Mark Wigglesworth’s debut concerts as chief conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Mark Wigglesworth and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Photo: BSO)

Mark Wigglesworth is the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s new chief conductor and his first season in the role with the orchestra will feature five programmes in eleven concerts across four venues, Lighthouse in Poole, Bristol Beacon, Guildhall in Portsmouth and the Anvil in Basingstoke.

His debut concert with the orchestra is 20 November 2024 at the Lighthouse in Poole (repeated 21 November at Bristol Beacon). Pianist Nicholas McCarthy joins the orchestra for Ravel’s Piano Concerto for Left Hand, plus Walton’s Symphony No 1 and the prelude to Wagner’s Die Meistersinger.

Chloé van Soeterstède also became principal guest conductor and together, she and Wigglesworth share a Brahms cycle this season, with Wigglesworth conducting symphonies 2, 3, and 4. Other highlights of his season include Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Boris Giltburg, Berg’s Violin Concerto with BSO artist in residence, violinist Alena Baeva, Stephen Hough’s Piano Concerto ‘The World of Yesterday’ with the composer as soloist, Elgar’s Enigma Variations,  and Britten’s Violin Concerto with Clara-Jumi Kang 

Full detail from the BSO’s website.