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SUMMARY:March 2026 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Hollywood Nights \nEveryone knows the iconic ‘Sunrise’ opening of Richard Strauss’s tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra\, used in Stanley Kubrick’s ground-breaking film 2001: A Space Odyssey.  Now hear our vast orchestral forces bring the rest of this epic work to life.  Based on a philosophical novel by Nietzsche\, it deals with the forces of Nature\, mankind’s struggle to control his destiny and triumph over the challenges of existence.  In the rest of the programme\, we bring you much loved blockbuster film themes from Lord of the Rings\, Gladiator\, Jurassic Park and many other Hollywood favourites. \n \nWilliam Birkbeck is a dynamic and versatile conductor whose recent engagements include performances with the Sofia Philharmonic\, Cameristi della Scala di Milano\, Franz Haydn Orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein\, Bucharest Radio Chamber Orchestra\, and the Brandenburger Symphoniker. He also serves as Music Director of the Holborn Symphony Orchestra in London. \nBorn and raised in France\, William trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP)\, where he studied clarinet\, orchestral conducting\, and composition. He continued his studies in the United States\, earning a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from the Aaron Copland School of Music in New York. \nPrize-winner of the Vienna International Conducting Competition and recipient of the Maurice Peress Young Conductors Award\, William has collaborated with renowned contemporary composers such as Pierre Boulez\, Peter Eötvös\, Kaija Saariaho\, and Rainer Bischof. \nHe has held assistant conductor roles with Orpheus Sinfonia and the Copland School orchestras and was recently a conducting fellow at the Sofia Symphonic Summit and Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice. Known for his passionate musicality and clear\, engaging style\, William brings energy and brilliance to every performance.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/march-2026-concert/
LOCATION:The Forum\, 1a Forum Buildings\, St James Parade\, Bath\, BA1 1UG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert,Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251116T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
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SUMMARY:November 2025 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Our Autumn concert has a Germanic theme. We open with Siegfried on his journey down the Rhine from Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle\, recalling many of the iconic leitmotifs from the opera. We are delighted to welcome soprano Siân Dicker to join us for the lovely and elegiac Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss. The Emperor Waltz was written by the Waltz King\, Johann Strauss II to celebrate the meeting of two Emperors – Franz Josef I of Austria and Wilhelm II of Germany\, and brings us a stream of unforgettable melodies. Our programme ends with more Richard Strauss – the Rosenkavalier Suite\, drawn from his ever-popular and joyful operatic evocation of 18th century Vienna\, full of gorgeous tunes and lush orchestration. \n \n‘Oozing characterful expression’ with ‘ample tones\, gorgeously rich in the middle’ (Opera Today)\, soprano Siân Dicker is in demand for her rich\, full-bodied voice and dramatic flair. A regular on the competition platform\, Siân won the Singers Prize in the 2020 Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition as well as the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform. Siân is a City Music Foundation Artist\, a 2021/22 Britten Pears Young Artist and was listed in BBC Music Magazine’s ‘Rising Stars’ feature in February 2023. She was delighted to be awarded the Simon Sandbach Award by Garsington Opera for her contribution to their 2023 season and was awarded the 2023 Emmy Destinn Czech Song Prize. \nSiân’s recent roles include Liza Queen of Spades (Garsington Opera\, cover)\, Mirandolina La Locandiera (Bampton Classical Opera)\, Miss Jessel The Turn of the Screw (Waterperry Opera Festival)\, First Lady The Magic Flute (English National Opera\, Cover)\, Mařenka The Bartered Bride (Garsington Opera\, OperaFirst)\, Flaminia Fool Moon (Bampton Classical Opera)\, Contessa Le nozze di Figaro (Opera Holland Park Young Artist Production)\, Amaranta La fedeltà premiata (Guildhall Opera)\, Venus Venus and Adonis (Guildhall Opera) and Erste Dame Die Zauberflöte (Hurn Court Opera). Siân worked with the Royal Opera House on Lost and Found; a project of newly commissioned operas premiered in St Pancras Station in 2022 and subsequently joined ROH for a performance of new operas at the 2023 Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire. \nSiân enjoys regular song recitals with duo partner\, Krystal Tunnicliffe\, across Europe and the UK. The duo are delighted to have been joined by Saki Kato (guitar) to release their debut disc; William Walton – Complete Song Collection with Delphian Records in October 2024. Recent recital engagements include the International Lied Festival Zeist\, Life Victoria Barcelona\, Aldeburgh Festival\, Ryedale Festival\, Oxford Lieder Festival\, St Martin-in-the-Fields\, Ludlow English Song Weekend and BBC Radio 3’s In Tune. Siân is proud to have been named as President for Wiltshire-based community music charity\, Wiltshire Rural Music. Siân is a proud community musician and workshop facilitator\, regularly delivering workshops for Live Music Now\, Britten Pears Arts\, Crwban Care and Garsington Opera within schools\, care homes\, SEN settings and assisted living facilities. She has recently enjoyed delivering relaxed\, interactive performances at both Aldeburgh and Ryedale Festivals. \nFor further information\, please visit  www.siandicker.com
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/november-2025-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert,Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250614T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250614T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
CREATED:20240723T110045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T091041Z
