Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

It was originally the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, which was founded in 1893 as a small group of wind players. It quickly expanded to become a full orchestra and gained a name for championing contemporary British music.

It changed names in 1954, while Charles Groves[?] was its principal conductor (he held the post from 1951 to 1961). Its other principal conductors include Constantin Silvestri (1961-69), Paavo Berglund[?] (1972-79), and Rudolf Barshay[?] (1983-88). From September 2002 Marin Alsop[?], formerly music director of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra[?], is its principal conductor.

The orchestra currently gives around 150 concerts a year. It also makes recordings, with its recording of Deryck Cooke[?]'s completion of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 10[?], conducted by Simon Rattle, being very highly acclaimed.

In 1968, the Bournemouth Sinfonietta[?], a spin-off of the full orchestra, was founded.

External link

• Official site (http://www.bsolive.com/htm/home_page/home.asp)