2014 Concert programmes
Saturday 15th February 2014
The Forum Theatre, Romiley, Stockport
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
Overture Leonora No.3 – Beethoven
Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 – Grieg
Ballet Music ‘ Le Cid’ – Massenet
Symphony No.8 Op.88 – Dvořák
*****
Sunday 2nd March 2014
The Gorton Monastery
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
The Manchester Messiah
In Conjunction with Soloists and Choirs from
Great Britain and Europe
A Selection of Solo and Choral Works from Handel’s Messiah
*****
Saturday 10th May 2014
Heaton Moor United Church, Stockport
Concert conducted by Marco Bellasi
Leader: John Resek
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro – Mozart
Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen – Mahler
Soloist ~ Emily Mowbray (mezzo-soprano)
Symphony No.4 D minor – Schumann
*****
Sunday 13th July 2014
The Gorton Monastery
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
An All-American Programme
Rodeo Suite (Four Dances) – Copland
Four Pictures from New York – Molinelli
Soloist ~ Emily McArthur (saxophones)
Symphony No.9 (From the New World) – Dvořák
*****
Saturday 18th October 2014
The Forum Theatre, Romiley, Stockport
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
Overture ‘Hansel and Gretel’ – Humperdinck
Ballet Suite ‘Swan Lake’ – Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.2 – Borodin
*****
Sunday 15th December
at Gorton Monastery (2pm to 4:30pm)
A Christmas Concert
with carols
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
A festive afternoon concert of carols for the audience to sing interspersed with favourites played by the orchestra, including
Christmas Overture (Coleridge-Taylor)
Le Boulevardier (Curzon)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Martin)
Saxo Rhapsody (Eric Coates)
Soloist ~ Emily McArthur (saxophone)
Legend of the Glass Mountain (Rota)
Soloist ~ David Morgan (piano)
Troika (Prokofiev)
Portrait of a Flirt (Farnon)
Christmas Eve Suite (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Christmas Festival (Leroy Anderson)