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SUMMARY:June 2025 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Viv McLean makes a welcome return as soloist in Rachmaninov’s powerful and romantic Piano Concerto No. 2. Written as the composer emerged from a three year writer’s block\, it has enjoyed enduring popularity ever since. \nIt took Brahms a mere four months to compose his Symphony No. 2 during a summer holiday by an Austrian lake.  Its sunny and lyrical character has earned it the title ‘Pastoral’. \nLouise Farrenc was Professor of Piano at the Paris Conservatoire from the 1840s and is now regaining the notice she deserves.  Her dramatic and colourful concert Overture No. 2 is in operatic style. \nDescribed by Le Monde as “possessing the genius one finds in those who know how to forget themselves”\, since winning First Prize at the Maria Canals Piano Competition in Barcelona\, our soloist British pianist Viv McLean has performed in all the major venues in the UK as well as throughout Europe\, Japan\, Australia and the USA. Viv’s concerto work includes appearances with the RPO\, Philharmonia Orchestra\, LPO\, Halle Orchestra\, English Chamber Orchestra\, BBC Concert Orchestra\, Sinfonia Viva\, Orchestra of the Swan\, Orchestra of St John’s\, Northern Chamber Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of such conductors as Daniel Harding\, John Wilson\, Wayne Marshall\, John Lubbock\, Philip Hesketh\, Christopher Warren-Green\, Owain Arwell Hughes\, Carl Davis\, Rebecca Miller\, Chloe Van Soeterstede and Marvin Hamlisch. \nViv plays regularly with the Adderbury Ensemble and has also performed with other leading chamber groups such as the Ysaye String Quartet\, the Sacconi String Quartet\, members of the Elias\, Allegri\, Carducci\, Tippett String Quartets\, Leonore Piano Trio\, Ensemble 360 and the Leopold String Trio. He has collaborated with musicians such as Natalie Clein\, Marianne Thorsen\, Daniel Hope\, Adrian Brendel\, Lawrence Power\, Mary Bevan\, David Le Page\, Guy Johnston and many others. He has performed at numerous festivals including the Cheltenham International Festival\, Buxton Festival\, Music in the Round Festival\, Glossop Festival and Harrogate International Festival in the UK\, the International Beethoven Festival\, the Mecklenburg Festival and the Kultur Kreis Festival in Germany\, the Festival International de Musique Classique d’Aigues-Mortes\, the Melle Festival and Festival de Saintes in France\, the Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden in Norway and the Musik vid Kattegatt Festival in Sweden. \nViv studied from an early age with Ruth Nye and\, after attending Chetham’s School of Music\, he went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music with Hamish Milne. Whilst studying at the Academy he was the winner of the piano competition at the Royal Overseas-League Music Competition\, was selected as one of the winners of the National Federation of Music Societies’ Young Artists Competition and made his Wigmore Hall debut through winning the RAM Wigmore Award. \nViv made his BBC Radio 3 recital debut through the BBC Radio 3 Young Artists Forum scheme and has also recorded for Classic FM\, WDR Radio in Germany\, Radio France\, ABC Radio in Australia\, NRK Radio in Norway and for the Sky Arts television channel. His commercial releases have included recordings for Sony\, Signum Classics\, Naxos\, Nimbus\, Lyrita\, RPO Records\, ICSM Records and his most recent albums are a Chopin recital and a selection of live recordings for Stone Records. \nFor further information\, please visit www.vivmclean.com \nWe are also delighted to welcome Jonathan Mann as our Guest Conductor for this concert. Praised by Bernard Haitink for his “infectious joy in conducting\,” Jonathan has made recent notable debuts with the Ulster Orchestra\, Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra (South Korea)\, and Chineke! Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall. He recently premiered the ballet White Doves with Six Dance Collective in Belfast. \nJonathan is Music Director of Ensemble Cambrica and the Hertford Symphony Orchestra whilst also Artistic Director of the CIAC Conducting Academy\, where he mentors emerging conductors from around the world. \nHe has inspired young musicians throughout Europe and Southeast Asia\, serving as Artistic Director of the Immanuel Orchestra in Bangkok from 2015 to 2022 which is modeled after Venezuela’s ‘El Sistema’. A former prize winner at the Jeunesses Musicales Conducting Competition\, Jonathan studied at the Royal Academy of Music\, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was the Sir Charles Mackerass Junior Fellow in Conducting at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance. \nFor further information\, please visit www.jonathanmannconductor.com
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/june-2025-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert,Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250308T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250308T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
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SUMMARY:March 2025 Concert
DESCRIPTION:We join forces with Bath Bach Choir to perform Beethoven’s mighty Choral Symphony.  Beethoven was the first composer to introduce voices into a symphony with a setting of Schiller’s Ode to Joy. \nAnother innovator\, Liszt was the first composer to use the term ‘symphonic poem’ to describe a work linked to some extra-musical idea.  Les Préludes draws on a poem by Lamartine on the theme of love and war. \nBath Bach Choir will perform Ešenvalds’ setting of Longfellow’s poem A Shadow\, which showcases his powerful use of rich and glorious melody. The 8-part choir\, accompanied by the gentle chimes of the glockenspiel\, alternately soars with joy and quietly contemplates the flow of time. \nCopland’s Fanfare for the Common Man opens our programme.  Composed in 1942 to support the American war effort\, the fanfare does not celebrate any individual hero\, but the power found in all of us to change the world. \nBath Bach Choir is a spirited group of some 90 musicians which gave its first performance in 1947 and continues to be a thriving and friendly group. \nFor some 33 years\, the choir benefited from the inspirational and passionate style of Nigel Perrin\, our much-loved Musical Director whose death in June 2024 we were very sad to announce. From January 2023 we welcomed Benedict Collins Rice who is proving to be outstanding in the role as he leads the choir into a new and exciting chapter of its history. \nThe Choir’s performances embrace a broad repertoire from Bach\, Handel and Tchaikovsky to Macmillan\, Todd and Pehkonen\, the latter three all present to hear their works performed. Members frequently travel together to sing in foreign venues (including Bath’s twin cities)\, run an annual workshop and enjoy focused\, fun rehearsals as well as social gatherings. \nMusical Director Benedict Collins Rice\nAccompanist Marcus Sealy \nWe are also delighted to welcome Adam Laughton as our Guest Conductor for this concert. Born and raised in Bath\, Adam is a conductor and arts producer based in Frome. He has been closely involved in various local projects as a music leader\, promoter\, coordinator and educator. Adam currently directs Argyle String Orchestra in Bath and is a regular guest conductor with orchestras across the region. Adam is Director of the Frome Festival and Artistic Programme Manager at Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon. He currently sits on the board of the Rook Lane Arts Trust in Frome. Adam regularly performs with many local ensembles as a pianist and violist. He is delighted to be working with Bath Symphony Orchestra across the upcoming season – Adam first listened to the orchestra perform at a very young age\, played in his first concert whilst at school in Bath and has continued to stay connected in recent years as a guest percussionist!
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/spring-2025-concert/
LOCATION:The Forum\, 1a Forum Buildings\, St James Parade\, Bath\, BA1 1UG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert,Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241117T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241117T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
CREATED:20240723T103110Z
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SUMMARY:November 2024 Concert
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome back star young soloist Maxim Calver to play Elgar’s much loved Cello Concerto. Elgar’s concert overture  In the South (Alassio) was inspired by a family holiday on the Italian Riviera and conjures up everything from ‘Joy of Life (wine and macaroni)\,’ through Mediterranean storms and romantic ruins with shepherds\, to Roman armies on the march.  Our programme ends with Hindemith’s most popular work\, the Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber – a colourful and exuberant orchestral tour de force featuring marches\, fugues and variations on a Chinese folk song. \n \nPraised for the “elegance of his technique\, overall sound and natural poeticism” (Charlotte Gardner\, Strad Magazine)\, Maxim Calver first gained public recognition as a Grand Finalist and Strings Category winner of BBC Young Musician 2018\, where he made his concerto debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall\, Birmingham. Since then he has been in high demand across the UK and Europe and in October 2021\, he made his European Concerto debut at the Grosse Saal of the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie. Maxim plays an Alberto Aloyisius Blanchi cello\, dated 1906. \nEstablishing himself as a young artist known for his passion for performance\, Maxim has appeared in many of Europe’s other leading venues including the Wigmore Hall\, Tonhalle Zurich and Cadogan Hall amongst others. He has appeared as a concerto soloist with various orchestras including the Bath\, Stockport\, Ipswich\, Maidstone and Young Musician Symphony Orchestras\, the Orpheus Sinfonia and the Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra. He also made debut recital appearances at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall\, Cambridge Summer Music Festival and at the Oranjewoud Festival in the Netherlands as the winner of the ‘Oranjewoud Award’ at the 2024 Schiermonnikoog Festival. \nIn the 24/25 season\, Maxim’s highlights include performances of Elgar\, Shostakovich and Dvorak’s cello concertos\, recitals alongside pianist Kumi Matsuo and a variety of exciting chamber music collaborations. Furthermore\, from the start of the 24/25 season Maxim has been invited to be an ‘Associated Artist’ on the UK Artists Directory after his successful tenure on the Countess of Munster Trust’s Recital Scheme. A passionate chamber musician\, Maxim has appeared at the Gstaad-Menuhin\, Lewes\, Stamford and International Pau Casals Chamber Music Festivals and performed live radio broadcasts from the Konzerthaus Berlin and Amsterdam Concertgebouw. In May 2024\, he was invited to the Kronberg Academy’s ‘Chamber Music Connects the World’ Festival where he worked and performed alongside Gidon Kremer\, Antje Weithaas and Lawrence Power. Maxim has also appeared at the Edinburgh International Festival for the past two years as a part of their ‘rising stars’ series at the invitation of current artistic director Nicola Benedetti. \nIn 2023\, Maxim was invited by composer Matthew Coleridge to appear on his new album ‘Requiem’ alongside the Southern Sinfonia and Choir of Royal Holloway directed by Rupert Gough. The album was recently released on Convivium Records to widespread critical acclaim.\nOriginally from Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk\, Maxim started the cello at the age of 4 with Maja Passchier before moving to the Yehudi Menuhin School to study with Thomas Carroll aged just 8 years old. He currently studies at the Royal College of Music with Professor Melissa Phelps\, where he is proud to be an ABRSM Scholar for his postgraduate studies. He has received guidance and inspiration from many leading cellists including Gary Hoffman\, Frans Helmerson\, Steven Doane\, Colin Carr and the late Heinrich Schiff. Maxim has also partaken in master-classes at the Kronberg Academy\, Tibor Varga Academy and IMS Prussia Cove amongst others. \nMaxim is very grateful to have received support from the Amaryllis Fleming Foundation\, Geoff and Val Richards\, Countess of Munster Musical Trust\, Drake Calleja Trust and the Hattori Foundation. He is also very grateful to the Young Classical Artists Trust and the Countess of Munster Trust for their invitation to join the UK Artists Directory as an Associate Artist from 2024. \n \nWe are also delighted to welcome Daniel Hogan as our Guest Conductor for this concert. Described as ‘a musician of sincerity\, integrity and a maturity well beyond his years’\, Daniel Hogan is a young British talent beginning to establish himself on the international scene. In concert\, he has conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra\, Moravian Philharmonic and Baltic Sea Philharmonic\, and has been Assistant Conductor for many of the UK’s most esteemed institutions\, including Opera North\, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Philharmonia. He has a busy schedule working with non-professional groups\, including being Music Director for the Winchester Symphony Orchestra\, Kew Sinfonia and Chorleywood Orchestra. He recently graduated from the Royal College of Music with Distinction for his Masters in Conducting\, and is currently concluding his Advanced Diploma with Sian Edwards at the Royal Academy of Music. \nFor further information\, please visit www.danielhoganconductor.com
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/november-2024-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert,Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240615T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240615T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
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SUMMARY:June 2024 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Female composers have often struggled for recognition\, so Bath Symphony Orchestra is pleased to feature two of them in this British programme.  Grace Williams was a Welsh composer and Penillion refers to the ancient song tradition in Wales.  Ruth Gipps wrote her lyrical but challenging Horn Concerto for her son\, Lance Baker. We are delighted to welcome the talented young horn player Annemarie Federle as our soloist.  Both Grace Williams and Ruth Gipps studied with Vaughan Williams and we end our programme with his A London Symphony\, atmospherically evoking the misty River Thames\, street songs and Westminster chimes. \nOur soloist Annemarie Federle was appointed Principal Horn of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2023. \nIn May 2022\, Annemarie stepped in at short notice to perform Oliver Knussen’s Horn Concerto with the LPO at the Royal Festival Hall\, conducted by Edward Gardner. In the same year\, she performed at the Ryedale Festival and recorded chamber music with Three World Records. Other highlights include winning joint first prize at the Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award in 2021\, and performing Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 with the Munich Chamber Orchestra at the ARD International Music Competition. This season she performs concertos and recitals across the UK and Europe including at the KKL Lucerne. \nAnnemarie has enjoyed freelancing orchestrally across the UK\, appearing as guest principal with the London Symphony\, Royal Philharmonic\, Philharmonia and BBC Scottish Symphony orchestras. In October 2022 she was appointed as Principal Horn of the Aurora Orchestra\, before joining the LPO in the same position in January 2023. Annemarie also regularly takes part in recording sessions\, playing on soundtracks for films and TV series. \n \nAt the age of seventeen\, Annemarie won the Brass Category Final of the 2020 BBC Young Musician competition. She went on to secure a place at the Final at Bridgewater Hall\, where she performed Ruth Gipps’ Horn Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mark Wigglesworth\, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC 4 TV. \nOriginally from Cambridge\, Annemarie studies the French horn at the Royal Academy of Music with David Pyatt\, Richard Watkins\, Michael Thompson and Martin Owen.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/june-2024-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240309T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240309T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
