Oswestry Recorded Music Society

Playlist History 2022-2023

Oct 20^th 2022 Reprise Presented by Terry McGuinness	Tchaikovsky – Symphony No 1 Rachmaninov Vocalise – Renee Fleming Petula Clark – Don’t sleep in the Subway Glazunov – The Seasons – Autumn, Scottish National Orchestra, Neem Jarvi Renee Fleming -You’ll Never walk Alone
Nov 3^rd 2022 Members Choice 1	Presenter Peter Trudgill J S Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. Il Giardino Armonica conducted by Giovanni Antonioni Presenter Martin Fisher Shostakovich – Festive Overture Presenter Gerald Thomas Excerpts from Carmen, Teresa Berganza, Placido Domingo conductor Claudio Abbado. Presenter Alan Braddock 1930’s songs Presenter Martin Fisher Josef Suk – Fantastic Scherzo Presenter Carole Joby Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 3, Howard Shelley & Orchestra of Opera North
Nov 17^th 2022 Imogen Holst and her Dad	Presenter Martin Fisher 1) Gustav Holst: The Hymn of Jesus (BBCSO & Chorus/ Boult) 2) Gustav Holst: Suite No 1 for military band (London Wind Orchestra/ Wicks) 3) Gustav Holst: A Fugal Overture for flute, oboe and strings (Bennett, Graeme/ ECO/ Imogen Holst 4) Gustav Holst: Capriccio (ECO/ Imogen Holst) 5) Gustav Holst: Suite No 2 for military band (London Wind Orchestra/ Wicks) TEA BREAK 6) Imogen Holst: Phantasy Quartet (S Hewitt-Jones, Warwick (vlns); T Hankey-(vla); O Coates, T Hewitt-Jones (cellos) 7) Gustav Holst: A Dirge for Two Veterans (Baccholian Singers of London, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble) 8) Gustav Holst: Beni Mora– Oriental Suite, 3rd mov’t ‘In the Street of Ouled Nails’ (LPO/Boult) 9) Benjamin Britten orch. Imogen Holst: Rejoice in the Lamb (Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; Dmitri Ensemble/ Ross)
Dec 1^st 2022 Run up to Xmas	Presenter Carole Joby Handel’s Messiah: Sinfonia, Comfort Ye My People, Every Valley, The Glory of the Lord Academy of Ancient Music with Edward Higginbottom and Choir of New College, Oxford Biber: Rosary Sonatas: The Annunciation, The Visitation and The Nativity Andrew Manze on the violin and Richard Egarr on the organ and harpsichord Ccorelli: Christmas Concerto Capella Instrpolitana Jaroslav Krececk The York Waites Christmas Music Patric Standford: A Christmas Carol Symphony Baroque Music from Latin America – Moon, Sun and all Things Ay, andar! Dulce Jesus Mio
Dec 15^th 2022 Recital Series Memories	Presenter Chris Symons Dvorak Piano Quintet – Skampa Piano Concerto 2 – Brahms Nunc Dimittis – Ex Cathedra Toccatina op36 – Nicolai Kapustin Tambourin – Red Priest Flight of theBumblebee Tasmin Little and Piers Lane Delius Hassan Act1 Serenade – Tasmin Little and Piers Lane Sail Away – Kings Singers Butterworth Housman songs – John Lilll (piano) James Gilchrist Porgy and Bess excerpt. Martin Roscoe and Chris Symon
Jan 5th 2023 Members Choice 2	Peter Trudgill: Schubert, posthumous String Quartet in C major – Emerson quartet Second movement Arabic Dave Ward RVW 2 songs from the house of life Roderick Williams/Halle Vaughn Williams Rosetti Silent Moon, Death in Love Carole Joby Beethoven does strictly. Mixture of Caribbean classical. Beethovenmeetscuba by the Klass Brothers and Cuba Percussion. The tracks were Pathetique No 3, Waldstein and Symphony No 7 Gerald Thomas Messi soprano Marriane Anderson contraption Interval Martin Fisher Handel: Concerto a due Cori (for two wind choirs) No 3 5 movements Peter Klages Ennio Morricone “on earth as it is in heaven” and “The Mission” from the film The Mission. Philip Glass – Truman Sleeps from the film Truman Show. Howard Shore – The Shire from the film Lord of the Rings.
Jan 19th 2023 Variety is the Spice of Life	Presenter Dawn Milner 1. Ray Still. Baroque Oboe Sonatas J S Bach sonata in G minor BVW 1030b Track 1. Andante Track 2. Largo e dolce 2. Tianna Lemnitz. Soprano Richard Strauss. Arabella Track 8. Das war sehr gut, Mandryka, recorded 1944 Act 3. Gerard Husch, baritone. 3. YoYo Ma. Simply Baroque Luigi Boccherini. Concerto in G major for Cello and String Orchestra Track 10. Allegro 4 Philippe Jaroussky. Heroes. Vilvaldi Track 14. Farnace. Perdona o figlio amato Track 15. Orlando finto pazzo. Alla rosa ruggiodasa 5. Simon Weale. Piano recital Track 7. Mallorca Op 202. Albeniz Track 8. Andaluza. Granados. No 5 from 12 Spanish Dances. Op. 37 Interval 1. Philippe Jaroussky, Heroes Track 2. Giustino. Vedro con mio diletto 2. Django Reinhardt Track 3. Sweet Georgia Brown Track 9. Crepuscle
Feb 2nd 2023 Tales of the Unexpected	Presenter David Ward Kathleen Ferrier – Father of Heaven, From Judas Maccabeus, Handel. Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra Honneger Pacific 231 Mouvement symphonique No. 1 (1923) The Danish National Radio Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi, patched onto the Film made by Jean Mitry, prizewinner at the Canes Film Festival 1949 Imogen Holst – 3 movements from The Fall of the Leaf, Stephen Isserlis, Cello Buxtehude fugue in F played by Graham Eccles on the Peter Collins Organ at Ystwm Colwyn Hall Bach coffee cantata BWV211 – Netherlands Bach Society Byrd Mass in 4 Voices – Kyrie and Gloria. The Kings Singers Haydn Symphony 45 – Farewell. Symphonia Rotterdam – Conrad von Alphen
16th February 2023 Forests and Rivers	Presenter Peter Klages Das Rheingold George Solti Wiener Philharmoniker Handels water music Hornpipe and Adante..followed by Air Academy of Saint Martins in the field and Air Beethoven Symphony No 6 Scene am Bach Scene by the brook Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Siegfried Forest Murmurs. Philharmonia conducted by Otto Klemperer A river runs. Oysterband. singer John Jones Trains and Boats and Planes – Burt Bacharach Deep River (Arr. Coleridge-Taylor, Sheku Kanneh-Mason) Ol Man River – Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott Interval Mahler Symphony 1 First movement. Chicago Symphony George Solti Eine Alpensinfonie – Richard Strauss, conductor Vasily Petrenko, Oslo Philharmonic Nacht Sonnenaufgang Der Ansteg Entritt in den Wald Wanderung neben den Bache Am Wasserfall Erscheinung auf Blumige Wiesen auf der Alm Gotterdamerung Act 3 Immolation Scene Richard Wagner, Sir George Solti conducting Wiener Philharmoniker, Soprano Birgit Nilsson (Brunhilde) and Gottlob Frik (Hagen)
2nd March 2023 DYNASTY	Presenter – Paul Astell JCF Bach-Sinfonia in E Major, Orchestra of St Luke’s/Dennis Russell Davies Clara Schumann-Piano Concerto in A minor- ii Andante- iii Allegro, Beatrice Rana,Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin L Mozart-Toy Symphony (attrib), Ensemble Metamorphosis Eduard Strauss-Wer tanzt mit, polka schnell, VPO/Welser-Most Josef Strauss-Angelica Polka, Heiterer muth –Allegro fantastique, VPO/Welser-Most Newman – Street Scene movies sequence,TCF studio Orchs Newman -How to marry a millionaire – prelude, TCF studio Orch A Lloyd Webber -Variations, J Lloyd Webber Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals – excerpts, Kanneh-Masons and friends Newman – How to marry a millionaire – end title, TCF studio Orch
16th March 2023	Presenter Peter Trudgill King Arthur – Opera by Henry Purcell Rigoletto – Guiseppe Verdi, Maria Callas, La Scala Milan Don Giovanni -Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Conductor Colin Davis, Kiri Te Kanawa The Mikado- Opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
30th March 2023 Shackleton 1914	Presenter Alan Braddock Audio Visual presentaion of the Shackleton expedition. Introduction of the explorer Amundsen. Music- Griegs Lyric Suite, Opus 54, arranged for piano. Brief reminder of Scotts 1912 tragic expedition – Music Vaughn Williams Sinfonia Antartica. RLPO, Leader Malcolm Stewart, Conductor Vernon Handley, with soprano Alison Hagan and Womans Chorus from the RLPO Choir, 1990 Grieg, Wedding day at Troldhaugen, London Proms Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras. 1960.
13th April 2023 Musical instruments: a Medley of fossils and exotic combinations	Presenter Ian Stanley Audio Visual Presentation Ian gave an interesting talk about origins of musical instruments and how they have developed into the modern day versions. Bassoon and Concert Harp in arrangement of La Fille au Cheveux de Lin by Debussy, Curtal/Dulcian precursor of Bassoon Demonstration of Chinese bronze bowl producing sound in the same way as a wine glass does when it is rubbed on the rim Glass (H)Armonica playing Mozart Adagio K356 written for blind Marian Kirkergassner 12 Trumpets in 1^stmovement of Janacek’s Sinfonietta Silver and Copper Trumpets from King Tutankhamen’s tomb Baroque and Piccolo Trumpets described and played by Alyson Balsom Mozart ‘Lodron’ concerto for 3 piano’s From clavichord to Steinway: the evolution of keyboard instruments Panpipe (aka syrinx/ fistula) played by Papageno in Mozart’s Magic Flute The first of Ravel’s Madagascan Songs (Nahandove ) sung by Stephane Degoutir Part 2 First of Ligeti’s Bagatelles for wind played by Danish ensemble Carion Cornett playing music by Giovanni Gabrieli (circa 1550-1612) Shawm as solo and consort instrument Crumhorn as solo and consort instrument Ligeti’s use of vacuum cleaner as wind instrument in Mysteries of the Macabre Sagbutt (aka Sackbut) precursor of trombone Musical Saw plus description of how sound is produced. Hurdy-gurdy playing traditional tune (plus attempt to describe mechanism!) Hammered Dulcimer (aka Cimbalom) as street entertainment Mozart’squintet for Piano and Winds K452
27th April 2023 Annual General Meeting followed by a CD recital	AGM chaired by David Ward followed by CD recital David Ward – HALLE- A Shropshire Lad. Orchestrated by Roderick Williams (Baritone), conductor Sir Mark Elder. Martin Fisher “Te Deum” Antonin Dvorack, Russian State Symphony Orchestra.Tea Break Peter Klages Final movement Beethoven 9th Symphony, Symphonia Orchestra and chorus, conducted by Otto Klemperer 1958 recording remastered 2012.
May 11th 2023 Members choice III	Bruckner Ecce Sacerdos Magnus Mozart Sonata for two Pianos Vivaldi Concerto in C major RV245 (arr for guitar and mandolin) Ligetti Six Bagatelles for wind quintet York Waites Music for Flutes,gedact bass, curtal, shawms, saggbut, bass curtal, English bagpipe and hurdy gurdy. Janáček Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for orchestra Sarah Class Sacred fire sung by Pretty Yende

Playlist History 2019-2020

Oct 3^rd 2019

Looking forwards, looking backwards

Presented by Terry McGuinness

Flanders/Swann The Hippopotamus Song
Satie Gnossiene No. 1; No. 3
Satie Gymnopedie No. 1
Bruckner Symphony No. 7- 1st movmnt
Cilea Lo son l’umile ancella (Adriana Lecovreur)
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2

Oct 17th 2019

Ode to Autumn

Presented by Alan Braddock

Tchaikovsky The Tempest, op. 18
Alwyn. Autumn Legend
Shostakovich. To October
Respighi. The October Festival
Mahler Der Einsame im Herbst (Das Lied von der Erde)
Gershwin A Foggy Day
Brown/De Sylva/Henderson Button Up Your Overcoat
Rachmaninov Now let Thy servant depart (Vespers, Op. 3)

Oct 31st 2019

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)

Presented by Graham Ladley

Janáček:Sinfonietta – first and second movmnts
Rikadla
On an overgrown path
Elegy on the death of my daughter Olga
The ballad of Blanik
Violin Concerto (The wandering of a little soul)
Kata Kabanova – Opening of Act II
String Quartet no. 2 ‘Intimate letters’
Glagolitic Mass – finale

Nov 14th 2019

A Walk to the Paradise Garden

Presented by John Apperley

Delius:A walk to the paradise garden
On hearing the first cuckoo of spring
Prelude ‘Irmelin’
Intermezzo
Summer night
Song before sunrise
Sleigh ride
La Calinda
In a summer garden
Late swallows
Air and dance

Nov 28th 2019

Joint first among equals – the sinfonia concertante

Presented by Ian Stanley

Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major, Hob. I/105

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K. 364

Jan 9th 2020

It’s raining men!

Presented by Dawn Milner

Elgar Serenade for Strings
Vaughan Williams Linden Lea
Vaughan Williams Silent Noon
Quilter Come Away Death
Quilter O Mistress Mine
Quilter Blow Blow, Thy Winter Wind
Britten Sally Gardens
Britten Foggy Foggy Dew
Britten Oliver Cromwell
John Farmer A Little Pretty Bonny Lass
Thomas Tomkins Weep No More, Thou Sorry Boy
Thomas Morley Shoot False Love
Clarke Trumpet Aire (The Island Princess)
attrib. Handel Suite in D ‘Mr Handel’s Water Piece’
Rutter Requiem – excerpts
Jenkins The Armed man; Benedictus (The Armed Man)

Jan 23rd 2020 1812 and all that

Presented by Alan Johnson

Tchaikovsky:Romeo and Juliet, Overture and Fantasy
String Quartet No.1 – andante; scherzo
Variations on a Rococco Theme
Mezza notte (Midnight)
Dumka,Op. 59
Suite for Orchestra No.1 in D minor, Op. 43 – intermezzo
Symphony No. 5 – finale

Feb 6th 2020

All aloud the wind doth blow

Presented by Carole Joby

Various Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – medly
Anon Pavane and Galliard
Holborne Almain
Holborne The Choice
Handel Organ Concerto, Op. 4, No. 1
Beethoven Octet in E major, Op. 103
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf – main theme (Trad jazz arr.)
Mozart Horn ConcertoNo. 4
Verdi Requiem – Dies Irae; Libra Me

Feb 20th 2020

‘There’s a lot in this chap’: The music of William Walton

Presented by Paul Astell

William Walton:arr. Palmer Fanfare: from Hamlet
Johannesburg Festival Overture
Facade: Polka; Yodelling Song; Scotch Rhapsody; Popular Song
Symphony No.1 – 1^st movement
arr. Palmer Wartime Sketchbook: Prologue;Bicycle Chase; Foxtrots; Striptease; Epilogue;
arr. Matthews Battle of Britain suite: March intro & Siegfried Music
Belshazzar’s Feast (audio-visual)

March 5th 2020

Five cards… and no tricks!

Presented by Bryan Evans

Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
Mozart Divertimento in D major, K136
Beethoven Concerto in C for piano, cello, violin & orch, Op.56
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 – 1st movement
Mahler Symphony No. 5 – adagietto

Season 2018-19

Oct 4th 2018 The committee introduces our 60th season	Ravel Daphnis et Chloé – excerpts Suk Summer impressions Reynaldo Hahn A chloris; Le rossignol des lilas Dilys Elwyn-Edwards Mae Hiraeth Yn Y Môr (There’s Longing In The Sea) Handel Israel in Egypt – excerpts Shaw/Mercer Love of my life
Oct 18th Looking back Presented by Paul Astell	Wagner Flying Dutchman overture Puccini E Lucevan Le Stelle (Tosca) Sibelius Finlandia Debussy Gollywog’s cakewalk Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 – 4th movement Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 9
Nov 1stAn autumn concert Presented by Terry McGuinness	Schumann Piano Quintet Elgar Sea Pictures Brahms Klavierstücke, Op. 119
Nov 22nd It’s not all Elgar Presented by John Apperley	Elgar There is sweet music Elgar Cello Concerto Elgar Salut d’amour; Chanson de nuit; Chanson de matin Elgar Violin Concerto – Andante Elgar Five improvisations for piano Elgar Serenade for strings Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Nov 29th A day in the garden Presented by Barbara Molesworth and Ian Stanley	Delius In a Summer Garden Ned Rorem Sonnet Schubert Die Blumensprache Schumann Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (Dicterliebe, Op. 48, No. 12) Britten To Daffodils Fauré Les roses d’Ispaphan Praetorius I know a rose tree springing Schubert Heidenröslein, D. 257 Puccini Crisantemi Mozart Das Veilchen, K. 476 Debussy Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes) Flanders/Swann A song of the weather
Jan 3rd2019 A musical sampler Presented by Dawn Milner	Handel Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 1 in G major, HWV319 Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninov Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – adagio Bizet Carmen – Overture; Habanera; Seguidilla Près des remparts de Séville Mozart Porgi, amor (Marriage of Figaro) Strauss Beim Schlafengehen (Four Last Songs) Bach/Gounod Ave Maria Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – 1. Introduction; 6. Waltz
Jan 17th Browsing through Beethoven Presented by Alan Johnson	Beethoven Egmont, Op. 84 – Overture Bagatelles, Op. 33, 1-5 Bagatelle No. 25, ‘Für Elise’ Clarinet Trio, Op. 11 An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 Sonata in A flat major, Op. 26 Triple Concerto in C – final movement
Feb 14th Love, actually Presented by David Ward	Schumann Papillons Op. 2 Clara Schumann Op. 3 Schumann Traumerai Schumann Widmung Op. 25/1 Clara Schumann Liebst du um Schönheit Schumann Piano Concerto in A Brahms Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Schumann Symphony no 4 – 4th movement
Feb 28th Country matters Presented by Carole Joby	Thomas Thomkins A sad pavan for these distracted tymes Vieuxtemp Cello Concerto No. 1 – Allegro Moderato Beethoven Piano Sonata Les Adieux Vivialdi Dixit Dominus Anon Music from the court of Ferdinand and Isabella 1469 Charpentier & Delalande Musique pour the suppe de Roi Haydn Symphony No. 45, ‘The Farewell’
Mar 14th Flight – on Earth and beyond Presented by Tony Durrell	Nigel Kennedy Melody in the wind Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the bumble bee Tchaikovsky/Fowley Nut Rocker Willaims/Quirk Skylark Vaughan Williams The lark ascending Latimer/Bardens The snow goose Respighi The Dove (The Birds) Roth Night lights Greenslade The other side of the sky Mozart Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’ – finale Elgar/Voces 8 Nimrod (Enigma Variations) Nielsen Helios Overture Hovhaness Symphony No. 48 – 4th movement Paul Mealor I saw eternity Patrick Hawes Out of the depths Goodman/Hampton/Robin Flying home
Mar 28th Une lamentation européenne Presented by Alan Braddock	Mozart Requiem – Kyrie Janáček Glagolitic Mass- Intrada Nielsen Oriental Festival March (Alladin) Pärt Für Anna Maria Debussy Golliwog’s Cake Walk Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra – Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften Bartok Romanian Folk Dance Stanford On a theme of Orlando Gibbons Cui Prelude No. 3 in G Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor – finale Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E flat – Rondo Berwald Concertino in A minor
Apr 11th My country ‘tis of thee Presented by Bryan Evans	Trad My country ’tis of thee Joplin Elite syncopations Anon Deep River Joplin Treemonisha – excerpts Still Symphony No. 1 – 1st & 2nd movements Lokumbe Giving Their Children The Will To Continue; Singing A Prayer For The Souls Of The World (Dear Mrs Parkes) Trad Steal away Porter Now you have jazz (High Society) Ellington Take the A train Florence B Price Symphony No. 4 – Movements 2-4 Key/Smith Star spangled banner
Apr 25th The B team Presented by Graham Ladley	Butterworth banks of Green Willow Barber Agnus Dei CPE Bach Cello Concerto in A major Bliss Piano Concerto Bellini La Sonnambula – finale
May 9th Members’ choice	Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps John Ceiriog Hughes Ar Hyd y Nos Trad/Marjory Kennedy-Fraser An Eriskay Love Lilt Trad/Frederic Weatherly Danny Boy Pergolesi Stabart Mater – excerpt Debussy Sarabande (Pour le Piano) Debussy La Plus Que Lente Shosatakovich Romance (The Gadfly) Vaughan Williams Two Mystical Songs Wolf-Ferrari Intermezzo, Act 3 (Jewels of the Maddona) Vaughan Williams Linden Lea John Field Nocturnes for Piano, Nos 1-3

