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| Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, music director Joanna MacGregor |
The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, music director Joanna MacGregor, opened its 2026/27 season on the Brighton Dome on the weekend with a programme mixing Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Piazzolla and Janacek. This season marks a brand new growth within the relationship between orchestra and venue because it has now been introduced that the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra has turn out to be the resident orchestra on the Dome.
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra was based in 1925 and first carried out on Brighton Dome’s Live performance Corridor stage in 1928. It has been a fixture of the venue’s occasion seasons ever since, most lately celebrating its centenary final 12 months. Sir Thomas Beecham turned its first President in 1932, a place later held by Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten. The orchestra has a wealthy custom of championing residing composers; in 1946 Francis Poulenc carried out his personal concerto at Brighton Dome, whereas current seasons have included music by James MacMillan, Gwilym Simcock and the upcoming premiere of Eric Vloeimans’ new work.
Joanna MacGregor, CEO and music director of Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra commented: “To turn out to be Brighton Dome’s Resident Orchestra is a superb recognition of BPO’s vibrant performances during the last century, and cements an already shut partnership. We’re trying ahead to growing bold, world class programmes and thrilling creative collaborations for Brighton audiences.“
Additional forward, the orchestra pairs Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Devices, and Concerto for Piano and Wind Devices with Mozart’s Gran Partita (11 October).
Full particulars from the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra’s web site.
