PAST CONCERTS
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus Concert
Sunday 10th November 2024 19:00
Lighthouse, Poole
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Magna Sinfonia join forces to perform Brahms’ largest choral work, the powerful Ein Deutsches Requiem – A German Requiem.
Conductor | Gavin Carr
The Sea
A Musical illustration to celebrate the work of the RNLI
Saturday 19th October 2024
Magna Acadamy, Canford Heath, Poole
Mendelssohn | Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Britten | Four Sea Interludes
Glazunov | La Mer
Wood | Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Arnold | The Padstow Lifeboat
Conductor | Sam Scheer
The Mighty Organ
Saturday 25th May 2024, 7.30pm.
Christchurch Priory
Yohann Sebastian bach | Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orchestral Version)
Francis Poulenc | Concerto for Organ
Camille Saint-Saëns | Symphony No.3, "Organ"
Conductor: Peter Stark
Soloist: David Beeby (organ)
Famous Fifths
Saturday 3rd February 2024, 7.30pm.
Parkstone Grammar School, Poole, BH17 7EP
Ludwig Van Beethoven | Symphony No. 5
Jean Sibelius | Symphony No. 5
Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione
Christmas Concert: A Very Magna Christmas
Saturday 16th December 2023, 3.00pm.
All Saints Church, Southbourne, BH6 5EH
A family- friendly celebration featuring seasonal music and carols:
Christmas Overture - Coleridge-Taylor
Nutcracker (March, Trepak) - Tchaikovsky
Christmas Concerto (first two movements and Pastorale) - Corelli
Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite - arr. Krogstad
Sleigh Ride - Anderson
Hansel and Gretel Overture - Humperdinck
Christmas Waltz - Tchaikovsky
Christmas at the Movies - arr. Krogstad
Christmas Carol Singalong - arr. Goeller
Conductor: Kevin Smith
Symphonic Spirituals
Saturday 14 October 2023
7:30pm All Saints Church, Southbourne,
Bournemouth, BH6 5EH
Antonin Dvořák American Suite
Antonin Dvořák Slavonic Dances
Florence Price Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Conducted by Ondřej Soukup
Saturday 24th June 2023 19:30
All Saints Church | Castlemain Avenue | Bournemouth | BH6 5EH
Magna Sinfonia presents 'Music from Stage and Screen'
Bernstein West Side Story Symphonic Dances
Copland Rodeo Suite
Williams Star Wars Suite
Conductor: Pete Harrison
Saturday 25th February 2023 19:30
Lighthouse Poole | 21 Kingland Road | BH15 1UG
Magna Sinfonia perform alongside students from schools in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area to form the huge forces required for this epic programme.
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
Orff Carmina Burana
Conductor: Maxime Tortelier
Isabelle Atkinson Soprano, Morgen Michel Tenor, Yuki Okuyama Baritone
In partnership with SoundStorm Music Education Agency.
Saturday 17th December 2022, 3pm
All Saint Church, Castlemain Avenue, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 5EH
A family friendly celebration featuring seasonal music and carols.
Saturday 15th October 2022 7.30 pm
All Saint Church, Castlemain Avenue, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 5EH
Dukas Fanfare form La Peri
Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No.1
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: Hannah McFarlane (Cello)
Saturday 2nd July 2022, 7:30pm
Parkstone Grammar School | Sopers Lane | Poole | BH17 7EP
Nielsen Helios Overture
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Nielsen Symphony No. 2 (The Four Temperaments)
Conductor: Peter Stark
Soloist: Abel Puustinen (Violin)
Saturday 12th February 2022, 7:30pm
Parkstone Grammar School | Sopers Lane | Poole | BH17 7EP
Jubilee Concert: Commemorating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Handel (arr. Harty) Music for the Royal Fireworks
Vaughan-Williams Suite for Viola and Orchestra
Walton Crown Imperial
Maccunn The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Elgar (arr. Payne) Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6
Conductor: Jason Thornton
Soloist: George White - Violist
Saturday 8th February 2020, 7.30pm
Christchurch Priory | Quay Road | Christchurch | BH23 1BU
Beethoven 250
Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Beethoven Choral Fantasy
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Conductor: Jason Thornton
Soloists: Piano - Duncan Honeybourne, Soprano - Miku Yasukaw, Alto - Grace Lovelass,
Tenor - Andrew Woodmansey, Bass - Konrad Jaromin
Saturday 19th October 2019, 6pm
Bournemouth School for Girls | Castle Lane Close | Bournemouth | BH8 9UJ
Dvorak Othello Overture
Walton Henry V Suite
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite
Conductor: Susanna Riddell
Saturday 8th June 2019, 7pm
Parkstone Grammar School | Sopers Lane | Poole
Rodgers & Hammerstein on the Silver Screen
Featuring music from some of their greatest films, including The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, The King and I, South Pacific and more!