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SUMMARY:March 2024 Concert
DESCRIPTION:‘Reach for the Stars’ \nLift off with Bath Symphony Orchestra as we reach for the stars! \nBath Abbey Girls’ Choir and Hayesfield Girls’ School Choir join Bath Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Holst’s The Planets.  The space age theme continues with epic music from the Star Wars and Star Trek films. \nHolst was interested in the astrological\, rather than astronomical significance of the planets. He skilfully uses the colours of a vast orchestra to conjure up their mythical attributes – the aggressive rhythms of Mars\, the Bringer of War; the silvery sounds of Venus\, the Bringer of Peace; the boisterousness of Jupiter\, the Bringer of Jollity; culminating in the other-worldly voices of Neptune\, the Mystic. \nThe music from Star Wars (by John Williams) and Star Trek (by Michael Giacchino) needs little introduction\, beloved by film lovers for decades.  The huge orchestra needed for The Planets will ensure a rousing presentation of this epic music. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/march-2024-concert/
LOCATION:The Forum\, 1a Forum Buildings\, St James Parade\, Bath\, BA1 1UG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231125T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231125T213000
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SUMMARY:November 2023 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Bath Symphony Orchestra is delighted to welcome guitar virtuoso Craig Ogden to play the concerto written for him by British composer and guitar player William Lovelady\, who has worked with many of the world’s leading players and collaborated with such artists as Art Garfunkel\, Hugh Masekela and Julian Lloyd Webber.  Opening the programme is the charming and melodic Petite Suite de Concert by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor\, an African-English composer who worked with Elgar and Stanford.  William Walton’s epic Symphony No. 1 provides a monumental finale\, running the emotional gamut from rage and bitterness\, through melancholy to exultation and triumph. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDescribed by BBC Music Magazine as “A worthy successor to Julian Bream“\, Australian born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. He studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from the age of thirteen. In 2004\, he became the youngest instrumentalist to receive a Fellowship Award from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. One of the UK’s most recorded guitarists\, he has accumulated an acclaimed discography for Chandos\, Virgin/EMI\, Nimbus\, Hyperion\, Sony and six chart-topping albums for Classic FM. His most recent recordings are a solo recital disc for Chandos\, Craig Ogden in Concert and a new arrangement of the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach with violinist David Juritz and cellist Tim Hugh for Nimbus Records. \nCraig Ogden has performed concertos with many of the world’s leading orchestras in countries including Latvia\, Russia\, South Africa\, Denmark\, Spain\, Sweden\, Germany and Australia. In recent seasons he has performed with the Hallé\, BBC Concert Orchestra\, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra (Spain)\, Darwin Symphony Orchestra (Australia)\, Spanish Symphony Orchestra\, RTÉ Concert Orchestra (Dublin)\, London Philharmonic\, Ulster Orchestra\, Orchestra of Opera North and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. In 2015\, Craig was invited to perform a series of concerts on tour with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at major UK concert halls and again in 2016 with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the English Chamber Orchestra\, both tours receiving critical acclaim. In 2019\, Craig presented his own programme of “The Celebration of the Guitar” with Manchester Camerata which showcased the guitar in various styles. This season Craig performs concertos with orchestras including the BBC Concert Orchestra\, English Chamber Orchestra\, Oulu Symphony Orchestra (Finland) and Ulster Orchestra. \nNumerous composers have written works specially for him and in 2017 he gave the world première of a concerto written for him by Andy Scott with the Northern Chamber Orchestra at Stoller Hall\, Manchester\, followed by the Australian première in Perth.  He gave the world première of Il Filo\, a double concerto for guitar and accordion by David Gordon with Miloš Milivojević in summer 2019 and gave the world première of a concerto written for him by David Knotts in March 2022 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall\, London with the BBC Concert Orchestra which was recorded for BBC Radio 3\, filmed for BBC4 TV and currently available on BBC iPlayer. In July 2022\, Craig gave the world première of Isolation Songs (Without Words) a new guitar concerto written for him by William Lovelady with the English Chamber Orchestra for Music in Country Churches with HM The King in attendance. The work received its London première in November 2022 at Cadogan Hall. In January 2023\, Craig gave the world première of a guitar concerto by Greg Caffrey with the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast\, recorded for BBC Radio 3. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCraig Ogden is the most sought-after guitarist for chamber music in the UK performing with artists including the Carducci Quartet\, Miloš Milivojević (accordion)\, Paul Edmund-Davies (flute) and the London Tango Quintet\, of which he is a regular member. Craig also performs a new arrangement written for him of the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach with violinist David Juritz and cellist Tim Hugh. He has been invited to perform with John Williams at venues including London’s Globe Theatre\, where he returned for a music and poetry performance with actress Meera Syal and in 2022 he again performed with John Williams at the Royal College of Music for a concert celebrating the life of the late Julian Bream. Craig has performed at many of the major UK festivals as well as large outdoor festivals including Jamie Oliver and Alex James’ Big Feastival and the Wilderness Festival. Craig gave a recital with tenor James Gilchrist at the Edinburgh Festival which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and performed in the concert series devoted to Sir Michael Tippett at the Wigmore Hall\, returning there with the Nash Ensemble. \nCraig gave concerts and masterclasses in Hong Kong and Shanghai as part of the Hong Kong Guitar Symposium