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2008/2009 Season

7.45pm Saturday 15th November 2008

Film music Out of Africa, The Fellowship of the Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean, From Russia with Love, You only Live Twice, Psycho, The Magnificent Seven, Where Eagles Dare
GriegPiano concerto in A minor
Soloist: Viv McLean - Piano
7.45pm Saturday 14th February 2009
MozartOverture Don Giovanni
HummelTrumpet concerto in E
BeethovenSymphony no. 3 in Eb
Soloist: Hannah Mitchell , Trumpet
7.45pm Saturday 2nd May 2009
TchaikovskyOverture Romeo and Juliet
MozartHorn concerto no. 2 in Eb
DvorakSymphony no. 9 in E minor
Soloist: Elspeth Dutch , Horn
7.45pm Saturday 11th July 2009
NielsenHelios overture
DvorakCello concerto in B minor
ElgarEnigma Variations
Soloist: Nicola Tait - Cello

2007/2008 Season

7.45pm Saturday 17th November 2007
Film MusicThe Sea Hawk, The Da Vinci Code, The Great Escape, Dances with Wolves, Gone with the Wind, 633 Squadron, Dr. Zhivago
Natasha MichaelSpanish Galleon (First performance)
BeethovenPiano concerto no. 4 in G
Soloist: Viv McLean, Piano
7.45pm Saturday 2th February 2008
RossiniWilliam Tell Overture
MozartFlute concerto no. 2 in D
Vaughan WilliamsSymphony no. 5 in G
Soloist: Anna Stokes, Flute
7.45pm Saturday 5th April 2008
MozartOverture - The Marriage of Figaro
Nils GreenhowStudy for Strings
HaydnCello concerto no. 1 in C
BeethovenSymphony no. 7 in A
Soloist: Nicola Tait, Cello
7.45pm Saturday 12th July 2008
TchaikovskyMarche Slave
SkemptonLento
HandelHarp concerto in Bb
ShostakovichSymphony no. 5 in D minor
Soloist: Zahava Lever - Harp

2006/2007 Season

7.45pm Saturday 11th November 2006
Film MusicJurassic Park, Schindler's List, The Big Country, Gladiator, The Mission, The Deerhunter, Monte Carlo or Bust
RachmaninovPiano Concerto No.2 in C minor
Soloist: Alexander Ardakov, Piano
7.45pm Saturday 10th February 2007
WagnerThe Flying Dutchman Overture
BruchViolin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
DvorakSymphony No. 8 in G
Soloist: Peter Hanson, Violin
7.45pm Saturday 28th April 2007
ProkofievRomeo and Juliet Ballet Suite
Saint-SaensCello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Vaughan WilliamsSymphony No. 2 in D
Soloist: Fiona Gillett, Cello
7.45pm Saturday 7th July 2007
SmetanaMa Vlast
MozartSinfonia Concertante
GlazunovAlto Sax Concerto
CoplandRodeo
Soloists: Alan Morris - Violin, Mandy Perkins - Viola, Phil Wayman, Saxophone

2005/2006 Season

7.45pm Saturday 12th November 2005
Coriolan OvertureBeethoven
Pelleas & MelisandeSibelius
Piano Concerto No.2 in BbBrahms
Soloist - Viv McLean, Piano
7.45pm Saturday 4th February 2006
Soiree MusicaleBritten
Clarinet Concerto in AMozart
Appalachian SpringCopland
Soloist - Jane Plessner, Clarinet
7.45pm Saturday 6th May 2006
Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream"Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No.23 in AMozart
Symphony No.6 in FBeethoven
Soloist - Elena Fialho, Piano
7.45pm Saturday 8th July 2006
Peer Gynt Suite No.1Grieg
The Lark AscendingVaughan Williams
Symphony No.2 in DBrahms
Soloist - Alan Morris, Violin

2004/2005 Season

7.45pm Saturday 6th November 2004
Overture from RienziWagner
Violin Concerto in EmMendelssohn
Symphony No.4 in FmTchaikovsky
Soloist - Peter Hanson, Violin
2.30pm Sunday 6th February 2005
A concert of Dances and Ballet
Andante and Hungarian Rondo for violaWeber
Music by Respighi, Faure, Tchaikovsky, Massenet, Herold, Delibes and Saint-Saens
Soloist - Mandy Perkins, Viola
7.45pm Saturday 30th April 2005
Pamatnik LidicimMartinu
Cello Concerto in E minorElgar
Symphony No.5 in C minorBeethoven
Soloist - Fiona Gillett, Cello
7.45pm Saturday 9th July 2005
Festival OvertureShostakovich
Horn Concerto No.3 in E flatMozart
Concertino for OboeDonizetti
Symphony in D minorFranck
Soloist - David Pyatt, Horn
Soloist - Hillary Evans, Oboe

