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Season Introduction
Season Features
2008 concerts
5 October
Sunday, 2.45pm
26 October
Sunday, 2.45pm
15 November
Saturday, 7.30pm
23 November
Sunday, 2.45pm
7 December
Sunday, 2.45pm
31 December
Wednesday, 2.45pm
2009 concerts
18 January
Sunday, 2.45pm
8 February
Sunday, 2.45pm
1 March
Sunday, 2.45pm
15 March
Sunday, 2.45pm
29 March
Sunday, 2.45pm
2008-2009 Season features
Pre-concert interviews
with Peter Back
Before every concert* you can join the BPO’s resident host and programme-note writer Peter Back as he interviews some of the musicians involved in that day’s concert.
Many of the season’s guest artists – soloists, conductors and composers – will be joining Peter onstage, giving you the chance to hear about their life and music in their own words.
Pre-concert interviews take place onstage in the Brighton Dome Concert Hall (Sundays 1.45-2.15pm, Saturday 6.30-7.00pm). Seating is unreserved (stalls only) and tickets are priced just £2.50.
*except 31 December
Free concert programmes
Printed programmes will be provided free at every concert*, and available for download from the BPO website 48 hours before each concert.
With a listening guide, detailed programme notes, biographies of performers and a message from Barry Wordsworth, each programme provides insights into the concert to enhance your understanding and enjoyment.
*except and 31 December
Beethoven Symphonies: V - VII
When Beethoven was born in 1770 symphonies were short, lightweight pieces, usually comprising three movements of a few minutes each. By his death in 1827 he had transformed it into the single most important form of orchestral music, the ultimate statement of Romantic ideals into which composers poured their hearts and souls. The BPO's series of Beethoven Symphonies begun in 2007 continues into this season with his central, most famous symphonies:
Beethoven's symphonies feature in the following concerts:
- Symphony No.5 in C minor (18 January 2009)
- Symphony No.6 in F 'Pastoral' (18 January 2009)
- Symphony No.7 in A (8 February 2009)