# Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Concerts and work in the community across the south and west of England > Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is cultural beacon across the South West of England and gives concerts in Poole, Exeter, Portsmouth and Bristol Generated by Yoast SEO v27.2, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [About us](https://bsolive.com/about-us/): Come and meet our players, conductors, associate musicians and ensembles, and explore our latest recordings\. - [Contact us](https://bsolive.com/contact-us/): Get in touch with the team\! - [Terms \& conditions](https://bsolive.com/terms-conditions/): Read our Terms and Conditions, which include website use, copyright and conditions of sale and exchange\. - [Privacy policy](https://bsolive.com/privacy-policy/): Our commitment to keeping your personal data safe and secure\. - [What's on](https://bsolive.com/whats-on/): All upcoming events and performances by the BSO in Poole, Exeter, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Bristol and venues across the South and South West of England\. ## Posts - [Review: "teeming with profligate compositional genius"](https://bsolive.com/news/review-teeming-with-profligate-compositional-genius/): A shrewdly contrasted pairing of works teeming with profligate compositional genius\. Haydn’s Cello Concerto No\.2 and Mahler’s Symphony No\.5 both share a focus on pushing the boundaries\.\.\. - [In conversation with\.\.\.Carol Paige and Chloé Van Soeterstède](https://bsolive.com/news/in-conversation-with-carol-paige-and-chloe-van-soeterstede/): As the world celebrates International Women's Day, we caught up with our Principal Guest Conductor and Section Principal Second Violin to chat about women that inspire them\. - [REVIEW: 'Blue Skies' a programme of Bridge, Ravel and Rachmaninov](https://bsolive.com/news/review-blue-skies-a-programme-of-bridge-ravel-and-rachmaninov/): "Mark Wigglesworth and BSO comprehensively nailed every aspect in this performance" - [Shining a light on ‘BSO After Dark’](https://bsolive.com/news/shining-a-light-on-bso-after-dark/) - [REVIEW: Beethoven and Elgar with Mark Wigglesworth and Clara\-Jumi Kang](https://bsolive.com/news/review-beethoven-and-elgar-with-mark-wigglesworth-and-clara-jumi-kang/): "All\-in\-all an overwhelming performance shot through with a teasing ambiguity that the composer himself would have applauded" ## Events - [Harmony of Balance](https://bsolive.com/events/harmony-of-balance/): Coalescence explores mankind’s attempt to outsmart nature\. A revolutionary work for Mozart\. Dvořák broke new ground with his Eighth Symphony - [The Snowman \& BSO Voices](https://bsolive.com/events/the-snowman-2026/): The Snowman is the soundtrack to everyone’s Christmas, plus a hamper full of musical Christmas crackers for all the family\. - [Music for Wind Octet](https://bsolive.com/events/wind-octet/) - [Eugene Onegin](https://bsolive.com/events/eugene-onegin/) - [La Bohème](https://bsolive.com/events/la-boheme/) ## Digital events - [Mahler's Fifth](https://bsolive.com/digital/mahlers-fifth/): Karl\-Heinz Steffens conducts the twin masterworks of their genre with cellist Julian Steckel and Haydn's robust Cello Concerto followed by the triumphal Mahler Symphony No\.5\. - [Blue Skies](https://bsolive.com/digital/blue-skies/): Mark Wigglesworth guides us through music packed with atmospheric reflection and energy, joined by soloist Alexandre Tharaud performing Ravel's glittering Piano Concerto in G\. - [Wigglesworth Conducts Elgar](https://bsolive.com/digital/wigglesworth-conducts-elgar/): Mark Wigglesworth is joined by soloist Clara\-Jumi Kang for Beethoven's mighty Violin Concerto, followed by the complex and restless energy of Elgar's Symphony No\.2\. - [Innocence Lost](https://bsolive.com/digital/preconcert-insights-innocence-lost/): Join presenter Katie Derham and Mark Wigglesworth to explore the music from this programme\. - [Celestial Symphony](https://bsolive.com/digital/preconcert-insights-celestial-symphony/): Join conductor Enyi Okpara to explore the music from this programme\. ## Projects - [BSO Voices](https://bsolive.com/projects/bso-voices/): BSO Voices is a vibrant community choir, celebrating music through the joy of singing\. - [BSO: Work Experience](https://bsolive.com/projects/work-experience/): Our work experience placements give students the opportunity to gain valuable experience of the inner\-workings of a professional orchestra\. - [Bournemouth NOYO Ensemble](https://bsolive.com/projects/national-open-youth-orchestra/): An ambitious disabled\-led youth orchestra giving some of the UK’s most talented young disabled and non\-disabled musicians a progression route\. - [The BSO in Boscombe](https://bsolive.com/projects/the-bso-in-boscombe/) - [Cake Concerts](https://bsolive.com/projects/cake-concerts/): Specifically developed for people living with dementia, Cake Concerts are