Experience a ground-breaking fusion of turntablism and orchestral music with the world premiere performance of Parable, inspired by the graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower.

Award-winning turntablist, DJ and producer NikNak joins forces with Chineke! Orchestra for an innovative new work that bridges electronic soundscapes with classical instrumentation. This bold collaboration reimagines storytelling through sound, using turntables as an instrument in dialogue with a full orchestra.

This new orchestral piece, created in collaboration with acclaimed cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson, explores Parable of the Sower’s powerful themes of resilience, community and change, transforming the novel’s dystopian themes into a compelling sound world.

Chineke! Orchestra joins forces with George the Poet for a night of music, spoken word and poetry around the themes of Resilience, Identity, Strength and Equality. Raise the roof with a captivating performance with spoken word artist and rapper George the Poet, and Chineke! Orchestra, the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of majority Black and ethnically diverse musicians.

A workshop day with the Poole Society of Young Musicians, exploring music by Khachaturian, Rossini, Dvorak and Zimmer.

Step into a world where music and architecture unite in perfect harmony. This isn't your typical concert! Orchitecture Brixton will transform the Town Hall into a living, breathing symphony, where you can walk amongst the musicians as they perform. It’s a chance to see, hear, and feel the music up close in a completely new way.

Produced by Aswarm, a Brixton-based arts and social enterprise company, in collaboration with the renowned Chineke! Foundation – Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra – and supported by Brixton’s own Orbital Sound, this large-scale, interactive event promises to redefine how we experience performance and place.

Professional musicians from Chineke! Foundation will perform the Othello Suite alongside their talented junior orchestra and local young musicians from Lambeth Music Service, conducted by Enyi Okpara, to create a sensory masterpiece that celebrates diversity, creativity, and community.

Join the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s 14-piece mixed ensemlble for a brand new concert of film-inspired music journeying from London’s historic West End to the glittering lights of Hollywood.

The concert is presented and will include well-known favourites alongside lesser-known cinematic works in a programme designed for families of all ages, new audiences, and seasoned concertgoers alike!

Valentine’s Day presents the perfect opportunity to take a pause and focus on someone special. Enjoy a selection of classical music’s most romantic pieces of music ever written, from the worlds of film, opera and ballet. From scores inspired by Shakespeare’s tale of two star-crossed lovers, including Prokofiev’s powerful ballet suite and themes from the Romeo and Juliet films of Franco Zefferelli and Baz Luhrmann, to modern tearjerkers from Miss Saigon and Titanic, the evening is all set for your romantic rendezvous.

Join the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s 14-piece mixed ensemlble for a brand new concert of film-inspired music journeying from London’s historic West End to the glittering lights of Hollywood.

The concert is presented and will include well-known favourites alongside lesser-known cinematic works in a programme designed for families of all ages, new audiences, and seasoned concertgoers alike!

Designed with KS2 students in mind, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer and conductor, James Redwood and actor/director, Lynne Forbes. Explore the Orchestra: Sea Stories will feature material that fuses symphonic music with the written word and will explore how the oceans have ignited the musical imaginations of many.

Designed with KS2 students in mind, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer and conductor, James Redwood and actor/director, Lynne Forbes. Explore the Orchestra: Sea Stories will feature material that fuses symphonic music with the written word and will explore how the oceans have ignited the musical imaginations of many.

Designed with KS2 students in mind, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer and conductor, James Redwood and actor/director, Lynne Forbes. Explore the Orchestra: Sea Stories will feature material that fuses symphonic music with the written word and will explore how the oceans have ignited the musical imaginations of many.

Designed with KS2 students in mind, these thrilling and interactive concerts will be presented by award-winning composer and conductor, James Redwood and actor/director, Lynne Forbes. Explore the Orchestra: Sea Stories will feature material that fuses symphonic music with the written word and will explore how the oceans have ignited the musical imaginations of many.

A side-by-side workshop day where students from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance perform works by Elgar and Delius alongside members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the BSO’s Last Night of the Christmas Proms concert! This year we are thrilled to welcome the talents of pianist and singer extraordinaire, Joe Stilgoe, who will be showcasing his musical talents with a hamper full of Christmas musical goodies alongside all your favourite orchestral treats.

