Inside Classical
Inside Classical: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

May 22, 2022

Episodes

9 episodes

Inside Classical

Season 1

Episodes

Women’s Words and Voices

1. Women’s Words and Voices

May 22, 2022
89 min

Bramwell Tovey conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a programme of contemporary classical music, written and inspired by women composers and poets.

Life, Love and Tchaikovsky

2. Life, Love and Tchaikovsky

June 19, 2022
89 min

Marta Gardolinska conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Bacewicz's Overture and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. Johan Dalene joins them to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.

A Birmingham Celebration with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

3. A Birmingham Celebration with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

October 23, 2022
79 min

A special concert celebrating the music and spoken word of Birmingham, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and performances by some of the most exciting vocal talent from the city.

1Xtra’s Afrobeats Concerto

4. 1Xtra’s Afrobeats Concerto

November 27, 2022
89 min

Some of the hottest Afrobeats artists join forces with the BBC Philharmonic for a one-off concert celebrating the diverse sounds of Africa.

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

5. Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

January 15, 2023
85 min

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform 20th-century works by Stravinsky and Rachmaninov in St David's Hall, Cardiff.

Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé

6. Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé

February 26, 2023
95 min

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé ballet score, and with soprano Jane Archibald, Olivier Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi.

Sol Gabetta plays Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

7. Sol Gabetta plays Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

March 19, 2023
87 min

Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Cello Concerto, with Sol Gabetta, Sibelius's First Symphony and Iain Farrington's musical celebration of the BBC, A Party with Auntie.

The Lark Ascending

8. The Lark Ascending

June 4, 2023
87 min

Vaughan Williams’ pastoral masterpiece is stunningly performed by the BBC Philharmonic and soloist Zoë Beyers, alongside works by Elgar and Wagner.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

9. The Hound of the Baskervilles

December 25, 2023
78 min

The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform a live soundtrack in this premier stage adaptation of Conan Doyle’s thriller, starring Mark Gatiss as Holmes and Sanjeev Bhaskar as Dr Watson.

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