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“The gift of imagination is by no means an exclusive property Special offers for families and students of the artist; it is a gift we all share; to some degree or other, all of us are endowed with the powers of fantasy… visions As part of our commitment to enable more young people to experience the joy of live orchestral music, we have ongoing schemes to encourage students and families to join us at BBC Philharmonic concerts and yearnings and hopes.” at The Bridgewater Hall. Journey Through Music Sonic Our ‘American Adventure’ this season celebrates During the season we also mark several other for families for students the life and music of Leonard Bernstein, who died significant anniversaries: the 400th anniversary 25 years ago. of Shakespeare’s death; Sibelius’s 150th birthday; Your children’s journey to discovering the Students can get tickets for any concert in the Ginastera’s centenary; and Anthony Payne’s starts here! Bring the whole family to a bespoke season for just £3, on production of a valid student Bernstein was one of the most vibrant forces in 80th birthday. session before the concert and find out more ID. Sonic Manchester is jointly run by the BBC the music of the 20th century, one of the greatest about the music that the orchestra will perform. Philharmonic, RNCM, The Bridgewater Hall and conductors and composers of his time, and a I look forward to seeing you there. Ticket prices are just £7 for children and £12 for Manchester Camerata, and offers students a pianist whose infectious personality and brilliant Simon Webb, General Manager adults (including booking fees), plus you will receive range of great discounts for concerts in the city. free concert programmes with easy-to-read notes. musicianship influenced everyone with whom he For more information and to sign up to the worked. Selected concerts only - look out for the Sonic Manchester newsletter, visit JTM logo next to concert listings and visit facebook.com/sonicmanchester. We’re embarking on a season in which In our opening concert on Saturday 19 September bbc.co.uk/philharmonic for more information. creativity and imagination are at the heart we set the tone with Messiaen’s Turangalîla (Suitable for children aged six and upwards.) Symphony, commissioned by Bernstein’s mentor of the programmes. Serge Koussevitzky and given its world premiere by Bernstein himself. , another key I invite you to experience monumental For more information about the BBC Philharmonic, sign figure in Bernstein’s life who also died in 1990, works such as Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony features strongly in the season, as does Benjamin and Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony, up for our newsletter Quay Notes at bbc.co.uk/philharmonic masterpieces such as Brahms’s Third Symphony, Britten, whose Four Sea Interludes Bernstein Email Credits conducted in his final concert, the programme of Beethoven’s Seventh and Mahler’s Second, and [email protected] Design & Art Direction: Raw which we will perform on Friday 9 October. world-class soloists including James Ehnes, Marie- Paper Illustrations: Helen Musselwhite Pierre Langlamet (celebrating the Argentinian Telephone 0161 836 1300 Our celebration of British music runs as a thread composer ’s centenary) and throughout, as we explore works that connect Christian Tetzlaff – all watched over by the huge the music of Britain and Europe to the American personality of Leonard Bernstein. music of Bernstein and his peers. On Saturday 20 February we champion the work of our new Welcome to our American Adventure! Composer in Association, the brilliant young , Chief Conductor Mark Simpson, as we embark on our own British adventure with him over the coming four years. All the concerts in the season will be recorded for BBC Radio 3 and many will be broadcast live. Programmes are available for 30 days after broadcast on BBC iPlayer Radio – visit bbc.co.uk/radio3.

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Season highlights Concert 1 – Saturday 19 September, 7.30pm

