The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra are an English orchestra founded in 1893 in
Bournemouth, England, by Sir Dan Godfrey as the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra.
Originally formed as a 30-member wind ensemble with a drummer, the orchestra
gave its first concert on Whit Monday 1893 at the Winter Gardens. The ensemble
expanded into a full symphony orchestra, giving UK premieres of works by Richard
Strauss, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, alongside
performances conducted by Edward Elgar and Gustav Holst. Based administratively
in Poole since 1979, the orchestra serv...