2014 Concerts

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)