York Symphony Orchestra Concerts 1980-2000

Date:
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
2010 | 2011

Venues:

CH	- Central Hall, University of York
GH	- The Guildhall, York
JL	- Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
SJ	- The Chapel, University College of Ripon and York St John ("St John's College'')
SP	- St Peter's School Hall
BS	- Bootham School Hall

Conductor: Martin Hotton

Leader: Hazel Henderson

22nd November, 1980 SP
- Larsen - "Pastorale" Suite
- Mozart - Piano Concerto in C minor K491 (soloist: Philip Martin)
- Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 op. 90 ("Italian")

21st March, 1981 JL
- Elgar
  - "Cockaigne" Overture
  - "Wand of Youth" Suite
  - Cello Concerto in E minor (soloist: Melissa Phelps )

13th June, 1981 GH
Viennese evening

21st November, 1981 SP
- Fauré - "Masques et Bergamasques"
- Gounod - "Petite Symphonie"
- Barber - Adagio for strings
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 in F, op. 93

27th March, 1982 GH
- Beethoven - "Prometheus" Overture
- Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante
- Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances
- Haydn - Symphony No. 101 in D ("The Clock")

22nd May, 1982 GH
Viennese evening

27th November, 1982 GH
- Weber - "Jubel" Overture
- Mozart - Oboe Concerto K314 (Soloist: Ruth Watson)
- Delius - "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring"
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 in D Op. 36

26th March, 1983 GH
- Arnold - Four Scottish Dances
- Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (Soloist: Eileen Spencer)
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 in G minor op. 13

21st May, 1983 GH
Viennese evening

26th November, 1983 GH
- Rossini - Overture "The Italian Girl in Algiers"
- Bizet - Suite "Jeux d'enfants"
- Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K491 (Soloist: Francis Jackson )
- Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor ("Scottish")

24th March, 1984 SP
- Mozart - Overture "Don Giovanni"
- Sibelius - "Karelia" Suite
- Dvorák - Symphony No. 5 in F

24th November, 1984 GH
- Mendelssohn - Overture "Fingal's Cave"
- Vaughan Williams - "The lark ascending" (soloist: Harry Cawood)
- Jacobs - More old wine in new bottles
- Elgar - Serenade for strings
- Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor

23rd March, 1985 GK
- Rossini - Overture "Il Signor Bruschino"
- Haydn - Trumpet Concerto (soloist: Duncan Rayson)
- Arnold - Serenade
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A

13th July, 1985 GH
Viennese evening

Conductor: Martin Hotton

Leader: Catherine van de Weyer

23rd November, 1985 GH
- Sibelius - "Finlandia"
- Gershwin - "Rhapsody in Blue" (soloist: Francis Jackson )
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2

7th December, 1985
Clarinet Competition

8th March, 1986 GH
- Vaughan Williams - Overture "The Wasps"
- Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (soloist: Mark Crooks)
- Bartok - Romanian Dances
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 in C op. 21

Guest Conductor: John Hastie

Leader: Catherine van de Weyer

28th June, 1986 GH
Viennese evening

Conductor: John Godfrey

Leader: Catherine van de Weyer

30th November, 1986 GH
- Schubert - Symphony No. 3 in D
- Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra K364 (soloists: Susan Eaton, Antony Cullen)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F ("Pastoral")

28th March, 1987 GH
- Walton - "Spitfire" Prelude and Fugue
- Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor (soloist: Katie Hull)
- Dvorák - Symphony No. 8 in G

Saturday 27th June, 1987 GH
Annual Summer Concert

Sunday 13th December, 1987 GH
A Scandinavian concert
- Nielsen - Overture "Helios'', op. 17
- Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 43

31st January, 1988 GH
Piano competition

Sunday 27th March, 1988 GH
- Mussorgsky - Introduction to Khovanshchina
- Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, op. 101 (soloist: Robert Melling)
- Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 1 in D mi., op. 13

