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Concert 121: Saturday 19 June 2010 at 19:30
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Alabiev
Salaviei (The Nightingale) (Yukiko Ishida )
Saint Saens
Le Rossignol et la Rose (The Nightingale and the Rose) (Yukiko Ishida)
Granados
La Maja y el Ruisenor (The Maiden and the Nightingale) (Yukiko Ishida)
Bax
The Garden of Fand
Bushell
The Nightingale (first performance) (Yukiko Ishida)
Strauss, J
Voices of Spring (Yukiko Ishida)
Smetana
Ma Vlast
Sherwin arr. Bushell
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Yukiko Ishida) (encore)
A tuneful concert featuring a return visit by Dr Yukiko Ishida from Philadelphia to sing some vocal showpieces.
Concert 120: Saturday 24 April 2010 at 19:30
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Suk
Fantastic Scherzo
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto (Caroline Duffner )
Beethoven
Symphony no 6 Pastoral
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
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
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
In association with Cranford Choral Society , conducted by Malcolm Harding.
Handel
Messiah (parts 2 and 3)
Concert 113: Saturday 17 January 2009 at 19:30 ·
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Bax
Tintagel
Brahms
Double Concerto (Charles Mutter, violin from the BBC Concert Orchestra and Katharine Wood, cello from the Philharmonia)
Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet
Concert 112: Saturday 6 December 2008
Dorchester Abbey
In association with Cranford Choral Society , conducted by Malcolm Harding.
Handel
Messiah
Concert 111: Saturday 25 October 2008
Cornerstone, Didcot
St Giles Orchestra is giving the inaugural orchestral concert in Cornerstone, Didcot's new arts centre , in association with Cranford Choral Society
Bushell
A Fanfare for Didcot, op 58 (first performance)
Arranged Elgar
National Anthem, with Cranford Choral Society
Borodin
Polovtsian Dances [Cranford Choral Society , conducted by Malcolm Harding
Shostakovich
Festive Overture
Moross
The Big Country [
Korngold
The Sea Hawk [
John Williams
Star Wars [
Coates
The Dam Busters [
Dvorak
Symphony 9 "From the New World" [
Steiner
Gone With the Wind: Tara's Theme [
Concert 110: Saturday 28 June 2008
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Strauss Johann II
Overture: Die Fledermaus
Stenhammar
Two Violin Romances (Olivier Bonnici)
Saint Saens
Havanaise (Olivier Bonnici)
Saint Saens
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (Olivier Bonnici)
Dvorak
Symphony no 8 in G
Concert 109: Saturday 12 April 2008 ·
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Elgar
In the South
Delius
Brigg Fair
Dvorak
Cello Concerto (William Bass, cello)
The Delius performance has been made possible by a generous grant from the Delius Trust
Tickets £9, concessions £7, school children free.
Concert 108: Saturday 19 January 2008
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Mussorgsky
Night on the Bare Mountain
Bruch
Concerto for Clarinet and Viola (Jackie Bushell and Monica Cuneo )
Tchaikovsky
Manfred Symphony
Concert 107: Saturday 27 October 2007
Civic Hall, Didcot
A concert marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Edvard Grieg.
Humperdinck
Hansel & Gretel: Overture
Grieg
Erotik
Bruch
Violin Concerto (Jennifer Holt, violin )
Grieg
Sigurd Jorsalfar
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite no 1
Supported by grants from Didcot Town Council and South Oxfordshire District Council and promoted by Didcot Arts Forum .
Tickets £7, concessions £5, schoolchildren £3, available at the door
Concert 106: Saturday 16 June 2007
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Oxfordshire 2007
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
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!
