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Join the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Portsmouth Guildhall on Thursday 18 September for an evening of energetic symphonies.

The orchestra will be joined once again by Calleva Assistant Conductor Enyi Okpara, who conducts the beloved works of Mendelssohn, Mozart and Beethoven alongside pianist Clare Hammond. 

Mendelssohn's musical postcard of a trip to the remote island of Staffa conjures up a whole seascape, including the grandeur of Fingal's Cave, the swelling of the sea, the light on the water and the fury of the waves breaking on the monumental cliffs.

Mozart's Piano Concerto No.21 is built on a to the wide scale of a full symphonic orchestra, with an orchestral backing that matches the solo part for interest and variety. Forcefulness, elegance and wit are perfectly balanced. The dreamlike pace is based on the simplest of materials; its effect is magical, whilst the concluding refrain echoes with the laughter of comic opera.

Beethoven's Seventh Symphony's appeal is not hard to understand. With boundless energy and rhythmic force the music rages forward, almost demonically, with climax after climax, right to the brilliant final notes and one of the most thrilling endings in all music.

Works and composers:
Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.21 K.467
Beethoven - Symphony No.7