*** Ninetieth Birthday Concert ***
Saturday 9th July, 1988 GH
Saturday 26th November, 1988 GH
- Sibelius - Pelléas et Mélisande
- Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
- Mozart - Symphony No. 39 in Eb, K. 543
- Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question
- Richard Strauss - Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb, op. 11 (soloist: Roger Montgomery)

Conductor: Paul Mann

Leader: Catherine Van de Weyer

Saturday 18th March 1989 GH
- Haydn - Symphony No. 88 in G
- Scriabin - Piano Concerto in F# mi., op. 20 (soloist: Damien LeGassick)
- Schumann - Symphony No. 1 in Bb

Saturday 24th June 1989 GH
Annual Summer Concert

Saturday 25th November 1989 GH
- Dvorák - Carnival Overture, op. 92
- Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb (soloist: Ernest Hall)
- Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2 in A (soloist: Ernest Hall)
- Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet

Saturday 31st March 1990 GH
- Beethoven - Overture & Incidental Music to Egmont , op. 84
- Mozart - Violin Concerto in G, K. 216 (soloist: Janine Marshall)
- Mozart - Arias: Porgi Amor & Dove Sono from The Marriage of Figaro (soprano soloist: Denise Tavares)
- Schubert - Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82

Saturday 23rd June 1990 GH
- Dvorák - Slavonic Dances, op. 46, nos. 1, 3, 8
- Grieg - Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
- Sibelius - Valse Triste, op. 44
- Johann Strauss II - Im Krapfenwaldl, op. 336
- Johann Strauss II - Waltz: "Vienna Blood'', op. 354
- Brahms (orch. A. Parlow) - Hungarian Dances, nos. 5 & 6
- Mozart - Concert Rondo in D, K.382 (soloist: Paul Mann )
- Johann Strauss II - Demolitions Polka, op. 269
- Johann Strauss II - Egyptian March, op. 335
- Josef Strauss - Jockey Polka, op. 278
- Josef Strauss - Feuerfest, op. 269
- Johann Strauss II - Banditen-Galopp, op. 378
- Eduard Strauss - Frauenherz, op. 166
- Johann Strauss II - An der Schönen Blauen Donau, op. 314
- Johann Strauss I - Radetzky-Marsch, op. 228