Alfvén
Swedish Rhapsody no 1 "Midsummer Vigil"
Söderman
King Heimer and Aslög (Henry Herford , baritone)
Aulin
At Sea (Henry Herford)
Alfvén
The Forest Sleeps (Henry Herford)
Bushell
The Forest Sleeps, op 39b (Henry Herford)
Stenhammar
Florez and Blanzeflor (Henry Herford)
Tchaikovsky
Symphony no 6 "Pathétique"
The performance of Isabella has been funded by a grant from the Royal College of Music Frank Bridge Bequest
Concert 104: Saturday 13 January 2007 ·
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Delius
Life's Dance
Kalinnikov
The Cedar and the Palm
Bushell
New England Idyll, op 34
Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Finale
Elgar
Enigma Variations
The Delius performance has been made possible by a generous grant from the Delius Trust
Concert 103: Saturday 28 October 2006
Civic Hall, Didcot
Wagner
Rienzi Overture
Saint Saens
Romance in Db (Ruth Sunderland, flute)
Bushell
Cantilène, op 31a (first performance)
Chaminade
Flute Concertino (Ruth Sunderland)
Tchaikovsky
Symphony no 5 in E minor
Supported by grants from Didcot Town Council and South Oxfordshire District Council and promoted by Didcot Arts Forum .
Concert 102: Saturday 8 July 2006
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Dukas
Sorcerer's Apprentice (Walt Disney Fantasia) text
Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf (Christopher Watson, narrator)
Dvorak
American Suite, op 96
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (Ben Andrew, piano)
Concert 101: Saturday 22 April 2006
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Chabrier
España
Reinecke
Flute Concerto (Caroline Brett)
Elgar
Symphony no 2 in Eb
Concert 100: Saturday 14 January 2006
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Alfvén
A Legend of the Skerries
Delibes
Lakmé - Bell Song (Yukiko Ishida )
Glière
Concerto for Coloratura Soprano (Yukiko Ishida )
Mahler
Symphony no 1 in D "Titan"
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!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
Shostakovich
Jazz Suite no 2
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto no 1 (Jonathan Darnborough )
Kallinikov
Symphony no 1 in G minor
Concert 95: Saturday 27 November 2004
Didcot Girls School, Didcot
Handel
Messiah
In association with Didcot Choral Society , conducted by Robert Legg.
Concert 94: Saturday 9 October 2004
Didcot Girls School, Didcot
Mozart
Cosi van Tutte Overture
Linke
Glow Worm Idyll
Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez (Raymond Burley )
Myers
Cavatina from The Deerhunter (encore)
Beethoven
Symphony no 7 in A
Supported by grants from Didcot Town Council and South Oxfordshire District Council and promoted by Didcot Arts Forum .
Concert 93: 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
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)
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
Britten
Rejoice in the Lamb
Glazunov
Reverie (Geoffrey Bushell, horn)
Bushell
Sommar i Sverige, op 52 (Geoffrey Bushell, horn)
Coleridge Taylor
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
With Didcot Choral Society , conducted by Robert Legg.
Concert 87: Saturday 12 April 2003
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Humperdinck
Merchant of Venice Suite - Love Scene
Grieg
Piano Concerto (Jonathan Darnborough )
Brahms
Symphony no 1 in C minor
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
Bizet
Carmen Suite no 2
Rodrigo
Fantasia para un gentilhombre (Raymond Burley )
Brahms
Symphony no 3 in F, op 90
Concert 79: Saturday 28 April 2001
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
R Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from film "2001")
Borodin
Overture: Prince Igor
Mozart
Aria from The Magic Flute (David Revels)
Gilbert & Sullivan
Take a pair of Sparkling Eyes (David Revels)
Poulenc
Gloria (Anna Boucher) *
Coleridge-Taylor
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
With The Lord Williams Festival Chorus, *conducted by Judy Martin
Concert 78: Saturday 24 March 2001
Sports and Arts Centre, Thame
R Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from film "2001")
Tchaikovsky
Overture: 1812
Puccini
La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina (Adrian Thompson)
Poulenc
Gloria (Anna Boucher) *
Coleridge-Taylor
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast *
With The Lord Williams Festival Chorus, *conducted by Judy Martin, as part of the Thame 2001 Festival
Concert 77: Saturday 13 January 2001
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto no 2 (Jonathan Darnborough )
Dvorak
Symphony no 6 in D, op 60
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
Tchaikovsky
Overture: 1812
David Summers
Voices of Man (first performance)
Glière
Horn Concerto (Steve Guard)
Borodin
Polovtsian Dances (orch: Rimsky-Korsakov)
Listen to excerpt from this concert
Concerts 74 & 75: Sunday 21 May 2000
Oxford School, Glanville Road, Oxford
Delibes
Coppelia
These two performances were fully staged with 70 dancers from Oxford University Dance Society and the Karen Sellick School of Ballet.
