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2022

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15 JANUARY 2022, 7.30PM
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP

Arnold            Little Suite for Orchestra No. 2
Holst               Two Songs without Words
Ravel               Piano Concerto in G
Bizet                Carmen Suites - selection
Binge               Sailing By
J. Strauss II     The Blue Danube Waltz
J. Strauss I      Radetzsky March

Nikita Lukinov, piano
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra


20 JANUARY 2022 - CONFÉRENCE
Trois Siècles des femmes compositeurs françaises
Les Amitiés françaises

26 JANUARY 2022, 7PM
ST JOSEPH'S HALL, CITY OF LONDON
Mozart         Symphony No. 38, Prague
London Repertoire Orchestra

5 FEBRUARY 2022, 6PM
ST CHRISTOPHER'S CHURCH, HASLEMERE
Haydn        The Creation - excerpts
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

9 FEBRUARY 2022, 7PM
ST JOSEPH'S HALL, CITY OF LONDON

Cherubini   Overture: Medea
Gipps          Ambarvalia, Op. 70
Morean       Lonely Waters
Lambert      Aubade héroïque

London Repertoire Orchestra

24 FEBRUARY 2022, 7.15PM
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Brahms          Piano Concerto No. 2
Robert Markham, piano
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra

4 MARCH  2022, 6.30-8PM
RUDOLF STEINER THEATRE, LONDON
Shohreh Shakoory, Zâl and The Phoenix showcase performance
April Fredrick, soprano; Julia Mintzer, director; Mohammad Jabari, daf
In partnership with the British Institute for Persian Studies

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5 MARCH 2022
HASLEMERE HALL

Schubert         Symphony No. 3
Falla                 Scenes and Dances (Suite No. 1): The Three-Cornered Hat
Pranck             Psalm 150
Fauré               Requiem

Sam O'Brien, treble
Ondřej Soukup, baritone
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
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19 MARCH 2022, 7.30PM
ST JOHN'S CHURCH SIDCUP

Weber                     Jubel Overture
Mozart                    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.
Brahms                   Symphony No. 2

Nafis Umerkulova, piano
Veronika Shoot, the original soloist for this concert, is unable to perform on this date. SSO is most grateful to Nafis Umerkulova for agreeing to play at short notice, and looks forward to programming Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto with Veronika Shoot in its 2022-23 season.
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra

23 MARCH 2022, 7.00PM
ST JOSEPH'S HALL, CITY OF LONDON
Glinka                       Kamarinskaya
Schumann               Overture, Scherzo and Finale
London Repertoire Orchestra
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26 MARCH 2022, 7.30PM
ST FRANCIS CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY

Vaughan Williams     Overture: The Wasps
Respighi                      The Birds
Vaughan Williams     The Lark Ascending
Haydn                         Scenes from The Creation

Abigail James, violin
Crispin Lewis, baritone
Welwyn Garden CIty Orchestra and Chorus
Luton Choral Society

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27 MARCH 2022
ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, BRIDGNORTH

Raff                          Sinfonietta
Finzi                         Clarinet Concerto
Mendelssohn         Symphony No. 4, Italian

Poppy Beddoe, clarinet
Bridgnorth Sinfonia

Concert supported by The Finzi Trust.

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2 APRIL 2022  7.30PM
ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, MONTPELLIER ST, CHELTENHAM

Bartók                            Romanian Folk Dances
Sibelius                          Pelléas and Mélisande Suite
Vaughan Williams        Symphony No.5

Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra

Concert supported by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust


4 MAY 2022, 7PM
ST JOSEPH'S HALL, LONDON

Mussorgsky    Intermezzo in modo classico
Balakirev         Symphony No. 1

London Repertoire Orchestra

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14 MAY 2022, 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL

Mozart            Kyrie in D Minor
Mozart            Symphony No. 35, Haffner
Mozart            Scenes from Idomeneo

Lizzie Holmes, soprano (Ilia)
Alexandra Long, soprano (Elettra)
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
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15 MAY 2022
TEMPLEWOOD HALL
Children's Concert
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra

