Previous Seasons

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2020 – Cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Joo Yeon Sir (Violin)

PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, Classical
DVORÁK Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER 2020

Conductor –  Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Dave Lee (Horn)

Autumn Serenade –  a chamber concert staged to comply with COVID-19 social distancing regulations

MOZART Serenade for Wind in C minor, Nachtmusick
MOZART Concerto for Horn No. 3 in E flat
PIAZOLLA Two Tangos, Oblivion and Libertango
ELGAR Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2020 – Cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic

Conductor – George Vass
Soloist – Benjamin Appl (Baritone)

WEBER Overture to Der Freischütz
MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
PHILIP LE BAS Yuki-Onna
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2021 – Cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Katherine Lacy (Clarinet)

FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80
COPLAND Clarinet Concerto
SIBELIUS Karelia Suite, Op. 11
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 2021 – Cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic

Conductor – Alice Farnham
Soloist – Stephen Hough (Piano)

BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
VILLA Sortilège
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
GRACE WILLIAMS Fantasy On Welsh Nursery Tunes
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol

SUNDAY 11 APRIL 2021 – Cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic

Conductor – Roderick Dunk

STRAUSS Serenade for Wind in E flat major, Op. 7
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
WALTON Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor

SUNDAY 2 MAY 2021 – Cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Isata Kanneh-Mason (Piano)

RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op. 25
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2019

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Howard Shelley (Piano)

DVORÁK Slavonic Dances (Nos. 1, 2 & 8), Op. 46
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op. 18
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 1 in F minor, Op. 10

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2019

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Amy Harman (Bassoon)

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Suite
WEBER Bassoon Concerto
SCHUMANN Symphony No 3, Rhenish

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2020

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soprano – Susana Gaspar
Mezzo-soprano – Cátia Moreso
Tenor – Jung Soo Yun
Baritone – David Stephenson

Opera Gala

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 2020

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Martin James Bartlett (Piano)

COPLAND Appalachian Spring
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major
BRAHMS Symphony No 4

SUNDAY 5 APRIL 2020 – Cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Thomas Gould (Violin)

BIZET Jeux d’Enfants
BARBER Violin Concerto
MASSENET Méditation from Thaïs
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 6, Pastoral

SUNDAY 3 MAY 2020 – Cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemic

Conductor – Roderick Dunk

MOZART Symphony No. 40
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 2018

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Freddy Kempf (Piano)

KHACHATURIAN Masquerade Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2018

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soprano – Annette Wardell
Narrator – Alex Jennings

Armistice Centenary Concert

BASIL HOOD (Excerpt) O Peaceful England
ELGAR Chanson de Nuit
HOLST Mars, The Bringer of War
JOHN McRAE In Flanders Fields
HOLST I Vow To Thee My Country
RAVEL Menuet (from Le Tombeau De Couperin)
A. E. HOUSMAN Here Dead We Lie
FAURÉ Pie Jesu (from The Requiem)
RUPERT BROOKE The Soldier
BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow
VARIOUS Songs of World War I
JOHN WILLIAMS The Homecoming (War Horse)
LAURENCE BINYON Ode of Remembrance (For the Fallen)
TRADITIONAL Evening Hymn, Last Post and Sunset
ELGAR Enigma Variations (Complete)

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 2018

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Nicola Benedetti (Violin)

BIZET L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
RAVEL Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
CÉSAR FRANCK Symphony in D minor

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2019

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Aleksandar Djermanovic (Piano)

MOZART Overture: La Clemenza di Tito
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A, Italian
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor

SUNDAY 3 MARCH 2019

Conductor – George Vass
Soloist – Katherine Lacy (Clarinet)

WALTON Façade Suites (Selection)
VINER Sleeping Gomatz
ARNOLD Clarinet Concerto No. 2
DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor

SUNDAY 7 APRIL 2019

Conductor – Roderick Dunk

Music from the Movies

Hooray for Hollywood
Out of Africa
Lawrence of Arabia
Ben-Hur
Gabriel’s Oboe
The Sea Hawk
Back to the Future
Harry Potter (Nimbus 2000)
Indiana Jones Theme
The Godfather
Batman
Schindler’s List
Classic Bond
Star Wars

SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER 2017

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Mezzo-Soprano – Dame Sarah Connolly

KODÁLY Dances of Galánta
ELGAR Sea Pictures
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2017

Conductor – Mark Shanahan
Soloist – Steven Isserlis (Cello)

WEBER Oberon Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5, Op. 67

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 2017

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Alexandra Wood (Violin)

BORODIN Prince Igor Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
HELY-HUTCHINSON A Carol Symphony

SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2018

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Martin James Bartlett (Piano)

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
MOZART Piano Concerto No.24
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 2018

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Stephen Hough (Piano)

MOZART Symphony No. 31, Paris
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

SUNDAY 8 April 2018

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Laura Van Der Heijden (Cello)

GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
WALTON Cello Concerto
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 2016

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Callum Smart (Violin)

SIBELIUS Finlandia Op. 26
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
PROKOFIEV Movements from Romeo and Juliet

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2016

Conductor – George Vass

ARNOLD English Dances Set 1, Op. 27 
TIPPETT Concerto for Double String Orchestra
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 2016

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soprano – Susana Gaspar
Mezzo-Soprano – Jean Rigby
Tenor – Jung Soo Yun
Baritone – Richard Morrison

WAGNER Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
BEETHOVEN Quartet from Fidelio Act 1
MOZART “Der Vogelfänger Bin Ich Ja” from The Magic Flute Act 1
SAINT-SAËNS “Mon Cœur S’Ouvre à ta Voix” from Samson and Delilah Act 2
PUCCINI Three Vocal Extracts from La Bohème Act 1
ROSSINI Overture from The Thieving Magpie
ROSSINI “Largo al Factotum” from The Barber of Seville Act 1
ROSSINI “Dunque io son… tu non m’inganni?” from The Barber of Seville
VERDI Operatic Highlights from La Traviata, Aida and Rigoletto

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2017

Conductor – Neil Thompson
Soloist – Peter Donohoe (Piano)

SHOSTAKOVICH Festival Overture, Op. 96
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 2017

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Andrew Muir (Clarinet)
Soloist – Helen Pye (Oboe)
Soloist – Philip Le Bas (Bassoon)
Soloist – Emile Kaper (French Horn)

ELGAR Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major for Winds, K. 297b
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Reformation, Op. 107

SUNDAY 2 APRIL 2017

Conductor – Roderick Dunk

MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K. 543
MAHLER Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2015

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Leonard Elschenbroich (Cello)

DUKAS Fanfare preceding La Péri
DVORÁK Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
HOLST The Planets, Op. 32

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2015

Conductor – George Vass
Soloist – Thomas Gould (Violin)

HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E flat major, Drumroll
HAYDN Concerto in C major for Violin and Orchestra, Hob.Vlla:1
PÄRT Fratres
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 3 in C

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 2015

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Xuefei Yang (Guitar)

NICOLAI Christmas Overture
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra
VIVALDI Concerto in D major for Guitar and Orchestra, RV 93
GLAZUNOV The Seasons (ballet), Op. 67

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2016

Conductor – Mark Shanahan
Soloist – Victor Sangiorgio (Piano)

BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 2016

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Alexandra Wood (Violin)

MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
ELGAR Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55

SUNDAY 3 APRIL 2016

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Freddy Kempf (Piano)

COPLAND Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Suite, On the Waterfront
GERSHWIN An American in Paris

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Peter Donohoe (Piano)

SMETANA Vltava (The Moldau) from Má Vlast
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verklärung), Op. 24

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2014

Conductor – Mark Shanahan
Soloist – Raphael Wallfisch (Cello)

BOCCHERINI Symphony in D major, Op. 42, G. 520
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
TCHAIKOVSKY Nocturne for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 19, No. 4
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Symphonic Suite, Scheherazade

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 2014

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – David Lee (Horn)

HUMPERDINK Overture from Hansel and Gretel
STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat, AV 132
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Dance of the Tumblers from “The Snow Maiden”
TRADITIONAL (arr. MOORE) A Christmas Carol Medley
TCHAIKOVSKY (arr. DUNK) Mélodie Op. 42, No. 3
HUBAY (arr. DUNK) The Violin Maker of Cremona
SILVESTRI and BALLARD (arr. BRUBAKER) Concert Suite from “The Polar Express”
MONTI Csárdás
ELFMAN (arr. HOHENSEE) Christmas Eve Montage
ANDERSON A Christmas Festival

SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2015

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Veronica Shoot (Piano)

VERDI Overture to Nabucco
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 2015

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Matthew Trusler (Violin)

ROSSINI Overture to The Barber of Seville
LALO Symphonie Espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 21
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

SUNDAY 12 APRIL 2015

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soprano – Rebecca Bottone

BERLIOZ Overture “Le Corsaire”, Op. 21
CANTELOUBE Chants d’Auvergne (Songs of the Auvergne)
STRAVINSKY Circus Polka
STRAVINSKY Suite from the Ballet, The Firebird

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 2013

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Callum Smart (Violin)

BRITTEN Matinées Musicales, Op. 24
BRITTEN Violin Concerto, Op. 15
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2013

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Kate Moore (Trumpet)

TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty
SHOSTAKOVICH Ballet Suite No. 1
PAKHMUTOVA Trumpet Concerto in E flat minor
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 2013

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Laura van der Heijden (Cello)

MASSENET Ballet Music from Le Cid
CHABRIER Habanera
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
LEHÁR Gold and Silver Waltz
BRITTEN Men of Goodwill
COATES Cinderella, Phantasy for Orchestra
KELLY A Christmas Celebration (world première)

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2014

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Lara Melda (Piano)

MACCUNN Overture, Land of the Mountain and the Flood
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 in E flat, Romantic

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 2014

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Alexandra Wood (Violin)

MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, “Haffner”
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

SUNDAY 6 APRIL 2014

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soprano  – Lisa Milne

HAYDN Symphony No. 1 in D major
STRAUSS Vier Letzte Lieder (last four songs)
MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 2012

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Simon Preston (Organ)

CHABRIER España, Rhapsody for Orchestra
DEBUSSY Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
POULENC Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 (Organ Symphony)

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2012

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Stephen Hough (Piano)

HANDEL (arr. HARTY) Suite from “Water Music”
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200
BRAHMS Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 2012

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Callum Smart (Violin)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Polonaise from Christmas Eve, Suite
DELIUS Sleigh Ride (Winter Night)
CHAUSSON Poème for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25
JOHN WILLIAMS Adventures on Earth, from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)
PROKOFIEV Troika from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60
IRELAND The Holy Boy
REBIKOV Waltz from The Christmas Tree Suite, Op. 21
TCHAIKOVSKY Decoration of the Christmas Tree and Pas de Deux from Nutcracker Suite No. 2, Op. 71b
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
MOZART Dance No. 3 in C “Sleigh Ride”
HEWITT JONES A Christmas Cracker

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2013

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Leonard Elschenbroich (Cello)

WAGNER Overture, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 107
DVORÁK Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60

SUNDAY 3 MARCH 2013

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Matthew Trusler (Violin)

SIBELIUS Karelia Overture, Op. 10
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 7 APRIL 2013

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soprano – Annette Wardell
Mezzo-Soprano – Heather Shipp
Tenor – Neil Allen
Baritone – Richard Morrison
Royal Tunbridge Wells Choral Society

