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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

Friday 18 January 2008 7.30pm
Brighton Dome Concert Hall

Butler
From the Fairground of Dreams

Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F

Stravinsky
Petrushka

Barry Wordsworth conductor
Artur Pizarro piano

Amidst a dazzling orchestral depiction of a Russian fair, the puppet Petrushka’s love for a ballerina ends in tragedy. Full of colourful characterisations, Stravinsky’s ballet music captures the sparkle, humour and pathos in the story so vividly that it needs no dancers!

Martin Butler’s association with the BPO as ‘Composer in Focus’ comes to a climax with the world premiere of From the Fairground of Dreams, written especially for the orchestra as a colourful concert-opener.

‘Pizarro dazzled and brought cries of ‘Bravo’ (The Argus, 2006) ‘with an effortless expertise’ (Mid Sussex Times, 2006), on his previous appearance with the BPO. The world-renowned pianist returns, keeping the carnival atmosphere of this concert alive with the jazz-inflected rhythms of Gershwin’s exuberant Concerto.

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

The commissioning, rehearsal and performance of From the Fairground of Dreams was made possible by funding from the Arts Trust of Brighton & Hove

6.30pm Pre-concert interview onstage with Martin Butler and Artur Pizarro (Tickets £2.50)

Click here to download the printed programme for this concert
(available at least 48 hours before the concert)