Concert Season Autumn 2021 Lighthouse, Poole

It is with immense pride that I welcome you to our new season of concerts, a season in which we renew that special bond between orchestra and audience. The shared experience of live music, where performers can respond to the excited anticipation of a concert hall of people who love music, is something we have all missed.

An outstanding roster of artists will be performing some of the greatest and most loved classical music. We are particularly excited to welcome our new BSO Artist-in-Residence, Horn player Felix Klieser, who will make his UK concerto debut with us in November.

Working closely with our colleagues at Lighthouse we will continue to offer the safest possible experience when you attend a concert, with both socially distanced and non-socially distanced seating options. Once again, all our concerts will be livestreamed.

Music has a unique ability to reach into us and provide moments of great solace, joy, and excitement. That power of music has never been more important than during the pandemic and I am so proud of the Herculean efforts of everyone at the BSO to keep the music playing. Thank you once again for your incredible support during this challenging time, it means so much to us.

I look forward to welcoming you personally to a season of musical masterpieces with your great Orchestra – see you soon! Dougie Scarfe Chief Executive bsolive.com “In one sense the BSO never went away, because its groundbreaking digital Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday live stream performances of the past year and a bit have been a brilliant, 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 October cultural ray of hope and a lifeline in otherwise dark times for the arts” 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm Bournemouth Echo, April 2021 Symphonic Born in Beethoven German Pictures the USA with Sunwook Old Masters

Bizet Copland Beethoven Mendelssohn L’Arlesienne Suite Appalachian Spring Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ Calm Sea and Prosperous Ravel Barber Beethoven Voyage Piano Concerto in G Violin Concerto Symphony No.7 Schubert Prokofiev Gershwin Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’ Autumnal Sketch Catfish Row: Sunwook Kim Brahms Conductor/Piano Mussorgsky (arr Ravel) Suite from Porgy and Bess Symphony No.4 Pictures at an Exhibition Kirill Karabits James Feddeck Kirill Karabits Conductor Conductor Conductor Valeriy Sokolov Louis Schwizgebel Violin Piano A charming collection, the suite In Appalachian Spring, Copland The “Emperor” is the largest Mendelssohn's descriptive is lifted from music Bizet presents a series of variations in scale of all Beethoven’s overture, inspired by two popular composed for Daudet’s play on the Shaker tune Simple Gifts, concertos; an epic tour de force, poems by Goethe, opens with The Girl from Arles – a tragic illuminated by an inner glow of pitching soloist and orchestra long-held notes stretching story about unrequited love. warmth and poignancy, and in a musical argument of out like a vast expanse of still Ravel’s G Major Concerto quintessential American. Barber’s unprecedented breadth. A spirit water. As the wind stirs up, the sparkles with energy and a Violin Concerto reflects both of heroism infuses the music, ship can complete its journey, sense of spontaneity, drawing the melodic-Romantic style whilst the sublime slow arriving with a fanfare of trumpets. upon Basque and Spanish of his earlier compositions as movement is one of his most With these two most perfect melodies, jazz riffs and even well as the first intimations of profound. Beethoven’s Seventh movements, Schubert ushered his childhood fascination with a new, leaner approach; quite Symphony was first performed in the age of the Romantic mechanical toys. An early work clearly divided between the at a mammoth concert in 1813 symphony. It is powerful, by Prokofiev, his orchestral first two lyrical movements and which was one of his greatest satisfying music; perhaps it “sketch” paints a vivid picture. the explosively energetic finale. public successes. Described was left unfinished because it Mussorgsky’s musical wander Realising that Porgy and Bess by Wagner as “the apotheosis could not, need not be finished. through a fictitious gallery was too long, Gershwin cut of the dance”, with boundless Brahms’ Fourth Symphony is at of works by his friend Victor down the score for its New York energy and rhythmic impetus once a summation of his learning Hartmann is a beautifully run and extracted a suite later the music rages forward, and technique, and a work of art curated series of miniatures, entitled Catfish Row. It contains almost demonically, with climax that for all its complexities cuts some intimate, others grotesque, beloved passages such as after climax, right to the brilliant as close to the heart of the heart but all imbued with vivid Summertime and Bess, You Is final notes and one of the most as music can. Of all his works, it orchestral colour by Ravel’s My Woman as well as less thrilling endings in all music. displays Brahms’ essence most genius for scoring. familiar music. completely. Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 November 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm Crackers Wigglesworth Bruckner Mighty About Dance Conducts with Kirill Brahms

Debussy Mahler (orch Matthews) Mozart Brahms Prelude à L’après-midi d’un faune Nicht zu schnell Divertimento in D K.136 Violin Concerto Bizet Shostakovich Mozart Ho Symphony in C Piano Concerto No.2 Horn Concerto No.4 new work Tchaikovsky Sibelius Bruckner Schumann The Nutcracker (Act Two) Symphony No.1 Symphony No.0 ‘Nullte’ Symphony No.4 (original version)

Andrew Litton Mark Wigglesworth Kirill Karabits Kirill Karabits Conductor Conductor Conductor Conductor Steven Osborne Felix Klieser Ning Feng Piano French Horn Violin

