PAST PROGRAMMES 1995 - 1999

Autumn 1999

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   8th December 1999

Overture: 'Iphigenia in Aulis' by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)

Concerto Grosso No 8 by Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)

- Pastorale: Fatto per la notte di natale

Music for the Royal Fireworks by George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

Suite: Le Roi s'amuse by Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)

Chanson de Nuit by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Symphony No 1 in C Major by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

- 1st Movement: Allegro vivo

Summer 1999

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   21st July 1999

Soirées Musicales by Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)

- March · Canzonetta · Tarantella

Chanson de Matin by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Russian Folksongs by Anatoly Liadov (1855 - 1914)

- Berceuse · Round Dance · Choral Dance

Symphony No 104 in D Major 'The London' by Joseph Haydn (1770 - 1837)

Spring 1999

Conductor: Christopher Johns

—   24th March 1999

Russian Folksongs by Anatoly Liadov (1855 - 1914)

- Religious Song · Christmas Song 'Koljada' · Comic Song 'If I Danced With a Gnat'

Symphony in B Minor 'The Unfinished' by Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Ballet Music: Faust by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)

Autumn 1998

Conductor: Christopher Johns

—   16th December 1998

Overture: 'The Marriage of Figaro' K492 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Nutcracker Suite Op 71a by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

- Danse des Mirlitons · Danse Arabe · Danse de la Fée-Dragée · Danse russe Trepak

Symphony No 40 in G Minor K550 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Summer 1998

Conductor: Christopher Johns

—   15th July 1998

Symphony No 103 in E Flat 'Drum Roll' by Joseph Haydn (1770 - 1837)

'Prayer' from Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921)

- Played during interlude by wind ensemble

Dolly Suite by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)

- Berceuse

Violin Concerto No 3 in G by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

- 2nd Movement: Adagio

- Soloist: Tom Marjoram

Hungarian Dance No 5 by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Spring 1998

Conductor: Christopher Johns

—   25th March 1998

Symphony No 99 in E Flat by Joseph Haydn (1770 - 1837)

Piano Concerto No 23 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

- 1st Movement: Allegretto

- Soloist: Diana Johns

Jamaican Rumba by Arthur Benjamin (1913 - 1976)

Autumn 1997

Conductor: Christopher Johns

—   10th December 1997

A Short Overture by Lawrence Leonard (1923 - 2001)

Suite from the oratorio 'Elija' by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

Sinfonia Concertante for Wind by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

- 1st Movement: Allegro · 2nd Movement: Adagio

Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)

- Promenade · The Gnome · The Great Gate of Kiev

Summer 1997

Conductor: Robert Fowler

—   9th July 1997

Suite by Joseph Haydn (1770 - 1837)

- Presto from Symphony No 32

- Arietta in E Flat

- Minuet from String Quartet in D Op 20 No 4

- Theme from Piano Sonata in G

- Adagio from String Quartet in G Op 64 No 4

In the Steppes of Central Asia by Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)

- Esquisse Symphoniqe

Morning Has Broken by Traditional (Trad.)

- Interlude by the Clarinet Consort

Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

- Interlude by the Clarinet Consort

Country Garden by Traditional (Trad.)

- Interlude by the Clarinet Consort

Bassoon Concerto in B Flat K191 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

- 1st Movement soloist: Peter Baker

- 2nd Movement soloist: Frances Touch

- 3rd Movement soloist: Peter Baker

Overture: Calif of Baghdad by François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775 - 1834)

Spring 1997

Conductor: Robert Fowler

—   19th March 1997

Sweet Ann Page by Laura G Lemon (1866 - 1924)

Horn Concerto No 3 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

- 1st Movement soloist: Rusty Daruwalla

- 2nd Movement soloist: Mike Boyle

- 3rd Movement soloist: Alexis Boyle

Soirées Musicales by Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)

- 1. March · 2. Canzonetta

L'Arlesienne Suite No 1 by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

- Prelude

Selection from Coppélia by Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)

Autumn 1996

Conductor: Robert Fowler

—   11th December 1996

Three Swedish Folk Dances by Friedrich Mehler (unknown)

Overture: The Secret Marriage by Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801)

Symphony No 8 in F Major by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

- 1st Movement: Allegro vivace e con brio · 2nd Movement: Allegretto scherzando

Introit for Small Orchestra and Solo Violin by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)

Summer 1996

Conductor: Robert Fowler

—   10th July 1996

Suite No 1 from the Water Music by George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

- Bourée · Minuet · Air · Hornpipe

Symphony No 41 in G Major 'Jupiter' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

- 1st Movement: Allegro vivace · 3rd Movement: Minuet and Trio

The Gondoliers by Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900)

- Gavotte

Spring 1996

Conductor: Robert Fowler

—   20th March 1996

Adagio and Giga by Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)

Symphony No 5 by Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Slavonic Dances Nos 6, 4 and 8 by Antonin Dvořàk (1841 - 1904)

Overture: The Impresario by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Autumn 1995

Conductor: Robert Fowler

—   13th December 1995

Carmen Suite No 1 by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

- Prélude · Aragonaise · Intermezzo · Les Dragons d'Acala

Symphony No 92 in G 'The Oxford' by Joseph Haydn (1770 - 1837)

Summer 1995

Conductor: Robert Fowler

—   12th July 1995

Entr'acte No 2 from Rosamunde by Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Lyric Pieces by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

- In My Native Country · Halling

Symphony No 36 in C Major 'The Linz' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Spring 1995

Conductor: Robert Fowler

—   29th March 1995

Ballet Suite: The Gods Go A-Begging by George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

- Minuet · Musette · Gavotte

Symphony in C by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Two Pieces from 'Swan Lake' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

- Scène · Dance of the Swans