The BSO Benevolent Fund is a charity run by the musicians for the musicians. It was set up in 1958 to provide financial support for musicians in cases of prolonged and/or serious illness or injury. From the start it has been successful in meeting these aims with the very generous support of those who have contributed. The main source of income is the annual Benevolent Fund Concert at which all the musicians give freely of their services, as have many conductors and soloists who have featured in these concerts over the years. The Fund also embraces members when they retire, and by keeping in touch with them at Christmas it helps to maintain a link with old colleagues.

BSO Benevolent Fund

Christchurch Priory

Carmen is stabbed to death by a jealous lover, Salome causes the beheading of John the Baptist, Delilah tricks Samson, Ophelia descends into madness and drowns … There are countless love stories that end in tragedy, inspiring some of the most beautiful music. 

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Fatal Attraction

Centre Leonardo Da Vinci

Place des Arts

If heaven has a soundtrack, it may well include music by Massenet, Roussel, and Mozart. Massanet’s beloved “Méditation” from his opera Thaïs, in a gorgeous arrangement for four cellos, opens this program. Albert Roussel’s Sérénade combines flute and harp with string trio for a work that is alternatingly haunting and lighthearted. The program concludes with Mozart’s jolly Wind Serenade for two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns. Composed to impress a potential patron, the elegant work has been delighting audiences for over 200 years!

Heavenly Harmony

Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center

A feast for the eyes and ears. French animator Grégoire Pont conjures an entire world before our eyes. In Albert Roussel’s The Spider’s Feast, Pont's sketches dance on screen while the SLSO plays. Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf is accompanied by the Academy Award-winning short film, and the SLSO captures the energy of Francis Poulenc’s colorful musical fables, Les Animaux modèles.  

Musical Fables

Stifel Theatre

Reserve your seats today and enjoy unbeatable savings by subscribing to New World Symphony’s Saturday Two series. Starting at just $20 a concert, a Saturday Two subscription features unforgettable performances with Stéphane Denève, Michael Tilson Thomas, pianist Emanuel Ax, jazz pianist Aaron Diehl and 87 of the world’s best young musicians.

Denève and Isabel Leonard

New World Center

Multiple Grammy Award-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta serves as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center, and Artistic Adviser of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. Upon her appointment as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta became the first woman to lead a major American ensemble. She was recently named one of the Fifty Great Conductors, past and present, by Gramophone magazine, and has been hailed for having “Toscanini’s tight control over ensemble, Walter’s affectionate balancing of inner voices, Stokowski’s gutsy showmanship, and a controlled frenzy worthy of Bernstein” by The Washington Post

JoAnn Falletta conducts the Royal Conservatory Orchestra

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Celebrated French conductor Fabien Gabel leads orchestral showstoppers direct from France, plus a world premiere by Michigan-born composer James Lee III. Shades of Unbroken Dreams honors the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream"—a speech he famously delivered in Washington, DC in 1963, words that first rang out in Detroit, after a historic march down Woodward Avenue.

French Passions & Enduring Dreams

Orchestra Hall

Dress up for Halloween and join your SLSO for an afternoon of fun. Through Peter Schickele’s “A Zoo Called Earth,” you’ll hear creatures ranging from fish and dinosaurs to kangaroos and elephants come to life from the perspective of an extraterrestrial tourist. Recommended for ages 5-10 years.

Family Concert: A Zoo Called Earth

Touhill Performing Arts Center

Jackson Hole Chamber Music brings world-class musicians from around the country to Jackson each year to perform riveting concerts throughout the region.  This year at Center for the Arts, musicians perform a concert "in the round" on the main stage, with works ranging from Albert Roussell's Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello, to Paul Schoenfield's Cafe Music which combines American, Viennese, light classical, and Broadway styles all in one piece.

Classical Café: An evening with Jackson Hole Chamber Music

The Center

Hannah Elizabeth Tobias (M.M. '23) presents a flute recital.

Student Recital: Hannah Elizabeth Tobias, Flute

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

San Diego Symphony

McCallum Theatre

Ravel’s exuberant Piano Concerto in G major is performed by Víkingur Ólafsson, a star among a new generation of pianists. Stéphane Denève returns to conduct several French works based on fictional and mythological characters, including Guillaume Connesson’s Celephaïs, Roussel’s Bacchus et Ariane Suite No. 2, and Ravel’s shimmering Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.

Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Ravel

Lincoln Center

Emanuel Ax solos in Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto — elegant, luscious, and spirited. Stéphane Denève brings his celebrated touch to works by fellow Frenchmen — Roussel’s muscular symphony and Ravel’s homage-with-a-twist to “The Waltz King,” Johann Strauss II — and to Jennifer Higdon’s <em>blue cathedral,</em> in memory of her brother. She writes: “This is a story that commemorates living and passing through places of knowledge and of sharing and of that song called life.

Albert Roussel

Events

Apr 26, 2024

BSO Benevolent Fund · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

13 - 14 Mar, 2024

Fatal Attraction · Orchestre Métropolitain

Feb 25, 2024

Heavenly Harmony · Sarasota Orchestra

27 - 28 Jan, 2024

Musical Fables · St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

20 - 21 Jan, 2024

Denève and Isabel Leonard · New World Symphony

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