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
DVORÁK Serenade in D minor, Op. 44
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 2011

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Freddy Kempf (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, “The Italian Girl in Algiers”
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3, Op. 90

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2011

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – David Pyatt (Horn)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
MOZART Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat, K. 447
BIZET Petite Suite d’Orchestra (Jeux d’Enfants)
LARSSON Concertino for Horn and String Orchestra, Op. 45, No. 5
BIZET Symphony in C major

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 2011

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Lara Melda (Piano)

ARNOLD The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols
TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
JOHN WILLIAMS Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Suite for Orchestra
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
ANDERSON A Christmas Festival

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2012

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Callum Smart (Violin)

WALTON Orb and Sceptre
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
COATES The Three Elizabeths, Suite
ELGAR The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a
WALTON Crown Imperial

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 2012

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Jong-Gyung Park (Piano)

NICOLAI The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2012

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Guy Johnston (Cello)

GERMAN Overture, “Nell Gwyn”
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
BLISS Prologue and Five Dances from Checkmate
BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 2010

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Emmanuel Despax (Piano)

SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture, Op. 96
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2010

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Nicola Benedetti (Violin)

BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
DVORÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 2010

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Jong-Gyung Park (Piano)
Soloist – Anthony Zerpa-Falcon (Piano)
Narrator – Derek Watmough

WEBER (orch. BERLIOZ) Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

SAINT-SAËNS The Carnival of the Animals
MILHAUD Brazileira from Scaramouche, suite for two pianos, Op. 165b
LANE Overture on French Carols
MILHAUD Le Bœuf sur le toit, Op. 58
KELLY Scrooge (world première)

SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2011

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Richard Simpson (Oboe)

MOZART Overture Don Giovanni
STRAUSS Oboe Concerto, AV 144
MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D major, Titan

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 2011

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Stephen Hough (Piano)

LISZT Symphonic Poem, Les Preludes
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
GRIEG ‘Peer Gynt’, Suite No. 1
BORODIN Symphony No. 2 in B minor

SUNDAY 3 APRIL 2011

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Nicola Benedetti (Violin)
Soloist – Leonard Elschenbroich (Cello)

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
BRAHMS Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55 , Eroica

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2009

Romantic Spectrum

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Nicola Benedetti (Violin)

COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D. 485
GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2009

Classically Crafted

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Robert Plane (Clarinet)

ELGAR Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47
MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 2009

Something Seasonal

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Jack Gibbons (Piano)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Suite, The Snow Maiden
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Concerto Grosso
KELLY Improvisations on Christmas Carols
TOMLINSON Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2010

Scottish Sounds

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Peter Moore (Trombone)

BRAHMS Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16
JACOB Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 2010

Russian Roots

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Yevgeny Sudbin (Piano)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
BORODIN In the Steppes of Central Asia
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

SUNDAY 11 APRIL 2010

The Civic Concert

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Guy Johnston (Cello)

DVORÁK Czech Suite, Op. 39
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op. 129
BRAHMS  Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2008

From Fantasy to Reality

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Freddy Kempf (Piano)

TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
MEDELSSOHN Scherzo, Nocturne and Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
BRAHMS Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2008

England and the Orient

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Robert Cohen (Cello)

ELGAR Concert Overture: Froissart
WALTON Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Symphonic Suite, Scheherazade

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 2008

Family Christmas Concert

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Narrator– Jennie Goossens

HUMPERDINCK Overture: Hansel and Gretel
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf
COATES The Three Bears: a Phantasy
BRITTEN Simple Symphony
KHACHATURIAN Adagio from Spartacus
ANDERSON A Christmas Festival

SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2009

Classical Achievements

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Benjamin Grosvenor (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture: The Thieving Magpie
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 2009

It’s a Brave New World

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Jeremy Clack (Trumpet)

HAYDN  Symphony No. 94 in G major, The Surprise
HAYDN  Trumpet Concerto in E flat
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, from The New World

SUNDAY 5 APRIL 2009

The Civic Concert

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Anthony Zerpa-Falcon (Piano)

IRELAND A London Overture
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme, Enigma, Op. 36

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 2007

Classical to Romantic

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Paul Lewis (Piano)

MENDELSSOHN Overture: Ruy Blas, Op. 95
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
SIBELIUS Valse Triste, Op. 44
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2007

Orchestral Contrasts

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Andrew Marriner (Clarinet)

WEBER Overture: Oberon
FINZI Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, Op. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 2007

Say It With Music

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Cynthia Fleming (Violin)
Soloist – Jill Crowther (Oboe)

DOUGLAS A Nowell Sequence
BACH Concerto in D minor for Violin and Oboe BWV 1060
GRIEG Holberg Suite for Strings, Op. 40
ALBINONI Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9 No. 2
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C, Jupiter, K. 551

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2008

A Russian Sandwich

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Alexandra Wood (Violin)

BORODIN Overture: Prince Igor
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique, Op. 74

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 2008

Celtic Connections

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Llŷr Williams (Piano)

STANFORD Irish Rhapsody No. 1
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 in B flat, Op. 38, Spring

SUNDAY 6 APRIL 2008

The Civic Concert

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Lawrence Power (Viola)

ELGAR Nursery Suite
WALTON Viola Concerto in A minor
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 in D major

SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER 2006

Russian

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Freddy Kempf (Piano)

SUPPÉ Die Schöne Galathée
VERDI La Traviata, Act 1
HAYDN Symphony No. 101 in D, The Clock
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 2 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 44

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2006

Variations

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Raphael Wallfisch (Cello)

DVORÁK Symphonic Variations, Op. 78
TCHAIKOVSKY Variatuions on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, The Pastoral

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 2006

Russian

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Pip Eastop (Horn)

BIZET Suite from Carmen
MOZART Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat, K. 417
MOZART (reconstructed HUMPHRIES) Concert Rondo in E flat for Horn, K. 371
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20

SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2007

Pianofest

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Simon Crawford-Phillips (Piano)
Soloist – Philip Moore (Piano)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
MOZART Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat, Op. 365
POULENC Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra
FALLA Dances from The Three-Cornered Hat

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 2007

European Adventure

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Morgan Szymanski (Guitar)

KODÁLY Variations, The Peacock
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2007

The Civic Concert

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Jennifer Pike (Violin)

WAGNER Overture Tannhäuser
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219
FRANCK Symphony in D minor

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 2005

Romantic Interludes

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Benjamin Grosvenor (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture from William Tell
CHOPIN Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2005

Romantic Interludes

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Juliette Bausor (Flute)
Soloist – Sally Pryce (Harp)

WAGNER Overture Rienzi
MOZART Concerto for Flute and Harp in C, K. 299
ELGAR Symphony No. 1 in A flat, Op. 55

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 2005

The Italian Connection

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Anthony Marwood (Violin)

SCHUBERT Overture in C, In the Italian Style, D. 591
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2006

Northern Perspectives

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Piers Lane (Piano)

MENDELSSOHN Fingal’s Cave – Overture, Op. 26
GREIG Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 2006

Winter Landscape

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Susanna Kim (Piano)
Soloist – Jonathan Bloxham (Cello)
Soloist – Agate Darashkaite (Violin)

SMETANA Overture: The Bartered Bride
BEETHOVEN Concerto in C major for Piano, Violin and Cello
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, Winter Daydreams

SUNDAY 2 APRIL 2006

The Civic Concert

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Jack Gibbons (Piano)

REZNICEK Overture Donna Diana
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 2004

The Well-Tempered Orchestra

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Alexandra Wood (Piano)

TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
SIBELIUS Karelia Overture, Op. 10
NIELSEN Symphony No. 2, Op. 16, The Four Temperaments

SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2004

East European Delights

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Freddy Kempf (Piano)

GLINKA Overture: A Life for the Tsar
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
DVORÁK Symphony No. 5 in F, Op. 76

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 2004

London Dances

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – David Pyatt (Horn)
Tenor – Daniel Norman

ELGAR Overture: Cockaigne – In London Town
BRITTEN Serenade, Op. 102, for tenor, horn and strings
HÉROLD La Fille Mal Gardée: Suite
DÉLIBES Coppélia: Suite No. 2

SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2005

Northern Lights

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Natalie Clein (Cello)

SIBELIUS Karelia Suite, Op. 11
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 107
GLAZUNOV The Seasons, Op. 67

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 2005

Russian Festival

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Kate Moore (Trumpet)

DVORÁK Symphonic Poem The Noon-Day Witch, Op. 108
ARUTIUNIAN Trumpet Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 3 APRIL 2005

The Civic Concert

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Antti Siirala (Piano)

BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat, K. 482
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2003

Czech Carnival

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Raphael Wallfisch (Cello)

DVORÁK Concert Overture: Carnival
DVORÁK Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 92
DVORÁK Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 10

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2003

Imperial Romantics

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Paul Lewis (Piano)

MENDELSSOHN Overture; Die Schöne Melusine
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 2003

A Christmas Cracker

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Andrew Marriner (Clarinet)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
GRIEG Peer Gynt – Incidental Music
TCHAIKOVSKY The Sleeping Beauty – Suite from the Ballet

SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2004

String Showcase

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Christopher Harris (Organ)
Soloist – Sally Pryce (Harp)

BOIELDIEU Overture: La Dame Blanche
GLIÈRE Harp Concerto, Op. 74
DEBUSSY Danses sacrée et Profanes
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ Symphony

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 2004

Classic Contrasts

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Duncan McTier (Double Bass)

BEETHOVEN Overture: Leonore No. III, Op. 72b
BOTTESINI Concerto No. 2 in B minor for Double Bass and Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2, Op. 27

SUNDAY 4 APRIL 2004

The Civic Concert

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Libor Novacek (Piano)
Soprano – Merryn Gamba

SCHUBERT Overture: Rosamunde
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 2002

A Celebration

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Emma Johnson (Clarinet)

WALTON Suite: Façade
CRUSELL Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 5
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2002

Russian Festival

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Freddy Kempf (Piano)

PROKOFIEV Symphonic Suite: Lieutenant Kijé
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 2002

Contrasts

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)

TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
HAYDN Oboe Concerto in C
BELLINI Oboe Concerto in E flat
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, Little Russian

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2003

Vienna Connections

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – David Pyatt (Horn)

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200
R STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 11
MOZART Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 2003

Bohemian Rhapsody

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Qian Wu (Piano)

KODÁLY Suite: Háry János
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
DVORÁK Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60

SUNDAY 6 APRIL 2003

The Civic Concert

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Anthony Marwood (Violin)

WALTON Coronation March: Orb and Sceptre
BUTTERWORTH Rhapsody: A Shropshire Lad
ROSSINI (arr. BRITTEN) Matinées Musicales, Op. 24
ELGAR Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 2001

Premières

Conductor – Rumon Gamba
Soprano – Merryn Gamba

GLINKA Overture: Ruslan & Ludmilla
BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’été
ELGAR Symphony No. 3

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2001

Gala Concert

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Jean-Phillippe Collard (Piano)

ARNOLD Overture: Tam O’Shanter
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 2001

Fireworks and Fairytales

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Catherine Rattray (Horn)
Soloist – Jane Rhind (Clarinet)

SULLIVA (arr. MACKERRAS) Suite: Pineapple Poll
MILHAUD Scaramouche for Clarinet and Orchestra
MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat, K. 495
LOVREGLIO (orch. EVANS) Fantasia on Themes from La Traviata for Clarinet and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite: The Nutcracker

