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BBC SSO 2024/25: Thursday Night Series - Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony

BBC SSO 2024/25: Thursday Night Series - Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony
Tickets
£31.00, £26.00, £21.00, £16.00, £14.00
Box office telephone
Dates and times
Thursday 22nd May 2025
7:30PM
Age
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Book between 4 and 13 concerts in the BBC SSO’s Thursday Night Series and save up to 30%. Seniors are entitled to an extra 5% off. Your discount will be automatically applied at the online checkout.


Imagine this. Majestic swans take flight and Finland’s greatest composer unleashes a spine-tingling melody that fills your heart with hope.


Beethoven         Symphony No.1 (c.28 mins)

Hans Abrahamsen Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (c.21 mins)

Beethoven         Namensfeier Overture, Op. 115 (c.7 mins)

Sibelius                          Symphony No.5 (c.33 mins)


Stefan Dohr horn

Ryan Wigglesworth conductor


“God, what beauty!”. Once upon a time in Finland, Sibelius saw a flight of swans and felt his imagination take wing. That’s the story behind the unforgettable horn theme that crowns his Fifth Symphony: music as astonishing, and as inevitable, as nature itself. Those vaulting horns are a spine-tingling way to end the season. So what could be more natural than Ryan Wigglesworth inviting Stefan Dohr, a legend among living horn players, to perform another Scandinavian masterpiece: the playful, utterly original concerto that our Composer in Association (and master-storyteller) Hans Abrahamsen wrote especially for him. Ludwig van Beethoven ties it all together, with wit, splendour and irrepressible life-force. You’d expect no less.



Tickets: £31, £26, £21, £16, £14

Concessions: £6.00 - Under 26s, Students, Registered Unemployed (proof of status. 50% Discount - Registered Disabled.


Booking Information

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