West Forest Sinfonia

Concerts 2024 - 2025

Sunday 7th July 2024

  • 7.30pm in the Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Wind quintets performed by members of West Forest Sinfonia: Simon Salisbury - flute, Hazel Todd - oboe, Barbara Salisbury - clarinet, Mike Johnstone - bassoon, Pamela Wise - horn:

  • Darius Milhaud - La Cheminée du Roi René
  • Gyorgy Ligeti - Six Bagatelles
  • Norman Hallam - Dance Suite
and performed by the Whiteknights Ensemble: Sarah Barrett - Clarinet, Mel Le Breuilly - Violin, Chico Chakravorty - Violin, Rachel Colbourne - Viola, Chris Barrett - Cello:
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op. 10

Sunday 6th October 2024

  • 4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Antonina Suhanova - Piano
Messiaen Les Offrandes Oubliée
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
Shostakovich Symphony No. 9

Sunday 3rd November 2024

  • 4.30pm in the Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Carl Fruhling: Clarinet trio in A minor, Op 40
Barbara Salisbury (clarinet), Jackie Ratcliff (cello) and Helen Deeks (piano)

Debussy: String quartet in G minor, op.10
Karen Burgess and Christina Beales (violins), Susan Black (viola) and Jackie Ratcliff (cello)

Sunday 23rd February 2025

  • 4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • April Frederick - Soprano
Martinů Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
R. Strauss Four Last Songs
Mahler Symphony No. 4

Sunday 2nd March 2025

  • 4.30pm in the Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Backofen: Quintet for basset horn and string quartet
Caplet: Conte Fantastique for harp and string quartet
Ibert: Trio for flute, violin and harp
Players to be confirmed

Sunday 29th June 2025

  • 4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading
  • Joe Davies - Guest Conductor
  • Samantha Moore - Flute
Stravinsky Symphony in C
Poulenc Flute Sonata arr. Berkeley
Sibelius Symphony No. 2

Sunday 6th July 2025

  • 7.30pm in the Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Programme TBC

WFS reserves the right to make programme changes where necessary.