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2002

80th Birthday Festivities

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Alina Ibragimova (Violin)

DOUGLAS Overture: Festivities
SIBELIUS Tone Poem: Finlandia, Op. 26
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55

SUNDAY 3 MARCH 2002

Children’s Corner

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Lucy Parham (Piano)
Narrator – Robert Hardcastle

HUMPERDINCK Overture: Hänsel and Gretel
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

SUNDAY 7 APRIL 2002

The Civic Concert

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Natalie Clein (Cello)

WALTON (arr. MATHIESON) Suite: Henry V
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER 2000

Bohemian Rhapsody

Conductor – Rumon Gamba
Soloist – Emma Johnson (Clarinet)

STRAVINSKY Suite: Pulcinella
WEBER Concerto No. 2 in E flat for Clarinet and Orchestra
DVORÁK Symphony No. 7 in D flat, Op. 70

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2000

Anglo-Russian Fireworks

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Freddy Kempf (Piano)

IRELAND A London Overture
ELGAR Variations on an original theme Enigma, Op. 36
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 2000

A Millenium Concert

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Julian Lloyd-Webber (Cello)

BIZET L’Arlésienne, Suite No. 2
HAYDN Concerto in C for Cello and Orchestra
SMETANA The Moldau, Vltava from Symphonic Suite Ma Vlast
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2001

Northern Lights

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Florian Uhlig (Piano)

KHATCHATURIAN Masquerade: Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 2001

Brass and Strings

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – John Wallace (Trumpet)

HAYDN Trumpet Concerto in E flat
FINZI Romance for String Orchestra, Op. 11
HOROVITZ Trumpet Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2001

A Concert for Marjorie

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Cynthia Fleming (Violin)

ELGAR Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Symphonic Suite, Scheherazade, Op. 35

SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 1999

Conductor – Rumon Gamba
Soloist – Juliette Bausor (Flute)

BIZET Carmen: A Selection from the Suites
IBERT Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68

SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 1999

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Jack Gibbons (Piano)

GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 1999

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Natia Mdinaradze (Violin)

TCHAIKOVSKY Eugen Onegin
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2000

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – The Phillip Eastop Horn Ensemble

MOZART Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201
SCHUMANN Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op. 86
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 2000

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Leslie Howard (Piano)

MacCUNN Overture: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
DVORÁK Symphonic Variations, Op. 78
BRAHMS Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83

SUNDAY 2 APRIL 2000

The Best of British

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Raphael Wallfisch (Cello)
Kent Youth Choir, dir. Andrew Larner

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Overture: The Wasps
ELGAR Concerto in E minor fore Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85
HOLST The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 1998

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Artur Pizarro (Piano)

BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from the Ballet Swan Lake, Op. 20
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5, Emperor, in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 1998

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Philip Dukes (Viola)

DUKAS Fanfare, La Péri
CHAUSSON Symphony in B flat, Op. 20
BERLIOZ Symphony for Viola and Orchestra, Harold in Italy, Op. 16

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 1998

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Helen Crayford (Piano)
Soloist – Angela Whelan (Trumpet)

ELGAR Froissart Concert Overture, Op. 19
SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings in C minor, Op. 35
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 1999

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Kathryn Stott (Piano)

KODÁLY Dances of Galánta
POULENC Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
FAURÉ Ballade for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op. 60

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 1999

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)

DELIUS Brigg Fair, An English Rhapsody
STRAUSS Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in D
MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D

SUNDAY 11 APRIL 1999

A Civic Concert

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Gyorgy Pauk (Violin)

MOZART Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
BRAHMS Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 1997

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Jack Gibbons (Piano)

COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
GERSHWIN Concerto F for Piano and Orchestra
DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 1997

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Lionel Handy (Cello)
Soloist – Thelma Handy (Violin)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Fidelio
BRAHMS Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 the Great C major, D. 944

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 1997

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Leslie Howard (Piano)

CHOPIN Ballet, Les Sylphides
LISZT Concerto No. 2 in A major for Piano and Orchestra
LISZT Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra
STRAVINSKY Suite from the Ballet The Firebird

SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 1998

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Lucy Wakeford (Harp)

BORODIN Overture, Prince Igor
GLIÉRE Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 74
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29, The Polish

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 1998

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Martin Loveday (Horn)

HAYDN Symphony No. 83 in G minor, The Hen
MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat, K. 495
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

SUNDAY 5 APRIL 1998

A Civic Concert

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Jean-Philippe Collard (Piano)

BRITTEN Soirées Musicales, Ballet Suite Op. 9
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1
RAVEL Ma Mere L’Oye Suite, Mother Goose
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 1996

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Robert Cohen (Cello)

DOUGLAS Festivities
DVORÁK Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104
GLAZUNOV Symphony No. 7, Op. 77

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 1996

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Anthony Goldstone (Piano)
Soloist – Caroline Clemmow (Piano)

HANDEL arr. HARTY Suite from Music for the Royal Fireworks
MOZART Concerto in E flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365
POULENC Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra
FALLA Dances from The Three Cornered Hat

SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 1996

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Phillip Eastop (Horn)

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200
STRAUSS Concerto No. 2 in E flat for Horn and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from the Ballet The Nutcracker
J STRAUSS II Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257
J STRAUSS II Thunder and Lightening Polka, Op. 314
J STRAUSS II Waltz, The Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314
J STRAUSS I Radetsky March

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 1997

75th Anniversary Concert

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Gyorgy Pauk (Violin)

WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D major, The London
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto, Op. 61

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 1997

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Andrew Marriner (Clarinet)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music
FINZI Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

SUNDAY 6 APRIL 1997

A Civic Concert

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)

HÉROLD Overture, Zampa
SCHUMANN  Concerto in A for Piano and Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER 1995

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Xue Wei (Violin)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, The Hebrides, Op. 26
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 1995

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Kathryn Stott (Piano)

OFFENBACH Overture, Orpheus in the Underworld
RAVEL Concerto in G for Piano and Orchestra
FAURÉ Ballad for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 1995

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, The Unfinished
MOZART Concerto in C for Oboe and Orchestra, K. 314
HUMMEL Introduction, Theme and Variations for Oboe and Orchestra
SUPPE Overture, Light Cavalry
J. STRAUSS II Waltz, Morning Papers and The Emperor
J. STRAUSS I Radetzky March

SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 1996

A Concert Around Europe

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Carlos Bonell (Guitar)

DVORÁK Czech Suite, Op. 39
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra
ALBENIZ Asturias, for Solo Guitar
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 in B flat, the Spring, Op. 38

SUNDAY 3 MARCH 1996

Malcolm Binns, His 60th Birthday Concert

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Malcolm Binns (Piano)

DUCKWORTH The Shipbuilders
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90
FRANCK Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra

SUNDAY 31 MARCH 1996

A Civic Concert

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soprano – Patricia Rozario

SIBELIUS Suite, Karelia
RICHARD STRAUSS Four Last Songs
MAHLER Symphony No. 4

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 1994

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Robert Cohen (Cello)

POULENC Movements from the Ballet, Les Biches
WALTON Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
FRANCK Symphony in D minor

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 1994

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Yuri Didenko (Piano)

PROKOFIEV Symphonic Suite, Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60
SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto No. 2 in F for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 102
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, the Pathetique, Op. 74

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 1994

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – William Bennett (Piano)

SULLIVAN arr. MACKERRAS Suite from the Ballet Pineapple Poll
NIELSEN Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
CHAMINADE Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107
RICHARD STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 1995

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Tasmin Little (Violin)

ROSSINI Overture, The Thieving Magpie
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 44
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 2, The London

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 1995

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet)
Soloist – Martin Loveday (Violin)
Soloist – Nick Milner-Gulland (Harpsichord Continuo)

VIVALDI The Four Seasons
HUMMEL Concerto in E flat for Trumpet and Orchestra
HAYDN Symphony No. 88 in G

SUNDAY 2 APRIL 1995

A Civic Concert

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)

WEBER Overture, Abu Hassan
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra
ELGAR Symphony No. 2 in E flat, Op. 63

SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 1993

Conductor – Nicholas Cleobury
Soloist – Tasmin Little (Violin)

WAGNER Suite from Act 3, The Mastersingers of Nuremburg
SIBELIUS Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 47
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 1993

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Anthony Goldstone (Piano)

BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
BRAHMS Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 1993

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Emma Johnson (Clarinet)

DVORÁK Carnival Overture
WEBER Concerto No. 2 in E flat for Clarinet and Orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Symphonic Suite, Scheherazade, Op. 35

SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 1994

In Association with Bethany School

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Narrator – Richard Baker

SCHUBERT Overture, Rosamunde
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf
DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the World

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 1994

Russian

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Dame Moura Lympany (Piano)

GERMAN A Welsh Rhapsody
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
MUSSORGSKY Pictures from an Exhibition

SUNDAY 10 APRIL 1994

A Civic Concert

Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Frederick Kempf (Piano)

JOHANN STAUSS II Overture, Die Fledermaus
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 1992

A Concert for Europe

Conductor – Derek Watmough
with The Royal Tunbridge Wells Choral Society

NEWSON Fanfare for Europe
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, The Choral

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 1992

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Dame Moura Lympany (Piano)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Romanza, from Symphony No. 5 in D major
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, The Italian
BRAHMS Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 1992

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Robert Cohen (Cello)

POULENC Movements from the Ballet Les Biches
ELGAR Concerto in E minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 1993

Conductor – Brian Wright
Soloist – Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)

TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy-Overture, Romeo and Juliet
RICHARD STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
BELLINI Concerto in E flat for Oboe and Strings
BORODIN Symphony No. 2 in B minor

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 1993

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Gyorgy Pauk (Violin)

ROSSINI Overture, Semiramide
DVORÁK Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 53
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

SUNDAY 4 APRIL 1993

A Civic Concert

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Malcolm Binns (Piano)

BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 1 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 , The Romantic

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 1991

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – John Wallace (Trumpet)

BRAHMS Variations on the St. Antony Chorale
HAYDN Concerto in E flat for Trumpet and Orchestra
HUMMEL Concerto in E major for Trumpet and Orchestra
STRAVINSKY Suite from the Ballet The Firebird

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 1991

Conductor – Nicholas Cleobury
Soloist – Martin Loveday (Violin)
Soloist – Jeremy White (Viola)

KODÁLY Dances of Galanta
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K. 364
BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11

SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 1991

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Artur Pizarro (Piano)

WEBER Overture, Oberon
DOUGLAS A Nowell Sequence
BIZET Symphony in C
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 1992

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Gyorgy Pauk (Violin)

BIZET Overture, Doctor Miracle
MENDELSSOHN Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55, Eroica

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 1992

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – José Feghali (Piano)

ELGAR Three Bavarian Dances
CHOPIN Concerto No. 1 in E minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 11
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17

SUNDAY 5 APRIL 1992

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Thea King (Clarinet)

HANDEL Suite from The Water Music
SPOHR Concerto No. 4 for Clarinet and Orchestra
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Op. 78, The Organ

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 1990

Gala Concert

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Barry Tuckwell (French Horn)

ELGAR Overture, Froissart, Op. 19
MOZART Concerto No. 1 in D for Horn and Orchestra, K. 412
RICHARD STRAUSS  Concerto No. 1 in E flat for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 11
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 1990

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Anthony Goldstone (Piano)

TCHAIKOVSKY Introduction, Waltz and Polonaise, Eugene Onegin
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 1990

Conductor – Nicholas Cleobury
Soloist – Jennifer Stinton (Flute)
Soloist – Aline Brewer (Harp)
Choir – Schola Cantorum 1, St. Leonards-Matfield School, dir. Kenneth Pont

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Flourish for Wind, and Prelude 49th Parallel
MOZART Concerto in C for Flute and Harp, K. 299
HOLST The Planets, Op. 32

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 1991

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Jeremy Menuhin (Piano)

NICOLAI Overture, The Merry Wives of Windsor
MOZART Concerto No. 9 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, K. 271
DVORÁK Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 76

SUNDAY 3 MARCH 1991

Conductor – Nicholas Cleobury
Soloist – Alexander Baillie (Cello)

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
SCHUMANN Concerto in A minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 129
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B flat, Op. 100

SUNDAY 7 APRIL 1991

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)

ARNOLD Four Scottish Dances
FRANCAIX L’Horloge de Flore
ELGAR Symphony No. 1 in A flat, Op. 55

SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER 1989

Gala Concert

Conductor – Nicholas Cleobury
Soloist – Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)

MOZART Overture, The Magic Flute
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 in D major
DVORÁK Concerto  in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 1989

Conductor – Nicholas Cleobury
Soloist – Bernard Roberts (Piano)

CIMAROSA Overture, The Secret Marriage
BRAHMS Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, The Scotch

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 1989

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Emma Johnson (Clarinet)

BERLIOZ Overture, Beatrice and Benedict
CRUSELL Concerto No. 3 in B flat for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 11
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, the Great C major, Op. posth.

SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 1990

Conductor – Nicholas Cleobury
Soloist – Andrew Haigh (Piano)
Soprano – Fiona Cameron

BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont
SCHUMANN Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54
MAHLER Symphony No. 4

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 1990

Conductor – Christopher Adey
Soloist – Hugh Bean (Violin)

SULLIVAN Overture di Ballo
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93
ELGAR Concerto in B minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 1990

Conductor – Nicholas Cleobury
Soloist – Howard Shelley (Piano)

MUSSORGSKY Prelude, Khovanshchina
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 1988

Conductor – Antony Hopkins
Soloist – Martino Tirimo (Piano)

BORODIN Overture, Prince Igor
FINZI Romance for Strings, Op. II
GRIEG Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 1988

Conductor – Mark Fitz-Gerald
Soloist – Roger Smith (Cello)

DUCKWORTH Man of Thanet
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90
ELGAR Concerto in E minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85
DVORÁK Symphonic Variations, Op. 78

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 1988

Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Philip Gammon (Piano)

MacCUNN Overture, Land of the Mountain and the Flood
SAINT-SAËNS Concerto No. 2 in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 22
LITOLFF Scherzo from Symphonic Concerto No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 1989

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Conductor – Roy Douglas
Soloist – Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)

WEBER Overture, Der Freischütz
DOUGLAS Four Old Scots Tunes
MARCELLO Concerto for Oboe and Strings
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Concerto for Oboe and Strings
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, The Pastoral

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 1989

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Gina McCormack (Violin)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne and Wedding March from A midsummer Night’s Dream
BRUCH Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 26
ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme, Enigma, Op. 36

SUNDAY 2 APRIL 1989

Gala Concert

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Peter Donohoe (Piano)

DVORÁK Overture, Carnival
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, The Emperor
FRANCK Symphony in D minor

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 1987

Conductor – Bramwell Tovey
Soloist – Howard Shelley (Piano)

WALTON, arr. DOUGLAS Orb and Sceptre
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 1987

Conductor – Simon Phipps
Soloist – Emma Johnson (Clarinet)

ROSSINI Overture, La Cenerentola
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Two Hymn-Tune Preludes
WEBER Concerto No. 1 in F minor for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 73
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55, Eroica

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 1987

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Conductor – Roy Douglas
Soloist – Jeremy Carter (Piano)

MOZART Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
DOUGLAS Four Pleasantries
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 4 in G for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
DVORÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 1988

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Lionel Handy (Cello)
Soloist – Thelma Handy (Violin)

GLINKA Overture, Russian and Ludmila
BRAHMS Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102
MAHLER Symphony No. 1

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 1988

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – David Lee (Horn)

IRELAND Epic March
BARBER Adagio for Strings
RICHARD STRAUSS Concerto No. 1 in E flat for Horn and Orchestra
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique

SUNDAY 10 APRIL 1988

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Andrew Haigh (Piano)

WAGNER Prelude, Act 3, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
DELIUS Over the Hills and Far Away
MOZART Concerto No. 21 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 467
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 1986

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Malcolm Binns (Piano)

IRELAND A London Overture
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 1986

Conductor – Bramwell Tovey
Soloist –  Jack Brymer (Clarinet)

ROSSINI Overture, The Italian Girl in Algiers
BRITTEN Simple Symphony
MOZART Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op. 60

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 1986

Conductor – Bramwell Tovey
Soloist – Andrew Haigh (Piano)

SIBELIUS Tone Poem, Finlandia
HOLST St. Paul’s Suite for String Orchestra
MENDELSSOHN Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 25
DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World

SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 1987

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Michael Laird (Trumpet)

SIBELIUS Karelia Suite
WALTON Siesta
HAYDN Concerto in E flat for Trumpet and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, The Pathétique

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 1987

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Conductor – Roy Douglas
Soloists – The Hartley Trio

BUSH Comedy Overture, Yorick
JAMES arr. DOUGLAS Hên Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers)
BEETHOVEN Concerto in C for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 in B flat, Op. 38, The Spring

SUNDAY 5 APRIL 1987

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Anthony Goldstone (Piano)

WEBER Overture, Abu Hassan
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
MOZART Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201
BRAHMS Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 1985

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Louis Kentner (Piano)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Flourish for Wind Prelude, 49th Parallel
BENNETT Sinfonietta
LISZT Concerto No. 1 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 102
CHOPIN Ballades Nos. 1 and 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 1985

Conductor – Bramwell Tovey
Soloist – Christopher Warren-Green (Violin)

BERLIOZ Overture, Beatrice and Benedict
BEETHOVEN Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82

SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 1985

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Conductor – Roy Douglas
Soloist – Philip Gammon (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, Tancredi
DOUGLAS Cantilena for Strings
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 in D
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 2 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 44

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 1986

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Alexander Baillie (Cello)

HUMPERDINCK Overture, Hansel and Gretel
HAYDN Concerto in D major for Cello and Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 1986

Conductor – Derek Watmough
Soloist – Nicholas Daniel (Oboe)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, The Hebrides
WARLOCK Capriol Suite
STRAUSS Oboe Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

SUNDAY 6 APRIL 1986

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Angela Brownridge (Piano)

ELGAR Overture, Cockaigne, Op. 40
MOZART Concerto No. 24 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, K. 491
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 1984

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Alexander Baillie (Cello)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, The Jupiter
ELGAR Concerto in E minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85
TCHAIKOVSKY Theme and Variations from Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 1984

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Anthony Goldstone (Piano)

WALTON March, Crown Imperial
HOLST Brook Green Suite for String Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43
DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 1984

Russian

Conductor – Lionel Friend
Soloist – Martino Tirimo (Piano)

PANUFNIK Old Polish Suite
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37
DELIUS Two Pieces for Small Orchestra
HAYDN Symphony No. 94 in G, The Surprise

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 1985

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Benjamin Frith (Piano)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, Ruy Blas
MOZART Concerto No. 20 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, K. 466
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

SUNDAY 3 MARCH 1985

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Thea King (Clarinet)

ROSSINI Overture, The Silken Ladder
LALO Two Aubades
FINZI Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, Op. 31
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

SUNDAY 31 MARCH 1985

Russian

Conductor – Mark Fitz-Gerald
Soloist – Andrew Haigh (Piano)
Soloist – Derek Watmough (Piano)

ARNOLD Overture, Tam O’Shanter
arr. GRAINGER Irish Air from County Derry
SAINT-SAËNS The Carnival of the Animals
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 1983

Conductor – Marcus Dods
Soloist – Malcolm Binns (Piano)

WEBER Overture, Oberon
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
GRAINGER Spoon River and Harvest Hymn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 1983

Conductor – Colin Metters
Soloist – Lionel Handy (Cello)

SCHUBERT Overture, Rosamunde
DVORÁK Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104
HOLST A Somerset Rhapsody
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, The Italian

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 1983

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Ralph Holmes (Violin)

BIZET Overture, Doctor Miracle
BRAHMS Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra , Op. 77
DELIUS Two Aquarelles
HAYDN Symphony No. 100 in G major, The Military

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 1984

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soprano – Philippa Dames-Longworth

MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
MOZART Aria, Come Scoglio, Cosi Fan Tutte
MAHLER Symphony No. 4

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 1984

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Bernard Roberts (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, The Barber of Seville
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 in D major

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 1984

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Ifor James (Horn)

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, The Unfinished
MOZART Concerto No. 3 in E flat for Horn and Orchestra, K. 447
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
ELGAR Dream Children, Op. 43
BRITTEN Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell

SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 1982

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Howard Shelley (Piano)

SMETANA Overture, The Bartered Bride
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
HAYDN Symphony No. 92 in G, The Oxford
SIBELIUS Karelia Suite, Op. 11

SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 1982

Conductor – Mark Fitz-Gerald
Soloist – Andrew Haigh (Piano)

WAGNER Overture, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
WALTON Suite from the film Henry V
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 1982

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Richard Adeney (Flute)

ROSSINI Overture, The Italian Girl in Algiers
DOUGLAS Four Pleasantries
MOZART Concerto in D for Flute and Orchestra, K. 314
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, The Pastoral

SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 1983

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Richard Markham (Piano)

GLINKA Overture, Russian and Ludmilla
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, The Emperor
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 1983

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Michael Laird (Trumpet)
Soloist – Martin Ings (Trumpet)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Overture, The Wasps
FINZI Romance for String Orchestra, Op. 11
FRANCESCHINI Sonata in D for Two Solo Trumpets and Strings
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
VIVALDI Concerto in C for Two Trumpets and Strings
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Symphonic Suite, Scheherazade, Op. 35

SUNDAY 27 MARCH 1983

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Louis Kentner (Piano)

WEBER Overture, Abu Hassan
CHOPIN Concerto No. 1 in E minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 11
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 1981

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Clifford Benson (Piano)

WALTON Prelude and Fugue, Spitfire
RAVEL Pavane for a Dead Infanta
MOZART Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 1981

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Nicola Hurton (Violin)

ELGAR Concert Overture, Froissart, Op. 19
GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Orfeo
BACH Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, the Great C major, Op. posth.

