2011 Concert programmes
Saturday 26th February 2011
Trinity Methodist Church, Trinity Gardens, Bramhall Lane, Davenport, Stockport
Die Meistersinger Overture (Wagner), Swan Lake Suite (Tchaikovsky) and Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony No. 9
Concert conducted by Nicholas Simpson
Saturday 14th May 2011
Forum Theatre, Romiley, Stockport
Hussite Overture (Dvorak) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Brahms) Soloist: Oliver Nelson Wand of Youth Suites (Elgar) Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite (Grieg)
Gorton Monastery
Carneval Overture (Dvorak) Pohjola’s Daughter (Sibelius)
Cockaigne Overture (Elgar) A Shropshire Lad (Butterworth)
Rienzi Overture (Wagner) Orb and Sceptre March (Walton)
The Empire Strikes Back (Williams)
Concert conducted by Nicholas Simpson
Leader: John Resek
Saturday 22nd October 2011
The Forum Theatre, Romiley, Stockport
Prince Igor Overture (Borodin),
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (Tchaikovsky)
Scheherezade Symphonic Suite (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Concert conducted by Nicholas Simpson
Leader: John Resek
Sunday 11th December
at Gorton Monastery (2pm to 4pm)
A Christmas Concert
with carols
Conductor: Andrew Hodkinson
A festive afternoon concert of carols for the audience to sing interspersed with favourites played by the orchestra, including Prelude and Mazurka from the ballet Coppelia by Delibes, The Boulevardier by Curzon, Jumping Bean and Westminster Waltz by Robert Farnon, Malcolm Arnold’s Little Suite No.2, Devils Galop by Charles Williams, Sailing By and The Watermill by Ronald Binge and Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride
Leader: John Resek