Season 2017-18
Oct 5^th 2017 RVW: A cheerful agnostic Presented by Graham Ladley	Ralph Vaughan Williams Antiphon; I got me flowers; Love bade me welcome; The Call (Five Mystical Songs) Five variants on ‘Dives and Lazarus’ Kyrie; Gloria; Credo; Sanctus & Benedictus; Agnus Dei (Mass in G minor) Job – a masque for dancing
Oct 19^th Ages of man Presented by Ian Stanley	Rubbra The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn Berlioz The Shepherd’s Farewell (L’enfance du Christ) Wagner Siegfried Idyll Barber Knoxville 1915 Ravel L’ Arithmatic (L’Enfant et Les Sortileges ) Ravel Hop O’ My Thumb (Ma mère l’Oye) Elgar Wand of Youth Suite No. 2 – Wild Bears Schumann Traumerai (Kinderszenen) Britten Simple Symphony – Frolicsome finale Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro -Cherubino’s Act 1 aria Berlioz Roméo et Juliet – Love scene Janáček String Quartet No 2 (Intimate letters) Enescu Languir me fais (Seven poems by Clément Marot) Stravinsky L’Histoire Du Soldat – scene 1 Mozart Non più andrai (Le Nozze di Figaro) Biber Battaile No. 10 – 1st and second movements Berlioz Overture Les Francs-juges Mozart La Vendetta (Le Nozze di Figaro) Schumann Pantalon & Columbine (Carnaval) Elgar Falstaff – part 3 Ravel Chanson à boire (Don Quichotte à Dulcinée ) Strauss Beim Schlafengehan (Four Last Songs) Ibert Le mort de Don Quixote Schubert Der Leiermann (Winterreise) Gabrieli Lauda Jerusalem
Nov 2^nd A walk in the Nordic woods Presented by Helene Lindstrand	Mårten Jansson Missa Popularis – Kyrie; Gloria; Credo Jan Johansson Polska från Medelpad (Reel from Medelpad) Jan Johansson Visa från Järna (Ballad from Järna) Jan Johansson Visa från Utanmyra (Ballad from Utanmyra) Christian Sinding Fruhlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring) Grieg Notturno Grieg Trolltog (March of the trolls) Sibelius Romance in D flat Nielsen Snurretoppen (The spinning top) Nielsen Spraellemanden (Jumping Jack) Nielsen Dukkemarch (March of the dolls) Kurt Atterberg Suite no.3 for violin, viola and strings – Prelude; Pantomim; Vision Dag Wiren Serenade in G major, Op.11 – Scherzo: allegro vivace; Marcia: Tempo di marcia, molto ritmico Harald Saeverud Rondo amoroso Oskar Merikanto Kesäilta (Summer evening) Georg Joseph Vogler Hosianna, Davids son (Hosanna, David’s son) Adam/Cappeau/Kock O, helga natt (Holy night)
Nov 16^th Stateside sounds Presented by Paul Astell	Bernstein America (West Side Story) Philip Glass The Hours – Music from the film Amy Beach Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 Copland Four Dance Episodes John Adams The Chairman Dances Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Hanson Symphony No. 2 McPhail/Michels San
Nov 30th Under the radar – Eastern Europe Presented by Terry McGuiness	Balakirev Octet Op. 3 Berwald Piano Concerto in D major Rimsky Korsakov Tsar’s Bride – duet Tchaikovsky Queen of Spades – Yeletsky’s Aria Tchaikovsky Hamlet – incidental music Rimsky Korsakov Piano Trio – 4th movement Shostakovich I used to go to school; The clock on the square is lit up (Moscow, Cheryomushki)
Jan 4^th 2018 For example, a Scottish Scandinavian Presented by Alan Johnson	Grieg Two Elegaic Melodies, Op.34 Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 Four Songs from Bjornson’s Fishermaiden Op. 21 Sonata for Cello & Piano in A Minor Op. 36 Once Upon a Time; From Early Years; Grandmother’s Minuet (Three Lyric Pieces:) Gade; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Two Lyric Pieces) Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 16 – Third Movement
Jan 18^th An eclectic collection Presented by Dawn Milner	Bach Goldberg Variations – aria Mozart Ave Verum Corpus (Requiem) Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 – adagio Spencer Williams (arr Goodman) Basin Street Blues Hoagy Carmichael (arr Goodman) Stardust Johnny Green (arr Goodman) Body and Soul Puccini La bohème- Act 1 excerpts Beethoven Violin Concerto – rondo arr Dunn Famous Songs Of The British Isles; Evening hymn and sunset Arne Britannic Salute Purcell Dido and Aeneas – Act 3 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9, K271 – allegro
Feb 1^stI’m playing my tune Presented by David Ward	Elgar Sanctis Fortis; I can no more (The Dream of Gerontius) Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben – 5^thmovement Mahler Symphony 1 – 1st & 3rd movements Beethoven Creatures of Prometheus – andantino and finale Beethoven Symphony.No. 3 ‘Eroica’ – 4th movement Elgar The Music Makers
Feb 15^thThe good old days Presented by Ruth Bellamey	Renis arr Powells Quando Quando Carl Boberg arr Powells How great thou art Rodgers arr Powells Edelweiss Sutherland Sailing Kent/Burton There’ll be bluebirds Rosas The loveliest night Kellette/Kenbrovin I’m forever blowing McGuire arr Adler Genevieve waltz Grigoraș Dinicu arr Adler Hora Staccato Khachaturian arr Adler Sabre Dance Klose/Lukesch Here my song, Violetta Johnny Patterson The garden where the praties grow Trad Santa Lucia
Mar 8^th Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue Presented by Tony Durrell	Borodin Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) Green Love that burns Shostakovich Romance (The Gadfly) Cecil Coles Four Verlaine Songs Coltrane Like someone in love Christopher Wood Libra me (Requiem) Bliss A colour Symphony – 3rd movement Beethoven Für Elise Wolf Hoffman Blues for Elise Verdi Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) Gary Moore Nowhere fast Lacrimosa Sanctus (Requiem)
Mar 15^th The Luther connection Presented by Bryan Evans	Lukas Osiander Ein feste Burg Bach Ein feste Burg Telemann Trio Sonata in D minor Byrd Ave verum Corpus Bach Mass in B minor – excerpts Buxtehude Canzonette in G Tallis If ye love me Kuhnau Your heaven rejoices Pergolesi Stabat Mater – excerpt Martin Luther Ein feste Burg Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5, ‘Reformation’
Apr 5^th A tribute to Marion Braddock	Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – 1st and 3rd movements Phil Coulter Winter’s Crossing Lillian Elkington Out of the mist Mozart Flute Concerto K313 – 2nd movement adagio Mozart Kyrie Eleison (Requiem) Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 – 3rd movement Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 1 – 3rd & 4th movements Karl Jenkins Hymn; Adiemus
Apr 19^{th Just imagine Presented by John Apperley}	Elgar Introduction an Allegro for Strings Anon Hanacpachap cussicuinin verses Wagner Siegfried Idyll Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Holst Venus (The Planets) Mendelssohn War March of the Priests Fauré Berceuse (Dolly Suite) Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
May 3rd ^{AGM & various presenters}	Sergey Akhunov In Schubert’s Company George Bohm Prelude and Fugue in C Bach Dorian Toccata
May 10^th Members’ Choice	Mozart Symphony No. 1, K. 16 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Summer song; Entry into the summer pastures Sullivan Overture to The Pirates of Penzance Einaudi Le Onde Gershwin (arr. Johnson) Wlaking the dog Abreu (arr. Johnson) Tico tico Joplin Maple leaf rag Boutelje/Winfree China boy Buesse/Muller/Johnson Wang wang blues Layton/Creamer After you’ve gone Krommer Concertina in E flat major Mozart Gigue in G major, K. 574 Brahms Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op. 24

Season 2016-17

Oct 6^th 2016 Words and music Presented by Graham Ladley	Schubert Abends unter der Linde D235 Arthur Somervell Loveliest of trees George Butterworth Loveliest of trees George Butterworth The anks of green willow Robin Milford If it’s ever Spring again; The colour; So sweet loved seemed Ivor Gurney Sleep; Down by the Salley Gardens; Hawk and Buckle Finzi Intimations of Immortality Elgar The Swimmer (Sea Pictures) William Alwyn Miss Julie (A midsummer night’s dream) Bernard Herrmann I have dreamt (Wuthering Heights) Mendelssohn A midsummer night’s dream – excerpt Britten A midsummer night’s dream – excerpt
Oct 20^th Committee’s choice	Vaughan Williams Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus Handel Variations for Harp Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 – 4th movement Theme and Variations Keiko Albe A theme of Dowland for marimba Beethoven Eroica variations, Op. 35 Arensky Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky Franck Symphonic Variations Piano/Orchestra
Nov 3^rd All at sea Presented by Ian Stanley	John Masefield reciting “Sea fever” Ireland Sea Fever Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony – 1st movement Purcell Sailor’s Song and Dance (Dido & Aeneas) Mozart Suave Il vento (Act 1, Cosi Fan Tutte) Holst : Second suite for Military Band Walton Overture, Portsmouth Point Bridge Suite: The Sea – Seascape Berlioz L’île inconnue (Nuits d’été) Ethel Smyth from The Wreckers – Prelude Donizetti Oh come in un baleno (Emilia di Liverpool) Ravel Une barque sur l’océan Frederick Keel 2 Salt Water Ballads Britten Sunday Morning (Four sea interludes – Peter Grimes) Haydn Kyrie (Nelson Mass) Henry Wood The Saucy Arethusa (Fantasia on Sea Songs) Stanford The Old Superb (Songs of the Sea) Sibelius Oceanides – excerpt Vivaldi Violin concerto No5 in E flat – La tempesta di mare Robert Johnson Full Fathom Five Elgar Where corals lie (Sea pictures) Berlioz Overture: Le corsair Beethoven : Calm sea and Prosperous voyage Trad Blow the wind southerly Wagner Overture: Rule Britannia
Nov 17^th Music for small forces Presented by Terry McGuinnes	Schumann Noveletten Stravinsky Ragtime Bruch Piano Quintet – final movement Tchaikovsky Six Morceaux – finale Satie La Belle Excentrique Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances for 2 pianos Brahms Horn Trio – final movement Dvořák Bagatelles – final movement Milhaud Scaramouche Schumann Piano Quintet – 3rd movement
Dec 1^st Choral sweetness Presented by David Ward	Handel Concerto Grosso Op 3, No. 1 – Prologue Haydn – Representation of Chaos, The First day (The Creation) Handel Chandos Anthem Beethoven Benedictus; Agnus Dei; Donna Noblis (Mass in C) Brahms And ye now have sorrow (German Requiem) Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony – On the beach at night alone Parry – I was glad Orlando Gibbons Drop drop slow tears Walton Litany G Vaughan Williams Easter (5 Mystical Songs) Vaughan Williams Valiant for Truth Rutter Nativity Carol Tavener Today the Virgin Tavener God is With us (Christmas Proclamation)
Jan 12^th 2017 In the beginning Presented by Alan Johnson	Brahms Academic Festival Overture Anon Gregorian Chant for Good Friday Anon Gregorian Chant for Pentecost Anon Guardame las vacas Josquin Faulte d’Argent Monteverdi Solitudine amata (L’Incoronazione di Poppea) Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Albinoni Oboe Concerto in D minor Chopin Introduction and Variations in E major Nielsen Little Suite for Strings Haydn Finale – recitative and chorus (The Creation)
Jan 19^th A personal journey Presented by Dawn Milner	McGeoch The Sick Teddy Bear: Mummies Song (More Kiddies) Kelly/Arundel The Night Nursery (The Little White House) Wagner Willkommen, ungetreuer Mann!; Heil! Heil! Der Gnade Wunder Heil (Tannhäuser) Dvořák O Silver Moon (Rusalka) Grieg Piano Concerto in A – 2nd movement Tom Lehrer She’s My Girl; Will we all go together when we go? Gilbert/Sullivan The Gondoliers – Act 1 excerpts Joplin Maple Leaf Rag; The Entertainer Orff Carmina Burana – excerpts and finale Jenkins Cortège (Cantata Memoria) Strauss Im Abendrot (Four Last Songs)
Feb 2^nd An Impromptu Schubert evening Presented by Paul Astell	Impromptu D899 Op. 90, No. 1 Romanze D787/3; Seufzer D198; An den Frühling D283 Impromptu D899 Op. 90, No. 2 Trio Op. 100 – andante con molto Impromptu D899 Op. 90, No. 3 Symphony No. 7 – andante; scherzo Impromptu D935 Op. 142, No. 1 Mass No. 2 in G – Kyrie; Gloria; Sanctus; Benedictus Impromptu D935 Op. 142, No. 3
Feb 16^thA sentimental journey Presented by Ruth Bellamy	Kreisler Tambourin Chinois Kreisler String Quartet in A minor – finale Edward Purcell/Herrick Passing By Trad/Kennedy-Fraser Eriksay Love Lilt Trad/Ferguson Danny Boy Bach Suite No. 1 in C – Overture; Courante; Gavotte Handel Coronation Anthem: The King Shall Rejoice Mozart Ave verum Corpus, K618 Mozart Rondo, K617 Möller/Siegesmund The Happy Wanderer Parry/Edwards Y Ddau Forwr (The Two Sailors) Mahler Symphony No. 1 – 4th movement
Mar 2^nd Thanks to Radio 3, I’ll never be rich Presented by Bryan Evans	Clarke Trumpet Voluntary Mozart Sonata for two piano, K448 – Allegro con spirito de Vega/John Paul Jones Al son de los arroyuelos (Amores Pasados For 4 Voices & Continuo) Bach Harpsichord concerto in A major, BWV 1055 Dvořák Suite in A major (American) Layton/Teagarden After you’re gone Wood O thou, the central orb Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker – final waltz and apotheosis Tippett Steal Away (Child of our time) Trad Gwenni aeth i Ffair Pwllheli Haydn Piano Concerto No. 1
Mar 16^th A man for all seasons Presented by Carole Joby	Porter Brush up your Shakespeare Ben Jonson’s The Masque of Oberon Robert Johnson Almande 5 – The Princes Masque Jerome Bassano Almande 16 Johnson Almande 6 Heinrich Lübeck Trumpet Ensemble Sonata No. 5 A. Bassano Pavana Anon Dulcina Thomas Lynley Music for the Tempest Purcell The Fairy Queen – excerpt Arne Sigh no more, ladies; Thou soft-flowing Avon Schubert: Ständchen D. 889; An Sylvia, D. 891; Henry Bishop Who is Sylvia? Beethoven Overture: Coriolan Young/Shakespeare Blow, blow thou winter wynd Prokoviev Romeo and Juliet – excerpts Walton Henry V – Agincourt
Mar 30^th Not a waste of breath Presented by Tony Durrell	Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Wesley, arr Forshaw Hereford Janáček Sinfonietta – fanfare Mozart Serenade No. 9 in D major, ‘Posthorn’ Guillaume de Machaut arr. Forshaw/Pearson Improvisation and chorale on J’ain la flour Vaughan Williams Concerto for oboe and strings – finale Acker Bilk Stranger on the Shore Nino Rosso Il silenzio Anon St James Infirmary Rautavara The Marsh (Canus Arcticus) Tony Banks Siren Stamitz Clarinet Concerto – third movement Mussorgsky Great Gate of Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition) Anon arr. Forshaw Veni Emmanuel
Apr 6^{th Chosen at random Presented by Marion Braddock}	Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D major Shostakovich Adagio from The Limpet Stream Satie Gnossiennes Nos 1, 5, 3 Elgar Elegy for String Orchestra Beethoven Clarinet trio in B flat – allegro con brio Mahler Symphony No. 1 – first movement Puccini O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) Mozart Soave sia il vento (Così fan tutte) Hughes/James Calon Lân AHD Troyte/Dylan Thomas Sunset Poem (Eli Jenkins Prayer) Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 – third movement Butterworth Two English Idylls – No. 1, No. 2
May 4^thMembers’ choice	Sinding Rustle of Spring Arr. Christopher Brown A-courtin’ we will go Beethoven Für Elise Chopin Fantaisie-impromptu, Op.66 Handel He shall feed his flock; Come unto him (Messiah) Anon Hanacpachap cussicuinin Anon Dulce Jesús mío Verdi Grand March (Aida) Rachmaninov Cello Concerto – 3rd movement Milhaud Le Bœuf sur le toit Leoncavallo Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)

Season 2015-16

Oct 1^st 2015 Is Brahms like Marmite?Presented by Bryan Evans	BrahmsHungarian Dance No. 1 Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang – The Full Sound of a Harp Resounds; Come away, come away, death (Secular Choral Songs) Scherzo in C minor Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen [How lovely are thy dwellings] (German Requiem) Piano Quintet – scherzo Serenade No. 1 – scherzo-rondo German Folk Song Symphony No. 3 Sandmännchen [The Litle Sandman] (15 Volkskinderlieder)
Oct 15^th Oswestry Recital Series – a short history Presented by Chris Symons	Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’ – 1st movement Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96’American’ – 4th movement Brahms Sonata in F minor for 2 pianos – excerpt Gershwin I Got Rhythm Beethoven Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 – 3rd movement Harris Faire is the Heaven Roth Concertino Piccolo for two groups of young violinists and string orchestra Delius Serenade Haydn Symphony No. 77 – 4th movement
Oct 29^thDebussy with a touch of jazz Presented by Dai Lewis	Debussy Clair de Lune arr. Loussier Clair de Lune Arabesque (Deux arabesques) arr. Loussier Arabesque (Deux arabesques) L’isle joyeuse arr. Loussier L’isle joyeuse La fille aux cheveux de lin arr. Loussier La fille aux cheveux de lin Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 Siân James Llangollen Market
Nov 12^th Music of the night Presented by Graham Ladley	Bartók Evening in Transylvania Bartók out of Doors Bartók Music for Strings, percussion and celesta. Bartók Piano Concerto No.3 Schubert Die Sterne (The Stars) Schubert Abendlied für die Entfernte (Evening song for the distant beloved) Schubert An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht (To the moon on an autumn night) Schubert Im Abendrot (At sunset) Schubert An den Mond (To the moon) Szymanowski Symphony No.3 (Symphony of the Night)
Nov 26^th From the distaff side Presented by Marion Braddock	Mahler Der Einsame im Herbst Maddalena Quartetto No. 3 Evelyn Glennie A Little Prayer Amy Beach Gaelic Symphony Poldowski Violin Sonata – Finale: Presto Con Fuoco Rebecca Clarke 1886 English lullaby No. 1 Mendelssohn String Quartet Kathryn Tickell Yeavering Judith Weir Illuminaire Jerusalem; Drop don ye heavens from above
Jan 7th 2016 Liquorice Allsorts Presented by Alan Johnson	Kern arr Artie Shaw Smoke gets in your Eyes Donato Lovreglio Concert Fantasia on themes from Verdi’s La Traviata Schubert Shepherd on the Rock Crusell Clarinet Quartet No. 2 in C Minor Louis Spohr Fantasy & Variations for clarinet, string quartet and double bass Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor Jimmy Hughes Steal Away Blues
Jan 21^st The healing art Presented by Ian Stanley	Purcell Music for a while Mozart The Magic Flute (Act 1) Schubert: An Die Musik Puccini Visse D’Arte (Tosca) Hildegard of Bingen Sequentia (2 short pieces) Borodin Symphony No. 2 – 4th movement Berlioz Absence (Nuits d’ete) Ravel Blues (Violin Sonata) Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music Brahms String quartet No. 2 – 1st movement Donizetti Don Pasquale – Act1 Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte – Act 1 finale (DVD Glyndebourne 2006)
Feb 4^th ‘The orchestra’ Presented by Ruth Bellamy	Vivaldi Flute concerto in G major Beethoven Symphony No.7 – 1st movement Bizet Au fond du temple saint (At the back of the holy temple) (The Pearl Fishers) Bizet L’Arlésienne suite No. 2 Bizet Symphony in C – 4th movement J. Strauss II Perpetuum mobile J. Strauss II Thunder and Lightening Polka arr Gorodovskaya Steppe All Around arr Tsygankov Green Grass arr Kuznetsov Semenovna Alwyn Symphony No. 1 – 4th movement Rutter Lord make me an instrument of thy peace; O Be Joyful in the Lord
Feb 18^th The plucked string Presented by David Ward	Handel – Suite No. 5 in E major – Air and Variations ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’ Dittesdorf/Pilley Harp concerto – Rondeau-Allegretto Mozart Concerto for flute and harp Dowland – Music for Lute, Archlute and voice Fine Knack’s for Ladies …From Thence I Went To The Landgrave Of Hessen… Fantasy Come Heavy Sleep Come Again Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 – Scherzo Britten Simple Symphony – Playful Pizzicato Schubert String Quintet
Mar 3^rd These I have loved Presented by Dawn Milner	Bowie Space Oddity; Oh! you pretty things; Life on Mars Handel ‘The King shall rejoice’ (Four Coronation Anthems) Buxtehude Organ Prelude Palestrina Matin responsory Praetorius: Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth Leigh (arr Barry) Don’t it make my brown eyes blue Alford Colonel Bogey arr Tulip Evening Hymn; Last Post Bach Goldberg Variations 1-5 Elgar Cello Concerto
Mar 17^th A good old sing-song with Chas and Dave and friends Presented by Tony Durrell	Gounod Gloria (Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile) Bob Chilcott Making waves Anon arr Jan Garbarek Pulcherrima Rosa Howard Blake arr Nightwish Walking in the air Taverner Song of the angel Gottschalk Escenas Campestres Cubanas – Opéra en 1 acte Dvořák Laudamus (Te Deum) Paul Carr Lux Aeterna (Requiem for an angel) Jeff Beck Elegy for Dunkirk North/Zaret Senza Catene (Unchained Melody) Il Divo Eduardo di Capua ’O sole mio Pavarotti Dave Roylance/Bob Galvin Distant Shores (Battle of the Atlantic suite)
Mar 31^stThe language of love – and not so loved Presented by Terry McGuinness	Donizzetti Lucia di Lammeremoor – excerpt Ulvaeus/Andersson The winner takes it all Tchaikovsky Letter scene (Eugene Onegin) Bernstein/Sondheim Tonight (west Side Story) Wagner Prize Song (Die Meistersinger) Lennon/McCartney All my Loving Massenet Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon) Rodgers/Hammerstein This nearly was mine (South Pacific) Francesco Cilea La Dolcissima effigie (Adriana Lecouvreur) Carpenter/Hammond/Bettis I need to be in love Puccini Donna non vidi mai simile a questa (Manon Lescaut) Hatch/Trent Don’t sleep in the subway, darling Giordana Andrea Chenier – finale
Apr 14^th A tribute to Michael Joby	Field Piano Concerto No. 2 Chopin Polonaise in A flat Górecki Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Mozart Ruhe Zanft (Zaide) Monteverdi Vespers – excerpt Pergolesi Stabat Mater – excerpt Thomas Tompkins When David Heard JS Bach Jig Fugue for organ BWV 577 Thomas Arne Rise, glory, rise (Rosamond)
Members’ Choice	Verdi Overture : The Force of Destiny Trad. Vocado Sashenka – Wednesday night Trad. Sashenka – Sunday morning Debussy Sonata for violin and piano – first movement Karl Jenkins Benedictus The Armed Man Schubert Impromptu in G major Youmans/Caesar Tea for Two Bernie/Pinkard/Casey Sweet Georgia Brown

