On 20 October, Robert Spano conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a Russian themed-programme including Mussorgsky’s Song and Dances of Death and Song of the Flea, Shostakovich’s October, Liszt’ Mazeppa and Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy. 

Spano’s other season highlights include several world premieres with Atlanta Symphony and concerts with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.