BPO

BPO – Britten’s Serenade – Dowland, Britten and MacMillan–Mark Padmore (tenor), Alexei Watkins (horn), Joanna MacGregor (conductor)

- 10 November 2025

What an exclusive event! … but wait a minute, the Corn Exchange was full to...

BPO –The Romantics: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Mahler –Elena Urioste (violin), Alice Farnham (conductor)

- 20 October 2025

There’s a very good reason that Coleridge-Taylor’s work was so popular 100 years ago, and...

BPO – A New World – Junyan Chen (piano), Joanna MacGregor (conductor)

- 29 September 2025

This concert season began so quietly with the gently lulling opening of Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano...

BPO – Centenary Gala: Turangalîla Symphony – Joseph Havlat (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Joanna MacGregor (conductor)

- 15 April 2025

We all knew it would be glorious – and of course it was! Brighton’s much-loved...

BPO-Belshazzars Feast

BPO – Belshazzar’s Feast; Enigma Variations – Cody Quattlebaum (baritone), Ben Gernon (conductor)

- 10 February 2025

What a feast of English music! Everyone knows Elgar’s Enigma Variations, but that usually means...

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BPO – The Madness/Lightness of Being – Joanna MacGregor (piano/conductor)

- 18 November 2024

Any programme that begins with Bach has my full attention, giving a free pass to...

BPO – Jess Gillam and Symphony of Sorrowful Songs – Jess Gillam (saxophone), Ruby Hughes (soprano), Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

- 14 October 2024

A risky bit of programming paid off big time! Finlandia, Sibelius’ heroic masterpiece will always...

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BPO – Towards the Light – Joanna MacGregor (conductor/piano), Ruth Rogers (violin), Peter Adams (cello)

- 27 March 2023

Completing a triumphant season of concerts, this programme began in serene mode with Samuel Barber’s...

Joanna MacGregor talks about the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra!

- 1 October 2020

Latest TV Presenter, Yael Breuer, speaks to Joanna MacGregor, the new Music Director of the...