Live
23/24 season
6 September 2023, 19:30
Borodin – Prince Igor Overture
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto no. 2
Schubert – Rosamunde Entr’acte No.3
Beethoven – Symphony no. 8
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Alim Beisembayev, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Weymouth Pavilion Theatre, The Esplanade, Weymouth DT4 8ED
9 September 2023, 19:30
Hall for Cornwall Season Opening Concert
Borodin – Prince Igor Overture
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto no. 2
Akimenko – Nocturne
Beethoven – Symphony no. 8
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Alim Beisembayev, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Hall for Cornwall, Back Quay, Truro, TR1 2LL
14 September 2023, 19:30
Elgar – Introduction and Allegro
Shostakovich – Cello Concerto no. 1
Mozart – Symphony no. 41 ‘Jupiter’
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Queen’s Theatre, 100 Boutport St, Barnstaple EX31 1SY
22 September 2023, 19:30
Mozart – Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven – Violin Concerto
Mozart – Symphony no. 41 ‘Jupiter’
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Maria Włoszczowska, violin
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Plymouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Plymouth PL1 2BJ
28 September 2023, 19:30
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: Exeter Season Opening Concert
Borodin – Prince Igor Overture
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto no. 2
Akimenko – Nocturne
Beethoven – Symphony no. 8
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Alim Beisembayev, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Exeter University Great Hall, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4PY
30 September 2023, 17:00
BSO ‘On Your Doorstep’: From Hebrides to Padstow
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Langport, Somerset
5 October 2023
Vaughan Williams – The Wasps Overture
Elgar – Introduction and Allegro
Holst – St Paul’s Suite
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Mozart – Symphony no. 41 ‘Jupiter’
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Gould, violin
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Strode Theatre, Strode College, Church Road, Street BA16 0AB
11-15 October 2023
Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra: residency in London
In partnership with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Jess Gillam, Saxophone
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Conductor
17-18 October 2023
Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra: residency in Jersey
In partnership with Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Conductor
12 November 2023, 17:00
BSO ‘On Your Doorstep’: Family Concert
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
New Milton, Hampshire
22 November 2023, 19:00
Glinka – Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
Tchaikovsky – Pas de deux from The Nutcracker
Mozart – Piano Concerto no. 27
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Steven Osborne, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Exeter Cathedral, 1 The Cloisters, Exeter EX 1 1HS
28 November 2023
Borodin – Symphony no. 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Trinity Laban: Side-by-side project
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
29 November 2023, 19:30
Glinka – Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
Tchaikovsky – Pas de deux from The Nutcracker
Mozart – Piano Concerto no. 27
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Steven Osborne, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole BH15 1UF
This concert is being livestreamed and will be available on demand for 30 days via the BSO website. Livestream presented by Katie Derham.
8 December 2023
Handel – Messiah
Ulster Orchestra
Rebecca Murphy, soprano
Niamh O’Sullivan, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Ellicott, tenor
Ashley Riches, bass
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Derry-Londonderry, BT48 6DQ
9 December 2023, 19:30
Handel – Messiah
Ulster Orchestra
Rebecca Murphy, soprano
Niamh O’Sullivan, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Ellicott, tenor
Ashley Riches, bass
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Waterfront Hall, 2 Lanyon Place, Belfast BT1 3WH
16 December 2023, 19:30
Last Night of the Christmas Proms: Seasonal favourites & festive fun
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole BH15 1UF
20 December 2023, 19:30
Last Night of the Christmas Proms: Seasonal favourites & festive fun
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Exeter University Great Hall, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4PY
21 December 2023, 19:30
Last Night of the Christmas Proms: Seasonal favourites & festive fun
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2AB
18 January 2024, 11:30am
Explore the Orchestra: Schools’ Concert
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Exeter University Great Hall, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4PY
29-30 January 2024
Britten Sinfonia: recording sessions
Raph Clarkson – The Robot and the Bluebird
Based on the book by David Lucas
Britten Sinfonia
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
8 February 2024, 11:30am
Explore the Orchestra: Schools’ Concert
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Exeter University Great Hall, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4PY
10 February 2024, 19:30
Valentine Classics
Steiner – Gone With The Wind Overture
Puccini – E lucevan le stelle from Tosca
Lehár – Yours Is My Heart Alone from The Land of Smiles
Shostakovich – Romance from The Gadfly
Williams – Sayuri’s Theme from Memoirs of a Geisha
Wagner – Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Puccini – Nessun Dorma from Turandot
Puccini – Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
Puccini – Donna non vidi mai from Manon Lescaut
Elgar – Salut d’Amour
Morricone – Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission
De Curtis – Return to Sorrento
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Amar Muchhala, tenor
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole BH15 1UF
22 February 2024, 11:30am
Explore the Orchestra: Schools’ Concert
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2AB
6 March 2024, 19:30pm
Luke Styles – Fault Lines (world premiere)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in association with Tête à Tête and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Bill Bankes-Jones, director
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Wheal Martyn Clay Works, St Austell, Cornwall PL26 8XG
7 March 2024, 19:30pm
Luke Styles – Fault Lines
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in association with Tête à Tête and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Bill Bankes-Jones, director
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
St Agnes Miners & Mechanics’ Institute, 18 Vicarage Road, St Agnes, Cornwall TR5 0TL
8 March 2024, 19:30pm
Luke Styles – Fault Lines
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in association with Tête à Tête and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Bill Bankes-Jones, director
