Performance on 3 - 17/12/2008

Suzy Klein introduces young Ukranian conductor Kirill Karabits in charge of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in a programme of popular romantic favourites. Including an excerpt from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Christmas Eve, Ilya Gringolts joining the orchestra for Tchaikovsky's evergreen Violin Concerto and Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, another tale of complications in love. Ilya Gringolts (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits (conductor) Rimsky-Korsakov: Polonaise (Christmas Eve) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Followed by seasonal music for Advent from the BBC Singers, including Naylor's Vox dicentis. Chant Vox Clara + Edward Naylor: Vox Dicentis Jennifer Adams Barbaro (soprano) Robert Johnston (tenor) BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Duration: 10'45" Chant Rorate coeli + Francis Grier: Dilectus Meus 10’04” Olivia Robinson (soprano) Neil MacKenzie (tenor) BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor) Duration: 10'04" Chant O Adonai + Roderick Williams: O Adonai 07’41” Micaela Haslam (soprano) Amanda Morrison (soprano) BBC Singers Andrew Carwood (conductor)