and he has performed several concerts at the Australian Chamber Music Festival at the invitation of Piers Lane. He was invited to be Visiting Musician at Oriel College\, University of Oxford for two years. Craig frequently records for film and was featured on the British hit\, Notting Hill. He has presented programmes on radio including The Segovia Legacy on BBC Radio 3 (co-presented with Louis de Bernières)\, Ten Pound Pom Mum for BBC Northern Ireland (a programme about his Mother’s upbringing in Northern Ireland) and a series of four interviews with artists including John Williams for ABC Classic FM (Australia). Craig presented three short videos as part of an advertising campaign on Classic FM for Emirates Airline and was invited by Sky Arts to be a mentor for the Guitar Star television series. \nCraig Ogden is Director of Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester\, Adjunct Fellow of the University of Western Australia\, and Associate Artist at The Bridgewater Hall\, Manchester . Craig Ogden plays a 2011 Greg Smallman guitar and strings made by D’Addario. \nWe are also delighted to welcome Emilie Godden as our Guest Conductor for this concert. Emilie has just completed the Leverhulme Conducting Fellowship at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland\, in association with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She is mentored by Martyn Brabbins. Through the association with the BBC SSO\, Emilie has regularly assisted Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth. \n\nRecent engagements include a concert performance and studio recordings for Radio 3 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra\, assisting Ryan Wigglesworth with the BBC SSO at the Proms\, and assisting Martyn Brabbins with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland.\nEmilie conducted at the 2022 St Endellion Summer Festival in Cornwall and has worked as assistant conductor at Grange Park Opera. \nUpcoming engagements include a concert performance and a school project with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales\, as well as a concert with the St Woolos Sinfonia.\nAs a member of the first violin section of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales since 1999\, Emilie has experienced performing a broad range of symphonic repertoire over two decades. \nWelcome Emilie!
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/november-2023-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T213000
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SUMMARY:June 2023 Concert
DESCRIPTION:‘Across the Pond’ \nOur summer programme explores the musical connections between 20th century New York and Paris.  Leonard Bernstein felt that Voltaire’s novella Candide\, a satire on the hypocrisy of 18th century French society\, found parallels in American society of the McCarthy era.  The scintillating overture\, brimming with excitement and gorgeous melodies\, opens our programme. \nBoth Copland and Gershwin studied in Paris in the 1920s – in Gershwin’s case\, not very successfully\, but the light-hearted An American in Paris was the result\, conjuring up French atmosphere and street sounds with its trio of saxophones and car horns.  His Piano Concerto is a wonderful synthesis of the classical concerto form with jazz style and incorporates cheeky Charleston rhythms\, a smoky Blues trumpet solo and grandiose sweeping melodies. We are delighted to welcome Viv McLean as our soloist for this concerto. \nCopland was commissioned by choreographer Martha Graham to write a ballet with ‘an American theme’.  The ever-popular Appalachian Spring depicts a young couple building their farmhouse in Pennsylvania and features the much-loved Shaker tune\, Simple Gifts. \n  \nOur soloist Viv McLean won First Prize at the 2002 Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona and has performed in all the major venues in the UK\, as well as throughout Europe\, Japan\, Australia and the USA. He has performed concertos with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\, Philharmonia Orchestra\, London Philharmonic Orchestra\, Halle Orchestra\, English Chamber Orchestra\, BBC Concert Orchestra\, National Symphony Orchestra\, Sinfonia Viva and the Scottish Concert  Orchestra under the baton of such conductors as Wayne Marshall\, Christopher Warren-Green\, Owain Arwell Hughes\, Carl Davis and Marvin Hamlisch. As a keen chamber musician he has collaborated with many groups including the Leopold String Trio\, Ysaye String Quartet\, Ensemble 360 and the Sacconi String Quartet as well as artists such as Natalie Clein\, Daniel Hope\, Guy Johnston and Lawrence Power. Viv has appeared at festivals including the International Beethoven Festival in Bonn\, the Festival des Saintes in France\, Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden in Norway and the Cheltenham International Festival in the UK\, and has recorded for Sony Classical Japan\, Naxos\, Nimbus and RPO Records. Viv has recorded regularly for BBC Radio 3 as well as for radio in Germany\, France\, Australia\, Norway and Poland. \nFor further information\, please visit www.vivmclean.com
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/june-2023-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230311T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230311T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
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SUMMARY:March 2023 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Sibelius Karelia Suite \nGrieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 \nSibelius Symphony No. 1 \nWe look north with our programme of music by Scandinavian composers.  Sibelius wrote his early Karelia Suite\, with its jaunty marches and folksongs\, for a Finnish patriotic pageant.  In Grieg’s varied and colourful incidental music for Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt\, the scene ranges from the mountains of Norway to the deserts of Arabia. The Suite No. 1 includes some of Grieg’s most well-known music\, from the peaceful Morning Mood to the ever-popular Hall of the Mountain King.  The dramatic and tempestuous Symphony No. 1 by Sibelius brings us exquisite moments of loneliness and melancholy\, together with sweeping romantic melodies – a truly epic start to his distinctive symphonic writing.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/march-2023-concert/
LOCATION:Roper Theatre\, West Wing\, Hayesfield School\, Bath\, BA2 3LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221127T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221127T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
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SUMMARY:November 2022 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Glazunov Autumn from The Seasons \nTchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Suite \nProkofiev Cinderella Suite \nOur ballet-inspired Autumn concert opens appropriately with Autumn from Glazunov’s ballet The Seasons. The series of colourful and lively scenes includes the energetic Bacchanale and a luscious Adagio. Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite contains much-loved and tuneful music of great character and introduces us to the familiar fairy tale figures – Princess Aurora\, the Lilac Fairy and wicked fairy Carabosse. Puss in Boots also puts in an appearance and the Suite ends with the famous Waltz. In the Cinderella Suite by Prokofiev\, we hear Cinderella playing with the kitchen cat\, the Ugly Sisters quarrelling and the Fairy Godmother working her magic on the pumpkin and the mice. The final swirling Waltz with the Prince is dramatically cut short as the giant clock strikes twelve!
