PAST PROGRAMMES 2000 - 2004

Autumn 2004

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   8th December 2004

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

Banks of Green Willow by George Butterworth (1885 - 1916)

The Wand of Youth - Suite No 2 by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

- March · The Little Bells · The Wild Bears

Summer 2004

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   7th July 2004

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

Kol Nidrei - Adagio for Violoncello by Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)

- Soloist: Jillian Coton

Fugue à la Gigue by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

- arr. Holst

Two Songs without Words by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)

Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 4 by Antonin Dvořàk (1841 - 1904)

Spring 2004

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   24th March 2004

Overture: The Hebrides 'Fingal's Cave' Op 26 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

Oboe Concerto Op 9 No 2 by Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)

Symphony No 6 in F Major 'Pastoral' Op 68 by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

- 1st Movement: Allegro ma non troppo · 3rd Movement: Allegro · 5th Movement: Allegretto

Beau Brummel & Carissima by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

John Henry by Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)

Autumn 2003

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   10th December 2003

Overture: 'The Italian Girl in Algiers' by Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Symphony No 1 in C Minor Op 11 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

From the Bavarian Highlands by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Sheep May Safely Graze by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

- arr. Barbirolli

Pastorale from Concerto Op 6 No 8
'Fatto per la notte di natale' by Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)

- arr. Harvey

Little Suite for Orchestra Op 53 by Malcolm Arnold (1921 - 2006)

Summer 2003

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   9th July 2003

Overture: 'Ruy Blas' by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

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

- arr. Beecham

Symphony No 4 in C Minor 'The Tragic' by Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Waltz from Eugene Onegin Op 24 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Spring 2003

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   26th March 2003

Overture: 'Il Seraglio' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Symphony No 101 in D 'The Clock' by Joseph Haydn (1770 - 1837)

Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

- Seventeen Come Sunday · My Bonny Boy · Folk Songs from Somerset

Sicilienne by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)

- Solo flute: Roy Penny

Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

- Theme · I: C.A.E. · IV: W.M.B. · VIII: W.N. IX: Nimrod

Prelude: Die Meistersinger by Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)

Autumn 2002

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   11th December 2002

Overture Op 32 by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)

- Andante con moto: Allegro

Concertino for Flute and Orchestra Op 107 by Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944)

- Soloist: Roy Penny

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

The Wand of Youth - Suite No 2 by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

- March · The Tame Bear · The Wild Bears

Summer 2002

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   10th July 2002

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

Symphony No 104 in G Major 'The Oxford' by Joseph Haydn (1770 - 1837)

Symphony No 8 In B Minor 'The Unfinished' by Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

- 2nd Movement: Andante con moto

Introit by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)

- Solo violin: Tom Marjoram

The River by William Blezard (1921 - 2003)

Ballet from 'Petite Suite' by Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Spring 2002

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   27th March 2002

Occasional Overture by George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

- Solo oboe: Richard Hill

Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

- Largo

- Soloists: Tom Marjoram and Ruth Foxcroft

Overture: 'Egmont' by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Symphony No 8 In B Minor 'The Unfinished' by Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

- 1st Movement: Allegro moderato

Carissima by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Closerture: 'Die Fledermaus' by Johann Strauss (1825 - 1899)

Autumn 2001

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   12th December 2001

Overture: 'The Thieving Magpie' by Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Symphony No 40 in G Minor K 550 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Intermezzo from 'Háry János' by Zoltan Kodály (1882 - 1967)

Adagietto by Geoffrey Harvey (1944 - 2009)

Karelia Suite: 'Alla marcia' by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)

Summer 2001

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   11th July 2001

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

Pavane Op 50 by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)

- Soloist: Nick Whelan

Joyeuse Marche by Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894)

Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Spring 2001

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   28th March 2001

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

Sinfonia Concertante KV-Anh 9 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

- 2nd Movement: Adagio

Symphony No 5 in C Minor Op 67 by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

- 1st Movement: Allegro con brio

Canto Popolare: 'In Moonlight' by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Slavonic Dance in E Minor Op 46 No 2 by Antonin Dvořàk (1841 - 1904)

Autumn 2000

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   13th December 2000

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

Symphony No 4 in A Major 'The Italian' by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

- 1st Movement: Allegro vivace · 2nd Movement: Andante con moto

Three pieces from 'Swan Lake' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

- Scene · Dance of the Swans · Valse

Prelude: 'Rhosymedre' by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Three pieces from 'Sea Pictures' by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

- In Haven · Where Corals Lie · Sabbath Morning at Sea

Summer 2000

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   12th July 2000

Overture: 'Titus' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Oboe by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

- 2nd Movement: Adagio

- Soloists: Tom Marjoram (violin) and Richard Hill (oboe)

Minuet by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Coronation March: Crown Imperial by William Walton (1902 - 1983)

Symphony No 1 in C Major by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Spring 2000

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   29th March 2000

Farnham Festival Overture by Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)

Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Symphony No 1 in C Major by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

- 1st Movement: Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

March from 'The Love of Three Oranges' by Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)

Bavarian Dances by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

- 1. Sonnenbichl (The Dance) · 2. Bei Murnau (The Marksmen)