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
In Terra Pax: A Christmas Anthology
Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 4
Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture / Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 3 "Polish" / Elgar: Enigma Variations
Symphonic Variations / Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra
Violin Concertos
Concertos for Orchestra nos. 4 and 5 / Kristallene Gusli
Meditations on a Theme by John Blow / Metamorphic Variations
Piano Concerto in C minor / Concerto Pastoral
Sancta civitas / Dona nobis pacem
Spartacus / Gayaneh (excerpts)
Symphonies nos. 5 and 6
Symphony no. 1 / Double Bass Concerto / Violin Concerto
Route 66
Symphony in D minor / Air / Passacaglia
Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” - Czech Suite & Slavonic Dances
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 "Little Russian" / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on the Bare Mountain
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Parry: I Was Glad / Jerusalem
Winter Legends / Morning Song / Saga Fragment
A Mass of Life / Prelude and Idyll
Complete Ballet Music from the Operas
Williams: Symphony No.5 (new edition) / Wright: Violin Concerto / 'And then there was silence...' / Momentum
Complete Symphonies / Tapiola / Karelia Suite / Finlandia / The Bard
Karabits: Concertos for Orchestra / Silvestrov: Elegie / Abschiedsserenade
Symphony no. 2 / 3 Slavonic Dances
Stabat Mater
Symphonies 1 & 2 / Sinfonietta
Symphonies 3 & 7
Symphony no. 8 / Complete Legends
Complete Symphonies / Legends / Slavonic Dances
Symphonies nos. 4 (rev. 1947) & 6 / Symphonic Fragment
Choral Music
Ida Haendel Plays Sibelius
Shostakovich / Glazunov
Stokowski Transcriptions
Choral Symphony / St. Paul’s Voyage to Melita
Complete Symphonies
Seven Beauties Suite / Leyla and Mejnun / Don Quixote / Lullaby from “The Path of Thunder”
Symphonies 1 & 2
Symphonies Nos 3 & 4
Symphony no. 3 / Grazhyna
Pietà
The Popular Sibelius: Finlandia / Valse triste / Karelia / The Swan of Tuonela / Lemminkäinen's Return / King Christian II
A Litany / A Symphonic Mass
Glazunov: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 92 - Yardumian: Passacaglia, Recitative & Fugue
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 - Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19 - Järnefelt: Praeludium
Rimsky‐Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel - Prokofiev: Summer Night, Op. 123
Songs of the Sea / Songs of the Fleet / Symphony No. 3 "Irish"
Symphonies Nos. 6, 10 & 11
Symphony no. 7 / Tapiola / The Oceanides / Luonnotar
Debussy, Ravel & Falla
The Essential Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Complete Symphonies, CD1
Complete Symphonies, CD2
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast / The Bamboula
Symphonies 4 & 5 / Dreams
Symphony no. 9
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