18 MAY 2022, 7PM
ST JOSEPH'S HALL, LONDON

Cherubini             Overture: Les Deux Journées (The Water-Carrier)
Glazunov              Two Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 14: Idyll and Rêverie orientiale
Bax                         Mediterranean  

London Repertoire Orchestra

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21 MAY 2022, 7.30PM
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP

Sibelius                      Karelia Suite
Tchaikovsky              Violin Concerto
Shostakovich            Symphony No. 9

Leo Strelle, violin
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra

3 JUNE 2022
MOTE PARK, MAIDSTONE - TOGETHER KENT FESTIVAL
Platinum Jubilee Proms Concert
Kent Sinfonia

4 JUNE 2022, 7.30PM
MUCH WENLOCK FESTIVAL

Rossini                     Overture: The Barber of Seville
Verdi                         Prelude to Act I: La traviata
Beethoven               Symphony No. 6, Pastoral: movements 3, 4 and 5
Brahms                    Hungarian Dance No. 5
Rory Freckleton      Four Musical Watercolours of Bridgnorth (second movement): first performance
J. Strauss II               The Blue Danube Waltz
Morricone               Gabriel's Oboe
Wood (arr.)              Sea Songs
Elgar                         Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Parry                         Jerusalem

Bridgnorth Sinfonia
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18 JUNE 2022, 7.30PM
ST MARY'S CHURCH, BRIDGNORTH

Rossini                       Overture:  The Barber of Seville
Mozart                       Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488
Beethoven                 Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Antoine Préat, piano
Bridgnorth Sinfonia
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25 JUNE 2022, 7.30PM
ST FRANCIS' CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY

Walton                        Crown Imperial
Falla                             Suite No. 1: The Three-Cornered Hat
Vaughan Williams     Toward the Unknown Region
Vaughan Williams     Three Elizabethan Part-Songs
Lambert                      Aubade heroïque
Vaughan Williams     English Folk Songs Suite
Binge                           Sailing By
Elgar                            The Banner of St. George (Epilogue)

Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus

Concert supported by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust.
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2 JULY 2022, 7.30PM
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Concert in remembrance of the Rt. Hon. James Brokenshire

Mozart              Overture: Idomeneo
Punto                Horn Concerto No. 5
Fauré                 Pavane
Schubert           Symphony No. 3
Elgar                  Nimrod: Enigma Variations

Lisa Ridgway, horn
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra
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15 OCTOBER 2022, 7.30PM
ST CHRISTOPHER'S CHURCH, HASLEMERE

Cimarosa        Overture: The Secret Marriage
Mozart            Horn Concerto No. 4
Duparc            Aux Étoiles: Poème nocturne
Saint-Saëns    Symphony No. 2

Roger Doulton, horn
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra

16 OCTOBER 2022, 5PM
WELWYN CIVIC CENTRE, OLD WELWYN
To include:
Dvorák        Violin Concerto
Brahms       Serenade No. 1

Henrietta Dalgleish (The Purcell School for Young Musicians)
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra

19 NOVEMBER 2022, 7.30PM
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP

To include:
Sibelius         Symphony No. 3

Sidcup Symphony Orchestra

3 DECEMBER 2022, 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL

Vaughan Williams    Overture: The Wasps
Sibelius                      Pelléas and Mélisande Suite
Vivaldi                        Gloria
Vaughan Williams    Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

10 DECEMBER 2022, 7.30PM
ST FRANCIS CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY

Gluck                             Overture and Dance of the Furies: Orpheus and Euridice
David Briggs                 Sicilienne for Flute and Piano (Celia Smith and Barbara Manning)
Vivaldi                            Credo RV. 591

Adam                             Giselle – ballet scenes
Morten Laurisden        O Magnum Mysterium
James MacMillan          O Radiant Dawn
Russell Hepplewhite    Star of the East and Child Jesus So Dear
Traditional                     Ukrainian Bell Carol (arrangement)
Carols with chorus, orchestra and audience

Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus

17 DECEMBER 2022, 3.30PM (tbc)
ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, BRIDGNORTH

To include:
Debussy                   Petite Suite
Roussel                     Le Festin de l'araignée
Vaughan Williams    The Wasps Overture
Humperdinck           Witch's Ride: Hansel and Gretel
Liadov                        Kikimora                

