Previous UK Concerts
2012
15 JANUARY 2012
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S CHURCH, HASLEMERE
Film Recording: Long Journey Home, directed by David Fairhead
Music: Philip Sheppard; Recording Producer: Roberto Borzoni
17 JANUARY 2012 7.45PM
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, WOODHALL LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Dvořák Symphony No.4
Glazunov Symphony No.1
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
2011
8 JANUARY 2011 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Czech New Year's Concert
Smetana Three Dances from 'The Bartered Bride'
Hummel Trumpet Concerto
Janáček Žarlivost (Jealousy - Overture: Jenůfa)
Suk Pohádka (Fairy Tale), op.16
Dvořák Carnival Overture and Slavonic Dances 1,3 and 4
Fučík March: Entry of the Gladiators (Vjezd gladiátorů)
J. Strauss Thunder and Lightning Polka
Simon Sturgeon-Clegg, trumpet
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
5 MARCH 2011 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Schubert Symphony No.8, Unfinished
Clive Osgood Festival Cantata (first performance)
Brahms German Requiem
Rebecca Moon, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
12 MARCH 2011 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Holst Short Festival Te Deum
Mozart Kyrie
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
20 MARCH 2011 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2
Shostakovich Symphony No.12, 'The Year 1917'
James Willshire, piano
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
22 MARCH 2011 7.45PM
WOODHALL LANE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Schumann Symphony No.1, Spring
Bruch Symphony No.3
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
10 APRIL 2011 7.30PM
BLACKHEATH CONCERT HALLS
Dvořák Symphony No.6
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
7 MAY 2011 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Puccini Messa di Gloria
Verdi Overture; 'Va Pensiero': Nabucco
Rossini Ballet Music; Guillaume Tell
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Wood Hornpipe: 'Sea Songs'
Parry Jerusalem
Stephen Brown, tenor; James Ballance, baritone
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
14 MAY 2011 1.30PM
HINDHEAD TUNNEL, SURREY
Official Opening of A3 Hindhead Tunnel
Vaughan Williams
English Folk Songs Suite
Lowe My Fair Lady - Suite
Rodgers Carousel Waltz
Verdi Overture: Nabucco
Rossini Ballet Music; Guillaume Tell
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra
22 MAY 2011 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Berlioz Overture: Beatrice and Benedict
Dvořák Violin Concerto
Stenhammar Intermezzo from Sången
Sibelius Symphony No.5
Geoffrey Lynn (London Philharmonic Orchestra), violin
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
25 JUNE 2011 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Haydn The Creation
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano
Peter Mitchell, tenor
Jonathan Stainsby, baritone
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
2 JULY 2011 7.30PM
CHISLEHURST AND SIDCUP GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Elgar Wand of Youth Suite No.1
Delius The Walk to 'The Paradise Garden'
Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending *
Walton Henry V
Tchaikovsky Marche slave
Wood Sea Songs
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Parry Jerusalem
Nigel Sharpe, violin *; Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
15 OCTOBER 2011 7.30PM
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S CHURCH, HASLEMERE
Beethoven Overture: Coriolan
Saint-Saëns 'Cello Concerto No.1 in A Minor
Haydn Symphony No.104, London
Anna Hunt, 'cello; Haslemere Symphony Orchestra
29 OCTOBER 2011 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Franck Le Chasseur maudit
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Jeanine Thorpe, violin; Katharina Henke, viola; Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
13 NOVEMBER 2011 7.00PM
TEWIN BURY, HERTFORDSHIRE
Chabrier Joyeuse Marche
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
Gounod Ballet Music: Faust
Mendelssohn Symphony No.5: The Reformation
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
3 DECEMBER 2011 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Schumann Symphony No.3, Rhenish
Mozart Requiem
Sara Wallander-Ross, soprano; Marie Degodet, mezzo-soprano
Arthur Swan, tenor; Leandros Taliotis, baritone
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
10 DECEMBER 2011 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Glazunov The Seasons
Blake The Snowman: Suite
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Sutton Bless'd is the Child
Anderson Sleigh Ride
Carols for Audience, Chorus and Orchestra
Thomas West, baritone
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
11 DECEMBER 2011 4PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
The Mayor's Christmas Service:
J. S. Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Carols for Choir, Congregation and Orchestra
Inna Erskine and Anna Starkey, violins
Ian Brentnall, organ
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
17 DECEMBER 2011 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Verdi Overture: La forza del destino
Gounod 'Judex': Mors et Vita
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Suite
Rimsky-Korsakov
Christmas Eve Suite
Massenet Ballet Music: Hérodiade
Irving Berlin Excerpts from White Christmas
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra / St John's Operatic Society
2010 UK CONCERTS
1 JANUARY 2010 7.00PM
ST. ALBANS ABBEY
Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien
Khachaturian Adagio: Spartacus
Respighi The Pines of Rome
Verdi Overture: La forza del destino
Zimmer Gladiator
Mahler Adagietto, Symphony No.5
J. Strauss II Overture: A Night in Venice
J. Strauss I Radetzky March
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
12 JANUARY 2010 7.45PM
WOODHALL LANE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Dvořák Symphony No.5
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.3, Polish
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
6 FEBRUARY 2010 7.30PM
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S CHURCH, HASLEMERE
Schubert Overture: Rosamunde
Haydn 'Cello Concerto in C
Beethoven Symphony No.1
Andrew Taylor, 'cello
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra
6 MARCH 2010 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Haydn The Creation
Jacqueline Dias, soprano
Stephen Brown, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
13 MARCH 2010 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Rimsky-Korsakov Overture: May Night
Dvořák 'Cello Concerto *
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
* Michael Wigram, 'cello
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
20 MARCH 2010 7.30PM
CHISLEHURST AND SIDCUP GRAMMAR SCHOOL HALL
Mozart Overture: Die Zauberflöte
Schumann 'Cello Concerto *
Dvořák Symphony No.6
* Minat Lyons (London Symphony Orchestra), 'cello
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
27 MARCH 2010 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
de Falla Suite No.1: The Three-Cornered Hat
Dvořák Violin Romance in F minor *
Bartók Violin Rhapsody No.1 *
