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Concert highlights

Symphonic Sensibility

Symphonic Sensibility

R Strauss, Elgar & Shostakovich Wednesday 22 January
Lighthouse, Poole

This concert shows the less often seen side of classical music, with the intense personal reflection of three great composers brought to life through our orchestra and soloist Ning Feng.

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Glorious Handel

Glorious Handel

Handel & Vivaldi Wednesday 4 March
Lighthouse, Poole

Accompanied by Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, we perform a series of pieces by George Frederic Handel. This concert also features one of Vivaldi's most well-known works, Gloria in Excelsis Deo

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra win prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award!
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra win prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award!

5 December 2019

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A year at the BSO!
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A year at the BSO!

4 July 2018

James Rose, BSO Change Maker / Conductor, reflects on his first year with the BSO, and provides an update about the Change Makers programme and working with BSO Resound

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Some intense rehearsal with Andrei Korobeinikov, in preparation for the awesome Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini tonight 🤩 It will be followed by Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, so this concert is not one to miss! (Don't worry, it's also being performed in Portsmouth Guildhall tomorrow👀) #classicalmusic #berlioz
Here is a beautiful image by @inspiredaub Illustration student, Louise Kruse. The piece is inspired by Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz, which is featuring in our Unrequited Love concerts this week ❤️ This illustration forms part of a whole exhibition based around the works in the concert, keep your eyes peeled for more art coming over the next couple of days. #art #berlioz #artsuniversitybournemouth #inspiredbymusic
Here is a sneaky snap of our Young Conductor in Association @martagardolinska and Pianist @alfovalles on BBC In Tune last night! If you missed them, go and here it on the BBC Radio 3 Website⭐️ #Beethoven #classicalmusic
As the year draws to a close, we want to say thank you to everyone who has supported the BSO this year! With your help this year we have: ⭐️ Put on 159 concerts- including Opera, Schools' Concerts and concerts from our smaller ensembles ⭐️ Sold 121,768 tickets to our events ⭐️ Delivered 576 BSO Participate events and reached out to 60,709 members of the community across the South West. ⭐️ Won 1 RPS Impact Award for the BSO Change Makers Programme and BSO Resound. ❤️ Happy New Year, see you in 2020!
2019 has been an exciting year for music, as well as all of our concerts we also released our recording of Lyatoshynsky's Symphony No.3 and Terterian's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4! Our music is always available for you to listen to on Spotify and we are thrilled that we have reached people in 79 countries! 🎼🎧 So wherever you are, you can always listen to the BSO❤️