What the World Needs Now: The Music of Burt Bacharach

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Venue:

Colston Hall
Date:

Fri 4 Apr 2014

Conductor Richard Balcombe

with

Graham Bickley
Mary Carewe
Alison Jiear
Sarah Lark

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, The Look Of Love, Magic Moments, What The World Needs Now, Do You Know The Way to San Jose?, Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa, What’s New Pussycat?, Anyone Who Had A Heart, Walk On By… Burt Bacharach wrote the kind of tunes that you know without even realising it. They’re the soundtrack to an era; the easiest of easy listening, with an irresistible swing. With brand new symphonic orchestrations, a quartet of star vocalists this gala concert celebrates 50 years of chart successes by one of the 20th century’s most prolific and popular musicians. Relaxation doesn’t get any classier…

Presented by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in association with GRB Concerts

Pre-concert Interview: Richard Balcombe
6.25pm, free with a concert ticket

Peter Yeman, chair of the Friends of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, interviews Conductor Richard Balcombe. His insightful interviews provide a compelling and different take on the classical world. Booking not required.

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is the resident orchestra at Colston Hall, performing a series of concerts here every year. Since its foundation in 1893 the ensemble has worked with such historic figures as Bartok, Sibelius, Holst, Stravinsky, and Vaughan-Williams, among many others. The orchestra gives over 150 performances each year, collaborating with world-class conductors and soloists keeping them at the forefront of the UK orchestral music scene.

The BSO is proud to serve the communities of South and South West England, as well as appearing on many of the world’s great stages including Carnegie Hall, New York; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; and Musikverein, Vienna. Since the first pioneering recordings in 1914, the BSO now has over 300 recordings to its name. Releases include a critically-acclaimed collaboration with James Ehnes and the top-selling classical recording of 2012 in partnership with Nicola Benedetti.

Away from the concert hall and recording studio, the orchestra is committed to engaging new audiences through their education and community department, BSO Resonate. BSO musicians also take part in an extensive array of community outreach projects.

Richard Balcombe

Richard Balcombe is firmly established as one of the most versatile musicians of his generation. He has been privileged to work with some of the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies.

In the West End he has been Music Director for Phantom of the Opera, City of Angels, Aspects of Love, Carmen Jones, Cats and Once on this Island as well as many others. Richard is also a prolific orchestrator and arranger and has provided orchestrations for the LSO, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, RSNO and the BBC and London Concert Orchestras; for artists including Lesley Garrett, Willard White, Michael Ball, Sir Cliff Richard, Will Young and Ronan Keating.

What the World Needs Now: The Music of Burt Bacharach

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