Season 2014-15

Sept 4^th 2014 Russia Again Presented by Terry McGuinness	Borodin Prince Igor – Duet, Act 2 Tchaikovsky Adieu, Forêts (Joan of Arc) Ippolitov-Ivanov Procession of the Sirdar (Caucasian Sketches) Balakirev Scherzo in B minor Polka in F sharp minor Islamey Khachaturian Gayaneh suite – excerpts Rachmaninov Vocalise for piano and violin Mussorgsky Khovanshchina – prelude Taneyev Suite de Concert – final movement Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: Snow Maiden
Sept 18^th Going it alone Presented by Dai Lewis	Walford Davies Music and the ordinary listener (radio broadcast) Arnold Guitar Concerto Chopin Waltz in A flat minor Copland Clarinet Concerto Elgar Sea Pictures Saint-Saëns The Swan (arr. for flute)
Oct 2^nd Walt Whitman – the 20^th century’s librettist. Presented by David Ward	Vaughan Williams Behold, the Sea (Sea Symphony) Holst Dirge for two veterans Weill Dirge for two veterans Vaughan Williams Darest thou now O soul (Toward the Unknown Region) Delius Sea Drift
Oct 16^thMorning, noon and night – music from home and abroad Presented by Bryan Evans	Suppé Morning, noon and night Nielsen Helios Overture Grieg Morning (Peer Gynt) Vaughan Williams Silent Noon Dvořák Noon Day Witch Tiomkin/Washington Do not forsake me (High Noon) Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik John Ceiriog Hughes Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night) Finzi Eclogue Strauss Morgen
Oct 30^th A choral miscellany Presented by Dawn Milner	Bach Farewell, O broken, weary body (St John Passion) Allegri Miserere Barber Agnus Dei Bruckner Locus Iste Brahms German Requiem – excerpt Whitacre When David heard Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium Handel Coronation Anthems – excerpts
Nov 13^th The pity of war Presented by the ORMS committee	Vera Brittain extract from diary Elgar Carillon Edward Thomas As the Team’s Head Brass Gurney Lights Out Gurney War Elegy Wilfred Owen Dulce et Decorum Est Cecil Coles Behind the lines Elgar For the Fallen (The Spirit of England) Butterworth On the Banks of Green Willow Novello/Ford Keep the Home Fires Burning Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3 – finale
Nov 27^thA presentation by Ken Ward, editor of the Bruckner Journal	Bruckner Locus Iste for four-part mixed voice choir Erinnerung (Remembrance) for solo piano String Quintet – adagio Abendzauber (Evening Magic) for three yodellers, four horns and male voice choir. Symphony No. 6 – 1st movement Te Deum for chorus, soloists, orchestra and organ
Jan 15^th 2015 For all the Saints Presented by Ruth Bellamy	Vaughan Williams/Walsham How For All the Saints Liszt St Francis of Paola Holst St Paul’s Suite Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 Trad. When the Saints Go Marchin’ In Rimsky-Korsakov Sinfonietta on Russian Themes Rutter Gloria
Jan 29^th Autographs Presented by Peter Powell	Franck Violin Sonata Brahms Violin Concerto – second movement Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’ – finale Mahler Symphony No. 2 – finale Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 – 1st movement Bizet Carmen – excerpts Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica – excerpt
Feb 12^th Jean Sibelius: 1865 – 1957 Presented by Graham Ladley	Sibelius Intermezzo (Karelia Suite) Violin Concerto 3 Songs Pohluja’s Daughter Symphony No. 3 Impromptu No.5, Op.5.
Feb 26^th Polish, not all plumbersPresented by Mike Joby	Anon Symphony J Engel Symphony in D minor Henryk Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor – 2nd and 3rd movements Mieczyslaw Karłowicz Song of Eternal being (Eternal Songs) Górecki Symphony of Sorrowful Songs – 2nd movement Chopin Polonaise No. 6 ‘Heroique’ Chopin Piano Concerto No.2
Mar 12^th Formative influences Presented by Ian Stanley	Bartók Romanian Folk Dances. Ravel L’enfant et les sortilèges Vaughan Williams Linden Lea Wagner Overture: Tannhäuser Schumann Carnaval Brahms Piano Quintet Walton Portsmouth Point Monteverdi Quel sguardo sdegnosetto Finzi Romance in E flat for strings
Mar 26^th Around the world in 80 minutes Presented by Paul Astell	Chabrier España Ana Sofia Varela As Luvas de Minha Mãe Shostakovich Overture on Russian and Kyrgyz Folk Themes Li Huanzhi Spring Festival Overture Clement Scott / Maewa Kaihau Po Atarau Ginastera Estancia Suite Bernstein Overture: Wonderful Town Field Nocturne No. 1 Haydn Symphony No. 100 ‘Military’ Warlock My Own Country
Apr 9^thAnother great RussianPresented by Marion Braddock	Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 Prokofiev The Tale of the Stone Flower Nikolai Myaskovsky Cello Sonata in A minor Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante for cello and orchestra
Apr 23^rdAcross the great divide – a musical journey Presented by Tony Durrell	Chopin arr Candlemass Marche Funèbre Bizet arr Wolf Hoffmann Carmen theme Bizet Carmen – excerpt Apocalyptica Respighi Pines of the Appian Way Handel Sarabande Pergolesi Stabat Mater – excerpt Karl Jenkins Benedictus (The Armed Man) Paul Mealor I Saw Eternity Skyclad Moongleam and Meadowsweet
Apr 30^th Members’ Choice	Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 – 1st movement Albinoni Adagio (arr for flute) Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 – finale Chopin Etude No. 3 in E major Christian Forshaw Mortal Flesh; Remeberence Mozart Exsultate, jubilate Archy Rosenthal Variations on Hush-a-Bye Baby for piano Schubert The Youth by the Brook Franz Reizenstein Variations on ‘The Lambeth Walk’

Season 2013-14

Sept 5^th 2013At the Kitchen Sink with JSB, AC, EE, GF, WAM and others Presented by Bryan Evans	Boccherini Minuet Bach Keyboard Concerto No 4 Mozart This image is enchantingly lovely (The Magic Flute) Copland Quiet City William Croft The Burial Service Finzi Romance Vaughan Williams March of the Kitchen Utensils Thomas Adès the mysterious barricades (Couperin) Elgar Enigma Variations
Sept 19^th Beginnings and Endings Presented by Mike Joby	Thomas Tomkins When David Heard Monteverdi Vespers Mozart Overture: Don Giovanni Herold Overture: Zampa Gottschalk Overture: La Casa del Joven Henrique por Mehul von Suppé Overture: Die Schöne Galathée Gounod Marche Funèbre d’une Marionnette Purcell King Arthur – Final Masque, extracts Verdi Overture: La Forza del Destino Wagner Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March
Oct 3^rd Seriously Good Tunes Presented by Paul Astell	Charles Ancliffe Nights of Gladness Coates London Suite Ketélbey Sanctuary of the Heart Henry Hall Radio Times Radio/TV themes medley: Charles Williams Devil’s Gallop Dick Barton –Special Agent Coates Calling all Workers Music While You Work Jack Strachey In Party Mood Housewives’ Choice Edward White Puffin’ Billy Children’s Favourites Coates By a Sleepy Lagoon Desert Island Discs Arthur Wood Barwick Green The Archers James Moody/T. Riley Trade Wind Hornpipe The Navy Lark Ivor Slaney Top Dog Men from the Ministry Vivian Ellis Coronation Scot Paul Temple Trevor Duncan March from Little Sweet. Dr Finlay’s Casebook Arnold Safroni Imperial Echoes Radio Newsreel Charles Williams The Girls in Grey Mai Jones Rhondda Rhapsody Haydn Wood The Horse Guards Whitehall (London Landmarks suite) Leroy Anderson Forgotten Dreams; Bugler’s Holiday Robert Farnon Westminster Waltz Ernest Tomlinson Little Serenade Frederic Curzon March of the Bowmen (Robin Hood suite)
Oct 17^th Committee’s Choice	Finzi Eclogue Verdi La Traviata (a) Prelude to Act 1 (b) Aria: ‘Sempre libera’ (c) Aria: ‘Lunge da lei’ Elmer Bernstein Music from ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Satie Gnossienes 1 – 3 Elgar Dream of Gerontius (Excerpts) a) Proficiscere anima Christiana b) Intro part II c) I went to sleep d) Another marvel/my work is done Scharwenka 3 Polish Dances Fasch Suite in D major Frolov Scherzo-Souvenir
October 31^st Brahms RevisitedPresented by Rosie and Lawrence Mortimer	String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 Piano quartet in G minor, Op 25 – 4th movement (Gypsy Rondo)
Nov 14^thKoussevitzky Presented by Graham Ladley	Kousevitzky Concerto for Double bass and orchestra Op. 3, (3rd movmnt) Ravel (orch. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition: Promanade; Gnomus; The Tuilleries; Bydlo Sibelius Symphony No. 2, Op. 43 – 4th movement Prokofiev Concerto No. 2, Op 63 for violin and orchestra (2nd Movement) Bartok Concerto for Orchestra (Finale) Copland Symphony No. 3 (4th Movement) Bernstein Concerto for Orchestra ‘Jubilee Games’ – Benediction
Nov 28^th Mendelssohn – Bach reborn, or Sunday School sentimentalist? Presented by David Ward	Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream (fanfare) Overture: The Fair Melusine Prelude and Fugue for piano, Op. 35 Piano Trio, Op. 49 Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 ‘Scottish’ Organ Sonata No.2, Op. 65 Hor Mein Bitten (Hear My Prayer) Elijah – excerpts Hark the Herald Angels
Jan 23^rd 2014Amadeo and Eve Presented by Ian Stanley	Mozart Sonata for 2 piano, K19d Conservati Fedele, K23 Concerto for 3 pianos, K242 Nehmt meinen Dank, K383 Piano Sonata, K310 Gloria (Mass in C minor, K427) Piano Concerto, K271 – Rondo Presto The Abduction from the Seraglio – excerpt Marriage of Figaro – excerpts Don Giovanni – excerpts Cosi fan Tutte – excerpts Die Zauberflöte – excerpts
Feb 6^thHoward Goodall, Jonathan Scott and others Presented by Ruth Bellamy	Mussorgsky (arr Scott) Night on a Bare Mountain Vaughan Williams Five variants of Dives and Lazarus Bach Sonata No. 3 in G minor for cello and piano Saint-Saëns Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix Canteloube La pastoura als camps; Malurous qu’o uno fenno Howard Goodall Every Purpose Under the Heaven
Feb 20^thMr Joe Green – the Colossus of Italy Presented by Alan Johnson	Verdi Overture: Sicilian Vespers Di quella pira (Il Trovatore) Ella mi fu rapita (Rigoletto) O madre dal cielo (I Lombardi) Cara nome (Rigoletto) Spuntato ecco (Don Carlo) Soldiers’ Chorus (Il Trovatore) Un di, se ben rammentomi (Rigoletto) Bella figlia dell’amore (Rigoletto) Spring; Summer (Sicilian Vespers) Sanctus; Agnus Dei (Messa Da Requiem) String Quartet – Prestissimo; Scerzo: Fuga Triumphal March (Aida)
Mar 6^th Music of the Isles Presented by Dennis Edwards	Coates The Three Elizabeths Suite Rutter Antique Suite Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto Britten Lachremye Jenkins The Armed Man – intro
Mar 20^th Listen with Mother Presented by Carol Joby	Fauré Dolly Suite – Berceuse; Le Pas Espagnol Telemann Don Quixotte – excerpts Tielman Susato Dansereye – excerpts Vivaldi Concerto in C for 2 recorders, 2 chalumeaux, 2 mandolins, 2 violins, cello & Strings Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E flat major Chuck Berry Brown Eyed Handsome Man (singer: Buddy Holly) Khachaturian Spartacus – adagio Beethoven Septet, Op. 20 – movments 3 & 5 Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – excerpts Hely-Hutchinson The First Nowell; Oh Come all ye Faithful (Carol Symphony) Delelande Concert de Trompettes
Apr 3^rd The Natural WorldPresented by Peter Powell	Debussy From Dawn ‘Till Noon on the Sea (La Mer) Vivaldi Winter (The Four Seasons Beethoven Symphony No. 6 – 2nd movement Saint-Saëns The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) Canteloube Baïlèro; L’aio de rotso; Passo pel prat (Chants d’Auvergne) Smetana From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields (Má vlast) Schubert Das Wandern (Die schöne Müllerin) Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides
Apr 17^th Arvo PärtPresented by Marion Braddock	Arvo Pärt Sonatina No. 1 for piano Spiegel am Spiegel for violon and piano Collage über B-A-C-H Für Alina Fratres for violin and piano Fratres for string orchestra and percussion Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell Triodion The Beatitudes for choir and organ

Season 2012-13

Sept 6^th 2012 Ogdon and Lill: Britain’s Gold Medalists Presented by Dai Lewis	John Ogdon Beethoven Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 ‘Moonlight’ Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathetique’ Beethoven Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’John Lill Rakhmaninov Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 Rakhmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op 43
Sept 20^th Seen and Heard Presented by Bryan Evans	Trad. Kani vur djan im Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 Trad. arr Tippett Steal Away (A Child of Our Time) JS Bach The Giant Fugue Brahms Intermezzo Op.118/2 Mendellsohn O Rest in the Lord (Elijah) Kern/Hammerstein The Folks Who Live on the Hill Gilbert & Sullivan ‘Tis Done! I am a Bride (Yeoman of the Guard) Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro Mendellsohn Capriccio Brilliant Brahms How Amiable are thy Tabernacles (Ein Deutsches Requiem) Sibelius Finlandia
Oct 4^th Face the Music Presented by Mike Joby	JC Bach Overture: Adriana in Siria Gossec Grande Messe des Morts Pleyel Symphonie Concertante in A Kraus Symphonie Funèbre in C Minor Viotti Violin Concerto No. 23 in G Hummel Piano Concerto in B minor Crusell Clarinet Concerto No.2 in F minor Raff Symphony No. 3 in F ‘In the Forest’ Macfarren Overture: Chevy Chace
Oct 18^th O My Beloved Puccini Presented by Terry McGuinness	Excerpts from: Manon lescaut Tosca Fanciulla del West La Rondine Svor Angelica Gianni Schicchi Turandot
Nov 1^stSongs of England Presented by Ian Stanley and David Ward	Dowland Awake Sweet Love Campion Now hath Flora robbed her bowers Finzi Rollicum Rorum; To Lizbe Browne; Who is Sylvia? ; O mistress Mine; I said to Love Butterworth/Loveliest of trees; I will make you brooches; Coming up from Richmond Gurney The cherry trees; I will go with my father a’ploughing; Under The Greenwood Tree Quilter O Mistress Mine; Weep you no more Vaughan Williams Clun; Whither must I wander; Bright is the ring of words; Stanford The Compleat Virtuoso Purcell Pursuing Beauty Somervell Loveliest of Trees; The lads in their hundreds Vaughan Williams Is my team ploughing? Butterworth Is my team ploughing?; The lads in their hundreds Ireland Sea Fever; In Boyhood; When I am dead my dearest Warlock Bright is the ring of words; The frost-bound wood; Captain Stratton’s Fancy Elgar Sea Slumber Song; Where Corals Lie (Sea Pictures)
Nov 15thLate Dates with Phil [RLPO] Presented by Effie Cadwallader	Wesley Hark the Herald Angels Sing MacMillan Jesus is Condemned to Death (St John’s Passion) Handel And He Shall Purify (Messiah) Shostakovich Two Poems Mahler Symphony No. 2, Final movement, part 2 Mahler Symphony No. 8, Veni Creator; Alles Vergängliche Lerner/Loewe Ascot Gavotte (My Fair Lady) Brahms Selig Sind (A German Requiem) Walton Thus in Babylon, the Mighty City (Belshazzar’sFeast) Gruber Stille Nacht
Nov 29thDelius – Frederick or Fritz? Presented by Graham Ladley	Delius Sunset Near the Plantation (Florida Suite) Song of the High Hills, first movement Violin Sonata No.2 Three Songs: To Brune Øjne; Irmelin Rose; Lyse Nætter Over the Hills and Far Away Appalachia
Jan 24th 2013Trumpet Tunes Presented by Alan Johnson	Handel Suite in D JS Bach Jauchzet gott in allen Landen, BWV 51 Tartini Concerto in D Neruda Trumpet Concerto in E flat FD Weber Variations in F Trad Greensleeves Variations Aroutounian Trumpet Concerto Jolivet Trumpet Concerto No. 2 Bizet Toreador’s Song; Mounting the Guard (Carmen)
Feb 7thDays of Jubilee Presented by Ruth Bellamy	Bach Sinfonia Concerto Purcell Ode for Queen Mary Handel “Oh! had I Jubal’s Lyre Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1in D (transc. for organ) Handel Zadok the Priest Bax Fanfare for the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth Walton Orb and Sceptre Bliss Welcome the Queen Elgar Imperial March (transc. for organ) Music items from the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton: ? Fanfare Parry Bridal March: The Birds Vaughan Williams Rhosymedre Parry I Was Glad John Hughes Guide me, O Thou Great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda) Rutter This is the Day Paul Mealor Ubi Caritas Parry Jerusalem Parry Blest Pair of Sirens Duncan Stubbs Fanfare Walton Crown Imperial Widor Toccata (Symphony No. 5)
Feb 21st Music Early and LatePresented by Dennis Edwards	Pater Noster (plainchant) Palestrina Gloria (Pope Marcellus Mass) Telemann Suite in B flat, ‘La Bourse’ Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 ‘Appassionata’ Schubert An die untergehende Sonne (To the Setting Sun); Der Mondabend (The Moonlit Evening) Britten Canadian Carnival Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Mar 7thBenjamin BrittenPresented by Graham Ladley	Simple Symphony (arranged for string quartet) Our Hunting Fathers: ‘Prologue’ and ‘Rats Away’ Peter Grimes: excerpts Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings War Requiem: part of ‘Dies Ires’ and ‘Offertorium’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Closing scene
Mar 21^st Nights at the Round Table Presented by Peter Powell	Schubert Symphony No.8 (excerpt) Ketèlbey Bells Across the Meadows Rossini Overture: The Italian Girl in Algiers Resphigi The Pines of Rome Chopin Fantasie Impromptu in C sharp minor Elgar Salut d’Amour Elgar La Capricieuse Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood (excerpt) Richard Strauss Four Last Songs (excerpts) .
Apr 4th Flutes and FlautistsPresented by Marion Braddock	Gossec Tambourin JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Jon Lord Durham Concerto Jon Lord To Notice Things Ibert Entr’acte Telemann Suite in A minor for flute and strings Mozart Flute Concerto in G, K313 Beethoven Serenade for flute and piano Phil Coulter/James Galway Winter’s Crossing Phil Coulter/James Galway Hymn of the Heartland
Apr 18th Chopin: his life and musicPresented by Paul Astell	Waltz Op.70. No.3 Etude Op.10, No.3 Variations on ‘Là ci darem la mano’ for piano and orchestra, Op. 2 (from Mozart’s Don Giovanni) Nocturne Op. 9, No.1 & No.2 Introduction & Polonaise brilliante for Cello & Piano Mazurka Op.68, No.2 Songs op. posth. 74 No.2 ‘Spring’ Prelude Op.28, No.15 ‘Raindrop’ Ballade No.1 Fantasie-Impromptu, Op.66 Nocturne Op.37, No.1 Polonaise in A flat Op.53
May MedleyPresented by Beryl Higgins	Richard Strauss Don Juan Richard Strauss Wiegenlied; Morgen (Songs with Orchestra) Richard Strauss Im Abendrot (Four Last Songs) Johann Strauss II Roses from the South Johann Strauss II Die Ziguenerbaron Johann Strauss II Cuckoo Josef Strauss Eingesendet Josef Strauss/Johann Strauss II Pizzicato Polka Eduard Strauss Bahn Frei! – Polka-schnell
May 16^thMembers’ Choice	Smetana Festive Symphony Presented by Terry McGuiness Interlude: Mendelssohn Songs without words Op. 9, No. 1 Albeniz Asturias Presented by Peter Powell Interlude: Mendelssohn Songs without words Op. 9, No. 2 Bruckner Symphony No. 8 – Scherzo Presented by Glen Freeman-Jones Interlude: Mendelssohn Songs without words Op. 9, No. 4 Rossini Overture: Barber of Seville Presented by Betty Johnson Handel Suite in E Minor John Tavener The Tiger; The Lamb Vivaldi arr Balsam Violin Concerto Op. 3 No. 9 (transcribed for trumpet) Haydn Symphony No. 94 – Andante Elgar Nimrod (Enigma Variations) Presented by Carol Joby Porter (arr Artie Shaw) Begin the Beguine Presented by Bryan Evans Raksin/Mercer Laura (Frank Sinatra) Van Heusen Moonlight Becomes You (Bing Crosby) Presented by Gerald Thomas