Leonard Bernstein: We feature works that he was closely associated Foulds Juanjo Mena Conductor with throughout his career in a survey led by Chief Conductor Juanjo Three Mantras 27’ Valérie Hartmann-Claverie Ondes Martenot Mena. Bernstein considered Mahler the greatest 20th-century Steven Osborne composer and we close the season with his monumental Symphony Messiaen No. 2. He performed Mozart’s Piano No. 17 more than any Turangalîla Symphony 77’ Ladies of the Symphony Chorus other work and founded the Pacific Music Festival in Japan working with Yutaka Sado, who will conduct it alongside Bernstein’s First Symphony. Preview, 6.30pm: The BBC Philharmonic’s General Manager, Simon Such connections permeate the concerts and we invite you to find your Webb, talks about the 2015/2016 concert season and the themes it own links and inspirations throughout the season. explores. Leonard Bernstein Great British Music is the BBC Philharmonic’s life-blood and, Imagine an explosion of love on a cosmic scale. Now add a huge from ’s Three Mantras opening the season, through Mark orchestra, a world-class pianist and a vintage electronic instrument Simpson’s brilliant Sparks and Anthony Payne’s Visions and Journeys, straight out of science fiction… and you’re still not even half way to we continue to champion the music of Britain. Sir , imagining Messiaen’s mind-boggling Turangalîla Symphony. You just have James MacMillan, Thomas Adès, Mark-Anthony Turnage, William to hear it for yourself, as Juanjo Mena, pianist Steven Osborne and Walton, and the late John McCabe all feature. And we the full BBC Philharmonic turn the volume up to 11, and introduce the have five new commissions from Manchester-trained composers in our astonishing Three Mantras by Manchester composer John Foulds. Shakespeare-themed concert in April 2016.

Mark Simpson Serge Koussevitzky had a formative influence on Leonard Bernstein and we also celebrate his influence on the development of orchestral music in the 20th century through his commissions. In this season Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony, Britten’s Peter Grimes, Ravel’s in G major, his arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Concert Music for Brass and Strings, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Bernstein’s Serenade were all commissioned by Koussevitzky, as were works by featured composers Bartók, Copland, Schuman and Walton. Serge Koussevitzky Significant anniversaries are marked throughout the season: Sibelius’s 150th with John Storgårds on Saturday 7 November; Ginastera’s centenary with Juanjo Mena on Saturday 16 April; Anthony Payne’s forthcoming 80th birthday on Friday 18 March with ; and Shakespeare’s death on Saturday 23 April, on the 400th anniversary day itself. Celebrating these anniversaries is all about looking to the future, with music by living composers being performed throughout the year in the context of music by the great masters of the past. 2. Peter Dixon, Principal Cello 3. bbc.co.uk/philharmonic

Concert 2 – Friday 9 October, 7.30pm

Britten Juanjo Mena Conductor Four Sea Interludes Tasmin Little (from ‘Peter Grimes’) 14’ Preview, 6.30pm: Students and invited guests join host Michael Bernstein Symmons Roberts to debate Leonard Bernstein’s influence and his Serenade for Strings, place in 20th-century music. Harp, Percussion and Solo Violin 31’ In the week of the 25th anniversary of his death, we celebrate Beethoven Leonard Bernstein with a concert drawing on repertoire from his Symphony No. 7 36’ final performance. Some say that Bernstein was one of the finest composers of the 20th century. Others think he’s too enjoyable for that! But there’s only one man who could have written a violin concerto based on an ancient Greek drinking party. Tasmin Little raises a glass to his Serenade tonight, as Juanjo Mena conducts Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and then unleashes the BBC Philharmonic on some of the most life-enhancing music ever created: Beethoven’s intoxicating Seventh Symphony.

Concert 3 – Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm

Sibelius John Storgårds Conductor Karelia Suite 15’ Christian Tetzlaff Violin Journey Through Music, 6.30pm: An introduction to tonight’s Violin Concerto 27’ concert especially for families. See page 1 for further details. Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela 9’ “Today I saw sixteen swans. God, what beauty!” Sibelius That transcendent vision inspired Sibelius to compose his Fifth Symphony No. 5 30’ Symphony. It’s a magnificent finish to this Sibelius 150th anniversary concert, especially when conducted by John Storgårds – described by critics as “one of the great Sibelians of our day”. Storgårds looks both to the past, with Sibelius’s Swan of Tuonela and Karelia Suite, and the future, with the stunning, Sibelius-inspired Violin Concerto by Magnus Lindberg, played by the incomparable Christian Tetzlaff.