Duruflé Requiem **
* Andrew Watkinson (Endellion String Quartet), violin
** Sara Wallander Jonsson and Thomas West, soloists
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
4 APRIL 2010 7.30PM
HIGH STREET METHODIST CHURCH, HARPENDEN
M. Haydn Symphony in G, P.16
J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor
Brahms Serenade No.2
Hattie Webster, flute
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
8 MAY 2010 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Holst Short Festival Te Deum
Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Grieg Scenes from Per Gynt
Villa-Lobos Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Mozart Kyrie
Haydn Te Deum in C (Maria-Theresa)
David Wigram, saxophone
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
15 MAY 2010 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Ravel Suite: Mother Goose
Poulenc Concert champêtre *
Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3, Organ
* Heather Slade-Lipkin, harpsichord
Paul Isom, organ
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
12 JUNE 2010 7.30PM
ST. ALBANS ABBEY
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man *
Hanson A Song for Human Rights *
Mahler Symphony No.2, The Resurrection
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano
Jeanette Ager, mezzo-soprano
St. Albans Chamber Choir (John Gibbons, director / conductor*)
Watford Philharmonic Society Chorus (Terry Edwards, director)
26 JUNE 2010 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Massenet Ballet Music: Le Cid
R. Strauss Serenade for Winds, op.7
Walton Henry V
Fauré Requiem
Jacqueline Dias, soprano
Jordan Bell, baritone
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
27 JUNE 2010 7.30PM
BLACKHEATH CONCERT HALLS, LONDON
Wagner Overture: The Flying Dutchman
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
10 JULY 2010 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
J. Strauss II Overture: Die Fledermaus
Weber Invitation to the Dance (orch. Berlioz)
Grgin Clarinet Concertino
Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No.1
Lehar Overture: The Merry Widow
J. Strauss II The Blue Danube Waltz / Thunder and Lightning Polka
J. Strauss I Radetzky March
Andrija Mincic, clarinet
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
11 JULY 2010 3.30PM
MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL, ST. ALBANS
'Around the World in Eighty Minutes'
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Bizet 'Farandole', L'Arlésienne
Tchaikovsky 'Arabian, Chinese and Russian (Trepak) Dances', The Nutcracker
Mussorgsky 'Gopak', Sorochintsy Fair
Grieg 'In the Hall of the Mountain-King', Per Gynt
Beethoven 'Turkish March', The Ruins of Athens
Brahms Hungarian March No.5
H. Zimmer Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sibelius Finlandia
J. Williams Star Wars
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
Steve Weatherill, animateur
14 JULY 2010 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Weber Clarinet Concerto No.1
Handel 'Ombra mai fu', Xerxes
F. David Trombone Concerto
C. Crawley Impulse for Horn and Orchestra
Donizetti Cor Anglais Concertino in G
Grieg Piano Concerto
Ian Rogers, clarinet; Alan McGlynn, tenor
Keith Marr, trombone; Chris Crawley, horn
Jeremy Finlay, cor anglais; Tim Pryce, piano
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
7 NOVEMBER 2010 7.30PM
TEWIN BURY, HERTFORDSHIRE
Beethoven Overture: Egmont
D'Indy Prelude to Act I: Fervaal
M. Sutton Elegy for Violin and Orchestra *
Brahms Serenade No.1
Christos Kokkinos, violin ; Mel Sutton, conductor*
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
13 NOVEMBER 2010 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
R. Strauss Four Last Songs
Mahler Symphony No.1
Sara Wallander-Jonsson, soprano
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
4 DECEMBER 2010 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Beethoven Overture: Egmont
Brahms Double Concerto
J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio (excerpts)
C. Muncaster Shepherds Shake (First UK performance)
Carols for Chorus, Orchestra and Audience
Jonathan Strange, violin; Lesley Shrigley-Jones, 'cello
Martin Muncaster, narrator
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
11 DECEMBER 2010 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Sibelius Karelia Overture
Haydn 'Cello Concerto in D
Aleksei Kiseliov, 'cello
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
12 DECEMBER 2010 4.00PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
The Mayor's Christmas Service:
Corelli Christmas Concerto
Debussy Danse sacrée et danse profane
Carols for Congregation, Organ and Orchestra
Ian Brentnall, organ
Claire Iselin, harp (Trinity College of Music)
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
18 DECEMBER 2010 3.00PM
HATFIELD GALLERIA
Traditional Christmas Music
2009 U.K. PERFORMANCES
1 JANUARY 2009 7.00PM
ST. ALBANS ABBEY
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Adams The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Bernstein Symphonic Dances: West Side Story
J. Strauss II Waltz: Letter from America
J.P. Sousa March: Liberty Bell
Alford March: Colonel Bogey
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
Anna Le Hair, piano
20 JANUARY 2009 7.45PM
WOODHALL LANE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Franck Symphony in D minor
Borodin Symphony No.2
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
28 FEBRUARY 2009 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, BEXLEYHEATH
Beethoven Overture: Egmont
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Mendelssohn Symphony No.3, Scottish
Harry Penny, clarinet (Royal College of Music)
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
7 MARCH 2009 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Borodin Overture: Prince Igor
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, violin
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra
14 MARCH 2009 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Nielsen Helios Overture
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Elgar Symphony No.1
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, violin
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
28 MARCH 2009 7.30PM
METHODIST CHURCH, WEYHILL, HASLEMERE, SURREY
J.S. Bach Johannes-Passion
Stephen Brown, tenor: Evangelist
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone: Jesus
James Ballance, baritone: Pilate
John Jackson, bass: Petrus
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
1 APRIL 2009 6.30PM
SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL, YORK
Byrd Ave Verum Corpus
J.S. Bach Air: Orchestral Suite No.3
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart Divertimento in F, K.213
Bruckner Locus iste
Elgar Ave Verum Corpus
John Ellis, organ
Royal College of Paediatricians Chorus and Orchestra
4 APRIL 2009 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WELYWN GARDEN CITY
Sibelius Finlandia
Sibelius The Captive Queen
Kodály Dances of Galanta
[Dvořák Biblical Songs] *
Dvořák Te Deum
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano
Thomas West, baritone
* Crispin Lewis, conductor
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
25 APRIL 2009 7.30PM
