Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra concert season 2015 / 16 Guildhall, Welcome

As we launch the 2015 /16 season BSO as our Chief Conductor will The BSO has a unique remit our excitement at the new see him leading us to our 125th to provide world-class music programme is only enhanced Anniversary in 2018 and beyond. and cultural engagement to by the memory of so many These are indeed exciting times. communities across the South outstanding performances by and South West and in doing so the Orchestra in the last year. The season is full of outstanding brings national and international As ever our musicians lay at programmes and I am particularly recognition to our region. Your the heart of everything we do excited by our artistic rostra, with support has never been more at Bournemouth Symphony many performers new to the BSO important to sustain the future Orchestra and great credit must joining those we have known and of this cultural beacon. go to them for their brilliant loved for many years. For me it playing. Kirill Karabits’ inspiring is this mix that builds a season I would like to thank everyone artistic leadership of the into a memorable journey for who supports this remarkable organisation is being appreciated musicians and audiences alike. organisation. by ever growing audiences and We are especially delighted to we are delighted that Kirill’s welcome Augustin Hadelich as our Dougie Scarfe renewed commitment to the Artist-in-Residence for the season. Chief Executive friday Petrushka 16 october 7.30pm

“a terrific performance, Stravinsky’s great ballet has is made of straw and cloth, not de falla full of taut energy and gone through a fascinating series flesh and blood. Rachmaninov’s The Three Cornered vigour, with a wonderful of metamorphoses since first most enduring masterpiece is Hat Suite climax, affirming that conceived as a concert piece, the Second Piano Concerto. rachmaninov the bso had well and truly inspired by the immensely Rising out of mysterious depths Piano Concerto No.2 settled into the exciting popular puppet plays of 19th of bell-like tolls, it quickly stravinsky century Russia. The score is one of establishes itself as a rich and season ahead” Petrushka (1947 version) Bachtrack his most brilliant achievements, mature Romantic work with bursting with the energy and its surging themes, incessant Dvorˇák Symphony No.6 Carlos Miguel Prieto , Lighthouse inventiveness of youth. The depth energy and yearning passion that conductor January 2015 of characterisation is astonishing; never fail to stir the emotions. Stravinsky gives the melancholy In contrast de Falla’s light and Boris Giltburg puppet enough personality to airy work is a highly stylised piano make listeners care about him, depiction of Spanish life. without letting us forget that he friday

30 1905 october 7.30pm

beethoven Shostakovich’s massive Eleventh opening idea, which returns again Egmont Overture Symphony depicts the events of and again, unfolding without prokofiev 1905 when a first, unsuccessful a break. With its bravura solos Piano Concerto No.1 Russian revolution had taken and daring harmonies, Prokofiev’s shostakovich place. Satisfying the cultural first ‘mature’ composition bureaucrats’ directive for announced him as a musical Symphony No.11 straightforward, uplifting music, force to be reckoned with. This ‘The Year 1905’ it cleverly and subversively was a new kind of fiery Futurist camouflages thematic materials music for the 20th century, full James Gaffigan conductor from several revolutionary songs of hard, driving energy and speed. which strongly condemned Beethoven’s dramatic and stormy Alexander Gavrylyuk the actions of dictators. It is a overture is equally as stirring piano remarkable example of thematic as it builds to its exhilarating continuity and integration, climax and victory over tyranny. much of it derived from the friday Isserlis plays 13 november Shostakovich 7.30pm

Shostakovich’s First Cello lightness of touch and classical prokofiev Concerto has assumed a place grace at its finest, it is the crowning Sinfonietta as one of the most popular and work of a master. Prokofiev wrote shostakovich often-performed works for cello. the Sinfonietta at a time when he Cello Concerto No.1 With its rousing themes and was turning away from the full haydn emotional melodies, at times orchestral sound and becoming Symphony No.104 ‘London’ witty, at other times passionate, increasingly interested in a and virtuosic writing for the pared-down Mozartian scale. Kirill Karabits soloist, it is a most amazing Full of sudden key shifts and conductor accomplishment from its capricious energy it is a delightful march-like opening to furious study of orchestral colour and Steven Isserlis conclusion. His final symphony, typical inspired touches. cello No.104 was one of twelve Haydn composed for a series of London concerts in 1795. Showing a