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Concert 4 – Friday 13 November, 7.30pm

Bernstein Yutaka Sado Conductor Symphony No. 1, Rebecca Evans Soprano ‘Jeremiah’ 25’ Ronald Brautigam Piano Mozart Piano Concerto When Leonard Bernstein conducted his ‘Jeremiah’ Symphony for No. 17, K453 28’ the first time in 1944, it got the whole of the USA talking. It’s just as powerful today, and Yutaka Sado, a graduate of Bernstein’s Pacific Schumann Music Festival, feels passionately about it. Meanwhile, Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 37’ Second Symphony is all about romance: full of darkness, light and secret messages to his beloved Clara. In between, Ronald Brautigam shares one of Mozart’s most deliciously playful – a piece so catchy that even Mozart’s pet starling started singing the tune!

Concert 5 – Friday 20 November, 7.30pm

McCabe John Storgårds Conductor Joybox 6’ Peter Erskine Drum set Stravinsky Journey Through Music, 6.30pm: An introduction to tonight’s Ode 10’ concert especially for families. See page 1 for further details. Mark-Anthony Turnage Shove a coin in the slot and a whole cascade of prizes comes tumbling Erskine - Concerto for out. The late John McCabe got the idea for Joybox from a Japanese Drum set and Orchestra 30’ amusement arcade, and he wrote it specially for the BBC Philharmonic. Tonight, it unlocks the jackpot: miniatures by Stravinsky and Ives, Stravinsky ’s outrageous post-war symphony, and Mark-Anthony Scherzo à la Russe 4’ Turnage’s swinging new concerto for the great jazz drummer Peter Stravinsky Erskine, played by the legend himself. Oh, and a dancing elephant. Circus Polka 4’ Roll up, roll up! Ives The Unanswered Question 6’ Antheil Symphony No. 5, ‘Joyous’ 24’

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Concert 6 – Friday 4 December, 7.30pm

Dvořák Juanjo Mena Conductor Overture ‘Carnival’ 10’ James Ehnes Violin Britten Susan Bickley Mezzo-soprano Violin Concerto 31’ Preview, 6.30pm: Students and invited guests discuss the expression Thomas Adès of personal identity in music, in a debate hosted by Michael Symmons America – A Prophecy 15’ Roberts. Brahms An Englishman in New York, Benjamin Britten wrote his Violin Concerto Symphony No. 3 35’ on the eve of the Second World War. Six decades on, Thomas Adès saw a more sombre vision of America. Soloists James Ehnes and Susan Bickley share both power and insight in these two dark masterpieces – then, with three mighty chords, Juanjo Mena clears the air. Brahms’s Third Symphony is as bracing as a summer storm but there’s tenderness too, before the clouds part for one of the loveliest sunsets in all music.

Concert 7 – Saturday 16 January, 7.30pm

Ives Conductor Variations on ‘America’ 8’ Jonathan Scott Organ Journey Through Music, 6.30pm: An introduction to tonight’s Mad Rush 9’ concert especially for families. See page 1 for further details. Copland Organ Symphony 24’ Life, liberty… and great tunes. John Wilson joins forces with Mancunian organist Jonathan Scott to celebrate American heroes who did it their Copland own way: from Copland’s Billy the Kid to Philip Glass welcoming the Billy the Kid – suite 22’ Dalai Lama. blows a raspberry at a patriotic song (you’ll Korngold recognise the tune!) while, in Hollywood, Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin turns Robin Hood into the definitive action hero. So saddle up for a real Hood – symphonic suite 21’ adventure: big names, big personalities and guaranteed entertainment. It’s the American way!

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Concert 8 – Friday 29 January, 7.30pm Concert 10 – Saturday 20 February, 7.30pm