HIGH STREET METHODIST CHURCH, HARPENDEN
Stravinsky Concerto in E-flat: Dumbarton Oaks
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Winds
Haydn Symphony No.101, Clock
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
9 MAY 2009 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Dvořák 'Cello Concerto
Suk Symphony No.2, Asrael
Minat Lyons, 'cello (London Symphony Orchestra)
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
16 MAY 2009 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Haslemere Festival Tennyson Concert
Elgar The Wand of Youth Suite No.1
Sullivan In Memoriam
Stanford The Revenge
Elgar There is Sweet Music
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs *
Jon Stainsby, baritone *
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
20 JUNE 2009 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Walton Crown Imperial
Elgar Froissart
Vaughan Williams The Wasps
Delius Summer Night on the River
Stanford The Revenge
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
27 JUNE 2009 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Brahms Symphony No.2
Koren Wilmer, clarinet
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
4 JULY 2009 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, KENT: ANGLO-AMERICAN PROM
Bernstein Overture: Candide
Gershwin An American in Paris
Holst A Fugal Concerto
Smyth Overture: The Wreckers
Souza March: Liberty Bell
P.R. Buttall The Lone Arranger
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance Marches No.2 and No.1
Sue McLeod, flute; Kevin England, oboe
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
12 JULY 2009 3.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Children's Concert: Heroes and Villains
J. Williams Superman Returns (arr. Ottman / Lopez)
H. Zimmer Gladiator (arr. Wasson)
J. Barry et al. Themes from 007 (arr. Custer)
A. Lloyd-Webber The Phantom of the Opera: Selections (arr. Custer)
Patterson Little Red Riding Hood
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
15 JULY 2009 7.30PM
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Huë Fantasia for Flute and Orchestra
Hummel Trumpet Concerto
Schumann Concertstück für vier Hörner und Orchester
Gregson Tuba Concerto
Jenny Wigram, violin; David Wigram, viola
Theresa Cory, flute
Tony Hindley, trumpet
Chris Ludwig, tuba
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
1 NOVEMBER 2009 7.30PM
TEWIN BURY, HERTFORDSHIRE
Schubert Overture: Alphonso und Estrella
Mozart Oboe Concerto
Schumann Symphony No.3, Rhenish
Kevin England, oboe
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
14 NOVEMBER 2009 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Weber Overture: Der Freischütz
Wagner 'Dich Teure Halle', Tannhaüser
Wagner 'Elsa's Dream', Lohengrin
Wagner 'Der Männer Sippe', Die Walküre
Brahms Symphony No.4
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano (Finalist, Bayreuth Bursary Competition 2009)
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
12 DECEMBER 2009 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Vaughan Williams Benedicite
Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto
Saint-Saëns Oratorio de Noël
Carols for Choir, Audience and Orchestra
Katherine Bagshawe, soprano; Kathy Bell, mezzo-soprano; Rhonda Browne, contralto
Jonathan Todd, tenor; Jon Stainsby, baritone
David Massey, guitar (BBC Young Musician of the Year finalist)
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
2008 U.K. CONCERTS
1 JANUARY 2008 7.00PM
ST. ALBANS ABBEY
Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides
MacCunn The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Debussy Marche écossaise
Berlioz Overture: Roy Roy
Verdi Macbeth: Ballo (Act III)
Arnold Four Scottish Dances
Maxwell Davies An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise
J. Strauss I Radetzky March
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
26 JANUARY 2008 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY
Schubert Overture: Die Zauberharfe
Schumann, Mendelssohn, Elgar
Part Songs
Dvořák Symphony No.6
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
8 & 9 FEBRUARY 2008 7.30PM
NORTH WALL ARTS CENTRE, SUMMERTOWN, OXFORD
15, 20 & 22 FEBRUARY 2008 8PM
HERTFORD COLLEGE CHAPEL, OXFORD
Britten The Turn of the Screw
The Oxford Opera Company
Christ Church Festival Orchestra
1 MARCH 2008 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Wagner Faust Overture
Chaminade Flute Concertino
Poulenc Flute Sonata (orch. Berkeley)
Berlioz La Damnation de Faust - scenes
Emma Williams, flute; Adam Tunnicliffe, tenor; Thomas West, baritone
Haslemere Musical Society Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
8 MARCH 2008 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Berlioz Overture: Les Francs-Juges
Brahms Double Concerto
Dvorák Symphony No.8
Guy Johnston, 'cello; Magnus Johnston, violin
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
15 MARCH 2008 7.30PM
CHRIST CHURCH, BEXLEYHEATH
Verdi 'Morrò': Un ballo in maschera
Tchaikovsky Waltz: Eugene Onegin
Puccini 'Vissi d'arte', Tosca
Leoncavallo Scena: ‘Silvio! A quest’ora ...’, Pagliacci
Sibelius Symphony No.1
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano; Jordan Bell, baritone
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
19 APRIL 2008 7.30PM
HIGH STREET METHODIST CHURCH, HARPENDEN
Albinoni Adagio for Organ and Strings
J.S. Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe
R. Strauss Duet Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon
Poulenc Flute Sonata (orch. L. Berkeley)
Schubert Symphony No.5
Jennifer Wigram, violin; Mike Brien, oboe
Koren Wilmer, clarinet; Peter Lyndley, bassoon
Geraldine Marshall, flute
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
26 APRIL 2008 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WGC
Beethoven Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Mozart Concert Aria: Bella mia fiamma, K.528
Haydn Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Andrew Watkinson, violin; Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
3 MAY 2008 8.00PM
SHELDONIAN THEATRE, OXFORD
Concert in aid of the UK Friends of Sunera Foundation of Sri Lanka:
Mozart Symphony no.31, Paris
Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219
Mozart Act II (staged): Le nozze di Figaro
Mandhira de Saram, violin
The Oxford Opera Company
Christ Church Festival Orchestra
10 MAY 2008 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Sibelius Karelia Suite
Sibelius The Captive Queen
Tchaikovsky Scenes from Eugene Onegin
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano; Maciek O'Shea, baritone
Haslemere Musical Society Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
17 MAY 2008 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, KENT
Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Beethoven Symphony No.3, Eroica
John Hooper, violin
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
24 MAY 2008 9.30PM
DIVINITY SCHOOLS, BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD
Ball Performance, including J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suite No.1; Tchaikovsky, Waltz: Eugene Onegin; Shostakovich, 2nd Waltz: Jazz Suite No.2; Lama, Silenzio cantatore, waltzes, foxtrot, quick-step, one-step and tango.
