| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 4-Oct-2012 Colston Hall | Worlds apart: Kirill Karabits conducts Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Bristol |
Good programming makes for a good concert. Chosen works must fit well together, providing enough musical contrast to keep things interesting, but they must not be so different as to jar listeners with alien soundworlds. All too often, organisers whip up concerts in which any link between pieces are entirely superficial and completely amusical. A perfect example of this was Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s season-opening concert at Bristol’s Colston Hall, conducted by the youthful Kirill Karabits.Read full review... | |
| 19-Apr-2012 Colston Hall | BSO Brave Burana: The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at The Colston Hall |
If ever a concert could be described as a firework, this was it. The stage was ignited with music and we waited for the best bit - that crucial, beautiful explosion of colour. As part of the Colston Hall’s International Classical Season, The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performed the iconic choral work Carmina Burana by Carl Orff (1895-1982). Joining them on stage were the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. Known chiefly now in Britain as the opening music for the TV programme 'The X Factor', Carmina Burana is full of impact and oomph especially when it is heard live.Read full review... | |
| 13-Sep-2011 Lighthouse | Blackford and the BSO make a bold but poignant comment on 9/11 |
| For its centenary concert – given on 11th September 2011, in Cheltenham, and at Poole Lighthouse on Tuesday 13th September – Bournemouth Symphony Chorus paid tribute to those who fell victim to the catastrophic act of terrorism that shook the world ten years before. Read full review... | |