Diary

Chineke! Orchestra: R.I.S.E with George the Poet
Apr
25

Chineke! Orchestra: R.I.S.E with George the Poet

Chineke! Orchestra joins forces with George the Poet for a night of music, spoken word and poetry around the themes of Resilience, Identity, Strength and Equality. Raise the roof with a captivating performance with spoken word artist and rapper George the Poet, and Chineke! Orchestra, the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of majority Black and ethnically diverse musicians.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Four Elements
May
21

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Four Elements

Designed for KS2 students, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer, James Redwood. Explore the Orchestra: Four Elements will feature music that seeks to uncover the mysteries of the four elements that make up our natural world and inspires scientific discovery.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Four Elements
May
21

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Four Elements

Designed for KS2 students, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer, James Redwood. Explore the Orchestra: Four Elements will feature music that seeks to uncover the mysteries of the four elements that make up our natural world and inspires scientific discovery.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Meyrick Park Proms 2025: Classical Extravaganza 2.0
Aug
8

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Meyrick Park Proms 2025: Classical Extravaganza 2.0

Another evening of the best symphonic music in the world with stunning pyrotechnic and fireworks finale! Classic pieces include The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, immortalised by Mickey Mouse in Disney’s Fantasia, Tchaikovsky’s rousing Polonaise and Waltz from Eugene Onegin, Borodin’s fiery Polovtsian Dances and instantly recognisable pieces by Dvořák, Sibelius and Elgar, as well as music from film maestro John Williams.

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Chineke! Orchestra: Orchitecture Brixton
Mar
8

Chineke! Orchestra: Orchitecture Brixton

Step into a world where music and architecture unite in perfect harmony. This isn't your typical concert! Orchitecture Brixton will transform the Town Hall into a living, breathing symphony, where you can walk amongst the musicians as they perform. It’s a chance to see, hear, and feel the music up close in a completely new way.

Produced by Aswarm, a Brixton-based arts and social enterprise company, in collaboration with the renowned Chineke! Foundation – Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra – and supported by Brixton’s own Orbital Sound, this large-scale, interactive event promises to redefine how we experience performance and place.

Professional musicians from Chineke! Foundation will perform the Othello Suite alongside their talented junior orchestra and local young musicians from Lambeth Music Service, conducted by Enyi Okpara, to create a sensory masterpiece that celebrates diversity, creativity, and community.

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BSO On Your Doorstep: From West End to Hollywood
Feb
22

BSO On Your Doorstep: From West End to Hollywood

Join the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s 14-piece mixed ensemlble for a brand new concert of film-inspired music journeying from London’s historic West End to the glittering lights of Hollywood.

The concert is presented and will include well-known favourites alongside lesser-known cinematic works in a programme designed for families of all ages, new audiences, and seasoned concertgoers alike!

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Valentine Classics
Feb
15

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Valentine Classics

Valentine’s Day presents the perfect opportunity to take a pause and focus on someone special. Enjoy a selection of classical music’s most romantic pieces of music ever written, from the worlds of film, opera and ballet. From scores inspired by Shakespeare’s tale of two star-crossed lovers, including Prokofiev’s powerful ballet suite and themes from the Romeo and Juliet films of Franco Zefferelli and Baz Luhrmann, to modern tearjerkers from Miss Saigon and Titanic, the evening is all set for your romantic rendezvous.

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BSO On Your Doorstep: From West End to Hollywood
Feb
5

BSO On Your Doorstep: From West End to Hollywood

Join the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s 14-piece mixed ensemlble for a brand new concert of film-inspired music journeying from London’s historic West End to the glittering lights of Hollywood.

The concert is presented and will include well-known favourites alongside lesser-known cinematic works in a programme designed for families of all ages, new audiences, and seasoned concertgoers alike!

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Sea Stories
Jan
31

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Sea Stories

Designed with KS2 students in mind, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer and conductor, James Redwood and actor/director, Lynne Forbes. Explore the Orchestra: Sea Stories will feature material that fuses symphonic music with the written word and will explore how the oceans have ignited the musical imaginations of many.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Sea Stories
Jan
31

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Sea Stories

Designed with KS2 students in mind, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer and conductor, James Redwood and actor/director, Lynne Forbes. Explore the Orchestra: Sea Stories will feature material that fuses symphonic music with the written word and will explore how the oceans have ignited the musical imaginations of many.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Sea Stories
Jan
23

