BBC SSO
BBC SSO 2026/27: Beethoven's Choral Symphony with Hallé Choir
- Tickets
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£34.50, £29.50, £24.50, £19.50, £16.50 (includes restoration fund)
- Box office telephone
- Dates and times
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Thursday 3rd Dec 2026
7:30pm
- Age
- Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
- Venue
Current Subscriber Priority Booking from Thursday 16 April, 10am
General Subscription Booking only: Tuesday 21 April 2026, 10am
General Booking, including for all non-Thursday Night events: Thursday 14 May 2026, 10am
BEETHOVEN’S CHORAL SYMPHONY
THURSDAY
03.12.2026
7.30PM
Unsuk Chin Subito Con Forza (c.5 mins)
Beethoven Symphony No.9 in D minor, ‘Choral’ (c. 65 mins)
Marta Fontanals-Simmons mezzo-soprano
Francesca Chiejina soprano
Santiago Sanchez tenor
Barnaby Rea bass
Hallé Choir
Delyana Lazarova conductor
No interval
Freude, schöner Götterfunken… “Joy, the most beautiful of God’s sparks.” Schiller’s Ode to Joy, set by Beethoven at the blazing summit of his Ninth Symphony, crowns one of the most gripping emotional journeys in all music. Every performance of the Ninth is a major occasion, and with Delyana Lazarova conducting the BBC SSO, four great soloists and the massed voices of the Hallé Choir from Manchester—where Lazarova had her professional breakthrough—this will be a beacon of light in a Scottish December. There’s a bonus item too, an explosive homage to Beethoven from one of the world’s most exciting—and unpredictable—composers of the 21st century, Unsuk Chin.
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Restoration fund
From 1 September 2024, for any new events going on sale at our Concert Halls venues (Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, City Halls and Old Fruitmarket and Kelvingrove Bandstand), a new Restoration Fund of £1.50 per ticket may be added at checkout. View the full Restoration Fund T&Cs.
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Baby changing
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Baby feeding
Available on request
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