2003/2004 Season

7.45pm Saturday 8th November 2003
Polonaise & Waltz from Eugene OneginTchaikovsky
Four Last SongsR Strauss
Symphony No.9, 'From the New World'Dvorak
Soloist - Kathryn Davida Oxley, Soprano
7.45pm Saturday 7th February 2004
Overture 'The Marriage of Figaro'Mozart
Double Horn Concerto in E flatHaydn
Violin Concerto No.3 in GMozart
Symphony in CBizet
Soloists : John Maynard and Thomas Molloy - Horns
Craig Stratton - Violin
7.45pm Saturday 8th May 2004
Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave'Mendelssohn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E minorShostakovich
Symphony No.3 in E flat 'Eroica'Beethoven
Soloist - Nicola Baxter, Cello
7.45pm Saturday 10th July 2004
Helios OvertureNielsen
Capriol SuiteWarlock
Bassoon ConcertoMozart
Karelia SuiteSibelius
Four Scottish DancesArnold
Soloist - Carolyn Sewell, Bassoon

2002/2003 Season

7.45pm Saturday 16th November 2002
Overture 'Don Giovanni'Mozart
Piano Concerto No.5, 'Emperor'Beethoven
Symphony No.9, 'Great'Schubert
Soloist - Simon Howat, Piano
7.45pm Saturday 8th February 2003
Overture 'Egmont', Op.84Beethoven
Flute Concerto, Op.283C Reinecke
Serenade in E, Op.22Dvorak
Suite in Bb, Op.4R Strauss
Soloist - Anna Stokes, Flute
7.45pm Saturday 3rd May 2003
Academic Festival OvertureBrahms
Symphony No.1 in G minor, Op.7C Nielsen
Violin ConcertoBeethoven
Soloist - Peter Hanson, Violin
2.45pm Sunday 13th July 2003
Summer Concert of 'Popular Classics', will include:
Piano Concerto No.19, K459Mozart
Largo from Symphony No.9Dvorak
Adagio from SpartacusKhachaturian
Blue Danube WaltzJ Strauss
Soloist - Stuart Bonner, Piano

2001/2002 Season

7.45pm Saturday 10th November 2001
Overture Leonora No.3Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.2 in F, Op.101Shostakovich
Symphony No.4Brahms
Soloist - Kirjusha Makharinsky
7.45pm Saturday 2nd February 2002
Overture Il Seraglio, K384Mozart
Mazurek in E minor, Romance in F minorDvorak
Nuits d'EteBerlioz
Symphony No.7Beethoven
Soloist - Jennifer Fisher, Mezzo Soprano
7.45pm Saturday 4th May 2002
Masques et Bergamasques, Op.112Faure
Banks of Green WillowButterworth
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for
    Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon & Horn, K297b
Mozart
Concerto in C for two Trumpets, P75Vivaldi
Symphony No.35 in D, K385 HaffnerMozart
Soloists - Peter Reid & Dominic Cotton
7.45pm Saturday 13th July 2002
Danse Macabre, Op.40Saint-Saens
LentoSkempton
Cello Concerto No.1 in CHaydn
Symphony No.3, "Rheinish"Schumann
Soloist - Penelope Lynex

2000/2001 Season

8pm Saturday 11th November 2000
Crown ImperialWalton
Piano Concerto in A major, K488Mozart
Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.75 "Pathetique"Tchaikovsky
Soloist - Louise Dunsby
Reviews of Concert
8pm Saturday 17th February 2001
Overture "Tannhauser"Wagner
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85Elgar
Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68Brahms
Soloist - Emily Bounds
Reviews of Concert
8pm Saturday 12th May 2001
Overture "Barber of Seville"Rossini
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.4Mendelssohn
Adagio for StringsBarber
Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21Beethoven
Soloist - Craig Stratton
Reviews of Concert
8pm Saturday 14th July 2001
Fantasia on Greensleeves Vaughan Williams
Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F minor, Op.114 Weber
Music for the Royal Fireworks Handel
Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.141 Dvorak
Soloist - Jane Plessner

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