BBC Symphony Orchestra

Since it was founded by Princess Grace of Monaco in 1970, the Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo has welcomed some of the biggest names in music and continues to grow and evolve, giving audiences to opportunity to enjoy a rich cultural offering each year. 

This year, the BBC Symphony Orchestra will be joined by conductor Peter Eötvös and violinist Renaud Capuçon in a celebration of the music of Bartok, including his Concerto of Orchestra in addition to the violin concerti Nos. 1 and 2. 

Programme
Bartók, Concerto pour violon n°1, Sz. 36 21’
Bartók, Concerto pour orchestre, Sz. 116 37’
Bartók, Concerto pour violon n°2, Sz. 112 37’

Performances

31 March 2019 
Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo, Monaco

Performances

24 March 2018
Maag Halle, Zurich 

25 March 2018
Maag Halle, Zurich

26 March 2018 
Victoria Hall, Geneva 

Performances

23-24 September 2017
Violin Isabelle Faust
Beethoven Overture Leonore No.2
Berg Violin Concerto
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Schumann Symphony No 2

Led by Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo, the orchestra performs Symphony No.5 by Sibelius, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

The performance includes another one of Sibelius’ key pieces, Pohjola’s Daughter along with famous melodies sung by soprano Soile Isokosi.

Performances

28 March 2015
Auditorium Rainier III, Monte Carlo

The four-concert tour begins at the Auditorio Alicante, followed by performances at Kursaal Auditorio San Sebastian, Auditorio del Palacio de Congresos de Zaragoza and the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid.

The orchestra performs two major works under the baton of chief conductor Sakari Oramo: Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1945 version) and Shostakovich Symphony No.5 in D minor.

The orchestra is joined by piano soloist Javier Perianes, an artist with “virtuosity to burn” (Palm Beach Arts Paper, November 2013) and in high demand at festivals across Spain, performing Ravel Piano Concerto in G major and Grieg Piano Concerto in alternating concerts.

Performances

18 October 2014
Auditorio de la Diputación de Alicante, Alicante

19 October 2014
Auditorio Kursaal, San Sebastian

20 October 2014
Auditorio de Zaragoza, Zaragoza

21 October 2014
Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid

Performing in Zurich, St Gallen, Berne and Geneva the concerts featured Kavakos as soloist, playing the Brahms and Sibelius violin concertos. Also in the programme is a work by award winning Swiss composer Dieter Ammann, Boost, written in 2000 for the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. Soprano Anu Komsi joins the BBC SO for Mahler Symphony No.4 in Zurich and St Gallen.

The concerts in Zurich and Berne are recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3. 

Performances

26 April 2014
Tonhalle, Zurich

27 April 2014
Tonhalle, St Gallen

28 April 2014
Kultur-Casino, Berne

29 April 2014
Victoria Hall, Geneva

The orchestra, under Sylvain Cambreling and featuring German violinist Carolin Widmann, perform the world premiere of Rebecca Saunders’s Violin Concerto which has been specially commissioned for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Carolin Widmann by the festival and BBC Radio 3.

The programme also includes Weber’s overture to Oberon and Mahler’s fourth symphony, which features the 2009 winner of the Kathleen Ferrier competition soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon.

Performances

29 September 2011
Beethovenhalle, Bonn (Großer Saal)

Conducted by David Robertson and with soloists Colin Currie and Leigh Melrose, the Orchestra performs a programme of Shostakovich Symphony No.9, Rachmaninov’s Isle of the Dead and two works by Xenakis, Ais and Nomos Gamma, in which the majority of the orchestra is dispersed among the audience.

Performances

4 September 2009
Berliner Philharmonie