Christ Church Festival Orchestra
14 JUNE 2008 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Alexander Flood Récit for Orchestra
Mahler Symphony No.6
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
28 JUNE 2008 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, PARKWAY, WGC
Handel Judas Maccabaeus
Jacqueline Dias, soprano; Nadia Bishara, mezzo-soprano
Jonathan Todd, tenor; Desmund Turner, bass-baritone
Neil Bell, continuo
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
29 JUNE 2008 7.30PM
ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH, LEE
Wagner Prelude to Act I: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
5 JULY 2008 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, KENT: SUMMER PROMS CONCERT
Wagner Prelude to Act I: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
James Langley The Coloured Counties
Poulenc Les Biches
Vaughan Williams
The Wasps
Smyth Overture: The Boatswain's Mate
Wood Sea Songs
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Parry Jerusalem
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
6 JULY 2008 3.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Children's Carnival Concert:
Fucik Entry of the Gladiators
Dvorák Carnival Overture
Satie Parade
Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals
Offenbach Overture: Orpheus in the Underworld
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
9 JULY 2008 7.30PM
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Winds
Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets
Sibelius The Swan of Tuenola
Albrechtsberger Trombone Concerto
M. Horvit Brass Quintet Concerto
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
Tony Hindley and Bill Rumford, trumpets
Jeremy Finlay, cor anglais
Keith Marr, trombone
18 OCTOBER 2008 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Sibelius Finlandia
Crawley Aspects of Eden: first performance
Shostakovich Symphony No.5
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
26 OCTOBER 2008 7.30PM
TEWIN BURY, HERTFORDSHIRE
Schubert Overture in the Italian Style in D
Schubert Ballet Music: Rosamunde
Haydn Trumpet Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.8
Simon Desbruslais, trumpet
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
8 NOVEMBER 2008 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, BEXLEYHEATH
Chabrier Overture: Gwendoline
Debussy Prélude à L'Après-midi d'un faune
Dukas L'Apprenti sorcier
Berlioz Harold in Italy
Don Ehrlich, viola (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
6 DECEMBER 2008 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Vaughan Williams
Overture: The Wasps
Beethoven Symphony No.8
Fauré Requiem
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
13 DECEMBER 2008 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Hungarian Christmas Concert:
J. Strauss Overture: Der Ziguenerbaron
Kodály Intermezzo: Háry János
Bartók Hungarian Pictures
Monti Czardas
Erkel Overture: Hunyadi László
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5
Berlioz Hungarian Dance: La Damnation de Faust
Nigel Sharp, violin
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
2007 U.K. CONCERTS
1 JANUARY 2007 7.00 PM
ST. ALBANS ABBEY
Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro
Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol
de Falla Suite No.2: The Three-Cornered Hat
Ravel Boléro
Chabrier España
Waldteufel España Waltz
J. Strauss II Blue Danube Waltz
J. Strauss I Radetzky March
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
10 MARCH 2007 7.30 PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
R. Strauss Horn Concerto No.2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6
Stephen Stirling, horn
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
17 MARCH 2007 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, KENT
Elgar Cockaigne Overture
Finzi Violin Concerto
Elgar Symphony No.1
Cerys Jones, violin
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
20 MARCH 2007 7.45PM
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.1, Winter Daydreams
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.2, Little Russian
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra open session
29 MARCH 2007 6.30PM
SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL, YORK
Mozart Posthorn Serenade
J.S. Bach Magnificat in D
John Ellis, organ; Ros Jones, soprano
Royal College of Paediatricians Chorus and Orchestra
2 APRIL 2007 12-6PM
CONCERT ROOM, ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC, LONDON
Nirmali Fenn Psychotic Episode and Restlessness: recording
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano
Tom Hankey and Cerys Jones, violins; Nicholas Bootiman, viola; Ashok Klouda, 'cello; Stuart Russell, bassoon; Peter McMullin, piano; Kirsten Cowie, producer.
21 APRIL 2007 7.30PM
CHURCH OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL, OLNEY, BUCKS.
Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro
K. Templeman New Work for oboe and orchestra: first performance
Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.3, Eroica
Karen Mason, oboe
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
12 MAY 2007 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, KENT
Berlioz Overture, Royal Hunt and Storm: Les Troyens
Elgar 'Cello Concerto
Brahms Symphony No.2
Ben Stevens, 'cello
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
2 JUNE 2007 8.00PM
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, OXFORD
Sibelius Finlandia
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6
Soojin Han, violin
Christ Church Festival Orchestra
9 JUNE 2007 7.30PM
ST. ALBANS ABBEY
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
with members of City of London Sinfonia
16 JUNE 2007 7.00PM
ST. MARY MAGDALENE, OXFORD
Elgar From the Bavarian Highlands
Elgar Spanish Serenade
Elgar 'As torrents in the summer': King Olaf
Elgar Lux Aeterna
Elgar The Banner of St. George
Anthony McCarthy, piano / organ
Chorus Mundi
23 JUNE 2007 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Elgar The Wand of Youth Suites
Rodrigo Fantasia para un gentilhombre
Sullivan Trial by Jury
David Massey, guitar (finalist, BBC Young Musician of the Year, 2006)
Welwyn Garden City Chorus and Orchestra
1 JULY 2007 3.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
MONSTERS AND DINOSAURS CHILDREN'S CONCERT
Beethoven Overture: Prometheus
Grieg 'In the Hall of the Mountain King', Peer Gynt
Powell and Gregson-Williams
Shrek: Fairytale Opening and Transformation
John Williams Jurassic Park
Stravinsky Excerpts from The Rite of Spring
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
James Mayhew, narrator
4 JULY 2007 7.30PM
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
CONCERTO EVENING
Gordon Jacob Rhapsody for Cor Anglais and Orchestra
Gilbert Vinter Hunter's Moon
Saint-Saëns 'Cello Concerto No.1
Nielsen Flute Concerto
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Jeremy Finlay, cor anglais; Anna Ludwig, horn; David Goldsmith, violin; Clare Noble, 'cello; Theresa Cory, flute
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
14 JULY 2007 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, KENT
Debussy Children's Corner
Wagner Prelude and Liebestod: Tristan und Isolde
Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert
Wood (arr.) Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Parry Jerusalem
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
12 AUGUST 2007 5PM
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, ALFRISTON, WEST SUSSEX
CORIN LONG MEMORIAL CONCERT
Grieg Holberg Suite
Tunde Jegede Lamentation
Beethoven Symphony No.7
Alfriston Festival Orchestra (members of Royal Philharmonic and London Philharmonic Orchestras).
Inquiries: alfristonsummermusic@yahoo.co.uk
17 AUGUST 2007 1PM
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, OXFORD
Vivaldi 'Summer', The Four Seasons
J.S. Bach Keyboard Concerto in D minor
Barber Adagio for Strings
Britten Simple Symphony
Youth Music International String Orchestra
18 AUGUST 2007 7.30PM
WESLEY MEMORIAL CHAPEL, OXFORD
Britten Simple Symphony
Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Youth Music International String Orchestra
11 SEPTEMBER 2007
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, WOODHALL LANE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY 7.45PM
Schumann Symphony No.4
Brahms Symphony No.2
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
15 SEPTEMBER 2007
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Open rehearsal: 1.30-5.15PM. Performance: 6PM
Cedric Peachey Three Fantasy Variations on 'The River is Wide'
Robert Percy Morton's Fork
Alexander Flood Récit for Orchestra
Nirmali Fenn Dark Tears
Keith Marr Sinfonietta, op.17
New Music Day with Professor Paul Patterson (Royal Academy of Music) and members of City of London Sinfonia and St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
27 OCTOBER 2007 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Holst Ballet Suite: The Perfect Fool
Debussy Saxophone Rhapsody
Richard Payne Saxophone Concerto
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
David Wigram, saxophone (Royal College of Music)
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
7 NOVEMBER 2007 1.15PM
HERTFORD COLLEGE CHAPEL, OXFORD
Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano
The Proteus Ensemble: Gaelyn Pilmoor, flute / piccolo; Edward Littleton, clarinet / bass clarinet; Elinor White, violin / viola; David Whitaker, 'cello; Peter McMullin, piano
10 NOVEMBER 2007 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, KENT
Mussorgsky ‘Dawn over the Moscow River’: Prelude, Khovanshchina
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky Entr’acte and Dance of The Persian Slave Girls, Khovanshchina
Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird (1919)
Dmitri Torchinsky, violin
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
11 NOVEMBER 2007 7.30PM
TEWIN BURY, HERTFORDSHIRE
Mozart Overture: La Clemenza di Tito
Delius A Song before Sunrise
Weber Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F minor
Haydn Symphony No.104, London
Angela Crispe, clarinet
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
8 DECEMBER 2007 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL, SURREY
Weber Overture: Euryanthe
Vivaldi Gloria
Dvorák Symphony No.8
Bruckner Psalm 150
Jeanette Gallant, soprano
Nadia Bishara, mezzo-soprano
Haslemere Musical Society Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
15 DECEMBER 2007 7.30PM
CHRIST CHURCH, BEXLEYHEATH, KENT
Rossini Overture: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Chabrier España
de Falla Suite No.2: El sombrero de tres picos
Bizet Carmen Suites (selection)
Waldteufel España Waltz
Anderson Sleigh Ride
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
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2006 U.K. CONCERTS
2 JANUARY 2006 7.00PM
ST. ALBANS ABBEY: NEW YEAR'S CONCERT
Stravinsky Fireworks
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Tchaikovsky Waltz and Polonaise, Eugene Onegin
