Friday 10th May 1974 7:45 pm
John Crosdale Conductor
Belle Vue Gardens
Glinka Overture Russland and Ludmilla
Strauss Waltz – Wine, women and song
Songs (Baritone John F. Rawnsley)
Verdi Eri Tu (Masked Ball)
Bizet Toreadors’ Song (Carmen)
Moussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain
Rossini/Britten Soiree Musicales
Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Songs:
Romberg One Alone (Desert song)
German Yeomen of England (Merrie England)
Tchaikowsky Suite Sleeping Beauty
Friday 7th June 1974 7:45 pm
John Crosdale Conductor
Belle Vue Gardens
Coates Overture-The Merry Makers
Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor
Holst Moorside Suite
Dohnanyi Rhapsody on C major
Bizet/Moszkowski Paraphrase on themes from Carmen
German Selection from Merrie England
Friday 5th July 1974 7:45 pm
John Crosdale Conductor
Belle Vue Gardens
Beethoven Overture Egmont
Elgar Chanson De Matin/Chanson De Nuit
Bruch Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra
Tchaikowsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Nicolai Overture The Merry Wives of Windor
Tchaikowsky Swan Lake Suite
Songs (Mezzo-soprano Joanne Moore):
Gounod Flower Song (Faust)
Bizet Habenera (Carmen)
Handel Ombra mai fu (Xerxes)
Rossini Bel raggio lusinghier (Semiramide)
Monkton/Talbot Arcadians Overture
Friday 2nd August 1974 7:45 pm
Kenneth Cleveland Conductor
Belle Vue Gardens
Kathleen Lewis Soprano
Alan Roscoe Baritone
Herold Overture Zampa
Verdi Caro Nome (Rigoletto)
German Three Dances from Henry VIII
Borodin Prince Igor’s Aria (Prince Igor)
Berlioz Hungarian March
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Haydn On mighty pens uplifed (Creation)
Rossini Largo al Factotum (Barber of Seville)
Verdi Pura siccome un angelo (Duet-La Traviata)
Saint-Saens Havanise for Violin and Orchestra (Rolf Wilson Violin)
Messager Selection from Veronique
Friday 13th September 1974 7:45 pm
John Crosdale Conductor
Belle Vue Gardens
Beethoven Overture Leonora No. 3
Smetana Suite The Bartered Bride
Songs (Mary Conway Soprano)
Gounod Jewl Song (Faust)
Puccini They call me Mimi (La Boheme)
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (Two movements)
Sullivan Overture Iolanthe
Strauss Waltz Morganblatter
Songs
Wallace Scenes that are brigtest (Maritana)
Molloy The Kerry Dance
Sullivan/Mackerras Suite Pineapple Poll
Friday 11th October 1974 7:45 pm
John Crosdale Conductor
Belle Vue Gardens
Wagner Overture Die Fliegende Hollander
Coates Three Elizatbeths Suite
Songs (John Lawrenson Baritone)
Mozart Donna Mai (Cosi Fan Tutte)
Alitsen The Lord is my light
Brepsant Belphegor March
Waldteufal Skater’s Waltz
Songs
Dix The Trumpeter
Hughes Star of the County Down
Sullivan The Lost Chord
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
Saturday 14th December 1974 7:45 pm
John Crosdale Conductor
Kathleen Lewis Soprano
Joanne Moore Mezzo Soprano
Alan Roscoe Baritone
Iwan Davies Tenor
Belle Vue Gardens
Weber Overture Der Freischutz
Borodon Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Rachmaninov Rhapsodey on a theme by Paganini (Linn Hendry Piano)
Bizet L’Arlesienne Suite
Songs
Clarke arr Woodgate Sound Ye Trumpets
Elgar O soft was the song
Thiman O mistress mine
Beethoven Final Movement from Symphony No. 9