Conductor: Paul Mann

Leader: Claire Jowett

Saturday 24th November 1990 GH
- Richard Whilds (b. 1966) - The Kiss. Commissioned by the Y.S.O.; first performance.
- Schumann - 'Cello Concerto in A mi. (soloist: Ioan Davies)
- Dvorák - Symphony No. 9 in E mi. (From the New World)
Saturday 16th March 1991 JL
In memoriam Dennis Matthews (1919 - 1988)
- Haydn - Symphony No. 44 in E mi. (Trauer)
- Mozart - Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, K. 365 (soloists: Paul Mann and Ernest Hall)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A, op. 92
Sunday 30th June 1991 CH
- Bizet - Suite from Carmen
- Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf (narrator: Berwick Kaler) [Photo]
- Strauss -
  - (Johann) Rosen aus dem Süden, op. 388
  - (Josef) Die Libelle, op. 204
  - (Johann) Unter Donner und Blitz
  - (Johann) Im Krapfenwaldl, op. 336
  - (Johann & Josef) Pizzicato Polka
  - (Josef) Feuerfest, op. 269
  - (Johann) Banditen-Galopp, op. 378
  - (Johann) An der Schönen Blauen Donau, op. 314
  - (Johann (father)) - Radetzky-Marsch, op. 228
Sunday 24th November 1991 GH
- Brahms - Tragic Overture, op. 81
- Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D, op. 35 (soloist: Malu Lin)
- Verdi - Music from Macbeth (soloists: Sharon Nicholson-Skeggs (soprano); Patricia Casement (soprano); Greg Clarkson (bass))
Saturday 7th March 1992 JL
Young People's Chamber Concert for Piano Recitalists
In memory of Grace Stevens
Saturday 28th March 1992 JL
- Mozart - Symphony No. 35, K. 385 (Haffner)
- Mahler - Rückert Lieder (mezzo-soprano soloist: Jacqueline Edwards)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F, op. 68 (Pastoral)
Saturday 27th June 1992 JL
- Dvorák - Slavonic Dances, op. 72
- Bernstein - "On The Town'': three dance episodes
- Johann Strauss - Emperor Waltz, op. 437
- Brahms (orch. Dvorák) - Hungarian Dances, nos. 17, 18, 19
- Strauss -
  - (Johann) Egyptian March, op. 335
  - (Josef) Jockey Polka, op. 278
  - (Johann) Bitte Schön, op. 372
  - (Eduard) Bahn Frei, op. 45
  - (Josef) Frauenherz, op. 166
  - (Johann) Auf der Jagd, op. 373
  - (Johann) Eljen a Magyar, op. 332
  - (Johann) An der Schönen Blauen Donau, op. 314
  - (Johann (father)) Radetzky-Marsch, op. 228
Saturday 28th November 1992 CH
- Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb (soloist: Ernest Hall)
- Schumann - Symphony No. 3 in Eb (Rhenish)
Saturday 20th March 1993 CH
- Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D, op. 61 (soloist: Martin Milner)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in Eb (Eroica)
Saturday 26th June 1993 JL conducted by Edward Huws Jones
- Verdi - Overture to La Forza del Destino
- Verdi - Arias (baritone soloist: Michael de Costa)
  - Di Provenza il mar (from La Traviata )
  - Cortigiani vil' razza dannata (from Rigoletto )
- Johann Strauss - Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, op. 325
- Borodin - Polovetsian Dances (from Prince Igor )
- Johann Strauss -
  - Champagner-Polka, op. 211
  - Unter Donner und Blitz
- Franz Lehár - Songs (baritone soloist: Michael de Costa)
  - You are my heart's delight (from The Land of Smiles )
  - Music playing (from The Merry Widow )
- Strauss -
  - (Josef) Feuerfest, op. 269
  - (Johann) An der Schönen Blauen Donau, op. 314
  - (Johann (father)) Radetzky-Marsch, op. 228
Saturday 27th November 1993 CH
- Haydn - Symphony No. 88 in G
- Brahms - Violin Concerto in D, op. 77 (soloist: Malu Lin)
- Elgar - Variations on an original theme, op. 39 (Enigma)

Conductor: Eno Koço

Leader: Claire Jowett

Saturday 26th March 1994 SJ
- Fauré - Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 80
- Mozart - Horn Concerto in Eb, K. 495 (soloist: Janus Wadsworth)
- Dvorák - Symphony No. 7 in D mi., op. 70
Sunday 26th June 1994 JL
- Shostakovich - Festive Overture
- Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C mi., op. 18 (soloist: Maxim Philippov)
- Khachaturian - Suite from Spartacus
Saturday 19th November 1994 CH
- Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture, op. 26
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 36
- Dvorák - 'Cello Concerto in B mi., op. 104 (soloist: Moray Welsh)
Saturday 1st April 1995 JL
- Mozart - Overture to La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621
- Mozart - Clarinet concerto, K. 622 (soloist: Alan Hacker )
- Dvorák - Slavonic Dances, op. 46, nos. 1, 4, 8
- Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9, op. 70

Guest Conductor: Alan Hacker

Leader: Claire Jowett

Saturday 1st July 1995 JL conducted by Alan Hacker
- Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (piano soloist: Josephine Peach)
- Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves
- Grieg - Music for Peer Gynt
- Peter Maxwell Davies - An Orkney Wedding (bagpipe soloist: Neil MacLure)

