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
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
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
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