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/november-2022-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220618T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220618T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
CREATED:20210922T192126Z
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SUMMARY:June 2022 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Hamilton Harty A Comedy Overture   \nDenis Wright Cornet Concerto \nSoloist: Chris Avison \nHamish MacCunn The Land of the Mountain and the Flood \nElgar Enigma Variations \n  \nWe embark on a musical tour of the British Isles with the lively A Comedy Overture by Irish composer\, Hamilton Harty.  Trumpeter Chris Avison\, originally from Bath\, introduces us to the world of the British brass band\, with the tuneful and virtuosic Cornet Concerto by Denis Wright.  We stride across the heather with Scottish composer Hamish MacCunn to his popular The Land of the Mountain and the Flood.  Elgar’s much loved Enigma Variations needs no introduction and completes the programme. \nOur soloist Chris Avison obtained his Bachelor of Music at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama\, and went on to gain a distinction in his post-graduate Master of Arts degree at the Royal Academy of Music where he was awarded the Diploma of the Royal Academy for outstanding performance in his final recital. In 2018\, Chris was made an Associate of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2019. \nChris is the former Principal Trumpet of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra\, a position he held from September 2013 to October 2021. He performs regularly with many other orchestras throughout the UK\, and has played in several West End productions\, as well as running and being a founding member of Inner City Brass. \nChris is passionate about supporting young musicians and has delivered masterclasses to aspiring performers through Inner City Brass and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. He has taught across his home county\, Bath and North East Somerset\, as well as at the John Lyon School in Harrow\, St. George’s College in Weybridge and Bristol Cathedral School. He has also played an active role in delivering outreach sessions to inspire school children to take up a musical instrument for the Worshipful Company of Musicians. \n  \n \nChris Avison
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/june-2022-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220312T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220312T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
CREATED:20210922T191923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220314T110550Z
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SUMMARY:March 2022 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Dvořák Slavonic Dances from Op. 46\nKhachaturian Masquerade Suite\nBorodin Symphony No. 2  \nOur programme is inspired by the spirit of the dance. While Dvořák did not use any actual folk melodies in his Slavonic Dances\, they are characteristic of traditional dance types\, such as the Polka\, full of wit\, energy and beautiful melodies. \nArmenian composer Khachaturian arranged the music he wrote for a play to form the popular Masquerade Suite\, including a swirling Waltz\, energetic Mazurka and a furious Galop. \nOften considered to be his masterpiece\, Borodin’s Symphony No. 2 brims with lively rhythms\, exciting orchestral colour and the exotic melodies of Russian folk music. \nProgramme notes for download and printing can be found here.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/march-2022-concert/
LOCATION:Roper Theatre\, West Wing\, Hayesfield School\, Bath\, BA2 3LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211120T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211120T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
CREATED:20210623T110820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T071802Z
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SUMMARY:November 2021 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Mozart Overture The Magic Flute \nMozart Arias from Idomeneo\, The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute \nSoloist: Llio Evans\, soprano \nBrahms Symphony No. 3 \nWe are delighted to welcome back award-winning Welsh soprano Llio Evans\, who joins the orchestra for a selection of arias from Mozart’s operas\, including the ever-popular The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute. Brahms completed his third symphony in a mere four months during a holiday on the Rhine\, and it is the most compact and unified of his four symphonies. The all-pervasive melodic fragment  ‘F – A flat – F’ alludes to the composer’s personal motto ‘Frei aber Froh’ – ‘Free but Joyful’ – the appropriate mood for BSO’s return to the concert platform! \n  \nWelsh soprano Llio Evans studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Wales International Academy of Voice. She is a British Youth Opera and Welsh National Youth Opera alumna and a former Alvarez Young Artist at Garsington Opera. \nRecent highlights include Celia Iolanthe (English National Opera); Iris Semele (Garsington Opera); The Little One in the UK premiere of The Golden Dragon (Music Theatre Wales); Zerlina Don Giovanni and Melanto The Return of Ulysses (Longborough Festival Opera); and soprano soloist in Janáček’s The Danube with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. \n  \nhttps://www.stevenswalesartists.com/artist/llio-evans
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/november-2021-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201114T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201114T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
CREATED:20190516T145456Z
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SUMMARY:November 2020 Concert - Postponed
DESCRIPTION:We celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth by joining forces with Bath Bach Choir and The Handful to perform his mighty Choral Symphony.  Ever the musical ground-breaker\, Beethoven was the first composer to introduce voices into a symphony. His inspirational setting of Schiller’s Ode to Joy\, celebrating the universal brotherhood of man\, remains a beacon of hope in troubled times. \n  \nLiszt was also an innovator and was the first composer to use the term ‘symphonic poem’ to describe a single-movement work linked to some extra-musical idea\, such as a poem or painting. Les Préludes is the best known of Liszt’s thirteen symphonic poems and draws on a poem by Lamartine on the theme of love and war: ‘What is life but a series of preludes to that unknown hymn…?’ \n  \nWe open our programme with Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man.  Composed in 1942 to support the American war effort\, the fanfare does not celebrate any individual hero. Rather\, Copland sees every individual as heroic and celebrates the power found in all of us to change the world.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/november-2020-concert/
LOCATION:The Forum\, 1a Forum Buildings\, St James Parade\, Bath\, BA1 1UG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210701
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
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SUMMARY:BSO 2020-21 Concert Season
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URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/11927/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200606T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200606T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
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SUMMARY:June 2020 Concert - Postponed
