Past Concerts
2024
Sunday 30th June 2024
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Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Vaughan-Williams - Tuba Concerto Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Ballet Music |
Sunday 4th February 2024
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A performance by the Elmfield Trio: Clare Thompson, violin; Josh Salter, cello; Sarah Down, piano.
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Sunday 28th January 2024
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Britten - Four Sea Interludes Dyson - Violin Concerto Walton - Symphony No.1 |
2023
Sunday 5th November 2023
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Jerome Besozzi - Sonata in B flat major for bassoon and piano |
Sunday 1st October 2023
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Sibelius - Pohjola's Daughter Schumann - Cello Concerto R. Strauss - Ein Heldenleben |
Sunday 9th July 2023
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Cello sonatas by Frank Bridge and Alan Rawsthorne, played by Lorraine Deacon and Andy Spiceley, followed by Mendelssohn String Symphony no.10, and Bach Brandenburg Concerto no.3, played by a string group from West Forest Sinfonia. |
Sunday 25th June 2023
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Griffes - Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Debussy - Première Rhapsodie Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919) |
Sunday 5th February 2023
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The Elmfield Trio:
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Sunday 29th January 2023
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Elgar - Enigma Variations Butterworth - Banks of Green Willow Panufnik - Katyń Epitaph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.4 |
2022
Sunday 6th November 2022
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Sunday 2nd October 2022
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Rachmaninov - Caprice Bohémien Ravel - Shéhérazade Shostakovich - Symphony No.5 |
Sunday 3rd July 2022
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Sunday 26th June 2022
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Janáček - Cunning Little Vixen Suite Brahms - Double Concerto Dvorak - Symphony No.8 |
Sunday 8th May 2022
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Fauré - Pelléas et Mélisande Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No.1 Martinů - Oboe Concerto Mozart - Symphony No.35 |
Sunday 13th February 2022
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet in B flat for piano, flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon : |
Sunday 30th January 2022
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Bax - The Garden of Fand Walton - Viola Concerto Elgar - Symphony No.2 |
2021
Sunday 26th September 2021
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Debussy arr. Busser - Petite Suite Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder Prokofiev - Classical Symphony Ravel - Mother Goose Suite |
2020
Sunday 9th February 2020
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A concert of music for Horn, Violin and Piano, including Brahms' Trio in E flat major, Op.40. |
Sunday 26th January
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Prokofiev - Cinderella Suite No.3 Tchaikovsky - Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin Stravinsky - Rite of Spring |
2019
Sunday 10th November
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Music for piano and winds to include Mozart's Quintet in E flat major, K452 and the Poulenc Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano. |
Sunday 22nd September
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Bernstein - On the Waterfront Lukas Foss - Three American Pieces Robert Farnon - Rhapsody for Violin & Orchestra Gershwin - An American in Paris |
Sunday 7th July
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Flute, Oboe and strings - Flute and Oboe combine with strings to perform an eclectic programme of trios, quartets and quintets. There will be Mozart, Beethoven, JC Bach and a baroque trio sonata plus some equallly charming music from less well known but accessible twentieth century composers. A real "potpourri" and an ideal way to spend a summer's evening! |
Sunday 23rd June
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Kodály - Dances of Gálanta Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra Op. 33 Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra |
Sunday 10th February
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Piano and strings - pianist Andy Spiceley joins members of West Forest Sinfonia's string section to perform music featuring women composers Amy Beach, Rebecca Clarke and Fanny Mendelssohn. |
Sunday 27th January
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Bax - Symphony No. 3 Alwyn - Autumn Legend Elgar - In the South ('Alassio') overture |
2018
Sunday 25th November
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Piano and winds - members of West Forest Sinfonia's wind section play sextets including Janáček's Mládí and Poulenc's Sextet for piano and wind quintet. |
Sunday 7th October
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Smetena - Vltava (from Má Vlast) Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Brahms - Symphony No. 1 |
Sunday 8th July
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Brahms - String Quartet in A minor Op.51 No.2 Elgar - String Quartet Op.83 |
Sunday 17th June
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Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet Dohnanyi - Variations on a Nursery Theme Sibelius - Symphony No. 1 |
Sunday 11th February
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Mozart's radiant Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581, with its aria-like melodies, is featured alongside an octet for wind and strings by André Caplet, a close friend of Debussy. |
Sunday 28th January