Jesper Svedberg Steven Isserlis thursday

3 Sibelius 150 december 7.30pm

sibelius The incidental music for seems to reach out to infinity. The Tempest Suite The Tempest, the tone poem Tapiola Contrastingly, Tapiola is dusky, grieg and the Seventh Symphony mysterious and brooding – Piano Concerto were Sibelius’ last significant evoking the god of the forest and compositions. Possibly the most a seemingly endless northern sibelius ambitious and extraordinary landscape untouched by human Tapiola symphony in the repertoire – warmth, whilst the seldom sibelius a work of great confidence and performed music for Shakespeare’s Symphony No. 7 affirmation – the Seventh is final play is full of beauty, more a sort of giant rondo. imagination and power. With its Kirill Karabits Comprising one seamless flow dreamlike, intoxicating atmosphere conductor of thematic development it of magical sonorities it is the Juho Pohjonen builds from a few melodic perfect foil for Grieg’s nearly piano scraps towards a final upward perfect concerto, itself inspired sweep and trombone hymn that by the Scandinavian countryside.

Matt King and Carol Paige monday

Last Night of 21 december the Christmas Proms 7.30pm

Kick off Christmas with our Pete Harrison fun-packed concert for all the conductor family, featuring seasonal classics Louise Dearman old and new, all wrapped up with singer a sprinkling of magic and sparkle. A rollercoaster of Christmas Stephen Weller singer favourites lies in store, including Jingle Bells, White Christmas, Sleigh Ride, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. All this plus a selection of popular songs from the best of West End and Broadway musicals. thursday

14 Sokolov plays Shostakovich january 7.30pm

liadov More akin to a symphony, in classical music, Beethoven’s “this was a resplendent Kikimora Shostakovich’s First Violin Fifth Symphony is one of the performance of a shostakovich Concerto is a real tour de force of great masterpieces of the early refulgent work. Violin Concerto No.1 a piece, calling on everything in 19th century. If listened to i would have happily beethoven the violinist's technical arsenal as with fresh ears it is still possible sat through the whole well as vast physical and emotional to be astonished at the force Symphony No.5 thing again” stamina. The wide emotional and compressive power of this Seen and Heard International range of its four-movement awesome vision of triumph over Kees Bakels Finzi Intimations of Immortality conductor structure encompasses brooding, tragedy. Liadov’s enchanting Poole, Lighthouse elegiac melancholy with savage, descriptive miniature starts March 2015 Valeriy Sokolov mocking sarcasm before it gives slow and somewhat cryptic violin itself up totally to a rhythmic before becoming faster and energy and brilliance of colour. more malevolent before finally Probably the best-known work fading away. thursday

Beethoven & Brahms 28 january 7.30pm

In its final form, this concerto Symphony is more individual kodaly represented a pivotal moment and characteristic than its two Dances of Galanta for Beethoven between his first predecessors. In its striking beethoven two fully Classical examples and mixture of passion and pessimism, Piano Concerto No.3 the more Romantic models that of restlessness and serenity, brahms would follow. It pays tribute to Brahms offers a compelling, highly Mozart’s great masterpiece of the revealing musical self-portrait, Symphony No.3 same key, yet also transcends the rich with references to his own Christoph König Mozartian constraints in a way thoughts about life and love. Christoph König conductor only Beethoven could. Its opening The Dances of Galanta are based has an unprecedented sense of on authentic gypsy themes John Lill power, purpose and potential; this brought to vivid, colourful life piano is not just the start of a musical by Kodály’s great skill as an piece, it is the start of a journey orchestrator. into the unknown. Brahms’ Third friday

5 Heroes & Aliens february 7.30pm epic galactic soundtracks

Pete Harrison Join the BSO and boldy go conductor where no orchestra has gone before in another blockbuster concert featuring music from some of the most iconic and successful space movies of all time, including Apollo 13, Star Wars, Star Trek, ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Avatar and War of the Worlds... plus many more.

