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Kirill Karabits Towering Titan Ends Bournemouth SO Season in Triumph

11/05/201605/05/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Mahler: Guy Braunstein (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Kirill Karabits (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole 4.5.2016. (IL)

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Colourful Walton and Icily Majestic Sibelius from Van Steen and the Bournemouth SO

25/04/201621/04/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Walton, Sibelius: Quirine Viersen (cello), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole 20.4.2016. (IL)

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Imperial Beethoven and Darkest Shostakovich at Bournemouth

19/04/201614/04/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Shostakovich: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Andrew Litton (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 13.4.2016. (IL)

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Sudbin’s Reading of the Scriabin Piano Concerto Beguiles Bournemouth Audience

29/02/201625/02/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Berlioz: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Alexander Vedernikov (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole, 24.02. 2016. (IL)

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Interstellar Heroes & Aliens Thrill Bournemouth Audience

28/02/201615/02/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bliss, J. Williams, Goldsmith, Horner, Giaccchino, Grainer, Philips, Rabin: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Pete Harrison  (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole, 13.2.2016 (IL)

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John Lill’s Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 Beguiles Bournemouth Audience

02/02/201628/01/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kodály, Beethoven, Brahms: John Lill (piano) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Christoph Kőnig (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole, 27.1.2016. (IL)

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Dazzling Dutilleux and a Magnificent Manfred from Bournemouth Symphony

26/01/201621/01/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dutilleux, Tchaikovsky: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole, 20.1.2016. (IL)

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Thrilling Brahms and Saint-Saëns from Bournemouth S.O.

14/10/201509/10/2015 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Weber, Brahms, Saint-Saëns:  Louis Lortie (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole, 7/10/15 (IL)

 

Lortie & Tortelier
                                      Lortie & Tortelier Photo: credit BSO

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