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Bournemouth SO gives World Premiere of Turnage’s Testament

02/01/201909/11/2018 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glière, Turnage, Prokofiev: Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 7.11.2018. (IL)

Mark Anthony Turnage, Natalya Romaniw & Kirill Karabits (l to r)

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Nielsen’s Timpani Battle Rages Mightily under Feddeck

18/11/201802/11/2018 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Smetana, Grieg and Nielsen: Saleem Ashkar (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / James Feddeck (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole. 31.10.2018. (IL)

Saleem Ashkar (left) with James Feddeck (conductor)

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Steffens in Towering Brahms Fourth Symphony

04/11/201826/10/2018 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Richard Strauss and Brahms: Allison Oakes (soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 24.10.2018. (IL)

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Strongly Emotional Tod und Verklärung from Feddeck and Bournemouth SO

06/05/201826/04/2018 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Dvořák, Richard Strauss: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / James Feddeck (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole. 25.4.2018. (IL)

(Rehearsal photo) BSO, Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) & James Feddeck (conductor)

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Karabits’s Intense Early Rachmaninov with Bournemouth SO

29/04/201820/04/2018 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Nemanja Radulović (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole. 18.4.2018. (IL)

Kirill Karabits (left) with Nemanja Radulović, the soloist in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, in rehearsal
Kirill Karabits (left) with Nemanja Radulović in rehearsal

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Stephen Hough’s Majestic ‘Emperor’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

21/03/201816/03/2018 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Ives, Brahms: Stephen Hough (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Thierry Fischer (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole, 14.3.2018. (IL)

Stephen Hough (c) Sim Canetty-Clarke

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Music for Heroes and Monsters of Big and Small Screens

24/02/201818/02/2018 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Pete Harrison (conductor). The Lighthouse, Poole, 17.2.2018. (IL)

Pete Harrison
Pete Harrison

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Kim and Karabits Join Forces for a Monumental Brahms First Piano Concerto

06/02/201801/02/2018 by Ian Lace
Sunwook Kim (piano), Kirill Karabits (conductor) & BSO in rehearsal

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms and Lyatoshinsky: Sunwook Kim (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole, 31.1.2018. (IL)

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