Colette Overdijk and Mark Derudder thursday

Fantastic Berlioz 25 february 7.30pm

With its daring music and Scriabin’s Piano Concerto is a mussorgsky staggeringly inventive use of the passionate outpouring of fluent A Night on the Bare Mountain orchestra, Berlioz’ new symphony elegance and supreme delicacy. scriabin sounded like no other music It gives no hint of his later Piano Concerto yet written when it was first idiosyncratic musical philosophy berlioz performed in the 1830s. With and language, and the influence bold, unexpected harmonies, of both Chopin and his fellow Symphonie Fantastique and melodies united around a Moscow Conservatoire classmate, Alexander Vedernikov recurring musical motif that he Rachmaninov, can be heard conductor called the ‘idée fixe’, that are still, throughout. More nightmarish to this day, unlike anyone else’s, visions abound in Mussorgsky’s Yevgeny Sudbin there isn’t a page of this score interpretation and depiction of piano that doesn’t contain something a Witches’ Sabbath. distinctive and surprising. friday

11 Magic Tales march 7.30pm

wagner Sheherazade consists of “separate, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is The Flying Dutchman Overture unconnected episodes and a perennial favourite of violinists tchaikovsky pictures”, as Rimsky-Korsakov and audiences. Vibrant and Violin Concerto himself put it, from The Arabian confident, ironically, it dates Nights: snapshots, in other words, from a crisis-laden two years in rimsky-korsakov of a world of magic and adventure. his life after the breakdown of Scheherazade It is a triumph of imagination over his disastrous marriage. Folk experience; a feast of sumptuous music and French chanson merge Frank Zielhorst colours and brilliant instrumental with dazzling fireworks which conductor effects by the man who wrote the display the violin virtuosity to Yossif Ivanov book on orchestration. It quickly the full. Equally as descriptive, violin became a favourite symphonic Wagner’s powerful overture sets showpiece and a landmark in the scene of his stormy opera the history of descriptive music. and doom-laden phantom ship.

Magda Gruca-Broadbent and Janice Thorgilson thursday

Imperial Concerto 14 april 7.30pm

The Fifth Piano Concerto, cadenza-like flourishes from beethoven essentially a three-movement the piano. Shostakovich’s Tenth Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ symphony with solo piano, is Symphony is forty-eight minutes shostakovich impressively imperial in scale of tragedy, despair, terror and Symphony No.10 and impact and represents the violence, and two minutes of culmination of what we have triumph; a reflection of the Stalin Andrew Litton come to think of as Beethoven’s years in Russia, when as many conductor ‘heroic’ manner. It far surpassed as 20 million people died or Simon Trpcˇeski any and all other concertos in its else lived in constant fear, and piano expression of majesty and power, a collective sigh of relief at the immediately established in its dictator’s death just months opening sonorous orchestral before the premiere. chords which give way to thursday

28 Violin Alchemy april 7.30pm

r strauss The atmospheric opening of recent tribulations as well as his Don Juan Sibelius’ only concerto casts eventual recovery. The principal sibelius an immediate spell of mystery. idea of the work, he said, is the Violin Concerto The solo violin emerges out of implacability of Fate, a force that a murmuring bed of strings, “poisons the soul” by impeding tchaikovsky with a long, yearning theme of the individual’s quest for peace Symphony No. 4 ever-growing intensity, which and fulfilment. Strauss’ tone continues to be developed poem is a blend of sonata form Thomas Dausgaard throughout before reaching the and rondo, with Don Juan’s conductor thrilling finale – a pulsing hybrid swashbuckling theme as the Augustin Hadelich of polonaise and rondo with mainstay between romantic violin some gypsy flavour thrown in for episodes and other scenes. additional colour. As Tchaikovsky admitted, the Fourth Symphony is autobiographical; turbulent but finally triumphant; reflecting his

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