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Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto Mahler - Symphony No. 9 |
2017
Sunday 26th November
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Mozart - Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica (KV617) Dvorak - Five Bagatelles for two violins, cello and harmonium Mozart - Church Sonatas KV328, KV67, KV336 Join the West Forest Chamber Ensemble and Royal Academy of Music accordion student Ben de Souza as they demonstrate the versatility of the classical accordion and its transcription repertoire. Featuring music by Mozart and Dvorak, this concert will showcase both the sound of the accordion and its similarities and differences with the instruments for which these pieces were written. |
Saturday 14th October
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Handel - The King Shall Rejoice Mozart - Exsultate Jubilate Mozart - Laudate Domine Vivaldi - Gloria |
Sunday 24th September
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Prokofiev - March from The Love of Three Oranges Bernstein - 3 Meditations from Mass Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7 |
Sunday 9th July
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The final concert in WFS's 2016/17 season takes us into the summer break with possibly the most exuberant holiday postcard in the music world: Tchaikovsky's joyous Souvenir de Florence played by a sextet taken from our string section. |
Sunday 25th June
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Mozart - Overture to The Magic Flute Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique' |
Sunday 23rd April
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Featuring the sonorous tones of the cor anglais, this programme includes a transcription of a rarely heard but beautiful work by Glinka. |
Sunday 26th March
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Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Copland - Clarinet Concerto Barber - Adagio for Strings Berkeley - Serenade for String Orchestra Copland - Appalachian Spring |
Sunday 12th February
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Stravinsky - Octet Janáček - Capriccio for Piano Left-hand and Chamber Ensemble Dreamworks! West Forest Sinfonia's wind and brass sections perform dramatic and virtuoso works from two of the twentieth century's most original masters: Stravinsky's brilliantly scored Octet, full of wit and elegance, and written directly in response to a dream; and the rarely performed Capriccio for piano (left hand) and wind ensemble, written by Janáček for a pianist wounded in the first World War and originally titled Defiance, blending quirky humour, lyricism and great emotional depth. |
Sunday 29th January
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Holst - Ballet Music from 'The Perfect Fool' Howells - Piano Concerto No. 1 Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Bax - Spring Fire |
2016
Sunday 6th November
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Following their last sell-out concert, the cello section of West Forest Sinfonia return to South Hill Park for another evening of music for cello ensemble. This will be a fun and varied programme of music old and new. Sit back and enjoy the glorious sound of cellos filling the Recital Room! |
Sunday 25th September
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Stravinsky - Symphony in 3 Movements Mozart - Symphony No. 38 Duparc - 3 Orchestral Songs Debussy - La Mer |
Sunday 17th July
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An evening of wind and string chamber music. Programme includes flute and oboe quartets by Mozart and a quintet for flute, oboe and strings by JC Bach, who was often referred to as the "London Mozart". |
Sunday 26th June
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Bax - Tintagel York Bowen - Viola Concerto Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3 "Organ" |
Saturday 23rd April
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Beethoven - Overture "The Creatures of Prometheus" Mendelssohn - Psalm 115 Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2 Elgar - Death on the Hills Op. 72 Weber - Mass No. 1 in E♭ |
Sunday 20th March
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Purcell (arr. Britten) - Chaconne in G minor Bridge - Valse Intermezzo Kenneth Leighton - Suite Veris Gratia Elgar - Serenade Adam Carse - Two Sketches Warren - Heather Hill Holst (arr. Jacob) - Moorside Suite |
Sunday 28th February
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Strauss - Sextet from Capriccio Brahms - Sextet No. 2 in G Major (Op. 36) Gorgeous string sextets performed by members of West Forest Sinfonia, including the overture from Strauss' last opera, Capricco, well-known as a string sextet in its own right, and Brahms' sextet no. 2, which has been described as 'the most ethereal' of his larger works. |
Sunday 31st January
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Brahms - Haydn Variation Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 Mendelssohn - "Scottish" Symphony No. 3 |
2015
Saturday 14th November
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Mozart - Spaur Messe K.258 Haydn - Organ Concerto in C Bruckner - Mass in C Major Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 2 K.417 Mozart - Orgelsolomesse K.259 |
Sunday 8th November
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Farrenc - Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor Schubert - Piano Quintet in A major "Trout" An afternoon of music from France and Austria. Both the Farrenc Piano Quintet and Schubert's Piano Quintet were written not for the usual piano quintet of piano and string quartet, but instead for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass. |
Saturday 17th October
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Fauré - Requiem Schubert - Mass in G |
Sunday 27th September
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Strauss - Rosenkavalier Suite Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto Elgar - Symphony No. 1 |