Bridgnorth Sinfonia

2023

7 JANUARY 2023
WEST ROAD CONCERT HALL, CAMBRIDGE
Shohreh Shakoory, Zâl and The Phoenix
April Fredrick, soprano; Director: Julia Mintzer
Kent Sinfonia

14 JANUARY  2023, 7.30PM
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
New Year's Concert

To include:
Milhaud                Le Boeuf sur le toit
Khatachurian       Masquerade Suite
Josef Strauss        Sphäremklänge (Music of The Spheres), Op. 235
Johann Strauss I  Radetzky March

Sidcup Symohony Orchestra

17 JANUARY 2023
TEMPLEWOOD HALL, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra

4 MARCH 2023, 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL

Handel             Overture: Royal Fireworks Music
Biber                Battalia à 10
Górecki            Lento e largo (II): Symphony No.3: Song of Sorrowful Songs
Ravel                Le Tombeau de Couperin (complete)
Haydn              Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse)

Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

11 MARCH 2023
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Beethoven             Piano Concerto No. 4
Dvorák                    Symphony No. 8
Nikita Lukinov, piano
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra

18 MARCH 2023, 7.30PM
ST FRANCIS' CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY

Haydn                       Overture: Il ritorno di Tobia
Mozart                      Sancta Maria, K. 273
Mozart                      Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618
Finzi                           Seven Poems of Robert Bridges
Stanford                   Glorious and Powerful God, Op. 135 No. 3
Stanford                    Justorem Animae, Op. 38
 Haydn                      Insanae at Vanae Curae Hob.XXI:1/13c

Beethoven                 Viiolin Concerto

Andrew Watkinson, violin
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus

25 MARCH 2023, 7.30PM
ST MARY MAGADALENE CHURCH, BRIDGNORTH

Brahms                 Serenade No. 1

Bridgnorth SInfonia
 
13 MAY 2023, 7.30PM
HASLEMERE HALL

Vaughan Williams      The Wasps Overture
Elgar                             From the Bavarian Highlands (chorus and orchestra)
Borodin                       Symphony No.3
Rachmaninov             Spring

Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

20 MAY 2023, 7.30PM
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra

17 JUNE 2023, 730PM
ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, BRIDGNORTH

To include:
Vaughan Williams     Symphony No. 5

Bridgnorth Sinfonia

24 JUNE 2023, 7.30PM
ST FRANCIS' CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY

Mendelssohn              Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mátyás Seiber (arr.)    Six Yugoslav Folk-Songs
Mussorgsky                 Prelude: Sorotchinsky Fair
Mussorgsky                 Night on a Bare Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)

Mendelssohn               Nocturne and Wedding March: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Bryant                           All I have to do is dream (arr. Gitika Partington)
C. Carson Parks,          Somethin’ Stupid (arr. Gitika Partington)
Rodgers and Hart        Blue Moon
Eric Coates                   London Suite (London Every Day)
Purcell                          Come, Ye Sons of Art

Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus

1 JULY 2023
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP

Cherubini      Overture: Lodoïska
Weber            Clarinet Concerto in F minor
Beethoven     Symphony No. 3, Eroica

Sidcup Symphony Orchestra

23 SEPTEMBER 2023
PITVILLE PUMP ROOM, CHELTENHAM

To include: Ney Rosauro    Serenata for Marimba and Vibraphone with String Orchestra

Darcy Beck, marimba/vibraphone
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra

14 OCTOBER 2023
ST CHRISTOPHER'S CHURCH, HASLEMERE
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra

15 OCTOBER 2023
TEWIN BURY
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra

23 OCTOBER 2023
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Sidcup Sympnhony Orchestra

2 DECEMBER 2023
HASLEMERE HALL
Beethoven      Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Clive Osgood    New commission (title tbc)
Haslemere Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

9 DECEMBER 2023 (tbc)
ST FRANCIS' CHURCH, WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus

6 JANUARY 2024 (tbc)
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, SIDCUP
Sidcup Symphony Orchestra


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