Performances of Ashley Riches at BBC Orchestras and Choirs

Thu 4 Dec 2025

• 19:30

  90th Anniversary Concert: Sir Stephen Hough Plays Grieg's Piano Concerto

  City Halls

  Grieg’s beloved concerto and a deeply moving wartime masterpiece with NYCOS

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  Grieg’s beloved concerto and a deeply moving wartime masterpiece with NYCOS

  Programme

  • • • Ayanna Witter-Johnson
      • Bacchanale(12 mins)World Premiere, BBC Commission
    • • Edvard Grieg
      • Piano Concerto in A minor(30 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Michael Tippett
      • A Child of Our Time(65 mins)

  Performers

  • Pumeza Matshikiza

    soprano
    soprano
  • Beth Taylor

    alto
    alto
  • John Findon

    tenor
    tenor
  • Ashley Riches

    bass
    bass
  • National Youth Choir of Scotland
  • Stephen Hough

    piano
    piano
  • Ryan Wigglesworth

    Conductor
    Conductor
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson
  • Edvard Grieg
  • Michael Tippett

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  Part of

  BBC SSO 2025-26 Season BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2025/26