Conductor: Pete Harrison
Soloists: Emma Torrens and Julian Smith
In Association with Poole's acclaimed Cantabilé Choir
Sunday 10th February 2019, 5pm
Parkstone Grammar School | Sopers Lane | Poole | BH17 7EP
Walton Crown Imperial
Vaughan-Williams Oboe Concerto
Holst A Somerset Rhapsody
Elgar Enigma Variations
Conductor: Kevin Field
Soloist: Polly Bartlett - Oboist
Saturday 20th October 2018, 7pm
Parkstone Grammar School | Sopers Lane | Poole | BH17 7EP
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.2
Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Staravinsky Firebird Suite (1945 edition)
Conductor: Kevin Smith
Soloist: Helen Nicholas - Pianist
Saturday 16th June 2018, 7pm
Parkstone Grammar School | Sopers Lane | Poole
Sibelius Finlandia
Grieg Peer Gynt Suites No. 1 & 2
Coates London Suite
Gershwin An American in Paris
Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione
Leader: Bärbel Glaser
Saturday 10th February 2018, 7pm
St Nicholas Church | Wareham Road | Corfe Mullen
Schubert Rosamunde Overture
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
Soloists: Helena Bartlett, Violin, Nathalie Green-Buckley, Viola
Schumann Symphony No. 4
Conductor: Susanna Riddell
Leader: Bärbel Glaser
Saturday 14th October 2017, 5pm
St Peter's, Parkstone | Poole
Debussy Printemps
Ibert Flute Concerto (soloist: Hannah Scott)
Franck Symphony in Dm
Conductor: Frank Zielhorst
Leader: Bärbel Glaser
Sunday 25th June 2017, 5pm
Parkstone Grammar School | Poole
Beethoven Piano concerto No. 5 - "The Emperor"
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Conductor: Victor Aviat (BSO Assistant Conductor)
Soloist: Samantha Carrasco
Leader: Bärbel Glaser
Saturday 4th February 2017, 7.00pm
St Peter's Church | Bournemouth
Samuel On This Precious Earth (a Dorset premier)
Copland Appalachian Spring
Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione
Leader: Bärbel Glaser
Saturday 10th December 2016, 7.30pm
St Aldhelm's Church | Branksome | Poole
A programme of light Christmas music including Nutcracker Suite, Troika, A Christmas Overture and more!
A concert also featuring Salvacosta (a local vocal harmony group and finalists of BBC choir of the year) and Dyanmix minis (their children's choir).
Kindly supported by Making Music’s Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists scheme.
Saturday 22nd October 2016, 7.00pm
St Peter's Church | Ashley Cross | Poole
Sibelius Lemminkainen's Return
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (Soloist: Michael Foyle)
Dhondy Bleary Jaunt at Dawn
Shostakovich Symphony No. 9
Conductor: Tom Seligman
Soloist: Michael Foyle
Leader: Stefan Defilet
Saturday 18 June 2016, 7.00pm
St Nicholas C of E Church | Wareham Road | Corfe Mullen
Prokofiev "Classical Symphony" Symphony No. 1
Bartók Romanian Folk Dances for string orchestra
Jacobs Old Wine in New Bottles
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Conductor: Frank Zielhorst
Leader: Bärbel Glaser