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Kresen Kernow, Little Vauxhall, Redruth, TR15 1AS
9 March 2024, 14:30pm
Luke Styles – Fault Lines
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in association with Tête à Tête and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Bill Bankes-Jones, director
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, Penzance, Cornwall TR19 7EW
21 March 2024
Explore the Orchestra: Schools’ Concert
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Bristol Beacon, Trenchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5AR
23 March 2024
Beethoven’s Fifth: Symphony in a Day (part of BSO Cornish residency)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra + local musicians
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Penair School, Truro, TR1 1TN
13 April 2024, 19:30
Anna Clyne – Stride
Max Richter – On the Nature of Daylight
Dave Heath – The Celtic
James MacMillan – Saxophone Concerto
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
Fantasia Orchestra
Jess Gillam, saxophone
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
St Gabriel’s Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 2AD
18 April 2024, 19:30
Rossini – Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Grieg – Piano Concerto
Bizet – Carmen Suite
Debussy – Claire de Lune
Gershwin – An American in Paris
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Eric Lu, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2AB
19 April 2024, 19:30
Rossini – Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Grieg – Piano Concerto
Bizet – Carmen Suite
Debussy – Claire de Lune
Gershwin – An American in Paris
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Eric Lu, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Exeter University Great Hall, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4PY
20 April 2024, 19:30
Rossini – Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Grieg – Piano Concerto
Bizet – Carmen Suite
Debussy – Claire de Lune
Gershwin – An American in Paris
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Eric Lu, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole BH15 1UF
24 April 2024, 19:30
Sibelius – Symphony no. 7
Schumann – Cello Concerto
Ives – The Unanswered Question
Elgar – Enigma Variations
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
István Várdai, cello
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole BH15 1UF
This concert is being livestreamed and will be available on demand for 30 days via the BSO website.
26 April 2024, 19:30
BSO Orchestral Benevolent Fund Concert
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Christchurch Priory, Quay Road, Christchurch BH23 1BU
Friday 10 May 2024
Recording Sessions
Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Delius - Summer Night on the River
Orchestra of Opera North
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
21 May 2024, 2 performances
Explore the Orchestra: Schools’ Concert
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole BH15 1UF
22 May 2024, 2 performances
Explore the Orchestra: Schools’ Concert
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole BH15 1UF
13 June 2024, 18:30
Northern Aldborough Festival, 30th Anniversary
Bach – Fugue in G major BWV 577
Chopin – Piano Concerto no. 1 (version for strings)
Interval
Price – Adoration for Strings
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
Fantasia Orchestra
Alim Beisembayev, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
St Andrew’s Church, Aldborough, YO51 9EP
22 June 2024, 19:30
Proms at St Jude’s
Bernstein – West Side Story Overture
Price – Adoration for Strings
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Farrington)
Interval
Ives – Three Places in New England
Crawford Seeger – Andante for Strings
Gershwin – An American in Paris (arr. Farrington)
Fantasia Orchestra
Martin James Bartlett, piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
St Jude’s Church, Central Square, London NW11 7AH
26 July 2024, 18:30
Guiting Music Festival
Serbian Trad. - Adje Jano
Trad. - Scarborough Fair
Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 1, 2 & 5
Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances
Burt Bacharach - I Say a Little Prayer
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
Dvořák - Song to the Moon
António Carlos Jobim - The Girl from Ipanema
Piazzolla - Libertango
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers - Good Times
Arrangements by Harry Baker, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Fantasia Orchestra
Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Guiting Power, Gloucestershire, GL54 5TX
27 July 2024, 13:30
Ryedale Festival
Serbian Trad. - Adje Jano
Trad. - Scarborough Fair
Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 1, 2 & 5
Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances
Burt Bacharach - I Say a Little Prayer
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
Dvořák - Song to the Moon
António Carlos Jobim - The Girl from Ipanema
Piazzolla - Libertango
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers - Good Times
Arrangements by Harry Baker, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Fantasia Orchestra
Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
St Peter's Church, Langton Road, Norton, Malton, Yorkshire YO17 9AE
27 July 2024, 18:00
Ryedale Festival
Serbian Trad. - Adje Jano
Trad. - Scarborough Fair
Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 1, 2 & 5
Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances
Burt Bacharach - I Say a Little Prayer
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
Dvořák - Song to the Moon
António Carlos Jobim - The Girl from Ipanema
Piazzolla - Libertango
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers - Good Times
Arrangements by Harry Baker, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Fantasia Orchestra
Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, Heslington, York YO10 5DD
4 August 2024, 11:00 am
BBC Proms
Serbian Trad. - Adje Jano
Trad. - Scarborough Fair
Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 1, 2 & 5
Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances
Burt Bacharach - I Say a Little Prayer
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
Dvořák - Song to the Moon
António Carlos Jobim - The Girl from Ipanema
Piazzolla - Libertango
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers - Good Times
Arrangements by Harry Baker, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Fantasia Orchestra
Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Royal Albert Hall
5 August 2024, 11.15am
BBC Proms
Serbian Trad. - Adje Jano
Trad. - Scarborough Fair
Brahms - Hungarian Dances no. 1
Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances
Laura Mvula - Sing to the Moon
Dvořák - Song to the Moon
António Carlos Jobim - The Girl from Ipanema
Piazzolla - Libertango
Stevie Wonder - I Wish
Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers - Good Times
Arrangements by Harry Baker, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Fantasia Orchestra
Jess Gillam, presenter
Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Plínio Fernandes, guitar
Tom Fetherstonhaugh, conductor
Royal Albert Hall