BBC Symphony Orchestra (©BBCSOTATE)
 

BBC Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Symphony Orchestra has been at the heart of British musical life since it was founded in 1930. It plays a central role in the BBC Proms, performing around a dozen concerts there each year, including the First and Last Nights. This season includes Janacék’s Glagolitic Mass with the BBC Symphony Chorus, conducted by Karina Canellakis, Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles … and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo, newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevksa’s first appearance at the Proms, and new music by Louis Andriessen, Dieter Ammann and Zosha Di Castri.
 
The BBC SO performs an annual season of concerts at the Barbican, where it is Associate Orchestra. Highlights of the 2019-20 season include William Alwyn’s opera Miss Julie conducted by Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo,  two concerts with Dalia Stasevska featuring music by Stravinsky, Sibelius and Helen Grime, concerts of  words and music with Neil Gaiman and David Walliams and Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with the BBC Symphony Chorus.
 
Total Immersion days are devoted to Detlev Glanert and Anders Hillborg and Lift Off! sees the first Total Immersion aimed at families. The BBC SO’s commitment to contemporary music continues with works by Richard Baker, Victoria Borisova-Ollas, Judith Weir and others, plus operas by David Lang and Joby Talbot.
 
The BBC SO works regularly with Semyon Bychkov, holder of the Günter Wand Conducting Chair and Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis.
 
Central to the orchestra’s life are studio recordings for BBC Radio 3, which are free to attend, as well as performances around the world and the vast majority of performances are broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and available for 30 days after broadcast on BBC Sounds.
 
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers and BBC Proms as part of Get Involved, offer family concerts and enjoyable, adventurous and innovative education work which includes singing workshops, family-friendly introductions to concerts, the BBC Family Orchestra & Chorus and more. There is something for everyone - schools, families, students and amateur musicians of all ages.
 

Sir Andrew Davis (©Dario Acosta)
 

Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
 
Sir Andrew Davis has served as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2000. He began his tenure as Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in January 2013. Through his prolific recordings, his many international tours, and guest appearances and relationships with several of the finest orchestras and opera companies in Europe, North America and Australia, Sir Andrew is one of today's most recognized and acclaimed conductors.
 
In the 2018-19 season, Maestro Davis conducts three operas at the Lyric Opera: Mozart’s Idomeneo, Wagner’s Siegfried in a new production of the "Ring" cycle being presented in installments over four seasons, and Massenet’s Cendrillon. In addition to his regular and annual guest appearances with the BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Sir Andrew also conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in John Harbisons’ Second Symphony and the BBC National Orchestra in Wales in Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ. This summer, he returns to the Edinburgh Festival for a highly anticipated performance of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung.
 
Maestro Davis's career spans over forty years in which he has been the artistic leader at several of the world's most distinguished opera and symphonic institutions, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Conductor Laureate and Chief Conductor from 1991-2004, the longest tenure since that of its founder Sir Adrian Boult), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Music Director 1988-2000), and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Conductor Laureate and Principal Conductor from 1975-1988), where he serves as Interim Artistic Director through 2020. In addition, he holds the honorary title of Conductor Emeritus from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Andrew has led performances at many of the world's most important opera houses, among them the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, Bayreuth Festival, and the major companies of Munich, Paris, San Francisco, and Santa Fe. In addition to those ensembles, he has appeared with virtually every other internationally prominent orchestra, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and all the major British orchestras.
 
A vast and award-winning discography documents Sir Andrew's artistry, with recent CDs including the works of Berlioz, Bliss, Elgar (winner of the 2018 Diapason d’Or de l’Année – Musique Symphonique), Finzi, Grainger, Delius, Ives, Holst, Handel (nominated for a Grammy in 2018 for Best Choral Performance), and York Bowen (nominated for a Grammy in 2012 for Best Orchestral Performance). He currently records for Chandos Records, where he has been an exclusive artist since 2009.
 
Born in 1944 in Hertfordshire, England, Maestro Davis studied at King's College, Cambridge, where he was an organ scholar before taking up conducting. His diverse repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary, and spans the symphonic, operatic and choral worlds. Sir Andrew is a great proponent of twentieth-century works including those by Janáček, Messiaen, Boulez, Elgar, Tippett, and Britten, in addition to the core symphonic and operatic works. As chief conductor, Sir Andrew has always participated in the creation and premieres of new repertoire and new compositions, personally conducting a great number of them.
 