Sunday 19th July
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West Forest Winds - music from members of the woodwind section of WFS, to include works for oboes by Beethoven and James MacMillan |
Sunday 28th June
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Mendelssohn - Ruy Blas Overture Brahms - Violin Concerto Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances |
Sunday 22nd March
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Beethoven - Egmont Overture Mozart - Piano Concerto k.466 in D minor Fauré - Pelléas & Mélisande Schubert - Symphony No. 5 |
Sunday 15th February
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Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor - Op. 57 Dvorak - Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Op. 81 Members of West Forest Sinfonia are joined by pianist Sarah Down for performances of masterpieces of Czech and Russian chamber music |
Sunday 1st February
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Sibelius - The Wood Nymph Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 |
2014
Saturday 15th November
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Mozart - Concerto for Flute and Harp Haydn - St. Cecilia Mass |
Saturday 8th November
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Patrick Hawes - I know the music (world première) Cherubini - Requiem in C minor Elgar - Nimrod |
Sunday 12th October
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'Sweet Desire' - music featuring the warm sonorities of viola, oboe, oboe d'amore and piano. Programme includes late Romantic works by George Enescu and York Bowen, and a transcription of Brahms' gorgeously sensuous Gestillte Sehnsucht |
Sunday 28th September
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Roger May - Blazing Sun (world première) Dvorak - Cello Concerto Mahler - Symphony No. 1 |
Sunday 13th July
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'With jazz in mind...' Music influenced by jazz & ragtime, including Stravinsky's 'The Soldier's Tale' |
Saturday 28th June
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Verdi - Requiem |
Sunday 22nd June
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Humperdink - Handsel & Gretel Prelude Richard Strauss - Orchestral Songs Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre Berlioz - Royal Hunt and Storm Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel |
Saturday 26th April
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Mozart - Missa Brevis in B♭ - K.275 Vaughan-Williams - Oboe Concerto Mozart - Missa Brevis in D - K.194 Schubert - Mass in C - D.452 |
Saturday 29 March
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Handel - Concerto Grosso in F Major Op.6 No.2 Vivaldi - Concerto in G Major for Two Guitars RV 532 Bach - Concerto for Two Pianos in C Major BWV 1061 Elgar - 3 Characteristic Pieces Op.10 Copland - Clarinet Concerto |
Sunday 23rd March
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Elgar - Serenade for Strings Vaughan-Williams - Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus Bloch - Concerto Grosso Ravel - Introduction & Allegro - Version for Chamber Orchestra Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen |
Sunday 23 February
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Grand Quintetto, after Serenade in B♭, K361 Mozart (arr. Schwenke) |
Sunday 2 February
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Mozart - Overture to 'The Marriage of Figaro' Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2 Delius - Walk to the Paradise Garden Elgar - Enigma Variations |
2013
Saturday 23 November
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Sunday 10 November
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A concert of string music featuring the Mendelssohn octet |
Saturday 19 October
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Sunday 29 September
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Mozart Symphony No.36 "Linz" Mahler Symphony No.5 |
Sunday 7 July
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Sun 23 June
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Respighi Botticelli Pictures Martinů Tocatta e due canzoni Sibelius Swan of Tuonela Stravinsky Firebird (1919 Suite) |
Sat 11 May
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Hovhannes Missa Brevis Thompson The Last Words of David arr. Rutter Battle Hymn of the Republic |
Sat 27 March
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Beethoven Coriolan Overture Mendelssohn Psalm 98 Op.91 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 Bruckner Mass No.1 in D minor |
Sat 16 March
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Arensky Serenade for Strings Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.6 Dag Wiren Serenade for Strings Finzi Prelude & Romance for Strings Finzi Clarinet Concerto |
Sun 24 February
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Schubert Trio in B flat D.417 Warlock The Curlew Warlock Capriol Suite |
Sun 27 January
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Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Brahms Symphony No. 2 |
2012
Sat 10 November
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Ireland "These Things Shall Be" Ireland "Greater Love Hath No Man" Brahms German Requiem |
Sat 13 October
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Roman God is our Refuge Cimerosa Oboe Concerto Bach Cantata no. 80 Mozart Coronation Mass |
Sun 30 September
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Berlioz Overture Les Franc-Juges Chausson Poeme Ravel Sheherazade Debussy La Mer |
Sun 27 May
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Pickard "Flight of Icarus" Vaugham-Williams "Serenade to Music" (10 soloists) Butterworth "Banks of Green Willow" Elgar "In the South" |
Sun 29 January
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Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis De Falla "El Amor Brujo" (Rae Evans) Mahler "Blumine" Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 |
2011