Concert 73: Saturday 8 April 2000
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Elgar
Overture: Cockaigne, op 40
Delius
Florida Suite
Sibelius
Symphony no 2 in D, op 43
Concert 72: Saturday 15 January 2000
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Tchaikovsky
Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
Rachmaninov
Symphonic Poem: The Isle of the Dead
Miaskovsky
Symphony no 27 in Cm
Concert 71: Saturday 20 November 1999
St Peter's Church, Didcot
With Didcot Choral Society as part of Didcot Arts Festival
Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine (arr: Geoffrey Bushell, op 48)
Elgar
Serenade for Strings, op 20
Fauré
Six Songs for Mezzo-Soprano (Elinor Carter)
Duruflé
Requiem, op 9 (Elinor Carter, David Salmon)
Concert 70: Saturday 3 July 1999
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Rossini
Overture: Barber of Seville
Strauss R
Oboe Concerto (Neil Farrow)
Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite no 1
Chabrier
Suite Pastorale
Listen to excerpts from this concert
Concert 69: Saturday 17 April 1999
Town Hall, Oxford
Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Saint Saens
Symphony no 3, op 78 "Organ" (Robert Webb)
Orff
Carmina Burana
Concert 68: Thursday 25 March 1999
Sports and Arts Centre, Thame
Orff
Carmina Burana (conductor: Robert Webb)
Concert 67: Saturday 16 January 1999
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Verdi
Overture: The Force of Destiny
Bernard Smith
Symphonic Tone Picture (first performance)
Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez (Raymond Burley)
Sibelius
Symphony no 1 in E minor, op 39
Concert 66: Saturday 13 June 1998
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Rossini
Overture: Italian Girl in Algiers
Beethoven
Piano Concerto no 1 in C, op 15 (Emily Ormerod)
Mozart
A Musical Joke, K522
Haydn
Symphony no 104 in D "London"
Concert 65: Saturday 4 April 1998
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Berlioz
Hungarian March
Chabrier
Marche Joyeuse
Saint Saens
Danse Macabre, op 40
Berlioz
Les Nuits d'ete (Anne Andrew)
Franck
Symphony in D minor
Concert 64: Saturday 17 January 1998
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March no 4, op 39
Parry
England (St Giles Festival Chorus)
Parry
I was Glad
Geoffrey Bushell
Triton, op 30
Vaughan Williams
Symphony no 2 "London"
Concert 63: Saturday 5 July 1997
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Mendelssohn
Overture: Hebrides
Bruch
Violin Concerto no 1, op 26 (Jennifer Thorn)
Mendelssohn
Symphony no 3 "Scottish", op 56
Concert 62: Saturday 26 April 1997
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Beethoven
Overture: Coriolan, op 62
Jill Elliott
Bonn Pictures (50th anniversary of twinning, first perf)
Schumann
Concertstuck for four horns, op 86
Beethoven
Symphony no 5 in C minor, op 67
Concert 61: Saturday 25 January 1997
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Dvorak
Slavonic Dances 1, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10
Brahms
Alto Rhapsody (Anne Andrew, Oxford Purcell Consort)
Brahms
Symphony no 4 in Em, op 98
Concert 60: Saturday 6 July 1996
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite no 1, op 46
Sibelius
King Kristian Suite, op 27
Grieg
Lyric Suite, op 54
Geoffrey Bushell
The Forest Sleeps, op 39 (first performance)
Grieg
Solveig's Song and Lullaby (Anne Andrew)
Sibelius
Finlandia, op 26
Concert 59: Saturday 20 April 1996
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Ballet, op 71a
Sullivan
Pineapple Poll Suite
Ponchielli
La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake excerpts, op 20
