2012 Concert programmes
Saturday 3rd March 2012
Holy Innocents Church, Manchester
Concert conducted by Nicholas Simpson
Selection from Faust……………………….Gounod
Songs of the Auvergne (arr. Nicholas Simpson)……Canteloube
Soloist ~ Rosy Williams
Symphony No.2………………………..Brahms
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Saturday 5th May 2012
Forum Theatre, Romiley, Stockport
Concert conducted by Andrew Hodkinson
Carmen Suite…………………..Bizet
España……………………Chabrier
Symphonie Espagnol for Violin & Orchestra………Lalo
Soloist ~ Oliver Nelson
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Sunday 5th July (2:30pm)
Gorton Monastery
DIAMOND JUBILEE SUMMER CONCERT
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
Overture – ‘The Wasps’……………….Vaughan Williams
Three Elizabeths Suite………………………Coates
Crown Imperial March…………….Walton
*** Interval ***
Land of the Mountain and the Flood…………..MacCunn
Jupiter from ‘The Planets’…………….Holst
London Suite……………………….Coates
Pomp & Circumstance March No.1………………….Elgar
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Saturday 20th October 2012
Forum Theatre, Romiley, Stockport
Concert conducted by Nicholas Simpson
Leader: John Resek
Moorside Suite………………Holst
In My Love’s House…………….Nicholas Simpson
Soloist ~ Jennifer Heslop
On The Banks of Green Willow………..George Butterworth
Symphony No.6 (Pastoral)…………….Beethoven
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Sunday 16th December
at Gorton Monastery (2pm to 4pm)
A Christmas Concert with carols
Conductor: Andrew Hodkinson
Leader: John Resek
Mexican Hat Dance (Peter Hope); Nights of Gladness (Ancliffe); Dreaming (Archibald Joyce); By The Sleepy Lagoon (Coates)
Dream of Olwen
Soloist ~ David Morgan
In the Shadows; Jamaican Rumba (Benjamin); Heart of London (Williams); Chanson de Nuit & Matin (Elgar). Sleigh Ride, Christmas Festival, The Boulevardier.
Carols: Once in Royal David’s City; In the Bleak Mid-Winter; O Come All Ye Faithful; Ding Dong Merrily on High; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Away in a Manger; Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
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