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The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra is a professional orchestra based in Brighton, UK

The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra is the city's professional orchestra giving regular concerts at Brighton Dome.

10/06/2026

🎼 Vaughan Williams. Arvo Pärt. Jonny Greenwood. Ice, stillness and overwhelming beauty.

Our atmospheric winter concert journeys deep into frozen landscapes and human emotion, from the haunting grandeur of Vaughan Williams’ Sinfonia antartica to the shimmering fragility of Arvo Pärt and Jonny Greenwood.

We’re joined by internationally acclaimed soprano Elizabeth Watts, genre-defying artist BISHI, the women of Brighton Festival Chorus, and filmmaker Kathy Hinde, whose live visuals will transform Brighton Dome into a vast Antarctic dreamscape.

This is orchestral music at its most cinematic, immersive and awe-inspiring.

📍 Brighton Dome 🗓 Sunday 6 December 2026, 2:45pm 🎟️ Book now, link below.

03/06/2026

🎺 Purcell gets remixed. Pachelbel finds a groove. Baroque meets jazz, improvisation and pure musical freedom.

Dutch trumpet virtuoso Eric Vloeimans joins Joanna MacGregor and Brighton Philharmonic Strings for an evening where centuries collide.

Expect everything from gritty Ukrainian folk reimaginings to fresh takes on Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, alongside Rameau dances, Pachelbel’s beloved Canon and the premiere of Vloeimans’ brand-new work Innermission.

Inventive, stylish and impossible to pin down.

📍 Brighton Dome Corn Exchange 🗓 Sunday 15 November 2026, 7:30pm 🎟️ Book now, link below.

27/05/2026

🎶 Mozart meets Stravinsky in a programme of brilliance, beauty and bold invention.

Award-winning Lithuanian pianist Milda Daunoraite joins Joanna MacGregor and BPO for Stravinsky’s dazzling Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments — sharp-edged, playful and bursting with rhythmic fire.

Alongside it, Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments offers moments of haunting stillness, before Mozart’s glorious Gran Partita fills Brighton Dome with some of the richest, most radiant wind writing ever composed.

Grand, joyful and utterly sublime.

📍 Brighton Dome 🗓 Sunday 11 October 2026, 2:45pm 🎟️ Book now, link in comments.

22/05/2026

Happy birthday to the original creator of cinematic universes, Richard Wagner. 🎭

Throwback to our 2024 concert, Wagner’s Dream with conductor Geoffrey Paterson leading one of the biggest orchestras ever to fill the Dome stage.

Gods, giants, Valkyries and the fall of Valhalla… all in 65 minutes.

And this season, Geoffrey returns to BPO for Bad Girls and Heartbreakers — a programme packed with Carmen, Kurt Weill and Shostakovich-sized drama.

20/05/2026

🎹 Rachmaninoff’s dazzling Rhapsody. Piazzolla in full bloom. Janáček at his most explosive.

We open the season with music bursting with rhythm, virtuosity and colour from across the globe.

Ukrainian piano sensation Khrystyna Mykhailichenko joins Joanna MacGregor and the orchestra for Rachmaninoff’s irresistible Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini — a whirlwind of brilliance, wit and romance, featuring one of classical music’s most beloved melodies.

The programme also features Gershwin’s vibrant Cuban Overture, Piazzolla’s Primavera Porteña with violinist Emily Trubshaw, and Janáček’s electrifying Sinfonietta — a blazing hymn to freedom with one of the greatest brass finales ever written.

📍 Brighton Dome 🗓 Sunday 27 September 2026, 2:45pm 🎟️ Book now, link in comments.

16/05/2026

This Sunday at Brighton Festival!

Experience the orchestral power of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, set to William Kentridge's visionary film 'Oh To Believe In Another World' 🎞️🎶

An unmissable collaboration between Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and one of the world's greatest living visual artists, introduced by Kentridge himself in conversation with Joanna MacGregor.

