Solent Sinfonia 6. Saturday 2nd December 1972 Southampton Art Gallery 1. Friday 3rd December 1971 Southampton Art Gallery Conductor: Ward Gardner Conductor: Ward Gardner Soloist: Alan Durkin (piano) Leader: Joan Schmeising Mozart: Overture ‘The Magic Flute’ Corelli: Concerto Grosso No.8 (Christmas Concerto) Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in G, k453 Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Bizet: Suite ‘Jeux d’Enfants’ Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies Franck: Symphonic Variations Haydn: Symphony No. 104 7. Saturday 17th March 1973 2. Wednesday 22nd March 1972 Southampton Art Gallery Southampton Art Gallery Conductor: Ward Gardner Conductor: Ward Gardner Leader: Brian Mould Soloists: Morris Binns (clarinet) Soloist: Lloyd Bates (trumpet) Joan Schmeising (violin) Dorothy Williams (violin) Schubert: Ballet Music from ‘Rosamunde’ Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb Gluck: Overture ‘Alceste’ Handel: Concerto Grosso in F, Op.6, No.9 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor Bach: Concerto for two violins Schubert: Symphony No.5 8. Saturday 8th April 1973 Southampton Art Gallery 3. Friday 12th May 1972 Beaulieu Abbey Concert for the Society of Designer-Craftsmen
Conductor: Ward Gardner Conductor: Ward Gardner Choir: New Forest Singers Soloists: Pauline Buijink (flute) Celia Chambers (flute) Vivaldi: Beatus Vir Vicki Kent (cello)
4. Saturday 24th June 1972 Locke: Music for Sackbuts and Cornetts Southampton Art Gallery Solo pieces for cello and flute Bach: Concerto for three harpsichords Conductor: Ward Gardner Soloist: Alexander Orba (flute) 9a. Friday 4th May 1973 Southampton Art Gallery Schubert: Overture ‘Rosamunde’ Handel: Entry of the Queen of Sheba Conductor: Ward Gardner Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor Leader: Brian Mould Delius: Prelude to Irmelin Soloists: Valerie Marshall (contralto) Bach: Orchestral Suite No.2 David Earwood (bass) Choir: New Forest Singers 5. Friday 3rd November 1972 Southampton Art Gallery ‘Music for Royal Occasions by Handel’ Zadok the Priest Conductor: Ward Gardner Water Music (excerpts) Soloists: Valerie Nunns (soprano) Dettingen Te Deum David Scott (tenor) Choir: New Forest Singers 9b. Saturday 5th May 1973 Beaulieu Abbey Church Purcell: Music for Queen Mary’s Funeral Mozart: Exultate Jubilate Repeat concert Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus Vivaldi: Beatus Vir
10. Saturday 23rd June 1973 14. Saturday 9th November 1974 Southampton Art Gallery Southampton Art Gallery
Conductor: Ward Gardner Conductors: Ward Gardner Soloist: Paul Bateman (piano) John Hawker Soloist: William Buchan (tuba) Rossini: Overture ‘The Thievish Magpie’ Haydn: Symphony No.4 in G ‘Homage to Vaughan-Williams’ Shostakovitch: Piano Concerto No.2 Prokofiev: March from ‘Love of Three Oranges’ English Folk Songs Suite Prelude – 49th Parallel 11. Friday 23rd November 1973 Concerto in F minor for bass tuba Fareham Technical College Symphony No.5 in D
Conductor: Ward Gardner 15. Thursday 20th February 1975 Soloist: Simon Wills (trombone) Southampton Guildhall
Offenbach: Overture ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ Conductor: Ward Gardner Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor Soloists: Alfredo Campoli (violin) Gordon Jacob: Trombone Concerto Joan Schmeising (violin) Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela Sibelius: Karelia Suite Rossini: Overture – Semiramide Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor 11(b) Saturday 24th November 1973 Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.8 for two violins Southampton Art Gallery Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor
Repeat concert 16. Saturday 14th June 1975 Turner Sims Concert Hall 12. Saturday 16th March 1974 Southampton Art Gallery Conductors: Ward Gardner John Hawker Conductor: Ward Gardner Soloists: Kelvin Grout (piano) Soloists: Orchestra principals: Alexander Orba (piccolo) Alec Orton (oboe) David Beech (clarinet) Bartok: Rumanian Dances Christopher Blake (horn) Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Suzanne Chappell (bassoon) Vivaldi: Concerto for flauto piccolo Dvořák: Symphony No.7 in D minor Wagner: Prelude – ‘Die Meistersinger’ Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for wind 17. Friday 17th October 1975. Schubert: Symphony No.9 in C Southampton Guildhall
13. Saturday 22nd June 1974 Conductor: Ward Gardner Southampton Art Gallery Soloists: Iris Loveridge (piano) Valerie Nunns (soprano) Conductor: Ward Gardner with Alan Durkin (piano) Soloists: Joan Schmeising (violin) Andrew Ball (piano) Glinka: Overture – Russlan and Ludmilla Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 12 Mozart: Concert Aria – ‘Ch’io mi scordi di te / Non Delius: Violin Concerto temer, amato bene’ Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 Dvořák: Symphony No.9 (New World)
18. Wednesday 4th February 1976 22. Thursday 4th November 1976 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Ward Gardner Conductor: Ward Gardner Soloist: John Wilbraham (trumpet) Soloist: Carlos Bonell (guitar)
Wagner: Overture ‘Rienzi’ Bizet: Carmen Suite No.2 Sibelius: Suite ‘Rakastava’ Rodrigo: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor Sibelius: Symphony No.5 23. Friday 11th February 1977 19. Sunday 16th May 1976 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Robert Rawson Conductor: Ward Gardner Soloists: Alfredo Campoli (violin) Soloist: Gayle Smith (cello) Joan Schmeising (violin)
Walton: March ‘Crown Imperial’ McCunn: Land of the Mountain and the Flood Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor Schubert: Symphony No.9 in C Bach: Double Concerto in D minor Smetana: Excerpts from ‘Ma Vlast’ 20(a) Tuesday 25th May 1976 Southampton Art Gallery 24. Tuesday 7th to Saturday 12th March 1977 Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Ward Gardner Pit orchestra for Southampton Operatic Society Sullivan: Overture ‘Yeomen of the Guard Gilbert and Sullivan: The Gondoliers Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Purcell: Suite ‘Abdelazar’ 6 performances Locke: Music for His Majesty’s Sackbuts and Cornetts 25. Tuesday 10TH October 1977 Vaughan Williams: Two English Miniatures Turner Sims Concert Hall Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Conductor: Ward Gardner Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor Soloists: Madeleine Cross (flute) Suzanne Chappell (bassoon) 20(b) Thursday 3rd June 1976 Kurfurstliches Schloss, Mainz Nicolai: Overture ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ Repeat concert Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits Grieg: Holberg Suite 20 c) Friday 18th June 1976 Elgar: Romance for bassoon & orchestra Canford School, Wimborne, Dorset Fauré: Pavane Repeat concert Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust
21. Monday 4th October 1976 26a Thursday 3rd November 1977. Southampton Art Gallery Canford School, Wimborne
Conductor: Robert Rawson Conductors: Ward Gardner David Benké Concert for Civic Reception for Mayor Soloist: Paul Bateman (piano) Viennese Music Beethoven: Overture ‘Egmont’ Elgar: Chanson de Matin Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) Gounod: Faust Ballet Music (excerpts) Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D Bizet: Carmen Suite (excerpts)
26b Friday 4th November 1977 Southampton Guildhall Repeat concert
27. Friday 3rd February 1978 31. Friday 21st July 1978 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Art Gallery
Conductor: Robert Rawson Conductor: Robert Rawson Soloist: Christopher Hirons (violin) Austrian Evening Borodin: Overture ‘Prince Igor’ Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Op.35 32a Tuesday 10th October 1978 Rimsky- Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles Wessex Hall, Poole Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.2 in C minor Conductor: David Benke 28. Tuesday 8th to Saturday 11th March 1978 Soloist: Rosemary Wright (piano) Southampton Guildhall Mendelssohn: Overture ‘Ruy Blas’ Pit orchestra for Southampton Operatic Soc. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C Conductor: Ward Gardner Fauré: Dolly Suite Bizet: Carmen Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
6 performances 32b Saturday 13th October 1978 Southampton Guildhall 29a Thursday 11th May 1978 Repeat concert Fareham Church 33. Tuesday 21st November 1978 Conductor: Ward Gardner Southampton Guildhall Soloist: Robert Harris (horn) Conductor & Soloist: Alfredo Campoli Bruckner: Overture in G minor Delius: Walk to the Paradise Garden Mozart: Serenade ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ Balfour Gardiner: Shepherd Fennel’s Dance Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor Mozart: Horn Concerto No.3 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Schumann: Symphony No.3 (Rhenish) ORCHESTRA RENAMED 29b Friday 12th May 1978 ‘CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON ORCHESTRA’ Southampton Guildhall Repeat concert 34. Friday 16th February 1979 Southampton Guildhall 29c Tuesday 30th May 1978 Gmunden, Austria Conductor: Robert Rawson Soloist: Gayle Smith (cello) Repeat concert except Horn concerto Replaced by Bach: Concerto for 2 violins Dvořák: Overture ‘Carnival’ Soloists: Jane Ingamells Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor Martin Smith Dvořák: Symphony No.8 in G 29d Wednesday 31st May 1978 Salzburg, Austria 35. Tuesday 5th to Saturday 10th March 1979 Repeat concert as 29(a) Southampton Guildhall
29e Thursday 1st June 1978 Pit orchestra for Southampton Operatic Soc. Bad Ischl, Austria Repeat concert as 29(a) Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance 6 performances 30. Saturday 1st July 1978 St. Mary’s Church 36. Saturday 28TH April 1979 Temple Protestant, Le Havre Conductor: Ronald Jenkinson Conductor: Robert Rawson For the Ordnance Survey Choral Society Soloist: Adam Hunter (cello) Fauré: Requiem Bruckner: Overture in G minor Meyerbeer: Coronation March Bruckner: Mass No.3 in F minor Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor Dvořák: Symphony No.8 in G 42. Wednesday 21st November 1979 37. Friday 4th May 1979. Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Soloist: Yasuo Ichinose (violin) Soloists: Michael Hext (trombone) David Bell (organ) Mozart: Overture ‘Magic Flute’ Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A Wagner: Prelude ‘Die Meistersinger’ Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow Gordon Jacob: Trombone Concerto 43. Friday 8th February 1980 Saint- Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C minor Southampton Guildhall
38, Saturday 30th June 1979 Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar St. Mary’s Church, Southampton Soloists: Patricia Binns Hilary Carrington For The Ordnance Survey Choral Society Jill Charnley Margaret Ledsham Clare Leonard Pauline Lewis Conductor: Ronald Jenkinson Valerie Nunns Kathleen O’Farrell Soloist: David Bell (organ) Michael Barker Chris Knowles David Lewis Reginald Reed Duruflé: Requiem John Robinson Michael Schmeising Handel: Organ Concerto No.9 in Bb, Op.7, No.3 John Sherbourne Michael Tomkins Handel: ‘Hallelujah’ Bach: Missa Brevis No.4 in G Mozart: Symphony No.39 in Eb Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music 39. Wednesday 18th July 1979 Hindemith: Symphony ‘Mathis der Maler’ Hill Lane College, Southampton Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Conductor: Robert Rawson 44 Tuesday 4th to Saturday 8th March1980 Leader: Zena Howell Southampton Guildhall Soloist: Hilary Carrington (mezzo-soprano) Pit orchestra for Southampton Operatic Society Austrian Evening Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe
