2015 Concert programmes
Saturday 21st February 2015
Heaton Moor United Church, Stockport
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
Overture: La Gazza Ladra – Rossini
Organ Symphony No.1 – Guilmant
Soloist ~ George Warren
(Chetham’s School of Music)
Aladdin Suite – Nielsen
Les Préludes – Liszt
*****
Saturday 9th May 2015
An Italian Programme
Romiley Forum Theatre
Concert conducted by Marco Bellasi
Leader: John Resek
Overture: Semiramide – Rossini
Conertino for Clarinet and Orchestra – Weber
Soloist ~ John Gibson
(Gorton Philharmonic Orchestra)
Capriccio Italien – Tchaikovsky
Matinées Musicales – Rossini/Britten
Symphony No.4 (Italian) – Mendelssohn
*****
Sunday 12th July 2015
The Gorton Monastery
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
Summer Proms Concert
English Folk Song Suite – Vaughan Williams
‘Enigma’ Variations – Elgar
** INTERVAL **
‘Jupiter’ from The Planets Suite – Holst
‘Quando m’en vo’ from La Bohème – Puccini
‘Dove sono’ from The Marriage of Figaro – Mozart
‘Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante’ from Carmen – Bizet
Fantasia on British Sea Songs – Wood
Rule, Brittania – Arne
Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 – Elgar
Jerusalem – Parry
Soloist ~ Sophie Radley
(Royal Northern College of Music)
*****
Saturday 24th October 2015
The Forum Theatre, Romiley, Stockport
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
Ballet égyptien – Luigini
Guitar Concerto No.1 – Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Soloist ~ Alexandra Whittingham
(Chetham’s School of Music)
Symphony No.4 – Tchaikovsky
*****
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 (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)
Dam Busters March (Eric Coates)
Elizabethan Serenade (Ronald Binge)
Theme from ‘The Big Country’ (Jerome Moross)
Warsaw Concerto (Richard Addinsell)
Soloist ~ David Morgan (piano)
Prelude to La Revoltosa (Ruperto Chapi)
Jumping Bean (Robert Farnon)
Nutcracker Suite (Pyotr Tchaikovsky)
Christmas Festival (Leroy Anderson)
Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson)