# 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 v27.9, 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 - [“More events like this please” say audiences as inclusive ensemble brings music to Bradford\-on\-Avon library](https://bsolive.com/news/more-events-like-this-please-say-audiences-as-inclusive-ensemble-brings-music-to-bradford-on-avon-library/): A performance charting a musical journey from ‘dusk to dawn’ hit the right note at Bradford\-on\-Avon library - [Remembering Tamás Vásáry: Principal Conductor, Bournemouth Sinfonietta \(1989 \-1997\)](https://bsolive.com/news/remembering-tamas-vasary-principal-conductor-bournemouth-sinfonietta-1989-1997/): "Watching Tamás directing Mozart piano concertos from the keyboard was just heavenly\.” - [Review: "an evening that is sure to be looked back on as one of the highlights of the season\."](https://bsolive.com/news/review-an-evening-that-is-sure-to-be-looked-back-on-as-one-of-the-highlights-of-the-season/): It is impossible to think of the saxophonist Jess Gillam without being awed by her charisma and glamour almost as much as by her quite dazzling playing\. - [Remembering Andy Baker: Double bass player and pioneering Community Musician](https://bsolive.com/news/remembering-andy-baker-double-bass-player-and-pioneering-community-musician/): Andy Baker, a charismatic performer who shared music\-making with people of all ages across the South West\. - [Review: BSO performs at Bristol's BBC Proms](https://bsolive.com/news/review-bso-performs-at-bristols-bbc-proms/): The BSO celebrated its contribution to the BBC Proms in the Bristol Beacon this year with a programme specifically designed to show off the best of 20th century Russian music\. ## Events - [Beethoven Now](https://bsolive.com/events/beethoven-now/): A unique insight into why Beethoven has such universal appeal and timeless significance\. - [BSO Teatime Trio Cake Concert \- Swanage](https://bsolive.com/events/bso-teatime-trio-cake-concert-swanage-26/) - [Star Wars: 50th Anniversary Celebration](https://bsolive.com/events/star-wars-50th-anniversary-celebration/) - [Winter Warmers](https://bsolive.com/events/winter-warmers/) - [Beethoven Now](https://bsolive.com/events/beethoven-now-bristol/): A unique insight into why Beethoven has such universal appeal and timeless significance\. ## Digital events - [Elgar's Dream](https://bsolive.com/digital/preconcert-insights-elgars-dream/): Join presenter Tom Service to explore the music from this fantastic BSO programme\. - [Homage To Sibelius](https://bsolive.com/digital/preconcert-insights-homage-to-sibelius/): Join presenter Tom Service to explore the music from this fantastic BSO programme\. - [Lyricism and Drama](https://bsolive.com/digital/preconcert-insights-lyricism-and-drama/): Join presenter Tom Service to explore the music from this fantastic BSO programme\. - [Coming To America](https://bsolive.com/digital/preconcert-insights-coming-to-america/): Join presenter Tom Service to explore the music from this fantastic BSO programme\. - [Beethoven Ascending \| Bristol](https://bsolive.com/digital/preconcert-insights-beethoven-ascending-bristol/): Join presenter Tom Service to explore the music from this fantastic BSO programme\. ## Projects - [BSO Voices](https://bsolive.com/projects/bso-voices/): BSO Voices is a vibrant community choir, celebrating music through the joy of singing\. - [Wraparound concert activity](https://bsolive.com/projects/wraparound-concert-activity/) - [The BSO in Boscombe](https://bsolive.com/projects/the-bso-in-boscombe/) - [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\. - [KS4 Concerts](https://bsolive.com/projects/ks4-concerts/): KS4 concerts are a great opportunity to support young people’s music education and inspire them through live performance\. ## Jobs - [BSO Young Associates Programme](https://bsolive.com/jobs/young-associates-26/): BSO Young Associates is an eight\-month music leader training programme for 18\-30 year olds underrepresented in the arts\. ## Press releases - [Double\-bill of violin music featuring renowned soloist visits Weymouth and Barnstaple](https://bsolive.com/press-releases/double-bill-of-violin-music-featuring-renowned-soloist-visits-weymouth-and-barnstaple/): Acclaimed violinist Tamsin Waley\-Cohen joins Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Weymouth and Barnstaple to chart a musical journey from darkness to light\. - [BSO Voices community choir sings world premiere to mark year of global change](https://bsolive.com/press-releases/bso-voices-community-choir-sings-world-premiere-to-mark-year-of-global-change/): From Covid\-19 performed as a morse code cypher to a setting of words by Greta Thunberg on environmental change, Requiem 2020 is set to mark a year unlike any other\. - [BSO Resound calls for inclusion to remain centre stage as it performs world premiere by Shirley J\. Thompson](https://bsolive.com/press-releases/bso-resound-calls-for-inclusion-to-remain-centre-stage-as-it-performs-world-premiere-by-shirley-j-thompson/): Two forces for positive change in classical music unite to present a world premiere this summer: BSO Resound and composer Shirley J\. Thompson\. - [Spectacular music and picnics as the BSO’s Proms in the Park concerts welcomed almost 7,000 people into heart of town](https://bsolive.com/press-releases/spectacular-music-and-picnics-as-the-bsos-proms-in-the-park-concerts-welcomed-almost-7000-people-into-heart-of-town/): Thousands of revellers came through the gates of Meyrick Park to celebrate live music 7\-8 August - [Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits bring their Voices from the East series to the Southbank Centre, celebrating symphonic music from Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia and Ukraine with a day of concerts and talks](https://bsolive.com/press-releases/bournemouth-symphony-orchestra-and-kirill-karabits-bring-their-voices-from-the-east-series-to-the-southbank-centre-celebrating-symphonic-music-from-azerbaijan-turkmenistan-georgia-armenia-and-ukra/): In May 2024, Karabits will perform three concerts with the BSO in Poole – two of which will be livestreamed for audiences worldwide – before they travel to London to undertake a day of Voic ## Recordings - [Walton Symphonies 1 \& 2](https://bsolive.com/recordings/walton-symphonies-1-2/): Walton’s First Symphony burst onto the musical scene in 1935 and quickly became recognised as a masterpiece\. By contrast, his Second Symphony, commissioned by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, struggled to escape the shadow of its older sibling with its first performance 25 years later\. - [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’\. ## 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/) - [Board of Trustees](https://bsolive.com/news/people-category/board-of-trustees/) - [First Violin](https://bsolive.com/news/people-category/first-violin/) - [Marketing, Sales \& Digital](https://bsolive.com/news/people-category/marketing/) ## Category - [Pre\-concert Insights](https://bsolive.com/news/category/musical-insights/) - [Meet the Music Talks](https://bsolive.com/news/category/in-depth-talks/) - [Care Home Portal](https://bsolive.com/news/category/care-home-portal/) - [Members and Supporters](https://bsolive.com/news/category/members-and-supporters/) - [BSO Participate](https://bsolive.com/news/category/bso-participate/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://bsolive.com/sitemap_index.xml)