40. Friday 28th September 1979. 6 performances Southampton Guildhall 45. Friday 9th May 1980 Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Robert Rawson Soloist: Hilary Carrington (mezzo soprano) Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Soloist: Andrew Ball (piano) ‘Musikfest’ in aid of Mayor’s Appeal Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture ‘Romeo & Juliet Humperdinck: Overture – ‘Hansel & Gretel’ Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Mozart and Mascagni: Operatic Arias Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A Delibes: Excerpts from Ballet Music ‘Coppélia’ Sibelius: Karelia Suite 46a Friday 23rd May 1980 Eric Coates: London Suite Atherley School, Southampton Lehar and Zeller: Operatic Arias - Tchaikovsky: Italian Caprice Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Soloist: Adam Hunter (cello) 41. Thursday 25th October 1979. Victory Hall, Warsash McCunn: Land of the Mountain & Flood Elgar: Cello Concerto For the Sarisbury & Hamble Choral Society Sullivan: Overture ‘The Mikado’ Coates: Suite ‘London Every Day’ Mendelssohn: Elijah Grainger: Folk Dance ‘Country Gardens Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
46b Monday 26th May 1980 51. Saturday morning 4th April 1981 Bad Ischl, Austria Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Raconteur: John Amis McCunn: Land of the Mountain & Flood Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor Concert for young people Coates: Knightsbridge March Grainger: Country Gardens Suite Humperdinck: Overture ‘Hansel & Gretel’ Sullivan: Overture ‘The Mikado’ Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Lehár: Gold & Silver Waltz Strauss: Perpetuum Mobile 52. Thursday 4th June 1981 Strauss: Emperor Waltz Southampton Guildhall
47a Friday 27th June 1980 Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Southampton Guildhall Soloist: Adam Hunter (cello)
Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Wagner: Prelude Act III ‘Lohengrin’ Soloist: Hilary Carrington (mezzo soprano) Saint-Säens:Cello Concerto No.1 Elgar: Symphony No.1 Austrian Evening With The Elfin School of Dancing 53. Saturday 4th July 1981 Southampton Guildhall 47b Saturday 28th June 1980 Victory Hall, Warsash Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Repeat performance without dancers Soloist: Hilary Carrington (mezzo soprano) For Fareham Anglo-Austrian Society ‘An Evening in Old Vienna’ 48. Thursday 13th November 1980 Southampton Guildhall With the Elfin School of Dancing
Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar 54. Wednesday 25th November 1981 Soloists: Valerie Nunns (soprano) Southampton Guildhall Hilary Carrington (contralto) John Treleaven (tenor) Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Anthony Groves (baritone) Soloist: Robin Del Mar (viola) Choir: Fareham Philharmonic Chorus Elgar: Bavarian Dances Beethoven: Overture ‘Leonora’ No.3 Berlioz : Symphony ‘Harold in Italy Beethoven: Elegischer Gesang Op 118 Elgar: ‘Enigma’ Variations Beethoven: Symphony No.9 ‘Choral’ 55. Saturday 12th December 1981 49. Thursday 12th February 1980 Romsey Abbey Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Anthony Burns-Cox Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Soloist: Yuriko Murakami (piano) Handel: The Messiah
Glinka: Overture ‘Russlan & Ludmilla For Romsey Choral Society. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 (Chamber Orchestra only.) Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 56. Saturday 6th March 1982 50. Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 7th March 1980 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall Conductors: Jonathan Del Mar Offenbach:La Vie Parisienne Mark Fitzgerald For Southampton Operatic Society 6 performances Elgar: Overture ‘Cockaigne’ Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Holst: The Planets 57. Tuesday 9th to Saturday 13th March 1982 63. Tuesday 2nd to.Saturday 5th. March 1983 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Gilbert and Sullivan ‘Patience’ Conductor: Philip Johnson. For Southampton Operatic Soc. Gilbert and Sullivan: ‘The Mikado’ 6 performances For Southampton Operatic Society.
58. Saturday 8th May 1982 6 performances Southampton Guildhall 64. Saturday 12th March 1983 Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Southampton Guildhall Soloist: Alexander Baillie (cello) Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Mendelssohn: Overture ‘Fingal’s Cave’ Soloist: Joan Schmeising (violin) Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor Walton: Overture ‘Portsmouth Point’ Dvořák: Romance for violin & orchestra 59. Saturday 15th May 1982 Beethoven: Symphony No.4 Ferneham Hall, Fareham Poulenc: Ballet Suite ‘Les biches’ de Falla: Suite The Three Cornered Hat Conductor: Brian Hall Soloists: Ann MacKay (soprano) 65. Sunday 27th March 1983. Susan Lofthouse (alto) Romsey Abbey Charles Corp (tenor) Bruce Saunders (bass) Conductor: Anthony Burns-Cox Christopher Day (treble) Leader: Zena Howell Choir: Fareham Philharmonic Society SOLOISTS: Emma Kirkby (soprano) Alison Bancroft (contralto) Mendelssohn: Elijah Martin Oxenham (baritone) Choir: Romsey Choral Society 60. Saturday 19th June 1982. Southampton Guildhall Bach: Cantata No.161. Humfrey: A Hymne to God the Father Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Vivaldi: Motet Soloist: Hilary Carrington (mezzo soprano) (chamber orchestra only) Fauré: Requiem Viennese Evening 66. Saturday 21st. May 1983 61. Thursday 28th. October 1982. Southampton Guildhall Hill College, Southampton Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Brass section only Soloist: Paul Croker (piano) For the third Festival of the Arts, Southampton Arts Council Beethoven: Overture ‘Coriolan’ Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Works by Byrd, Ewald, Susato, Hazell and Dvořák: Symphony No.9 ‘From The New World’ arrangements by Iveson 67. Tuesday 31st May and Thursday 62. Saturday 20th November 1982 2nd June 1983. Southampton Guildhall Kurhaus Saal, Bad Ischl, Austria
Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Conductor: Philip Johnson. Soloist: Yuriko Murakami (piano) With Southampton Operatic Society
Weber: Overture ‘Oberon’ As No.63 - ‘The Mikado’ 2 performances Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on a Theme by Weber Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn
68. Tuesday 21st to Saturday 25th June 1983 73. Friday 11th May 1984 Nuffield Theatre, Southampton Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: David Frost Conductor: Keith Smith Soloists: Jane Lloyd (clarinet) Gilbert and Sullivan:‘The Pirates of Penzance’ Alexander Orba (flute) For Southampton Operatic Society (small pit orchestra only) Bruckner: Overture in G minor 6 performances Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 69. Saturday 16th July 1983 Borodin: Overture ‘Prince Igor’ Southampton Guildhall Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite ‘The Tale of Tsar Sultan’
Conductor: Richard Dickins 74. Sunday 20th May 1984 Soloists: Hilary Carrington (soprano) Ferneham Hall, Fareham Michael Barker (tenor) Conductor: Brian Hall Viennese Evening Soloist: Susan Lofthouse (soprano) Choir: Fareham Philharmonic Society 70. Saturday 12th November 1983 Southampton Guildhall Elgar Anniversary Concert
Conductor: Keith Smith Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music Soloist: Barry Douglas (piano) Elgar: Sea Pictures Elgar: The Music Makers Wagner: Prelude ‘Die Meistersinger’ Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor 75. Sunday 3rd. June 1984 Gaumont Theatre, Southampton 71. Tuesday 28th Feb to Saturday 3rd March (now Mayflower Theatre) 1984 Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Richard Dickins
Conductor: Philip Johnson ‘D’ day Remembrance and Civic Service
Southampton Operatic Society Elgar: Imperial March Op.32 Diamond Jubilee production Handel: Andante Larghetto from ‘Berenice’ Elgar: ‘Nimrod’ from ‘Enigma’ Variations Gilbert and Sullivan: ‘Princess Ida’ Walton: March ‘Crown Imperial’ 6 performances Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.4 Accompaniment for hymns 72. Saturday 10th March 1984 Mozart: ‘Lachrymosa’ from Requiem Southampton Guildhall Brahms: ‘How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings’ from Requiem Conductor: Richard Dickins Parry: ‘Jerusalem’ Soloist: Carol Smith (soprano) 76. Sunday 24th June 1984 Rossini: Overture ‘The Barber of Seville’ Ferneham Hall, Fareham Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 Conductor: Richard Dickins Soloists: Hilary Carrington (soprano) Michael Barker (tenor)
Viennese Evening
77. Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 7th July 1984 82. Saturday 11th May 1985 Nuffield Theatre, Southampton Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Philip Johnson Conductor: Peter Evans Soloist: Sharon McKinley (cello) Gilbert & Sullivan: Trial By Jury Rowe & Sullivan: The Zoo Rossini: Overture ‘The Thieving Magpie’ Burnand & Sullivan: Cox and Box Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol (small theatre orchestra only) Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D 6 performances 83. Tuesday 2nd to Saturday 6th July 1985 78. Saturday 3rd. November 1984 Nuffield Theatre, Southampton Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Philip Johnson Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Gilbert and Sullivan: H.M.S.Pinafore Soloist: Nicholas Daniel (oboe) For Southampton Operatic Society (small orchestra only) Wagner: Overture ‘Rienzi’ 6 performances Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 ‘Pathetique’ 84. Saturday 9th.November 1985 Southampton Guildhall 79. Saturday 17th November 1984 Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Soloists: Pauline Lowbury (violin) Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Jane Betsworth (soprano) Soloists: Hilary Carrington (soprano) Michael Barker (tenor) Mozart: Overture ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ Berg: Violin Concerto Viennese Evening Mahler: Symphony No.4
Dancers from the Elfin School of Dancing 85. Tuesday 4th to Saturday 8th March 1986 Southampton Guildhall 80. Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9th March 1985 Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Philip Johnson
Conductor: Philip Johnson Gilbert and Sullivan: The Gondoliers For Southampton Operatic Society Strauss: ‘Die Fledermaus’ For Southampton Operatic Society 6 Performances 6 performances 86a Saturday 15th March 1986 81. Saturday 16th March 1985 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Richard Dickin Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Leader: Zena Howell Soloist: Jonathan Cox (horn) Soloist: Helen Choi (piano) With the Downton Huntsman Band Berlioz: Overture ‘Les Francs Juges’ Mozart: Horn Concerto No.4 in Eb Popular Tchaikovsky programme: Walton: Symphony No.1 in Bb Fantasy Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet Piano Concerto No.1 in Bb minor Suite ‘Swan Lake’ Waltz from ‘Sleeping Beauty’ ‘1812’ Overture
86b Tuesday 25th.March 1986 Winchester Guildhall Repeat concert for the Lions International Organisation in aid of The Save The Children Fund
87. Saturday17th May 1986 92. Saturday morning, 14th February 1987 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Soloist: Yuriko Murakami (piano) Narrator: James Montgomery Leader: Joan Schmeising Children’s Concert Elgar: Overture ‘In the South’ (Alassio) Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre Offenbach: Overture ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in Bb Eric Coates: Three Bears Suite Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf 88. Saturday 21st June 1986 Bizet: Suite No.1 ‘Carmen’ Southampton Guildhall Strauss: Thunder & Lightning Polka 93. Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 7th. March 1987 Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Southampton Guildhall Soloists: Pamela Kuhn (soprano) Howard Haskin (tenor) Conductor: Philip Johnson
‘Italian Evening’ Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld Rossini: La Boutique Fantastique For Southampton Operatic Society Verdi: Grand March from Aida 6 performances Verdi and Puccini: Operatic arias Mascagni: Intermezzo from ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ 94. Saturday 14th March 1987 Neapolitan songs Southampton Guildhall