Hindemith Jesús López-Cobos Conductor Mark Simpson Nicholas Collon Conductor Concert Music for Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Piano Sparks 5’ Strings and Brass 17’ Ruby Hughes Soprano James MacMillan Jonathan Scott Piano Ravel Viola Concerto 31’ Piano Concerto A jingling of sleighbells opens Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, flutes call Preview, 6.30pm: Recently appointed as the BBC Philharmonic’s in G major 21’ like skylarks… and we’re on our way to heaven. It’s an enchanting way Gershwin Composer in Association at the age of just 26, Mark Simpson talks to end an evening that features Ravel’s brilliant little piano concerto Rhapsody in Blue 16’ about his future plans with the orchestra. Mahler with the phenomenal Jean-Efflam Bavouzet joining guest conductor Stravinsky Symphony No. 4 56’ One spark is all it takes, and the imagination ignites. Tonight, we’ve a Jesús López-Cobos to reprise his award-winning partnership with the The Firebird - suite whole shower of Sparks from our new Composer in Association, Mark BBC Philharmonic. The evening opens with another high-voltage (1945 version) 29’ Koussevitzky commission: Hindemith’s Concert Music, a real Simpson. And what follows is a positive starburst of musical colour, show-stopper from the Art Deco era. whether it’s James MacMillan’s wild, fantastic Viola Concerto or the smouldering opening of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. The evening closes with Stravinsky’s The Firebird, a tale of green-clawed demons, beautiful princesses and a magical bird of flame. The dynamic young British conductor Nicholas Collon will really set things ablaze.

Concert 9 – Saturday 13 February, 7.30pm Concert 11 – Sunday 28 February, 7.30pm

Bartók Juanjo Mena Conductor Smetana Juanjo Mena Conductor Piano Concerto No. 3 23’ Dejan Lazić Piano Má Vlast – ‘Vltava’ 13’ Augustin Hadelich Violin Shostakovich Bartók Preview, 6.30pm: Students and invited guests join host Michael Don’t mention the Hovis ad, because with its great tunes, grand Symphony No. 7, Violin Concerto No. 2 36’ Symmons Roberts to debate the politics of Bernstein, Shostakovich emotions and sweeping drama, Dvořák’s Symphony from the New ‘Leningrad’ 73’ and Bartók and how this influenced their music. Dvořák World was a popular classic long before TVs even existed! Juanjo Mena Symphony No. 9, will bring out all the nostalgia and joy in Dvořák’s much-loved melodies. Composed in a city under siege, smuggled through enemy lines and ‘From the New World’ 41’ First, though, take a musical boat-trip down the River Vltava, and hear blasted at the Nazi forces through loudspeakers, Shostakovich’s the remarkable Augustin Hadelich summon the fire and ice of Bartók’s Seventh isn’t just a blockbuster symphony, it practically changed the red-blooded Second Violin Concerto. course of history. Juanjo Mena conducts a specially-reinforced BBC Philharmonic in one of the highlights of our season. A product of the Hungarian composer’s wartime American exile, Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto, meanwhile, is both peppery and deeply poetic. And, with the inimitable Dejan Lazić as soloist, it’ll launch the ‘Leningrad’ in a burst of sheer energy.

10. 11. The Bernstein Connections Walton Concert 14 Sibelius & Lindberg Korngold Concert 3 Ives Concerts 7 & 13 Concert 5 & 7 Mark-Anthony Turnage Concert 5 Bernstein Dvořák Concerts Concerts 6 & 11 2, 4, 15, & 17 Britten Concerts 2, 6 & 17 James MacMillan & Mark Simpson Gershwin Stravinsky Concert 10 Concert 10 Concerts 5, 10 & 15

Antheil Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Concert 5 Concert 13

Concerts Schumann Mahler 1 - Saturday 19 September p3 Concert 4 Copland Concerts 8 & 18 2 - Friday 9 October p5 Concerts 7, 12 & 13 Messiaen Concert 1 3 - Saturday 7 November p5 4 - Friday 13 November p6 Bartók Concerts 9 & 11 Mozart Shakespeare 5 - Friday 20 November p6 Concert 4 Concert 15 & 16 6 - Friday 4 December p9 7 - Saturday 16 January p9 8 - Friday 29 January p10

Barber 9 - Saturday 13 February p10 Concerts 2, 11 10 - Saturday 20 February p11 Shostakovich 11 - Sunday 28 February p11 Concerts 9 & 17 Yutaka Sado 12 - Saturday 5 March p14 Concert 4 William Schuman 13 - Saturday 12 March p14 Concert 12 14 - Friday 18 March p15 Ginastera Concert 15 15 - Saturday 16 April p16 Ravel/Mussorgsky 16 - Saturday 23 April p16 Concerts 8 & 12 17 - Friday 29 April p18 18 - Saturday 14 May p19