DESCRIPTION:‘Across the Pond’\nOur summer programme explores the musical connections between 20th century New York and Paris.  Leonard Bernstein felt that Voltaire’s novella Candide\, a satire on the hypocrisy of 18th century French society\, found parallels in American society of the McCarthy era.  The scintillating overture\, brimming with excitement and gorgeous melodies\, opens our programme. \nBoth Copland and Gershwin studied in Paris in the 1920s – in Gershwin’s case\, not very successfully\, but the light-hearted An American in Paris was the result\, conjuring up French atmosphere and street sounds with its trio of saxophones and car horns.  His Piano Concerto is a wonderful synthesis of the classical concerto form with jazz style and incorporates cheeky Charleston rhythms\, a smoky Blues trumpet solo and grandiose sweeping melodies. We are delighted to welcome Viv McLean as our soloist for this concerto. \nCopland was commissioned by choreographer Martha Graham to write a ballet with ‘an American theme’.  The ever-popular Appalachian Spring depicts a young couple building their farmhouse in Pennsylvania and features the much-loved Shaker tune\, Simple Gifts. \n  \nOur soloist Viv McLean won First Prize at the 2002 Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona and has performed in all the major venues in the UK\, as well as throughout Europe\, Japan\, Australia and the USA. He has performed concertos with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\, Philharmonia Orchestra\, London Philharmonic Orchestra\, Halle Orchestra\, English Chamber Orchestra\, BBC Concert Orchestra\, National Symphony Orchestra\, Sinfonia Viva and the Scottish Concert  Orchestra under the baton of such conductors as Wayne Marshall\, Christopher Warren-Green\, Owain Arwell Hughes\, Carl Davis and Marvin Hamlisch. As a keen chamber musician he has collaborated with many groups including the Leopold String Trio\, Ysaye String Quartet\, Ensemble 360 and the Sacconi String Quartet as well as artists such as Natalie Clein\, Daniel Hope\, Guy Johnston and Lawrence Power. Viv has appeared at festivals including the International Beethoven Festival in Bonn\, the Festival des Saintes in France\, Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden in Norway and the Cheltenham International Festival in the UK\, and has recorded for Sony Classical Japan\, Naxos\, Nimbus and RPO Records. Viv has recorded regularly for BBC Radio 3 as well as for radio in Germany\, France\, Australia\, Norway and Poland. \nFor further information\, please visit www.vivmclean.com
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/june-2020-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200307T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200307T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
CREATED:20190402T093158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T182628Z
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SUMMARY:March 2020 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Our Spring programme has an operatic theme\, opening with the Prelude to Wagner’s only comic opera\, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.  The Prelude introduces us to the noble Hans Sachs and the guild of master-singers\, romantic Walther who sings his Prize Song to win the hand of his beloved Eva\, and the cheeky apprentices\, who mock the stuffy town clerk. \nBizet’s Carmen is one of the world’s most popular operas and introduces the ultimate femme fatale.  In the orchestral suite of highlights that include many of Bizet’s best-loved melodies\, we experience romance\, high drama and exotic Spanish colour. \nIt was after seeing a production of Carmen that Tchaikovsky first became obsessed with the idea of Fate controlling destiny.  The Fate motif permeates the Fourth Symphony\, written at a time of great personal crisis.  In this work\, however\, joyful\, dance-like melodies ensure that optimism finally triumphs over gloom.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/march-2020-concert/
LOCATION:Roper Theatre\, West Wing\, Hayesfield School\, Bath\, BA2 3LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191124T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191124T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
CREATED:20190402T091355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T093606Z
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SUMMARY:November 2019 Concert
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Maxim Calver (2018 BBC Young Musician finalist) for a performance of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1.  Written for the composer’s friend\, Rostropovich\, it is one of the most significant and challenging concertos of the 20th century.  Mahler’s mighty Fifth Symphony includes the famous Adagietto\, used in the film Death in Venice\, alongside a bleak funeral march\, a manic scherzo and a hymn of hope.  Mahler wrote that a symphony ‘must embrace everything’ and here we run the gamut of emotions from deep tragedy to joyful exuberance. \n  \nOur soloist Maxim Calver made his concerto debut in Symphony Hall\, Birmingham as part of the Grand Final of BBC Young Musician 2018. His performance of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra\, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC 4\, was praised for its ‘natural ease’ and ‘emotional lyricism’. Earlier in the competition he won the Strings Category Final performing works by Lutoslawski\, Brahms and Stravinsky. \nHighlights this season include a performance of Brahms’ Double Concerto in Cadogan Hall\, London with Tianyou Ma (finalist of the International Menuhin Violin Competition 2018) and recitals throughout the UK and Guernsey. Maxim has also performed at many prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall\, the Royal Festival Hall and BOZAR (Brussels). Festival appearances include the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland\, Southwold Arts Festival and the Wimbledon International Festival\, where his performance of Delius’ cello sonata was singled out for its ‘depth of tone and passionate intensity’ (Planet Hugill\, 2014). \nFor further information\, please visit www.maximcalvercello.co.uk
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/november-2019-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190608T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190608T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
CREATED:20190401T101407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190530T124633Z
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SUMMARY:June 2019 Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Piano Concerto in A minor was Grieg’s only large-scale orchestral work\, but is so well known and loved as to need no introduction and remains one of the most popular piano concertos ever written.  We welcome Bath-based pianist Nicola Meecham as our soloist. \nNorwegian Johan Halvorsen was a violinist\, conductor and composer of theatre music.  He was a great friend and admirer of Grieg’s and was married to the older composer’s niece.  His music follows the Romantic tradition of Grieg and his orchestral experience allowed him to develop an innovative instrumental style.  He did not write his three symphonies until his retirement – they were composed purely for his own personal pleasure and are firmly rooted in the late 19th century tradition of Brahms.  The lush\, sweeping melodies and colourful orchestration bring to mind the music of Russian composers such as Borodin.  This may well be the first non-professional performance of his Symphony No. 1 in this country and we hope you will agree that Halvorsen deserves to be much better known! \nHaving spent some time in Norway as a young man\, English composer Delius was well acquainted with both Grieg and Halvorsen.  The Walk to the Paradise Garden is taken from his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet.  