BBC SSO: Edinburgh Spring Season 2022

Usher Hall Edinburgh 2022

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Sunday 23.01.2022 3.00pm

Saint-Saëns ‘Organ’ Symphony Tailleferre Marchand d’Oiseaux (Bird Seller) (c.19 mins)

Poulenc Concerto for two pianos (c.19 mins) Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 ‘Organ’ (c.37 mins) Duo Jatekok (Naïri Badal and Adélaïde Panaget) pianos Ilan Volkov conductor

Photo/Duo Jatekok by Xavier Aliot

1920s Paris was a melting pot of artistic tastes and styles. Among its stars were Les Six, whose music was defiantly short, punchy, stripped back, and insouciantly witty (a song based on a cocktail recipe, anyone?). In this concert the outstanding Duo Jatekok tackle Poulenc’s dizzying, dazzling concerto for two pianos while Ilan Volkov rediscovers the witty, mock-Baroque stylings of Les Six’s only female member, Germaine Tailleferre. And for contrast, just the sort of large-scale 19th century work Les Six were rebelling against: Saint-Saëns’s Third Symphony, a crowd-pleaser from its mysterious opening to its show-stopping finale – which will resound gloriously with the addition of the Usher Hall’s organ.

Photo/Ilan Volkov by Astrid Ackermann

Sunday 13.03.2022 3.00pm

All the concerts in this series are promoted in association with the Usher Hall.

The Lark Ascending Wagner Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (c.20 mins) Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (c.15 mins) Sibelius Symphony No.1 (c.40 mins) Rosanne Philippens violin Mark Wigglesworth conductor

Photo/Rosanne Philippens by Marco Borggreve

If full-blown emotion’s your thing, then look no further. Sibelius’s First is unquestionably the composer’s most Romantic symphony and often recalls Tchaikovsky at full tilt. Richard Wagner, too, gave everything when writing his epic opera of star-crossed lovers, so expect 100 percent passion and commitment from the orchestra under this afternoon’s conductor, Mark Wigglesworth. At the eye of the storm, however, all is calm. A lark, free from human angst, sings and soars above a pastoral landscape and time stands still. Every performance of Vaughan Williams’s most popular work is a special occasion and here the sensational Rosanne Philippens gives voice to the bird.

Photo/Mark Wigglesworth by Sim Canetty-Clarke

Book Both Concerts and Save 20% Offer open until Sunday 23 January 2022 only.

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Single Tickets

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Area I: £32.00

Book both concerts for £51.20

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Area II: £26.00 Book both concerts for £41.60

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Single Ticket Discounts £6 tickets for Under 26s, Students and Unemployed: Under 26s, Students (those in full-time education), and Registered Unemployed are entitled to a £6 ticket for themselves in areas II-IV (subject to availability). Proof of status is required.

50% Discount for Registered Disabled: Disabled patrons, and a carer where required, will receive a 50% discount on any single full price ticket.

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Your Safety To minimise risk of infection we’re working with the venue to ensure that regular cleaning, one-way systems and hand sanitisation remain in place.

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Area III: £20.00 Book both concerts for £32.00 Area IV: £16.00 Book both concerts for £25.60 Unless you have an exemption, you will be required to wear a face mask for the duration of your visit.

We also request that anyone over 18 attending our concerts should be double-vaccinated, or have recorded a negative lateral flow test within 48 hours prior to attending an event, or have natural immunity based on an antibody test taken within 180 days prior to attending a concert. We strongly encourage all customers to adhere to this.

If you find yourself unable to attend a concert you’ve booked we will happily swap your ticket for another BBC SSO event. In the event that a concert is cancelled you will receive a full refund.

We will continue to review these safety measures throughout the coming months.

Please check our website before your visit in case guidance has changed, or if new entry requirements have been introduced.

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The information in this brochure was correct at the time of publishing. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to amend artists and programmes for any of the listed concerts if necessary.