Concert 119: Saturday 23 January 2010 at 19:30
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Wagner
Tannhauser: Overture & Venusberg Music
Wagner
Tristan & Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
Brahms
Piano Concerto no 2 in Bb (Bethe Levvy)
Concert 118: Sunday 8 November 2009 at 14:00 "Classical Music Through the Ages" Family friendly concert Cornerstone, Didcot
A narrated journey through classical music designed especially for children (more suitable age 6+) and parents. The concert is an introduction to some of the most popular pieces by famous composers. This afternoon programme is a shortened version of the previous evening (each half is about 35 minutes). An ideal introduction to orchestral classical music for all the family!
Concert 117: Saturday 7 November 2009 at 19:30
"Classical Music Through the Ages" Cornerstone, Didcot
A narrated journey through classical music including favourites by Pachelbel, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Elgar, Delius, Prokofiev, Khachaturian and Johann Strauss. Ideal whether you are a seasoned concert-goer or have never been to a concert before!
Pachelbel
Canon
Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Mozart
Symphony no 41 "Jupiter" - Minuet
Beethoven
Symphony no 5 - First movement
Wagner
Lohengrin - Prelude to Act 3
Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker - Trepak, Dance of the Mirlitons, Waltz of the Flowers
Grieg
Peer Gynt - Morning, In the Hall of the Mountain King
Elgar
Enigma Variations - Nimrod
Delius
La Calinda
Prokofiev
Symphony no 1 - Gavotte
Khachaturian
Adagio of Spartacus [Onedin Line]
Johann Strauss I
Radetzky March
Concert 116: Saturday 27 June 2009 at 19:30
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Copland
Appalachian Spring
Bottesini
Double Bass Concerto no 2 in A minor (Edmund Hartzell)
Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty ballet music
Concert 115: Saturday 25 April 2009 at 19:30
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Bernstein
Candide Overture
Dvorak
In Nature's Realm
Mozart
Oboe Concerto (Estevan Ellul)
Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel
Pictures at an Exhibition
Concert 114: Sunday 29 March 2009 at 17:30 Parish Church, Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire
St Giles Orchestra was proud to present a selection of popular operatic areas and duets, featuring return appearances of Anne Andrew (AA) and - all the way from Philadelphia - Yukiko Ishida (YI)
Humperdinck
Hansel & Gretel: Overture
Bridge
Isabella (first UK amateur performance)
Mozart
Marriage of Figaro: Canzonetta sull'aria (AA+YI)
Puccini
Gianni Schicci: O mio babbino caro (AA)
Delibes
Lakmé: Flower Duet (AA+YI)
Dvorak
Russalka: Song to the Moon (YI)
Bushell
Envoi, op 45a (AA+YI)
Grieg
Peer Gynt: Solveig's Lullaby (AA)
Strauss Johann II
Die Fledermaus: Laughing Song (YI)
Humperdinck
Hansel & Gretel: Sandman's Song & Dream Pantomime (AA+YI)
Concert 105: Saturday 21 April 2007
"Conductor's Choice" St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
A programme of music personally selected by our conductor, Geoffrey Bushell, to celebrate his 25 years with St Giles Orchestra. As well as the epic and emotional "Pathétique", the programme includes a rarely heard selection of gorgeous romantic songs by unjustly neglected Swedish composers, and the Swedish Rhapsody whose famous tune you are bound to know!
To help us celebrate our 100th concert, SGO was delighted to welcome international soprano Yukiko Ishida to sing with us - she travelled from Pennsylvania, USA especially for this concert! See large photo
Concert 99: Saturday 22 October 2005
Civic Hall, Didcot
Alfvén
A Legend of the Skerries
Mozart
Oboe Concerto (Neil Farrow)
Tchaikovsky
Symphony no 1 "Winter Dreams"
Supported by a grant from Didcot Town Council and promoted by Didcot Arts Forum.