J. Strauss II Thunder and Lightning Polka
J. Strauss I Radetzky March
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
18 FEBRUARY 2006 8.00PM
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, OXFORD
Wagner Overture: Der fliegende Holländer
Ravel Piano Concerto in G
Brahms Symphony No.4
Tom Wood, piano
Christ Church Festival Orchestra
3 MARCH 2006 8.00PM
UNIVERSITY CHURCH, OXFORD
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Roussel Le Festin de l'araignée
Boulez Mémoriale (... explosante-fixe ... originel)
Haydn Symphony No.31, Horn Signal
Katherine Bradley, flute (Boulez)
Oxford University Sinfonietta
10 MARCH 2006 7.15PM
HERTFORD COLLEGE HALL, OXFORD
Haydn Symphony No.59, Feuersymphonie
Haydn Symphony No.64, Tempora Mutantur
Haydn Symphony No.73, La Chasse
Haydn Symphony No.83, La Poule
Oxford University Sinfonietta
11 MARCH 2006 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Schumann Overture: Manfred
Wagner Prelude and Liebestod, Tristan und Isolde
Debussy Prélude à L'Après-midi d'un faune
Brahms Symphony No.3
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
1 APRIL 2006 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Mel Sutton Psalm 67 (first performance)
Vaughan Williams
English Folk Songs Suite
Five Mystical Songs
Walton Façade Suite No.2
Lambert The Rio Grande *
Beethoven Choral Fantasia
Welwyn Garden City Chorus and Orchestra
Barbara Manning, piano; Maciek O'Shea, baritone
* Neil Bell: conductor; John Bantick, narrator
6 APRIL 2006 6.00 PM
SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL, YORK
Fauré Pavane
Tippett Spirituals: A Child of Our Time
Mozart Requiem
John Ellis, organ
Royal College of Paediatricians Chorus and Orchestra
22 APRIL 2006 7.30PM
HARPENDEN PUBLIC HALLS
Opera Gala Concert with the National Opera Studio
Borodin Overture and Polovtsian Dances
Puccini 'Tu che di gel sei cinta', Turandot
Mascagni Intermezzo, Cavalleria rusticana
Verdi 'Per me guinto, O Carlo, ascolta' (Act IV), Don Carlos
Bizet Carmen Suite No.1
Wagner 'Good Friday Music', Parsifal
Puccini 'Sì, mi chiamano Mimi', La bohème
Massenet Méditation: Thaïs
Verdi 'Pura siccome un angelo' (Act II duet), La traviata
Mairéad Buicke, soprano
Seung-Wook Seong, baritone
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
6 MAY 2006 6.45PM
LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD
Haydn Symphony No.82, L'Ours
J.C. Bach Symphony in B-flat, op.21 no.3
Mozart Symphony No.35, Linz
Bartók Romanian Folk Dances
Haydn Symphony No.85, La Reine
Oxford University Sinfonietta
14 MAY 2006 1.30 - 6.45 PM (Performance: 5.30PM)
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Melvin Sutton Symphony, 1st movement
Christopher Crawley
Aspects of Eden - excerpts
Rikky Rooksby Four Cornish Pictures
Paul Evernden Praeludium
Alexander Prior Stalin's March
Jim O'Leary Orchestral Set No.1 - 3: 'Like a Beautiful Dream'
(Rachel van der Tang, 'cello solo)
Geoffrey Álvarez Overture: La profecía última del rey
NEW MUSIC DAY with Roxanna Panufnik, City of London Sinfonia members and St. Albans Symphony Orchestra.
Free admission. Sponsored by the Arts Council, Eastern Orchestral Board and St. Albans City Council.
3 JUNE 2006 8.00PM
JACQUELINE DU PRÉ CONCERT HALL, OXFORD
Alicia Grant Figure of Eight
Alicia Grant White Light
Stravinsky L'Histoire du soldat (suite)
Gluck Overture: Iphigénia in Aulis (arr. Wagner)
Boccherini Night Music of Madrid
Mozart Symphony No.36, Linz
Oxford University Sinfonietta
Concert sponsored by Price Waterhouse Cooper's
10 JUNE 2006 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Walton Partita for Orchestra
Vaughan Williams
Variations on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Britten Russian Funeral
Elgar Enigma Variations
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra / members of City of London Sinfonia
24 JUNE 2006 7.30PM
CAMPUS WEST THEATRE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Delius La Calinda
Moross The Big Country
Barry Dances with Wolves
Copland Four Dances from Rodeo
Coleridge-Taylor
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
Ian Barratt, tenor
Welwyn Garden City Chorus and Orchestra
26 JUNE 2006 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL
Tchaikovsky Overture: Romeo and Juliet
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Sibelius Lemminkainen Legends
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra
3 JULY 2006 8.00PM
JACQUELINE DU PRÉ CONCERT HALL, OXFORD
Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire
The Proteus Ensemble: Gaelyn Pilmoor, flute; Edward Littlewood, clarinet; Elinor White, violin / viola; Oliver Coates, 'cello; William Falkoner, piano
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano sprechstimme
9 JULY 2006 3.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Children's Concert: Famous Cartoon Music
Batman; Pink Panther; Wallace and Gromit, The Flintstones and from Disney's Fantasia 2000, including Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker and Stravinsky, The Firebird
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
22 JULY 2006 7.30PM
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, GAWCOTT
Beethoven Overture: Coriolan
Poulenc Flute Sonata (orch. Sir Lennox Berkeley)
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4, Italian
Theresa Cory, flute
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
11 NOVEMBER 2006 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, KENT
William Blows Shades of Silver (first performance)
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.2
Elgar Larghetto: Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
Finnegan Downie-Dear, piano
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
12 NOVEMBER 2006 7.30PM
TEWIN BURY, HERTFORDSHIRE
Beethoven Overture and Ballet Music: Prometheus
Warlock Capriol
Mozart Andante for Flute and Orchestra K.315
Chaminade Flute Concertino
Beethoven Symphony No.7
Geraldine Marshall, flute
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
9 DECEMBER 2006 7.30PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Purcell Suite: Abdelazer
