PAST PROGRAMMES 2005 - 2009

Autumn 2009

Conductor: Ian Assersohn

—   9th December 2009

Three Dances by Cyril Scott (1879 - 1970)

- I - Gavotte; II - Eastern Dance; III - English Dance

Symphony No 1 in D Major by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)

- 2nd Movement: Kräftig bewegt

Symphony No 1 in C Major Op 21 by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Summer 2009

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   8th July 2009

Overture to the ballet suite 'Comus' by Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)

- Arr. Constant Lambert

Symphony in D by Juan Crisostomo Arriaga (1806 - 1826)

Symphony No 9 in E Minor Op 95 'New World' by Antonin Dvořàk (1841 - 1904)

- 2nd Movement: Largo

Sea Pictures by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

- Arr. Charles Woodhouse

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

Spring 2009

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   1st April 2009

Symphony No 3 in E Flat major Op 55 'Eroica' by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

- 1st Movement Allegro con brio

Overture: 'La Belle Hélène' by Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)

Symphony No 4 in A Major Op 90 'The Italian' by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

- 2nd Movement: Andante con moto; 3rd Movement: Con moto moderato

West Side Story: Selection for Orchestra by Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)

Autumn 2008

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   10th December 2008

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

Symphony No 4 in A Major Op 90 'Italian' by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

- 1st Movement: Allegro Vivace

Romance for Viola and Orchestra in F Major Op 85 by Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)

- Soloist: George Mitchell

March Caprice by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)

- Arr. Sir Thomas Beecham

Nessun Dorma from the opera 'Turandot' by Giacomo Puccini (1858 -1924)

- Arr. Patsy Gritton

A Life for the Czar Overture by Mikhail Glinka (1803 - 1857)

Summer 2008

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   9th July 2008

Suite by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

- Children's Piece · Theme in Bb · Spring Song · Song without Words · Tarantella

Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major by Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

- 2nd Movement Andante

- Soloist: Peter Chappell

Symphony No 9 in C Major D944 'The Great' by Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

- 3rd Movement: Scherzo

Prince Igor Overture by Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936)

Pomp and Circumstance Military March No 4 Op 39 by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Spring 2008

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   19th March 2008

Overture to the opera 'The Italian Girl in Algiers' by Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Symphony No 99 in E Flat Major by Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Symphony No 7 in A Major Op 82 by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

- 2nd Movement Allegretto

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

John Henry by Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)

Autumn 2007

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   12th December 2007

Symphony in C by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

- 1st Movement: Allegro vivo

Peer Gynt Suite II Op 55 by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

- No 3: Peer Gynt's Homecoming · No 4: Solvejg's Song

Overture to the opera 'The Bartered Bride' by Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884)

Suite: Summer Days by Eric Coates (1886 - 1957)

- In a Country Lane · On the Edge of a Lake middot; At the Dance

Summer 2007

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   7th November 2007

Overture: Così fan tutte K588 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

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

Three Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

- Nos 1, 3 and 10

Suite: Jeux d'Enfants by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

- Marche · Berceuse · Impromptu · Duo · Galop

Spring 2007

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   28th March 2007

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

Nursery Suite by Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

La Calinda by Frederick Delius (1863 - 1934)

- From the opera Koanga

Wine, Women and Song by Johann Strauss (1825 - 1899)

Autumn 2006

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   13th December 2006

Overture: Three Brothers by Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801)

- From the opera 'The Horatii and Curatii'

Symphony No 2 in D Major Op 36 by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Variations on a Theme of Haydn Op 56a by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Selection from Coppélia by Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)

Summer 2006

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   12th July 2006

Overture: Il Signor Bruschino by Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F Op 50 by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

- Soloist: Anne Warren

Symphony No 2 in B Minor by Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)

- 1st Movement: Allegro

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Frederick Delius (1863 - 1934)

May Night by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)

Spring 2006

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   29th March 2006

Overture: Don Giovanni KV527 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra K622 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

- 2nd Movement: Adagio · 3rd Movement: Rondo Allegro

- Soloist: Mark Ellis

Overture: Prometheus Op 43 by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Folk Songs of the Four Seasons by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

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

- Promenade · Bydlo · The Great Gate of Kiev

Autumn 2005

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   14th December 2005

Suite for Orchestra by George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)

- arr. Thomas Beecham

Norse Legend by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)

Overture: 'Russlan and Ludmilla' by Mikhail Glinka (1803 - 1857)

Symphony No 6 in C Major by Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Summer 2005

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   6th July 2005

Three Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Symphony in D Major 'Paris' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Nocturne from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

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

Overture: 'La Belle Hélène' by Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)

Spring 2005

Conductor: Geoffrey Harvey

—   23rd March 2005

The Moldau (Vtlava) by Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884)

Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise by Franz Doppler (1821 - 1883)

- Solo flute: Roy Penny

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

- First Movement: Allegro moderato

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

Petite Suite de Concert by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912)