Concert 98: Saturday 2 July 2005
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Järnefelt
Praeludium
Haydn
Cello Concerto in D (Katharine Wood)
Dvorak
Silent Woods (Katharine Wood)
Beethoven
Symphony no 3 in Eb "Eroica"
Concert 97: Saturday 23 April 2005
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Rossini
Thieving Magpie Overture
Elgar
Sea Pictures (Mary Moore)
Dvorak
Symphony no 3 in Eb
Concert 96: Saturday 22 January 2005
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Concert 93: 3 July 2004
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Bax
Summer Music
Elgar
Cello Concerto (Katharine Wood)
Bruch
Symphony no 2 in F minor
We believe this was the first UK amateur performance of Bruch's Symphony no 2.
Concert 92: Saturday 24 April 2004
"Wagner Evening" St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Bizet
Symphony in C
Ferdinand David
Trombone Concerto (Ali Harris)
Wagner
Lohengrin - Prelude Act 3
Wagner
Parsifal - Good Friday Music
Wagner
Die Walkure - Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner
Gotterdammerung - Siegfried's Death & Funeral Music
Wagner
Tristan - Prelude and Liebestod
Concert 91: Saturday 17 January 2004
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Khachaturian
Masquerade Suite
Barber
Violin Concerto (Erika Eisele)
Shostakovich
Symphony no 5
Concert 90: Saturday 25 October 2003
Leisure Centre, Didcot
Khachaturian
Masquerade Waltz
Mozart
The Magic Flute
Folk Tunes
Arranged for woodwind
Sammartini
Recorder Concerto (Anoushka Morse)
Dvorak
Symphony no 9 "From the New World"
Sponsored by Didcot Town Council and Didcot Arts Forum.
Special event: Saturday 12 July 2003
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Janacek
Sinfonietta (first movement)
This was a very special 'concert' as it was really the wedding of Emily (our leader) and Nigel (our double bass player), who met through St Giles Orchestra.
Concert 89: Saturday 5 July 2003
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Delius
A Walk to the Paradise Garden
Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Tchaikovsky
Symphony no 7
Another concert selected by SGO members, including Bogatyryev's completion and orchestration of Tchaikovsky's seldom played Seventh Symphony, of which the first movement is better known in another form as his Third Piano Concerto. We believe this was the first amateur performance of the symphony in the UK - read the story of why we think so in our press release.
Concert 88: Saturday 10 May 2003
Leisure Centre, Didcot
Concert 86: Saturday 18 January 2003
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Weber
Overture: Der Freischütz
R Strauss
Horn Concerto no 2 (Lorna Dick)
Elgar
Symphony no 1 in Ab
Concert 85: Saturday 29 June 2002
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Sullivan
Overture: The Yeomen of the Guard
Kalinnikov
The Cedar and the Palm
Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela (Alexandra Hewitt, cor anglais)
Tchaikovsky
Symphony no 4 in Fm, op 36
Concert 84: Saturday 20 April 2002
Town Hall, Oxford
Bushell
Voyager, op 50 (first performance)
Walton
Orb and Sceptre
Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto (Erika Eisele)
Holst
The Planets
Concert 83: Saturday 12 January 2002
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Korngold
The Seahawk
Bushell
Forest Idyll, op 37 (Sarah Holt) first performance
Bruch
Kol Nidrei (Sarah Holt, cello)
Rachmaninov
Symphony no 2 in Em, op 27
Concert 82: Saturday 29 September 2001
Lechlade Music Festival
Borodin
Prince Igor Overture
Beethoven
Piano Concerto no 1 in C, op 15 (Emily Ormerod)
Brahms
Symphony no 3 in F, op 90
St Giles Orchestra was proud to have been invited to give the closing concert at the Lechlade Music Festival, Director Don Gillard.
Concert 81: Saturday 15 September 2001
Woburn Abbey Church
Vivaldi
Gloria
Monteverdi
Beatus Vir
Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
St Giles Orchestra was invited to form a small orchestra of 11 players to accompany a concert given by the Beningbrough Singers of York, Director David Howard. David found us after typing "hiring an orchestra" into a search engine, and SGO came up the top search result!
Concert 80: Saturday 30 June 2001
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Picture shows Jonathan Darborough at the piano, with conductor Geoffrey Bushell (right) and (left) Don Gillard, who was Jonathan and Geoffrey's Science Teacher when we were at Whitgift School, Croydon.
Concert 76: Saturday 17 June 2000
St Mary's and St John's Church, Cowley Road, Oxford
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