Sat 12 November
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Mozart Mass in C Bach Bradenburg Concerto no 1 Suite no 3 Haydn Mariazellermesse |
Tue 8 November
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Hummel Mass |
Sun 25 September
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Delius "La Calinda" Elgar Violin Concerto (Sarah Sew) Sibelius Symphony No 2 |
Sun 26 June
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Vaughan Williams Overture "The Wasps" Nicholas Gotch Fantazia (in Memoriam Michael Tippett) Saint-Saёns Cello Concerto (Jessica Burroughs) Vaughan Williams "A London Symphony" |
Sat 14 May
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Parry Blest pair of sirens Vaughan Williams 5 Mystical Songs.? Songs of the fleet Butterworth The banks of green willow |
Sat 19 March
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Jenkins Armed Man mass |
Sat 26 February
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Handel Messiah |
Sun 30 January
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Nielsen Helios Overture Sibelius Violin Concerto (Eloisa-Fleur Thom) Brahms Symphony No 4 |
2010
Sat 13 November
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Mozart Kyrie Holst Hymn of Jesus Jenkins Armed man Mass |
Sat 16 October
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Handel Messiah |
Sun 26 September
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Ravel Mother Goose Suite Debussy Premiѐre Rhapsodie for Clarinet & Orchestra (Elizabeth Drew) Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 |
Sun 27 June
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Schubert Symphony No 3 Tippett Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli (James Ranson, Giles Wade, Lorna Taylor) Wagner Siegfried Idyll Mozart Symphony No 40 |
Sat 8 May
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Mendelsohnn Fingal’s Cave Hear my prayer Beethoven Choral Fantasia Mass in C |
Sat 24 April
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Mendelsohnn Overture A calm sea and a prosperous voyage Berlioz excerpts from Benvenuto Cellini Bruch Violin Concerto Mozart Requiem |
Sat 27 March
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Verdi Requiem |
Sun 31 January
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Marlow Rhys "…And the mountains are dancing" (WFS Composer's Competition finalist) Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor (Eloisa-Fleur Thom) Prokofiev Symphony No 5 |
2009
Sat 14 November
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Vivaldi Gloria |
Sun 27 September
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Mendelssohn "Hebrides" Overture Berg Seven Early Songs (Eileen Pinkarchevski) Mahler Symphony No 4 |
Sun 21 June
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Bliss Checkmate Suite Holst Double Concerto for Two Violins (Giles Wade & James Ranson) Tchaikovsky Symphony No 1 |
Sat 6 June
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Handel Alexander’s Feast |
Sat 25 April
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Copland Appalachian Spring Gershwin Porgy and Bess excerpts Durufle Requiem |
Sat 4 April
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Bruckner Zwei Aqueali Mozart Solemn Vespers Requiem Eine Kleine Nachtmusik |
Sat 28 March
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Tippett A child of our time |
Sun 8 March
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Haydn Symphony No 49 Schnittke Piano Concerto (Andy Spiceley) Milhaud La Création du monde Mozart Symphony No 35 |
2008
Sun 7 December
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Bach Christmas Oratorio |
Sat 15 November
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Pergolesi Magnificat Bach Brandenburg Concerto no 3 Albinoni Adagio Vivaldi Magnificat Gloria |
Sun 28 September
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Borodin Prince Igor Overture Miaskovsky Cello Concerto (Jessica Burroughs) Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade |
Sun 22 June
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Roger May Flight to the Iolite (WFS Composer's Competition Prize Winner) Brahms Concerto for Violin & Cello (Ron Colyer & Juliet Colyer) Tobjörn Hultmark Alcántara for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra (WFS Composers' Competition Prize Winner)(Kevin Ransom, solo trumpet) Sibelius Symphony No 5 |
Sat 7 June
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Haydn Creation |
Sat 26 April
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Weber Overture Euryanthe Opera Choruses Elgar Cello Concerto Puccini Messa di Gloria |
Sun 10 February
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Mozart Symphony No 38 Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne (Natalie Clifton-Griffith) Brahms Serenade No 1 |
2007
Sat 17 November
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Beethoven Mass in C |
Sat 10 November
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Verdi Requiem |
Sun 23 September
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Mozart "Don Giovanni" Britten Violin Concerto (Alexandra Wood) Tchaikovsky Symphony No 2 |
Sun 24 June
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R Strauss Five Songs Tchaikovsky Suite No 3 |
Sat 5 May
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Grieg peer Gynt Suite Coleridge Taylor Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast Death of Minnehaha Sibelius swan of Tuonela |
Sat 28 April
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Bach St John Passion |
Sun 1 April
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Schumann Symphony No 4 Ravel Piano Concerto in G (Daniel Smith) |
Sun 14 January
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Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 (Ian Buckle) Dvorak Symphony No 8 |
2006
Sat 21 October
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Mozart Eine Kleine Nactmusik Piano Concerto in A major Grieg Holberg Suite Chopin Piano Concerto no 2 |
