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2004 Concert Programmes March 6th Clarinet Concerto.................................Mozart Soloist: Lenny Sayers Symphony No. 7 in E major................Bruckner Conductor:
Nicholas Simpson
May 8th
Hebrides Overture.................Mendelssohn
Concerto for violin & cello.............Brahms
Soloists: Oliver Nelson &
Rebecca Gilliver
Symphony No. 7............................Dvorak
Conductor: Nicholas
Simpson
This concert was supported by the Gerrard Family
Trust and the Society is extremely grateful to the Trustees for sponsoring
the above soloists. July 3rd
An Evening of Belle Vue Favourites
including Humperdinck's Overture Hansel and Gretel, Weinberger's
Schwanda the Bagpiper, Schubert's Entractes from Rosamunde,
Sullivan's Overture Di Ballo and more short popular pieces which
the orchestra played in its Belle Vue days.
Conductor: Andrew
Hodkinson
October 16th
Choral Concert with Bury Choral Society
(Musical Director John Edwards)
Requiem.......................Fauré
Conductor: John Edwards Harold in Italy..............Berlioz
Solo Viola: Marianne Yeomans
Conductor: Nicholas
Simpson
December 4th A Viennese Evening with
Angela Rowley (soprano) Arias from Cosi fan
tutte and Merry Wives of Windsor Symphony
No. 97 (Haydn) Strauss
Waltzes etc. Conductor: Nicholas
Simpson
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200 5 Concert ProgrammesMarch 5th Overture Egmont Beethoven Clarinet Concerto No.2 in Eb Weber Soloist: Lenny Sayers Symphony No.9 (Great C Major) Schubert Conductor: Nicholas Simpson May 7th Pastoral Suite Lars Erik Larssen Concerto for Piano & Orchestra Grieg Soloist: Rosie Brown Symphony No. 2 in D major Sibelius Conductor: Nicholas Simpson July 9th A Fantasy Concert to include: Fantasy Overture Romeo & Juliet Tchaikovsky Fantasia on Greensleeves Vaughan Williams The Sorcerer's Apprentice Dukas Night on a Bare Mountain Mussorgsky Kamarinskaya Fantasy Glinka La Boutique Fantasque Rossini/Respighi Conductor: Frank Lennon October 15th Land of the Mountain & the Flood MacCunn Scottish Fantasia Bruch Soloist: Oliver Nelson Symphony No. 3 (Scottish) Mendelssohn Conductor: Nicholas Simpson December 3rd Festival Concert Les Preludes Liszt Symphony No. 40 in G minor Mozart Nutcracker ballet suite Tchaikovsky Orpheus in the Underworld - Can-Can Offenbach Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson Conductor: Andrew Hodkinson |
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2006 Concert programmes March 4th Overture Italian Girl in Algiers Rossini Concerto for Flute and Harp Mozart Soloists: Corallia Duo Fiona Slominska (flute) & Louise Thomson (harp) Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) Beethoven Conductor: Nicholas Simpson May 6th Overture Der Freischutz Weber Violin Concerto in E minor Mendelssohn Soloist: Ho-On To (Chetham's School of Music) Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish) Schumann Conductor: Nicholas Simpson July 8th Overture Hansel and Gretel Humperdinck Mother Goose Suite Ravel Midsummer Night's Dream Ov. Mendelssohn Dream Children Suite Elgar Childrens Overture Quilter Capriccio Italien Tchaikovsky Conductor Richard Waldock October 14th Little Suites for Orchestra Malcolm Arnold Horn Concerto No. 1 Richard Strauss Soloist: Alex Edmundson Symphony No. 1 in Ab Elgar Conductor Andrew Hodkinson December 2nd Programme to include: Overture Oberon Weber Pavane Faure Carmen Suite No. 1 Bizet Overture Di Ballo Sullivan Radio 4 UK Theme Spiegl Suite No. 3 (Elegie) Tchaikovsky English Folk Dances suite Tomlinson Dambusters March Eric Coates Conductor: Nicholas Simpson
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2007 Concert programmes March 10th
Overture Light Cavalry
Suppé
Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
and
Havanaise
Saint-Saëns
Soloist:
Oliver Nelson
Symphony No. 2 in E minor Rachmaninov
Conductor: Nicholas
Simpson May 12th
This was a partnership event with Chetham's School of Music given as part of The Spirit of Norway Festival, February - July 2007, celebrating Norwegian music and culture in Grieg's centenary year. Aladdin Suite Nielsen Romance Svendsen Soloist: Philip Chidell (violin) (Chetham's School of Music) Sigurd Jorsalfar - Homage March Grieg Lemminkainen's Return Sibelius Peer Gynt Suites Nos 1 & 2 Grieg Conductor: Nicholas Simpson Saturday July 14th The orchestra was invited to present a concert at Gorton Monastery as one of the Trust's pre-opening events. The concert was at 7.30pm on Saturday, 14th July 2007 at the newly restored and refurbished Monastery. Iolanthe Overture Sullivan Crown Imperial March Walton London Suite Coates Pomp & Circumstance No. 4 Elgar Enigma Variations Elgar Conductor: Nicholas Simpson October 20th Henry V suite Walton Clarinet Concerto No. 1 Weber Soloist: Lenny Sayers Symphony No. 1 in C minor Brahms Conductor: Nicholas Simpson December 8th A Festival Concert with a programme of light popular music including Academic Festival Overture (Brahms) Bruch Violin Concerto (2nd movement) with Emily Howard as soloist. Three Elizabeths Suite (Coates) Ruy Blas Overture (Mendelssohn) Hobson's Choice (Arnold) Les Patineurs Waltz (Waldteufel). Polonaise from Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Emperor Waltz (Strauss) Colonel Bogey Goes to Hollywood (Simpson) Conductor: Frank Lennon |
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2008 Concert programmes March 1st "If Only We Could Go To Moscow" (Simpson) Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) Soloist: Teleri-Siân Symphony No. 4 ("Inextinguishable) (Nielsen) Conductor: Nicholas Simpson May 10th Flying Dutchman Overture ( Wagner) Carmen Suite No. 2 (Bizet) Konzertstück for 4 Horns (Schumann) Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) (Tchaikovsky) Conductor: Andrew Hodkinson Sunday 13th July 7.30pm Concert at Gorton Monastery in aid of the Restoration Fund PROGRAMME Carnival Romain Overture ( Berlioz) Karelia Suite (Sibelius) The Lark Ascending (Vaughan Williams) Soloist: Rolf Wilson Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (Elgar) The Planets (Holst) Conductor: Nicholas Simpson Leader: Kay Thomas 18th October Symphonic Poem Tintagel ( Bax) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (Elgar) Soloist: Jane Lindsay (ex-Chetham's School of Music) Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams) Conductor: Nicholas Simpson Leader: Jonathan Whitehead Saturday 6th December The Seasons by Glazounov, Orpheus in the Underworld Overture (Offenbach), Die Fledermaus Overture (Strauss), Shepherds Hey (Grainger) Tales from the Vienna Woods (Strauss), Blur Danube Waltz (Strauss), 12 Days of Xmas (Rutter arr. Colin Touchin) and other seasonal works Conductor: Andrew Hodkinson Leader: Susan Jerman |