Season 2011-12

Sept 8^th 2011Those that didn’t make it Presented by Terry McGuinness	Beethoven Overture: Consecration of the House Brahms Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel Dvořák Symphonic Variations Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.4 Tchaikovsky Overture: Hamlet
Sept 22^nd The boy from Chester done good Presented by Dai Lewis	Elgar Nimrod (Enigma Variations) LSO/Boult Vaughan Williams Symphony no.3 (4th movement) LPO/Boult Elgar Prelude (Dream of Gerontius) New Philharmonia/Boult Mozart Horn Concerto no.3 A.Brain/BBC SO/Boult Brahms Violin Concerto Menuhin /BBC SO/Boult
Oct 6th Let the people singPresented by Marion Braddock	Karl Jenkins Cantilena Karl Jenkins Te Deum James McMillan Missa Brevis James McMillan Magnificat John Rutter Mass of the Children Jenkins Paradisi Gloria (Stabat Mater)
Oct 20thNot just Poirot Presented by Mike Joby	Susato Battle of Pavane (Dansereye) Brumel Sanctus & Benedictus (Earthquake Mass) van Maldere Symphony in G minor de Beriot Violin Concerto No.1 (military) Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No.2 Gossec Grande Messe des Morts – excerpts
Nov 3rdMy music Presented by Neil Stewart	Rimsky-Korsakov The Young Prince and Princess (Scheherazade) Mahler Symphony No.1 – first movement Farres Quizas, Quizas, Quizas Middlebrooks/Belland What Would I Do Without My Music? Løvland/Graham Dyrchefir Fi (You Raise Me Up) Rees Hafan Gobaith Schubert Der Gondelfahrer D.809 JS Bach Ein fester Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God) Brahms Wie lieblich sind deine wohnungen (Ein deutsches Requiem) Jenkins Benedictus (The Armed Man) Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 – Adagio
Nov 17thA short history of film musicPresented by Paul Astell	Alfred Newman 20th Century Fox fanfare Honneger Napoleon’s Theme (Napoleon) Max Steiner King Kong Max Steiner WB Fanfare; Now Voyager Korngold The Sea Hawk Franz Waxman Sunset Boulevard Alfred Newman Wuthering Heights Miklós Rózsa Spellbound David Raksin The Big Combo Arnold Hobson’s Choice Bernard Herrmann Vertigo Maurice Jarre Lawrence of Arabia John Barry Out of Africa Ennio Morricone Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission) John Williams Schindler’s List Hans Zimmer/John Newton Howard Batman Begins Max Steiner The Adventures of Mark Twain – Finale
Jan 19th 2012All aboard Presented by Alan Johnson	Various Symphony of the Sea Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Journey Binge Sailing By Debussy En Bateau (Petite Suite) Britten Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes) Wagner Overture: Flying Dutchman Elgar Where Corals Lie (Sea Pictures) Debussy Dialogue du Vent et de la Mer (La Mer) Rimsky Korsakov The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship (Scheherazade) Vaughan Williams A Song For All Seas, All Ships (Sea Symphony) Khachaturian Adagio (Spartacus)
Feb 2nd The Young Ones Presented by Graham Ladley	Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Pergolesi Stabat Mater (1. Duet; 2. Soprano; 3. Duet; 4. Counter tenor) Chopin Piano Concerto in F minor (2nd movement) Thomas Linley Lyric Ode Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrad Britten Sagesse; L’enface (Quatre Chanson Françaises) Arriaga Symphony in D Rossini String Sonata No.1 (1st movement)
Feb 16th A little hair and catgut together Presented by Ruth Bellamy	Dvořák Violin Concerto in F minor Barber String Quartet Op. 11 Walford Davies Sonata in A major Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Mozart Ave Verum Corpus Haydn The Heavens are Telling (The Creation)
Mar 1st St David’s Day musical celebration Presented by Bryan Evans	Blaenhafen/Crwys Caru Cymru Grace Williams Penyllion Parry My Soul, There is a Country Track D. Thomas/Trad. Under Milk Wood (part)/All Through the Night R. Arwyn arr. Hazell Benedictus D. Thomas arr. Hazell Eli Jenkins’ Prayer Schubert Fantasy in C D760 (Presto; Allegro) Handel Eternal Source of Light Divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne) JS Bach arr. Grandjany Prelude (Violin Partita No. 3) Unknown arr. Finch Chicken Pickin’ Rag Gershwin Second Rhapsody for Piano Coleman/Fields The Rhythm of Life (from ‘Sweet Charity’) Trad. Suo Gan Dilys Elwyn Edwards Codi fy Llygaid Novello Leap Year Waltz Gwennant/Pyrs Cywydd Croeso
Mar 15th Let Spring be Sprung Presented by Denis Edwards	Simon Wood Prayer by the Water Bridge Enter Spring Nielsen Springtime in Fünen Josef Suk Spring Stravinsky Rite of Spring
Mar 29th South America! Presented by David Ward	Inocente Carreno Margaritena Manuel Ponce Estrellita Villa-Lobos Fantasia Allegro for flute & bassoon (Bachianos Brasilieros No. 6) Ariel Ramirez Navidad Nuestra Blas Galindo Sones de Maraiachi Villa Lobos Preludes and fugues (Bach Well Tempered Clavier, arranged for an Orchestra of Cellos) Francisco Lopez Capillas Allelujia, Dic Nobis Maria Anon Acqui Ta Naqui Iya Anon Sonata Chiquitianos No XVIII Peter Lieberson Neruda Songs No. 1 and No. 5 Bachianas El Trenecito (Brasiliera No. 2) Bernstein Mambo (West Side Story)
April 12thThe Box of Delights Presented by Peter Powell	Hely-Hutchinson A Carol Symphony (3rd movement) Mendelssohn A Mid-summer Night’s Dream: Overture and incidental Music Elgar Introduction and Allegro for Strings Ravel Mother Goose Suite Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) The Hut on Fowl’s Legs; The Great Gate of Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition)
April 26th Sounds Italian Presented by Beryl Higgins	Rossini Overture: Signor Bruschino Elgar Sospiri Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, RV417 (Allegro) Bellini Ah! non credea mirarte (La Sonnambula) Martucci Notturno Elgar In Moonlight Rossini Overture: The Barber of Seville EA Mario Santa Lucia Luntana Puccini Che gelida manina; Si. Mi chiamono Mimi; O Soave fanciulla (La Bohème ) Mercadante Concerto in D: Polacca Verdi Reqiuem (excerpts)
May 10thA tribute to the late Edward Tanner, ORMS founder and President. Presented by Bryan Evans, Graham Ladley, Marion Braddock and Paul Astell	Arnold English Dances – No.1 Ravel La Valse Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (excerpt) Beethoven Symphony no.7 – 1st movement Rouget de Lisle La Marseillaise Bernstein Some other time (On the Town) Morton Gould Boogie-Woogie Etude Gay/Furber/Rose Lambeth Walk Artie Shaw
May 24th Members’ Choice	Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Boccerini from String Quintet in E – Minuet Alberniz Cordoba Rimsky Korsakov Hindu Song (Sadko) Finzi Farewell to Arms Karl Jenkins The Peacemakers Saint–Saëns Organ Concerto No.5 – Toccata Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto – 1st Movt. Elgar Piano Improvisations No.1 Delius A Walk to the Paradise Garden Brahms: Symphony No. 1 – 4th Movt.

Season 2010-11

Sept 9^th 2010 Opening Night Presented by Bryan Evans[Programme dedicated to the late June Padgett]	Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E for Oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (K297b) West Eastern Divan orch/Barenboim Elgar Nimrod (Enigma Variations) West Eastern Divan orch/Barenboim Aldemaro Fuga con Pajarillo (Suite for Strings) West Eastern Divan orch/Barenboim Verdi Overture: Force of Destiny West Eastern Divan orch/Barenboim Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra/Dudimal
Sept 23^rd An Evening Stroll in Old London Town Presented by Dai Lewis	Gilbert & Sullivan The Sun Whose Rays are All Ablaze (The Mikado) Atkinson/Henderson/Sara RPO/Nash Gilbert & Sullivan Three Little Maids (The Mikado) Atkinson/Henderson/Sara RPO/Nash Evan James, James James Land of My Fathers Paul Robeson Gershwin It ain’t Necessarily So Paul Robeson Holloway Pick Up Tha’ Musket Stanley Holloway Haines/Harper/Connor The Biggest Aspidistra in the World Gracie Fields Haydn String Quartet in E flat major Kodaly Quartet Haydn String Quartet in D major Kodaly Quartet Handel Come Unto Him; I Know that My Redeemer Liveth (Messiah) Elsie Morrison/Huddersfield CS/RLPO/Sargent Hoagy Carmichael Lazy Bones Willard White
Oct 14th Rachmaninov – Endless Melody Presented by Marion Braddock	Rachmaninov Preludes 1; 2; 3 Steven Osborne Jeffrey Biegel Symphony no.1 1st movement St. Petersburgh PO/Jansons Suite for 2 pianos Peter Donohoe/Martin Roscoe Vladimit Ashkenazy/Andre Previn Sonata for Cello & Piano Timothy Hugh (cello)/ Yonty Solomon (piano)
Oct 21st Totally Tchaikovsky Presented by Terry McGuinness	Tchaikovsky Symphony no.1 3rd movement LPO/Jurowski Don Juan’s Serenade Gerald Finley (bass-bar)/Julius Drake (piano) Amid the Din of he Ball Daniel Shtoda (tenor)/Larissa Gergiev (piano) The Seasons (January & February) Mikhial Pletnev Onegin (act 1, scene 3) soloists/John Alldis choir/ROHCG orch/Solti Piano Trio (variation 3) Barbican Trio Suite no.1 (4th movement) New PO/Dorati Nutcracker (end of act 1) Kirov Orch/Gergiev
Nov 4th Orchestra Notes Presented by Maggie Cotton (Former CBSO percussionist)	Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine Szymanowski Stabat Mater (excerpt) Mahler Symphony no. 2 (excerpt) Mahler Symphony no.6 (excerpt) Mahler Symphony no.7 (excerpt) Shostakovich Hypothetically Murdered (excerpt) Ravel Vallee des Cloches Stravinsky Firebird Suite (Kachia’s dance; Finale) All CBSO recordings
Nov 18th Mingled Chimes Presented by Beryl Higgins	Shostakovich Jazz Suite no.2 Concertgebouw/Chailly Minkus La Bayadere ECO/Bonynge Sidorovich/Makarov Bell Song Gedda/Russian Folk Orch/Leningrad TV & Radio choir Puccini Tosca (excerpts) di Stefano/Callas/Choir & orch la Scala Milan/de Sabata Fučík Florentiner March; Love’s Flame; 2 Jolly Blacksmiths Czech PO/Neumann *Strauss* Morgen op 27/4 Norman/Gewandhaus Orch/Masur Handel Messiah (excerpts) Soloists/Huddersfield CS/RLPO/Sargent
Dec 2ndSome Light Music Presented by Edward Tanner	Composers featured: Ivor Novello, Eric Coates, Haydn Wood, Albert Ketelby, Franz Lehar, Robert Farnon and Johann Strauss I.Soloists: Robert White and Stephen Hough (tenors) Takako Nishizaki (violin) and Marylin Hill-Smith (soprano).
Jan 6th 2011Two’s Company Presented by Alan Johnson	Felix Arndt Nola Cynthia Davidson/denis Norris (pianos) Bernstein Only You; Tonight (West Side Story) Alagna/Gheorghiu/ROHCG/Armstrong *Fauré (arr Tebbe)* Le Jardin Féerique (Dolly Suite) Levental/Tebbe (harps) Bizet Parlez-moi de ma mere (Carmen) Ch & Orch du Théâtre National de l’Opéra Comique Paris/Cluytens *Schubert* Lebensstürme (for 4 hands) Jando/Prunyi (piano) Puccini O Soave fanciulla; O Mimi tu piu non torni (La Boheme) Björling/de Los Angeles/RCA Victor orch/Beecham Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets ASMF/Marriner Bach Double violin Concerto arr Brown A-courting we will go Mackie/Livingstone/Blakely(piano)
Jan 20thFrom the Editor’s Choice Presented by Dennis Edwards	Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien BBC NOW/Minczuk Korngold Violin Concerto Haveron/BBC SO/Bělohlávek Allegri Miseri The Sixteen/Christophers Handel Concerto Grosso Op 3/1 Academy of Ancient Music/Egarr Suk Pohádka -A Fairy Tale BBC SO/Hrusa
Feb 3rd Musick is a TonickPresented by Ruth Bellamy	Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Manchester Childrens Choir Möller/Siegesmund The Happy Wanderer Obernkirchen Childrens Choir Adès Origin of the Harp no.20-23 Adès/London Sinfonietta Bach Goldberg Variations for Harp no. 7-15 Finch (harp) *Roseingrave* Organ Concerto no. 3-8 Parley of Instruments/Nicholson *Dvořák* Czech Suite no. 4-8 Scottish CO/Swensen Robot Arwyn Benedictus Terfel (bass/bar)/Meirion (ten)/Finch (harp)/Ensemble Cymru Dewey Davies Y Darlun Terfel (bass/bar)/Meirion (ten)/Finch (harp)/Ensemble Cymru Joseph Parry Y Ddau Forwr Terfel (bass/bar)/Meirion (ten)/Finch (harp)/Ensemble Cymru Haydn The Creation (excerpts) Swansea Bach Choir/vale of Glamorgan Ensemble/Elin Thomas
Feb 17th Full of Eastern Promise Presented by Graham Kiteley (Treasurer, FRMS)	Saint-Saens Danse de la Gypsy (Henry VIII) London Symphony Orch/Bonynge Henry Cowell Persian Set II Allegretto Manhattan Chamber Orchestra/ Auldon-Clark Alexandre Luigini Ballet Egyptien:Andante espressivo RPO/Fistoulari Rimsky-Korsakov Song of the Indian merchant (Sadko) Sotkilava/Orchestra of Bolshoi Theatre/Tchistynkov Debussy arr Grainger Estampes- Pagodes Philharmonia /Simon Borodin String Quartet No.2 in D major: Nocturne Alberni Quartet Puccini “In questa reggia” (Turandot) Nielsen Aladdin: Act 3 Danish National Radio SO/Rozhdestvensky Trad Dhun In raga Mishra Pilu Hariprasad Chaurasia(bansuri), Fazal Qureshi (tabla) Chen Gang & He Zhan-hao The Butterfly Lovers Nishizaki/Nagoya Philharmonic/Lim Kek-tjiang
Mar 3rdMahler & Bruckner Presented by Paul Astell	Bruckner Motet: Ecce Sacerdos Choir of St. Brides, Fleet Street/Jones Bruckner Symphony no.6: 1st & 2nd movements Philharmonia/Klemperer Mahler Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (Das Lied von der Erde) Wunderlich/Philharmonia/Klemperer Bruckner Motet: Locus Iste Choir of St. Brides, Fleet Street/Jones Mahler Symphony no.3: 1st movement Chicago SO/Solti
Mar 17th From Servant to Celebrity Presented by Mike Joby	Orlando Gibbons Three Pieces for Virginals & Harpsichord Chrsitopher Hogwood (Virginals & Harpsichord) William Lawes Royall Consort No. 6 in D The Greate Consort/Monica Huggett (Violin) Boyce Symphony No. 8 (Worcester Overture) Serenata of London/Barry Wilde Mozart Concerto for Bassoon & Orchestra in B flat K 191 Azzolini /European Union CO/Eivind Aadland (Bassoon) Paganini Concerto No.2 in B minor for Violin & Orchestra, Opus 7 (La Campanella) Ashkanasi/Vienna SO/Esser Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.3 in D major Staatskapelle Weimar Orch/Fagen
Apr 7thAmerica II Presented by David Ward	Villa-Lobos Bachianos Brasilieros no. 5 for Soprano and Cellos Kiri te Kanawa Copland El Salon Mexico BBC SO/Slatkin Ives 4 songs:Memories; The things our fathers loved; Serenity; The Indians: DeGaetani/Kalish Bernstein Mass: Confession, Gloria and Meditation Baltimore SO/Alsop Gershwin Girl Crazy Overture BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortellier Barber 4 Songs: There’s nae lark; The Beggars Song; In the Dark Pinewood; Bessie Bobtail Finley/Drake Trad Bolivian Baroque music from the missions of the Chiquitos and Moxos Indians Florilegium
Apr 14thWilliam Walton Presented by Graham Ladley	Façade Suite: Popular Song Bournemouth SO/Litton Façade Suite: Popular Song Pears/English Opera Group Ens./Collins Belshazzar’s Feast (excerpts) Wilson-Johnson/LSO/Hickox Orb and Sceptre Philharmonia/Wilcox Violin Sonata: 1st movement Sillito (violin)/Mills (piano) Anon in Love Hill (tenor)/Johnson (piano) Spitfire Prelude and Fugue English Northern PO/Daniels Where Does the Uttered Music Go? Bach Choir/Wilcox Viola Concerto Kennedy/RPO/Previn
May 5th Spring Presented by Peter Powell	Beethoven Violin Sonata in F (allegro) Zukerman/Barenboim Vivaldi Four Seasons (Spring) Schwalbe/Berlin PO/Karajan Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring Royal Scottish NO/Lloyd-Jones Wagner Die Walküre (excerpts) StaatskappelleDresden/Janowski
May 19thMembers’ Choice	Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King BBCSO/Maksymiuk Verdi March of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) Berlin Opera orch & Ch/Sinopoli Beethoven Symphony no.6 (2nd movement) London Classical Players/Norrington MacMillan Sedebit Dominus Rex Cappella Nova/Taverner Wieniawski Violin Concerto no.1 Shaham/LSO/Foster Tchaikovsky Symphony no.6 (4th movement) LSO/Markevich Bernstein On the Town Soloists/LSO/Tilson Thomas Tchaikovsky Swan Lake (Act 2 finale) LSO/Tilson Thomas Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Warren-Green/London Chamber orchestra Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Shepherd on the Rock) Auger/Johnson/King Sibelius Andante Festivo Ostrobothnian CO/Kangas

