Performances of Sakari Oramo at BBC Singers
Sat 12 Sept 2026
- 19:15Royal Albert Hall
Classical music’s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo
Classical music’s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo
Programme
- Candide – overture(5 mins)
- Keltic Suite – Lament(5 mins)ii. ‘Lament’
- Rusalka – ‘Vidino divná, přesladká’ (Prince’s Aria)(7 mins)
- Má vlast – Vltava(12 mins)
- DithyrambBBC commission: world premiere
- Piano Concerto(26 mins)
- interval
- To Dolly, With Love(7 mins)9 to 5 – Jolene – I Will Always Love You arr. Fiona Brice
- 'Jupiter' from The Planets(8 mins)
- Suite for Piano and Orchestra (Jazz Suite)(15 mins)
- Scotch SnapBBC commission: world premiere arr. Stuart Calvert
- Iris of Life(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Guys and Dolls – ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin' the Boat’(5 mins)arr. Mark Cumberland
- Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(13 mins)arr. Wood
- Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(3 mins)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)(8 mins)
- Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
- The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(2 mins)
- Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)(arr. P. Campbell)
Performers
- Nicky Spencetenor
- Yuja Wangpiano
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Mon 29 Jun 2026
- 17:00Maida Vale Studios
Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers for a feast of music-making as they give their very last concert at Maida Vale Studios ahead of the move to their new home at East Bank on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers for a feast of music-making as they give their very last concert at Maida Vale Studios ahead of the move to their new home at East Bank on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Programme
- ‘Gloria’ from Mass in C, K. 317(5 mins)
- Le tombeau de Couperin – Rigaudon(4 mins)
- The Wreckers (Overture)(10 mins)
- London Pride(4 mins)arr. Helen Neeves
- To the Hands – ii. in medio(3 mins)
- Four English Dances, Op 33 Set 2(3 mins)I. Allegro non troppo
- Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks(17 mins)
- Many Are the Wonders(5 mins)
- Masquerade(5 mins)
- Sea Pictures – IV. Where corals lie(5 mins)
- The Firebird Suite (Finale)(4 mins)
- Goodbye for now(4 mins)
- Serenade to Music(13 mins)
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
- Sofi Jeanninconductor
- Helen Charlstonmezzo-soprano
- BBC Singersensemble
Part ofBBC Symphony Orchestra 2025/26
