BRISTOL BEACON ORCHESTRAL HIGHLIGHTS IN MARCH – JUNE INCLUDING LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH PAPPANO AND RATTLE, AND ANNA LAPWOOD WITH BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth and Alexandre Tharaud [12 Mar]
The Hallé, Kahchun Wong and Viktoria Mullova [25 Mar]
Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Roberto González-Monjas and Thibaut Garcia [10 Apr]
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus and Sir Antonio Pappano [22 Apr]
Warsaw Philharmonic, Krzysztof Urbański and Alexandra Dariescu [18 May]
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle and Lucy Crowe [29 May]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko [4 Jun]
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Chloé Van Soeterstède and Anna Lapwood [17 Jun]
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Bristol Beacon continues its orchestral season with world-class orchestras and musicians. Beacon Hall, renowned for its magnificent acoustics, will host London Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Hallé, Anna Lapwood and Sir Simon Rattle among others over the coming months. Additionally, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will perform the UK premiere of The Border, a concerto for three horns by Joe Hisaishi – the orchestra’s Composer-in-Association.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bristol Beacon’s Orchestra in Residence,returns to the venue in two programmes, firstly under the direction of its Chief Conductor, Mark Wigglesworth. Together they perform Bridge’s tone poem Summer, Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 3 and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major with award-winning pianist Alexandre Tharaud [12 Mar]. Secondly, BSO Principal Guest Conductor Chloé Van Soeterstède leads a programme with internationally renowned organist Anna Lapwood including Poulenc’s Organ Concerto and Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’. The concert also features Saint-Saëns’ Phaeton and Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps [17 Jun].
The Hallé partners with critically acclaimed violinist Viktoria Mullova for Brahms’ Violin Concerto, led by its Principal Conductor Kahchun Wong. The programme also includes Wagner’s overture to Tannhäuser and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra [25 Mar].
One of Spain’s most prominent orchestras, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, is conducted by Roberto González-Monjas. The programme includes a selection of Spanish and French music and they are joined by Thibaut Garcia for Rodrigo’s fiendish Concierto de Aranjuez [10 Apr].
The London Symphony Orchestra returns to Bristol Beacon for two programmes with eminent conductors. Sir Antonio Pappano, LSO Chief Conductor,leads a performance of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius featuring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, tenor David Butt Philip, bass William Thomas and the London Symphony Chorus [22 Apr]. And Sir Simon Rattle, LSO Conductor Emeritus, directs a programme of Gerhard, R. Strauss and Mahler, with soprano Lucy Crowe singing Four Last Songs [29 May].
Poland’s leading orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, visits Bristol Beacon as part of its UK tour with its Music & Artistic Director Krzysztof Urbański and pianist Alexandra Dariescu. Together they perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Bacewicz’s Scherzo and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’ also on the programme [18 May].
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs the UK premiere of The Border, a concerto for three horns by Joe Hisaishi – the orchestra’s Composer-in-Association – with soloists Alexander Edmundson, Ben Hulme and Katy Woolley. This comes alongside Rachmaninov’s Isle of the Dead and Scriabin’s Symphony No. 3 ‘The Divine Poem’, conducted by RPO Music Director Vasily Petrenko [4 Jun].