The Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra (YMSO) is the only symphony orchestra in the UK dedicated to providing free orchestral training, performance experience and professional development opportunities to musicians on the threshold of their professional careers.
James Blair conducts a dynamic programme of Romantic music including Tchaikovsky's powerful Piano Concerto No. 1 with Georgian pianist Salome Jordania, and Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, in an impressive display of both technical precision and emo...
James Blair conducts the YMSO in Chabrier’s most renowned work, his vibrant España, followed by Sibelius’ Violin Concerto performed by Kryštof Kohout. Elgar’s Enigma Variations, including the beloved 'Nimrod', concludes the evening.
James Blair conducts Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Misha Kaploukhii and two masterpieces of orchestration, Puccini's Preludio sinfonico and Respighi's Roman Festivals. Nicolai's ever-popular The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture opens the e...
James Blair conducts music by three of the great orchestral composers including Prokofiev's exhilarating Piano Concerto No. 3 with soloist Nicolas Ventura, and Mahler's Symphony No. 1, 'Titan'. Verdi's vibrant Overture to The Sicilian Vespers opens p...
Join the YMSO and conductor Scott Wilson in a programme of Elgar's Cockaigne Overture, a rare performance of Stanford’s Concert Variations with pianist Piers Lane, Strauss' Don Juan, and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.
In its first concert of the 2025-26 season, YMSO performs Strauss' dazzling Ein Heldenleben, conducted by James Blair. Young star Annemarie Federle joins them to perform Ruth Gipps' virtuosic Horn Concerto, while Sibelius' tone poem Finlandia opens t...
