This season, Karen makes her debut with the Hallé and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestras, at the Royal Festival Hall and further affield with the New Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo.

Friday Night Is Music Night BBC Concert Orchestra

24 April 2026
Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Programme

Soloist, Clare Hammond

Mozart, Marriage of Figaro Overture 

Beethoven 7, II

Bizet, Carmen - Habanera  

Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto 2, II

Anne Dudley, Suite from Elle

Mozart, Clarinet Concerto, II

Prokofiev, Dance of the Nights

Portman, Chocolat - Main theme

Mozart, Piano Concerto 22, III

Clara Schumann, Polonaise No. 4

Strauss, Blue Danube

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National Symphony Orchestra Ireland

26 April 2026
National Concert Hall, Dublin
Discover Peter and the Wolf & The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf with shadow puppetry

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The Lark Ascending – Sinfonia Viva

6 June 2026
Derby Cathedral
Featuring violinist Sophie Rosa, baritone Jolyon Loy and Derby Cathedral Choir

Purcell Chacony
Elgar Serenade for Strings
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Tom Coult La Folia (after Vivaldi)
Bridge Valse Intermezzo à cordes
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

7 June 2026
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Family Concert: Dance Across America

Programme to include West Side Story, Princess and the Frog, Route 66, Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Hoedown

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Karen Ní Bhroin
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