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Brighton Philharmonic OrchestraThe Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra wasformed by Herbert Menges in May 1925 as theSymphonic String Players ‘to become a largeand powerful String Orchestra, and to giveperiodical concerts of a high standard inBrighton and Hove’.By 1928 they had already moved into theBrighton Dome and become the fully orchestral‘Symphonic Players’. Menges remained asPrincipal Conductor and in 1932 Sir ThomasBeecham was appointed as the orchestra’s firstPresident (a position later held by RalphVaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten).In 1972, after 47 years as Principal Conductorand having conducted more than 300 concerts,Herbert Menges died at the age of 69.His successor was John Carewe, whose firstconcert as Principal Conductor marked thestart of the orchestra’s 50th Anniversaryseason. In 1989 Barry Wordsworth wasappointed as only the third Principal Conductorin the BPO’s history. Barry’s distinguishedtenure at the helm has been marked by a seriesof notable performances of both well-knownand more unfamiliar works together with aroster of accomplished and distinguishedsoloists. The past three seasons have seenpremieres of new works by Will Todd, RichardRodney Bennett, Martin Butler and HowardGoodall together with a series of all theBeethoven Symphonies and regularcollaborations with the Brighton FestivalChorus and Brighton Festival Youth Choir.
Ten years later the Brighton Dome closed forrefurbishment and the BPO returnedtemporarily to Hove Town Hall, and gave aseries of Mozart Piano Concerto concerts in theTheatre Royal Brighton with its currentPresident, John Lill. In 2002 the Domere-opened, since which time more than 93,000tickets have been sold for the BPO’s concerts inits home venue.The orchestra itself is best described as an ‘allstar’ line up. That is all the musicians on stageplay regularly for other premiere orchestras inLondon and across the UK and we are fortunateto capture their skills, interest and love of therepertoire for our series of Sunday concerts.We share players with the London SymphonyOrchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Philharmonia, London Mozart Players, BrittenSinfonia, English String Orchestra, City ofLondon Sinfonia, City of BirminghamSymphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony andConcert Orchestras and the the orchestras ofthe Royal Opera House and English NationalOpera. Further details of the individual gloriesof our principal players are contained on ourwebsite.We look forward to welcoming you once againto our 86th season of concerts. More detailsof all our actvities and of our Friendsmembership scheme can be found on ourwebsite at www.brightonphil.org.uk
Page 1 and 2: 86 thConcert SeasonOctober 2010 - M
Page 3 and 4: Welcome to the Brighton Philharmoni
Page 5 and 6: Sunday 3 October 2010Brighton DomeC
Page 7 and 8: Piano Concerto No.1in E flatFranz L
Page 9 and 10: announce the arrival of variation s
Page 11 and 12: Barry WordsworthMusic Director/Prin
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Page 17 and 18: AcknowledgementsCorporate MembersUn
Page 19 and 20: Fine Records32 George Street, Hove

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