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Concert 12 – Saturday 5 March, 7.30pm

William Schuman Juanjo Mena Conductor American Festival Piano Overture 10’ Journey Through Music, 6.30pm: An introduction to tonight’s Barber concert especially for families. See page 1 for further details. Piano Concerto 26’ Copland Quiet City 10’ “Wee-Awk-Eee!” On the streets of 1930s New York, that’s what the kids yelled when Mussorgsky, arr. there was about to be some serious fun. William Schuman’s American Ravel Festival Overture opens a concert crammed with action: Garrick Pictures at an Exhibition 32’ Ohlsson wrangles Barber’s Piano Concerto before Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic leap the Atlantic to Imperial Russia and the evil gnomes, flying witches and dancing chickens of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Commissioned by Koussevitzky, Ravel’s hugely popular orchestral version simply lights up the sky.

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Concert 13 – Saturday 12 March, 7.30pm Concert 14 – Friday 18 March, 7.30pm

Sir Peter John Storgårds Conductor Anthony Payne Yan Pascal Tortelier Conductor Maxwell Davies Clarinet Visions and Journeys 23’ Leonard Elschenbroich Cello A Reel for Seven Walton Preview, 6.30pm: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in conversation. Preview, 6.30pm: A discussion about the BBC’s Fishermen 30’ Cello Concerto 27’ programme, which aims to inspire a generation of children to get Copland If you enjoy Mahler and Strauss, you’ll simply fall in love with the music Roussel creative with . Clarinet Concerto of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. He wrote his Sinfonietta when he was Suite in F major 20’ (original version) 17’ just 16 years old, and it’s 45 minutes of epic drama, shimmering colour From a Mediterranean garden, Walton imagined a cello concerto and irresistible waltz tunes. For John Storgårds it is a real passion: it’s Bizet that blossoms with song; Albert Roussel unleashes the raw energy Korngold Carmen certainly a powerful contrast to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s windswept locked within the elegance of the French Baroque; Anthony Payne, Sinfonietta 45’ – orchestral extracts 21’ Orkney seascape and Copland’s jazzy Concerto, played by one of the last of the British Romantics, sails to the Scilly Isles; and Bizet Britain’s best-loved young clarinettists. conjures up the sunlight of Spain, in the world’s favourite . Sexy melodies and ravishing colours: Yan Pascal Tortelier will be in his element, joined by rising star Leonard Elschenbroich and reunited with the BBC Philharmonic.

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Concert 15 – Saturday 16 April, 7.30pm

Bernstein Juanjo Mena Conductor Symphonic Dances from Marie-Pierre Langlamet Harp ‘West Side Story’ 22’ CBSO Youth Chorus Ginastera Hallé Youth Choir Harp Concerto 17’ Journey Through Music, 6.30pm: An introduction to tonight’s Bernstein concert especially for families. See page 1 for further details. Chichester Psalms 16’ Stravinsky Sacred music for an English cathedral or a story of gang warfare on the Symphony of Psalms 22’ streets of New York? Whichever, Leonard Bernstein never held back. His Shakespeare-inspired Chichester Psalms buzz with energy and joy, while his West Side Story dances kick their way from the gutter to the stars. These two thrillingly physical masterpieces introduce Stravinsky’s haunting Symphony of Psalms (commissioned by Koussevikzky) and the magical Harp Concerto by Alberto Ginastera, played tonight by the harpist of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Concert 16 – Saturday 23 April, 7.30pm

BBC Commissions: Andrew Gourlay Conductor Chiu-Yu Chou 8’ Preview, 6.30pm: Michael Symmons Roberts hosts a debate on the Tom Coult 8’ place of music in the work of Shakespeare. Nina Whiteman 8’ Aaron Parker 8’ “How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night, Daniel Kidane 8’ Like softest music to attending ears!” Prokofiev Prokofiev retold Romeo and Juliet in music that’s as sharp as a rapier and Romeo and Juliet as tender as a kiss. And, on the day that marks both the exact 400th – excerpts 40’ anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and the traditional date of his birth, we could hardly celebrate the bard with anything else. But there’s more: five young Manchester composers have each written music inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets, and we’ve invited one of our brightest young conductors to give the world premieres. Part of Echoes of a Mountain Song, a series of events celebrating the music and poetry of northern landscapes. More details at bridgewater-hall.co.uk. 16. BBC Philharmonic An American Adventure bbc.co.uk/philharmonic