Season 2009-10

Sept 3^rd 2009Handel – the Conquering Hero Presented by Bryan Evans	Dixit Dominus (Pslam 110) Swiss Radio Chorus Lugano/I Barocchista Eternal Source of Light Divine (ode for birthday of Queen Anne) Orch of Age of Enlightenment/Christophers Chandos Anthem no.6: As Pants the Heart BBC Singers Water Music: Suites 2 & 3 Kings Consort/King Va Vacito (Giulio Cesare) Larmore(con)/Concerto Köln/JACOBS Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthems) Dutch Baroque orch/Willcocks Serse Ombra mai fu Scholl/Akeedamie für Alte Musik Berlin/Jacobs Organ Concerto in F no.13 (Cuckoo & the Nightingale) Aratore/Handel Festival CO/Tinge Soprano Aria; Hallelujah (Messiah part 2) Lyn Dawson (sop)/The Sixteen Choir & orch/Christophers Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon) Budapest Strings Music for the Royal Fireworks/ASMF/Marriner
Sept 24thConcluding Newly Acquired Presented by Marion Braddock	John Gardner Concerto for Oboe & Strings Crowther/English Northern Philharmonia/Cuckston Goodall Pro Curatis; Pro Alios Curantibus (Enchanted Voices) Enchanted Voices Schumann Abegg Variations Hamish Milne J. Sheppard O God Be Merciful Brabant Ensemble/Rice W. Deane The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ Brabant Ensemble/Rice Stravinsky Agon Orch of St. Lukes/Craft J. Sheppard Libera Nos The Sixteen/Christophers Bridge Phantasy for Piano, Violin, Viola & Cello Roscoe (piano)/Maggini Quartet Willaert O Dolce VitaMia; Vecchie Letrose Non Valete Niente Kings Singers Shostakovitch Piano Concerto no.1: 3rd movement Alexeev/Jones/English CO/Maksymiuk
Oct 1stScandinavian Sandwich Presented by Terry McGuinness	Grieg Norwegian Dances op.35 Royal Scottish NO/Engeset Berwald Symphony no.4 Helsinborg SO/Kamu Berwald Konzertstück for Bassoon & Orchestra Håkansson/Gävle SO/Sakari Sibelius Symphony no.6 CBSO/Rattle
Oct 15thHyperion: ‘Britain’s Brightest Record Label’ Presented by Donald Rooksby	Chopin Piano Sonata No3 in B minor, Op58 – Scherzo Marc Andre Hamelin Schumann Ständchen Op.36 No.2 Hanno Muller-Brachmann, baritone, Graham Johnson, piano Byrd Miserere mei, Deus The Cardinal’s Musick/Andrew Garwood Haydn Symphony No. 94 ‘Surprise’ – Finale Orchestra delta Svizzera Italiana/Howard Shelley Schumann arr. Isserlis Violin Sonata No.3 in A minor (Scherzo) Steven Isserlis cello, Dénes Várjon, piano Tchaikovsky None but the lonely heart, Op6 No6 Joan Rodgers (sop) Roger Vignoles (piano) Bach The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1, No2 in C minor Angela Hewitt (piano) Brahms Das Mädchen , Op.93a No2 Katy Watson/Consortium/Andre-John Smith Handel Water Music – Alla Hornpipe The King’s Consort/Robert King Grainger arr Stockmeier Handel in the Strand (Clog Dance) Christopher Herrick (organ) Rachmaninov Prelude in C, Op.32 No.1 Steven Osborne (piano) Ravel Chanson romanesque (Don Quichotte à Dulcinée) Gerald Finley/Julius Drake Haydn String Quartet Op.17 No.3 in E flat – Allegro di motto London Haydn Quartet Haydn Piano Sonata No.42 in D – Vivace assai Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Victoria Missa Gaudeamus – Sanctus Lay Clerks of Westminster Cathedral/Matthew Martin James Hook Keyboard Concerto in D – Andante Parley of Instruments/Nicholson (fortepiano) Prokofiev Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.58 – Andante Alban Gerhardt/Bergen PO/Andrew Litton Guerrero ‘Battle’ Mass – Benedictus Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O’Donnell Bach Partita No3 in E for solo violin BWV1006 – Prelude Alina Ibragimova (violin) Haydn Piano Trio No.31 in E flat minor – Allegro Florestan Trio Britten Saint Nicholas – Birth of Nicholas Rolfe Johnson/Corydon Singers/English CO/Best Stenhammar Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor – Vivacissimo Tanyel/Helsingborg SO/Manze Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44 – Scherzo Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano, Takács Quartet Rihards Dubra Oculus non vidit Choir of Royal Holloway/Gough
October 29thMagyar Magic Presented by Paul Astell	Vittorio Monti Csárdás Ferenc Santa’s Gypsy Band Liszt Les Préludes Polish NRSO/Michael Halász Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 Allegro brillante Takács Quartet/Marc-André Hamelin Miklós Rózsa Spellbound – excerpts from film National SO/Charles Gerhardt Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 in E flat major, “Pesther Carneval” Jenő Jandó, piano Jenő Hubay Scenes de la Czarda, Op. 32: No. 4. Hejre Kati Balogh/Hungarian State SO/Matyas Antal Haydn Symphony No.43 in E flat major, ‘Mercury’ Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra/Adam Fischer
November 12th‘Thank You For The Music’ Presented by Beryl Higgins	Ulvaeus/Andersson Thank You For The Music Abba Beethoven Symphony no.6 (2nd movement) Berlin PO/Karajan Anderson Belle of the Ball New London Orch/Corp L. Mozart Kinder Symphony Kremerata Baltica Chopin Piano Concert no.1 – 2nd movement Pollini/Philharmonia/Kletzki Mahler Symphony no.5 – Adagietto Berlin PO/Abbado Mendelssohn – Air; Chorale; (Elijah) White/LSO & Chorus/Hickox Verdi Brindisi (La Traviatta) Las Scala orch & Chorus/Muti Korngold Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta’s Song) Fleming/English CO/Tate
November 26thAmerica! Presented by David Ward	Copland Ceremonial Fanfare Philip Jones Brass Ensemble John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine Bournemouth SO/Alsop Coleridge Taylor Song of Hiawatha (excerpts) Terfel/Davies/Orch Welsh NO/Alwyn Joplin Maple leaf Rag; The Entertainer Alexander Peskanov (piano) Dave Grusin Danzon de Etiqua; Joropo Peligrado Grusin (p), Steinhardt (v), Forsyth (vc) arr Stephen Foster Bronze Bobtail Quickstep; Beautiful Dreamer Chestnut Bras Company Hovhaness Khrimian Hairig Berlin RSO/Schwarz Ives Three Songs Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano) Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Los Angeles PO/Mehta Theofandis Rainbow Body Atlanta SO/Spano Copland Five old American Songs Marylin Horne/English CO/Carl Davis
Jan 21st ‘Who’?? Presented by Mike Joby	Frantisek Xaver Brixi Organ Concerto No. 5 in F Christian Schmitt/European Chamber Soloists/Nicol Matt Johann Adolf Hasse Sequentia from Requiem in E flat Dresdner Kammerchor & Barockorchester/Rademann Johann Friedrich Fasch Concerto in D Maj for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons & strings Il Gardellino Carl Friedrich Abel Symphony Op.17 No. 1 in E flat Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead George Frederick Pinto Grand Sonata in E flat minor, Op.3 No.1 Micéal O’Rourke (piano) Emil von Sauer Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Hough/CBSO/Foster
Feb 4th Stained Glass and Steeples Presented by Dennis Edwards	Handel Art thou troubled? RLPO Youth Choirs/Emery JS Bach Cantata: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele [II] BWV 143 (For new Year’s Day) Taverener Eternal Memory Knight/RLPO/Petrenko Boyce Anthem: O where shall wisdom be found Soloists/Ely Cathedral Choir/Wills JM Haydn Vesperae pro festo SS Innocentium Cambridge trinity College Choir/Marlow Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore K339 St. John’s College Choir, Cambridge/Guest
Feb 18th Love, Sweet Love Presented by Graham Ladley	Bernstein/Sondheim One hand, One heart (West Side Story) Manuel/Olafimihan/Nat SO/Owen Edwards Mozart Papagena! Weibchen, Täubchen, meine Schöne! (Magic Flute) Finley/Baches/English Baroque/Gardiner Schumann Dichterliebe – excerpts Aksel Schøitz/Folmer Jensen Berlioz Scene d’Amour (Romeo & Juilet) LSO/Davis Finzi To Lizbie Browne (Earth, Air & Rain) Benjamin Luxon/Davis Willinson R. Strauss Marie Theres! Hab mir’s gelob (Der Rosenkavalier) Schwarzkopf/Ludwig/Stich-Randall/Phil/Karajan Prokofiev Child Juliet; Balcony Scene (Romeo & Juliet) Cleveland Orch/Levi P. Lieberson And now you’re mine; My love if I die and you don’t (Neruda Songs) Hunt/Boston SO/Levine
Mar 4thFrance Revisited Presented By Pat Wyld	Chabrier Scherzo-valse (Suite Pastoral) French NO/Jordan Chabrier España French NO/Jordan Satie Gymnopedie no.1; no.2; no.3 Ronan o’Hara Satie Fantasie Valse Ronan o’Hara Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Argerich/Berlin PO/Abbado **Saint–Saëns** Valse caprice for Piano & Strings (Wedding Cake) Hough/CBSO/Orano **Saint–Saëns** Piano Concerto no. 5 in F major Hough/CBSO/Orano
Mar 11th Hungarian Experience Presented By Ruth Bellamy	*Bartók* Molto Vivace (Dances Suite); Swineherd’s Dance (Hungarian Pictures) Bournemouth SO/Alsop *Kodály* Dances of Galánta RLPO/Altrichter *Karai Josef* Singing in the Evening; Girls Ringing Dance of Sarkoz Kossuth Girls Choir, Cegled *Dohnányi* Konzertstück in D major op.12 gerhardt/BBC SSO/Kalmar *Erkel* Overture & 1st Scene (Hunyadi Laszlo) Hungarian State Opera Orch & Chorus/János
Mar 25thSalad Days Presented byAlan Johnson	Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps RPO/Seaman Suppe Overture: Poet and Peasant Halle/ Barbirolli Donizetti Aria (Lucia di Lammermoor) Merritt Hark! The Glad Sound! Penzance Orpheus Ladies Choir/Marizion Apollo Male Voice Choir Tchaikovsky 3 movements (Nutcracker) RPO/Arnold Wolf-Ferrari Serenata: Jewels of the Madonna RPO/Serebrier Walton Spitfire: Prelude and Fugue Philharmonia/Walton Schubert Ave Maria Janet Baket/Gerald Moore
Apr 15thMozart and the Italians Presented by Mick Birchall (Vice- Chairman, FRMS)	Mozart Divertimento K 113 (excerpts) Camerata Academics of the Salzburg Mozarteum/Paumgartner Martini Requiem (excerpt) Ensemble Melodi Cantores/Sartori (organ & director) Mozart Quaerite primum regnum Dei – Motet K 86 Krause (trombone)/Winkler (organ) Leipzig Rad. Chorus/Kegel Mozart Molto allegro K 72a Liuwe Tamminga (organ) Allegri Miserere mei (excerpt) A Sei Voci/ Fabre-Garrus Jommelli Armida Abbandonata (excerpt) Ewa Malas-Godlewska (soprano) Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponto K87 (excerpt) Natalie Dessay (soprano) Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset Mozart: Missa Brevis K 220 (excerpts) Monoyios (sop)/Graf (alto)/Pfaff (tenor)/Selig (bass) Cologne Chamber Choir/Collegium Cartusianum/Neumann Rauzzini L’Eroe Cinese (excerpt). Christofellis (sopranist)/Ensemble Seicentonovocento/Colusso Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate K 165 (excerpts) Marshall (sop)/RSO Stuttgart/Marriner Paisiello Il Barbiere di Siviglia (excerpt) Laki (soprano)/Gulyas (tenor)/Gregor (bass)/Sárközy (mandolin); Hungarian State Orchestra/Fischer Mozart: Don Giovanni (excerpt).Weisser (bar)/Squillante (mandolin)/Freiburg Baroque Orch/Jacobs Salieri March in D for Keyboard Kósa (fortepiano) Salieri: Há negl’ occhi un certo incanto Laki (soprano)/Gabor Kósa (fortepiano) Salieri: Fremat Thyrannus (excerpt) Raunig (sopraniste)/Vienna Landstrasse Cham Ch/Amadeus Ens/Kobera Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro K 492 (excerpts) Auger/Bonney (sopranos)/Gimenez (tenor)/Hagegard/Salomaa(bars)Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus and Orch/Ostman
Apr 29thAGM followed by… Tchaikovsky, Op. 50 Presented by EDward Tanner	Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A Minor Op. 50 Ashkenazy/Stamper/Jackson
May 13thMembers’ Summer Choice	Trad The Legend of the 12 Robbers Ivan Rebroff Trad The Little Bell Rings Clearly Ivan Rebroff Arias Marian Anderson (sop) Faurė Requiem (excerpts) Lara/Dodd Granada Fritz Wunderlich

2008-9 Season

Sept 4^th 2008	Totally *DvorákPresented by* Terry McGuinness**	Symphony 3 First 40 sec. of 1st movt. LSO/Kertesz Romance in F minor for violin & orchestra Chang/BPO/Domingo Piano trio in G minor (3rd movt) Florestan Trio Serenade for strings (3rd movt) Chamber Orch of Europe/Schneider Symphony no.5 (3rd movt) BBC SO/Bělohlávek Czech Suite (2nd movt) Prague Philharmonia/Hrusa Piano concerto (3rd movt) Richter/BRSO/Kleiber Wind serenade (1st movt) Chamber Orch of Europe/Schneider 2 Gypsy Songs:- “The Woods are Silent”; “Songs my Mother taught me” Benackova/Firkusny Violin concerto (3rd movt) Chang/LSO/C. Davies Piano quartet in E Flat (4th movt) Domus Ensemble Finale: (Rusalka) Fleming/Heppner/Hawlata/Czech PO/Mackerras Piano quintet Op 81 (3rd movt) Andsnes (pno) Chang (violin) Kerr (violin) Christ (vla) Georg Faust (cello)
Sept 25^th	*Men OnlyPresented by* June Padgett**	Walton Portsmouth Point BBC NoW/Atherton Schubert Die Forelle; Heidenröslein; An Die Musik Ian Bostridge (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) Kreisler Praeludium & Allegro; Schön Rosmarin Joshua bell (violin) Paul Coker (piano) Tchaikovsky Lensky’s Aria (Eugene Onegin) Nicolai Gedda/Philharmonia/Galliera Lehar You are my Heart’s Desire (Land of Smiles) Nicolai Gedda/Philharmonia/Ackermann Debussy Arabesque no.1; no.2 Simon Trpceski (piano) Vaughan Williams My Bonny Boy Boston Pops/Fiedler Verdi Di Provenza il Mar (La Traviatta) Simon Keenlyside/München Rundfunkorchester/Schirmer Mozart Deh vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni) Simon Keenlyside/München Rundfunkorchester/Schirmer Widor Toccata (Sym no. 5) David Briggs (organ) Wagner Prelude Act III (Lohengrin) BBC PO/Downes Smetana Moldeau (Ma Vlast) Israel PO/Weller Bizet La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen) Jonas Kaufmann/Prague PO/Armiliato Puccini E Lucevan le Stelle (Tosca) Jonas Kaufmann/Prague PO/Armiliato Debussy Golliwog’s Cakewalk (Children’s Corner) Simon Trpceski (piano)
Oct 2^nd	Retro Presented by *EDward Tanner*	Weber Der Freischütz: Overture & Arias Holm/Streich/Seefried BRSO & Chorus/Jochum Beethoven Piano Concerto no.4 in G Bishop Kovacevich/BBCSO/Davies Haydn Symphony no. 45 in F (Farewell) Hanover Band/Goodman
Oct 16^th	Ladies Night Presented by Paul Astell	Fanny Mendellsohn Prelude in E minor Beatrice Rauchs (piano) Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Nicolosi/Alma Mahler Sinfonietta/Rinaldi Alma Mahler Lau Sommernacht; Ich wandle unter Blumen; Der Erkennende; Lobgesang Christina Hogman, sop; Roland Pontinen, piano Brahms Academic Festival Overture LPO/Alsop Bernstein/Sondheim A Boy Like That/I Have a Love (West Side Story) Garrett/Graves/BBC CO/Ellis Dame Ethyl Smythe Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra Watkins/Little/BBC SSO/Solyom
Oct 30^th	Lyndon Jenkins presents…	Dvorak Slavonic Dance No.5 Czech PO/Sejna Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring RPO/Beecham Coates Dance in the Twilight Pro Arte Orch/Weldon Vaughan Williams Silent Noon Heddle Nash/Gerald Moore Mendelssohn Liede ohne Worte (Songs Without Words) No.1 in E Op. 19/1 Walter Gieseking (piano)
Nov 13^th	*Of the heart and of the spinePresented by* David Ward**	Haydn The First Day (The Creation) Gabrielli Consort & Players/Cheethams Choir/McCreesh Tchaikovsky Symphony no.6 (4th movement) Monteal SO/Dutoit Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony (1st & 2nd movement) Rodgers/Keenlyside/BBC SO&choir/Slatkin Brahms Alto Rhapsody Baker/LPO/Boult Sibelius Symphony no.2 (4th movement) BBC SO/Maksymiuk Finzi Fear no more the heat of the sun Terfel/Martineau Schubert Death and the Maiden Murray (m-sop)/Johnson (piano) Schubert Death and the Maiden (2nd movement) Takács Quartet Widor Symphony no. 5 (3rd & 4th movements) David Briggs (organ)
Nov 27^th	*“A last-minute, panic programme!”Presented by* Beryl Higgins**	Lincke Berliner Lufte Duke of Edinburgh Royal Regiment Band /Hatton Mozart Concerto for Harp & Flute Graf/Grafenauer/ASMF/.Marriner Puccini Preludio Sinfonico RSO Berlin/Chailly Puccini O Soave fanciula (La boheme) Alagna/Gheorgiu/Orch del Teatro all Scala di Milano/Chailly Puccini Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly) Vienna PO & Chorus/Karajan Ernesto Nazareth Brejeiro Tango Marielo Bratke (piano) Satie Je Te Veux Pascal Rogé Fauré Contique de Jean Racine op.11 Cambridge Singers/City of London Sinfonia/Rutter JS Bach Jauchzet, Frohlocket! (Christmas Oratorio) Munich Bach Orch & Choir/Richter *Bizet* Symphony in C French NRO/Beecham
Jan 8^th 2009	Some Nights to Remember Presented by*Alan Johnson*	Mendellsohn Overture: A midsummer Night’s Dream LFO/Ungar Rimsky-Korsakov 1001 Nights Suite (3rd movement) Europa SO Mussorgsky A Night on the Bare Mountain Bournemouth SO/Serebrier Chopin Nocturne Op 9/1 Sándor Falvay Martini First Night of the Honeymoon (Plasir d’Amour) Opera Angels Delius Summer Night on the River BBC SO/Davis Trad. O Holy Night Triggs/Kernow Heritage Orch/Allan Rossini A Night at the Opera: Barber of Seville Orch. Sinfonica Milano/Serafin 1. Ecco Ridente in Cielo Monti 2. Largo al Factotum Bechi 3. Una Voce Poco Fa de los Angelos Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs RPO/Arwell Hughes
Jan 29^th	Brahms and the Schumanns Presented byJohn & Rita Davies (FRMS)	Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor 3rd movement Van Cliburn/Chicago SO/Reiner Schumann Kinderscenen op 15 Of foreign lands and people; Catch as catch can; Dreaming Varjon Schumann Intermezzi Op 4, No 6 Denes Varjon (piano) Schumann Symphony No 3 (Rhenish) (4th Movement) BBC NoW/Weller Clara Wieck Piano Concerto in A minor (3rd movement) Chang /Women’s PO/Falletta, Schumann (arr.Listz) Widmung Joseph Cooper (piano) Brahms Hungarian Dance No 7 Budapest SSO/Bogar Brahms Hungarian dance No. 10 (Two Piano Version) Schumann Symphony No 2 in C op 61 (3rd movement) Bergen Philharmonic/Ceccato Brahms Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 (5th movement) West deutsche Sinfonia/Joeres Brahms Symphony No 3 op 90 (Poco allegretto) Halle/Loughran Brahms Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen(German Requiem) BPO & chorus/Karajan
Feb 5^th	Schubert Unbounded Presented byBryan Evans for Dennis Edwards	Schubert Quartet in C minor (1st movement) Jerusalem Quartet Wandering; The Brook’s Lullaby Christoph Pregardien (tenor/Michael Glees (piano) Quartet in A major ‘The Trout’ Lubin/Academy of Ancient Music Ensemble Frulingsgesang; Die Nacht Robert Shaw Chamber Singers An die Untergehende Sonne margaret price (sop)/Graham Johnson (piano) Wanderer Fantasie Brigitte Engerer (piano)
Feb 19^th	Down in the Forest Presented by*Ruth Bellamy*	Ronald Down in the Forest John McCormack Howells Rhapsodie Quintet Op 31 Richards Ensemble Schumann Waldszenen Richard Steiner (piano) Kipling Poem: The Way Through the Woods Margaret Howard Grieg Butterflies Martin Souter (piano) Grieg Little Bird Richard Steiner (piano) Bax The Happy Forest RSNO/Lloyd-Jones Coates Wood Nymphs Valsette RLPO/Groves Trad The Ash Grove Ivor Emmanuel/Rhos male Voice Choir Daquin Le Cocucou Sophie bailey (Harpsichord) Byrd Will You Wake the Wood So Wylde Sophie bailey (Harpsichord) Adamson/Bruno/Di lazarro The Woodpecker Song Mandolino Italiano J. Strauss Tales from the Vienna Wood Orch. der Wiener Volksoper/Falk Wagner Forest Murmurs (Siegfried) Berlin PO/Tennstedt
Mar 5^th	Beethoven Presented byBryan Evans	Beethoven Violin Sonata no. 5 Op.24 ‘Spring’ Maxim vengerov (violin)/Itamar Golan (piano) Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major Ashkenazy/Chicago SO/Solti Symphony no.7 in a major Simon Bolivar YO of Venezuela/Dudamel
Mar 19^th	*Springtime in FünenPresented by*** Graham Ladley	Carl Nielsen Overture: Maskarade Danish NSO/Dausgaard Springtime in Funen University Choir/Odense SO/Veto Violin Concerto (1st movement) Tellefsen/ Danish SO/Blomstedt Aladdin Suite Odense SO/Veto Symphony no. 5 Halle Orchestra/Elder
Apr 2^nd	*Hummel (plus Another)Presented by* Pat Wyld**	Hummel Mandolin Concerto in G maj (1st movement) Stephens/London Mozart Players/Shelley Hummel Piano Sonata in D maj (1st & 2nd movements) Stephen Hough Hummel Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei (Missa Solemnis) Tower Voices/NZSO/Grodd Hummel Freudenfest Overture London Mozart Players/Shelley Haydn Trio for Piano, Violin & Cello Borodin Trio Hummel Trumpt Concerto in E maj Hardenberger/ASMF/Marriner
Apr 16th	Birthdays etc. *Presented byMichael Joby***	Purcell Ode for the Birthday of the Duke of Gloucester King’s Consort/Robert King Purcell Hear my Prayer, O Lord King’s Consort/Robert King Vivaldi Dixit Dominus Dresdner Instrumental Concert/Peter Kopp Mendelssohn Capriccio Brillant, Op. 22 Benjamin Frith (piano) Handel Samson (excerpts) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Linda Russell & Lynn Dawson (sop) JS Bach Easter Oratorio (extracts) SW German CO (Pforzheim) Schweizer JS Bach Italian Concerto in F major Pieter-Jan Belder(harpsichord) Haydn Symphony No. 27 in G major Nicolas Esterhazy Sinfonia/Bela Drahos
Apr 30^th	*Newly AcquiredPresented by* Marion Braddock**	Howard Goodall Eternal Light: A requiem (excerpts) London Musici/Darlington Rachmaninov Symphonia Concertante (2nd movement) Lyapanov Polonaise Mike Oldfield orch Karl Jenkins Music of the Spheres Sinfonia Sfera Orchestra/Jenkins Jay Ungar Ashokan Farewell Jay Ungar/Molly Mason
May 14^th	Members’ Summer Choice	Fucik March Florentine Czech PO/Neumann trad. arr. Rutter When the Saints; Battle Hymn of the republic Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Ottley Arban Carnival of Venice Marsalis/Eastman Wind Ensemble/Hunsberger Purcell Dido’s Lament & Final Scene (Dido & Aeneas) Baker/ECO/Lewis Susato Dansereye (excerpts) new London Consort/Pickett Addinsell Warsaw Concerto Ortiz/RPO/Atzmon Anon Fanfare Imperial Seconda King’s Consort & Choir/King trad. arr. John Thomas Nos galan; Serch Hudol; Elinor Bennet (harp) Handel May no rash intruder (Nightingale Chorus – Solomon) Frankfurt Baroque Orch/Martini Field Nocturne no.5 Benjamin Frith (piano) Albeniz (transc. Segovia) Tango John Williams (guitar) Smetana Vltava (Ma Vlast) Polish NRSO/Wit

