

The BBC Concert Orchestra join Nouvel Opéra Fribourg to perfom two operas - 'La Plus Forte' by Gerald Barry and Richard Harvey's 'Céline' - at Podium in Düdingen, Switzerland.

BBC Concert Orchestra in Switzerland

Podium

Opera goes to the movies, and movie music comes to life, as maestro Matthew Kofi Waldren and the BBC Concert Orchestra salute the genius of Puccini in BBC Radio 3's Friday Night is Music Night.

Friday Night is Music Night: Celebrating Puccini

BBC Maida Vale Studios

Hosted by Vernon Kay, Piano Room Live comes to Manchester, following the phenomenal success of BBC Radio 2’s month long series, where pop’s most loved artists perform with the renowned BBC Concert Orchestra.

BBC Radio 2 Piano Room Live: Katie Melua

Opera House Manchester

BBC Radio 2 Piano Room Live: David Gray

BBC Radio 2 Piano Room Live: Jamie Cullum

Anna-Maria Helsing leads the BBC Concert Orchestra in a celebration of local Nottingham hero Robin Hood, featuring works by Doreen Carwithen, Korngold, Sibelius and Rachmaninov – plus a world premiere from local composer Elizabeth Kelly.

Proms Nottingham: Music of Sherwood Forest

Be first to hear pieces composed by the most recent winners of the BBC Young Composer competition, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra under Hugh Brunt.

Proms Nottingham: BBC Young Composer

Albert Hall Conference Centre

Marking a century since Henry Mancini’s birth, Edwin Outwater and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrate the man and his music in styles ranging from jazz to light classical and film music.

Prom 57: Ultra Lounge – Henry Mancini and Beyond

BBC Radio 3's Friday Night is Music Night and the BBC Concert Orchestra come to Snape Maltings.

Friday Night is Music Night at Snape Maltings

For their only UK appearance of 2024, Sam Smith joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for a retrospective look at their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour, released 10 years ago and featuring tracks such as ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘Lay Me Down’.

Prom 18: Sam Smith

The BBC Concert Orchestra and Guy Barker are joined by a starry line up of singers for a celebration of one of the most iconic voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan, with songs including 'If You Could See Me Now’ and ‘Broken-Hearted Melody’.

Prom 13: Sarah Vaughan – If You Could See Me Now

The BBC Concert Orchestra lends its power and exuberance to an evening that celebrates a pivotal movement in late 20th-century club culture. Get ready for all the glitz, glamour and groove of disco at the Proms!

Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco

John Andrews conducts with special guest soloists Soraya Mafi and Nicky Spence. The concert will be a celebration of opera filled with popular classics you know and love.

BBC Concert Orchestra: Opera Gala Concert

West Green House Garden

BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night is all about melody and tonight at Fairfield Halls conductor Helen Harrison and the BBC Concert Orchestra have their feet planted in the streets and fields of British folksong.


Friday Night is Music Night at Fairfield Halls

Fairfield Halls

A non-stop party, with hit after hit, celebrating the multi-million selling hits of the legendary Tina Turner & The Iconic Queens of Soul Whitney Houston & Aretha Franklin.

BBC Concert Orchestra in Malta - Queens of Soul

The Granaries

S'wonderful, s’marvellous…but when Friday Night is Music Night, life is always glamorous and today, live from Alexandra Palace, presenter Katie Derham, conductor Stephen Bell and the full BBC Concert Orchestra take you dancing all around the world.

Friday Night is Music Night at Alexandra Palace

Richard Balcombe conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, singers Katie Birtill and Graham Bickley and bass clarinet player Derek Hannigan in dance related light music.

Friday Night is Music Night: Invitation to the Dance

Something for everyone in tonight's Friday Night is Music Night! Stephen Sondheim’s showstopping overture rings up the curtain as singer Kathryn Rudge, conductor Martin Yates and the full BBC Concert Orchestra come to St Albans.

Friday Night is Music Night at St Albans

The Alban Arena

Sound the trumpet – and the horns, trombones and tuba! An evening of melodies you love, from Bach to Broadway, presented with a fanfare by the fabulous brass players of the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Sound the Brass!

St. Georges Theatre

A big voice, big tunes and big fun too, as Clare Teal joins maestro Gavin Sutherland and the full BBC Concert Orchestra for a Friday Night is Music Night at the funfair.

Friday Night is Music Night with Clare Teal and the BBC Concert Orchestra

Aleko is Rachmaninoff at his most effusive, in an exquisite score brimming with his trademark soaring melodies. Sir Bryn Terfel is Pushkin’s Romantic hero, a tormented victim of passion with a knife at the ready for any wrong-doing.

Grange Park Opera: Double Bryn Terfel

Grange Park Opera

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Radio 2 is marking the occasion with this special concert being held at Portsmouth Guildhall. Presented by Vernon Kay.

D-Day 80: Commemorating the Normandy Landings

Portsmouth Guildhall

Join Chief Conductor Anna Maria-Helsing, presenter Katie Derham and the BBC Concert Orchestra as they spring into summer with an evening of music inspired by the brightest time of year.

Friday Night Is Music Night

All aboard for a fun-filled CBeebies musical ocean adventure for all the family! Take a deep breath and dive underwater in the concert hall submarine with its musical crew, the BBC Concert Orchestra.

CBeebies: Ocean Adventure with the BBC Concert Orchestra

Martin Yates conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra at the English Music Festival, which celebrates Britain's rich musical heritage by showcasing the brilliance, innovation and beauty of English music.