Conductor: Leslie Bresnen

Leader: Claire Jowett

Sunday 26th November 1995 SJ
- Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
- Brahms - Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3, 10, orch. Brahms
- Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219 (Soloist: Gent Koço)
- Sibelius - Valse Triste, op. 44
- Schubert - Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished'')
Saturday 23rd March 1996 JL
- Beethoven - Overture, Leonora No. 3
- Tchaikovsky - Waltz & Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
- Mozart - Flute Concerto in G, K. 313 (Soloist: Della Pawley)
- Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia
- Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5 ("Reformation'')
Saturday 29th June 1996 JL
- Borodin - Overture "Prince Igor''
- Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
- Bizet - Music from L'Arlésienne
- Sibelius - Karelia Suite
- Elgar - Sea Pictures (Soloist: Jacqueline Edwards)
- Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4
Sunday 15th December 1996 JL
- Humperdinck - Overture "Hänsel & Gretel"
- Smetana - Šárka from Má Vlast
- Saint-Saëns - 'Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor (Soloist: Simon Fox )
- Khachaturian - Waltz from Masquerade Suite
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian")
Saturday 15th March 1997 JL
- Verdi - Grand March & Ballet Music from Aida
- Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite
- Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
- Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3 ("Organ Symphony'')
Saturday 28th June 1997 JL
- Nicolai - Overture "Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, op. 15 (Soloist: Leigh O'Hara)
- Rossini - Overture Semiramide
- Dvorák - Symphonic Variations, op. 78
Saturday 13th December 1997 JL
- Wolf-Ferrari - Overture to Susanna's Secret
- Smetana - Vysehrad from Má Vlast
- Brahms - Concerto for Violin and Violoncello, op. 102
  (Soloists: Roger Huckle & Rachel Burbridge)
- Franck - Symphony in D minor
Saturday 28th March 1998 JL
- Berlioz - Le Carnaval Romain
- Borodin - Petite Suite
- Vaughan Williams - Tuba Concerto (Soloist: David Nesbitt)
- Schumann - Symphony No. 3 in Eb
Saturday 11th July 1998 JL
- Elgar - "Wand of Youth" Suite No. 1
- Schubert - Music from Rosamunde
- Mussorgsky - Night on the Bare Mountain
- Sibelius - Finlandia
- Borodin - Symphony No. 2
Sunday 13th December 1998 JL
- Elgar - Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, op. 27
- Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante K.297b for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and orchestra
  (soloists: Jane Beadle, Martin Beeston, Jane Lomax, Christina Thomson-Jones)
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 2
Saturday 13th March 1999 JL
- Rossini - Overture to "The Thieving Magpie"
- Mozart - Piano Concerto in C minor, K.491 (soloist: Josephine Peach)
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 3 "Polish")
*** Centenary Concert *** [Photo]
Saturday 26th June 1999 CH
with York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir
- Wagner - Overture to "Die Meistersinger"
- Brahms - Alto Rhapsody (alto soloist: Jacqueline Edwards)
- Rossini - La Boutique Fantasque
- Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 1 (Hoffman)
- Walton - March "Crown Imperial"
- Wagner - Arrival of the Guests at Wartburg, from "Tannhäuser"
- Wagner - Pilgrims' Chorus, from "The Flying Dutchman"
Saturday 4th December 1999 CH
- Brahms - Tragic Overture
- Bruch - Violin Concerto (soloist: Gent Koço)
- Dvorák - Symphony No. 9 in E mi. (From the New World)
Saturday 18th March 2000 JL
In memory of Tony Fisher
- Mendelssohn - "Ruy Blas" overture
- Bizet - Jeux d'Enfants
- Grieg - Piano Concerto (soloist: Leigh O'Hara)
- Nielsen - Symphony No. 1
Saturday 1st July 2000 JL
Conductors: Leslie Bresnen and Will Todd
- Beethoven - "Egmont"' overture
- Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- Todd - Trumpet Concerto - first performance (soloist: Alastair Long)
- Elgar - "Wand of Youth" Suite No. 2
- Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave
Saturday 2nd December 2000 CH
- Blackford - "Scorpio" overture (first performance)
- Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 ("Emperor") (soloist: Sarah Beth Briggs )
- Dvorák - Symphony No. 8
Saturday 17th March 2001 CH
- Jackson - "Brigantia" overture
- Elgar - Cello concerto (soloist: Simon Fox )
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 in G minor ("Winter Daydreams")
Saturday 30th June 2001 JL
- Offenbach - Overture "Orpheus in the Underworld"
- Grieg - Two Elegaic Melodies
- Copland - "Appalachian Spring"
- Gabrieli - "Sonata Pian' e Forte"
- Parry - Symphony No. 3 in C ("The English")
Saturday 1st December 2001 CH
- Verdi - Overture to Sicilian Vespers
- Wagner - 'Good Friday Spell' from Parzifal
- Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor (soloist: Caroline Vaughan)
- Gounod - Ballet Music from Faust
- Liszt - Symphonic Poem No. 2: Tasso - Lament and Triumph
Saturday 16th March 2002 JL
- Sibelius - King Christian II Suite
- Franck - Symphonic Variations (soloist: Gemma Webster)
- Borodin - Symphony No. 1 in E flat
Saturday 29th June 2002 CH
- MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood
- Smetana - Vltava
- Richard Strauss - Horn Concerto No.2 (soloist: Andy Saunders)
- Copland - John Henry
- Grieg - Symphonic Dances Op.64

