Tchaikovsky’s last opera is tender, magical and poignant. Extolling the healing power of love, Iolanta"tells the story of the king of Provence’s daughter, who is blind. King René has forbidden anyone from revealing the truth. When two young knights – her intended bridegroom and his best friend – stumble into the castle, Iolanta falls in love and discovers the truth about her sight. Upon learning of her illness, she yearns and wishes for healing so sincerely that a miracle happens, and she is cured; the opera culminating in a joyous hymn of praise. The score is particularly notable for its opening prelude which features only winds. The love duet is the best-known moment in the opera, as is the grand finale, both featuring some of Tchaikovsky’s most uplifting melodies.

Iolanta

Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts

Join us for the Poole Season Close Celebration with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, a grand finale to our sensational 2023/24 music series. This special event will take place at the Lighthouse, Poole, located at 21 Kingland Road, Poole, BH15 1UG, on Wednesday, 15 May, starting at 6.15pm. 

Celebrate the culmination of an extraordinary season and the remarkable 15-year tenure of Kirill Karabits as Chief Conductor. Before the concert and during the interval, BSO staff, musicians, and fellow supporters will gather for a special celebratory drink to toast a year of remarkable music achievements.

This event is complimentary and exclusively for our Patrons, Performance Champions, Chair Sponsors, and Gold Members. It's an opportunity to mingle with like-minded music enthusiasts and the talented individuals behind the BSO's success.

For further information or to become a member and join this exclusive celebration, please contact Jade Grassby at jgrassbybsorchestra.co.uk or call 01202 644730.

Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the BSO community and celebrate the power of music together. Book now to secure your place at this memorable event.

Poole Season Close Celebration

Fearing for his life and bowing to pressure from the brutal Stalinist state, Shostakovich wrote his Fifth Symphony to appease the authorities. It was hugely successful – the government was pleased that the rebel had knuckled under, beguiled by its grandeur, beauty and final rousing march, but to many the triumph rang hollow and the Russian in the street saw the truth behind the façade. Brimming with lyricism and unbridled energy, Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto is his most engaging. With its vigorous, percussive themes, moments of sweeping grandeur, angularity and brilliance, it was a break from the Romantic concertos of the past. Composed for a pantomime, Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin is a parable about lust, power relations and the fear of the strange. In turns brutal, frenetic, intense and dream-like, the music is some of his most experimental.

Shostakovich Five

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits presents a full day of Voices from the East at the Southbank Centre, London, with three concerts at the Royal Festival Hall interspersed with talks and free performances across public spaces in the venue.  Journeying along an orchestral version of the Silk Road, this series reveals the magical flavours of music from across Kirill’s native land and its neighbouring countries.

Voices From the East Festival

Royal Festival Hall

In his Violin Concerto, Korngold reworked themes from several of his film scores. Lush and romantic; the music certainly brings to mind the swashbuckling films of the period. With its full-throated lyricism and unbridled virtuosity the main theme develops in freely rhapsodic fashion, embellished with pyrotechnic passagework that ascends into the stratosphere. Remaining incredibly fresh and abounding with memorable melodies, the Ninth Symphony describes Dvořák’s spiritual and emotional journey from his intense longing for his beloved Bohemia to the thrill of the “New World” and its varied peoples. Kara Karayev forged his own distinctive use of native Azerbaijani folk music. The ballet The Seven Beauties brims with an exotic array of appealing rhythms and melodies.

Kirill Karabits

Events

May 8, 2024

Iolanta · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

May 15, 2024

Poole Season Close Celebration · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

May 15, 2024

Shostakovich Five · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

May 19, 2024

Voices From the East Festival · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Jun 7, 2024

New Worlds · Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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