Sun 24 September
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Britten Suite "Gloriana" Britten "Les Illuminations" (Andrew Yeats) Brahms Symphony No 1 |
Sat 23 September
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Brunel’s Kingdom |
Sat 8 July
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Handel Dettingen Te Deum Hummel Messe Solemne in C |
Sun 25 June
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Debussy Prelude a L’Apres Midi d’un Faune Walton Cello Concerto (Lorraine Deacon) Stravinsky Firebird Suite |
Sat 24 June
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Beethoven programme |
Sat 17 June
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Mozart Solemn Vespers Haydn The Seasons |
Sun 14 May
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Schumann Piano Concerto (Nicola Eimer) Beethoven Symphony No.2 |
Sat 29 April
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Vaughan Williams Overture The Wasps Walton Jubilate Deo Spitfire Prelude & Fugue Masagni Easter Hymn Rutter Feel the spirit Magnificat |
Fri 14 April
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Karl Jenkins Armed Man Choral Suite Brahms Requiem |
Sat 1 April
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Parry Blest Pair of Sirens Brahms Requiem |
Sat 25 March
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Karl Jenkins Mass for Peace Rutter Gloria |
Sun 19 March
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Bartok Piano Concerto No.3 (Andy Spiceley) Beethoven Symphony No.6 |
Sun 15 January
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Franck Symphonic Variations (Chris George) Beethoven Symphony No.5 |
2005
Sat 10 December
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Christmas concert |
Sat 26 November
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Handel Messiah |
Sat 15 October
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Bruckner Mass for Wind Mozart Requiem |
Sun 25 September
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Beethoven Violin Concerto (Martin Smith) Shostakovitch Symphony No.5 |
Sat 2 July
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Handel Alexander’s Feast |
Sun 26 June
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Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings Haydn Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe Bassoon Violin and Cello (Hazel Todd, ?, Ron Colyer, Neil Charlton) Beethoven Symphony No.7 |
Sat 2 April
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Elgar Dream of Gerontius |
Sat 5 March
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Mendelssohnn Elijah |
Sun 30 January
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Weber Oberon Strauss Four Last Songs Shostakovitch Symphony No.10 |
2004
Sat 16 October
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Puccini Messa di Gloria |
Sun 26 September
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Sibelius Tapiola Britten Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings (Andrew Yeats and Elspeth Dutch) Brahms Symphony No.3 |
Sun 27 June
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Bach Suite No.3 Mozart Violin Concerto in A Major (Ron Colyer) CPE Bach Bassoon Concerto (Sally-Anne Bartholomew) Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin |
Sat 15 May
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Haydn Nelson Mass Puccini Messa di Gloria |
Sat 24 April
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Elgar from the Bavarian highlands Light of life Tchaikowsky Sleeping Beauty |
Fri 9 April
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Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise Hear my Prayer |
Sat 20 March
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Verdi Requiem |
Sun 25 January
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Janáček Suite “The Cunning Little Vixen” Bartok Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta Dvorak Symphony No.8 in G |
2003
Sat 13 December
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Christmas concert |
Sat 8 November
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Verdi "Brindisi" from La Traviata Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (David Johnson) Puccini "Nessum Dorma" from Turandot Rossini Stabat Mater |
Sat 8 November
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Verdi Brindisi from Traviata Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Rossini Stabat Mater |
Sun 28 September
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Sibelius Lemminkainen’s Return Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 (Juliet Bruce) Elgar Symphony No.1 |
Sun 22 June
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Haydn Symphony No.31 “Horn Signal“ Tchaikovsky Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin Mahler Symphony No.4 (Anne-Marie Czajkowski, soprano) |
Mon 5 May
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Handel Coronation Anthems Mozart Solemn Vespers |
Sun 2 March
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Walton "Belshazzar's Feast" Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2 (George Clark) |
Sun 2 February
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Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 (Andrew West) Dvorak Symphony No.7 in D minor |
2002
Sat 14 December
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Christmas concert |
Sat 19 October
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Mendelssohnn Lobgesang Brahms Song of Destiny Academic festival Overture |
Sat 12 October
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Mendelssohnn Elijah |
Fri 4 October
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Haydn Nelson Mass Durufle Requiem |
Sun 29 September
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Madetoja Symphony No.1 Sibelius Neilsen Flue Concerto (Ellen Wiles) Sibelius Symphony No.2 |
Sat 22 June
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Brahms Variations on St Anthony Chorale Beethoven Symphony No.9. Anne-Marie Czajkowski Susan Jelly Alistair Armit and David Stout with Reading Haydn Choir |