Conductor: David Blake

Leader: Claire Jowett

Saturday 7th December 2002 CH
- Weber - Overture to Oberon
- Janácek (arr. Blake) - On an overgrown path
- Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 1 (soloist: Gina McCormack)
- Dvorák - Symphony No. 8

Guest Conductor: Alasdair Jamieson

Leader: Claire Jowett

Saturday 15th March 2003 JL
- Mendelssohn - Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Mozart - Piano Concerto no. 27 in B flat major K595 (soloist: Faye Williams)
- Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5 in D minor op. 127 (Reformation)
- (encore) German - Merrymakers' Dance from Nell Gwyn Suite

Conductor: David Blake

Leader: Claire Jowett

Saturday 28th June 2003 CH
- Hérold - Overture: Zampa
- Berlioz - The Aeolian Harp
- Berlioz - Funeral march from Hamlet
- Berlioz - Cléopâtre (soloist: Elinor Carter)
- Satie - Gymnopédie No. 1
- Saint-Saëns - 'Softly awakes my heart' (soloist: Elinor Carter)
- Bizet - Suite from Carmen (soloist: Elinor Carter)

Saturday 29th November 2003 CH
- Bruckner - Overture in G minor
- Dvorák - Cello concerto in B minor (soloist: Laura Moody)
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F Major (Pastoral)

Saturday 20th March 2004 JL [Photo]
- Kodály - Dances of Galanta
- Chopin - Piano concerto No. 2 in F minor (soloist: Gemma Webster)
- Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major

Saturday 26th June 2004 CH
- Schubert - Overture: Rosamunde
- Tchaikovsky - Violin concerto in D major (soloist: Takane Funatsu)
- Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in D minor

Saturday 27th November 2004 CH
- Sibelius - Rakastava
- Brahms - Double concerto in A minor for violin and cello (soloists: Roger Garland and Jane Hyland)
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 1 in E minor

Saturday 19th March 2005 JL [Photo]
- Weber - Overture Euryanthe
- Haydn - Symphony No. 92 in G ('Oxford')
- Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Saturday 2nd July 2005 JL
- Dvorák - Overture: Amid Nature
- Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (soloist: Sally Burgess)
- David Blake - Rings of Jade: poems from the Prison Diary of Ho Chi Minh
  (first performance - commissioned by the YSO) (soloist: Sally Burgess)
- Enescu - Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Conductor: Alasdair Jamieson

Leader: Claire Jowett

Saturday 3rd December 2005 CH
- Wolf-Ferrari - Overture: Susannah's Secret
- Dvorák - Slavonic Dances op. 46 nos. 4 and 2; op. 73 no. 3
- Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A (soloist: Kate White)
- Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor

Saturday 18th March 2006 JL
- Weber - Overture: Der Freischütz
- Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia
- Shostakovitch - Piano Concerto no. 2 in F (soloist: Josephine Peach)
- Dvorák - Symphony No. 7 in D minor

Saturday 1st July 2006 JL
- Mackenzie - Britannia a Nautical Overture op. 52
- Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow
- Elgar - The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1
- Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- MacCunn - The Dowie Dens of Yarrow op. 6
- Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma) op. 36

Saturday 25th November 2006 CH
- Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn
- Stanford - Irish Rhapsody No. 1
- Vaughan-Williams - Symphony No. 2 ('London')

Saturday 24th March 2007 JL
- Mozart - Overture to The Magic Flute
- Bruch - Scottish Fantasy Op. 46 (violin solo: Peter Fisher)
- Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
- Nielsen - Symphony No. 2 The Four Temperaments

Saturday 30th June 2007 JL
- Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
- Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra (soloist: John Mackenzie)
- Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherezade

Saturday 15th December 2007 JL - Celebrations!
- Jackson: Brigantia
- Elgar: Sea Pictures (soloist: Olivia Ray, mezzo-soprano)
- Elgar: Triumphal March (Caractacus)
- Prokofiev: Troika
- Delius: Sleigh Ride
- Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony

Saturday 15th March 2008 JL - Views of Italy
- Sullivan: Overture di Ballo
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Italian
- Berlioz: Harold in Italy (viola solo: Maggy Lamb)

Saturday 28th June 2008 JL - Sounds for the Summer
- Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques
- Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor (soloist: Alexandra Dariescu)
- Honegger: Pastorale d'été
- Schumann: Symphony No 1 in B flat, 'Spring'

Saturday 29th November 2008 BS - Romantic Contrasts
- Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'
- Liszt: Prometheus
- Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major

Saturday 7th March 2009 Unitarian Chapel - Chamber Concert
- 5 in a bar (Wind Quintet): works by Agay, Porter and Debussy
- A Garland of Flutes (Flute Trio): Works by Youmans, Simaku and Cotton
- Horn Duo: Sonata by Nicolai
- Cellos' Dining Club: works by Lai, Sherwin, Farfes, Jenkins
- Guilhad: Saxophone Concertino
- One over the eight (Wind Nonet): Petite Symphonie (Gounod)

Saturday 28th March 2009 JL - Sunlight and Shade
- Nielsen: Helios Overture

Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor op. 61 (soloist: Peter Fisher, Violin)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Saturday 4th July 2009 JL
- Glinka: Overture Ruslan and Ludmilla
- Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C op. 26 (soloist: Grace Huang, piano)
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor op. 64

Saturday 12th December 2009 Manor Auditorium
- Berwald: Symphony No. 3 in C (Sinfonie Singulière)
- Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1, op. 17
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major

Saturday 27th March 2010 JL
- Walton: Prelude and Fugue (The Spitfire)
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor Op. 64 (soloist: Dorin Tuca, Violin)
- Martucci: Symphony No. 1 in d minor Op. 75
Saturday 24th April 2010 Unitarian Chapel - Chamber Concert
- Horn Quartet (Mark Sykes, Petr Sehnal, Oliver Balme, Katherine Medway): works by Rossini and Rimsky-Korsakov
- Cellos' Dining Club (Joyce, Graham, Rachel, Shirley, Bella, Margaret M., Margaret G., Ian): works by Tim New, Fauré and Glière
- Anna Baldwin: a poem
- A Garland of Flutes (Rosalind Grice and friends): works by Gershwin and Simaku
- Horn Quartet: works by Clark, Gallay and Handel
- Rachael Clarke (clarinet) and Tim Tozer (piano): Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
- Jan and Dave Truswell: Truswell: Three little pieces for viola and piano
- Lucy Jessop and Martin Linnell: Songs by Jerome Kern and Cole Porter
- Piano Quartet (Lucy Jessop, Sarah Jones, Joyce Martin, Martin Linnell): Saint-Saëns: Piano Quartet in E major (1st movt.)
Saturday 3rd July 2010 JL
- Mendelssohn: Overture: The Fair Melusine Op. 32
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 (Soloist: Alexandra Dariescu)
- Dvorák: Symphony No. 6 in D major
Saturday 29th January 2011 JL (postponed from 29th December, 2010)