Debussy’s seductive painting of Colin Matthews’ reworking of Mozart composed his delightful Brahms’ concerto stands as a languid, sun-drenched Sicilian the first movement of Mahler’s Divertimento in D Major during one of the largest and most afternoon marked a turning Piano Quartet transformed it down-time in Salzburg in the challenging works in the solo point in musical history, with its into a full-blooded Mahlerian winter of 1772. It is a fine violin repertoire. Though never tenuous grasp of tonality and orchestral work with savagely example in a genre traditionally showy for its own sake it harmony. It weaves a tantalising seething climaxes. Shostakovich’s designated as “light” music. encompasses tender lyricism, veil of hypnotic colours and Second Piano Concerto stands His Fourth Horn Concerto is a brilliant vigour, and many of textures. Bizet’s polished gem miles apart from many of his other winsome gallop most famous Brahms' beloved Hungarian of a symphony is remarkable works in its sense of freedom for its rollicking third movement folk rhythms. Schumann’s not so much for its originality, and abandon – an unrestrained and a popular party piece for Fourth Symphony is a sinuous but for its skilful reworking delight from start to finish, French horn players. Its energy and structurally taught work – of others’ designs – a brilliant particularly in the famous, is such to leave you out of four thematically connected work for a seventeen-year soulful adagio, which ensures breath. The designation ‘Nullte’ movements, played without old composer. Tchaikovsky’s the work’s enduring popularity. or No.0, for Bruckner’s early D pause, enhancing the poetic The Nutcracker has charmed Sibelius’ dramatic and austere minor Symphony has perhaps flow of the solemn grandeur of audiences over the years. From First Symphony is significant in brought it a certain ridicule; the music before reaching its the elegant Waltz of the Flowers that never before had a work the odd name comes from an volatile and explosive ending. to the witty Dance of the Sugar of such stature emerged from inscription by the composer on Plum Fairy and the Dance of the Northern Europe, unveiling the the title page. It is an extremely We are delighted to commission Reed Flutes, the music tinkles in previously unheard character attractive symphony – lighter a new work from Carmen Ho, the memory like a lost music box. of Nordic music, sounding both and more accessible than the BSO Librarian after her recent ‘old’ and ‘new’ at the same time. more frequently heard First and composition competition Second. successes. Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday “the Orchestra sounded in good shape, 1 December 8 December 15 December with an excellent cor anglais solo in the 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm slow movement and some spine-shaking brass playing in the finale” Deep Northern A Baroque The Times, March 2021 Reflections Highlights Christmas

Janáček Sibelius Lachian Dances Valse Triste Mozart Grieg Piano Concerto No.12 K.414 Piano Concerto Dvořák Sibelius Symphony No.7 Symphony No.3 Laurence Cummings Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth Alpesh Chauhan Carolyn Sampson Conductor/Piano Conductor Soprano Alexandra Dariescu Piano

The sumptuously scored Grieg is beloved for his lyricism Laurence Cummings returns to Lachian Dances recall a past which derives from Norwegian conduct an evening featuring that had vanished and a folk tunes and the Romantic the best of Baroque classical countryside and way of life with tradition to which he belongs, music to usher i n the Christmas which Janáček had been familiar and the striking, opening gesture season. Joined by soprano in his earlier life. The A Major of his Piano Concerto is perhaps Carolyn Sampson, the concert Piano Concerto was one of one of the most recognisable in features music by Handel, Bach three that Mozart wrote in late all of classical music. It continues and a host of other Baroque 1782. He wrote of it as “brilliant, with many attractive themes, masters. pleasing to the ear, and natural a thrilling cadenza and much without being vapid”. Dvořák’s dazzling originality. In his Third Symphony No.7 remains Symphony, working with a unsurpassed among his works relatively modest orchestra, for profundity of conception Sibelius anticipates aspects of and consummate craftsmanship. neo-classicism. The economically Marked by an ominous argued, taut score acquires an opening that hints at tragedy epic nobility in its final pages, and dark skies, it presents an sealed by three pillar-like atmosphere of stately richness brass chords. Sibelius himself which weaves its way through conducted it in Bournemouth uncertainty and agitation to a on 17 February 1921. final triumphant conclusion. bsolive.com

Seasonal Concerts

Saturday 18 December Saturday 1 January 2022 BSO Autumn 2021 7.30pm 3pm Live from Lighthouse, Poole BSO Christmas New Year’s Day Crackers Johann Strauss

Pete Harrison Conductor Gala In person tickets Digital tickets: Pre-concert talks Michael Seal Conductor Wednesday concerts Tickets can be purchased online £10 (incl. vat) per concert Free video talks for all concerts £48 £35 £29 £24 £16 via the BSO website or by £5 if you book an in person will be available to watch in telephone on 01202 669925. ticket for the same concert. advance. These will be posted Thursday 23 December Multibuy discounts: Tickets will be available to buy in on the concert info page on the 7.30pm 30% for all 11 concerts person from Lighthouse, Poole £100 (incl. vat) BSO website so that you can 20% for 6–10 concerts from the beginning of September. season ticket (all 11 concerts) find out more about the music Christmas Carol 10% for 3–5 concerts £50 if you have purchased 6 or being performed. Celebration In order to help build confidence more in person concert tickets. Seasonal concerts for audiences returning to the Concert programmes Gavin Carr Conductor £36 £26 £21 £17 £12 concert hall, we are operating a Each Wednesday concert will Both in person and digital Bournemouth Symphony socially distanced seating plan be simultaneously streamed tickets include access to a free Chorus in the balcony whilst maintaining live via the BSO website with pdf concert programme which full capacity in the stalls, allowing presentation beginning at will be available to download customers the choice depending 7.20pm. The performances will prior to each concert. on individual concerns. Ticket then be available to watch on holders will be advised of any demand for 30 days. Details current guidance when attending on how to view will be sent to Lighthouse in person. ticket holders.

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