89. Tuesday 24th to Saturday 28th June 1986 Conductor: Mark Fitzgerald Nuffield Theatre, Southampton Soloists: Susan McCulloch (soprano) Douglas Richards (tenor) Conductor: Pamela Bennett Gilbert and Sullivan: The Sorcerer Viennese Evening For Southampton Operatic Society (small orchestra only) Suppé: Overture-‘Light Cavalry’ 6 performances Strauss: Annen Polka Lehar and Sieczynski: Operetta arias 90. Sunday 9th November 1986 Strauss: Emperor Waltz Ferneham Hall, Fareham Strauss: Thunder & Lightning Polka Strauss: Overture ‘Die Fledermaus’ Conductor: Brian Hall Strauss: Pizzicato Polka Soloists: Penelope Birtles (soprano) Lehár: Arias from ‘The Merry Widow’ Julia Dewhurst (soprano) Strauss: Perpetuum Mobile Charles Corp (tenor) Strauss: ‘Blue Daube’ Waltz Choir: Fareham Philharmonic Society Strauss: Egyptian March Chorus With the Parkewood School of Dancing Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 (Hymn of Praise) Schubert: Song of Miriam 95a. Saturday 9th May 1987 Oscar Niemeyer Hall, Le Havre 91. Saturday 15th November 1986 Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Soloist: Nigel Hill (piano) Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Soloist: Pauline Lowbury (violin) Elgar: Three Bavarian Dances Mozart: Piano Concerto No.24 K491 Smetana: Overture ‘The Bartered Bride Dvořák: Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’ Stravinsky: Symphony in C Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D 95b Saturday 16th May 1987 Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Repeat concert
96. Saturday 27th. June 1987 99. Saturday 5th March 1988 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Soloist: Eileen Hulse (soprano) Soloist: Christopher Marwood (cello)
French Evening Herold: Overture ‘Zampa’ Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor Dukas: Fanfare – ‘La peri’ Tchaikovsky: Polonaise ‘Eugene Onegin’ Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No.1 Martinů: Symphony No.4 in F Berlioz and Offenbach: Operatic arias Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante Defunte 100. Tuesday 8th to Saturday 12th March 1998 Gounod and Thomas: Operatic arias Mayflower Theatre, Southampton Gounod: Ballet Music – ‘Faust’ Chabrier: Marche Joyeuse Conductor: Philip Johnson Fauré: Sicilienne Milhaud: Chanson de Rousard Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates Of Penzance Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice For Southampton Operatic Society Cantaloube: Bailero from Songs of the Auvergne 6 performances Ravel: Bolero Offenbach: Can Can from ‘Orpheus in the 101. Saturday 14th May 1988 Underworld’ Southampton Guildhall Offenbach: Barcarolle from ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’ Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No.2, excerpts Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar
With the Offenbach Dancers Mendelssohn: Overture ‘The Fair Melusina’ Elgar: Serenade for Strings 97. Saturday 14th November 1987 Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E minor Southampton Guildhall 102. Saturday 21st. May 1988 Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar The Parish Church, Rye, Sussex Soloist: Robin Del Mar (viola) Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Wagner: Overture – ‘The Flying Dutchman’ Soloist: Katherine Nesbit (piano) Walton: Viola Concerto Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor As part of the Rye Festival
98. Saturday morning 30th. January 1988 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C Southampton Guildhall Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E minor
Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar 103. Tuesday 14th to Saturday 18th June 1988 Soloist: David Kendall (tuba) Nuffield Theatre, Southampton Narrator: Johnny Morris Conductor: Peter Robson Children’s Concert Humperdinck: Overture ‘Hansel & Gretel’ Gilbert and Sullivan: ‘Patience’ Sibelius: Finlandia For Southampton Operatic Society Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Ballet Suite (excerpts) 5 performances Kleisinger: Tubby the Tuba Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 104. Saturday 26th. November 1988 Strauss: Radetsky March New Hall, Winchester
Conductor: Simon Wright Soloist: John Wallace (trumpet)
Schubert: Overture ‘Rosamunde’ Neruda: Trumpet Concerto Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor Gounod: Petite Sinfonie for wind Hummel: Trumpet Concerto Mozart: Overture ‘The Magic Flute’ 105 Saturday 14th January 1989 110. Saturday 8th July 1989 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Narrator: Johnny Morris Soloists: Yuriko Murakami (piano) Anne Heath-Welch (soprano) Children’s Concert American Evening Borodin: Overture ‘Prince Igor’ Villa-Lobos: Little Train of the Caipira Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Morris/ Haslam: Juanita the Spanish Lobster Gershwin: I Got Rhythm - Williams: Star Wars Suite (excerpts) Bernstein: Overture ‘Candide’ Strauss: Banditengalop Bernstein: ‘West Side Story’ (excerpts) Ives: Variations on ‘America’ 106. Saturday 25th. February 1989 Souza: Marches Southampton Guildhall 111. Saturday 18th. November 1989 Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Southampton Guildhall Soloist: Julia Dewhurst (soprano) Shirley Minty (mezzo soprano) Conductor: Mark Fitzgerald Ian Thompson (tenor) Soloists: Jack Brymer (clarinet) James Ashworth (bass) Choir: Fareham Philharmonic Society Wagner: Prelude Act I, ‘Die Meistersinger’ Delius: Walk to the Paradise Garden Beethoven: Overture ‘Leonora No.2’ Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op.45 for choir and orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D ‘Choral’ 112. Saturday morning 3rd February 1990 Southampton Guildhall 107. Tuesday 28th Feb to Saturday 4th Mar1989 Mayflower Theatre, Southampton Conductor: Adrian Brown Narrator: Norman Painting Conductor: Pamela Bennett Children’s Concert Gilbert and Sullivan: ‘The Mikado’ Wagner: Overture ‘Die Meistersinger’ For Southampton Operatic Society Sibelius: Symphony No.2 (part) 6 performances Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (with narration) Rossini: Overture ‘The Barber of Seville’ 108. Saturday 13th. May 1989 Southampton Guildhall 113. Saturday 3rd. March 1990 Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Jonathan Del Mar Soloist: Jane Lloyd (clarinet) Conductor: Mark Fitzgerald Soloist: Elizabeth Layton (violin) Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Spohr: Clarinet Concerto No.1 in C minor Rossini: ‘The Barber of Seville’ Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Sibelius: Symphony No.2 109. Tuesday 20th to Saturday 28th June 1989 Nuffield Theatre, Southampton 114. Saturday 12th May 1990 Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Pamela Bennett Conductor: Mark Fitzgerald Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amour Soloist: Ian Murray (oboe) For Southampton Operatic Society 6 performances Massenet: Ballet Music ‘Le Cid’ Françaix: L’Horloge de Flore Elgar: Symphony No.2
115. Saturday 7th July 1990 119. Saturday 2nd March 1991 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductors: Jonathan Del Mar Conductor: Adrian Brown Allen Mansell Soloist: Michael Mace (cello)
With Southampton Operatic Society Arnold: Overture ‘Tam O’Shanter Dvořák: Cello Concerto Evening of English music Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1
Vaughan Williams: Overture ‘The Wasps’ 120. Saturday 18th May 1991 Britten/Rossini: Matinees Musicales Southampton Guildhall Sullivan: ‘The Yeomen of the Guard’ (excerpts) Walton: March ‘Crown Imperial’ Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Sullivan: ‘The pirates of Penzance’ (excerpts) Co - leaders: Zena Howell Coates: London Suite Andrew Henderson Arne: Rule Britannia Soloist: Zena Howell (violin) Parry: Jerusalem Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.1 Vaughan Williams: English Folksong Suite Mozart: Adagio in E / Rondo in C 116. Sunday 7th October 1990 Milhaud: Suite Francaise Southampton Guildhall Beethoven: Symphony No.6
Conductor: ? 121. Saturday 29th. June 1991 Southampton Guildhall Jubilee Gala of the Wessex Branch of the British Korean Veterans Association Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Soloist: Elaine McKrill (soprano) Sullivan: Suite ‘Pineapple Poll’ Coates: London Suite Concert of Russian music Walton: March ‘Crown Imperial Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.1 Glinka: Overture ‘Russlan & Ludmilla Arne: Rule Britannia Borodin: On the Steppes of Central Asia Parry: Jerusalem Tchaikovsky: Waltz & Letter song ‘Eugene Onegin’ Coates: The Dambusters March Stravinsky: Circus Polka Khachaturian: Suite ‘Masquerade’ 117. Saturday 17th November 1990 Tchaikovsky: ‘Nutcracker’ Suite (excerpts) Southampton Guildhall Khachaturian: ‘Spartacus’ (excerpts) Tchaikovsky: Aria ‘The Queen of Spades’ Conductor: Mark Fitzgerald Shostakovich: Tea For Two Soloist: Carolyn Kotok (piano) Mussorgsky: Great Gate of Kiev Tchaikovsky: Waltz ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Elgar: Overture ‘In the South’ (Alassio) Grieg: Piano Concerto 122. Saturday 23rd November 1991 Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra Southampton Guildhall
118. Saturday morning 23rd February 1991 Conductor: Adrian Brown Southampton Guildhall Soloist: Janice Graham (violin)
Conductor: Adrian Brown Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Narrator Johnny Morris Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 With boys from King Edward VI School Shostakovich: Symphony No.10
Children’s Concert Quilter: Children’s Overture Coates: London Suite Howard Blake: ‘The Snowman’ Trad.: ‘What shall we do with the drunken sailor?’ Arnold: Overture Tam O’Shanter’
123. Saturday morning 1st February 1992 127. Tuesday 20th October 1992 Southampton Guildhall Atherley School, Southampton
Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Soloist: Richard Bartlett (piano) Charity Concert for the Leukaemia Support Group Children’s Concert Tchaikovsky: ‘Nutcracker’ Ballet Suite Bruckner: Overture in G minor Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 (part) Handel: Water Music Suite Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Schumann: Symphony No.2
124. Saturday 14th March 1992 128 Tuesday 27th. October 1992 Southampton Guildhall Sports Centre, Bad Neunar, Germany
Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Soloist: Natasa Lipovsek (piano) Bruckner: Overture in G minor Shostakovich: Festival Overture Gounod: Petite Sinfonie for wind Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) Handel: Water Music Suite Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 (Organ) Schumann: Symphony No.2
125. Saturday 16th May 1992 128. Friday 11th December 1992 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Andrea Quinn Conductor: David Gibson Soloists: Alexander Orba (flute) Soloists: Jean Rigby Jenny Broome (harp) Jacqueline Fugelle Nicholas Folwell Berlioz: Overture ‘Carnival Romain’ Choir: Southampton Philharmonic Choir Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp Vaughan Williams: Symphony No2 (London) Elgar: Sea Pictures Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony 126. Saturday 4th July 1992 Southampton Guildhall 129. Saturday 13th February 1993 Southampton Guildhall Conductor: Simon Wright Soloists: Virginia de Ledesma (soprano) Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Paul Dutton (tenor) Narrator: David Kossoff
‘Classical Pops’ Concert Children’s Concert
Dvorák: Carnival Overture Borodin: Overture ‘Prince Igor’ Puccini: O My Beloved Father (Gianni Schicci) Jacob: Passacaglia on a Well Known Theme Verdi: Brindisi (La Traviata) Delibes: The Story of Coppélia Delibes: Ballet Music from Coppélia Holst: The Planets Suite (part) Puccini: Nessun Dorma (Turandot) Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.1 Puccini: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (La Boheme) Chabrier: ‘Espana’ 130. Saturday 6th. March 1993 Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.4 Romsey Abbey O sole Mio Come Back to Sorrento Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Kern: Can’t Help Loving That Man Of Mine’ Soloist: Elizabeth Greaves (violin) Lehár: ‘Vilia’ (The Merry Widow) Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Handel: Overture in D minor Bernstein: Songs from ‘West Side Story’ Sibelius: Violin Concerto Verdi: Grand March (Aida) Holst: The Planets Suite With chorus of pupils from Mountbatten & Romsey Schools
