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Season Introduction

Season Features

2007 concerts

Sunday 30 September
2.45pm: The Firebird

Sunday 28 October
2.45pm: Beethoven IV

Saturday 10 November
7.30pm: Beethoven III 'Eroica'

Sunday 25 November
2.45pm: Beethoven I

Sunday 9 December
2.45pm: Beethoven II

Monday 31 December
2.45pm: New Year's Eve Viennese Concert


2008 concerts

Sunday 13 January
2.45pm: Brahms & Dvorak

Friday 18 January
7.30pm: Petrushka

Sunday 27 January
2.45pm: Schubert & Tchaikovsky

Sunday 10 February
2.45pm: Brahms & Sibelius

Sunday 24 February
2.45pm: Barry Wordsworth 60th Birthday Concert

Sunday 9 March
2.45pm: The Planets

Sunday 9 March 2008 2.45pm
Brighton Dome Concert Hall

Butler
From the Fairground of Dreams

Vaughan Williams
Tuba Concerto in F minor

Holst
The Planets

Barry Wordsworth conductor
Graham Sibley tuba
Ladies of Brighton Festival Chorus

In a concerto by one of the BPO’s former Presidents, Ralph Vaughan Williams (the 50th anniversary of whose death is commemorated this year), Graham Sibley shows that the tuba is equally as capable of showmanship as its smaller relations, from martial brilliance to lyrical tenderness and lively agility.

The new work which Martin Butler wrote as a concert-opener especially for the BPO receives its second performance and the season comes to a climactic close with Holst’s ‘Suite for large orchestra’. With its resplendant melodies, passages of shimmering beauty and raw energy, The Planets remains one of the best-loved of all orchestral showpieces.

Tickets £7 - £24 (Click here to book online)

Sponsored by Esther Welch

1.45pm Pre-concert interview onstage with Barry Wordsworth (Tickets £2.50)

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