Beethoven: Overture Leonore no. 3 op. 72
Elgar: Cello Concerto in e minor Op. 85 (Soloist: Tim Lowe)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c minor op. 6

Saturday 26th March 2011 JL

Copland: An Outdoor Overture
Sibelius: Karelia Suite op. 11
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Soloist: Kathryn Coombes)
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major op. 88

Saturday 14th May 2011 Unitarian Chapel - Chamber Concert
- Anna Baldwicn (reader): E.M. Forster - On Beethoven, from Howard's End
- String Quartet (Lucy Jessop, Rachel Wilson, Sarah Jones, Joyce Martin): William Boyce - Symphony No. 4
- Peter Hatcher (violin) & Jo Peach (piano): Beethoven - Adagio from Sonata No. 5 in F
- Julie Purcell & Rachael Clarke (alto saxophones): Gregory Yanitsky - 'Good to Go'
- Catherine Luker (voice) & Dave Truswell (piano): Merrill & Styne - 'Don't rain on my parade'
- Horn Quartet (Mark Sykes, Petr Sehnal, Oliver Balme, Katrina Crawford): Richard Bissell - Horn Quartz; Humperdinck - Abendsegen (Hansel and Gretel)
- Lucy Jessop (voice) & Dave Truswell (piano): Dave Truswell - 3 songs of Czech children
- A Garland of Flutes: James Hook - Flute Trio no. 2; Terence Greaves - Dance Trio for 3 flutes
- Sarah Jones (violin): Bach - Sarabande from Partita no. 2
- Wind Quintet (Felicity Jones, Christina Young, Julie Purcell, Mark Sykes, Martin Ward): Poulenc - Novelette in C; Dick Blackford - Sarabande; Zequina de Abreu - Tico Tico no Fubá
- Cellos' Dining Club (Rachel Brown, Shirley Roberts, Joyce Martin, Bella, Lindsay Illingworth, Graham Long, Ian Lockie, Margaret Grant, Sian Welsh, Margaret Moorhouse): Tim New - There and Back again; Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasilerias no. 5
Saturday 2nd July 2011 JL
- Debussy: Printemps
- Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
- Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite
- Barber: Adagio for Strings
- Borodin: Symphony no. 2 in B minor
Saturday 26th November 2011 JL
- Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
- Dvorák: The Noonday Witch, op. 108
- Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, op. 11 (Soloist: Mark Sykes)
- Tchaikovsky:Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 (Pathétique)

Venues:

Conductor: Martin Hotton

Leader: Hazel Henderson

Conductor: Martin Hotton

Leader: Catherine van de Weyer

Guest Conductor: John Hastie

Leader: Catherine van de Weyer

Conductor: John Godfrey

Leader: Catherine van de Weyer

Conductor: Paul Mann

Leader: Catherine Van de Weyer

Conductor: Paul Mann

Leader: Claire Jowett

Conductor: Eno Koço

Leader: Claire Jowett

Guest Conductor: Alan Hacker

Leader: Claire Jowett

Conductor: Leslie Bresnen

Leader: Claire Jowett

Conductor: David Blake Leader: Claire Jowett

Guest Conductor: Alasdair Jamieson

Leader: Claire Jowett

Conductor: David Blake Leader: Claire Jowett

Conductor: Alasdair Jamieson Leader: Claire Jowett

Conductor: David Blake

Leader: Claire Jowett

Conductor: David Blake

Leader: Claire Jowett

Conductor: Alasdair Jamieson

Leader: Claire Jowett