In 1992, Maestro Davis was created a Commander of the British Empire, and in 1999 he was designated a Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours List. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
 

Catherine Wyn-Rogers (©Paul Foster-Williams)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers was a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music, studying with Meriel St Clair and gaining several prizes including the Dame Clara Butt Award. She continued her studies with Ellis Keeler and now works with Diane Forlano.
 
Catherine appears with the Three Choirs, Edinburgh and Aldeburgh festivals, and also at the BBC Proms, where she was a memorable soloist in the 1995 Last Night. She has performed in concert with Leonard Slatkin, Bernard Haitink, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Colin Davis, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Roger Norrington, David Zinman, Peter Oundjian, Edward Gardner and Zubin Mehta. Her numerous recordings include Dream of Gerontius with Daniel Barenboim, Samson with Harry Christophers, The Dream of Gerontius with Vernon Handley for EMI, Mozart's Vespers with Trevor Pinnock for DG, Peter Grimes with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis, and Graham Johnson's Complete Schubert Edition for Hyperion.
 
Catherine sang Erda and Waltraute in Valencia and Florence with Zubin Mehta, appeared at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Sosostris The Midsummer Marriage, and made her debut for the Teatro alla Scala as Mrs Sedley Peter Grimes. For English National Opera she has appeared in Madama Butterfly, War and Peace, La Gioconda, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Rape of Lucretia and Deborah Warner’s productions of the St. John Passion and Messiah. She has had a close relationship with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where roles have included First Norn Götterdämmerung, Erda Das Rheingold and Siegfried, Magdalene Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Cornelia Giulio Cesare, Sosostris The Midsummer Marriage, Genevieve Pelleas et Melisande and Auntie Peter Grimes. Catherine has been a regular guest of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, singing Sosostris, Adelaide Arabella, First Norn, Genevieve, Cornelia Giulio Cesare, Amastra Xerxes, Hexe Königskinder, Erda Das Rheingold and Widow Zimmerlein Die Schweigsame Frau. She has also worked with Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Semper Oper, Dresden, Teatro Real Madrid, Netherlands Opera, Houston Grand Opera and Salzburg Festival. She sang her first Marcellina Le nozze di Figaro for the Verbier Festival conducted by Paul McCreesh, Mrs Sedley in the Aldeburgh Festival production of Peter Grimes that was staged on the beach, Bianca Rape of Lucretia for Glyndebourne Festival and Moses und Aron in her debut at the Opera National de Paris. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera as Adelaide in Arabella.
 
Recent highlights include the Dream of Gerontius in Berlin with Barenboim, Frank Martin’s Le vin herbe for Welsh National Opera, and Mrs Sedley at the Edinburgh Festival (Edward Gardner). Concert engagements this season include Semele in London and Vienna with Ivor Bolton, Sea Pictures with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Tadaaki Otaka, and Das Lied von der Erde with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Sir Andrew Davis).
 
 
Programme (The concert lasts approximately 100 minutes, including 20 minutes intermission.)
 
Beethoven:   Egmont Overture, Op.84
 
Mahler:      Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Catherine Wyn-Rogers)
             Ⅰ.Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
Ⅱ.Ging heut' Morgen übers Feld
Ⅲ.Ich hab'ein glühend Messer
Ⅳ.Die zwei blauen Augen
 
Intermission
 
Shostakovich:  Symphony No. 10 in e minor, Op.93
             Ⅰ.Moderato
Ⅱ.Allegro
Ⅲ.Allegretto
Ⅳ.Andante – Allegro
 
(Please check programme updates at the concert.)

BBC Symphony Orchestra (©BBCSOTATE)
 

BBC Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Symphony Orchestra has been at the heart of British musical life since it was founded in 1930. It plays a central role in the BBC Proms, performing around a dozen concerts there each year, including the First and Last Nights. This season includes Janacék’s Glagolitic Mass with the BBC Symphony Chorus, conducted by Karina Canellakis, Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles … and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo, newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevksa’s first appearance at the Proms, and new music by Louis Andriessen, Dieter Ammann and Zosha Di Castri.
 
