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2022/23 Season
SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 2022
Original Concert Programme | Concert Programme Amendment
Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Ke Ma (Piano)
PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony, Op. 25
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B♭ major, K. 595
TCHAIKOVSY Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2022
Conductor – George Vass
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music (Orchestral Version)
PHILIP LE BAS Yuki-Onna – World Premier
COATES The Three Elizabeths Suite
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 in D major
SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 2022
Concert Programme | Concert Review
Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Rebecca Bottone (Soprano)
An Afternoon in Vienna
MOZART – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
RICHARD STRAUSS – Three Songs (Morgen!–Ich wolltein Sträusslein binden–Amor)
LEHÁR – Concert Overture The Count of Luxembourg
JOHANN STRAUSS II –Spiel ich (Audition Aria) from Die Fledermaus
LEHÁR –Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss from Giuditta
RICHARD STRAUSS – Waltz Sequence No. 1 from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
JOSEF STRAUSS –Village Swallows from Austria (Coloratura version), Op. 164
JOHANN STRAUSS II – Overture to The Gypsy Baron
SUNDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2023
Concert Programme | Concert Review
Conductor – Neil Thomson
Soloist – Isata Kanneh Mason (Piano)
GUERRE-PEIXE Suite Pernambucana
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
BEETHOVEN Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
SUNDAY 5 MARCH 2023
Concert Programme | Concert Review
Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Katherine Lacy (Clarinet)
FAURÉ Suite Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
COPLAND Concerto for Clarinet
SIBELIUS Karelia Suite, Op. 11
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
SUNDAY 2 APRIL 2023
Concert programme | Concert Review
Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Callum Smart (Violin)
RAVEL – Mother Goose Suite
MENDELSSOHN – Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
RACHMANINOFF – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
2021/22 Season
SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 2021
Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Freddy Kempf (Piano)
Great Orchestral Classics
WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser, WWV. 70
DVORÁK The Noon Witch, Op. 108
BRAHMS Hungarian Dances No. 4 and No. 1
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
SUNDAY 31 OCTOBER 2021
Conductor – Barry Wordsworth
Soloist – Thomas Gould (Violin)
Invitation to the Dance
WEBER Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65, J. 260
PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre, Op. 40
SULLIVAN arr. MACKERRAS Pineapple Poll, Concert Suite
SIBELIUS Valse Triste, Op. 44, No. 1
FALLA The Three Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2 (Three Dances)
SUNDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2021
Conductor – Roderick Dunk
More Music from the Movies
Superman
Gone with the Wind
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Pirates of the Caribbean
Cinema Paradiso
The Big Country
Psycho
Murder on the Orient Express
The First of the Few
Mission Impossible
Spider-Man
Chariots of Fire
The Magnificent Seven
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2022
Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloists – Julian Leaper (Violin), Sarah Butcher (Cello), The Dave Lee Horn Quartet
100th Birthday Civic Concert
COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
SMETANA Dance of the Comedians
SVENSDEN Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 26
JOHANN STRAUSS II Romance for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 255
SCHUMANN Konzertstück for Four Horns, Op. 86
ELGAR Symphony No. 2 in E flat, Op. 63
SUNDAY 6 MARCH 2022
Conductor – Alice Farnham
Soloist – Laura van der Heijden (Cello)
Celebrating International Women’s Day
BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
VILLA – Sortilège
SCHUMANN Cello Concert in A minor, Op. 129
DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
GRACE WILLIAMS Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol
SUNDAY 3 APRIL 2022
Conductor – Roderick Dunk
Soloist – Joo Yeon Sir (Violin)
Centenary Season Finale
MOZART Overture to the Magic Flute, K. 620
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E major
2020/21 Season
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
2019/20 Season
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
2018/19 Season
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
2017/18 Season
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
2016/17 Season
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
2015/16 Season
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
2014/15 Season
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
2013/14 Season
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
2012/13 Season
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
2011/12 Season
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
2010/11 Season
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
2009/10 Season
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
2008/09 Season
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
2007/08 Season
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
2006/07 Season
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
2005/06 Season
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
2004/05 Season
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
2003/04 Season
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
2002/03 Season
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
2001/02 Season
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
2000/01 Season
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
1999/00 Season
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
1998/99 Season
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
1997/98 Season
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
1996/07 Season
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
1995/96 Season
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
1994/95 Season
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
1993/94 Season
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
1992/93 Season
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
1991/92 Season
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
1990/91 Season
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
1989/90 Season
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
1988/89 Season
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
1987/88 Season
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
1986/87 Season
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
1985/86 Season
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
1984/85 Season
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
1983/84 Season
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
1982/83 Season
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
1981/82 Season
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
1980/81 Season
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
1979/80 Season
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
1978/79 Season
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
1977/78 Season
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
1976/77 Season
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
1975/76 Season
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
1974/75 Season
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
1973/74 Season
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
1972/73 Season
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
1971/72 Season
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
1970/71 Season
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
1969/70 Season
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
1968/69 Season
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
1967/68 Season
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
1966/67 Season
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
1965/66 Season
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
1964/65 Season
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
1963/64 Season
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
1962/63 Season
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
1961/62 Season
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
1960/61 Season
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
1959/60 Season
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
1958/59 Season
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
1957/58 Season
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
1956/57 Season
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
1955/56 Season
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
1954/55 Season
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.
1953/54 Season
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
1952/53 Season
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
1951/52 Season
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