7.30pm Friday 11th March 1988
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Leader: Tom Bangbala
Stockport Town Hall
Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet
Shostakovich Cello concerto No 1 op 107
soloist: Boris Heller
Borodin Overture Prince Igor
Straviksky Suite ‘The Firebird’
7.30pm Friday 20th May 1988
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Leader: Tom Bangbala
Manchester Town Hall
Rossini Overture William Tell
Grieg Four Norweigen Dances
Sibelius Finlandia
Dvorak Symphony No. 9
7.30pm Friday 15th July 1988
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Leader: Ros Wood
Stockport Town Hall
Berlioz Carnival Romain Overture
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Narrator: Peter Horridge
Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Tumblers from the Snow Maiden
Rossini/Respgihi Selection ‘La Boutique Fantasque’
Sullivan Suite from Pineapple Poll
Stanford Songs of the Fleet
Elgar Pomp and circumstance march no 1
7.30pm Friday 21st October 1988
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Leader: Ros Wood
Stockport Town Hall
Mendelssohn Overture Ruy Blas
Mendelssohn Violin concerto in E minor
Soloist: Angela Smart
Arnold March ‘Padstow Lifeboat’
Holst Suite no 1 in E flat for miltary band
Cimarosa Concerto in G for 2 flutes and orchestra
Flutes: Nicholas Bhattacharjee and John Hofton
Sibelius Karelia suite
7.30pm Saturday 22nd October 1988
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Leader: Ros Wood
William Hulme Grammar School
Mendelssohn Overture Ruy Blas
Mendelssohn Violin concerto in E minor
Soloist: Angela Smart
Arnold March ‘Padstow Lifeboat’
Holst Suite no 1 in E flat for miltary band
Cimarosa Concerto in G for 2 flutes and orchestra
Flutes: Nicholas Bhattacharjee and John Hofton
Sibelius Karelia suite
7.30pm Saturday 10th October 1988
Conductor: Colin Touchin
Leader: Ros Wood
Stockport Town Hall
Verdi Overture ‘La Forza del Destino’
Hely-Hutchinson Carol Symphony
Coventry Carol and The First Nowell
Gatley Choral Society, Four carols arranged by William Pearson
The Virgin’s cradle song
Bethlehem
Away in a manger
Gabriel’s message
Grieg Holberg Suite
Sullivan Selection from the Gondoliers
Widor Toccata from the Fifth organ symphony ‘Wedding Toccata’
Waldteufal Waltz ‘Les Patineurs’
Handel Exceprts from the Messiah
Overture
And the glory of the Lord
And he shall purify
O thou that tellest
For unto us a child
Pastoral symphony
Glory to God
Hallelujah
Gatley Choral Society and members of the orchestra and choir of KEMS Macclesfield
Carols for all
O come all ye faithfull
See amid the winter’s snow
The 12 days of Christmas