Sat 11 May
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Parry I was glad Elgar Nursery Suite Handel Zadok the Priest Faure Requiem |
Sat 23 March
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Purcell Rejoice in the Lord always Bach Gloria in Excelsis Deo Cantata 191 Handel Ode to St Cecilia’s Day |
Sun 3 February
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Delius Walk to the Paradise Gardens Elgar Cello Concerto (Lorraine Deacon) Walton Symphony No.1 |
2001
Sat 15 December
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Bach Christmas Oratorio |
Sat 1 December
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Mozart Exultate Jubilate C minor Mass CPE Bach Magnific |
Sat 20 October
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Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem Mendelssohnn Hear my Prayer Hymn of Praise Overture Ruy Blas |
Sun 30 September
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Mozart Symphony No25 Martinu Rhapsody Concerto (Giles Wade, viola) Tchaikovsky Suite No.1 |
Sat 30 June
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Handel Dixit Dominus Finzi Dies Natalis Britten Te Deum |
Sun 24 June
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Britten Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Schumann Konzertstucke (Ian Stott, Kathryn Saunders, Elspeth Taylor, Caroline Emery - horns) Schubert Symphony No.9 |
Sat 7 April
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Bach St John Passion |
Sat 24 March
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Vivaldi Gloria Mozart Requiem |
Mon 12 March
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Mozart Mass in C minor Prague Symphony Verdi Opera Choruses |
Sat 10 February
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Humperdink Prelude to Hansel and Gretel Mozart Sinfonia Concertante (Robert Gibbs, violin, and Helen Kaminga, viola) Shostakovitch Symphony No.15. |
2000
Sat 16 December
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Christmas concert Corelli Christmas Concerto Bach Keyboard Concerto Handel Pastoral Symphony |
Sat 9 December
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Handel Messiah |
Sat 25 November
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Haydn Nelson Mass Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Finzi In Terra Pax |
Sun 19 November
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Mendelssohn Die Schoene Melusine Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (Alison White) Beethoven Symphony No.2. |
Sat 14 October
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Handel Messiah |
Sat 7 October
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Mozart - Cassation in B Flat Violin Concerto No.3 in G (Ron Colyer) Serenade in G “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” Symphony No.29 |
Sun 25 June
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Nielsen Helios Overture Martinu Concerto for Double String Orchestra Piano and Timpani (Juliet Bruce and Graham Dare) Brahms Symphony No.4. |
Sat 6 May
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Elgar The Dream of Gerontius |
Tue 2 May
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Haydn Nelson Mass Mozart Vespers |
Sat 11 March
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Rutter Psalmfest Requiem |
Sun 30 January
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Barber Essay No.1 (replaced Holst Egdon Heath) Ginastera Harp Concerto (Jenny Broome) Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6. |
1999
Fri 19 November
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Britten Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes“ Copland Clarinet Concerto (Liz Drew) Kernis Musica Celestis Elgar Enigma Variations. |
Sun 13 June
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Mozart Symphony No.31 “Paris” Barber Adagio (replaced Shostakovitch Two Pieces for Strings from “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” and Polka from “The Age of Gold“) Mozart Oboe Concerto (Rachel Porter) Beethoven Symphony No.2 |
Sat 8 May
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Albinoni Adagio for Orgna & Strings (David Davies) Parry "Blest Pair of Sirens Dvorak Stabat Mater |
Sat 27 March
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Ireland "These Things Shall Be" Tippet "A Child of Our Time (Julie Melinek Kate Woolveridge Maldwyn Davies David Crown |
Sun 28 February
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Bach Orchestral Suite No.1 F. Martin Petite Symphonie Concertante (Jenny Broome, harp, Juliet Bruce, piano, Katherine May, harpsichord) R. Strauss Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings Haydn Symphony No.49 “La Passione”. |
1998
Sat 5 December
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Bush A Christmas Cantata (Valerie Wright) |
Sat 21 November
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Haydn Oratorio "The Creation" (Marie Vassiliou, Anthony Rich, Anthony Cunningham) |
Sun 11 October
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Debussy Prelude a L’Apres Midi d’un Faune Strauss Four Last Songs (Elizabeth Nash) Brahms Symphony No.2 |
Sun 7 June
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Arensky Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky (replaced Nielsen Helios Overture) Dvorak Cello Concerto (Richard May) Shostakovitch Symphony No.1 |
Fri 1 May
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Elgar "From the Bavarian Highlands" Edvard Greig "Peer Gynt" Suite Mendelssohn "Hebrides" Overture Stanford "Songs of the Sea" (Michael Bundy) Borodin "Polovtsian Dances" |
Sun 25 January
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Respighi Three Botticelli Pictures Panufnik Katyn Epitaph Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 (Lucy Waterhouse) Haydn Symphony No.104 “London” |
1997
Sat 4 October
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Brahms "Song of Destiny" (Julia Dewhurst) Brahms Requiem (Julia Dewhurst, Michael Bundy) |