Concert 58: Saturday 20 January 1996
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Jarnefelt
Praeludium
Strauss R
Death and Transfiguration, op 24
Bruckner
Symphony no 7 in E
Concert 57: Saturday 8 July 1995
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Sousa
Stars & Stripes Forever
Coleridge Taylor
Hiawatha Ballet Suite, op 82
Geoffrey Bushell
New England Idyll, op 34 (first performance)
Bernstein
West Side Story Suite
Dvorak
Symphony no 9, op 95 "New World"
Concert 56: Saturday 29 April 1995
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Sullivan
Overture: In Memoriam
Poulenc
Concerto for Organ, Timpani & Strings (David Andrew)
Saint Saens
Symphony no 3, op 78 "Organ"
Concert 55: Saturday 21 January 1995
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Reznicek
Overture: Donna Diana
Elgar
In the South, op 50
Lehar
Gold and Silver Waltz
Beethoven
Violin Romance in F (David Ormerod), op 50
Schumann
Symphony no 3 "Rhenish"
Concert 54: Sunday 10 July 1994
High Street Methodist Church, Witney
Concert 53: Saturday 9 July 1994
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Faure
Dolly Suite
Elgar
Chansons de Matin et de Nuit, op 15
Delius
Two Aquarelles
Lincke
Glow Worm Idyll
Debussy
Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Duparc
Aux Etoiles
Moszkowski
Five Spanish Dances
Concert 52: Saturday 23 April 1994
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Kalinnikov
The Cedar and the Palm
Elgar
Sea Pictures (Anne Andrew)
Smetana
Ma Vlast
Concert 51: Saturday 26 February 1994
St Barnabas Church, Jericho, Oxford
Elgar
Cockaigne Overture
Chaminade
Flute Concertino, op 107 (Judith Jerome)
Puccini
La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina (Ian Barratt)
Elgar
Three Bavarian Dances, op 27
Nicolai
Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mozart
The Magic Flute: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
Mussorgsky
Night on the Bare Mountain
Verdi
Aida: Celeste Aida
Gilbert & Sullivan
The Gondoliers: Take a pair of sparkling eyes
Khachaturian
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
In association with Soroptimist International of Oxford & District
Concert 50: Saturday 22 January 1994
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Elgar
Overture: Cockaigne
Chaminade
Flute Concertino, op 107 (Judith Jerome)
Elgar
Three Bavarian Dances, op 27
Brahms
Symphony no 2 in D
Concert 49: Saturday 26 June 1993
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Mozart
Italian Overture
Elgar
Elegy for strings, op 58
Delius
Summer Evening
Haydn
Trumpet Concerto (Sarah Bunting)
Strauss R
Wind Serenade, op 7
Schubert
Symphony no 6 in C
Concert 48: Saturday 24 April 1993
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Saint Saens
Phaeton
Strauss R
Horn Concerto no 1 in Eb (Richard Wainwright)
Strauss Johann II
Overture: Die Fledermaus
Strauss Johann II
Blue Danube
Strauss Johann II
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Strauss Johann II
Roses from the South
Strauss Johann II
Emperor Waltz
Strauss Johann I
Radetzky March (encore)
Concert 47: Saturday 23 January 1993
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Tchaikovsky
Festival Coronation March
Rachmaninov
Vocalise (Mary Pope)
Tchaikovsky orch Taneyev
Duo from Romeo & Juliet (Mary Pope, Ian Barratt)
Tchaikovsky
Symphony no 6 in B minor, op 74 "Pathetique"
Concert 46: Saturday 27 June 1992
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Mendelssohn
Overture: Midsummer Night's Dream
Vaughan Williams
Tuba Concerto (Sam Elliott)
Beethoven
Symphony no 4 in Bb
Concert 45: Saturday 25 April 1992
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Liadov
