Smooth Valentine Classics at Poole

Celebrate Valentine's Day with an evening of luscious symphonic classics offering some of the most romantic melodies ever written. The concert features the sensuous slow movements from three of the finest concertos for piano and Richard Addinsall's Warsaw Concerto, as well as love themes from silver screen masterpieces by Ennio Morricone, James Horner and John Williams Also included is Wagner's musical love letter and Tchaikovsky's passionate overture to Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Make sure you make a date and treat a loved one!

Works and composers:

Addinsell - Warsaw Concerto

Wagner - Seigfried Idyll

Ravel - Adagio from Piano Concerto in G

Puccini - Chrysanthemums

Debussy - Clair de Lune

Mozart - Andante from Piano Concerto No.21

Morricone - Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso

J Williams - Princess Leia's Theme

Offenbach - Barcarolle

Rachmaninov - Adagio from Piano Concerto No.2

M Richter - On the Nature of Day

J Horner - On the Love of a Princess from Braveheart

Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

Conducted by BSO Calleva Assistant Conductor Enyi Okpara, featuring pianist Thomas Luke.

This concert is part of their BSO Pops series - this fantastic array of concerts include popular classics that you will recognize from TV and adverts to full- blown symphonic Spectaculars showcasing the music of the likes of Queen, ABBA and Pink Floyd and outdoor extravaganzas at Meyrick Park in Bournemouth. They also perform regular film music nights which feature some of the best movie classics ever written and an annual feast of Christmas and New Year seasonal treats.