Past Events

New Year’s Eve Viennese Gala Concert Sponsored by the John Carewe Brighton Orchestra Trust Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor) Rebecca Bottone (soprano) Led by the Brighton Phil's Conductor Laureate Barry Wordsworth this year, we will waltz towards 2018 around the salons of 19th century Vienna in a swirl of Strauss, exploring the magical musical world of the Strauss family’s many famous waltzes, polkas and marches, accompanied by songs and dances by some of their contemporaries. Alongside these Barry has included…

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Collins (conductor/clarinet)   Haydn Symphony No.102 in B Flat Major  Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major K622 Beethoven Symphony No.1 in C Major Op.21   Michael Collins, one of the foremost clarinettists of his generation, joins the orchestra as both conductor and soloist in our first concert of 2018. Michael performs Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, completed just two months before Mozart’s death for his friend, the clarinettist Anton Stadler. A popular work, it features in films such as…

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Howard Shelley (conductor/piano) Schubert Symphony No.8 in B Minor (Unfinished) Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.1 in G Minor Op.25  Dvořák Symphony No.6 in D Major Op.60   Conductor and pianist Howard Shelley is always a welcome visitor to Brighton, and here he opens proceedings with Schubert’s ever popular “Unfinished” Symphony No.8. Schubert started composing it in 1822 but put it aside to concentrate on other works, leaving it unfinished at his death six years later. We are left…

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Stephen Bell (conductor) Gareth Small (trumpet) Glinka Overture: A Life for the Tsar Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain Arutunian Trumpet Concerto in A Flat Major Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 in F Minor Op.36   Popular guest conductor Stephen Bell joins us to explore the music of Russia, and notably one of Tchaikovsky’s most famous symphonies – Symphony No.4. Written between 1877 and 1878 it was to prove a towering success for the composer and has remained one of the…

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…