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*Sept 6th 2007*	*Homage to Edvard* Presenter Graham Ladley	Edvard Grieg Homage March from ‘Sigurd Jorsolfar’ Malmo SO/Engerset Lyric Pieces Op 18 (1,2, 6,5) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Violin Sonata No 3. Takaka Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano) Songs: Med en vandlilje; En svane Bonney (sop), Pappano (piano) Holberg Suite Orchestra of the Mill /Penny Lyric pieces Op 54 no6 & Op54no 3 Balazs Szokolay (piano) Songs: Fra Monte Pincio; Varen Bonney (sop), Pappano (piano) Peer Gynt Suite No.1 BBC SSO/Maksymiuk
Sept 20th	Partnerships and AssociationsPresenter Terry McGuinness	Berlioz Overture: Beatrice & Benedict Dresden Staatskappelle Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana (excerpt) Callas/di Stefano/La Scalla orch/Serafin Gretry Air (zemire et Azor) RPO/Beecham Schubert Die Forelle Terfel/Martineau Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations Rostropovich/BPO/Karajan Dvorak Scherzo Capriccioso BBC SO/Belohlavek Mozart Piano Quartet K493 4th movement Nash Ensemble Massenet “Toi!Vous!” “Oui,c’est moi!” (Manon Act III) Netrebko/Villazon/Dresden Staatskappelle Mozart Horn Concerto no.4 4th movement Brain/Philharmonia/Karajan
*Oct 4th*	*Ludwig Revisited* Presenter Beryl Higgins	Beethoven Overture (Fidelio) Philharmonia /Klemperer Beethoven Prisoner’s Chorus (Fidelio) Philharmonia /Klemperer Beethoven Septet in E Flat Wiener Octet Beethoven Sym no. 3 ‘Eroica’: Finale BPO/Karajan Beethoven Triple Concerto: Finale Oistrakh/Rostropovich/Richter/BPO/Karajan Rossini Overture: Signor Bruschino LSO/Abbado Schubert Die Nacht; Die Nachtigal Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Rossini Overture: Barber di Siviglia King Singers Beethoven Symphony no.9: Choral Finale BPO/Karajan
*Oct 18th*	*Forgotten Ones* Presenter Michael Joby	Georg Philip Telemann St Matthew Passion (Extracts) Claudia Schubert (Alto), La Stravaganza Cologne/Ulrich Stötzel William Herschel Symphony No 8 in for strings London Mozart Players/Bamert John Field Piano Concerto No 2 in A flat major Frith/Northern Sinfonia/Haslam Alice Mary Smith Symphony in A minor London Mozart Players/Shelley Henry Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No 4 in D Minor Op 31 Keylin/Arnhem SO/Yuasa Joachim Raff Symphony No 3 in F Op 153 “Im Walde” Philharmonia/d’Avalos
*Nov 1st*	A Musical Journey Presenter Glen Freeman-Jones	Parry I Was Glad Trinity College Choir, Oxford/Marlow Parry Frolic (English Suite) LPO/Boult Vivaldi Concerto 2 Mandolins, strings, organ/S.Ochi/T.Ochi/Paul Kuentz CO Bruckner Symphony no.4 (scherzo) Royal Scottish NO/Tintner Listz Piano Concerto no.1 Arrau/LSO/Davis Shostakovich Symphony no.13 ‘BabiYar’ (A Career) Rintzler/Concertgebouw/Haitink JS Bach Concerto 2 violins Heifitz/Friedman/New SO London/Sargent
Nov 15th	*Dedication and Celebration* Presenter Bryan Evans	Handel Omba mai fu (Sese) Akademie fur Alte Musik/Berlin Elgar Enigma Variations RPO/Menuhin JS Bach Brandenburg Concerto no.3 Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Alison Bury (Dir) Schumann Cello Concerto Rostropovich/Leningrad PO/Rozhdesvensky Sibelius Findlandia Iceland SO/Sakari Anon Barbara Allen Andreas Martin (Lute)/Andreas Scholl (C. Tenor)
*Nov 29th*	*Life in the Orchestra*Presenter Eric Jennings (ex-RLPO)	Holst The Perfect Fool RLPO/Mackerras Bridge Sea Scape (The Sea) RLPO/Groves Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances (1st movement) Concertgebouw/Ashkenazy Beethoven 3 Equale for 4 Trombones London Gabrielle Brass Ens. R. Strauss Don Quixote (intro) Harrell/Greenlees/RLPO/Schwarz Faure Agnus Dei (Requiem) London Symphony Chorus/RLPO/Hickox Kreisler Liebeleid Christian Lindberg (trombone), Roland Pontinen (piano)
*Jan 3rd 2008*	*Ringing the Changes* Presenter Alan Johnson	Brahms Variations on a Paganini theme Schmitt-Leonardy Chopin Variations on a theme of Rossini Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) Brahms Variations on a theme of Haydn Hungarian State Orch/Nemeth Spohr Fantasy & Variations for Clarinet, string quartet & double bass de Graaf/Schubert Consort JS Bach Goldberg Variations (1-15) Glenn Gould Chopin Introduction and variations on a German National Air Nikolai Demidenko FD Weber Variations in F for Trumpet & Orch. Wallace/Philharmonia/Warren-Green Schubert Impromptu D935 no.3 Anton Kuerti
*Jan 17th*	*A Musical Pot-Pourri* Presenter Dennis Edwards	JS Bach Orchestral Suite no. in D BWV1068 BBC SSO/Kraemer Franck Le Chasseur RPO Leppard Corigliano Snapshot: circa 1909 Corigliano Quartet Holst St. Paul’s Suite RPO/Groves Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras no.5 de Los Angelas/Orchestre Nat. de la Radioffusion Francais/Villa-Lobos Rossini Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno (l’Italiano in Algeri) Bartoli/Wiener Volksopernorchester Xaver Scharwenka Variations on a theme of CH Seta Tanyl (piano) Schubert Die Nacht; Die Nachtigall Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
*Jan 31st*	*Where e’er You Walk*Presenter Ruth Bellamy	Handel Where e’er You Walk Locatelli Concerti Grosso Op. 1/1 Cavalli Gloria (Messa concertata) Margaret Wegner String Quartet Rodrigo Concertio Madrigal for 2 guitars Elgar (orch Jacob) Sonata in G for Orga€n RLPO/Handley Robert Arwyn Memory of Stars Terfel/Ruthin Choir
*Feb 14th 2008*	*Young at Heart*Presenter June Padgett	Richards/Leigh Young at Heart Frank Sinatra Schubert Du bist die ruh; Liatanei auf das Fest Allerseelen Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) Paganini (arr Kreisler) La Campanella Chloe Hanslip (violin) Delibes Les Filles de Cadix Royal/ASMF/Gardner R. Strauss Morgen Royal/ASMF/Gardner Elgar Sospiri Clein/RLPO/Handley Schubert Fantasie in Fmin D940 (allegero) Eschenbach/Frantz (pianos) Dvorak Waltzes no.s 1 & 4 Op 54 Skampa Quartet Gounod O Sainte medaille (Faust) Maltman/BBC NoW/Jenkins Warlock Captain Stratton’s Fancy Terfel/Martineau Britten Foggy, Foggy, Dew; The Sally Gardens Terfel/Martineau Elwyn-Edwards The Cloths of Heaven Terfel/Martineau Canteloube Bailero Royal/ASMF/Gardner Delius Walk to the Paradise Garden RPO/Beecham
*Feb 28th 2008*	*Music in My Life*Presenter Huw Lloyd	Handel Bouree (Water Music) Cappella Istropolitana Brahms Symphony no.1 (3rd Movement) LAPO/Guilini Corelli Concerto Grossi no.8 (Christmas) Goodman/Brandenburg Consort Kern/Hammerstein Ol’ Man River White/National SO/Owen Edwards Faure In Paradisum (Requiem) Monteverdi Choir/Salisbury Cathedral Boys Choir/Eliot Gardner Dvorak Symphony no. 8 (4th Movement) BPO/Kubelik Unattrib. Celtic Suite NWSSO/Lloyd Bizet Carmen Suite (excerpt) Shropshire Youth Orch/Huw Lloyd Bruckner Locus Iste The Sixteen/Christophers Peterson Nightingale Oscar Peterson Trio/Nelson Riddle Orch. C. Lloyd Spirit Fantasy C.Lloyd Roth Concertino Piccolo ASMF/NWSSO/Roth Rachmaninov Piano Concert no.2 (2nd movement) Thibaudet/Cleveland orch/Ashkenazy
*Mar 6th 2008*	*In Paradisum*Presenter Marion Braddock	Mozart Kyrie Eleison (Requiem) Slovak PO/Kosler Berlioz Kyrie Eleison (Requiem) Orch. Rev. Romantique & Monteverdi Choir/Eliot Gardner Bruckner Kyrie Eleison (Requiem) New Philharmonia/Barenboim Verdi Sanctus (Requiem) Orch. Rev. Romantique & Monteverdi Choir/Eliot Gardner Britten Sanctus (Requiem) Scottish SO/Brabbins Goodall Sanctus (Requiem) Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford/Darlington Faure Pie Pesu (Requiem) Westminster Cathedral Choir/Hill Durufle Pie Pesu (Requiem) Westminster Cathedral Choir/LSO/Hickox Lloyd Webber Pie Pesu (Requiem) Hendricks/Samnegard/Swedish SO/Ericson K. Jenkins Pie Pesu (Requiem) Tibbels (sop), Landman (treb)/W.Kazakhstan PO/Jenkins Faure In Paradisum (Requiem) Westminster Cathedral Choir/Hill Durufle In Paradisum (Requiem) Westminster Cathedral Choir/LSO/Hickox K. Jenkins Paradisum (Requiem) Seredipity Choir/Cor Caerdydd & CytganW.Kazakhstan PO/Jenkins Rutter Requiem Clare College Choir Cambridge/Brown
*Mar 24th 2008*	*…and All That Jazz*Presenter Paul Astell	Meyers/Schoebel /Kahn/Erdman Nobody’s Sweetheart Now London Sinfonietta/Rattle Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Goodman/Columbia Jazz Combo/Bernstein Gershwin (orch.Grofé) Rhapsody in Blue (original version) Donohoe/London Sinfonietta/Rattle Stravinsky Ebony Concerto Goodman/Columbia Jazz Combo/Stravinsky G & I Gershwin But Not For Me; ‘s Wonderful Ella Fitzgerald Kahn It Had to be You Stephane Grappelli & Django Reinhardt Bernie/Casey/Pinkard Sweet Georgia Brown Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin Hoagy Carmichael April in My Heart Artie Shaw Harburg/Duke What Is There To Say Artie Shaw Shostakovich Jazz Suite no.2 Concertgebouw/ Chailly McPhail/Michels San London Sinfonietta/ Rattle
*April 10th 2008*	*Totally Sibelius*Presenter Pat Wyld	Jean Sibelius En Saga Iceland SO/Sakari Sonatine no.2 in E maj Havard Gimse (piano) Serenade no.1 in D; no.2 in G min Kuusesto/Kuapio SO/Almila Humoresque no.5 in E flat Kavakos/Tapiola Sinfonietta/Lamminmaki Songs: Vilse; Sav, Sav, susa; Var det en drom?; Flickon kom… Barabara Bonney (sop)/Antonio pappano (piano) Ballade; Alla Marcia (Karelia Suite) Iceland SO/Sakari Symphony no.7 CBSO/Rattle
*April 24th 2008*	*Freebies*Presenter EDward Tanner	Elgar Pomp & Circumstabce March no.1 NZ SO/Judd Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves NZ SO/Judd Walton Spitfire Prelude & Fugue English Northern Philhamonia/Daniel Arnold English Dances (set 2) Queensland SO/Penny Bliss Concerto for 2 Pianos Donohoe/Roscoe/RSNO/Lloyd-Jones Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring RSNO/Lloyd-Jones Finzi Clarinet Concerto Plane/Northern Sinfonia/Griffiths Vaughan Williams Phantasy Quartet Maggini Quartet Britten Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony) Northern Sinfonia /Bedford Elgar Symphony no.3 (Scherzo Allegretto) Bournemouth SO/Daniel Holst Jupiter (The Planets) RSNO/Lloyd-Jones
*May 8th*	AGM Followed byMusic for a Summer’s Evening Presenter David Ward	Vivaldi Concerto in F majorL’Astree Ensemble Haydn Verdure Clad (The Creation) Argenta/BBCPO/Singers/Christophers Delius To Be Sung on a Summer Night on the Water BBC Singers/Cleobury Elgar The Shower BBC Singers/Cleobury Campion Now Hath Flora Robbed her Bowers Kirkby/Consorte of Musick/Rooley Dowland Sir John Souch his Galliard Parley of Instruments/Holman Somerville Lovliest of Trees Terfel/Martineau Copland Danzon Cubano BBCSO/Slatkin Dvorak Rondo in G min Isserlis/Hough Walton Henry V (excerpts) West/BBCSO/Slatkin Rachmaninov Vespers 4,5,6 St. Petersburg Choir/Kornov
*May 22nd*	*Members’ Summer Choice*	Prokofiev Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet) RLPO/Pesek Chopin Piano Concerto no.1 (2nd movement) Szekely/Budapest SO/Nemeth Bruch Romance for Viola Causse/Lyon Opera OrchNagano Shostakovich Romane (The Gadfly) Ukraine SO/Kuchar R.Strauss Beim Schlafengehen (Four Last Songs) Schwarzkopf/Berlin RSO/Szell Nedbal Valse Triste Czech PO/Neumann Scharwenska Arkadische Suite Gavle Symphony Orchestra /Fifield Schubert Stanchen Fischer-Diskau/Moore Arne Rise, Glory Rise Kirkby/Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor John Davenport (organ) Rossini Una Vove poco fa (Barber of Seville) Galli-Curci/Orch/Pasternak (rec. 1917) Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals (excerpts) Czech-Slovak RSO/Lenard

