Celebrations. In the BSO Schools Concerts, three of the pieces you will hear are all about celebrating! The three pieces are:

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1 Celebrations In the BSO Schools Concerts, three of the pieces you will hear are all about celebrating! The three pieces are: Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture Errollyn Waller Mighty River Ludwig van Beethoven Ode to Joy Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture (1954) Russian composer and pianist - This piece is all about celebrating the 37 th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. This was when the Russians seized power and overthrew the Russian Provisional Government - He completed this overture in just three days! Errollyn Wallen Mighty River (2017) - This piece is to mark the two-hundredth anniversary (bicentenary) of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in England. - She has been awarded an MBE by the Queen for her services to music - This piece includes contemporary classical techniques which were made known in 1871 by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, an African- American group Ludwig van Beethoven Ode to Joy ( , lyrics written in 1785) When you come to the concert we will all be singing these words together, filling the room! German composer and pianist - This piece is celebrating hope and humanity and encompassing a vision that everyone will be equal in the world. - The words are written by a poet called Friedrich Schiller but Beethoven adapted the words into his final movement on his final symphony Hear our voices join together, hear us sing in harmony Let our song rise to the heavens, only hope will set us free When the darkness seems to surround you, we are the stars that light the way Hear our voices join together, singing for a brighter day When the darkness seem to surround you, we are the stars that light the way Hear our voices join together, singing for a brighter day!

2 Birthdays and Anniversaries In the Schools Concert, a lot of the pieces you will hear BSO playing are to celebrate the composer s birthday or an anniversary of a momentous occasion! 100 years since Lili Boulanger s death French composer - First female to win the Prix de Rome composition prize in She was diagnosed with Crohn s disease which ended her life at the early age of 24 - D un matin de Printemps translates to Of a Spring Morning so picture a spring morning when you re listening to this piece and think about how Boulanger is painting a picture of a spring morning through music 100 years since the birth of Leonard Bernstein American composer, conductor, author, pianist - Driving composer for film and theatre music, including West Side Story, Peter Pan, Candide - His music includes elements of jazz and bridged the gap between classical and popular music - West Side Story is a musical that is inspired by Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet. The story is set in New York City and explores two gangs from two different ethnic backgrounds. The music accentuates the dramatic acting and dancing. - Symphonic Dances Finale (1961) this is the finale from the show West Side Story. It incorporates themes from all the songs throughout the show including Somewhere and features a recurring note that reiterates the tragic ending. - Candide Overture (1957) this overture is the introduction to an operetta (small opera) written by Bernstein. The time signatures in this piece change regularly which make it feel unsteady.

3 The Greeting Prelude written by Stravinsky (1955) - You will all recognise this piece; in fact, it is a big orchestral arrangement of a well-known tune. See if you can work out how it resembles the song everyone knows so well. 125 years since Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra begun It has been 125 years since Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra formed and we are celebrating this birthday with our Celebration Schools Concert! Have a look at the BSO Timeline to see all that has happened in the last 125 years!

4 YEARS First performance at Winter Gardens as Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra Television debut at Winchester Cathedral The home of the orchestra: Lighthouse, Poole s Centre for the Arts, opens Appearance at the BBC Proms Kirill Karabits starts as Principal Conductor Became known as Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Played for the Queen and Prince Philip at the Royal Albert Hall, London Bass Ten was created the orchestra s first ensemble to visit schools Marin Alsop becomes first female Principal Conductor BSO Participate department is born bringing music beyond the concert hall into the whole community First orchestra in the world to have a professional disabled-led ensemble

5 Make your own timeline! Now you have learnt all of the information it is time for you to make your own timeline of the pieces we are playing and what you can remember about each piece! Here s the list of pieces and the dates they were composed, you will need to put them in chronological order: 1. Shostakovich Festive Overture (1954) 2. Lili Boulanger D un matin de Printemps ( ) 3. Beethoven Ode to Joy ( ) the lyrics were written in Errollyn Wallen Mighty River (2017) 5. Stravinsky Happy Birthday The Greeting Prelude (1955) 6. Bernstein Symphonic Dances Finale (1961) 7. Bernstein Candide Overture (1957) Try to include on the timeline: - Whether the piece is written for celebration of an event or an anniversary/birthday (some can be both!) - What the piece is written about - A fact about the composer - Add one of your favourite pieces of music with a date and a fact, or even a musical event you have attended! - Most of all, have fun with it and make it creative, you could try to draw the composer!

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