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 1981

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Anthony Goldstone (Piano)

CRUFT Overture, Tamburlaine
DELIUS A Song Before Sunrise
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19
HOWELLS Puck’s Minuet
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A minor, The Scotch, Op. 56

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 1982

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Carl Pini (Violin)
Soloist – Roger Smith (Cello)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Flourish for Wind
BACH, orch. HOLST Fugue à la Gigue
JACQUES Jubilee Serenade
BRAHMS Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102
DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From The New World, Op. 95

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 1982

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Malcolm Messiter (Oboe)

LISZT Symphonic Poem, Les Préludes
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Concerto for Oboe and Strings
GERMAN Welsh Rhapsody
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

SUNDAY 4 APRIL 1982

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Craig Sheppard (Piano)

GLINKA Overture, A Life for the Tsar
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 1980

Conductor – Christopher Nicholls
Soloist – Peter Frankl (Piano)

IRELAND A London Overture
HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E flat, The Drumroll
BRAHMS Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 1980

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – James Watson (Trumpet)

MacCUNN Overture, Land of the Mountain and the Flood
HOWARTH Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
BORODIN In the Steppes of Central Asia
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 1980

Conductor – Howard Snell
Soloist – Fou Ts’ong (Piano)

NICOLAI Overture, The Merry Wives of Windsor
FERGUSON Four Diversions on Ulster Airs
BEETHOVEN Concerto No.4 in G for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82

SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 1981

Conductor – Lionel Friend
Soloist – Levon Chilingirian (Violin)
Soloist – Nicholas Logie (Viola)

DUCKWORTH March, The Shipbuilders
COOKE Suite from the Ballet Jabez and the Devil
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Violin and Viola, K. 364
DVORÁK Symphony No. 7 in D flat, Op. 70

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 1981

Conductor – Jonathan Del Mar
Soloist – Gervais De Peyer (Clarinet)

SCHUBERT Overture in C in the Italian Style
MOERAN Whythorne’s Shadow
JAMES Hên Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers)
WEBER Concerto No. 1 in F minor for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 73
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Eroica, Op. 55

SUNDAY 5 APRIL 1981

Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Louis Kentner (Piano)

MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D, The Haffner, K. 385
CHOPIN Concerto No. 2 in F minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 21
SMETANA Vltava, from the Symphonic Cycle My Country
ELGAR Nursery Suite
ROSSINI Overture, William Tell

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 1979

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Anthony Goldstone (Piano)

MOZART Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
SCHUMANN Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 54
MAHLER Symphony No. 1

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 1979

Conductor – Howard Williams
Soloist – Ifor James Quartet (Horns)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
MOZART Concerto No.2 in E flat for Horn and Orchestra, K. 417
SCHUMANN Konzertstück in F major for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op. 86
ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme, Enigma, Op. 36

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 1979

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Baritone – Brian Rayner Cook

BOURGEOIS Conflicts for Orchestra 1976, Op. 52
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Mystical Songs
HOLST Two Songs without Words
STANFORD Songs of the Sea, Op. 91
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 in B flat

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 1980

Conductor – Jonathan Del Mar
Soloist – Geoffrey Tozer (Piano)

VERDI Overture, The Force of Destiny
MOZART Concerto No. 23 in A for Piano and Orchestra, K. 488
BERLIOZ Fantastic Symphony

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 1980

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Rohan De Saram (Cello)

BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes, Peter Grimes
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
DEBUSSY Prélude, À l’Après-Midi d’un Faune
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

SUNDAY 30 MARCH 1980

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Howard Shelley (Piano)

HANDEL Polonaise, Arietta and Passacaglia
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37
COPLAND Quiet City
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105

SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER 1978

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Louis Kentner (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, The Barber of Seville
SIBELIUS Karelia Suite
LISZT Concerto No. 2 in A for Piano and Orchestra
CHOPIN Barcarolle, Op. 60
CHOPIN Preludes No. 3 and No. 16, Op. 28
CHOPIN Ballad No. 3 in A flat, Op. 47
MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K. 543

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 1978

Conductor – Jonathan Butcher
Soloist – Philip Martin (Piano)

HANDEL The Music for the Royal Fireworks
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 1978

Conductor – John Carewe
Soloist – Gillian Sansom (Violin)

WAGNER A Faust Overture
MENDELSSOHN Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64
DVORÁK Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60

SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 1979

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Bernard Roberts (Piano)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, Ruy Blas, Op. 95
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, The Emperor, Op. 73
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 1979

Conductor – Howard Williams
Soloist – Jane Pamment (Violin)
Soloist – Angela Tennick (Oboe)

HAYDN Symphony No. 22 in E flat, The Philosopher
IVES The Unanswered Question
BACH Concerto in D minor for Oboe, Violin and String Orchestra
HOWARD JONES Echoes and Reflections (first performance)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, The Pastoral, Op. 68

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 1979

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Malcolm Binns (Piano)

BORODIN Overture, Prince Igor
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43
ELGAR Symphony No. 2 in E flat, Op. 63

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 1977

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Jack Brymer (Clarinet)

WAGNER Overture, The Flying Dutchman
MOZART Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 1977

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Richard Markham (Piano)

DOUGLAS Festivities
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 1977

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Imogen Cooper (Piano)

MATHIAS Celtic Dances, Op. 60
CHOPIN Concerto No.1 in E minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 11
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 1978

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Christopher Van Kampen (Cello)

WOLF-FERRARI Overture, Susanna’s Secret
DVORÁK Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104
DELIUS Two Pieces for Small Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Italian Caprice, Op. 45

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 1978

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Tenor – Peter Pears

BACH Suite No. 3 in D
BRITTEN Les Illuminations, Op. 18
MOZART Aria, Misero! Ò sogno, ò son desto? K.431
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

SUNDAY 2 APRIL 1978

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Peter Frankl (Piano)

MOZART Overture, Cosi Fan Tutti
MOZART Concerto No. 26 in D for Piano and Orchestra, The Coronation, K. 537
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, The Unfinished
LEHAR Waltz, Gold and Silver
JOHANN and JOSEF STRAUSS Pizzicato Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325
SUPPÉ Overture, Light Cavalry

SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 1976

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Imogen Cooper (Piano)

BRAHMS Tragic Overture
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 1 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15
FRANCK Symphony in D minor

SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 1976

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – André Tchaikowsky (Piano)

HAYDN Symphony No. 94 in G, The Surprise
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, K. 595
SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela
STRAVINSKY Movements from the Ballet, The Firebird

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 1976

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – David Watkins (Harp)

WEBER Overture, Der Freischutz
GLIÈRE Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 74
DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World, Op. 95

SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 1977

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Colin Horsley (Piano)

HOWARTH Fanfare for the Royal Jubilee (first performance)
TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy-Overture, Romeo and Juliet
GRIEG Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 1977

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Ralph Holmes (Violin)

HUMPERDINCK Overture, Hansel and Gretel
SIBELIUS Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 47
SYLVIA HALLETT This Sometime Silence (first performance)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

SUNDAY 3 APRIL 1977

Conductor – Lionel Friend
Soloist – Malcolm Binns (Piano)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Leonora No. 3, Op. 72
NIELSEN Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49
DVORÁK Symphonic Variations, Op. 78
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23

FRIDAY 10 JUNE 1977

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Andrew Haigh (Piano)

HOWARTH Fanfare for the Royal Jubilee
HANDEL arr. HARTY Suite, The Water Music
SCHUMANN Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite, Casse Noisette, Op. 71a
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 1975

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Anthony Goldstone (Piano)

WAGNER Overture, The Mastersingers
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, The Pathétique, Op. 74

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 1975

Conductor – Brian Wright
Soloist – Barry Collins (Violin)
Soloist – Jane Pamment (Violin)

MOZART Overture, Don Giovanni
BACH Concerto in D minor for Two Violins and Strings
DVORÁK Czech Suite, Op. 39
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 1975

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Susan Milan (Flute)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Overture, The Wasps
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
ARNOLD Concerto No. 1 for Flute and Strings
ELGAR Symphony No. 1 in A flat, Op. 55

SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 1976

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Richard Markham (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, The Thieving Magpie
BARTÓK Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 1976

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soprano – Ann-Marie Connors

MOZART Serenata Notturna, K. 239
MOZART Motet, Exultate, Jubilate, K. 165
MAHLER Symphony No. 4

SUNDAY 4 APRIL 1976

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)

BLISS Four Dances from Checkmate
BACH arr. WALTON Suite, The Wise Virgins
BRAHMS Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 1974

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Peter Frankl (Piano)

MOZART Overture, The Magic Flute
BEETHOVEN Concerto No.4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
DVORÁK Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 1974

Conductor – Kenneth Alwyn
Soloist – Jack Brymer (Clarinet)

WALTON March, Crown Imperial
MOZART Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 1974

Young People’s Concert

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Philip Martin (Piano)

QUILTER A Children’s Overture, Op. 17
KHACHATURIAN Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
HÉROLD arr. LANCHBERY Ballet Suite, La Fille mal Gardée
RICHARD STRAUSS Tone Poem, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 1975

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – David Mason (Trumpet)

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat
HUMMEL Concerto in E flat for Trumpet and Orchestra
MAHLER Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C major, The Jupiter, K. 551

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 1975

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Roger Smith (Cello)

RAWSTHORNE Overture, Street Corner
ELGAR Concerto in E minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Eroica, Op. 55

SUNDAY 6 APRIL 1975

Russian Programme

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Craig Sheppard (Piano)

GLINKA Overture, Russian and Ludmilla
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30
LIADOV The Enchanted Lake
BORODIN Symphony No. 2 in B minor

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 1973

Conductor – John Carewe
Soloist – Anthony Goldstone (Piano)

IRELAND Epic March
CHOPIN Concerto No. 1 in E minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 11
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 1973

Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Soloist – Ralph Holmes (Violin)

HUMPERDINCK Overture, Hansel and Gretel
BRAHMS Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77
ELGAR The Wand of Youth, Second Suite, Op. 1b
BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Variations on a Theme of Purcell

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 1973

Conductor – Michael Lankester
Soloist – Valerie Tryon (Piano)

SIBELIUS Overture, Karelia
MOZART Concerto No. 23 in A for Piano and Orchestra, K. 488
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 1974

Conductor – Brian Wright
Soloist – Andrew Haigh (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, The Italian Girl in Algiers
HOLST A Somerset Rhapsody
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 in B flat, Op. 38, The Spring

SUNDAY 3 MARCH 1974

Conductor – Bernard Keeffe
Soloist – Evelyn Barbirolli (Oboe)

SMETANA Overture, The Bartered Bride
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, The Unfinished
CORELLI-BARBIROLLI Concerto for Oboe and Strings
HUMMEL Introduction, Theme and Variations for Oboe and Orchestra, Op. 102
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

SUNDAY 31 MARCH 1974

Conductor – John Carewe
Soloist – Charles Rosen (Piano)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Flourish for Wind
BACH, orch. HOLST Fugue à la Gigue
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER 1972

Conductor – Marcus Dods
Soloist – Antony Peebles (Piano)

DVORÁK Overture, Carnival, Op. 92
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
CHABRIER Rhapsody, España

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 1972

Conductor – Leon Lovett
Soloist – Lionel Bentley (Violin)
Soloist – Judy Swan (Viola)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Prometheus, Op. 43
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Violin and Viola, K. 364
MOZART Overture, Il Seraglio
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, The Pastoral, Op. 68

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 1972

Golden Jubilee Concert

Conductor – Bernard Keeffe
Soloist – Louis Kentner (Piano)

DUCKWORTH Guard of Honour
LISZT Concerto No. 1 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra
DOUGLAS Festivities
CHOPIN Impromptu in A flat, Op. 29
CHOPIN Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor
CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
HOLST Five Movements from the Planets

SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 1973

Conductor – John Carewe
Soloist – En-Loc Wu (Piano)

SMETANA Vltava
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 1973

Conductor – John Carewe
Tenor– Peter Pears
Soloist – Ian Harper (Horn)

RAVEL Suite, Mother Goose
MOZART Two Arias from Don Giovanni
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, The Italian
BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31
BRAHMS Variations on the St. Antony Chorale, Op. 56a