Concert 17 – Friday 29 April, 7.30pm

Bernstein John Storgårds Conductor Candidate – overture 5’ Piano Britten Journey Through Music, 6.30pm: An introduction to tonight’s Piano Concerto 33’ concert especially for families. See page 1 for further details. Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 44’ Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony was wickedly dubbed “a Soviet artist’s response to just criticism”, but every note tells a much darker story. From the tempestuous opening to the final blazing chords, this is music that demands to be heard. Expect a roof-raising finish to a concert that begins with Bernstein’s zinger of an overture, and features the sparkling, supercharged Piano Concerto by Benjamin Britten. It’s like a blast of spring air; ’s own Kathryn Stott will throw the windows wide open. Jennifer Hutchinson, Flute and Piccolo

Concert 18 – Saturday 14 May, 7.30pm

Kevin Flynn, First Violin Midori Sugiyama, Assistant Leader Mahler Conductor Symphony No. 2, Olena Tokar Soprano ‘Resurrection’ 80’ Jennifer Johnston Mezzo-soprano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony starts with a funeral march and goes beyond the end of the world, finishing with the promise of rebirth. In between come tender memories, distant and a breath-taking musical panorama of the Day of Judgement itself. And, if that sounds like a spectacular way to end our season, just wait until you hear it live with Vassily Sinaisky, a super-sized BBC Philharmonic and the CBSO chorus committing body and soul to some of the most heart-lifting music that Mahler ever composed.

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Learning & Outreach Work The BBC Philharmonic Family Concert

Taking music to people wherever they are. Saturday 11 June 2016, 3pm The BBC Philharmonic’s Learning & Outreach team works with over 15,000 people each year in various educational and community settings. This includes schools, colleges, universities, care homes, special needs centres and some more The BBC Philharmonic Family Concert returns Please note that further details will be released unusual places like council offices, supermarkets, factories, fire stations, and even for 2016 with another fun-filled family afternoon closer to the date of the concert – sign up to canal cruises around Quays. of music inspired by the first two years of the the BBC Philharmonic newsletter, Quay Notes, BBC Ten Pieces programme for schools. at bbc.co.uk/philharmonic to find out first.

“The performance by the workshop “We are a educating family Hosted by a well-known presenter from Tickets: group was riveting- you could have and love music but have no real BBC Children’s TV, the concert will feature Adults £15 many of your orchestral favourites including Children £10 heard a pin drop as all the pupils background in it. The whole event popular classics, music from films and a selection Babes in arms £2* (no allocated seat) and audience were spellbound. far exceeded my expectations – from the Ten Pieces. Before and after the concert Family Ticket £37 for a group of four** An amazing opportunity that and theirs! They had never seen an there will be lots of family friendly activities in the (any combination of children and/or adults) stretched the children and was orchestra before… just seeing their foyer of The Bridgewater Hall, including magic (All prices include £2 booking fee) shows and arts and crafts. entirely exhilarating.” faces was amazing!” *A limited number of babes in arms tickets are Primary School Teacher Home Schooling Tutor/Parent The concert will last for approximately one hour available on this concert for children under two BBC Philharmonic Ten Pieces workshop ‘Meet the Phil’ session and 15 minutes and is aimed at children aged years. Please visit/call The Bridgewater Hall Box six and above, but all ages are welcome! Office on 0161 907 9000 for further details.

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‘The Firebird’ Created by 60 pupils from Year 3 in Ballifield Primary School, Sheffield, as part of a BBC Philharmonic Ten Pieces workshop. Design by Helen Musselwhite.

