Taibhithe de Sergey Rachmaninov ag BBC Orchestras and Choirs

Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft takes to the podium for his final concert in the title role as we draw our 2025-26 Season to a close, starting with Stravinsky’s symphonic poem Song of the Nightingale.

Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft takes to the podium for his final concert in the title role as we draw our 2025-26 Season to a close, starting with Stravinsky’s symphonic poem Song of the Nightingale.

NOSTALGIA. ROMANCE. ADVENTURE! Delyana Lazarova conducts a richly expressive programme of Rachmaninov, Debussy and Korngold featuring Bulgarian star Liya Petrova

Delyana Lazarova makes her Usher Hall debut alongside Bulgarian star Liya Petrova, conducting a richly expressive programme of Rachmaninov, Debussy and Korngold

Romanticism radiates as Rachmaninov’s spellbinding Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini takes centre stage alongside masterpieces by two of the Romantic era’s greatest musical contemporaries, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.

Yeol Eum Son plays Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto - the opening chapter in a musical journey through the dark heart of the 20th century.

Fate and fantasy unfold under Otto Tausk. Anna Clyne’s Masquerade sparkles with colour, Stephen Hough tackles Rachmaninov’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 3, and Janáček’s Taras Bulba leads to Strauss’s dazzling Don Juan.

Fate and fantasy unfold under Otto Tausk. Anna Clyne’s Masquerade sparkles with colour, Stephen Hough tackles Rachmaninov’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 3, and Janáček’s Taras Bulba leads to Strauss’s dazzling Don Juan.