The BBC SO performs an annual season of concerts at the Barbican, where it is Associate Orchestra. Highlights of the 2019-20 season include William Alwyn’s opera Miss Julie conducted by Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo,  two concerts with Dalia Stasevska featuring music by Stravinsky, Sibelius and Helen Grime, concerts of  words and music with Neil Gaiman and David Walliams and Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with the BBC Symphony Chorus.
 
Total Immersion days are devoted to Detlev Glanert and Anders Hillborg and Lift Off! sees the first Total Immersion aimed at families. The BBC SO’s commitment to contemporary music continues with works by Richard Baker, Victoria Borisova-Ollas, Judith Weir and others, plus operas by David Lang and Joby Talbot.
 
The BBC SO works regularly with Semyon Bychkov, holder of the Günter Wand Conducting Chair and Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis.
 
Central to the orchestra’s life are studio recordings for BBC Radio 3, which are free to attend, as well as performances around the world and the vast majority of performances are broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and available for 30 days after broadcast on BBC Sounds.
 
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers and BBC Proms as part of Get Involved, offer family concerts and enjoyable, adventurous and innovative education work which includes singing workshops, family-friendly introductions to concerts, the BBC Family Orchestra & Chorus and more. There is something for everyone - schools, families, students and amateur musicians of all ages.

Sir Andrew Davis (©Dario Acosta)
 

Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
 
Sir Andrew Davis has served as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2000. He began his tenure as Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in January 2013. Through his prolific recordings, his many international tours, and guest appearances and relationships with several of the finest orchestras and opera companies in Europe, North America and Australia, Sir Andrew is one of today's most recognized and acclaimed conductors.
 
In the 2018-19 season, Maestro Davis conducts three operas at the Lyric Opera: Mozart’s Idomeneo, Wagner’s Siegfried in a new production of the "Ring" cycle being presented in installments over four seasons, and Massenet’s Cendrillon. In addition to his regular and annual guest appearances with the BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Sir Andrew also conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in John Harbisons’ Second Symphony and the BBC National Orchestra in Wales in Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ. This summer, he returns to the Edinburgh Festival for a highly anticipated performance of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung.
 
Maestro Davis's career spans over forty years in which he has been the artistic leader at several of the world's most distinguished opera and symphonic institutions, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Conductor Laureate and Chief Conductor from 1991-2004, the longest tenure since that of its founder Sir Adrian Boult), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Music Director 1988-2000), and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Conductor Laureate and Principal Conductor from 1975-1988), where he serves as Interim Artistic Director through 2020. In addition, he holds the honorary title of Conductor Emeritus from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Andrew has led performances at many of the world's most important opera houses, among them the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, Bayreuth Festival, and the major companies of Munich, Paris, San Francisco, and Santa Fe. In addition to those ensembles, he has appeared with virtually every other internationally prominent orchestra, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and all the major British orchestras.
 
A vast and award-winning discography documents Sir Andrew's artistry, with recent CDs including the works of Berlioz, Bliss, Elgar (winner of the 2018 Diapason d’Or de l’Année – Musique Symphonique), Finzi, Grainger, Delius, Ives, Holst, Handel (nominated for a Grammy in 2018 for Best Choral Performance), and York Bowen (nominated for a Grammy in 2012 for Best Orchestral Performance). He currently records for Chandos Records, where he has been an exclusive artist since 2009.
 
Born in 1944 in Hertfordshire, England, Maestro Davis studied at King's College, Cambridge, where he was an organ scholar before taking up conducting. His diverse repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary, and spans the symphonic, operatic and choral worlds. Sir Andrew is a great proponent of twentieth-century works including those by Janáček, Messiaen, Boulez, Elgar, Tippett, and Britten, in addition to the core symphonic and operatic works. As chief conductor, Sir Andrew has always participated in the creation and premieres of new repertoire and new compositions, personally conducting a great number of them.
 
In 1992, Maestro Davis was created a Commander of the British Empire, and in 1999 he was designated a Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours List. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.