Monteverdi Beatus Vir
Bruckner Locus iste; Christus factus est
Boïeldieu Overture: Le Calife de Bagdad
Fauré Pavane; Cantique de Jean Racine
Franck Panis Angelicus
Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow
Warlock Capriol
Berlioz 'Il s'en va loin', L'Enfance du Christ
Christmas Carols for Choir and Audience
Welwyn Garden City Chorus and Orchestra
16 DECEMBER 2006 7.30PM
TOWNLEY HALL, KENT
Liszt Les Préludes
Mascagni Intermezzo: Cavalleria rusticana
Vaughan
Williams English Folk Song Suite
Delius Sleigh Ride
Waldteufel Waltz: Les Patineurs
Tchaikovsky Suite: Swan Lake
Anderson Sleigh Ride
Traditional Christmas Carols with audience (orchestrated by Peter Harris)
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
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2005 U.K. CONCERTS
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1 JANUARY 2005 7.00 PM
ST. ALBANS ABBEY
Shostakovich Festival Overture
Mahler Blumine
Janácek Sinfonietta
Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries
Verdi Grand March and Ballet Music (Act II): Aida
J. Strauss II Egyptian March and Tales from the Vienna Woods
J. Strauss I Radetzky March
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
30 JANUARY 2005 6.00 PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Elgar Serenade for Strings
Czerny Concerto for Piano Duet and Strings
Guy Dagul Grand Fantasia for Piano Duet and Strings (first performance)
Harvey Dagul and Isabel Beyer, piano
Members of The Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, led by Jennifer Wigram
19 FEBRUARY 2005 8.00 PM
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, OXFORD
Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
Elizabeth Burgess, piano; Christ Church Festival Orchestra
12 MARCH 2005 7.30 PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Rossini 'Largo al factotum', Il barbiere di Siviglia
Verdi 'Morrò', Un ballo in maschera
Tchaikovsky Yeletsky's Aria, The Queen of Spades
Puccini 'Vissi d'arte', Tosca
Leoncavallo Scena: 'Silvio! Aquest'ora ...', Pagliacci
Khatchaturian Adagio, Suite No.2: Spartacus
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Rejieli Paulo, soprano; John Lofthouse, baritone: The National Opera Studio
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
14 MARCH 2005 7.30 PM
ABINGTON AVENUE CHURCH, NORTHAMPTON
Brahms Hungarian Dance No.6
Fosse Pleurs de novembre
Loewe My Fair Lady (excerpts)
Northampton University Orchestra
19 MARCH 2005 7.30 PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Mozart Symphony No.31, Paris
Mozart 'La ci darem', Don Giovanni
Mozart 'Dies Bildnis', Der Zauberflöte
Mozart 'Come scoglio', Così fan tutte
Mozart 'Voi che sapete' and 'Non più andrai', Marriage of Figaro
Mozart Requiem
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano; Jasia Nielsen, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Osborne, tenor; Maciek O'Shea, baritone
Welwyn Garden City Chorus and Orchestra
21 APRIL 2005 6.00 PM
SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL, YORK
Haydn The Seasons
Royal College of Paediatricians Chorus and Orchestra
23 APRIL 2005 7.30 PM
HARPENDEN PUBLIC HALLS
Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain
Holst Invocation for 'Cello and Orchestra
Haydn Concerto for Two Horns in E-flat
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
Clare Noble, 'cello; Timothy French and Jemima Hutchinson, horns
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
5 JUNE 2005 4.00 PM
ST. PAUL'S WALDEN BURY, nr. HITCHIN, HERTS
Mozart Overture: Don Giovanni
Jacob Old Wine in New Bottles
Gounod Petite Symphonie
Orff Five Movements from Carmina Burana
Dvorák Czech Suite
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble
In aid of the Sue Ryder Care Foundation, courtesy of Sir Andrew and Lady Bowes Lyon.
11 JUNE 2005 7.30 PM
WESTON AUDITORIUM, DE HAVILLAND CAMPUS, HATFIELD
Debussy 'Fêtes' and 'Sirènes': Nocturnes *
Ravel Shéhérazade
Holst The Planets *
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano; St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
* Mid-Herts Chamber Choir (Director: Peter Twitchin)
* Oxford Girls Choir (Director: Richard Vendome)
18 JUNE 2005 7.30 PM
CAMPUS WEST THEATRE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
V.E. Day 60th Anniversary Concert
Coates The Dam-Busters March
Elgar Variation VIII and XI (Nimrod), Enigma Variations
Ronald Binge Saxophone Concerto
Karl Jenkins The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.4
David Wigram Saxophone
John Bantick and Norma Gower Narrators
Welwyn Garden City Chorus and Orchestra
3 JULY 2005 3.30 PM
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, HOMEWOOD ROAD, ST. ALBANS
Children's Concert: Kidz in Space
R. Strauss Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Grainer Theme Music: Dr Who
Courage Star Trek
John Williams Music from Star Wars and E.T.
Holst 'Mars', 'Uranus', 'Jupiter', The Planets
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Parnell, organ
23 JULY 2005 7.30 PM
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, GAWCOTT, BUCKS.
Weber Overture: Euryanthe
Mozart Bassoon Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.3, Eroica
Peter Lyndley, bassoon
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
Tickets (£10): 01727 857422 or tickets@saso.org.uk.
8 OCTOBER 2005 7.30 PM
CAMPUS WEST THEATRE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Handel The Messiah
Claire Barratt, soprano; Katherine Cooper, mezzo-soprano
Ian Barratt, tenor; Stephen Barratt, baritone
Welwyn Garden City Chorus and Orchestra
Tickets: 01707 322324
29 OCTOBER 2005 7.30PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Wagner Prelude: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Dvorák Symphony No.7 in D minor
Guy Johnston, 'cello
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
Tickets: 01727 857422
3 NOVEMBER 2005 7.30PM
ST. JOHN'S SMITH SQUARE, LONDON
Wagner Prelude: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor
Dvorák Symphony No.7 in D minor
Juliet Allen, piano
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
In aid of The Fund for Epilepsy.
