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| conductor
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Adrian
Brown |
| leader |
Bernard
Brook |

Bromley Symphony Orchestra was founded after the
First World War, and has developed into one of the most
distinguished non-professional orchestras in the country. It has
earned a high reputation for
concerts of professional standard. Over the years, the BSO has
worked with very many internationally famous musicians, including
Sir Adrian Boult,
Norman Del Mar,
Albert Sammons,
Dennis Brain,
Kathleen
Ferrier,
Paul Tortelier, Ralph Holmes,
Hugh Bean,
Emma Johnson,
Leslie Howard,
Janice Watson and
Sir Donald
McIntyre. The Orchestra rehearses on
Mondays and welcomes applications from prospective new members, who
should contact the Chairman.
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Saturday
15th November
2008 at 7:45pm |
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Tchaikovsky
‘Hamlet’ Fantasy Overture
 Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No.2

Soloist Masa Tayama
Rimsky Korsakov
'Scheherazade'

In a programme of romantic Russian music, what could be more
romantic than this lovely concerto, familar even to non-classical
music lovers through its use in the classic film "Brief Encounter"?
Before that,"Hamlet" captures the many moods of the Bard's great
play. In Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful suite, based on the age-old
"Tales of 1001 Nights", the solo violin represents Scheherazade as
she tells a series of enthralling stories that will spare her life.
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Saturday 24th January
2009 at 7:45pm |
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Berlioz
‘Roman Carnival’
 Ravel ‘Rapsodie Espagnole’

Rodrigo 'Concierto de Aranjuez'

Soloist
Eurico Pereira (Guitar)
Respighi ‘Roman Festivals’

This programme burns with Mediterranean heat and passion,
opening with an exuberant overture, one of Berlioz's most popular
works. Ravel's Spanish "Rapsodie" has three short movements of
sensuous colour and elegance and a dazzling finale. Staying in
Spain, the Rodrigo is perhaps the most well known of all guitar
concertos, especially its evocative slow movement. Respighi said
that "Roman Festivals", his vivid celebration of ancient Rome,
represented his absolute peak of orchestral sonority and colour.
It's certainly that! |
Saturday 21st March
2009 at 7:45pm |
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Mahler Symphony No.9

This intensely romantic symphony has long been regarded as Mahler's
swansong - his farewell to life. He had been told by his doctor that
he had a fatal heart condition. The mystery of death had always
preoccupied him, but now it was within sight. The music powerfully
expresses his torment, but also affirms his unquenched belief in
life. The symphony follows the pattern of Tchaikovsky's
"Pathetique", ending with an impassioned slow movement. |
Saturday
16th May
2009 at 7:45pm |
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Schumann Symphony No.3
 Mozart
Flute Concerto No.1 in G major

Soloist Philip Rowson
Strauss ‘Till Eulenspiegel’

Schumann's "Rhenish" is perhaps his brightest and most
optimistic work. Its tunefulness and folk-like character quickly
made it one of his greatest successes and its popularity has endured
to the present day. Despite Mozart's well known claim to dislike the
flute, he wrote very well for it, including this delightful
concerto. Strauss's tone poem chronicles the misadventures and
pranks of a mischievous German peasant folk-hero. We hear him
upsetting market stalls, poking fun at the clergy, flirting with
girls and mocking academics. But eventually he is captured and
sentenced to death for blasphemy! |
The archive of previous performances is here.
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All concerts are at the
Great
Hall, Ravensbourne School
Hayes Lane,
Bromley, Kent, BR2 9EH.
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