We are delighted to announce our 2024/25 season of BSO Digital Concerts.

Experience the power of the BSO from the comfort of your own home. 17 concerts will be streamed live from our home at Lighthouse in Poole, and you can watch again or settle down to enjoy the concert whenever you wish as each concert is then available to view on demand for 30 days.

CLICK HERE to download a pdf of the full BSO Digital Concert series

Wednesday 30 October
Beethoven’s Emperor
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’
Prokofiev Symphony No.5
Kevin John Edusei, Nelson Goerner

Wednesday 13 November
Clarinet Bliss
Rossini String Sonata No.6
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 ‘Italian’
Enyi Okpara, Julian Bliss

Wednesday 20 November
Wigglesworth Conducts Walton
Wagner The Mastersingers of Nuremburg Overture
Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Walton Symphony No.1
Mark Wigglesworth, Nicholas McCarthy

Wednesday 27 November
Mad Over Mendelssohn
Schumann Overture, Scherzo & Finale
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Brahms Symphony No.1
Chloé Van Soeterstède, Alena Baeva

Wednesday 4 December
Nutcracker Magic
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (Act II)
Mark Wigglesworth, Boris Giltburg

Wednesday 15 January
Tales of Passion
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Valentina Peleggi, Simone Lamsma

Wednesday 22 January
Viennese Whirls
J Strauss The Blue Danube
Berg Violin Concerto
Brahms Symphony No.2
Mark Wigglesworth, Alena Baeva

Wednesday 12 February
Cello Elegy
Beethoven Symphony No.1
Elgar Cello Concerto
R Strauss Death and Transfiguration
Alexander Soddy, Laura van der Heijden

Wednesday 26 February
Notes of Nostalgia
Brahms Symphony No.3
Hough Piano Concerto (The World of Yesterday)
Elgar Enigma Variations
Mark Wigglesworth, Sir Stephen Hough

Wednesday 12 March
Looking Forward and Back
Brahms Tragic Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
Schumann Symphony No.2
Chloé Van Soeterstède, Pavel Kolesnikov

Wednesday 26 March
Fairytales and Folklore
Mozart The Magic Flute Overture
de Hartmann Fairy Tales
Trojan Fairy Tales, a Concerto for Accordion
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
Kirill Karabits, Ksenija Sidorova

Wednesday 2 April
Romantic Rhapsody
R Strauss Don Juan
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Beethoven Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica’
Kerem Hasan, Alexei Volodin

Wednesday 9 April
Orchestral Pictures
Debussy Prélude a l’après-midi d’un faune
Berlioz Harold In Italy
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Alexandre Bloch, Lise Berthaud

Wednesday 30 April
Alena Baeva Recital
Schumann Märchenbilder Op.113
Brahms Violin Sonata No.2 Op.100
R Strauss Violin Sonata Op.18
Stravinsky The Fairy’s Kiss (extracts)
Alena Baeva, Vadym Kholodenko

Wednesday 7 May
The Essence of Brahms
Wagner Lohengrin Prelude
Britten Violin Concerto
Brahms Symphony No.4
Mark Wigglesworth, Clara-Jumi Kang

Recorded pre-concert talks for the main works for each of the concerts are available to watch online too. They are an interesting and insightful way to help understand the music before you enjoy the concert itself. You will also be able to download a free pdf concert programme.

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