131. Saturday 15th May 1993 136. Saturday morning 11th December 1993 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Andrea Quinn Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Soloist: Julian Dyson (piano) Narrator: Robert Peacock
Glinka: Overture ‘Russlan & Ludmilla’ Children’s Concert Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 (Pathetique) Quilter: Children’s Overture Christmas Carols with audience 132. Saturday 3rd July 1993 Humperdinck: Dream Pantomime ‘Hansel & Gretel’ Southampton Guildhall Howard Blake: The Snowman Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Conductor: Adrian Brown Soloists: Sandra Lissenden (soprano) 137. Saturday 19th February 1994 Ivan Sharp (tenor) Winchester Cathedral
Viennese Evening Conductor: David Gibson Soloists: Jacqueline Fugelle (soprano) Joseph Strauss: Jokey Polka Julie Unwin (mezzo soprano) Strauss: Tales From The Vienna Woods Strauss: The Dragonfly Polka Mazurka For Basingstoke Choral Society Lehár: Operetta arias Lehár: Gold & Silver Waltz Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Resurrection) Strauss: Champagne Polka Strauss: Banditengallop Polka 138. Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th March ‘94 Strauss: Village Swallows Waltz Southampton Guildhall Strauss: Cuckoo Polka Lehár: Operetta arias Gilbert and Sullivan: ‘Pirates of Penzance’ Strauss: Erinnerung au Covent Garden For Southampton Operatic Society Strauss: Thunder & Lightning Polka 5 performances Strauss: Radetzky March 139. Saturday 19th March 1994 133. Saturday 24t. July 1993 Romsey Abbey Romsey Abbey Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Conductor: David Truslove Soloist: Crispin Steele-Perkins (trumpet) Soloist: Michael Bundy (baritone) Dvořák: The Noon-Witch For Romsey Choral Society Humme: Trumpet Concerto Poulenc: Ballet Suite ‘Les Biches’ Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Delius: Two pieces for small orchestra Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs 140. Saturday 21st.May 1994 Stanford: Songs of the Fleet Southampton Guildhall
135 Saturday 13th November 1993 Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Southampton Guildhall Soloist: Paul Janes
Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Respighi: The Pines of Rome Soloists: Thora Ker (soprano) Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand Margaret Maguire (mezzo) Elgar: Symphony No.1 Choir: Southampton Philharmonic Society University Choral Society
Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Resurrection)
141. Saturday 9th. July 1994 145 Tuesday 7th to Saturday March 1995 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Mark Fitzgerald Conductor: Philip Johnson Soloists: Fiona O’Neill (soprano) Richard Braebrook (teno)r Gilbert and Sullivan: The Gondoliers With Southampton Choral Society For Southampton Operatic Society 6 performances Italian Evening 146. Saturday 13th.May 1995 Verdi Overture ‘Force of Destiny’ Southampton Guildhall Verdi Chorus of Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) Donizetti L’Elisir d’Amour - excerpts Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa (Barber of Seville) Soloist: Yuriko Murakami (piano) Puccini: Madame Butterfly excerpts Puccini: Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut) Wagner: Overture ‘Die Meistersinger’ Puccini: Mia Chiamano Mimi (La Boheme) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Verdi: Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) Bizet: ‘Carmen’ Suite No.1 Verdi: E Strano (La Traviata) Nielsen: Symphony No.5 Curtis: Torna a Surriento Capu: O Sole Mio 147. Saturday 1st. July 1995 Verdi: Gloria all Egitto (Aida) Southampton Guildhall
142. Saturday 12th.November 1994 Conductor: David Gibson Southampton Guildhall Soloists: Valerie Reid (soprano) Helen Woodgates (piano) Conductor: Jonathan Butcher With Winchester College Big Band*
Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain ‘Memories of ’45’ Harty: With the Wild Geese Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade Gershwin: Overture ‘Strike Up The Band’ Kenneth Alford: March ‘Colonel Bogey’ 143. Saturday morning 11th. December 1994 Richard Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto Southampton Guildhall Solo songs *Selection of Big Band music Conductor: Jonathan Butcher John Ireland: A London Overture Narrator: Bill Oddie Eric Coates: March ‘Calling All Workers’ Max Steiner: Suite ‘Gone With The Wind’ Children’s Concert Solo songs Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.1 Christmas: Carols with audience Ron Goodwin: 633 Squadron Delius: Sleigh Ride Rimsky Korsakov: Snow Maiden Suite 148. Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th July 1995 Copland: Billy the Kid Southampton Guildhall
144. Saturday 4th. March 1995 Conductor: Robert Venn Romsey Abbey Lehár: The Merry Widow Conductor: Jonathan Butcher For Southampton Operatic Society 6 performances Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Richard Strauss: Don Juan Brahms: Symphony No.1
149. Saturday 11th November 1995 153. Saturday 6th July 1996 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Soloist: Nicholas Barangwanath (piano) Soloist: Brenda Martindale (soprano) With Southampton Central Band* ‘Stage & Silver Screen’ ‘Tchaikovsky’s Pops and Bangs’ Kern: Overture ‘Showboat’ Capriccio Italien Mancini: Moon River Piano Concerto No.1 Gold: Theme from ‘Exodus’ Suite: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Songs by Kern, Rogers & Hammerstein & Cole ‘1812’ Overture* Porter Cole Porter arrangement: Porter Meets Poirot 150. Saturday morning 16thDecember1995 Williams: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Southampton Guildhall Rodgers: Carousel Waltz Gershwin: Porgy & Bess Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Narrator: Fred Dinenage 154. Saturday 16th. November 1996 Southampton Guildhall Children’s Concert Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Josephs: Comedy Overture ‘The Ants’ Soloist: Jane Denley (clarinet) Christmas Carols Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Wagner: Overture ‘The Flying Dutchman’ Frosty the Snowman Debussy: Prelude L’Apres Midi d’un Faune When Santa got stuck up the chimney Weber: Clarinet Concerto No.1 Loesser: Selection from ‘Hans Christian Anderson’ Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 Michael Freyharn: Toy Symphony Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride 155. Saturday morning 14th December 1996 Southampton Guildhall 151. Saturday 16th. March 1996 Romsey Abbey Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Narrator: John Craven Conductor: Paul Hoskins Soloist: Elizabeth Greaves (violin) Children’s Concert
Wolf-Ferrari: Overture ‘Suzanna’s Secret’ Bizet:Carmen Suite No.1 Brahms: Violin Concerto Christmas Carols with audience Sibelius: Symphony No.7 Churchill arr. Zabra: Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919) Herbert Chappell: Paddington Bear’s First Concert: (Story – Michael Bond) 152. Saturday 11th May 1996 Williams: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Southampton Guildhall 156. Saturday 1st March 1997 Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Romsey Abbey Soloists: Joan Schmeising (violin) Julian Lloyd-Webber (cello) Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Soloist: Stephen Farr (organ) Concert in memory of Ward Gardner Dvořák: Symphony No.8 Britten: Four Sea Interludes Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timps. Walton: Cello Concerto Smetana: In Bohemia’s Woods & Fields Sibelius: Finlandia Dvořák: Symphonic Variations
157. Wednesday 5th to Saturday 8th.March 1997 162. Saturday 7th March 1998 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Robert Venn Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Gilbert and Sullivan: The Mikado Soloist: Laura Samuel (violin) For Southampton Operatic Society 5 performances Sibelius: Karelia Suite Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto 157. Saturday 10th May 1997 Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 Southampton Guildhall 163. Wednesday 11th to Saturday 14th.March 1998 Conductor: Jonathan Butcher The Point Theatre, Eastleigh Soloist: Nikki Rogers (violin) Conductor: Marianne Temperley Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 Mahler: Symphony No.5 Lerner & Lowe: ‘My Fair Lady’ For Eastleigh Operatic Society 159. Saturday 5th July 1997 5 performances Southampton Guildhall 164. Saturday 23rd. May 1998. Conductor: Colin Howard Romsey Abbey Soloist: Diana Sharp (soprano) Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Mediterranean Evening Soloist: Gary Coward (baritone) Rossini: Overture ‘The Italian Girl in Algiers’ Walton: Siesta Elgar: Introduction & Allegro Bizet: Gypsy song from Carmen Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen Delibes: Chanson Espagnol Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia Franck: Symphony in D minor Verdi: Prelude to Act 1 ‘La Traviata’ Donizetti: ‘Quel Garda’ from Don Pasquale 165 Saturday 4th July 1998 Verdi: Triumphal March from Aida Southampton Guildhall Chabrier: Espana Conductor: Jonathan Butcher 160. Saturday 15th November 1997 Soloists: Alan Flood (trumpet) Southampton Guildhall Gina Briant (flute)
Conductor: Jonathan Butcher ‘Classical Pops’ Soloist: Robert Harris (horn) Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture ‘Hamlet’ Elgar: Overture ‘Cockaigne’ Mozart: Horn Concerto No.3 Haydn: Trumpet Concerto Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 5-7 &17-21 Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music ‘Swan Lake’ Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite Walton: March ‘Orb and Sceptre’ Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (part) 161. Saturday morning 13th December 1997 Chaminade: Concerto for Flute Southampton Guildhall Gershwin: An American in Paris Coates: Rhythm Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Soloist: David Kendall (tuba) Narrator: Ian Lavender
Children’s Concert Rossini: Overture ‘The Thieving Magpie’ Calypso Carol with audience Kleisinger: Tubby the Tuba Herbert Chappell: Rondo for Tuba & Orchestra Holst: Planets Suite (excerpts) Williams: Star Wars theme
166. Saturday 10th October 1998. 171. Saturday 1st. May 1999 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductors: Martin Hall Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Derek Goodger Soloist: Jan Peter Schmolck (violin) Soloists: Kate Flowers (soprano) Harry Nicholl (tenor) Holst: ‘The Perfect Fool’ Ballet Adrian Clarke (tenor) Sibelius: Valse Triste Choir: Southampton Choral Society Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 Brockenhurst Village Choir Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3 Highcliffe Junior Choir 172. Saturday 3rd July 1999 Gershwin: Cuban Overture Southampton Guildhall Gershwin: An American in Paris Orff: Carmina Burana Conductor: Jonathan Butcher
167. Saturday 21st November 1998 ‘Midsummer Magic’ Southampton Guildhall Mendelssohn: Overture ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Conductor: Peter Lipari Stravinsky: Circus Polka Soloist: Lesley-Jane Rogers (mezzo sop) Poncielli: Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda) Delius: La Calinda Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod ‘Tristan’ Malcolm Arnold: Four Cornish Dances Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs Eric Coates: Summer Days Dvorák: Symphony No.9 (From the New World) Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite 168. Saturday morning 30th January 1999 Borodin: Polotsvian Dances (Prince Igor) Central Hall, Southampton 173. Saturday 6th November 1999 Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Southampton Guildhall
Family Concert Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Soloist: Nicola Baxter (cello) Dvorák: Symphony No.9 (excerpt) Mike Batt: The Wombling Song Lutoslawski: Little Suite Fauré: Pavane Elgar: Cello Concerto Lloyd Webber: Jesus Christ Superstar Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 Elgar: Enigma Variations (excerpt) John W Bratton: Teddy Bear’s Picnic; 174. Tuesday 16th to Saturday 20th Nov. 1999 (Words: Jimmy Kennedy) The Point Theatre, Eastleigh Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Lionel Bart: Selection from ‘Oliver!’ Conductor: Keith Smithers The Wizard of Oz 169. Saturday 13th March 1999 For Eastleigh Operatic Society Romsey Abbey 6 performances