The Paradise Garden is in fact a pub\, where the lovers meet and the scene is set for the ensuing tragedy.  This entr’acte glows with sumptuous Romantic harmonies and luscious orchestration. \n  \nOur soloist Nicola Meecham has performed internationally\, throughout the UK and at major venues\, including Wigmore Hall\, St John’s Smith Square\, and Queen Elizabeth Hall. She has appeared at prestigious festivals including Exeter\, King’s Lynn and Hebden Bridge and has performed in Holland\, Italy\, Belgium and the Czech Republic. Nicola has recorded two acclaimed CDs for independent record label SOMM\, with her recent CD of piano music by Tchaikovsky gaining outstanding reviews in the international music press. The Nocturne was featured on Spotify’s Classical New Releases playlist and has gained over 60\,000 plays to date. Her previous release of music by Enescu\, Janáček and Kodály received a top recommendation in the American Record Guide. \nNicola is a keen advocate of contemporary music and has given premieres of works by internationally renowned composers\, notably Henyrk Górecki and H K Gruber. In 2017 she curated and performed a recital of 20th and 21st century piano music\, including five world premieres\, entitled Voices of Night and Day\, at The Warehouse\, London. A prizewinner at the Royal Academy of Music\, Nicola has given broadcast recitals for BBC Radio 3 and for Dutch Radio\, and has featured on BBC Two.  She is a tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. \nFor further information\, please visit www.nicolameecham.co.uk
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/june-2019-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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SUMMARY:March 2019 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Festival Overture features tunes based on Russian Orthodox chants\, and the mood ranges from solemnity to exuberant celebration.  \nThe Firebird is one of Stravinsky’s early ballets\, retelling an ancient Russian folk tale in which we meet a villainous ogre\, imprisoned princesses and the magical Firebird.  The gorgeous melodies and colourful orchestration remind us that Stravinsky was one of Rimsky-Korsakov’s pupils.  \nThe Symphonic Dances was Rachmaninov’s final composition\, and his continuing obsession with the Dies Irae chant and Russian church music conveys his sense of impending doom.  The brilliant scoring includes a piano\, alto saxophone and large percussion section.  A succession of lyrical melodies\, a waltz from a haunted ballroom and a whirling witches’ Sabbath lead to the triumphant ending\, in which ‘Death is swallowed up in Victory’.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/march-2019-concert/
LOCATION:Roper Theatre\, West Wing\, Hayesfield School\, Bath\, BA2 3LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181202T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181202T170000
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SUMMARY:December 2018 Concert
DESCRIPTION:‘Winter Wonderland’\nBath Symphony Orchestra presents a programme of winter themed music for all the family. \n Drawing from fairy tale operas\, ballet and film music we will present music portraying\, amongst others\, a wicked witch with a gingerbread house\, a fictitious military officer on a fast winter’s journey with a traditional Russian three-horse sled\, and the most evocative musical Christmas character of them all—the Sugar Plum Fairy! \nAdd in musical evocations of winter landscapes and sleigh rides and we promise you a perfect winter afternoon’s musical entertainment.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/december-2018-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180609T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180609T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050145
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SUMMARY:June 2018 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Our Czech programme opens with the fourth of Smetana’s cycle of patriotic tone poems\, Má Vlast. From Bohemia’s Forests and Meadows conjures up the feelings inspired by the Czech landscape\, from the grandeur of great forests to the exuberance of village festivals. \nViola player Laura Sinnerton joins the orchestra for Martinů’s melodic Rhapsody Concerto. Martinůe migrated to the USA in 1941 and the many Moravian folk tunes he employs express his longing for his native Czechoslovakia.  \nDvořák’s carefree Eighth Symphony is steeped in the atmosphere of the Czech countryside and features hunting horns\, bird calls and lively folk tunes. Along with his New World Symphony\, it has become one of Dvořák’s most popular works.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/june-2018-concert/
LOCATION:Wiltshire Music Centre\, Ashley Rd\, Bradford-on-Avon\, BA15 1DZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180303T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180303T213000
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SUMMARY:March 2018 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Our programme explores the expression of contrasting moods. En Saga was Sibelius’ first major tone poem. In spite of its title (‘A Story’) it is an abstract piece depicting the feelings inspired by the Finnish landscape. \nVariations on a Theme by Haydn is also a rather misleading title\, as the St Anthony Chorale tune on which Brahms based the work later turned out not to have been composed by Haydn — but its unique character is the basis for a set of variations exploring a wide variety of moods and colours. \nDanish composer Nielsen’s Second Symphony is subtitled The Four Temperaments and follows the idea of the four humours of Greco-Roman medicine — choleric\, melancholic\, sanguine and phlegmatic\, each of which is distinctively portrayed in music. The symphony was inspired by a comical picture the composer saw in a country pub and it quickly became one of Nielsen’s best-loved orchestral works.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/march-2018-concert/
LOCATION:Roper Theatre\, West Wing\, Hayesfield School\, Bath\, BA2 3LA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171111T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171111T213000
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SUMMARY:November 2017 Concert
DESCRIPTION:Bath Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce a very special and exciting concert to mark the beginning of its 70th anniversary season. The orchestra will be joined by the highly acclaimed Bristol Choral Society.  \n Mahler’s Second Symphony is one of the most expansive symphonies ever written\, which will make this concert a spectacular aural and visual experience for all. Mahler demands an orchestra of more than one hundred performers\, two off-stage brass and percussion ensembles\, an organ\, two vocal soloists and a large choir that adds to the musical texture in the final movement. The enormity of the symphony makes it a rarely performed work. \n Written in five movements\, the symphony was influenced by Mahler’s interest in aspects of life and death\, redemption\, renewal and ultimately resurrection seen through an intense musical journey. However\, the work is less religious and more existential in nature than the subtitle might imply. \n As the Orchestra celebrates 70 years of making music to the highest standards\, join us at this rare opportunity to hear this vast and amazing symphony – a performance that is set to be an unmissable and memorable highlight of the musical year in Bath.
URL:https://www.bathsymphony.org.uk/event/november-2017-concert/
LOCATION:The Forum\, 1a Forum Buildings\, St James Parade\, Bath\, BA1 1UG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Previous Concert
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