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Ticket prices How to book

Ticket bands Telephone: 0161 907 9000 The Bridgewater Hall Booking Fees Online: bridgewater-hall.co.uk All prices listed include the £2 per ticket booking Seating Area A £38 fee for telephone and online transactions. No fees In person: The Bridgewater Hall Box Office Seating Area B £32 apply for tickets bought in person and paid for by By post: Request a booking form from the Box Seating Area C £26 cash or cheque or purchased as part of a Fixed Office and return to: of Flexible subscription. Tickets bought in person Seating Area D £21 The Bridgewater Hall Box Office, using a debit card or credit card are subject to a 2% Seating Area E £16 FREEPOST RTLJ-GRKG-GGYS, booking fee. Seating Area F £12 Manchester, M2 3WS (Includes £2 booking fee) Ticket Exchange Direct Debit is interest-free on Fixed and Flexible If you are unable to attend a BBC Philharmonic BBC Philharmonic Family Concert Series ticket orders of £250 or more. Please fill concert, the Box Office will credit your account Ticket prices are applicable in any area of the Hall: in the mandate form on the Bridgewater Hall with the cost of the tickets, provided they are booking form and the cost of your tickets will be physically returned at least three working days Adults £15 automatically charged to your bank account in five before the concert date. This credit amount (minus Children £10 monthly instalments commencing on or around a return fee of £2.20 per ticket) can then be used Babes in arms £2 (no allocated seat) Tuesday 1 September 2015. Please note, the to purchase full-price tickets for another concert (Includes £2 booking fee) mandate form must be returned by Friday 24 July of your choice. 2015. Details of Fixed and Flexible Series are on page 24. Tickets also available from Quaytickets: Concessions Telephone: 0161 876 2199 The Bridgewater Hall Box Office Concessionary Tickets Senior Citizens Families Online: quaytickets.com A 10% discount is available in From two Mondays prior to the (Journey Through Music) Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3WS In Person: The Lowry – Quaytickets Box Office, advance to all under-26-year- concert, senior citizens may See page 1 for details. Pier 8, , M50 3AZ olds and claimants. purchase any remaining tickets Opening Hours at a 20% discount. 10am – 6pm Monday to Saturday All bookings are subject to a £2 per ticket booking fee. Disabled Patrons (8pm concert nights) A 50% discount is available in Children’s Tickets Group Discounts 12pm – 8pm Sunday (concert nights only) advance to all disabled patrons. A 50% discount is available for Generous discounts are available, Please contact the Box Office children aged 16 and under at depending on the size of your on 0161 907 9000 to book all concerts. Excludes Journey group: and let us know your access Through Music and Family requirements at the time of your concerts. Groups of 10–29 save 10% booking. We will, where possible, Groups of 30–49 save 15% Students (Sonic Manchester) seat you and a personal assistant Groups of 50+ save 25% appropriately. See page 1 for details.

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Ticket subscriptions Getting to The Bridgewater Hall

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2015 Saturday 20 February Mark Simpson, James MacMillan, Saturday 19 September Gershwin & Stravinsky Foulds & Messiaen

Sunday 28 February Friday 9 October Smetana, Bartók & Dvořák Britten, Bernstein & Beethoven

Saturday 5 March Saturday 7 November William Schuman, Barber, Sibelius & Magnus Lindberg Copland & Mussorgsky arr. Ravel Friday 13 November Saturday 12 March Bernstein, Mozart & Schumann Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Copland & Korngold Friday 20 November Friday 18 March McCabe, Stravinsky, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Anthony Payne, Walton, Roussel & Bizet Ives & Antheil

Saturday 16 April Friday 4 December Bernstein, Ginastera & Stravinsky Dvořák, Britten, Thomas Adès & Brahms

Saturday 23 April Chiu-Yu Chou, Tom Coult, Nina Whiteman, 2016 Aaron Parker, Daniel Kidane & Prokofiev Saturday 16 January Ives, Philip Glass, Copland & Korngold Friday 29 April Bernstein, Britten & Shostakovich Friday 29 January Hindemith, Ravel & Mahler Saturday 14 May Mahler Saturday 13 February Bartók & Shostakovich