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Sea Stories

Designed with KS2 students in mind, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer and conductor, James Redwood and actor/director, Lynne Forbes. Explore the Orchestra: Sea Stories will feature material that fuses symphonic music with the written word and will explore how the oceans have ignited the musical imaginations of many.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Sea Stories
Jan
17

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Explore The Orchestra: Sea Stories

Designed with KS2 students in mind, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer and conductor, James Redwood and actor/director, Lynne Forbes. Explore the Orchestra: Sea Stories will feature material that fuses symphonic music with the written word and will explore how the oceans have ignited the musical imaginations of many.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Last Night of the Christmas Proms
Dec
21

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Last Night of the Christmas Proms

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the BSO’s Last Night of the Christmas Proms concert! This year we are thrilled to welcome the talents of pianist and singer extraordinaire, Joe Stilgoe, who will be showcasing his musical talents with a hamper full of Christmas musical goodies alongside all your favourite orchestral treats.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Last Night of the Christmas Proms
Dec
20

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Last Night of the Christmas Proms

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the BSO’s Last Night of the Christmas Proms concert! This year we are thrilled to welcome the talents of pianist and singer extraordinaire, Joe Stilgoe, who will be showcasing his musical talents with a hamper full of Christmas musical goodies alongside all your favourite orchestral treats.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Last Night of the Christmas Proms
Dec
19

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Last Night of the Christmas Proms

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the BSO’s Last Night of the Christmas Proms concert! This year we are thrilled to welcome the talents of pianist and singer extraordinaire, Joe Stilgoe, who will be showcasing his musical talents with a hamper full of Christmas musical goodies alongside all your favourite orchestral treats.

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BSO Strings: Musical Families  (BSO On Your Doorstep)
Nov
15

BSO Strings: Musical Families (BSO On Your Doorstep)

Join the BSO string ensemble with Assistant Conductor, Enyi Okpara, in a colourful programme including lullabies, a starburst, film music and folk melodies.  The concert will be presented by the musicians to reveal connections between 20th and 21st century music and composers from the UK, Hungary, the USA and Ukraine, for an audience of all ages.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchetsra - Clarinet Bliss
Nov
13

Bournemouth Symphony Orchetsra - Clarinet Bliss

Mozart wrote his only concerto for clarinet in the space of about ten days, when he was at the height of his powers, and only two months before his tragically early death.  It is a glorious work: the first great concerto for the instrument, and some would say still the greatest, which displays the range and agility of the clarinet as well as its velvety and soulful qualities. Julian Bliss performs this concerto with Enyi Okpara conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

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BSO Strings: Musical Families (BSO On Your Doorstep)
Sept
28

BSO Strings: Musical Families (BSO On Your Doorstep)

Join the BSO string ensemble with Assistant Conductor, Enyi Okpara, in a colourful programme including lullabies, a starburst, film music and folk melodies.  The concert will be presented by the musicians to reveal connections between 20th and 21st century music and composers from the UK, Hungary, the USA and Ukraine, for an audience of all ages.

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BSO Strings: Musical Families (BSO On Your Doorstep)
Sept
24

BSO Strings: Musical Families (BSO On Your Doorstep)

Join the BSO string ensemble with Assistant Conductor, Enyi Okpara, in a colourful programme including lullabies, a starburst, film music and folk melodies.  The concert will be presented by the musicians to reveal connections between 20th and 21st century music and composers from the UK, Hungary, the USA and Ukraine, for an audience of all ages.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Dvorák Eight
Sept
20

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Dvorák Eight

Leading British pianist Danny Driver joins orchestral sensation, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, for Mozart’s sparkling Piano Concerto No 21. The concert climaxes with Dvořák’s euphoric Symphony No 8, celebrating the music of his native Bohemia, and his love of the natural world.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Dvorák Eight
Sept
18

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Dvorák Eight

Leading British pianist Danny Driver joins orchestral sensation, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, for Mozart’s sparkling Piano Concerto No 21. The concert climaxes with Dvořák’s euphoric Symphony No 8, celebrating the music of his native Bohemia, and his love of the natural world.

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London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Apr
15

London Schools Symphony Orchestra

Students from Guildhall School join London’s premiere youth orchestra as soloists in Bartók’s psychological thriller Bluebeard’s Castle, conducted by Guildhall’s Head of Opera, Dominic Wheeler. The orchestra’s biennial venture into the artform also brings to life the Czech countryside in Janáček’s luminous interludes from The Cunning Little Vixen. Originally written for electronics, the needle drops with Anna Meredith’s stomping Nautilus, conducted by the LSSO’s new Conductor in Residence, Enyi Okpara.

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