Band
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Albums
176
Members
20
Active
1893–present
Origin
United Kingdom
Biography
he Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an English orchestra with a remit to serve the South and South West of England. Founded in 1893, the BSO has developed a reputation as one of the UK's major orchestras and has worked with many of the world's leading composers, conductors and performers. Originally based in Bournemouth, the BSO moved its offices to the adjacent town of Poole in 1979. Lighthouse in Poole Principal conductors of the orchestra have included Sir Dan Godfrey, Rudolf Schwarz, Constantin Silvestri, Paavo Berglund, Andrew Litton and Marin Alsop. The current principal conductor is Kirill Karabits. The orchestra is resident at Lighthouse in Poole, with other major concert series given at Portsmouth Guildhall, the Great Hall of Exeter University and Colston Hall in Bristol. Shorter series are also given in Bournemouth (Pavilion Theatre) and Basingstoke.
Discography
Symphony no. 3 / Praeludium
Candide Overture / Fancy Free / Symphony no. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
Symphonies 7 & 11
Symphony no. 2 / Crossroads (Ballet)
The Sketches for Symphony no. 3 elaborated by Anthony Payne
Violin Concerto / Clarinet Concerto / Flute Concerto
Piano Concerto, Praeludium for Brass, Fantasia on a Theme of Handel & Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Symphonies 1-6 / Manfred
The British Music Collection
The Complete Symphonies / Tone Poems
Violin Concerto / New England Triptych / Variations on "America"
Death Valley Suite / Hudson River Suite / Hollywood Suite
Piano Concerto no. 1 / Piano Concerto no. 2 / Mephisto Waltz / Fantasy on La Clochette / Transcendental Study no. 11
Symphony in G minor / Sinfonietta
The Centenary Edition: Symphonies • Concertos • Façade Suits • Belshazzar's Feast • Hindemith Variations • Henry V Suite • Coronation Music
Violin Concerto / Serenades
Chichester Psalms
St. Paul's Voyage to Melita / Agincourt
Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony"
Three Symphonies
A Christmas Choral Spectacular
Shaker Loops / The Wound-Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Sinding: Violin Concerto no. 1
Symphonies nos. 2 and 3
Symphony no. 4 / Flos Campi
Jerusalem: British Choral Classics
Miraculous Mandarin (The Complete Ballet) / Dance Suite / Hungarian Pictures
Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2
Pictures at an Exhibition
Serenade / Facsimile / Divertimento
Symphonies nos. 1–3
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Lady in the Dark - Symphonic Nocturne
Symphony in G major / Concerto da Chiesa
A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden / Spirit Garden / Dreamtime
Bach Transcriptions
BBC Legends: Silvestri
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
British Composers: The Prince of Pagodas / Gloriana - Symphonic Suite
Intimations of Immortality / For St. Cecilia
Rossini: Semiramide Overture / Mahler: Symphony no. 6 / Nielsen: Symphony no. 5
Sea Pictures / The Music Makers
Symphonies nos. 1 and 2 / Fracta / Arraché
BBC Legends: Silvestri: Walton: Partita / Debussy: La Mer / Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2 / Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks Suite / Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 / Delius: Paris / Strauss: Don Juan
Bluebeard’s Castle
Carmina Burana
Heroes Symphony • The Light
Hymnus paradisi / Sir Patrick Spens
Symphonic Syntheses
Symphonies nos. 2 and 5
Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7
Dance Symphony / Symphony no. 1 / Short Symphony
Dies natalis / Farewell to Arms / Two Sonnets
Kullervo / Tapiola / The Oceanides / Karelia / Finlandia
Symphonies nos. 3 "Irish" and 6 "In honour of G.F. Watts"
Symphonies nos. 4-6 / Fantasia / Oboe Concerto / The Wasps
Symphony no. 1 / Clarinet Concerto
The Wooden Prince (Complete Ballet)
Violin Concertos
Bach Transcriptions 2
BBC Music, Volume 17, Number 13: Symphony no. 11
Credits
Sea of Brass
The Silver Violin
Violin Concertos
Carmina Burana
O Clap Your Hands
A Christmas Choral Spectacular
Nocturne Voices
Violin Concerto / Serenades
Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite / Niagara Falls Suite
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor / Piano Concerto no. 3 in E-flat
Symphonic Suite Gloriana / Prelude and Dances from the Prince of the Pagodas
Symphony no. 10
20 Classic Christmas Carols
Academic Festival Overture / Symphony No 4 Op. 60
A Colour Symphony, Things To Come, Adam Zero, Cello Concerto, Discourse For Orchestra, Christopher Columbus Suite, Concerto For Two Pianos
A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden • Spirit Garden • Dreamtime
A Mass Of Life - Requiem
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)
Bach Transcriptions
Bach Transcriptions ‧ 2
Belshazzar's Feast
Bluebeard's Castle (Opera In One Act)
Carmina Burana
Cello Concerto / Cello Concerto No.1
Cello Concerto / Miracle In The Gorbals (Suite From The Ballet)
Chichester Psalms
Complete Symphonies Including 'Kullervo'
Complete Symphonies, Legends, Slavonic Dances
Complete Symphonies / Suite From New Year
Complete Symphonies / Tapiola / Karelia Suite / Finlandia / The Bard
Concerto For Double String Orchestra /Ritual Dances From "The Midsummer Marriage"
Concerto For Jazz Drummer & Symphony Orchestra/Carmen Suite (The Carmen Ballet)
Concerto For Piano, Trumpet And Strings / Piano Concerto No. 2
Concerto Militaire; Andante - Concerto In D Minor
Concertos For Orchestra Nos. 4 & 5 / Kristallene Gusli
Concertos Pour Orgue
Concerto Symphonique No 2 In B Minor (First Recording) / Concerto Symphonique No 4 In D Minor
Dance Symphony - Symphony No. 1 - Short Symphony
Das Klagende Lied
Death Valley Suite / Hudson River Suite / Hollywood Suite
Dona Nobis Pacem (Cantata) / Sancta Civitas (Oratorio)
Drake 400 - An Orchestral Suite
Elgar Favourites
English Music For Strings
Enigma Variations / In The South / Coronation March
Entry Of The Boyars
Fantasy Overture Romeo And Juliet / Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
Fifth & Tenth Symphonies
Heroes Symphony, The Light
Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast / The Bamboula
In The South (Alassio) / Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, The Wasps Overture
I Was Glad / Long Since In Egypt's Plenteous Land (Judith) / Blest Pair Of Sirens / My Soul, There Is A Country / 20 English Lyrics / Jerusalem
Kullervo Symphony
Kullervo Symphony ·The Oceanides · Tapiola · Karelia Suite · Serenades
Land Of Hope And Glory
'Leningrad' Symphony
Malcolm Arnold: Symphony 2, Op. 40 - 8 English Dances
Meditations on a Theme of John Blow; Metamorphic Variations
Midsommarvaka av Hugo Alfvén, Sibelius Finlandia och Griegs Pianokonsert
Music From The Movies