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 1973

Conductor – James Stobart
Soloist – John Barstow (Piano)

SULLIVAN Overture, Iolanthe
ARNOLD Little Suite No. 1
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 4 in G for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
DVORÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 1971

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Manoug Parikian (Violin)

GLINKA Overture, Russian and Ludmilla
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64
BORODIN Symphony No. 2 in B minor
LANCHBERY Suite from the film Tales of Beatrix Potter

SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 1971

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Charles Rosen (Piano)

ARRIAGA Symphony in D
BRAHMS Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15
HAYDN Symphony No. 99 in E flat

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 1971

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Andrew Haigh (Piano)

BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes, Peter Grimes

SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 1972

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Richard Adeney (Flute)

DELIUS Over the Hills and Far Away
MOZART Concerto in D for Flute and Orchestra, K. 314
CHAMINADE Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 1972

Conductor – Kenneth Alwyn
Soloist – Kathleen Jones (Piano)

RESPIGHI Suite, The Birds
SCHUMANN Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op. 60

SUNDAY 9 APRIL 1972

Conductor – John Carewe
Soloist – Anthony Goldstone (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, Semiramide
GRIEG Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
HANDEL arr. HARTY Music for the Royal Fireworks
DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 1970

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Stephen Bishop (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, The Barber of Seville
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 1 in C for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15
DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 1970

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Sir Robert Helpmann (Piano)

HANDEL arr. HARTY Suite, The Water Music
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 1970

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)

GARDNER Overture, Half Holiday
RACHMANINOV Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
DOUGLAS Cantilena
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 1971

Conductor – Christopher Slater
Soloist – Jack Brymer (Clarinet)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, Fingal’s Cave
BARBER Adagio for Strings
HAYDN Symphony No. 102 in B flat
MOZART Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
FALLA Suite, The Three-Cornered Hat

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 1971

Conductor – Marcus Dods
Soloist – Frank Wibaut (Piano)

SCHUBERT Overture, Rosamunde
PROKOFIEV Concerto No. 3 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 26
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, The Pathétique

SUNDAY 4 APRIL 1971

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Colin Horsley (Piano)

WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
FRANCK Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
IRELAND Concerto in E flat for Piano and Orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Suite, The Golden Cockerel

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 1969

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Malcolm Binns (Piano)

WAGNER Overture, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
BRAHMS Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82
SUPPÉ Overture, Pique Dame

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 1969

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Charles Rosen (Piano)

ARNOLD Four Scottish Dances
SCHUMANN Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, the Great C major, D. 944

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 1969

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – David Mason (Trumpet)

STRAVINSKI Shrovetide Fair, from Petrouchka
HAYDN Concerto in E flat for Trumpet and Orchestra
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 1970

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Nerine Barrett (Piano)

PURCELL arr. BARBIROLLI Suite from the Dramatick Musick
GRAINGER Irish Tune From County Derry
GRAINGER Mock Morris
MOZART Concerto No. 20 in D minor for Pino and Orchestra, K. 466
FAURÉ Suite, Masques et Bergamasques
HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D major, The London

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 1970

Conductor – David Cutforth
Soloist – Raymond Cohen (Violin)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont, Op. 84
BEETHOVEN Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

SUNDAY 5 APRIL 1970

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – John Barstow (Piano)

WEINBERGER Polka and Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper
BUTTERWORTH Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad
WEBER Konzertstück in F minor for Piano and Orchestra
RAVEL Concerto in G for Piano and Orchestra
ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 1968

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Cyril Smith (Piano)
Soloist – Phyllis Sellick (Piano)

WALTON March, Crown Imperial
BACH Concerto in C minor for Piano and Strings
DELIUS The Walk to Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
BLISS Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Italian Caprice, Op. 45

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 1968

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Alan Civil (Horn)

HANDEL arr. BEECHAM Suite, The Faithful Shepherd
MOZART Concert Rondo for Horn and Orchestra, K. 371
DEBUSSY Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune
RICHARD STRAUSS Concerto No. 1 in E flat for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 11
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 1968

Conductor – Vilem Tausky
Soloist – Celia Arieli (Piano)

ELGAR Concert Overture, Froissart, Op.19
MOZART Concerto No. 24 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, K. 491
DVORÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 1969

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Contralto– Monica Sinclair
Soloist – Roy Douglas (Piano)

BACH Suite No. 3 in D
PURCELL Song, If Music Be The Food of Love
HANDEL Aria, E Gelosia (Alcina)
ROSSINI Aria, Pensa Alla Patria (L’Italiana in Algeri)
MOZART Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
FALLA Suite, Love the Magician

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 1969

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)

SIBELIUS En Saga, Op. 9
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 in D major

SUNDAY 30 MARCH 1969

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – André Tchaikowsky (Piano)

VERDI Overture, The Force of Destiny
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43
BERLIOZ Fantastic Symphony, Op. 14

SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER 1967

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Louis Kentner (Piano)

BOYCE arr. LAMBERT Symphony No. 5 in D major
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, The Emperor
DVORÁK Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 1967

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Ralph Holmes (Violin)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Three Elizabethan Portraits
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 1967

Conductor – Marcus Dods
Soloist – Stephen Bishop (Piano)

KODÁLY Dances of Marosszek
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat, K. 595
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55, Eroica

SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 1968

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Ian Lake (Piano)

TURINA La Procesión del Rocio
RACHMANINOV Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30
Moussorgsky orch. RAVEL Pictures from an Exhibition

SUNDAY 3 MARCH 1968

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Janet Craxton (Oboe)

HAYDN Symphony No.101 in D major, The Clock
RAWSTHORNE Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra
DELIUS A Song Before Sunrise
MARCELLO Concerto in C minor for Oboe and String Orchestra
BRAHMS Variations on the St. Antony Chorale, Op. 56a

SUNDAY 7 APRIL 1968

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Yu Chun Yee (Piano)

BERLIOZ Overture, Roman Carnival
CHOPIN Concerto No. 2 in F minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 21
ELGAR Symphony No. 2 in E flat, Op. 63

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 1966

Conductor – Marcus Dods
Soloist – Denis Matthews (Piano)

MALCOLM ARNOLD Overture, Beckus the Dandipratt
BRAHMS Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, The Unfinished
SIBELIUS Karelia Suite, Op. 11

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 1966

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Christopher Bunting (Cello)

WILLIAM WALTON Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
DVORÁK Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 1966

Conductor – Richard Arnell
Conductor – John Carewe
Soloist – Yonty Solomon (Piano)

ARNELL Musica Pacifica, Op. 100
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 2 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 44
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 1967

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Rosemarie Wright (Piano)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, The Beautiful Melusina, Op. 32
MOZART Concerto No. 20 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, K. 466
RAVEL Mother Goose (Ma Mère l’Oye)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 1967

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Bass-Baritone – John Shirley-Quirk

LISZT Les Préludes
HANDEL Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
BRAHMS orch. SARGENT Four Serious Songs, Op. 121
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Mystical Songs
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17

SUNDAY 2 APRIL 1967

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Valerie Tryon (Piano)

ELGAR Overture, Cockaigne, Op. 40
MENDELSSOHN Capriccio Brillante for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 22
CÉSAR FRANCK Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10

SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 1965

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Cyril Smith (Piano)
Soloist – Phyllis Sellick (Piano)

SULLIVAN Overture di Ballo
MOZART arr. JOHN WHITE Concerto in E flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365
SIBELIUS Finlandia, Op. 26
POULENC arr. CYRIL SMITH Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Theme and Variations from Suite 3 in G, Op. 55

SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 1965

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Barry Tuckwell (Horn)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont, Op. 84
HAMILTON HARTY A John Field Suite
RICHARD STRAUSS Concerto No. 1 in E flat for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 11
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Symphonic Suite, Scheherazade, Op. 35

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 1965

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Conductor – Sir Arthur Bliss
Soloist – Lionel Bentley (Violin)

ROSSINI Overture, The Thieving Magpie
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Romance, The Lark Ascending, for Violin and Orchestra
ARTHUR BLISS Suite from Things to Come
ARTHUR BLISS Four Dances from Checkmate
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 2 in B flat, D. 125

SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 1966

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – John McCabe (Piano)

BACH Suite No.1 in C
HONEGGER Pastorale d’Été
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 1 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15
BIZET Symphony in C

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 1966

Conductor – Trevor Harvey
Soloist – Daphne Spottiswoode (Piano)

WILLIAM ALWYN Elizabethan Dances
GRIEG Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, The Pastoral, Op. 68

SUNDAY 3 APRIL 1966

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Peter Katin (Piano)

DELIUS In a Summer Garden
KHACHATURIAN Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 1964

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Denis Matthews (Piano)

BORODIN Overture, Prince Igor
WILLIAM WALTON Suite from the Film Henry V
SCHUMANN Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 1964

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Tessa Robbins (Violin)

MALCOLM ARNOLD Overture, Tam O’Shanter
HANDEL arr. HARTY Arietta
MAX BRUCH Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 26
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 1964

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Ivan Quinnell (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, The Silken Ladder
CONSTANT LAMBERT Ballet Suite, Horoscope
LISZT Concerto No.1 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, S. 124
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 1965

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Ian Lake (Piano)

MOZART Overture, Il Seraglio
BEETHOVEN Concerto No.3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37
KODÁLY Dances of Galanta
HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E flat, The Drum Roll

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 1965

Conductor – Marcus Dods
Soloist – Gervais de Peyer (Clarinet)

HANDEL arr. HARTY Suite from the Music for the Royal Fireworks
MOZART Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
GORDON JACOB Passacaglia on a Well Known Theme
BORODIN Symphony No. 2 in B minor

SUNDAY 4 APRIL 1965

Conductor – John Lanchbery
Soloist – Valerie Tryon (Piano)

DARIUS MILHAUD Suite Française
CONSTANT LAMBERT Ballet Suite, Horoscope
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No.1 in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 1963

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Peter Katin (Piano)

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
RACHMANINOV Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
ADRIAN CRUFT Divertimento, Op. 43
DVORÁK Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 70

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 1963

Conductor – Brian Priestman
Soloist – Erich Gruenberg (Violin)

ROSSINI Overture, Tancredi
BRAHMS Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C major, The Jupiter, K. 551

SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 1963

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Ian Lake (Piano)

Second Half in Memory of George Weldon

HUMPERDINCK Overture, Hansel and Gretel
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
PROKOFIEV Concerto No.3 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 26
arr. GEORGE WELDON Welsh Cradle Song, Suo Gan
ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 1964

In Memory of John Hollingsworth

Conductor – Trevor Harvey
Soloist – John Shirley-Quirk (Piano)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Slow Movement from Symphony No. 5
MOZART Overture, The Magic Flute
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Songs of Travel
RAVEL Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 1964

Conductor – Terence Lovett
Soloist – Stephen Bishop (Piano)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Overture, The Wasps
BEETHOVEN Concerto No.4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT Suite Française
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36

SUNDAY 5 APRIL 1964

Conductor – LAWRENCE LEONARD
Soloist – FOU TS’ONG (Piano)

WAGNER Introduction to Act 3, Lohengrin
MOZART Concerto No. 17 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 453
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes, Peter Grimes
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A, The Italian, Op. 90
BERLIOZ Royal Hunt and Storm, and Trojan March, The Trojans

