Past Events

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor) Steven Worbey & Kevin Farrell (piano)   Sibelius Karelia Suite Op.11  Arnold Piano Concerto Op.104      Delibes (arr Wordsworth) Coppélia Suite Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals   Conductor Laureate Barry Wordsworth celebrates his 70th birthday with the Brighton Phil and brings our season to a memorable close joined by pianists Steven Worbey and Kevin Farrell performing Malcolm Arnold’s Piano Concerto for two players, written for and first performed by Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick (Steven Worbey’s…

Barry Wordsworth Conductor Brighton Festival Chorus   Shostakovich Festive Overture Op.96 Handel Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1) Parry From Death to Life (1914) Elgar Great is the Lord - Psalm 48 Op.67 INTERVAL Elgar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) Op.40 Elgar O Hearken Thou Op.64 (1911) Elgar Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands Op.27   For our opening concert we are joined by Brighton Festival Chorus who celebrate their 50th anniversary this year. Barry Wordsworth & BFC recently recorded a number of Elgar’s works for choir and orchestra together, including…

Concert sponsored in memory of Philip Wilford Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Freddy Kempf Piano/Director   Rossini Overture: Semiramide Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor Op.37 Dvořák Symphony No.7 in D Minor Op.70   We are delighted to welcome Freddy Kempf to Brighton as both pianist and director for this concert. Freddy is a long-time favourite of British audiences after winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1992 with a performance that catapulted him to international recognition. Freddy opens the…

Concert sponsored in memory of Ted McFadyen Tamsin Waley-Cohen sponsored by Danny Chapchal Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Ben Gernon Conductor Tamsin Waley-Cohen Violin   Mozart Symphony No.35 in D Major K385 (Haffner) Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A Major K219 (Turkish) Beethoven Symphony No.7 in A Major Op.92   The young British conductor Ben Gernon performed with us for the first time in 2017 and was an instant hit with audience and orchestra alike. It is a huge pleasure to welcome…

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra           Richard Balcombe Conductor           Ilona Domnich Soprano New Year’s Eve Viennese Gala Concert sponsored by the John Carewe Brighton Orchestra Trust Richard Balcombe makes a welcome return to Brighton as guest conductor for our annual Viennese Gala, joined by the Russian-born soprano Ilona Domnich who was chosen by Opera Now Magazine as one of their top ten high flying sopranos destined to have impressive careers. As you would…

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Thomas Carroll Cello/Director   Prokofiev Symphony No.1 in D Major Op.25 (Classical) Schumann Cello Concerto in A Minor Op.129 Mendelssohn Symphony No.3 Op.56 (Scottish)   For our opening concert of 2019 we welcome back the cellist and conductor Thomas Carroll, a very popular guest artist here in Brighton. Thomas is gaining a tremendous reputation as a conductor and here he brings us some of his favourite pieces in a delightfully tuneful programme. Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony was written…

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Stephen Bell Conductor Camilla Roberts Soprano     This concert is dedicated to the memory of Melanie Hornsby, Number 2 Second Violin.     Wagner Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde) Richard Strauss Four Last Songs Glière Symphony No.1 Op.8   Stephen Bell is gaining a huge following here in Brighton and we are delighted to welcome him back this season with three atmospheric late Romantic works. The ethereal Prelude and Liebestod from Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan…

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Barry Wordsworth Conductor   Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Alfvén Swedish Rhapsody No.1 Op.19 (Midsommarvaka/Midsummer Vigil) Lyadov Le Lac Enchanté (The Enchanted Lake) Op.62 Honegger Pacific 231 (Mouvement Symphonique No.1) Coates London Suite (London Everyday) Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Op.45 Sun 3 March encore: For those of you who knew they knew the tune of the encore the Brighton Phil played this afternoon (Coronation Scot by Vivian Ellis) but couldn't quite remember where from...it was used as the theme tune…