Conductor: Mark Gooding 175. Saturday 4th December 1999 Soloist: Huw Alan Davies (guitar) Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Copland: Quiet City Soloist: Viv McLean (piano) Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Elgar: ‘Enigma’ Variations Smetana: Overture ‘The Bartered Bride’ Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ 170. Tuesday 16th to Saturday 20th.March 1999 Brahms: Symphony No.2 Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
Bizet: Carmen For Southampton Operatic Society 6 performances
176. Saturday morning 29th January 2000 180. Saturday 7th October 2000 Central Hall, Southampton Romsey Abbey
Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Conductors: Martin Hall Soloist: Anita Hall (flute)* Arthur Robson Soloists: Olivia Robinson - soprano Family Concert Susan Mackenzie-Park – mezzo Simon Irwin - tenor Julius Fuçik: Entry of the Gladiators Stephen James - baritone Vaughan Williams: Overture ‘The Wasps’ John Williams: Main Theme from E.T. ‘Come and Sing’ Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (excerpt) Rimsky Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee* Hosted by Romsey Choral Society and Romsey Gershwin: Gershwin in Hollywood Singers with members of numerous choirs ‘Old Macdonald’ with audience participating for Romsey Hospital Appeal Tchaikovsky: 3rd movement of 6th Symphony Lennon & McCartney: Beatles Medley Mozart: Overture ‘The Magic Flute’ Schubert: Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’ 177. Saturday 11th March 2000 Mozart: Requiem Romsey Abbey 181. Saturday 4th November 2000 Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Southampton Guildhall Soloist: David Cowley (oboe) Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Dvořák: Carnival Overture Soloists: Rachel Chapman Barber: Adagio for strings Yvonne Patrick Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto Tim Baldwin Sibelius: Symphony No.1 Colin Campbell Mark Hathaway 178. Saturday 29th April 2000 Nicholas Ransley, Southampton Guildhall Paul Reeves Chorus: Southampton Philharmonic Society Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Regent’s Park Chamber Choir Soloists: Christine Townsend (violin) Michael Mace (violoncello) Puccini: La Boheme Concert performance Prokofiev: March & Scherzo ‘Love of Three Oranges’ 182. Tuesday 7th to Saturday 11th.November 2000 Brahms: Double Concerto The Point Theatre, Eastleigh Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Conductor: Robin Phillips 179. Saturday 1st July 2000 Southampton Guildhall Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance For Eastleigh Operatic Society Conductor: Jonathan Butcher 6 performances Soloists: Alan Brown (piano) Rachel Chapman (soprano) Choir: Southampton Philharmonic Choir
Bernstein: Overture ‘Candide’ Constant Lambert: Rio Grande Copland: Rodeo Leoncavallo: Bell Chorus (I Pagliacci) Mascagni: Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana) Kurt Weill: Threepenny Opera Suite Sullivan: Gilbert & Sullivan selections
183. Saturday morning 20th January 2001 186. Saturday 7th July 2001 Central Hall, Southampton Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Soloist: Robert Gildon (tenor) Family Concert Choir: Southampton Philharmonic Society
Richard Strauss: Also Spracht Zarathustra - sunrise ‘Last Night of the Proms’ Dukas: Fanfare ‘Le Peri’ Wagner: Overture ‘Die Meistersingers’ Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine Jessel: Parade of the Tin Soldiers Offenbach: Intermezzo & Barcarolle Herold: Clog Dance (La Fille Mal Gardée) (The Tales of Hoffmann) Bizet: Farandole (L’Arlesienne Suite No.1) Britten: Soirees Musicales Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Ballet Suite (excerpt) Rutter: Gloria Jerome Moross: The Big Country Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Leroy Anderson: Bugler’s Holiday Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs Richard Sherman: Selection from Mary Poppins Arne: Rule Britannia Henry Mancini: Tribute to Henry Mancini Selection from Lerner & Lowe: The Night They Invented Champagne – 184. Saturday 17th March 2001 from ‘Gigi’ Southampton Guildhall Get Me to the Church on Time – from’ My Fair Lady’ Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.1 Soloist: Alexandra Wood (violin) Parry: Jerusalem
Tchaikovsky Concert 187. Saturday15th September 2001 Fantasy Overture ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Ocean Village, Southampton Violin Concerto ‘Swan Lake’ Ballet Music Conductor: Jonathan Butcher ‘1812’ Overture For the start of the Volvo Ocean Race 185. Saturday 19th May 2001 Romsey Abbey Including: Wagner: Overture Die ‘Meistersingers’ Conductor: Levon Parikian Richard Strauss: Also Spracht Zarathustra -sunrise Henry Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs Rutland Boughton: Symphony No.3 Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis 188. Saturday 27th October 2001 Dvořák: Symphony No.7 St. Mary’s Church, Southampton
Conductor: Robert Roscoe Leader: Nick Barnard Soloist: Katherine Wood (cello)
Walton: Overture ‘Portsmouth Point’ Finzi: Romance for strings Schumann: Cello Concerto Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2
189. Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th November 2001 The Point, Eastleigh
Strauss: Die Fledermaus For Eastleigh Operatic Society 6 performances
190. Saturday 1st December 2001 194. Tuesday 19th to Saturday 23rd March 2002 St. Andrews Church, Southampton Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
Conductor: Jill Meager Conductor: Philip Johnson Soloists: Barbara Howells (soprano) Kaarina Manzur (mezzo) Gilbert and Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard Alan Kirk (tenor) For Southampton Operatic Society Nigel Evans-Thompson (baritone) 6 performances
For Hillside Singers 195. Saturday 11th May 2002 Farewell concert Southampton Guildhall
Mozart: Mass No.1 in C (Coronation) Conductor: Levon Parikian Mozart: Requiem Beethoven: Overture ‘Leonora No.3’ 191. Saturday 8th December 2001 Sibelius: Tone Poem ‘Night Ride & Sunrise’ Romsey Abbey Bruckner: Symphony No.4 ‘Romantic’
Conductor: David Trusslove 196. Saturday 29th.June 2002 Soloists: Shelley Everall (soprano) Southampton Guildhall Lynton Atkinson (tenor) Jocik Koc (baritone) Conductor: Neil Ferris Soloist: Barbara Howells (soprano) For Romsey Choral Society ‘Best of British’ Puccini: Messa di Gloria Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem MacCunn: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody 192. Saturday morning 26th.January 2002 Hoddinott: Two Welsh Dances Central Hall, Southampton Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances John Ireland: London Overture Conductor: Martin Hall arr. Percy Grainger: Scarborough Fair arr. Clive Robinson: On Ilkley Moor Baht’at Family Concert –‘Journey through Europe’ Songs: Vaughan Williams, German, Kennedy von Suppé: Overture ‘Light Cavalry’ Fraser, Gilbert and Sullivan Grieg: ‘Morning’ (Peer Gynt) Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise Elgar: Two Bavarian Dances Weinberger: Polka ‘Schwanda the Bagpiper’ 197. Saturday 19th October 2002 Walton: ‘Spitfire’ Prelude & Fugue Southampton Guildhall Williams: Star Wars ‘The Phantom Menace’ Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol Conductor: Peter White Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride Offenbach: Can Can (La Vie Parisienne) Glinka: Overture ‘Russlan & Ludmilla’ Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia 193. Saturday 9th March 2002 Borodin: Symphony No.2 in B minor Romsey Abbey Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
Conductor: Robin Browning 198. Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9thNovember 2002 Soloist: Linda Hibberd (mezzo soprano) The Point Theatre, Eastleigh
Bax: Tintagel Conductor: Martin Paterson Elgar: Sea Pictures Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld For Eastleigh Operatic Society
199. Saturday morning 11th January 2003 203. Saturday 28th June 2003 Central Hall, Southampton St. Mary’s Church, Southampton
Conductor: Robin Browning Conductor: Martin Hall Soloist: Zena Howell (violin)* Family Concert Southampton Arts Festival Barry Gray: Thunderbirds March Vivian Ellis: Coronation Scot Rossini: Overture ‘The Barber of Seville’ Eduard Strauss: Bahn Frei Bizet: Carmen suite No.1 (excerpts) Villa-Lobos: The Little Train Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs* Rimsky Korsakov:The Sea & Sinbad’s Ship Poncielli: Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda) from Scheherazade Verdi: Overture ‘The Force of Destiny’ Sullivan: Selection ‘H.M.S.Pinafore’ Verdi: Grand March from Aida James Horner: Love theme ‘Titanic’ Jerome Kern: Selection ‘Showboat’ 204. Saturday 12th July, 2003 Eric Coates: The Dambusters March Southampton Guildhall Ron Goodwin: Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Conductor: Levon Parikian Ron Goodwin: ‘633 Squadron’ Soloists: Sarah Haigh (soprano) Jerry Goldsmith: Star Trek Next Generation Zena Howell (violin)
200. Saturday 22nd March 2003 ‘A Night at the Opera’ Southampton Guildhall Verdi: Overture ‘The Force of Destiny’ Conductor: John Traill Gounod: Jewel Song (Faust) Soloists: Zena Howell (violin) Dvorak: Song to the Moon (Rusalka) Jonathan Oshry (piano) Puccini: Quando m’en vo (La Boheme) Gounod: Faust Ballet Music Beethoven Concert Verdi: Grand March from Aida Overture ‘Fidelio’ Rossini: Overture ‘The Barber of Seville’ Romance in F for violin & orchestra Poncielli: Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda) Piano Concerto No.4 in G Gershwin: Summertime Symphony No.5 in C minor Charpentier: Depuis Le Jour (Louise) Donizetti: Quel Gardo (Don Pasquale) 201. Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th May 2003 Massenet: Méditation from ‘Thaïs’ The Point Theatre, Eastleigh Bizet: Carmen suite No.1
Conductor: Martin Paterson 205. Saturday 27th.September 2003. Half a Sixpence Romsey Abbey For Eastleigh Operatic Society 6 performances Conductor: Arthur Robson Soloists: Linda Stafford (soprano) 202. Saturday 24th May 2003. Stephen James (baritone) Romsey Abbey ‘Come & Sing’ Conductor: Neil Ferris For Romsey Choral Society Soloist: Alexandra Wood (violin) Brahms: German Requiem
Berlioz: Overture ‘Le Corsair’ 206. Saturday 15th November 2003 Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole Southampton Guildhall Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony Conductor: John Traill Soloist: Tom Poster (piano)
Rimsky Korsakov: Suite ‘The Golden Cockerel’ Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in Eb
207. Saturday morning 17th January 2004. 211. Saturday 3rd July 2004 Central Hall, Southampton Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Martin Hall Conductor: John Traill Narrator: Phil Cheesman Soloist: Bobby Chen (piano)
Family Concert American Evening Rodgers: Overture ‘Oklahoma’ Arr. Hall: Swing Low Sweet Chariot Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Britten: Young Person’s Guide Barber: Adagio for strings Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre Gershwin: Variations on ‘I Got Rhythm’ Dankworth: Tom Sawyer’s Saturday Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Williams: Harry Potter Symphonic Suite Bernstein: Symphonic Dances ‘West Side Story’ Rossini: Overture ‘William Tell’ Copland: Dances from ‘Rodeo’ Sousa: Sousa on Parade 208. Saturday 20th March 2004. Moross: The Big Country Thornden School Hall 212. Saturday 20th November 2004. Conductor: John Traill Southampton Guildhall Soloist: David Kendall jnr. (tuba) Conductor: John Traill Malcolm Arnold: Four English Dances Leader: Gay Cullingford Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto Soloist: Michael Mace (cello) Elgar, Payne: Symphony No.3 Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite 209. Saturday 15th May 2004 Elgar: Cello concerto in E minor Lancing College Chapel Holst: The Planets Suite with Southampton Philharmonic Choir ladies Conductor: Arthur Robson Leader: Susan Osmond 213. Saturday morning 15th January 2005 Soloists: Catherine Hamilton (soprano) Central Hall, Southampton Kate Welch (mezzo soprano) Jeremy Smith (tenor) Conductor: John Traill David Riley (bass) Leader: Brian Howells Narrator: Phil Cheesman ‘Come and Sing’ Mozart:Requiem Family Concert