Sat 27 September
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Verdi Overture “La Forza del Destino“ Walton Viola Concerto (Helen Kaminga) Dvorak Symphony No.3 |
Sat 24 May
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Mendelssohn "Elijah" (Bronwen Mills, Hilary Fisher, Matthew Beale, David Usher) |
Sun 11 May
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Elgar Introduction and Allegro Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Tallis Holst St. Paul’s Suite Corelli Concerto Grosso Op6. No.2 Tippett Fantasia on a Theme of Corelli |
Sat 10 May
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Elgar Pomp & Circumstance March No 4 Poulence Gloria Elgar "Sea Pictures" Elgar "The Music Makers" |
Sat 15 March
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Buxtehude Magnificat Britten "Les Illuminations" (Bronwen Mills) Schubert Mass in G DV 167 |
Sun 23 February
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Schubert Overture “Rosemunde” Beethoven Concerto No. 5 in Eb (James Kirby) Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor |
1996
Thu 19 December
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Handel "Messiah" (Janet Fairlie, Yvonne Woods, Mark Wilde, Julian Saipe) |
Sat 28 September
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Beethoven Overture “Leonora No. 3” Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor (Robert Whysall Gibbs) Dvorak Symphony No. 7 in D minor |
Sat 1 June
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Britten Les Illuminations (Adele Paxton) Sibelius Pelleas et Melisande Suite Elgar Sospiri. |
Sat 18 May
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Mendelssohn "Elijah" (Julia Dewhurst, Margater Maguire, Mervyn Collins, Michael Bundy) |
Sun 11 February
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Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture "Romeo and Juliet" Mahler Adagietto for Strings & Harp from Symphony No. 5 Mozart Motet "Exultate Jubilate" K165 (Katherine Paterson) |
1995
Sat 14 October
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Britten war Requiem |
Sat 7 October
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Haydn Oratorio "The Creation" |
Sun 9 July
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Mozart Overture “Mitridate” Mozart Concert Aria (Elizabeth Nash) Bartok Divertimento Dvorak Czech Suite |
Sun 21 May
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Schubert Symphony No 5 in Bb Mozart Concerto in Bb for Bassoon & orchestra (Sally-Ann Bartholomew) Rubbra Symphony No. 10 Opus 145 Haydn Symphony No. 44 in E minor |
Sat 20 May
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Coleridge-Taylor "Hiawatha" (Diana Vivian, David Newman, Michael Wakeham) |
Sat 1 April
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Purcell Odefor Saint Cecilia's Day Purcell Chcony in G minor(Andrew Fletcher) Handel Organ Concerto No. 2 Handel Dettingen Te Deum |
Sun 5 March
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Mendelssohn "Elijah" |
Sun 12 February
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Handel Oratorio "Messiah" (Bronwen Mills, Reiner Schneider-Waterberg, Simon Lumby, Michael Pearce) |
1994
Sat 22 October |
Handel The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Handel Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.2 Bach Double Violin Concerto Boyce Symphony Purcell Chaccony Bach Concerto for Oboe and Violin Handel Water Music (excerpts). |
Sat 8 October
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Sun 25 September |
Copland Latin American Sketches Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb (Jonathan Higgins) Arvo Part “Fratres” Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D |
Sun 10 July |
Rossini “The Italian Girl in Algiers” Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto (Hazel Todd) Vaughan-Williams Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D |
Sat 18 June
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Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony Coleridge-Taylor Hiawatha's Wedding Feast |
Sun 8 May
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Mozart “Le Petit Rien” Ballet Suite Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 in D (Juliet Bruce) Mozart Serenade in C minor for Wind Octet Mozart Symphony No 38 in D “The Prague” |
Sat 26 February
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MacDonald "The Birth of Spring" Vaughan-Williams "Five Mystical Songs Mozart Requiem (Ingrid Attrot, Deborah Miles-Johnson, Graham Titus) |
Sun 13 February
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Rossini Overture “The Thieving Magpie” Saint-Saens “Carnival of the Animals” (Juliet Bruce & Sarah Down) Ravel Mother Goose Suite Respighi “The Birds” |
1993
Sat 9 October
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Handel "Zadok The Priest Haydn Symphony No. 45 Gow "The Returning Waters" Ramirez Folk Mass - Misa Criolla |
Sat 25 September |
Weber Overture “Der Freischutz” Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor (Jamie Walton) Tchaikowski Symphony No. 1 in Gm “Winter Daydreams” |
Sun 11 July |
Rossini Overture “The Barber of Seville” Beethoven Violin Concerto (Krystof Smietana) Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 |
Sun 23 May
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Dvorak Serenade for Strings Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19 in F (Jerome Sadler) Beethoven Symphony No. 4 |
Sat 27 March
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Elgar Oratorio "The Dream of Gerontius" (Patricia Bardon, Nigel Robson, David Gwesyn Smith) |
Sun 14 March
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Stravinsky Dances Concertantes Sibelius Rakastrava Suite Faure Pavane Haydn Symphony No. 101 in D |
1992
Mon 7 December
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Mozart Requiem (Angela Henckel, Der-Shin Hwang, Julian Stocker, Giles Davies) |
Sun 27 September