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 1962

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Denis Matthews (Piano)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Coriolan, Op. 62
MOZART Concerto No. 24 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, K.491
STRAVINSKY Ode
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 1962

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Ralph Holmes (Violin)
Soloist – Rohan de Saram (Cello)

DVORÁK Overture, Carnival
BRAHMS Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102
MALCOLM ARNOLD Dances from the ballet “Solitaire”
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 1962

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – David Mason (Trumpet)
Soloist – Wilfred Smith (Flute)
Soloist – Leonard Brain (Oboe)
Soloist – Lionel Bentley (Violin)

BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
RESPIGHI Symphonic Poem, The Fountains of Rome
BERLIOZ Fantastic Symphony, Op. 14

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 1963

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Cyril Smith (Piano)
Soloist – Phyllis Sellick (Piano)

HAYDN Symphony No. 88 in G
BACH Concerto in C minor for Two Pianos and Strings
MOZART Symphony No. 38 in D, The Prague, K. 504
SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals

SUNDAY 3 MARCH 1963

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Nigel Coxe (Piano)

WAGNER Overture, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, The Emperor, Op. 73
CÉSAR FRANCK Symphony in D minor

SUNDAY 7 APRIL 1963

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – John Ogdon (Piano)

WEBER Overture, Oberon
BRAHMS Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, The Unfinished
BIZET Suite, L’Arlésienne

SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER 1961

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Fou Ts’Ong (Piano)

BERLIOZ Overture, Roman Carnival
ADRIAN CRUFT Interlude (1951)
CHOPIN Concerto No.2 in F minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 102
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 1961

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – André Navarra (Cello)

HANDEL arr. HARTY Suite from The Water Music
MUSSORGSKY orch. RAVEL Pictures from an Exhibition
ELGAR Concerto in E minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite, Casse-Noisette, Op. 71a

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 1961

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Tenor – Peter Pears
Soloist – Barry Tuckwell (Horn)

ROSSINI Overture, Cinderella
MOZART Aria, Il Mio Tesoro, from Don Giovanni
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor Solo, Horn and Strings, Op. 31
HANDEL, arr. HARTY Polonaise, Arietta and Passacaglia

SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 1962

Conductor – Vilem Tausky
Soloist – Patricia Bishop (Piano)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, The Hebrides
HAYDN Symphony No. 49 in F minor, The Passion
DOHNÁNYI Variations on a Nursery Song for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 25
DVORÁK Symphony No. 4 in G, Op. 88

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 1962

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Malcolm Binns (Piano)

WEBER Overture, Der Freischütz
HOLST Somerset Rhapsody
RACHMANINOV Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30
ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 1962

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Ivan Quinnell (Piano)

WAGNER Overture, Tannhäuser
CHABRIER Rhapsody, España
SAINT-SAËNS Concerto No. 2 in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 22
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 1960

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Clive Lythgoe (Piano)

BERLIOZ Overture, Benvenuto Cellini
BACH arr. ESPOSITO Choral Prelude from “Sleepers, Wake”
RACHMANINOV Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 1
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 1960

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Léon Goossens (Oboe)

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat
MOZART Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, K. 314
GORDON JACOB Oboe Concerto No. 2
RAVEL Suite, Mother Goose

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 1960

Beethoven Programme

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Denis Matthews (Piano)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont, Op. 84
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, The Emperor, Op. 73
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Eroica, Op. 55

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 1961

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Peter Katin (Piano)

MALCOLM ARNOLD Overture, Tam O’Shanter
BUTTERWORTH Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 in C major in One Movement, Op. 105
WAGNER Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music, from The Valkyrie

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 1961

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Jane Pamment (Violin)
Soloist – Peter Kingswood (Viola)

ROSSINI Overture, The Thieving Magpie
MOZART Concertante in E flat for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K. 364
FALLA Three Dances from The Three Cornered Hat
DVORÁK Symphony No. 5 in E minor, From the New World

SUNDAY 9 APRIL 1961

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – John Ogdon (Piano)

DVORÁK Scherzo Capriccioso, Op. 66
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
GRIEG Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 1959

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Leo Halle (Piano)

WAGNER Overture, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
arr. GEORGE WELDON Welsh Cradle Song, Suo Gan
LISZT Concerto No. 1 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra
RAVEL Bolero
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, The Pathétique, Op. 74

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 1959

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Cyril Smith (Piano)
Soloist – Phyllis Sellick (Piano)

HANDEL Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
GRIEG Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
MOZART Concerto in E flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365
MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K. 453
SAINT-SAËNS The Carnival of Animals

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 1959

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Ralph Holmes (Viola)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Coriolan, Op. 62
BEETHOVEN Concerto in D major for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 61
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, The Pastoral, Op. 68

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 1960

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Eileen Joyce (Piano)

BACH arr. ELGAR Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
ELGAR Symphony No. 1 in A flat, Op. 55

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 1960

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Bass– Owen Brannigan

MENDELSSOHN Overture, The Hebrides, Op. 26
RACHMANINOV Vocalise, No.14, Op. 34
MOZART Pray Allow Me (Leporello’s Catalogue Aria from Don Giovanni)
HANDEL Silent Worship (Ptolemy)
HANDEL arr. HARTY Suite, The Water Music
MOZART Ha, My Pretty Brace of Fellows (Osmin’s Aria from Il Seraglio)
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A, The Italian, Op. 90

SUNDAY 3 APRIL 1960

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Daphne Spottiswoode (Piano)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Dubinushka
RACHMANINOV Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
DELIUS Brigg Fair
HOLST Suite from the Planets

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 1958

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Ivan Quinnell (Piano)

WAGNER Overture, The Flying Dutchman
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra
SMETANA Vltava, My Country, A Cycle of Symphonic Poems
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 1958

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Terence Lovett (Piano)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont, Op. 84
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 1958

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Frederick Grinke (Violin)

GLINKA Overture, Russian and Ludmilla
GLAZOUNOV Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 82
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from the Ballet Casse-Noisette, Op. 71a

SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 1959

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Joseph Cooper (Piano)

BERLIOZ Overture, Roman Carnival
WAGNER Prelude, Act III, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
GRIEG Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 1959

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Joan Trimble (Piano)
Soloist – Valerie Trimble (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, La Scala di Seta
MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D, The Haffner, K. 385
MOZART Concerto in E flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
RACHMANINOV Movements from Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos
ROSSINI arr. BRITTEN Soirées Musicales, Op. 9

SUNDAY 5 APRIL 1959

Music from Vienna

Conductor – John Hollingsworth

SCHUBERT orch. GUIRAUD Marche Militaire
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, The Unfinished
RICHARD STRAUSS Symphonic Poem, Don Juan
JOHANN STRAUSS the ELDER Radetzky March
JOHANN STRAUSS the YOUNGER arr. JULIUS HARRISON Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods
JOHANN the YOUNGER and JOSEF STRAUSS Pizzicato Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS the YOUNGER Annen Polka
MAX SCHÖNHERR Austrian Peasant Dances, Op. 14
LEHÁR Waltz, Gold and Silver

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 1957

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Eileen Joyce (Piano)

WAGNER Overture, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
BUTTERWORTH Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
DVORÁK Symphony No. 5 in E minor, From the New World, Op. 95

SUNDAY 3 NOVEMBER 1957

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Ralph Holmes (Violin)

HANDEL arr. HARTY Suite from The Water Music
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
ROY DOUGLAS Suite for String Orchestra and Timpani
HAYDN Symphony No. 100 in G major, The Military

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 1957

Mozart – Beethoven Programme

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Jack Brymer (Clarinet)

MOZART Overture, Il Seraglio
MOZART Divertimento for Strings, K. 136
MOZART Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 1958

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Joseph Weingarten (Piano)

WALTON Johannesburg Festival Overture
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, The Emperor, Op.73
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 1958

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Peter Katin (Piano)

TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy-Overture, Romeo and Juliet
RACHMANINOV Concerto No.2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Symphonic Suite, Scheherazade, Op. 35

SUNDAY 13 APRIL 1958

Conductor – Robert Irving

DELIBES Introduction, Act III, Sylvia
WEBER arr. MAURICE JOHNSTONE Invitation to the Dance
CHOPIN arr. ROY DOUGLAS Suite, Les Sylphides
STRAVINSKY Ronde des Princesses and Finale, from The Firebird
JOHANN STRAUSS the YOUNGER Waltz, The Blue Danube, Op. 314
TCHAIKOVSKY Finale Act I and Panorama, from The Sleeping Beauty
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite, Swan Lake

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 1956

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Richard Farrell (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, The Thieving Magpie
BRAHMS Concerto No.2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83
DVORÁK Symphony No. 4 in G, Op. 88

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 1956

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Julian Bream (Guitar)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, The Hebrides, Op. 26
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G
JOAQUIN RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra
FALLA Ballet Suite, El Amor Brujo
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 1956

Conductor – Trevor Harvey
Soloist – John Kennedy (Cello)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Leonora No. 3, Op. 72
ELGAR Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85
DUKAS Symphonic Scherzo, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 1957

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Joseph Cooper (Piano)

SIBELIUS Finlandia, Op. 26
ROGER QUILTER A Children’s Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36

SUNDAY 3 MARCH 1957

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Léon Goossens (Oboe)

PURCELL Suite from the Dramatic Music
VERDI Two Preludes, La Traviata
MOZART Concerto in C major for Oboe and Orchestra, K. 314
SIBELIUS Romance in C for Strings, Op. 42
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551

SUNDAY 7 APRIL 1957

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Clive Lythgoe (Piano)

ELGAR Overture, Cockaigne, Op. 40
DELIUS Intermezzo, Fennimore and Gerda
GRIEG Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 1955

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Peter Katin (Piano)

DVORÁK Overture, Carnival, Op. 92
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major
CÉSAR FRANCK Symphonic Variations
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 1955

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Eric Harrison (Piano)

ARNOLD BAX Tintagel
DVORÁK Symphony No. 5 in E minor, From the New World, Op. 95
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43
RAVEL Boléro

SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 1955

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Léon Goossens (Oboe)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Fidelio
HANDEL Concerto No. 6 in B flat for Oboe and Orchestra
HUMPERDINCK Suite, Hansel and Gretel
J S BACH Sinfonia from the Easter Oratorio
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 1956

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – David Mason (Trumpet)
Soloist – Ruth Gipps (Oboe)
Soloist – Roy Douglas (Piano)

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
ADRIAN CRUFT Suite from Orlando Gibbons for Trumpet and Strings
SAINT-SAËNS The Carnival of the Animals
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Prélude and Cortège, Le Coq d’Or
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 1956

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Ralph Holmes (Violin)

ROSSINI Overture, The Italian Girl in Algiers
ELGAR Serenade for Strings, Op. 20
MENDELSSOHN Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

SUNDAY 8 APRIL 1956

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Larry Adler (Harmonica)

BERLIOZ Overture, Le Carnaval Romain
HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D major, The London
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Romance for Harmonica and String Orchestra
MALCOLM ARNOLD Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra, Op. 46
TCHAIKOVSKY arr. ROY DOUGLAS Suite from the Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty

SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 1954

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Louis Kentner (Piano)

HANDEL Suite from The Royal Fireworks
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, The Emperor, Op. 73
TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy-Overture, Romeo and Juliet
LEONARD SALZEDO Overture, Bosworth Field, Op. 23
MALCOLM ARNOLD Suite from the Ballet, Homage to the Queen

SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 1954

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Eileen Joyce (Piano)

WALTON March, Orb and Sceptre
WALFORD DAVIES Solemn Melody
RACHMANINOV Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
HANDEL Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 1954

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Beryl Kimber (Violin)

HANDEL arr. HARTY Suite, The Water Music
BEETHOVEN Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
SAMUEL BARBER Adagio for Strings
BRAHMS St. Anthony Variations, Op. 56a

SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 1955

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Peter Katin (Piano)

NICOLAI Overture, The Merry Wives of Windsor
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique, Op. 74
RACHMANINOV Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 1955

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Dennis Brain (Horn)

MOZART Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
MOZART Concerto No. 3 in E flat for Horn and Orchestra, K. 447
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Eroica, Op. 55

SUNDAY 3 APRIL 1955

Vaughan Williams – Schubert Concert

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Philip Catelinet (Tuba)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Overture, The Wasps
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on “Greensleeves”, from “Sir John in Love”
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Concerto in F minor for Tuba and Orchestra
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 in C major, Op. Posth.

