Music-making and live performance lies at the heart of everything we do at the BSO.

2024/25 BSO Digital Concert Season Ticket

17 digital concerts - only £150 online concerts from October to May

Digital livestream

2024/25 BSO Digital Concert season ticket. Access to 17 concerts for just £150. Enjoy the BSO from the comfort of your own home.

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Championing the role of culture in people’s lives

Mark Wigglesworth

Chief Conductor

BSO Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth

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The BSO Participate team work with the youngest and oldest members of communities across the South West, bringing music into the heart of everyday life.

BSO Participate

Symphony from Scratch

An inclusive weekend of symphonic music making Saturday 23 November, 1.45pm

The Purbeck School, Wareham

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New artistic team announced
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Mark Wigglesworth and Chloé van Soeterstède become Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s new ChiefConductor and Principal Guest Conductor
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New artistic team announced

20 March

Mark Wigglesworth and Chloé van Soeterstède become Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s new ChiefConductor and Principal Guest Conductor

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Reinhold Glière 1875-1956

Reinhold Glière was a Soviet composer, of German and Polish descent.

Born: 11 January 1875 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Died: 23 June 1956 Moscow, Russia.

He was noted for his works incorporating elements of the folk music of several eastern Soviet republics. Glière achieved a high status in the Soviet musical world after the Russian Revolution.