BBC SSO 2025/26: Afternoon Performance - Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet

Sunday
17.05.2026

2.00pm

Prokofiev's romeo and Juliet

Afternoon Performances on sale from 15 May 2025
£17.50 (includes restoration fund) - Early Bird Rate
£20.50 (includes restoration fund) - if bought less than 2 weeks before the concert

Tea & Symphony

Enjoy lunch before the concert!

Join us for a light lunch of soup and sandwiches followed by a selection of cakes, as well as unlimited tea or coffee for just £13.95, from 12.30pm at any of our Afternoon Performance concerts. Symphony Tea is provided by the venue and is served in the Recital Room at City Halls.

Spaces are always in high demand, so please be sure to pre-book a separate ticket for lunch when purchasing your concert tickets at the Box Office.

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OUTI TARKIAINEN - The Rapids of Life _(UK Premiere)_
JAY CAPPERAULD - Accordion Concerto ‘Galvanic Dances’
_Interval_
PROKOFIEV - Romeo and Juliet (Selection from the ballet)

RYAN CORBETT accordion
EMILIA HOVING conductor

Described by composer Sir James MacMillan as “one of the most astonishing and surprising young newcomers in Scottish music,” Glasgow-born accordionist and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist (2022-24) Ryan Corbett is redefining expectations of his instrument. And in a concerto written especially for him, fellow Scot Jay Capperauld-praised for his “unbridled sonic imagination” (The Scotsman)-channels the crackling energy of electricity into music that dazzles.

On the podium is the dynamic Finnish conductor Emilia Hoving, who conducts music full of hope by fellow Finn Outi Tarkainen, and Prokofiev’s emotionally charged _Romeo and Juliet_-a score that grips the heart and never lets go.

_Seating for Afternoon Performances is unreserved_