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 1953

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Denis Matthews (Piano)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont, Op. 84
GLUCK Suite from the Ballet, Don Juan
SCHUMANN Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A, The Italian, Op. 90

SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 1953

Conductor – Colin Ross
Soloist – Ivan Quinnell (Piano)

TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from the Ballet, Swan Lake
LISZT Concerto No. 1 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra
SMETANA From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields, from the Symphonic Cycle, My Country
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 1953

Conductor – Antony Hopkins
Soloist – Alan Loveday (Violin)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Coriolanus, Op. 62
TCHAIKOVSKY Elegy and Waltz, from Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
MAX BRUCH Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 26
BIZET Suite, Children’s Games, Op. 22
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 1954

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Wilfred Smith (Flute)
Soloist – James Gibb (Piano)

J S BACH Suite No. 2 in B minor for Flute and Strings
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, The Unfinished
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 1954

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Jean Gilbert (Piano)

BACH arr. ORMANDY Three Choral Preludes
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 1 in G for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K. 543

SUNDAY 4 APRIL 1954

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Clive Lythgoe (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, William Tell
BACH arr. SARGENT Air on the G string
GRIEG Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 1952

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Denis Matthews (Piano)

SCHUBERT Overture, Rosamunde, Op. 26
GRIEG Two Elegiac Melodies for String Orchestra, Op. 34
BEETHOVEN Concerto No.3 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 in D major

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 1952

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Colin Horsley (Piano)

WEBER Overture, Oberon
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43
CHABRIER Rhapsody, España

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 1952

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Alfredo Campoli (Violin)

BERLIOZ Rákóczi March
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
MENDELSSOHN Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64
ELGAR Symphony No. 2 in E flat, Op. 63

SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 1953

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Dennis Brain (Horn)

MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
J S BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G
MOZART  Concerto No. 4 in E flat for Horn and Orchestra, K. 495
MANUEL de FALLA Scenes and Dances from the Three-Cornered Hat

SUNDAY 1 MARCH 1953

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Clive Lythgoe (Piano)

ROSSINI  Overture, The Thieving Magpie
FAURÉ Pavane
BEETHOVEN Concerto No.5 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73
DVORÁK Symphony No. 5 in E minor, From the New World, Op. 95

SUNDAY 12 APRIL 1953

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soprano – Diana Ward

JOHANN STRAUSS the ELDER Radetzky March
MASSENET Méditation, from Thais
GUSTAV CHARPENTIER Aria, Depuis le Jour, from Louise
GRIEG Lyric Suite
JOHANN STRAUSS the YOUNGER Emperor Waltz
SULLIVAN arr. CHARLES MACKERRAS Suite from the Ballet, Pineapple Poll
GOURNOD Jewel Song, from Faust
HANDEL Minuet, from Berenice
OFFENBACH Overture, Orpheus in the Underworld

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER 1951

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Eileen Joyce (Piano)

MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D major, The Haffner, K. 385
SCHUMANN Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54
BERLIOZ Overture, Le Carnaval Romain
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER 1951

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Manoug Parikian (Violin)

TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy-Overture, Romeo and Juliet
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
TCHAIKOVSKY Theme and Variations from Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55
TCHAIKOVSKY The 1812 Overture

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 1951

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Cyril Smith (Piano)

NICOLAI Overture, The Merry Wives of Windsor
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
RACHMANINOV Concerto No. 2 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18
DVORÁK Symphony No. 4 in G major, Op. 88

SUNDAY 3 FEBRUARY 1952

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Jean Gilbert (Piano)

SIBELIUS Tone Poem Finlandia, Op. 26
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat
GRIEG Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from the Ballet, Swan Lake, Op. 20

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 1952

Music from the Ballet

Conductor – John Hollingsworth

CHOPIN orch. ROY DOUGLAS Les Sylphides
DELIBES Pizzicato from Sylvia
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from The Sleeping Princess
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite, Casse-Noisette
ARTHUR DUCKWORTH Concert March, The Shipbuilders
BORODIN Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

SUNDAY 6 APRIL 1952

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Ivan Quinnell (Piano)

SCHUMANN Overture, Genoveva
MENDELSSOHN Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 25
SMETANA Vltava, My Country, A Cycle of Symphonic Poems
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER 1950

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Cyril Smith (Piano)

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER 1950

Conductor – Muir Mathieson

TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
GOUNOD Ballet Music, Faust
ROSSINI – RESPIGHI Ballet Music, La Boutique Fantasque
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite, Casse-Noisette
MANUEL de FALLA El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) with Roy Douglas at the piano
BORODIN Two Dances from  Prince Igor

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 1950

Conductor – Muir Mathieson
Soloist – Ivan Quinnell (Piano)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont
BACH – WALTON Sheep May Safely Graze
HOLST Marching Song
MOZART Concerto in C minor for Piano, K. 491
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Greensleeves
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A major, The Italian

SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 1951

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Alan Loveday (Violin)

WAGNER Overture, Die Meistersinger
GORDON JACOB Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn
BRAHMS Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra
DVORÁK Symphony No. 5 in E minor, the New World

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 1951

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Jean Gilbert (Piano)

ELGAR Introduction and Allegro for Strings (Quartet and Orchestra)
DEBUSSY Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune
CÉSAR FRANCK Variations Symphoniques for Piano with Orchestra
BORODIN arr. MALCOLM SARGENT Nocturne for String Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F

SUNDAY 1 APRIL 1951

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Dennis Brain (Horn)

JOHANN STRAUSS Overture, Die Fledermaus
MOZART Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
RICHARD STRAUSS Concerto in E flat for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 11
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, the Unfinished
JOHANN STRAUSS Perpetuum Mobile, Roses from the South (Waltz)

SUNDAY 27th MAY 1951

Festival of Britain 1951

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Mewton-Wood (Piano)

WILLIAM WALTON March, Crown Imperial
BUTTERWORTH Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad
SCHUMANN Concerto in A minor for Piano
DELIUS Serenade from the Incidental Music to Hassan
ARTHUR BLISS Three Dances from Checkmate
ELGAR Enigma Variations

SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 1949

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist –Cyril Smith (Piano)

SIBELIUS Tone Poem, Finlandia
BACH – SARGENT Air on the G String
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Eroica

SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER 1949

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Anthony Pini (Cello)

BERLIOZ Overture, Carnaval Romain
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music (Orchestral Version)
GRIEG Suite, Peer Gynt No. 1
DVORÁK Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor

SUNDAY 11 DECEMBER 1949

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Cyril Preedy (Piano)

TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy Overture, Romeo and Juliet
ELGAR Prelude, The Dream of Gerontius
GRIEG Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D

SUNDAY 8 JANUARY 1950

School Holiday Concert

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Ivan Quinnell (Piano)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Overture, The Wasps
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor
SAINT-SAËNS Concerto No. 2 in G minor for Piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 1950

Music from the Ballet

Conductor – John Hollingsworth

TCHAIKOVSKY Ballet Suite, Swan Lake 
WEBER arr. WEINGARTNER Invitation to the Dance (Le Spectre de la Rose)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Symphonic Suite, Scheherazade
DELIBES Pizzicato from Sylvia
BORODIN Two Dances from Prince Igor

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 1950

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Denis Matthews (Piano)

ROSSINI Overture, William Tell
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra
DVORÁK Symphony No. 5 in E minor, From the New World

SUNDAY 2 APRIL 1950

Plebiscite Programme

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Alan Loveday (Violin)

SCHUBERT Overture, Rosamunde
MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, The Pastoral
BIZET Suite from Carmen

SUNDAY 14 MAY 1950

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Moura Lympany (Piano)

R STRAUSS Symphonic Poem, Don Juan
BRAHMS Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in E flat
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor

SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 1948

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Phyllis Sellick (Piano)

DVORÁK Overture, Carneval
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor, The Unfinished
HANDEL arr. HARTY The Water Music Suite
MOZART Concerto No. 23 in A major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 488
WAGNER Introduction to Act III, Dance of the Apprentices, and Procession of the Masters, from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 1948

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Denis Matthews (Piano)

BEETHOVEN Overture, Egmont
ELGAR Serenade for Strings
BEETHOVEN Concerto for Piano No. 5 in E flat, The Emperor
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A major, The Italian

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 1948

Ballet Programme

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Cyril Preedy (Piano)

ROSSINI-RESPIGHI Ballet Music, La Boutique Fantasque
DVORÁK Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite, Casse Noisette
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor for Piano and Orchestra
WILLIAM WALTON Four Dances from Façade
JOHANN STRAUSS Waltz, Roses from the South

SUNDAY 13 FEBRUARY 1949

Conductor – George Weldon
Soloist – Moura Lympany (Piano)

WAGNER Overture, The Mastersingers
HUMPERDINCK Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel
GRIEG Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor

SUNDAY 6 MARCH 1949

Young Artists’ Concert

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Oriole Burdett-Coutts (Cello)
Soloist – JÜRGEN HESS (Violin)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, Ruy Blas, Op. 95
ELGAR Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor
WEINBERGER Polka from Schwanda the Bagpiper
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
CÉSAR FRANCK Symphony in D minor

SUNDAY 3 APRIL 1949

Plebiscite Programme

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Ivan Quinnell (Piano)

NICOLAI Overture, The Merry Wives of Windsor
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
TCHAIKOVSKY March Slave
DVORÁK Symphony No. 4 in G major

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 1947

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Alan Loveday (Violin)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Overture, The Wasps
TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major
LIADOV The Enchanted Lake
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 1947

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Kendall Taylor (Piano)

WEBER Overture, Der Freischütz
DEBUSSY Two Nocturnes, Nuages and Fêtes
BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra in G major
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D major

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 1947

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Jean Pougnet (Piano)

BORODIN Dances from Prince Igor
DEBUSSY Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune
MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor

SUNDAY 8 FEBRUARY 1948

Conductor – John Hollingsworth
Soloist – Moura Lympany (Piano)

MENDELSSOHN Overture, The Hebrides
BUTTERWORTH Rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
ELGAR Enigma Variations

SUNDAY 7 MARCH 1948

Conductor – John Hollingsworth

Plebiscite Concert

BRAHMS Overture, Academic Festival
MOZART Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
MOUSSORGSKY Night on the Bare Mountain
TCHAIKOVSKY Ballet Suite from Swan Lake
DVORÁK Symphony No. 5 in E minor, From the New World