⌛Final tickets remaining! Book now:
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14/05/2026

🎭 Shostakovich. Stalin. Revolution. Resistance.

We’re joining forces with world-renowned artist and filmmaker William Kentridge for one of the most ambitious events of our season — a live performance of Shostakovich’s monumental Symphony No.10, accompanied by Kentridge’s extraordinary animated film Oh to Believe in Another World.

Using collage, puppets, masks and dreamlike imagery, Kentridge creates a haunting ‘Soviet museum’ exploring oppression, memory and survival — all set against the blistering emotional force of Shostakovich’s music.

Conducted by Joanna MacGregor as part of Brighton Festival 2026, this promises to be a powerful collision of music, theatre, film and political history.

📍 Brighton Dome 🗓 Sunday 17 May 2026, 8pm 🎟️ Book now.

01/05/2026

Our new season is ready… are you?🎶

A celebration of sound packed with orchestral giants, bold collaborations and new commissions; from seismic Shostakovich to revolutionary Nigel Kennedy, via Jonny Greenwood, Jimmy Hendrix, jazz, film and visual art.

And we’re going deeper. Step inside the music with Joanna MacGregor in our brand-new Listening Club. (More on that very soon…)

🎶 What’s on this season:

🗓 Sun 17 May, 8pm
Oh to Believe in Another World: Shostakovich 10 for Brighton Festival
📍 Brighton Dome

🗓 Sun 27 Sept, 2.45pm
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
📍 Brighton Dome

🗓 Sun 11 Oct, 2.45pm
The Stravinsky Connection
📍 Brighton Dome

🗓 Sun 15 Nov, 7.30pm
Dido and Aeneazz
📍 Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

🗓 Sun 6 Dec, 2.45pm
Antarctica: Vaughan Williams & Arvo Pärt
📍 Brighton Dome

🗓 17–20 Dec
A Christmas Carol
📍 Brighton, Alfriston, Petworth and Lewes

🗓 Sat 23 Jan, 7.30pm
John Adams’ Harmonium
📍 Brighton Dome

🗓 Sun 14 Feb, 2.45pm
Bad Girls and Heartbreakers
📍 Brighton Dome

🗓 Sun 21 Mar, 2.45pm
Spring Awakening
📍 Brighton Dome

🗓 Sun 25 Apr, 7.30pm
Revolution: Nigel Kennedy, Beethoven & Hendrix
📍 Brighton Dome

Make it your season.

🎟 Season tickets from £84
🎟 3+ concert saver deals available
🎟 Under 30s tickets from £10

👉 Explore the full season, book tickets and discover more via our website, link in comments.

27/04/2026

Thank you for celebrating with us last week… what a way to begin! 🎶

A huge thank you to our brilliant players Athalie Armon-Jones (viola) and Emily Henderson (cello) for such a special performance on the night.

Our new season is here, and it’s one of our boldest yet.

🎻 Nigel Kennedy brings Beethoven and Hendrix together in one electrifying night.
🎺 Purcell gets a fresh, jazz-infused twist.
🗡️ Jacqui Dankworth steps into the drama of Lady Macbeth.

And that’s just the start.

Across the season, we’re bringing together orchestral greats, boundary-pushing collaborations, and the kind of live moments that only happen in the room.

🎟 Members’ priority booking now open via Brighton Dome Ticket Office
📞 01273 709709
🤝 Become a member at brightonphil.org.uk/support-us

General sale from 10am, Fri 1 May

24/04/2026

First look at our new season… and it’s one of our boldest yet 🎶

Nigel Kennedy plays Hendrix, Purcell gets a jazz twist, and Jacqui Dankworth's Lady Macbeth takes the spotlight; big collaborations, fresh voices and unforgettable live moments in BPO's electrifying new concert season.

Become a member for priority booking 👉 brightonphil.org.uk/support-us

🎟 Members’ booking now open via Brighton Dome Ticket Office
📞 01273 709709
📅 General sale from 10am, Fri 1 May

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