210. Saturday 22nd May 2004 Williams: Star Wars Suite (excerpts) Romsey Abbey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite (excerpts) Conductor: John Traill Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.1 Soloist: Catherine Nassif (violin) 214. Saturday 19th March 2005 Berlioz: Overture ‘Roman Carnival’ Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford Mendelssohn: Violin concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 Conductor: John Traill Leader: Sophie Ryan Soloist: Dorothea Vogel (viola)
Stravinsky: The Firebird (1945 version) Christopher Marr: Follow the Trail* Thomas Hyde:Scherzo Capriccioso* Berlioz: Harold in Italy
*World premieres
215. Saturday 14th May 2005 219. Saturday morning 14th January 2006 Romsey Abbey Central Hall, Southampton
Conductor: John Traill Conductor: Tom Hammond Leader: Nikki Rogers Leader: Christa Porter Soloist: Ruth Palmer (violin) Narrator: Phil Cheesman
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances Family Concert Dvořák: Violin Concerto Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3 (Organ) Samantha Fernando: Fanfare for Orchestra* Sibelius: Karelia Suite 216. Saturday 2nd July 2005 John Williams: Harry Potter Suite Southampton Guildhall Paul Patterson: The Three Little Pigs Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite (excerpts) Conductor: John Traill Leader: Cerys Emmett *world premiere/commission
‘Saturday Night at the Movies” 220. Saturday 18th March 2006 Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure) Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique -The Ball Conductor: John Traill Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Leader: Christa Porter Holst: Mars, Venus & Jupiter from The Planets Horn Soloists: Hugh Seenan R.Strauss Also Spracht Zarathustra –sunrise Matthew Gunner J. Strauss II: The Blue Danube Waltz Simon de Souza Mahler: Symphony No. 5 – Adagietto Kathryn Saunders Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5 Khachaturian: Sabre Dance Weber: Overture ‘Der Freischütz’ Sibelius: Finlandia Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra 217. Saturday 22nd October 2005 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 (Pathetique) Romsey Abbey 221. Saturday 20th May 2006 Conductor: Aiden Fairlie Romsey Abbey Leader: Christa Porter Soloists: Anne Osborne (soprano) Conductor: John Traill Jonathan Coad (baritone) Leader: Rebecca Totterdell Choir: Southampton Choral Society Soloist: Håkan Vramsmo
Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces (choir with organ only) Steffan Rees: Fanfare for Isolde* Brahms: German Requiem Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan & Isolde) Mahler: Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen 218. Saturday 12th November 2005 Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Titan) Southampton Guildhall *world premiere/commission Conductor: John Traill Leader: Brian Howells Soloist: Linda Hibberd (mezzo-soprano)
‘Sounds of the Sea’
Christopher Marr: Starting Out* Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead Elgar: Sea Pictures Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Debussy: La Mer
*world premiere
222. Saturday 8th July 2006 225. Saturday morning 3rd February 2007 Southampton Guildhall Central Hall, Southampton
Conductors: John Traill Conductors: John Traill Craig Lawton** Craig Lawton* Leader: Brian Howells Leader: Susan Osmond Soloist: Elizabeth Traill (soprano) Soloist: Paul Williams (xylophone)
Nicholas Grace: Fanfare –Vienna* Family Concert: ‘Music in Pictures’ J. Strauss: Emperor Waltz Mozart: Blonde aria (Il Seraglio) Nicholas Grace: Fanfare ‘Vienna’* Mozart: Queen of the Night aria 1 (The Magic Flute) Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, 2nd mvt Monti: Czardas (arr. for xylophone and orchestra) Zeller: Don’t be Cross (The Miner) Lehar: Villa (The Merry Widow With visual and dramatic material by Greyladyes Mozart: Overture ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ Arts Foundation J. Strauss: Roses from the South Mozart: Queen of the Night aria 2 (The Magic Flute) 226. Saturday 24th March 2007 Heuberger: Im Chambre Separe (Der Opernbal) Romsey Abbey J. Strauss: My Dear Marquis (Die Fledermaus) J.Strauss: Overture ‘Die Fledermaus’ Conductor: Tom Hammond J. Strauss snr: Radetsky March Leader: Christa Porter
*world premiere/commission Celebration of Elgar’s 150th anniversary ** Conductor Apprentice Scheme (fanfare only) Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks 223. Saturday 18th November 2006 Elgar: Serenade for Strings Southampton Guildhall Elgar: Symphony No. 2
Conductor: John Traill 227. Saturday 26th May 2007 Leader: Brian Howells Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford Soloists: Dominique Thiébaud (soprano) Alison Duguid (mezzo) Conductor: John Traill Philip Salmon (tenor) Leader: Brian Howells Mark Oldfield (baritone) Soloist: Alison Wathey (bassoon) Choir: Southampton Choral Society Southampton Youth Choir Copland: Appalachian Spring Mozart: Bassoon Concerto Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (Choral) 228a. Saturday 14th July 2007 224. Saturday 16th December 2006 Southampton Guildhall St. Mary’s Church, Southampton Conductor: John Traill Conductor: Aiden Fairlie Leader: Christa Porter Leader: Susan Osmond Soloists: Daire Halpin (soprano) ‘Marches and Dances’ Rebecca Raffell (contralto) Tchaikovsky: Waltz and Polonaise (Eugene Onegin) Adam Kowalczyk (tenor) Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque (excerpts) Philip Spendley (bass) Berlioz: Trojan March J. Strauss: Thunder and Lightning Polka For Southampton Choral Society Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (excerpts) Rossini: Overture ‘William Tell’ (excerpt) Handel: Messiah Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave Saint Saëns: Danse Macabre Souza: Liberty Bell Tchaikovsky: Waltz from ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 J. Strauss: Champagne Polka
228b. Saturday 11th August 2007 233. Saturday 5th April 2008 Hillier’s Arboretum, Romsey Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford
Conductor: John Traill Conductor: Jason Lai Leader: Brian Howells Repeat concert but excluding Boutique Fantasque Soloist: Pei-Sian Ng (cello) and including all of Fireworks Music Elgar: Overture ‘In the South’ (Alassio) 229. Saturday 29th September 2007 Dvorak: Cello Concerto Romsey Abbey Elgar: Enigma Variations
Conductor: Arthur Robson 234. Wednesday 30th April 2008 Leader: Christa Porter Highcliffe Castle Soloists: Linda Stafford (soprano) Charlotte Collier (contralto) Concert for reopening of Great Hall Tom Robson (tenor) Michael Pearce (bass) Wind quintet Joe Taylor (treble) Brass quintet
‘Come and Sing’ 235. Saturday 24th May 2008 For Romsey Choral Society Romsey Abbey
Mendelssohn: Elijah Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter 230. Saturday 17th November 2007 Southampton Guildall Rimsky Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture Smetana: Vltava (Má Vlast) Conductor: John Traill Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Leader: Brian Howells 236a. Saturday 5th July 2008 Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain Hursley Park Claudia Molitor: I’m Gluing Along the Cello Line* Britten: Four Sea Interludes Conductor: John Traill Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade Leader: Brian Howells
*world premiere as part of Making Music’s ‘Adopt a Celebrations for 50th anniversary of IBM Composer’ scheme Shostakovich: Festive Overture 231. Sunday 9th December 2007 Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien Southampton Docks Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Brass and wind groups providing entertainment as Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture part of Cunard’s ‘Queen Victoria’ inaugural sailing weekend. 237. Saturday 12th July 2008 Fairport House, Bursledon 232. Saturday morning 2nd February 2008 Central Hall, Southampton Entertainment for guests at garden party for Greyladyes Arts Foundation Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter CSO Wind quintet Narrator: Phil Cheeesman 236b. Saturday 19th July 2008 Family Concert: ‘A Carnival of Animals’ Southampton Guildhall Vaughan Williams: Overture ‘The Wasps’ Coates: Three Bears Fantasy Conductor: John Traill Rimsky Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee Saint Saëns: Carnival of the Animals Repeat performance of 236a with guest appearance of Charlie Crocker of radio Solent to conduct With visual/dramatic material by GAF Russian dance from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite
238. Saturday 18th October 2008 242. Saturday 28th March 2009 Southampton Guildhall Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Jonathan Willcocks Conductor: John Traill Leader: Brian Howells Leader: Brian Howells Soloists: Angela Kazimierczuk (soprano) Soloist: Ruth Palmer (violin) Janet Shell (mezzo) Paul Badley (tenor) Thomas Hyde: Scherzo Capriccioso Andrew Mayor (baritone) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 For Southampton Choral Society 243. Saturday 18th April 2009 Schubert: Mass No. 6 in Eb, D950 Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton Willcocks: Magnificat Conductor: Peter Gambie 239. Saturday 29th November 2008 Soloists: Hannah Sawle (soprano) Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford Sioned Gwen Davies (mezzo) Thomas Herford (tenor) Conductors: John Traill Andrew Finden (baritone) Daniel Bortholossi Organ: Richard Scott Copeland Leader: Christa Porter Piano: Alban Rees-Jones Soloist: Elizabeth Pigram (violin) For Southampton Choral Society Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Small ensemble only Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Elgar: Symphony No.2 in Ab Carl Jenkins: The Armed Man Haydn: Mass ‘In Time of War’ 240. Saturday 31st January 2009 Central Hall, Southampton 244. Saturday 30th May 2009 Romsey Abbey Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter Conductor: Richard Studt Narrator: Phil Cheesman Leader: Brian Howells
Family Concert: ‘The Magic of the Orchestra’ Messiaen: L’Ascension Humperdinck: Overture ‘Hansel and Gretel’ Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Dukas: The Sorceror’s Apprentice 245a. Saturday 18th July 2009 Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite (excerpts) Southampton Guildhall John Williams: Harry Potter Suite Conductor: John Traill With visual/dramatic material from GAF Leader: Christa Porter
241. Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd February 2009 ‘Around the World in 80 Minutes’ King’s Theatre, Southsea Walton: Orb and Sceptre Filming for ‘The Caretaker’s Symphony’ Dvorak: Slavonic Dances 1, 8 and 9 Bizet: Carmen Suites (excerpts) Conductor: John Traill Chabrier: Marche Joyeuse Leaders: Ian Partridge (filming) Sibelius: Finlandia Christa Porter (soundtrack) Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Chabrier: Espana Laurynas Lubys: The Caretaker’s Symphony Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 Elgar: The Wild Bears (Wand of Youth Suite) Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 With Gil Sutherland (actor) Parry, arr. Elgar: Jerusalem
245b. Sunday 2nd August 2009 250. Saturday 22nd May 2010 Hillier’s Arboretum, Romsey Romsey Abbey
Conductor: John Traill Conductors: John Traill Leader: Brian Howells Daniel Bortholossi Leader: Brian Howells Repeat of 245a substituting for Wood, Elgar and Parry: Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus Vasconcellos-Corrêa: Baião Piratiningana Suite Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite Respighi: The Pines of Rome Tchaikovksy: 1812 Overture Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (London)
246. Saturday 24th October 2009 251. Saturday 17th July 2010 Beaulieu Abbey Church Southampton Guildhall