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Sept 7^th 2006	Welcome to the 48th Presenter Glen Freeman-Jones	von Weber Clarinet Quintet Allegro Giocoso Schubert Ständchen; Roslein, Roslein rot Rossini Cinderella (excerpts) Handel Harp Concerto Franck Symphonic variations Lehar Merry Widow (excerpts) Johann Strauss II Long Live The Hungarians
*Sept 21^st*	The Children’s Hour Presenter Graham Ladley	Britten Old Abram Brown New London Children’s Chioir Schumann Kinderszenen 1-7 Rudu Lupu Elgar Wand of Youth Suite No 1 RLPO/Handley Britten Friday Afternoons New London Children’s Chioir Shostokovitch Piano Concerto No 2 Alexeev/ECO/Maksymuik Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite (arr Pletnev) Trpceski Britten Noye’s Fludde Brannigan/Rix/ECO/del Mar Britten Oliver Cromwell
*Oct 5^th*	Operatic Excerpts Presenter Terry McGuinness	Giordano Un di all’azzurro spazio (Andre Chenier)Volpi Giordano Andre Chenier: Act 2 Scolle/DomingoNPO/Levine Verdi Aida Act 3 Caballe/Domingo/ROHCG/Muti Verdi Quand cro papaggio (Falstaff) Gobbi
*Oct 19^th*	A Breeze from Alabama Presenter Graham Kiteley (FRMS)	Paul Creston Fanfare for ParatropersLPO/Mester William Billings Brookfield; Creation HM Clerkes/Hillier Gottschalk Sym No.1 2nd mvmnt Vienna SSO/Buketoff Macdowell Piano Concerto no.1 Amato/LPO/Freeman Ives Country Band March Orch New England/Sinclair Gershwin Bess, you is my woman now (Porgy & Bess) White/Haymon/LPO/Rattle Copland Hoedown (Rodeo) Detroit SO/Dorati Joplin A Breeze from Alabama Stewart & Bradley James W Schuman Chester Bournemouth SO/Serebrier WG Still Folk Suite no.1 NZ String Quartet Hanson Sym no.2 3rd mvmnt Seattle SO/Schwarz Bernstein Some Other Time (On the Town) NY Fest of Song
*Oct 26^th*	Shush!! Presenter EDward Tanner	Schubert Sym no.5 Concertgebouw/ Harnacourt Shostokovitch Piano Concerto No 2 Alexeev/ECO/Maksymuik Shostokovitch Unforgettable Year 1919 Alexeev/Jones/ECO/Maksymuik Schubert Sym no.8 Concertgebouw/ Harnacourt
*Nov 16^th*	The Phil on Record Presenter Sandra Parr (RLPO Head of Programming)	Rob Lea Pedal Power (RLPO schools commission) RLPO Walton Then Sing Aloud (Belshazzar’s Feast) RLPO/Walton Faure Pavane RLPO/Pesek Nedbal Valse Triste RLPO/Pesek Carl Davis Chariot Race (Ben Hur) RLPO/Davis McCartney Liverpool Oratorio – conclusion RLPO/Davis Strauss Sunrise (Alpine Symphony) RLPO/Schwarz Alwyn Oboe Concerto – vivace Small/RLPO/Lloyd-Jones
*Nov 30^th*	According to Tom Shuker Presenter Marion Braddock	Mozart Overture: Magic Flute BPO/ Grainger Sussex mummer’s Carol Coletti/Howard Spohr Quintet no.3 in B min – allegro New Haydn Quartet Bruckner 2 Motets Bruckner Sym no.9 – 3rd mvnt LSO/Davis Schoenberg String Quartet no.2 20th Century Classics Ens. R Strauss Death and Transfiguration Novosibirsk PO/Katz
Jan 4^th 2007	Northern Lights Presenter Alan Johnson	Crusell Clarinet Concerto (Rondo) Johnson/RPO/Herbig Crusell Clarinet Quartet no.1 King/Allegri Quartet Grieg Elegaic Melody (Last Spring) Oslo Camerata/Barrett-Due Grieg Holberg Suite Oslo Camerata/Barrett-Due Nielsen Oriental Festival March (Aladdin) Odende SO/Veto Nielsen Little Suite for Strings Odende SO/Veto Sibelius Black Roses Winniberg/Parsons Sibelius Karelia Suite VPO/Sergant Sibelius Finlandia VPO/Sergant
*Jan 18^th*	Music for the Soul Presenter Ruth Bellamy	Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K.appp-9 RPO/Carney Haydn Cello Concerto du Pre/LSO/Barbirolli Suk Spring Radoslav Kvapil Jenkins Rondo;Protector;Vocalise Adiemus Singers/LPO/Jenkins Burns The Household Brigade Gavioli Fairground Organ Jonasson Cuckoo Waltz de Leeuvin Fairground Organ Mendelssohn St. Paul – excerpt BBC NoW/Hickox
*Feb 1^st*	20^th Century Legacy Presenter Dennis Edwards	Fischer South of the Alps Salonorchester Schwanen/Huber Britten American Overture NZSO/Fredman Shostakvich Romance (Gadfly) ASMF/Marriner Arnold English Dances Simpson Sonata Raymond Clarke (piano) Taverner Thrinos for Cello Isserlis Moeran Sinfonietta (1940) Bournemouth SO/Lloyd-Jones
*Feb 15^th*	A Romantic Decade Presenter David Ward	Hummel String Quartet in G maj Delmi Quartet Beethoven Choral Fantasia Pressler/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Masur Weber Concertino for Clarinet & Strings Johnson/ECO/Groves Rossini Overture: Tancredi Collegium Brugense/Zedda Schubert Schafers Klagelied Baker/Johnson Schubert Meeres Stille Baker/Johnson Beethoven Triple Concerto Beaux ArtsTrio/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Masur
*Mar 1^st*	A, B and C Presenter Michael Joby	Anon c.1290 Thomas Gemma Canturiae (Worcester Fragments) Orlando Consort Alfonso the Wise Non e Gran Causa Bott/Pickett/New London Consort John Browne Salve Regina in 6 parts (Eton Choir Book) Tallis Scholars/Phillips Hugh Aston My Lady Carey’s Dompe Rafael Puyana (Harpsichord) John Bull The King’s Hunt Rafael Puyana (Harpsichord) J S Bach Concerto in G minor for Oboe, Strings and Basso Cont. Hommel/Cologne CO/Müller-Brühl Arne Fair Aurora Pry’thee Stay; Amid a Thousand Racking Woes Bott/Spence/Parley of Instruments/Goodman Arne Rise Glory Rise (Rosamond) Kirkby/Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood Juan de Araujo Acqui Valentones!; Ay, Andar!; Ex Cathedra/Kidmore Christian Cannabich Sym No.48 in B flat, Nicolas Esterhazy Sinfonia/Grodd Henry Bishop Four Shakespeare Songs for Covent Garden Gritton/Cornwell/Pickett/Musicians of the Globe Beethoven Overture King Stephen Hanover Band/Goodman
*Mar 15^th*	The Music Makers Presenter June Padgett	Jenkins The Armed Man LPO/Jenkins Chopin Scherzo no.2 op 31 Simon Trpceski (piano) Paganini La Companella Hanslip/LSO/Mann Offenbach Ofra Hannay Cincinetti Orch/Kunzel Elgar The Music Makers LPO/Thomson Elgar Where Corals Lie Finnie/LPO/Thomson Verdi Di Provenza Il Mar (Traviatta) Keenlyside/Munich RO/Schirmer Mozart Dah Vieni Alla Finestra (Don Giovanni) Keenlyside/Munich RO/Schirmer Vaughan Williams 5 Mystical Songs Allen/ECO/Best
*Mar 29^th*	*Water, Water, Everywhere Presenter Paul Astell*	Samuel Taylor Coleridge Rime of the Ancient Mariner (part) Dvorak The Water Goblin Scottish NO/Neeme Jarvi Chopin Prelude no.15 (Raindrop) Irina Zaritzkaya (piano) Schubert Auf dem Strom Volle (baritone) Eisenlohr (piano) Scott (horn) Richard Rodgers Victory at Sea LPO/Linz Arnold The Padstow Lifeboat Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Arnold Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – excerpts ROH, Covent Garden/Ermlar Kern/Hammerstein Can’t Help Lovin’ dat Man; Ol’ Man River;(Showboat) von Stade/Stratas/Burns/Hubbard/L. Sinfonietta/McGlinn
April 12th	1907 Presenter Graham Ladley	Elgar Pomp & Circumstance no.4 RPO/Menuhin Delius Walk to the Paradise Garden LPO/Handley Lehar Vilja (Merry Widow) Schwarzkopf/Philharmonia/Ackerman Debussy Images (2nd book) Pascal Roge (piano) Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter Lahiti SO/Vanska Rachmaninov Sym no.2 -Finale LSO/Previn Mahler Sym no. 8 CBSO/Rattle Elgar There is Sweet Music Cambridge Singers/Rutter
*Apr 19^th*	Hooray for Hollywood … and the BBC Presenter Bryan Evans	Whiting/Mercer Hooray for Hollywood (Hollywood Hotel) Jolson/De Silva/Brown/Henderson Sonny Boy Al Jolson Berlin Cheek to Cheek Fred Astaire Macdonald/Caroll Trail of the Lonesome Pine Laurel & Hardy Warren/Dubin Lullaby of Broadway (Golddiggers of 1935) OST Chaplin Titine (Moder Times) Chaplin Koehler/McHugh Dixiana (Dimples) Shirley Temple Gershwin Walkin’the Dog (Shall We Dance) BBCSO/Slatkin Stothart/Arlen/Harburg Over the rainbow (Wizard of Oz) Garland/OST Steiner Gone with the Wind Overture NPO/Gerahrdt Steiner They Died with their Boots On Moscow SO/Stromberg Hupfeld As Time Goes By (Casablanca) Dooley Wilson Mercer/Warren The Harvey Girls OST Tiomkin red River – Main Title Moscow SO/Stromberg Britten Night Mail Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Beale Coates Calling All Workers RPO/Wordsworth Wood Barwick Green RPO/Wordsworth Williams Devil’s Gallop RPO/Wordsworth Betjeman Diary of a Church Mouse Various Last Night of Proms BBC SO/Sargent
*May 3^rd*	A May Medley Presenter Beryl Higgins	Sousa Washington Post New London Orch/Corp Popper suite for Celo & Orch. Kliegel/Esterhazy Sinf/Markson Korngold Marietta’s Song (Die Tote Stadt) Fleming/ECO/Tate Dvorak Slavonic Dance no.5 Cleveland Orch/von Dohnányi Anderson Plink Plank Plonk New London Orch/Corp Chopin Fantasie Impromtu Maria-Joau Pires (piano) Chopin Breceuse in D flat Maria-Joau Pires (piano) Mahler Symphony no. 5 Rondo Finale BPO/Abbado
May 17^th	*Members’ Summer Choice*	Rossini Overture: Thieving Magpie Plovdov SO/Raychevar arr Canteloube Chant’s d’Auvergne Victoria de los Angelos Mozart Piano Concerto no. 21 – 2nd mvmt Barenboim/BPO Frank Panis Angelicus Jessye Norman Marcello Oboe Concerto in D min Kiss/Budapest Erkel CO Bizet Au Fond de temple Saint (Pearl Fishers) Alarie/Simoneau/Lamoureaux Orch/Fournet Lalo Symphonie Espagnol; Tortelier/CBSO/Fremaux Trad The Legend of the 12 robbers Ivan Rebroff Trad Reins tight in the little hand Ivan Rebroff Trad The little bell rings clearly Ivan Rebroff Weber Konzertstuck Op 79 2nd mvmt Brendel/LSO/Abbado Lara/Dodd Granada Fritz Wunderlich

2005-2006

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Sept 8^th 2005	You know the Composer, but the Work? Presenter Terry McGuinness	Dvorak Symphony no.3, 1st movement. LSO/Kertesz Mascagni L’Amico Fritz ROHCG/Gavizzeni Schumann Konzertstuck for 4 Horns & orch Eliot Gardner Sibelius Six Humoresques violin & orch Kavakos/Helsinki PO/Kama Elgar Three Bavarian Dances Bournemouth SO/Del Mar
Sept 22^nd	A Communicator for Everyman Presenter Christopher Symons	Walford Davies Jesu Dulcis Memoria Fisher (organ) Gibbons Nunc Dimitus King’s College Choir/Ledger Stainer Crucifixion (excerpt) Oswestry School Choir/Symons Parry Chorale Fantasia Fisher (organ) Walford Davies Interlude Fisher (organ) Thalben-Ball Elegy Fuller (organ) Elgar Praise be to the Holiest (Gerontius) Cambridge Uni MS/Cleobury Walford Davies Everyman Kensington SO/Drummond Walford Davies Solemn Melody Fisher (organ)/Fuller (cello) Walford Davies BBC Archive Broadcast 1937
Oct 20^th	Vagabonds to Virtuosi Presenter Michael Joby	Anon/Playford Indian Queen; Of Noble Race Was Shinkin Dufay Collective Anon/Ravenscroft Brooms for Old Shoes The City Waites Anon/Thomas D’Urfey The Trader’s Medley The City Waites Byrd John Come Kiss Me Now Roberts (Harpsichord) Sweelinck Ballo del Granduca Piet Kee (organ) Biber The Annunciation (Rosary Sonatas) manze (violin), Egarr (organ) Vivaldi Concerto for Violin, Cello, Organ La Serenissima/Chandler Heinichen Concerto in F major Musica Antiqua Koln Soler Sonata no. 4 in G major Rowland (harpsichord) Anon Let an Anthem Praise; Psalmody Parlay of Instruments Anon/Hardy Family Enrico; The ruined Maid; the Girl I left behind me; The Mellstock Band Spohr Violin Concerto Nishizaki/Philharmonic CO Bratislava/Pesek Scharwenka Piano Concerto no.4 (mvmts 2 & 4) Hough/CBSO/Foster
Nov 3^rd	Invitation to the Dance Presenter Phil Davies	Weber Invitation to the Dance Slovak RSO/Lenard Copland 4 Dance Episode (Rodeo) LSO/Copland Tchaikovsky (arr Pletnev) Nutcracker Suite Trpceski (piano) Vaughan Williams Job, A Masque for Dancing (part) LPO/Handley Delius Dance Rhapsody no.2 RPO/Beecham Gershwin An American in Paris Aalborg Symphony/Marshall
Nov 3^rd	Confucius He Say… Presenter B. Higgins	Fenton Guo Yue (Beyond the Clouds) Baull (Chinese flutes) Haydn Symphony no. 96 Miracle LPO/ochum Hummel Concerto for Piano 7 Violin Trostionsky/Osetinskaya/Russian PO/Rose Bach In dulci Jubilo Kings College Choir/Willcocks Mozart Ave varum Corpus K618 LOS & Chorus/Davis Beethoven Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano Nash Ensemble Shostakovich Jazz suite no.2 Concertgebouw/ Chailly Beethoven Symphony no. 6
Nov 17^th	Back to Nature Presenter Graham Ladley	Beethoven Sym no.6 1st mvmt. L Classical Players/Norrington Liszt Annees de Pelerinage Jeno Jando (piano) Berlioz Brigand’s Orgy (Harold in Italy) LSO/Davis Debussy La Mer (mvmnt 2 & 3) Concertgebouw/Haitink Neilson Helios Overture Danish RSO/Blomstead Vaughan Williams Silent Noon Terfel/Martineau Rautavaara Cantus Articus (1st mvmt) Royal Scot SO/Lintu Schubert Der Hert auf dem Felsen Auger/Johnson
Dec 1^st	Mendelssohn Presenter Glen Freeman-Jones	Overture: Hebrides VPO/Dohnanyi Sonata for Piano & Cello Kliegel/Merscher I waited for the Lord (Sym no.2) Deustches SO Berlin/Ashkenazy Capriccio Brilliant Frith/Slovak SO/Stankovsky Elijah – excerpts Fischer Diskau/NPO/de Burgos String Symphony no.5 – excerpts Northern CO/Ward Concerto for Violin, Piano Strings (adagio) A Midsummer Night’s Dream – excerpts Philharmonia/Marriner
Jan 5^th 2006	Busy B’s Presenter Alan Johnson	Askey Busy Bee Song Askey Borodin Polovtsian Dances CBSO/Comissiona JA Benda Sinfonia no.7 Prague SO/Benda Bruch Scottish Fantasy Heifitz/NSO London/Sargent Britten Young Person’s Guide BBCSO/Davis JS Bach Wachet Auf RLPO/Choir/Tracey Baermann Clarinet Concerto Schubert Consort/de Graaf Beethoven Piano Sonata no.25 Jando Brahms Scherzo Staryk (violin) Berlioz Shepherd’s Farewell RLPO/Choir/Tracey
Jan 19^th	Quelque Chose Français Presenter Marion Braddock	Leonin Viderunt Omnes Tanus Peregruncis Trenet Quand j’etais petit; Jardins du mois de Mai; le Soleil et la Lune; Faure Shylock RTE Sinfonietta/Georgiadis Yann Tiersan Theme from Amelie; Valse d’Amelie J. Nicholls Poulenc Les Biches Odense SO/Wagner Bach Passagalia in C minor Jacques Loussier Gallon Suite for Flute & Piano B. Larsen/S. Larsen Monnot/Piaf Hymne a l’amour Edith Piaf Dumont/CVancaire Non je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf
Feb 2^nd	Valiant for Truth Presenter Dave Ward	Vaughan Williams Valiant for truth Worcester Cathedral Ch/Robinson Purcell Ode for Birthday QM II 1694 English Consort/Pinnock Handel Harp concerto Robles/ASMF/Brown Sullivan Overture HMS Pinafore Hanover Band/Higgins Vaughan Williams Let Beauty Awake; Roadside Fire; (Songs of Travel) Allen/CBSO/Rattle Byrd Motet Diliges Dominum The Sixteen/Christophers Trad arr. Tickell Whittingham Green Lane Tickell/Barry Elgar The Music Makers Finnie/LPO & Choir/Thomson
Feb 16^th	Llangollen Reflections Presenter Ruth Bellamy	Trad Red Dragon; Cherry Blossom Galway Joplin The Entertainer Emma Johnson Rimsky Korsakov Flight of the Bumble Bee Lloyd Webber (cello) Trad Dancing Shoes; Amazing Grace Kossoth School Choir Hungary Trad Harp Duets Elinor Bennett & Meinir Heulyn Schubert Rondo in A Kennedy (violin) Trad Deep River Willard White Kern/Hammerstein II Ol’ Man River Willard White Trad Simple Gifts Terfel Hine How Great Was Thou Art Terfel
Mar 2^nd	A Short History in Black and White *Presenter Paul Astell*	Sullivan The Lost Chord (rec 1870) Rachmaninov Prelude in C sharp Minor Rachmaninov JS Bach Bourree (Suite in A minor) Grudin-Brandt (clavichord) JS Bach Concerto for 4 Harpsichords Koln CO/Muller-Bruhl John Field Nocturnes: No.5 & 7 van Oort (piano) Schubert An die Musik; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Heidenroslein; Im Fruhling Takacs/Jando Ravel Concerto for Left hand Gavrilov/LSO/Rattle Listz arr Kynaston Funerallies Kynaston (organ) Chopin Prelude Op 28/20 Paul Astell (piano) Tchaikovsky October (The Seasons) Paul Astell (piano) Arnold Day Dreams Paul Astell (piano) Offenbach Barcarolle Paul Astell (piano) Beethoven Piano Sonata 20 G major Paul Astell (piano)
Mar 16^th	Dedicated to… *Presenter* June Padgett	Smetana Overture: Bartered Bride Prague PO/Pesek Rachmaninov Prelude in C# min Katin Beethoven Piano Sonata in C# min ‘Moonlight’ John Lill Vaughan Williams Bright is the Ring of Worlds Terfel/Martineau Butterworth Loveliest of Trees Terfel/Martineau arr Langford Fantasy on British Sea Songs Band of RM Tchaikovsky You Have My Love and Devotion (Queen of Spades) Allen/LPO/Parry Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Marshall/Aalborg SO Brahms A German Requiem – excerpts Price/Ramey/RPO/Previn
Mar 30^th	Celebrated Instruments *Presenter Dennis Edwards*	Walther Organ Concerto Linder Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto Gourlay/R Ballet Sinfonia/Sutherland Calace Amor si Culla Ogden (guitar) Stephens (Mandolin) Perschini Polcha Variata Ogden (guitar) Stephens (Mandolin) Beethoven Piano Sonata in C major ‘Waldstein’ Ashkenazy Burgmuller Duo for Clarinet & Piano Johnson (clarinet) Back (piano) J. Stamitz Trumpet Concerto in D Hardenberger/ASMF/Marriner Sor Mozart Variations Theme Williams (guitar) Bossi Cantate Domino Oscars Motettkor
Apr 20^th	“…and let the sounds of music…” *Presenter* Bryan Evans	Handel Zadok the Priest Dutch Baroque Orch/Willcocks Dvořák String Quartet in F ‘American’ Keller Quartet JS Bach Erban’ dich mein, O. Herre Gott Hurford (organ) Grace Williams Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Songs LSO Pergolesi Stabat Mater (1 & 4) Academy of Ancient Music/Higginbottom Mozart Divertimento in F Camerata Salzburg/Vegh Mozart Clarinet Concerto Goodman/Boston SO/Munch
May 4^th	AGM followed by The 3 x R’s *Presenter* *EDward Tanner*	Respighi Pines of Rome RPO/Batiz Ravel Piano Concerto in G: Adagio Fowke/LSO/Baudo Rachmaninov Symphony no. 2: Adagio LSO/Rozhdestnensky

