Performances of Claire Booth at BBC Music
Wed 29 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair Elgar’s sweeping First Symphony with two contemporary works: Judith Weir’s Moon and Star and the world premiere of Brett Dean’s The World’s Wife, setting words by Carol Ann Duffy
Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair Elgar’s sweeping First Symphony with two contemporary works: Judith Weir’s Moon and Star and the world premiere of Brett Dean’s The World’s Wife, setting words by Carol Ann Duffy
Programme
- Moon and Star(15 mins)
- The World’s Wife(20 mins)BBC co-commission: world premiere
- interval
- Symphony No. 1 in A flat major(50 mins)
Performers
- Claire Boothsoprano
- Ryan Wigglesworthconductor
Composers
Sat 3 Oct 2026
- 19:30Southbank Centre, London
The BBC Concert Orchestra and its Associate Conductor Jérôme Kuhn bring David Buckley’s powerful new opera, Oracle, to the UK for the first time, and mythologically-inspired curtain-raisers by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Dobrinka Tabakova.
The BBC Concert Orchestra and its Associate Conductor Jérôme Kuhn bring David Buckley’s powerful new opera, Oracle, to the UK for the first time, and mythologically-inspired curtain-raisers by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Dobrinka Tabakova.
Programme
- The Creatures of Prometheus – overture
- Orpheus’ Comet
- The Wasps SuiteAristophanes Suite
- Oraclechamber opera in 1 act
Performers
- Jérôme Kuhnconductor
- Claire Boothsoprano
- Clare Preslandmezzo-soprano
- Daniel Normantenor
Sat 17 Apr 2027
- 19:30Glasgow City Halls
The BBC SSO presents a rare revival of Harrison Birtwistle’s opera 'The Second Mrs Kong', conducted by Martyn Brabbins and featuring an all-star cast alongside the BBC Singers