BBC Concert Orchestra at The English Music Festival

Dorchester Abbey

Featuring the iconic flying scene from ET and other John Williams airborne film scenes from Star Wars and Hook, alongside Walton’s Spitfire Prelude and Fugue and Sir Arthur Bliss’ soundtrack to the HG Wells sci-fi classic Things to Come, the concert also features the memorable violin solo theme from Schindler’s List and the soaring melodies and lush romanticism of Korngold’s violin concerto, as cinematic in scope and spirit as any of his Hollywood blockbuster scores.

Friday Night Is Music Night: BBC Concert Orchestra at the Movies

Music that won’t stay in its box: Elizabeth Alker presents Moor Mother, Modern Nature and This Is The Kit with the BBC Concert Orchestra in the latest instalment of BBC Radio 3's genre-defying Unclassified Live.

Unclassified Live: Kate Stables (This is the Kit)

Music that won’t stay in its box: Elizabeth Alker presents Moor Mother, Modern Nature and Kate Stables (This Is The Kit) with the BBC Concert Orchestra in the latest instalment of BBC Radio 3's genre-defying Unclassified Live.

Travel back in time to experience the elation of Northern Soul with the BBC Concert Orchestra, composer and conductor Joe Duddell, and BBC 6 Music broadcaster Stuart Maconie.

Northern Soul Orchestrated

Sheffield City Hall

Symphony Hall in Birmingham

University of Wolverhampton at The Halls

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

A theatrical work by Igor Stravinsky and Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, ‘The Soldier’s Tale’ (L'Histoire du soldat) is the composer’s greatest work for narrator and orchestra.

The Soldier's Tale at the University of Nottingham

Join musicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins and a guest narrator for this special performance of Wynton Marsalis's A Fiddler's Tale.

A Fiddler's Tale at Nottingham Trent University Hall

Harvard University

Digital epics, live in concert: Robert Ames and the BBC Concert Orchestra perform classic gaming scores, from Final Fantasy to Battlefield 2042.

Beyond the Console: Video Games in Concert

Celebrate all that's great about British theatre in a star-studded evening at the Royal Albert Hall.

BBC Concert Orchestra at the Olivier Awards

Daniel Hyde conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Bach Choir, live from King's College, Cambridge, in music by Stanford, Vaughan Williams and Parry.

Easter at King's

Inspired by workshops with BBC CO and composer George Fenton, musicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra perform compositions by University of Nottingham students to films created by Nottingham Trent University students.

BBC Concert Orchestra at Lakeside Arts

University of Nottingham

Experience highlights from the hit BBC series on the big screen with live orchestral music from the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted and presented by the series’ composer George Fenton.

Wild Isles: Live in Concert

‘Finland Awakes!’ was Sibelius’s original name for Finlandia – a soul-shaking song of hope and liberation from a nation struggling to break from Russian rule. Freedom was in the air, and across Scandinavia composers turned to poetry, folklore and the untamed beauty of the natural environment to create music that sang of their dreams and aspirations.

Sibelius: Songs of Love and Freedom

Showstoppers, Oscar winners and West End hits – as the BBC Concert Orchestra and an all-star line-up salutes the wonders of nature, in the stunning surroundings of Alexandra Palace.

Friday Night Is Music Night: The Great Outdoors

Tune after glorious tune in this Friday Night is Music Night as tenor Wynne Evans, violinist Aleksey Semenenko and the BBC Concert Orchestra perform much-loved melodies from around the world.

Friday Night is Music Night: Wynne Evans & Aleksey Semenenko

Join us in a celebration of classic songs and theme tunes from the films which have been delighting and thrilling us for over sixty years.

Friday Night is Music Night: Bond... James Bond at Chichester Festival Theatre

The BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Roderick Dunk and star vocalists Katie Birtill and Emma Kershaw for a celebration of the very best of Broadway and the West End.

Broadway... and All That Jazz

From West Side Story to Biden’s America: Kwamé Ryan shares the USA’s untold stories, including the UK premiere of Gabriel Kahane’s extraordinary emergency shelter intake form.

Stories from the Streets of America

In the concert hall, nothing says New Year like Strauss’ waltz The Blue Danube and it provides a rousing conclusion to tonight’s programme, along with music from his hit operetta Die Fledermaus.

The BBC Concert Orchestra goes on tour to China under the baton of Chief Conductor Anna Maria Helsing.

BBC Concert Orchestra in Xi’an, China

Xi’an Culture and Arts Centre

The BBC Concert Orchestra goes on tour to China under the baton of Chief Conductor Anna Maria Helsing, with concerts in Wuhan, Zhuhai, Shenzhen and Xi’an.

BBC Concert Orchestra in Shenzhen, China

Shenzhen Concert Hall

Become part of a moving orchestra as you journey through the city, crossing paths to build up layers of sound from strands played on mobile phones, culminating in hearing the full orchestra play digitally.

City of Floating Sounds: Multitudes

Marking 50 years of Queen’s legendary album, A Night at the Opera, which introduced the world to Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen at the Opera is a one-of-a-kind concert that celebrates the connections between opera and the music of Queen and Freddie Mercury. Freddie Mercury had a lifelong passion for opera which fuelled his music, including his collaboration with acclaimed soprano Montserrat Caballé on the album Barcelona.

Queen at the Opera

The Grange at Northington

Northern myths and southern passion. Sibelius meets Piazzolla as bandonéon phenomenon Henrik Sandås joins Anna-Maria Helsing and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

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