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the BSO’s Last Night of the Christmas Proms concert! This year we are thrilled to welcome the talents of pianist and singer extraordinaire, Joe Stilgoe, who will be showcasing his musical talents with a hamper full of Christmas musical goodies alongside all your favourite orchestral treats.

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the BSO’s Last Night of the Christmas Proms concert! This year we are thrilled to welcome the talents of pianist and singer extraordinaire, Joe Stilgoe, who will be showcasing his musical talents with a hamper full of Christmas musical goodies alongside all your favourite orchestral treats.

Join the BSO string ensemble with Assistant Conductor, Enyi Okpara, in a colourful programme including lullabies, a starburst, film music and folk melodies.  The concert will be presented by the musicians to reveal connections between 20th and 21st century music and composers from the UK, Hungary, the USA and Ukraine, for an audience of all ages.

Mozart wrote his only concerto for clarinet in the space of about ten days, when he was at the height of his powers, and only two months before his tragically early death.  It is a glorious work: the first great concerto for the instrument, and some would say still the greatest, which displays the range and agility of the clarinet as well as its velvety and soulful qualities. Julian Bliss performs this concerto with Enyi Okpara conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is joined by pianist Alim Beisembayev to bring the first symphonic concert to the brand-new Fareham Live in an evening of orchestral classics.

A magnificent selection of light and classical music from some of the USA's finest composers. Ellis Thomas performs Rhapsody In Blue with the Havant Symphony Orchestra, with the concert conducted by last season’s Bob and Beryl Harding Bursary Conductor, Enyi Okpara.

Join the BSO string ensemble with Assistant Conductor, Enyi Okpara, in a colourful programme including lullabies, a starburst, film music and folk melodies.  The concert will be presented by the musicians to reveal connections between 20th and 21st century music and composers from the UK, Hungary, the USA and Ukraine, for an audience of all ages.

Join the BSO string ensemble with Assistant Conductor, Enyi Okpara, in a colourful programme including lullabies, a starburst, film music and folk melodies.  The concert will be presented by the musicians to reveal connections between 20th and 21st century music and composers from the UK, Hungary, the USA and Ukraine, for an audience of all ages.

Leading British pianist Danny Driver joins orchestral sensation, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, for Mozart’s sparkling Piano Concerto No 21. The concert climaxes with Dvořák’s euphoric Symphony No 8, celebrating the music of his native Bohemia, and his love of the natural world.

Leading British pianist Danny Driver joins orchestral sensation, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, for Mozart’s sparkling Piano Concerto No 21. The concert climaxes with Dvořák’s euphoric Symphony No 8, celebrating the music of his native Bohemia, and his love of the natural world.

With music by two of Britain’s best-known composers of today, Anna Clyne and Jonathan Dove, whose trombone concerto Stargazer features soloist Peter Moore. The concert finishes with Elgar’s iconic Enigma Variations.

With music by two of Britain’s best-known composers of today, Anna Clyne and Jonathan Dove, whose trombone concerto Stargazer features soloist Peter Moore. The concert finishes with Elgar’s iconic Enigma Variations.

With music by two of Britain’s best-known composers of today, Anna Clyne and Jonathan Dove, whose trombone concerto Stargazer features soloist Peter Moore. The concert finishes with Elgar’s iconic Enigma Variations.

With music by two of Britain’s best-known composers of today, Anna Clyne and Jonathan Dove, whose trombone concerto Stargazer features soloist Peter Moore. The concert finishes with Elgar’s iconic Enigma Variations.

The most famous piece for cello and orchestra has to be the Concerto by Edward Elgar.  Written in the aftermath of the first world war, it encapsulates a sense of the tragedy of war.  We are delighted to welcome Joseph Spooner as soloist for the concerto. 

A selection of popular works for choir.

Join talented conductors from the UK, Austria, and Finland directing the BBC SSO in Debussy, Gregson, & Elgar works. Jointly presented by the BBC SSO and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, culminating a week's activities with conductor Martyn Brabbins.