Tickets (£20; £15; £10): www.sjss.org.uk or 020 7592 3270
6 NOVEMBER 2005 7.30PM
TEWIN BURY, HERTFORDSHIRE
Mozart Overture: Don Giovanni
Lalo Deux Aubades d'après Fiesque
Dvorák Violin Romance in F minor
Schubert Symphony No.4, Tragic
James McGee, violin
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
25 NOVEMBER 2005 8.00PM
UNIVERSITY CHURCH, OXFORD
Elgar Introduction and Allegro
Copland Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
Varèse Octandre
Mozart Symphony No.38, Prague
Oxford University Sinfonietta
3 DECEMBER 2005 7.30PM
WELWYN CIVIC CENTRE
Battle of Trafalgar Commemoration Concert
Haydn Missa in tempore belli (Paukenmesse)
Sullivan Overture: HMS Pinafore
Henry Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Arne 'Rule, Britannia', Alfred
Sara Wallander Jonsson, soprano; Claire Palmer, mezzo-soprano
Adam Tunnicliffe, tenor; David Mallinson, baritone
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
2004 U.K. CONCERTS
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1 JANUARY 2004 ST. ALBANS ABBEY 7 PM
J. Strauss II Overture: The Gypsy-Baron
Mascagni Intermezzo: Cavalleria rusticana
Ravel La Valse
Rossini Overture: Guillaume Tell
Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No.1
J. Strauss II Blue Danube Waltz
J. Strauss I Radetzky March
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
31 JANUARY 2004 ST. ALBANS ABBEY 7.30 PM
Opera Arias by Mozart and Bellini
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Janácek Scenes from The Cunning Little Vixen
Dame Diana Rigg: Narrator
Lorina Gore: Soprano and John Carey Jones: Baritone: National Opera Studio; St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
7 FEBRUARY 2004 7.30 PM
ST. ALBANS U.R.C. HOMEWOOD RD
Handel The Messiah
Sara Wallander Jonsson: Soprano
Jasia Nielsen: Mezzo-Soprano
Anthony Osborne: Tenor
Maciek O'Shea: Baritone
St. Cecilia Festival Society: St. Albans Chamber Choir, The Hardynge Choir, and The Radlett Choral Society; St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
21 FEBRUARY 2004 8.00 PM
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, OXFORD
Rossini Overture: Guillaume Tell
Elgar 'Cello Concerto
Schubert Symphony No.9 in C
Steffan Rees: 'Cello
Christ Church Festival Orchestra
6 MARCH 2004 7.30 PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Bizet Carmen Suites No.1 and No.2
Debussy Rhapsody for Clarinet
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Koren Wilmer: Clarinet
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
13 MARCH 2004 7.30 PM
ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Kodály Dances of Marosszék
Tchaikovsky Suite No.4: Mozartiana
Franck Psalm 150
Fauré Requiem
Edward Rycroft: Treble; Desmond Turner: Baritone
Welwyn Garden City Chorus and Orchestra
23 MARCH 2004 7.30 PM
ABINGTON AVENUE CHURCH, NORTHAMPTON
Weber Overture: Preciosa
Mascagni Prelude and Sicilianna: Cavalleria rusticana
Luchesi Tango: Su Mascota
Lincke Glühwormsches Idyll
G. Lama Silenzio cantatore
University College Northampton Orchestra
30 MARCH - 3 APRIL 2004 7.30 PM
THE OLD FIRE STATION THEATRE, OXFORD
Nick Thomas, The Myth of Medea. Incidental music composed by James Ross.
Instinctive Theatre Company
1 APRIL 2004 6.00 PM
SIR JACK LYONS CONCERT HALL, YORK
John Ellis Two Poems by Mattie Stepacek (first performance)
Handel Solomon
Sara Wallander Jonsson: Soprano
Royal College of Paediatricians Chorus and Orchestra
12 JUNE 2004 7.30 PM
HARPENDEN PUBLIC HALLS
R. Strauss Horn Concerto No.1
Mahler Symphony No.1
Emma Greenwood: Horn
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
26 JUNE 2004 7.30 PM
CAMPUS WEST THEATRE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
German Merrie England
Walton Crown Imperial
Handel Zadok the Priest
Vaughan
Williams The Lark Ascending
Tippett Five Spirituals: A Child of Our Time
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Laura Mitchell: Soprano John Bantick: Tenor / Narrator
Peter Pearson: Baritone James McGee: Violin
Welwyn Garden City Chorus and Orchestra
5-10 JULY 2004
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC, LONDON
Mahler Blumine
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Mahler Symphony No.1
London Master Classes / Benjamin Zander
London Soloists Chamber Orchestra; Sara Wallander Jonsson: Soprano
11 JULY 2004 4.00 PM
ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, ST. ALBANS
Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Liadov Baba Yaga
Humperdinck Witch's Ride: Hansel and Gretel
J. Williams Harry Potter Symphonic Suite
J. Williams Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (fourth and fifth movements)
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
24 JULY 2004 7.30 PM
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, GAWCOTT
Rossini Overture: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Mascagni Intermezzo: Cavalleria rusticana
K. Templeman Concerto for String Orchestra (first performance)
Beethoven Symphony No.8
St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
13 AUGUST 2004 7.30PM
THE UNIVERSITY CHURCH, OXFORD
Dvorák Serenade for Strings
Vivaldi Concerto in G minor for Two 'Cellos, RV.411
Barber Adagio for Strings
Bartók Divertimento
Chauncey Aceret and Elaine FitzGibbon, 'cellos
Youth Music International String Orchestra
16 OCTOBER 2004 7.30PM
ST. ALBANS ABBEY
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
William Kendall, tenor
Catherine Denley, mezzo-soprano; Simon Birchall, bass-baritone
St. Cecilia Festival Society: St. Albans Chamber Choir, Hardynge Choir, and Radlett Choral Society; St. Albans Symphony Orchestra
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7 NOVEMBER 2004 7.00PM
TEWIN BURY, HERTFORDSHIRE
Mozart Overture: Così fan tutte
Arriaga Symphony in D
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Haydn Symphony No.99
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra
13 DECEMBER 2004 7.30PM
ABINGTON AVENUE CHURCH, NORTHAMPTON
Hoffmeister Serenade in E-flat
Shostakovich 2nd Waltz: Jazz Suite No.2
Orff Carmina Burana (for chamber ensemble)
University College Northampton Orchestra
18 DECEMBER 2004 7.30PM
WELWYN CIVIC CENTRE
Rossini Overture: La Cenerentola
Haydn Winter: The Seasons
Charpentier Messe de minuit de Noël
Trad. Christmas Carols
Sara Wallander-Jonsson, soprano; Philip Fine, tenor; Peter Pearson, baritone
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