Conductor: Tony Kitcherside Conductor: John Traill Leader: Ian Partridge Leader: Ian Partridge Soloist: Gina Briant (flute) Soloists: Dominique Thiébauld (soprano) Philip Salmon (tenor) Beethoven: Overture ‘Corialan’ Kitcherside: Flute Concerto ‘A Night at the Opera’ Haydn: Symphony No.104 (London) Rossini: Overture ‘The Barber of Seville’ 247. Saturday 28th November 2009 Verdi: Brindisi (La Traviata) Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro Puccini: ‘E lucevan le stele’ (Tosca) Conductor: John Traill Mascagni: Intermezzo (Cavelleria Rusticana) Leader: Christa Porter Verdi: Prelude to Act 3, La Traviata Verdi: ‘Parigi o cara’ (La Traviata) Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Puccini: ‘O soave fanciulla’ (La Boheme) Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 ‘The Inextinguishable’ Sullivan: Overture ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ Walton: Symphony No.1 Sullivan: arias from The Gondoliers and The Mikado Lehar: Merry Widow Waltz 248. Saturday morning 23rd January 2010 Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific) Central Hall, Southampton 252. Sunday afternoon 3rd October 2010 Conductor: Tom Hammond Southampton Art Gallery Leader: Sarah Sanders Narrator: Phil Cheesman Conductor: John Traill Leader: Ian Partridge Family concert: ‘Heroes and Villains’ Soloist: Anton Crout
Wagner: Prelude to Act 3, Lohengrin As part of the ‘Music in the City’ Festival Jonathan Willcox: Meet the Orchestra Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain Mozart: Overture ‘Don Giovanni’ Jonathan Willcox: Jack and the Beanstalk Crusell: Clarinet Concerto in Bb, Op.11 Rossini: Overture ‘William Tell’ (excerpt) Beethoven: Symphony No.8 John Williams: Superman Suite (excerpt) 253. Saturday 13th November 2010 With visual/dramatic material by GAF Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford
249. Saturday 29th March 2010 Conductor: John Traill Southampton Guildhall Leader: Christa Porter Soloist: Samantha Carrasco (piano) Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter Glinka: Overture ‘Russlan and Ludmilla’ Soloist: Pei-Sian Ng (cello) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 John Traill: The Short Voyage Elgar: Overture ‘Cockaigne’ Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts) Elgar: Cello Concerto Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) 254. Saturday morning 29th January 2011 257. Saturday 21st May 2011 Central Hall, Southampton Romsey Abbey
Conductor: John Traill Conductor: John Traill Leader: Fiona Holt Leader: Narrator: Phil Cheesman Soloist: Gábor Galovics (clarinet)
Family concert: ‘The Circus’ Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Fučik: Entry of the Gladiators Brahms: Symphony No.2 Smetana: Dance of the Comedians Rimsky Korsakov: Dance of the Tumblers 258. Saturday 25th June 2011 Khachaturian: Sabre Dance Southampton Guildhall Bamert: Circus Parade Torch: Trapeze Waltz Conductor: David Gibson Holst: Uranus the Magician (The Planets) Leader: Christa Porter Souza: Liberty Bell Soloist: Simon Thorpe (baritone) Strauss: Radetsky March For Southampton Philharmonic Society With Clarkey the Clown and Dave the Juggler Visual material by GAF ‘Music for a Summer Evening’
255. Sunday 13th February 2011 Elgar: Overture ‘Cockaigne’ Mountbatten School, Romsey Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite Conductor: John Traill Parry: I Was Glad Leader: Ian Partridge Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands Singers’ Masterclass Parry: Jerusalem Tutor: Ameral Gunson 259. Saturday 16th July 2011 Elgar: Sea Pictures Southampton Guildhall Sea Slumber Song – Jenny Eames Sabbath Morning at Sea – Kaarina Manzur Conductor John Traill Leader: Ian Partridge Berlioz: Les Nuits d’Ete L’ile Inconnue – Genevieve Davidson Smith ‘Ole’ Spanish evening Chrissie Ackland Sur les Lagunes – Sue Grove Chabrier: Espana Las Spectre de la Rose – Susan Welland Massenet: Ballet Music ‘Le Cid’ (excerpts) Rimsky Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs Marquez: Conga del Fuego Nuevo Beim Schlafengehen – Heather Collier Ravel: Bolero Sue Sutton Tchaikovsky: Spanish Dance (Swan Lake) Im Abendrot – Barbara Howells Bizet: Carmen Suites 1 & 2 (excerpts)
256. Saturday 9th April 2011 260. Saturday 24th September 2011 Southampton Guildhall Romsey Abbey
Conductor: John Traill Conductor: Arthur Robson Leader: Christa Porter Leader: Christa Porter Soloists: Jean Hunter (soprano) Walton: Overture ‘Portsmouth Point’ Linda Stafford (soprano) Bridge: The Sea Kath Tilling (contralto) Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Bob Ormiston (baritone)
For Romsey Choral Society ‘Come and Sing’
Vivaldi: Gloria Faure: Requiem 261. Sunday afternoon 9th October 2011 264. Tuesday 10th April 2012 Southampton Art Gallery Queen Elizabeth II Berth Southampton Docks Conductor: Ian Partridge Leader: Fiona Holt Conductor: John Traill Soloists: Barbara Howells (soprano) Leader: Christa Porter Kaarina Manzur (mezzo) Soloists: Jane Streeton (soprano) Choir: Southampton Philharmonic Chorus Mike Oldfield (baritone) Titanic Chorus: members of Part of the ‘Music in the City’ Festival Basingstoke Choral Society Romsey Choral Society Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 Southampton Philharmonic Society Vivaldi: Gloria Taunton’s Community Choir Handel: ‘Hallelujah’ Chorus (The Messiah) Titanic Centenary Concert 262. Saturday 26th November 2011 Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford Ian Towson: DEPART...to depart...* Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter *world premiere Soloist: Madalina Rusu (piano) 265. Saturday 26th May 2012 Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Romsey Abbey Mahler: Symphony No.5 Conductor: John Traill 263. Saturday morning 4th February 2012 Leader: Christa Porter Central Hall, Southampton Richard Strauss: Serenade for Winds Conductor: John Traill Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings Leader: Ian Partridge Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Narrator: Phil Cheesman Soloist: Sophie Farmer (soprano) 266. Saturday 7th July 2012 Choir: Twyford Junior School Choir Romsey Abbey Viva Voces Chamber Choir King Alfred Singers Conductor: Jamie W. Hall Leader: Ian Partridge Family Concert: ‘Splash’ Soloist: Sarah Fryer (mezzo)
Wood, arr. Zalva: Fantasia on British Sea Songs For Romsey Choral Society (excerpts) Tchaikovsky: Lake in the Moonlight (Swan Lake) ‘Flying the Flag’ Jubilee Concert June Boyce Tillman: The Myth of the Titanic* Arnold: Padstow Lifeboat Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region Badelt, arr. Ricketts: Pirates of the Caribbean Parry: I Was Glad Elgar: The Music Makers *world premiere/CSO commission Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens With visual material by GAF Walton: Crown Imperial Arne: Rule Britannia Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 Parry: Jerusalem
267. Saturday 28th July 2012 270. Monday 17th December 2012 Southampton Guildhall Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford
Conductor: James Burton Conductor: Paul Swindale Leader: Sarah Sanders Leader: Christa Porter Soloists: Naomi Sturges (soprano) ‘Celebrations’ Fiona James (mezzo) Graham Kidd (tenor) Celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and Simon Harper (baritone) London 2012 Olympics Choir: Richard Taunton Sixth Form & Community Choirs Shostakovich: Festival Overture John Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme For Taunton’s College Vangelis: Theme from Chariots of Fire James Burton: World Equestrian Games Fanfare Britten: St. Nicholas And Theme Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Choral) Sullivan: Overture ‘Yeoman of the Guard’ Coates: Three Elizabeths Suite 271. Saturday morning 2nd February 2013 Walton: Crown Imperial Central Hall, Southampton Mozart: Overture ‘Marriage of Figaro’ Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, 2nd mvt. Conductor: John Traill Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 Leader: Claire Mitchell Holst: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets) Narrator: Phil Cheesman Strauss: Champagne Polka Family Concert: ‘Around the World’ 268. Saturday afternoon 6th October 2012 Southampton Art Gallery Copland: Hoe Down (Rodeo) Strauss: The Blue Danube Conductor: Ian Partridge Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances Leader: Fiona Crowther Chappell: Paddington Bear’s First Concert Soloist: Lucy Balderson (contralto) Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt) Choir: Southampton Philharmonic Choir Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus Elgar: As Torrents in Summer With New Forest School of Dance Mozart: Divertimento in D Vivaldi: Magnificat 272. Saturday 23rd March 2013 St. Mary’s Church, Southampton 269. Saturday 3rd November 2012 Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter ‘Russian Romance’ Soloist: Jean Paul Ekins (piano) Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Bernstein: Candide Overture Stravinsky: Divertimento from ‘The Fairy’s Kiss’ Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 Copland: Symphony No.3 273. Saturday 27th April 2013 Romsey Abbey
Conductor: John Traill Leader: Ian Partridge Soloist: Juliette Roos (violin)
Dvorak: Symphony No.8 Bruch: Violin Concerto in G Sibelius: Symphony No.7
274. Saturday 6th July 2013 278. Saturday morning 25th January 2014 Southampton Guildhall Central Hall, Southampton
Conductor: David Gibson Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter Leader: Ian Partridge Soloist: Nicholas Warden (baritone) Narrator: Phil Cheesman Choir: Southampton Philharmonic Choir New Forest School of Dance
Joint Concert with SPC Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites Overture Walton: Coronation Te Deum Fairies and Giants Elgar: Enigma Variations Moths and Butterflies Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast The Tame Bear The Wild Bear 275. Sunday 6th October 2012 Saint Saens: Carnival of the Animals Southampton Art Gallery Fossils Part of the ‘Music in the City’ Festival Tortoises The Swan Conductor: Ian Partridge Finale Leader: Christa Porter Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Soloists: Christa Porter (violin) John Williams: Jurassic Park Malcolm Porter (viola) Choir: Southampton Philharmonic Choir 279. Saturday 22nd March 2014 Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford Haydn: Te Deum in C Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Conductor: Nicholas Nebout Barber: Sure on this Shining Night Leader: Christa Porter Handel: Zadok the Priest Compere: Shaun Dodimead
276. Saturday 16th November 2013 ‘Movie Magic’ Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford Moross: Theme ‘The Big Country’ Conductor: John Traill Rodgers: Carousel Waltz Leader: Christa Porter Gershwin: Strike up the Band Soloist: Michael Buchanan (trombone) John Williams: Theme ‘Schindler’s List’ Korngold: Suite ‘The Sea Hawk’ Britten: Pas de Six (Prince of the Pagodas) Hans Zimmer: Gladiator Derek Bourgeois: Trombone Concerto Barry: Theme ‘Out of Africa’ Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 RR Bennett: Gershwin in Hollywood John Williams: Superman March 277. Monday 16th December 2013 Coates: Dam Busters March Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford John Williams: Raiders March
Conductor: Paul Swindale 280. Saturday 10th May 2014 Leader: Christa Porter Romsey Abbey Soloists: Lianne Birkitt (soprano) Fiona Jeppson (mezzo) Conductor: John Traill ?? (tenor) Leader: Ian Partridge Ashley Mercer (bass) Soloist: Joseph Shiner (clarinet) Choir: Taunton’s College 6th Form Organ: Craig Lawton & Community Choirs Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Verdi: Requiem Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Saint Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ) For Taunton’s College
281. Saturday 7th June 2014 285. Saturday morning 24th January 2015 Hillier’s Gardens Central Hall, Southampton
Conductor: John Traill Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter Leader: Annastasia Radford Narrator: Phil Cheesman Strauss: Radetsky March New Forest School of Dance Sibelius: Finlandia Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no.1 extracts Eduard Strauss: Polka ‘Bahn Frei’ Morning John Adams: A Short Ride in a Fast Machine Anitra's dance Mussorgsky/Ravel: Bydlo (Pictures at an Exhibition) Hall of mountain king Ian Stephens: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Tchaikovsky: Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus Strauss: Blue Danube waltzes Goodwin: 633 Squadron Zimmer: Gladiator Coates: Dam Busters March 286. Saturday 21st March 2015 Tchaikovsky: Overture ‘1812’ Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford
282. Saturday 5th July 2014 Conductor: John Traill St. Mary’s Church, Southampton Leader: Christa Porter Soloist: Andrew Littlemore (Horn) Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter Smetana: Wallenstein’s Camp Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 Nielsen: Helios Overture Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites excerpts Morning 287. Saturday 16th May 2015 Death of Ase Romsey Abbey In the Hall of the Mountain King Sibelius: Finlandia Conductor: John Traill Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 Leader: Ian Partridge
283. Sunday 5th October 2014 Holst: Ballet Music ‘The Perfect Fool’ Southampton Art Gallery Mussorgksy, orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition Brahms Symphony No. 4 Part of the ‘Music in the City’ Festival
Conductor: Ian Partridge Leader: ? Choir: Southampton Philharmonic Choir
Mozart: Regina Coeli KV108 (orchestra + choir) Haydn: Symphony no. 39 (orchestra only) Stopford: Do Not Be Afraid (chorus a cappella) Elgar: Lux Aeterna (Nimrod) (orchestra + choir)
284. Saturday 15th November 2014 Thornden Hall, Chandler’s Ford
Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter Violin soloist: Anca Campanie
John Adams: A Short Ride in a Fast Machine Beethoven: Violin Concerto Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947)
288. Saturday 6th June 2015 290. Sunday 4th October 2015 Hilliers Gardens Southampton Art Gallery
Conductor: John Traill Part of Music in the City Leader: Ian Partridge Conductor: Ian Partridge Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (opening) Baritone: Jamie W Hall Holst: Mars from The Planets Suite Southampton Philharmonic Choir Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus Holst: Ballet Music from the Perfect Fool Vaughan Williams: Just as the Tide was Flowing Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition Warlock: Capriol Suite Promenade 1 Holst: I Sowed the Seeds of Love Gnomus Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs Promenade 2 Baba Yaga 291. Saturday 14th November 2015 Great Gate of Kiev Thornden Hall Sousa: Liberty Bell March Bizet: Carmen Suites 1 & 2 Conductor: John Traill Prelude Leader: Christa Porter Aragonaise Solo violin: Savitri Grier Toreador Song Habanera John Adams: The Chairman Dances Danse Boheme Sibelius: Violin Concerto Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Elgar: Enigma Variations Theme 292. Monday18th January 2016 Variation 1 Central Hall, Southampton Variation 4/7 Variation 8 Southampton Music Hub ‘Big Sing’ Variation 9 Holst: Jupiter from The Planets Suite Vivaldi: Gloria Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (Strings only) 289. Saturday 11th July 2015 Romsey Abbey 293. Saturday 23rd January 2016 Central Hall, Southampton Concert for Romsey Choral Society Conductor: John Traill Conductor: Jamie W. Hall Leader: Ben Jennings Leader: Christa Porter Narrator: Phil Cheesman Mezzo soprano: Janet Shell Winchester Science Centre Romsey Choral Society New Forest School of Dance
Randall Thompson: Alleluia (choir) “Blast Off! John Rutter: Five Orchestral Meditations (orchestra) John Rutter: Gloria (choir & orchestra) Barry Gray: Thunderbirds March Michael Tippett: Five Spirituals (choir) Calvin Custer: Star Trek Through The Years John Rutter: Feel the Spirit (choir & orchestra) Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune Daniel Dorff: Blast Off! Holst: Venus from The Planets Suite John Williams: Princess Leia’s Theme John Williams: Main Theme from Star Wars
294. Saturday 19th March 2016 Thornden Hall For Romsey Choral Society Brass and percussion only Conductor: Cayenne Ponchione Leader: Christa Porter Conductor: Jamie W Hall Soloists: Laurent Warnier & Xi Zhang Matthias: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge Dvorak: In Nature’s Realm Vaughan Williams: O Clap Your Hands Sejourné: Double Concerto for Marimba and Walton: Coronation Te Deum Vibraphone Rutter: Wells Jubilate Sibelius: Symphony No.6 Elgar: Great is the Lord (choir only) John Traill: Double Percussion Concerto Jongen: Mass Op. 130
295. Saturday 16th April 2016 Romsey Abbey
Come and Sing for Romsey Choral Society
Conductor: Jamie W Hall 299. Saturday 12th November 2016 Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man Thornden Hall Chandlers Ford
296. Saturday 21st May 2016 Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione Romsey Abbey Leader:
Conductor: John Traill Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Leader: Christa Porter Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.2 Solo Violin: Alexandra Lomeiko Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Ethel Smyth: Overture ‘The Wreckers’ Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad 300. Saturday 21st January 2017 Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Central Hall Southampton Elgar: Symphony No. 2 Family Concert - Once Upon a Time Conductor: John Traill 297. Saturday 11th June 2016 Leader: Sir Harold Hillier Gardens Narrator: Phil Cheesman
Conductor: John Traill Patterson: The Three Little Pigs Leader: Dukas: The Sorceror’s Apprentice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite (excerpts) Celebrate Summer … in garden surroundings Grieg: In the hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No.1 Sibelius: Finlandia Anderson/Lopez: Music from Frozen Butterworth: Shropshire Lad Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake: scene Grainger: English Country Garden 301. Saturday 18th March 2017 Gershwin: Summertime Turner Sims Southampton Steck, Arnold: Sporting Occasion Ricketts, F: Colonel Bogey March Conductor: Nicolas Nebout Barry Gray: Thunderbirds Leader: Custer: Star Trek – opening theme only Soloist: Marc Corbett-Weaver Strauss: Waltz Blue Danube Williams: Star Wars Main title Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Williams: Star Wars Leia’s theme Grieg: Piano Concerto Strauss: Radetsky March Beethoven: Symphony No.6 (“Pastoral”) Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (last 5 mins)
302. Saturday 29th April 2017 298. Saturday 2nd July 2016 Romsey Abbey Romsey Abbey Conductor: John Traill New Forest School of Dance Leader: Ian Partridge Soloist: Michael Foyle Conductor: John Traill Leader: Aitor Bravo Brahms: Tragic Overture Narrator: Phil Cheeseman Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathetique”) Bernard Hughes: Isabel’s Noisy Tummy Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee Saint Saens: Excerpts from Carnival of the Animals Elton John and Hans Zimmer:The Lion King Orchestral Suite John Barry: Out of Africa 303. Saturday 1 July 2017 Terry Gilkyson: The Bare Necessities Romsey Abbey 307. Saturday 17th March 2018 Conductor: John Traill Turner Sims, Southampton Leader: Christa Porter With Romsey Choral Society Conductor: Jonathan Lo Cello: Hannah Innes Manuel de Falla: Three Dances from The Leader: Christa Porter Three-Cornered Hat. Bizet: Toreador Chorus Nielsen: Maskarade Overture Verdi: Prelude to Act 1 - La Traviata Dvorak: Cello Concerto Matadors’ Chorus- La Traviata Sibelius: Symphony No.2 Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore Hebrew Slaves Chorus from Nabucco Triumphal Scene from Aida 308. Saturday 12th May 2018 Borodin(orch. Rimsky-Korsakov): Polovtsian Romsey Abbey Dances Rossini: Thieving Magpie Overture Conductor: John Traill Puccini: Humming Chorus from Madame Butterfly Leader: Ian Partridge Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus Overture Violin: Michael Foyle Cello: Thomas Carroll
304. Sunday 8th October 2017 Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello Music in the City concert Mahler: Symphony No.1 Southampton Art Gallery Richard Strauss: Festmarch Strings only Conductor: Stephen Kent-Davies Leader: Christa Porter 309. Saturday 9th June 7.30pm The Anvil, Basingstoke J Stamitz: Sinfonia in G major Britten: War Requiem G F Handel: Concerto Grosso in A minor op 6 F Mendelssohn: String Symphony No.7 in D minor Conductor: David Gibson Leader: Christa Porter
305. Saturday 18th November 2017 Soprano: Paula Sides Thornden Hall Baritone: Ashley Riches Tenor: Alexander James Edwards Conductor: Philip Hesketh Chamber orchestra: London Mozart Players Leader: Christa Porter Basingstoke Choral Society Solo piano: Viv McLean Southampton Philharmonic Choir Southampton University Philharmonic Choir Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture Choir of The Pilgrims’ School, Winchester and Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 St.Gabriels’s Newbury Prokofiev: Symphony No.5
310. Sunday 30th September 306. Saturday 20th January 2018 Music in the City - NST City 11am and 2pm Central Hall Conductor: Gina Briant Family Concert - A Trip to the Zoo Stephen Kent-Davies Leader: Christa Porter Conductor: Philip Hesketh Elgar: Serenade for Strings Soloist: Madeleine Mitchell Gounod: Petite Symphony Leader: Bree Enemark Haydn: Symphony No.87 Smetana: From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields 311. Saturday 10th November 2018 Suk: Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra Central Hall. Dvorak: Symphony No.7
Conductor: Toby Purser Leader: Christa Porter 315. Saturday 6th July 2019 Piano: Nikola Avramovic Romsey Abbey Romsey Choral Society Elgar: In the South (Alassio) Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Mendelssohn - Elijah Lilian Elkington: Out of the Mist Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4 Conductor: Tim Hooper Leader: Christa Porter Soloists: Jamie W. Hall - baritone 312. Saturday 19th January 2019 Matthew Minter - tenor 11am and 2pm - Central Hall Susan Legg - mezzo soprano Family concert - Magical Beasts Nina Bennet - soprano New Forest School of Dance James Mayhew (artist) 316. Sunday 29th September 2019 Conductor: John Traill Music in the City Leader: Ian Partridge Southampton Art Gallery - 2.30pm Narrator: Phil Cheeseman Southampton Philharmonic Choir Conductor: Ian Partridge Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries Leader: Bree Enemark Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings Bernard Hughes: The Knight who Took all Day Purcell: Come, Ye Sons of Art Alan Menken: Beauty and the Beast Vivaldi: “Spring” from the Four Seasons Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (Final Hymn) Morley/Gibbons/Dowland: Madrigals John Powell: How to Train Your Dragon Vivaldi: Gloria
313. Saturday 9th March 2019 317. Saturday 9th November 2019 Central Hall Central Hall A Night at the Movies Conductor: Michael Thrift Conductor: John Traill Leader: Christa Porter Leader: Christa Porter Compere: Phil Cheeseman Delibes: Suite from Coppelia Poulenc: Suite from les Biches Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid Miklos Rozsa: Ben-Hur Suite - Prelude and Parade Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty of the Charioteers Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood Suite John Williams: The Shark theme from Jaws John Powell: How to Train Your Dragon 318. Saturday 14th December 2019 Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings. Romsey Abbey Morricone: Cinema Paradiso - Love Theme Romsey Choral Society (arr.Ian Partridge) John Barry: The Best of Bond (arr.Tyzik) Conductor: Richard Pearce Indecent proposal Theme Leader: Christa Porter Bernard Herrmann: Psycho Suite Handel: Messiah
314. Saturday 11th May 2019 319. Saturday 18th January 2020 Romsey Abbey Central Hall - 11am and 2pm Family Concert - Toy Stories New Forest School of Dance
Conductor: John Traill Leader: Bree Enemark Narrator: Phil Cheeseman
Leon Jessel: The Parade of the Toy Soldiers Georges Bizet: Kleine Orchestersuite John Walter Bratton: Teddy Bears’ Picnic Joseph Haydn: Toy Symphony Eric Coates: Three Bears Phantasy Rossini/Respighi: Boutique Fantasque Pixar Movie Favourites: Arr. Michael Brown
320. Saturday 7th March 2020 Turner Sims
Conductor: Dominic Grier piano: Callum McLachlan Leader: Christa Porter
Lutoslawski: Little Suite for Orchestra Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.3