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The Opera House was sold to AMG Group in July 2009 and rebranded as O2 Academy Bournemouth from September of that year. Under the O2 Academy name - and still known affectionately locally as either the Academy or the Opera House - it now hosts a wide range of live music events alongside the traditional dance music events it became popular for. [1]
Plush Festival was founded in 1995 by the conductor William Lacey and the cellist Adrian Brendel, who is the festival's music director, and son of Alfred Brendel. [3] [4] Starting as an informal chamber music performance, it has since developed into a concert series. Concerts take place in the former church of St John the Baptist, restored from ...
As a largely rural county, Dorset has fewer major cultural institutions than larger or more densely populated areas. Major venues for concerts and theatre include Poole Borough Council's Lighthouse arts centre, Bournemouth's BIC and Pavilion Theatre, Verwood's Hub, Wimborne's Tivoli Theatre, and the Pavilion theatre in Weymouth. [1]
2017 saw a substantial change of leadership, under which the festival continued to grow and expand its vision, including opening proceedings with a night of music and comedy, fed by the "Laugh Out Loud" comedy competition. In 2018, there were over 60 dance teams attending and it is estimated that 70,000 people came into Wimborne for the festival.
Pages in category "Music venues in Dorset" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Between 1929 and 1934 Stanley Wilson became a regular guest conductor. [6] After Godfrey's retirement, the task of sustaining the orchestra fell to Richard Austin.Radio broadcasts took place from the Pavilion and a number of celebrated composers visited during this time, including Igor Stravinsky, William Walton, Ernest John Moeran, Sergei Rachmaninov, Roger Quilter, Balfour Gardiner and Percy ...
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Freeview TV channel 715 (Dorset) is also broadcast in the BBC South West and BBC West regions. From launch until 2020, [ 5 ] BBC Radio Solent broadcast on medium wave , with the main AM transmitter on 999 kHz from Fareham covering most of the coverage area and a secondary transmitter covering Bournemouth and Poole on 1359 kHz from Fern Barrow ...