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Sept 9th 2004	DISCoveries and ReDISCoveries Presenter Bryan Evans	Prokofiev Field of Death (Alexander Nevsky) Russian SSSO/Yablonsky Item dedicated to Beslan School victims Boccherini La Ritirata di Madrid (Guitar Quintet) Danubias Quin/Tokos Copland Lincoln Portrait Peck/Los Angeles PO/Mehta Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music RPO/Handley Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes Berlin Soloists Margaret Wegner (born Oswestry) The Annunciation Carol
Sept 23rd	Notes on a Career – The Liverpool Years Presenter John Charles	Brahms Cappriccio in B min.Myra Hess (25/4/41) Benno Moiseiwitch 1890-1963, pianist in recorded conversation Khatchaturian Waltz (Masquerade Suite) Philharmonia/Kurtz (1964) Walton Symphony no. 2 (slow mvnt) Bournemouth SO/Litton (1994) Liszt Liebersraume Cherkasky (1958) Prokofiev 5 Melodies (2 mvnts) David Oistrakh (Paris 1966) Schumann Arabesque Rubinstein (Carnegie Hall 1961) Xavier Montsalvatge Cancion de Cuna -Lullaby Victoria de Los Angeles Sebastian Iradier La Paloma Victoria de Los Angeles Ravel Ma mere l’Oye LSO/Monteux (1964) Sousa/Hershy Kay Stars & Stripes Forever Boston PO/Fiedler
Oct 7th	Memories of a Musical Youth Presenter Graham Ladley	Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King BBCSSO/Maksymiuk Sibelius Finlandia BPO/Karajan Puccini La Boheme (Act 1) d’los Angelos/Bjorling/RCA Victor/Beecham Elgar Introduction & Allegro London Chamber Orch Handel Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne Deller/Bevan/Tnomas/VSO Mahler Ich bien der welt abhanden gekommen (Ruckert Leider) Ferrier/VPO/Walter Bach Violin Concerto in A min. Grumiaux/Les Solists Romands/Gerecz Strauss Four Last Songs Schwarzkopf/LSO/Szell
Oct 21st	Art in Music Presenter Phil Davies	Mussorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition Slovak PO/Nazareth Puccini Tosca (Act 1 pt. ) Callas/Gobbi/etc/ROHGC/Cillario Resphigi L’Adorazione dei Magi (Three Botticelli Pictures) Stravinsky The Firebird (part 2) CBSO/Rattle
Nov 4th	By George! Presenter Dorothy Feehan	Gershwin Overture (Girl Crazy) Mauceri Handel Concerto Grosso no.1 in B flat N. Sinfonia/Creswick George Melachino Woodland Revel George Melachino orch. Chevalier de Saint Georges Concerto in C major Koln CO/Muller-Bruhl Handel Suite no. 5 in E major Perahia Borodin String Quartet no.2 Haydn String Quartet, Budapest Anthony Collins Vanity Fair Pro Arte Orch/George Weldon Alan Langford Waltz for String Orchestra Pro Arte Orch/George Weldon
Nov 18th	In Search of Music Presenters B. Higgins & B. Carless	Fucik Two Marches Delius A Walk to the Paradise Garden Moncayo Haupango Gliere Harp Concerto (1st Movement) Schubert Die Nacht Richard Strauss Don Juan (excerpt) Bizet Symphony No 1 in C
Dec 2nd	A 19^th Century Progression: 1,2,3,… Presenter Terry McGuinness	Brahms Intermezzo in A; Rhapsody in E flat Lars Vogt Wagner Die Meistersinger; Act 3 scene 2 Adam/Kollo/Dresden Stats/Karajan Schubert Piano Trio in in B flat 3rd mvnt Ashkenazy/Zukerman/Harrell Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat1st mvnt Beaux Arts Trio Dvorak Piano Quintet in A 3rd mvnt Gaudier Ensemble Tchaikovsky String Sextet op 70 2nd mvnt Chang/Hartog/Christ/W/Christ/T. Christ/Faust/Maninger Beethoven Octet in E flat op 103 1st mvnt Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Jan 6th 2005	When is a Solo Not a Solo? Presenter Marion Braddock	J S Bach Prelude (Cello Suite no.1) Evelyn Glennie various pieces Dupre Symphony No.2 Scott Joplin Various pieces Bethana: A Concert Waltz Vivaldi Guitar concerto Bach Suite in G Major Faure Apres un Reve Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte Phil Coulter Winter Crossing Gershwin 3 Preludes
Jan 27th	Mozart’s Contemporaries Presenter Alan Johnson	Haydn Violin Sonata in G Major Paganini Violin Sonata in E minor Staryk Dittersdorf Sinfonia no.1 (Four Ages of the World) Stamitz Concerto for Clarinet & Bassoon L. Mozart Sinfonia di Caccia Weber Variations n F for Trumpet & orch. Beethoven Romance no.2 in F major
Feb 3rd	Swan-song Presenter Paul Astell	Gershwin Love Walked In Jack Gibbons, piano Beethoven String Quartet no.16 Op.135 Mvnts 2 & 4 Kodaly Quartet Elgar/Payne Symphony no.3 Mvnts 1 & 2 Bournemouth SO/Paul Daniel Puccini Turandot Act III excerpts Nilsson/Corelli/Scotto Rome Opera House Orch/Franncseco Molinari-Pradelli Walton The Three Sisters ASMF/Neville Marriner Schubert Piano Sonata no.21 in B flat Op.960 – Daniel Barenboim Gershwin Love Walked In; Love is Here To Stay Patti Austin/HBSO/John Mauceri
Feb 17th	Listen! Have You Heard This? Presenter Ruth Bellamy	Sullivan Irish Symphony, 4th mvnt. RLPO/Groves Schumman Faschingsschwank aus Wien John Lill piano Bach Suite no.3 Dave Grusin Mountain Dance Catrin Finch – harps Trad; arr. Jenkins Tros y Garreg (Crossing the Stone) Catrin Finch – harps Karl Jenkins Thingumajig Catrin Finch – harps Rutter Wind in the Willows (excpts) Baker/Kings Singers/CoL Sinf/Hickox Sullivan Cello Concerto Lloyd Webber/LOS/Mackerras Rossini Stabat Mater (excpts)
Mar 3rd	Seven Deadly Sins Presenter Tony Baines	Stravinsky Petrushka – closing scenes CBSO/Rattle Handel – excerpts from ‘The Messiah’ Tomlinson/Crook/English Concert/Pinnock Amirov The Arabian Nights (excerpts) Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Rzaev Debussy Prélude À L’Après Midi D’un Faune Cleveland Orch/Ashkenazy Manuel de Falla El Amor Brujo – excerpts Horne/NYPO/Bernstein Arnold Tam O’shanter Philharmonia/Arnold Tchaikovsky Francesca Da Rimini Philharmonic SO NY/Stokowski
Mar 17th	In Pursuit of Pleasure Presenter Pat Wyld	Vivaldi Il Piacere Virtuoso di Roma L.Mozart Sinfonia di Cacca New Zealand CO/Armstrong A Somervell Loveliest of Trees Maltman/Rolfe Johnson/Duke Quart. Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge Rolfe Johnson/Duke Quart. C W Orr A Cotswold Hill Tune Royal Ballet Sinf/Lloyd Jones Hugo Pierson Romeo & Juliet Ov. Eng Nat Sinf/Lloyd Jones Ketelbey Bank Holiday Palm Court Theatre Orch/Godwin Posse Variations on Carnival of Venice Susan Drake -harp Gilbert & Sullivan Roulett Song (Grand Duke) Doyly Carte Company Hummel Ballet Music (Das Zauberglockchen) L.Mozart Players/Shelley Elgar In the South LPO/del Mar
Mar 31st	At the Court of Kings Presenter June Padgett	Coates Three Elizabeths Suite Various His Majesty’s Sagbutts & Cornets Henry Bull Royal Hunt Walton Richard III (excerpts) Tchaikovsky Prince Yeletsky Aria (Queen of Spades) Thomas Alen Cocker Tuba Tune Organ, York Minster Porter Let’s do it; Solomon had 1000 wives Leslie Hutchinson Walton Belshazzar’s Feast Willard White
Apr 14th	Youth and Age Presenter Michael Joby	Arriaga Overture: Los Esclavos Felices Concert des Nations/Savall Symphony in D, Allegro con Moto Algarve Orch/Cassuto Pergolesi Sancta Mater, Inflammatus(Stabat Mater) Emma Kirkby, James Bowman/AAM/ Hogwood Thomas Linley Shakespeare Ode Globe Musicians /Pickett Kraus Symphony in C Swedish CO/Sundquist Mozart Rühe Zanft, Zaïde Kirkby/AAM/Hogwood Vaughan Williams Sym No 9, Moderato RLPO/Handley CPE Bach Concerto Harpsichord for Fortepiano in E flat Kelley/van Immerseel/Collegium Aureum Telemann Suite in D ASMF/Marriner Thomas Tallis Sing and Glorify The Sixteen/Christophers
Apr 28th	Our Musical Heritage Presenter Dennis Edwards	Hildegard Columba Aspexit Emmakirby/Gothic Voices Marco Dall’Aquila Ruercor no.24 Christopher Wilson (lute) JS Bach Liebster Gott BWV8 Orch. du Collegium Vocale/Herreughe Beethoven Sonata no.3 violin & piano Argerich/Kremer Schubert arr Liszt Litonei; Liebeslotschaft Volodos (piano) Rimsky Korsakov (arr Cziffra) Flight of Bumble Bee Volodos (piano) Arnold 4 Cornish Dances Queensland SO/Penny Vaughan Williams Symphony no. 8 Bournemouth SO/Bakels
May 12th	AGM followed by Interactive Keyboards Presenter EDward Tanner	Liszt Un Sospiro Leslie Howard Paderewski Minuet in G Philip Martin Fibich Poeme Philip Martin Paldini La poupee valsante Philip Martin Nevin Narcissus Philip Martin Schubert/Liszt Soirees de Vienne Stephen Hough Tchaikovsky Humoresque Stephen Hough Schubert/Godowsky Moment Musicale Stephen Hough Saint-Saëns Pianistes;Hemiones; Tortues; (Carnival of Animals) Czech RSO/Lenard/Lapamsky/Toperczer Novello Waltz of my Heart Christopher Northam Rossini/Liszt La Danza Francois-Rene Duchable

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Sept 11th 2003	Absolutely Fabulous Presenter: Marion Braddock	Vivaldi Gloria in Excelsis Deo Shostakovich Romance (The Gadfly) Schubert Gesang Geister uber den Wassern MacCunn Land of the Mountain and the Flood Bruckner Motets Mozart Soave sia il Vento (Cosi Fan Tutti) Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2
Sept 25th	Mendelssohn, His life and Times Presenter: John Davies (FRMS Chairman)	Song Without Words Book V/3; !/18 Violin Concerto No.1 3rd movement Piano Concerto in A flat for 2 pianos JS Bach St. Matthew Passion – excerpts Die Erst Walfurgisnacht for choir & orch. Ave Maria Symphony no.4 ‘Italian’ 4th movement Auf Flugeln des Gesanges Schilfeld Organ Sonata no.6 2nd movement Thanks Be To God (Elijah)
Oct 9th	Position or Performance? Presenter: Michael Joby	Le Chatelain de Coucy Li Nouviaus Tens John Dunstable Sancta Maria John Dowland Can She Excuse My Wrongs Capt. Digorie Piper His Galiard The K of Denmark’s Galiard Andrea Gabrieli & Giovanni Gabrieli Maria Stabat ad Monumentum; Surrexit Christus Alfonso Ferrabosco & Robert Johnson Masque of Oberon Jean-Baptiste Lully Ballet de Xerxes Heinrich Biber Battalia a 10 Johann Joachim Quantz Sonata in C QV 1: 9 JS Bach Jig Fugue BWV 577 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Piano Concerto in A minor
Oct 23rd	Tears and Laughter Presenter: Paul Astell	Galton/Simpson The Poetry Society – excerpt Tony Hancock Malcolm Arnold A Grand Grand Overture RPO/Handley Elgar Sym no.2 – 2^nd movement, Larghetto LPO/Handley Charles Chaplin Deutches SO Berlin/Davis Opening Music; Kidnap (The Kid) Dance of the Rolls (The Gold Rush) Berlioz : Funebre Orasion; Marche Triomphal; (Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale) Montreal SO/Dutoit Gershwin Gone, Gone, Gone; Leaving for the Promised Land (Porgy and Bess) LPO/Rattle/White/Hayman Shostakovich Recons.Gerard McBurney Suite: Hypothetically Murdered (1931) Tchaikovsky Orch/Fedosseiev & BBC SO/Elder
Nov 6th	Replacement Programme Presenter: Edward Tanner	Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream excerpts Ravel Ma Mere l’Oye Grieg Norwegian Dances 2-6 Berlioz Menuet des Follets (Damnation of Faust) Dukas L’apprenti Sorcier
Nov 20th	A Choice From the Russian 2^nd XI Presenter: Terry McGuinness	Glazanov Autumn Balakriev Symphony no.1 3rd movement Tchaikovsky Piano Trio Mussorgsky Dance of the Persian Slaves Tchaikovsky Yeletsky’s Aria Rimsky Korsakov Symphony no.2 3rd movement Liadov bab Yaga Mussorgsky Hut on Chicken’s Legs (Pictures at an Exhibition) Shostakovich Tahiti Trot Borodin Symphony no.1 3rd & 4th movement Tchaikovsky Spanish Dance (Nutcracker)
Jan 8th 2004	‘A Little of What You Fancy…’ Presenter: Ruth Bellamy	WT Best A Christmas Fantasy Paul Derret (Organ) Rossini Cujus animam gementem; Sancta Mater (Stabat Mater) Hungarian State Opera orch &Ch/Morandi Matthew Barley – Multiple Cellos: JS Bach Jesus, meine freunde Matthew Barley JS Bach Jesu, nun see gepreset Bizet Romance (Pearl Fishers) Stanford The Bluebird Church Music From Taize (S. France): Bless the Lord; Surresuit Dominus Vere Coope, Boyes & Simpson (Song Cycle for Belper) The River Flows; The Valley Schubert Litanei auf das Fiest Allerseelan; An die Musik; Auf der Bruck (An die Musik) Bryn Terfel/Malcolm Martineau (piano) Schubert Symphony no.5 Hamburg SO/Lizzio
Jan 22nd 2004	Stage, Screen and Radio Presenter: Bryan Evans	Edward White Puffin’ Billy (Childrens Favourites BBC Theme) Eric Coates By the Sleepy Lagoon (Desert Island Discs BBC Theme) Vivian Ellis Coronation Scott (Paul Temple BBC Theme) Trevor Duncan March (Little Suite) (Dr. Finlay’s Casebook BBC Theme) Fain/Webster The Deadwood Stage (Calamity Jane) Doris Day Herrmann Car Journey (Psycho) Arthur Smith Dueling Banjos Flatt/Scruggs Richard Holmes Theme (Fortunes of War) Pavel’s Rumanian Ensemble Rodney Bennett Theme & Waltz (Murder on the Orient Express) Gershwin Fascinating Rhythm (Lady be Good) Adele & Fred Astaire Summertime (Porgy & Bess) Paul Robeson Blane/Martin Main Title; Trolley Song (meet Me in St. Louis). Judy Garland Jay Ungar Ashokan Farewell (The Civil War TV Series) Eric Coates Dambuster’s March Bernstein/Sondheim One Hand, One Heart; Quintet (West Side Story OST) Rogers & Hammerstein Prelude; Processional & Maria; Edelweiss (Sound of Music, OST) Rogers & Hammerstein I Whistle a Happy Tun0e; Shall We Dance (The King and I, OST) Rogers & Hammerstein Oklahoma; Oh, What a Beautiful Morning; The Surrey With the Fringe On Top; Out of My Dreams (Oklahoma, OST) Berlin I Got the Sun in the Morning; There’s No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun) Ethel Merman
Feb 5th	A Reed Shaken by the Wind Presenter: Alan Johnson	Mozart Oboe Quartet in F K370 Schubert Shepherd on the Rock Feleicity Lott Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto no.12 Mozart Oboe Concerto in C K314 Krommer Clarinet Concerto in E flat Emma Johnson Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat K191
Feb 19th	Anniversaries, DEH Presenter: Phil Davies	Delius Brigg Fair – An English Rhapsody Delius arr. Fenby 2 Aquarelles Elgar Caractus Cantata – excerpt Holst St. Paul’s Suite Holst The Mystic Trumpeter
Mar 4th	‘Have You Heard This?’ Presenter: Graham Ladley	E.J Moeran Sinfonietta Edgar Bainton ‘I saw a New Heaven’ Ex Cathedra Arnold Bax Sonata for Clarinet & Piano Emma Johnstone/Malcolm Martinuau Arthur Bliss ‘Conversation’ for small chamber group Hubert Clifford Suite: Five English Nursery Tunes Vaughan Williams Song of Thanksgiving
Mar 18th	Turn On, Tune In and Drop Out Presenter: Pat Wyld	Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps Trad. arr. Britten The Foggy Foggy Dew; The Plough Boy Pears/Britten Trad: arr Brannigan/Harris Blaydon races Brannigan Sullivan Overture: Macbeth Komzak Mikado Waltz London Salon Ensemble Hummel Mandolin Concerto Alison Stephens/Lon Mozart Players/Shelley Schubert 2 Impromptus Cherkassky von Weber Konzertstuck in F minor
Apr 1st	It’s Nothing Serious Presenter: Dorothy Feehan	J.Strauss II Overture: Die Fledermaus Czech-Slovak State PO/A. Walter Geoffrey Toye Haunted Ballroom New London Orch/Corp Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Menhuin/LSO/Ronald Milhaud Scaramouche Christian Ivaldi/Noel Lee (piano) Noël Coward Mrs. Worthington Chabrier Suite Pastorale MontCarlo PO/Niquet Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no.2 Tacchino/Radio Luxembourg Orch/de Froment Charles Ancliffe Nigjhts of Gladness New London Orch/Corp
Apr 22nd	More ‘Power’-ful Music Presenter: June Padgett	Works by Purcell, Gounod, Elgar & Borodin featuring the voices of Janet Baker & Felicity Lott, and an excerpt from a little-known cello concerto by Offenbach.
May 6th	AGM followed by Sound Choice Presenters: Bessie Carless & Beryl Higgins	Gershwin – Promenade (Shall We Dance), New London Orch/Corp Mahler – Gingheut’ morgen [Lieder eimes fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)] Fischer-Dieskau/Philharmonia/Furtwangler Gracie Fields – One Day When We Were Young; I Took My Harp to a Party. Rachmaninov – It Is Beautiful Here Handel – For Unto Us (Messiah) RLPO/Huddersfield CS/Sargent Trad – Myfanwy, Bryn Terfel/WNO Orch./Gareth Jones Rossini – excerpt: Barber of Seville King Singers Shostakovich – March; Dance; (Jazz Suite no.2) Philadelphia/Chailly

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Sept 12th 2002	In London Town Phil Davies	Elgar Cockaigne Overture – LPO/Boult Vaughan Williams Sym no.7 (Antartica) part – Gielgud Coates Knightsbridge March – CzechPO/Leaper Rodgers/Hammerstein Sth Pacific OST Alfred Newman Vaughan Williams Sym no.2 London – LSO/Hickox Butterworth Banks of Green Willow – LSO/Hickox
Sept 26th	The Sound of the Orient Paul Astell	Sullivan Mikado Overture ASMF/Marriner Puccini Love Duet (Madame Butterfly) Scotto/Bergonzi/Barbirolli Ketelbey; In a Chinese Temple Garden Trad: Chinese Traditional Orchestral & Violin Pieces Schonberg/Boubill; I’d Give My Life for You; I Still Believe (Miss Saigon) Lea Salonga/London Cast Grainger; Beautiful Fresh Flower Jenny Lin – Piano Arensky; Etude on a Chinese Theme Jenny Lin – Piano Morton Gould; Wall of China Jenny Lin – Piano China Phil Society; Yellow River Concerto
Oct 10th	Something of the Four Nations Marion Braddock	Unknown Mass for Mary Queen of Scots Bridge Sea Fever Bryn Terfel Various Celtic Harp Bax Tintagel Sullivan Irish Symphony
Oct 24th	Blue Serge Edward Tanner	Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead Concertgebouw/Ashkenazy Vocalise Kiri Te Kenawa/Roger Vignoles Adagio (Symphony No.2) RPO/Previn Sleigh Ride (The Bells) Concertgebouw/Ashkenazy Prelude in C# minor Howard Shelley Piano Concerto No. 3 Martha Argerich/BerRSO/Chailly
Nov 7th	On Second Thoughts Bryan Evans	Mascagni Preludio (from Easter Hymn) Britten Now Sleeps the crimson petal Copland Laurie’s Song (from The Tender Land) Dawn Upshaw John Ceiriog Hughes Ffarwel Ite, Gymru Fad Bryn Terfel Canteloube Bailero Victoria de los Angeles Sullivan Rose of Persea: excerpts JS Bach Wie Schon Leuchlet der Morgenstern Monteverdi song from 4th Book of Madrigals Tchaikovsky Intro; Duet; Quartet (from Eugene Onegin) Staatskapelle orch/Levine Tchaikovsky Our Father (from Liturgy of St John Chrysostam) Parry Jerusalem Trad Hafen Gobaith (Hope House) Bryn Terfel
Nov 21st	Dreamers of Dreams B.Carless & B.Higgins	Walford Davies (born Oswestry) RAF March Past Walford Davies Solemn Melody (for Organ & Cello) Mendelssohn Nocturn & Wedding March Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Georgian March; At Rest Richard Strauss Wiegenlied (from Four Last Songs) Tarrega – Recollections of the Alhambra Berliner Luft Beethoven Symphony no. 5.
Jan 9th 2003	“Cheer Up Children, I’m Alright” Alan Johnson	cancelled
Jan 23rd 2003	Change of Direction Ruth Bellamy	Rimsky Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Albinoni Oboe Concerto Various Songs: Rebecca Evans Andreas Bocelli Nana Mouskouri Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
Feb 6th	The Power of Music June Padgett	Clementini Sonatina Britten Dawn; Moonlight (from 4 Sea Interludes, Peter Grimes) Grieg Norwegian Dance Beethoven Adelaide Tchaikovsky Nutcracker excerpts (arr. piano Pletnev) Simon Trpceski Schubert Standchen Novello And Mother Came Too; What a Duke Should Be; The Land of Might Have Been (used in Gosford Park) Damase Berceuse J. Williams Schindler’s List Theme Chloe Hanslip Margaret Wegner (Oswestry resident) Remember Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Stravinsky Finale (Firebird) CBSO/Rattle
Feb 20th	Stepping East Graham Ladley	Kodaly Dances of Galanta LSO/Kertesz Szymanowski Stabat Mater CBSO/Rattle/Szmytka/Quivar/Connell Bartok Concerto for Orchestra Concertgebouw/Dorati Janáček Cunning Little Vixen – Act III Orch. Royal OperaHse/Rattle/Tear/Knight/Watson/Dobson
Mar 6th	“Cheer Up Children, I’m Alright” Alan Johnson	Haydn: The Heavens are Telling Fantasia in C Harpsichord Concerto in D Symphony no.96 Violin Sonata no.1 in G Steven Staryk Haydn/Boccerini Cello Concerto no.2 in D German National Anthem
Mar 20th	Music To My Ears Terry Spain	Purcell Nymphs & Shepherds Manchester Children’s Choir/Harty (rec. 1929) Bach Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring Dinu Lipatti Bach Siciliano ( Sonata no.2 Flute & Harpsichord) Dinu Lipatti Bach Well Tempered Clavier Bk 1 BWV 849 Rosalyn Tureck Bach Fugue in B min Simon Preston Anon 5th Century Hymn Te Deum Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto LSO/Barbirolli Vivian Ellis Coronation Scot Purcell Dido’s Lament Barbara Bonney 3 excerpts: Emma Kirkby Collection Brahms Haydn Variations BPO/Abbado
Apr 3rd	Quotations Dorothy Feehan	Lalo Overture: La Roi d’Ys Yasushi Akutagawa Music for Symphony Orchestra de Falla Nights in the Garden of Spain Chopin Prelude Op 28 no.15 “Raindrop” Elgar Nursery Suite ECO Ireland Downland Suite for Brass Band Malcolm Arnold Four Scottish Dances Penny
Apr 24th	Significant Others 1760-1800 Michael Joby	Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792) Overture Olympie Francois-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) Grande Messe des Morts – extracts Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778) 2 songs: Thou soft flowing Avon; Come Live with Me and Be My Love Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) Sinfonia Concertante in C Maj for flute, oboe, violin, cello and orchestra (1st mvmt) Carl Stamitz (1745-1801) Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Major James Hook (1746-1827) Concerto in D Major )from 6 Concertos for Harpsichord or Fortepiano, Opus 1/5)
May 8th	AGM followed by Zig-Zagging South – Pat Wyld	Berlioz Harold in Italy San Diego SO/Talmi Rivka Golani (viola) Hummel Freundenfest Overture London Mozart Players/Shelley

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