relaxed chamber performances in informal environments, combining classical repertoire with tea, cake and light chatter\. ## Jobs - [BSO Participate Projects Coordinator](https://bsolive.com/jobs/bso-participate-projects-coordinator2/) ## Press releases - [Kirill Karabits and the BSO in world premiere recording of Thomas de Hartmann’s lost opera, Esther\.](https://bsolive.com/press-releases/kirill-karabits-and-the-bso-in-world-premiere-recording-of-thomas-de-hartmanns-lost-opera-esther/): Brand\-new release coming soon on Pentatone - [Late\-night Mixtape Event comes to Southampton: BSO After Dark feat\. Baby Panna](https://bsolive.com/press-releases/late-night-mixtape-event-comes-to-southampton-bso-after-dark-feat-baby-panna/): A brand\-new event for fans of contemporary classical music, BSO After Dark, comes to Turner Sims, Southampton on Friday 13 March\. - [More than 10,700 kids and teachers to experience live orchestral music for FREE from this month](https://bsolive.com/press-releases/more-than-10700-kids-and-teachers-to-experience-live-orchestral-music-for-free-from-this-month/): More than 10,700 children and teachers in the South West to experience live concerts as the BSO's 'Explore the Orchestra' tour visits Bristol, Exeter, Poole and Portsmouth - [BSO Calleva Conducting Competition opens to next generation musicians](https://bsolive.com/press-releases/bso-calleva-conducting-competition-opens-to-next-generation-musicians/): The BSO's Calleva Conducting Competition launches for 2026\.\.\. - [Summer Concerts return to Portsmouth's Guildhall Square in 2026](https://bsolive.com/press-releases/summer-concerts-in-portsmouths-guildhall-square-to-return-in-2026/): Live orchestral music returns to Portsmouth Guildhall Square in 2026 \- early bird tickets now on sale ## Recordings - [Esther](https://bsolive.com/recordings/esther/) - [Shostakovich \| Glazunov](https://bsolive.com/recordings/shostakovich-glazunov/): Nicola Benedetti joined us to record two contrasting violin concertos by Shostakovich and Glazunov \- the Russian student and teacher pair \- under the Decca Classics record label\. - [Lyatoshynsky Symphony No\.3](https://bsolive.com/recordings/boris-lyatoshynsky/): With their second album on Chandos, the highly lauded team of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor, Kirill Karabits, presents another volume in their surround\-sound series ‘Voices from the East’\. - [Prokofiev Symphonies 1 \& 2](https://bsolive.com/recordings/prokofiev-symphonies-1-2/): For the second volume in their Prokofiev symphony cycle, Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra present two contrasting symphonies; the First, a delightful and skilful homage to Joseph Haydn, and the avant\-garde Second, described by the composer as being ‘as hard as iron and steel’\. - [Britten \& Shostakovich](https://bsolive.com/recordings/britten-shostakovich/): Featuring James Ehnes as soloist and BSO Principal Conductor Kirill Karabits, this disc explores the dark and often intense Violin Concertos of two great friends\. ## Categories - [Blog entries](https://bsolive.com/news/category/blog-entries/) - [News](https://bsolive.com/news/category/news/) - [Uncategorised](https://bsolive.com/news/category/uncategorised/) - [Reviews](https://bsolive.com/news/category/reviews/) - [Interviews](https://bsolive.com/news/category/interviews/) ## Event Type - [Orchestra event](https://bsolive.com/news/event_type/orchestra-event/) - [Family friendly](https://bsolive.com/news/event_type/family-friendly/) - [BSO Participate](https://bsolive.com/news/event_type/bso-participant-event/) - [Digital Concert](https://bsolive.com/news/event_type/concert-livestream/) - [Member event](https://bsolive.com/news/event_type/member-only-event/) ## Strand - [Creative Health](https://bsolive.com/news/strand/health-and-wellbeing/) - [Schools](https://bsolive.com/news/strand/schools-and-5-18-year-olds/) - [Community and Family](https://bsolive.com/news/strand/community/) - [Youth and Rising Talent](https://bsolive.com/news/strand/rising-talent/) ## Category - [Administration Team](https://bsolive.com/news/people-category/administration-team/) - [Composers](https://bsolive.com/news/people-category/composers/) - [Marketing, Sales \& Digital](https://bsolive.com/news/people-category/marketing/) - [Board of Trustees](https://bsolive.com/news/people-category/board-of-trustees/) - [First Violin](https://bsolive.com/news/people-category/first-violin/) ## Category - [Pre\-concert Insights](https://bsolive.com/news/category/musical-insights/) - [Meet the Music Talks](https://bsolive.com/news/category/in-depth-talks/) - [Members and Supporters](https://bsolive.com/news/category/members-and-supporters/) - [Care Home Portal](https://bsolive.com/news/category/care-home-portal/) - [Free to watch](https://bsolive.com/news/category/free-to-watch/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://bsolive.com/sitemap_index.xml)