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Mozart Symphony No. 32 Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor(John Burleigh) Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D |
Sun 5 July
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Mozart Overture “The Magic Flute” Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor (Martin Smith) Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor |
Sun 10 May
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Beethoven Overture “Coriolan” Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 in G (Rupert Burleigh) Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A |
Thu 20 February
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Mozart Divertimento in D K 136 Vaughan Williams “Greensleeves” Fantasia Elgar Serenade for Strings opus 20 Warlock “Capriol” Suite Holst “St Paul’s” Suite
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Sun 16 February |
Mendelssohn Overture “The Hebrides” Prokofiev “Peter and the Wolf” Poulence Concerto for 2 pianos (Juliet Bruce & Helen Peet) Mozart Symphony No. 34 in C |
1991
Sun 22 September
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Mozart Overture “Don Giovanni” Strauss Oboe Concerto (Hazel Todd) Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F |
Sun 23 June
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Sullivan Overture “Iolanthe” Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G (Nicholas Beach) Faure Suite “Masques et Bergamasques” Hindemith % Pieces for Strings Beethoven Symphony No.1 in C |
Sun 28 April
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Rossini Overture to "The Italian Girl in Algiers" Martinu Toccata e Due Canzoni Copland "Quite City" (Kevin Ransom) Haydn Symphony No 104 in D |
Fri 15 March
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Mendelssohn "Elijah" (Eileen Pinkarschewsky, Catherine Sams, Mark Tinkler, Edward Fraser) |
Sun 10 February
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Walton "Belshazzar's Feast Grieg Piano Concerto (Garry Kung) Kodaly Psalmus Hungaricus Saint-Saéns Cello Concerto (Johanna Knowles |
Sun 20 January
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Weber Overture “Abu Hassan” Paule Reade “Cinderella” (Dominic Barber) De Falla Riual Dance from “El Amor Brujo” Macagni Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana” Kodaly Dances from Galanta. |
1990
Sun 23 September
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Mozart Overture “La Clemenza di Tito” Beethoven Concerto No.3 in Cm (Juliet Bruce) Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances Schubert Symphony No.3 in D. |
Sat 23 June
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Verdi Requiem (Susan McCulloch, Yvonne Howard, David Anderson, David Gwesyn Smith) |
Sun 17 June
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Sibelius “Pelleas et Melisande” Bruch Violin Concerto (Nicholas Beach) Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A |
Sat 28 April
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Richard Strauss Serenade in Eb Opus 11 Copland Suite “Appalachian Spring” Milhaud “La Creation du Monde” Dvorak Serenade in Dm Opus 44. |
Sat 17 March
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Handell "Messiah" (Mry Plazas, Richard Wyn-Roberts, Huw Rhys-Evans, Martin Shaw) with Wokingham Choral Society |
Sun 25 February
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Richard Rodney Bennett Farnham Festival Overture Copland “Appalachian Spring” Vivaldi recorder Concerto in C (Andrew Challinger) Howard Blake “The Snowman” (Dominic Barber) |
1989
Sat 23 September
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Mozart Overture “Idomineo” Beethoven Triple Concerto (Martin Smith, Pal Banda, Sarah Down) Elgar Serenade for Strings Haydn Symphony No. 83 “The Hen”. |
Sat 22 July
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Britten “Rejoice in the Lamb” Britten Simple Symphony Mozart Sinfonia Conertante (Crista Porter, Malcolm Porter) Haydn Little Organ Mass. |
Tue 13 June
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Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in Eb Mozart Concerto for flute & harp (Janet Way, Janice Gardner Brown) Tippet Little Music for Strings |
Sun 19 February
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Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 (Benjamin Colyer) David Cooper “Herne the Hunter” (1st performance) Ibert Divertissement Saint-Saens “Carnival of the Aninmals” (Malcolm Davies & Paul Kempson, Dominic Barber- - Narrator) |
1988
Sat 24 September
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Mendelssohn Overture “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Opus 21 Schumman Konzertstucke Opus 88 for four horns (Peter Widgery, Simon de Souza, Jennifer Steele, Charlotte Robinson) Stephen Penny “Homage to Edvard Munch (1st performance) Kurt Weill “Kliene Dreigroschenmusik” |
Sat 2 July
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Rossini Overture “La Cenerentola” Weber bassoon Concerto (Gwyn Parry-Jones) Bizet “jeuz d’enfants” Milhaud “La Creation du Monde” Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F |
Sat 30 January
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Haydn Cello Concerto in D (David Johnstone) Stravinsky “Pulcinella” Suite Wagner “Siegfried Idyll” Mozart Symphony No. 40 |
1987
Sat 19 September
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Mozart “Haffner” Symphony Faure “Pelleas et Melisande” Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 (Malcolm Davies) Vaughan Williams “The Lark Acending” Prokofiev Classical Symphony. |
Sat 20 June
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Beethoven Overture “Leonora No. 1” Haydn Symphony No. 99 Debussy Prelude “L’Apres-midi d’un faune” Stravinsky “Dumbarton oaks” Debussy “L’apres-midi d’un faune” |
Sun 8 February
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Handel Concerto in F “Water Music” Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A Arnold Sinfonietta No. 1 Opus 48 Schubert Symphony No. 5 in Bb |