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Bournemouth SO celebrates Screen Heroes and Legends

19/03/201714/03/2017 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams, Rózsa, Jarre, Tan Dun, E. Bernstein, Zimmer, Barry, Pouldouris, Horner, Edelmann, Djawadi, Tyler, Barton: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Pete Harrison (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 11.3.2017. (IL)

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A Glorious Sea Symphony from Bournemouth

14/02/201709/02/2017 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Bridge, Vaughan Williams: Ailish Tynan (soprano), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Hill (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole 8.2.2017. (IL)

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Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto Enchants Bournemouth Audience

15/01/201712/01/2017 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Alexei Volodin (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / James Feddeck (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 11.1.2017. (IL)

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Bournemouth’s Johann Strauss II Gala Rivals Vienna’s New Year Concert

09/01/201702/01/2017 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Strauss II, E. Strauss, Waldteufel, Sullivan, Adam: Soraya Mafi (soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Frank Zielhorst (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 1.1.2017. (IL)

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Armenian Fireworks

14/12/201609/12/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Karayev, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky: Nemanja Radulović (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 7.12.2016. (IL)

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Italian’ Concert Sparkles

08/12/201601/12/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar, Mendelssohn, R. Strauss: Sebastian Knauer (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Shelley (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 30.11.2016. (IL)

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Dynamic, Vividly Coloured Martinů 4 from Marković and the BSO

01/11/201628/10/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Martinů: Alexander Romanovsky (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandar Marković (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 26.10.2016. (IL)

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Karabits’s Performance of Walton’s Second Symphony has Bite and Colour

28/10/201613/10/2016 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Walton: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kiril Karabits (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 12.10.2016. (IL)

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