Past Concerts

Saturday 29 October 2011
Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre
Ravel - Pavane pour une Infante défunte
Sibelius - Valse Triste from Kuolema
Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E Minor

Leader: Michelle Wright
Conductor: Tom Hammond

Bernard Hughes' review of the concert.

Saturday 2 July 2011
Beethoven - Leonora Overture No. 3
Matthew Taylor - Humoreskes for viola and orchestra (World première)
Bruckner - Symphony No. 7

Viola: Sarah-Jane Bradley
Conductor: Matthew Taylor
Leader: Michelle Wright

Saturday 9 April 2011
Wagner - Prelude and Liebestod
Strauss - Four Last Songs
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

Soprano: Susana Gaspar
Conductor: Tom Hammond
Leader: Michelle Wright

Saturday 27 November 2010
Stravinsky - Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Tchaikovsky - Serenade in C, for String Orchestra
Sibelius - Symphony No. 2

Conductor: Tom Hammond
Leader: Michelle Wright

Saturday 3 July 2010
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9
Grondahl - Trombone Concerto
Arnold - Symphony No. 8

Trombone: Miguel Tantos
Conductor: Matthew Taylor
Leader: Michelle Wright

Classical Source's review of the concert.
Music Web International's review of the concert.

Saturday 20 March 2010
Carl Nielsen - Overture to Amor og Digteren (UK première)
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3
Carl Nielsen - Symphony No. 1

Piano: Simon Callaghan
Conductor: Tom Hammond
Leader: Michelle Wright

Saturday 28 November 2009
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
James Francis Brown - Prospero’s Isle (UK première)
Elgar - Enigma Variations

Conductor: Tom Hammond
Leader: Michelle Wright

Saturday 4 July 2009
Matthew Taylor - Romanza for Strings
Dvořák - Slavonic Dances
Mahler - Symphony No.4

Conductor: Matthew Taylor
Leader: Lauren Reed

Saturday 4 April 2009
Bernstein - Candide Overture
Barber - Violin Concerto
Copland - Appalachian Spring

Violin - Alicja Śmietana
Conductor: Tom Hammond
Leader: Michelle Wright

Saturday 29 November 2008
John McCabe - Red Leaves
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Sibelius - Symphony No. 3

Piano: Simon Callaghan
Conductor: Tom Hammond
Leader: Michelle Wright

Sunday 8 June 2008
Beethoven - Symphony No. 1
Brahms - Symphony No. 1

Conductor: Tom Hammond
Leader: Michelle Wright

Saturday 1 March 2008
Poulenc - Four Motets
Elgar - Cello Concerto
Faure - Requiem

Cello: Bartholomew LaFollette
Baritone: William Townend
Conductor: Jason Lai
Leader: Michelle Wright
Choir: Vox Cordis

Saturday 27 October 2007
Beethoven - Violin Concerto
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8

Violin: Irina Pakkanen
Conductor: Jason Lai
Leader: Michelle Wright

Classical Source's review of the concert.

Saturday 2 June 2007
Brahms - Academic Festival Overture, Op.80
Schumann - Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129
Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67

Cello: Richard Birchall
Conductor: Tom Hammond
Leader: Michelle Wright

Classical Source's review of the concert.