Polonaise in C
Saint Saens
Cello Concerto no 1 (Sarah Bailey)
Dvorak
Symphony no 7 in D minor, op 70
Concert 44: Saturday 18 January 1992
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Rossini
Overture: The Thieving Magpie
Stamitz
Clarinet Concerto no 3 (Jackie Bushell)
Mussorgsky
Night on the Bare Mountain
Sibelius
Symphony no 2 in D, op 43
Concert 43: Saturday 22 June 1991
Methodist Church, Sheep Street, Bicester
Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert
Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder (Mary Pope)
Delius
La Calinda
Mozart
Horn Concerto no 2 in Eb (Tom Brett )
Schubert
Symphony no 8 in Bm "Unfinished"
Arlen
Over the Rainbow (arr. Bushell, op 27, encore)
Concert 42: Saturday 20 April 1991
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Sibelius
Karelia Overture, op 10
Sibelius
Karelia Suite, op 11
Delius
The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Delius
La Calinda
Schumann
Symphony no 1 in Bb "Spring"
Concert 41: Saturday 19 January 1991
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Dvorak
Overture: In Nature's Realm
Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder (Anne Andrew)
Brahms
Symphony no 1 in Cm, op 68
Concert 40: Saturday 30 June 1990
St Mary's Church, Kidlington
Mozart
Overture: Magic Flute
Barber
Adagio for Strings
German
Three Dances from Henry VIII
Mendelssohn
Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Tom Brett )
Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite no 1
Beethoven
Symphony no 6 in F "Pastoral"
Concert 39: Saturday 28 April 1990
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Geoffrey Bushell
Schiehallion Overture, op 25 (first performance)
Nicholas Hooper
Homage to Ravel
Beethoven
Violin Romances in F and G (Emily Ormerod)
Dvorak
Symphony no 5 in F, op 76
Concert 38: Saturday 13 January 1990
St Andrew's Church, Linton Road, Oxford
Rimsky Korsakov
Overture: May Night
Strauss R
Four Last Songs (Mary Pope)
Tchaikovsky
Symphony no 5 in Em, op 64
Concert 37: Sunday 16 July 1989
St Leonard's Church, Sunningwell
Schubert
Overture in the Italian Style, D590
Alfven
Elegy from Gustav II Adolf Suite
Handel
I know that my Redeemer liveth (Anne Andrew)
Svendsen
Violin Romance (Emily Ormerod)
Beethoven
Symphony no 7 in A
Concert 36: Saturday 15 July 1989 ·
Parish Church, Grove
Schubert
Overture in the Italian Style, D590
Alfven
Elegy from Gustav II Adolf Suite
Faure
Pavane, op 50
Svendsen
Violin Romance (Emily Ormerod)
Beethoven
Symphony no 7 in A
Concert 35: Saturday 22 April 1989
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Sibelius
Finlandia, op 26
Saint Saens
Violin concerto no 3 in Bm, op 61 (Helen Cass)
Miaskovsky
Symphony no 27 in Cm
Concert 34: Saturday 21 January 1989 ·
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Humperdinck
Overture: Hansel and Gretel (conductor: Mervyn Keeble)
Mozart
Symphony no 31 in D "Paris"
Brahms
Symphony no 3 in F, op 90
Concert 33: Saturday 2 July 1988
St Lawrence Church, Toot Baldon
Rossini
Overture: La Cenerentola
Geoffrey Bushell
Strawberries and Cream, for wind, op 20
Mozart
Horn Concerto no 3 in Eb (Andy Feist)
Delius
Irmelin Prelude
Haydn
Symphony no 100 in G "Military"
Concert 32: Saturday 16 April 1988 · Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Mendelssohn
Overture: Hebrides, op 26
Saint Saens
Symphony no 2 in Am, op 55
Delius
Violin Suite (Harry Crooks)
Beethoven
Symphony no 8 in F, op 93
Concert 31: Saturday 16 January 1988 ·
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Beethoven
Overture: Egmont (conductor: Sally Collings)
Geoffrey Bushell
A Space Symphony, op 22 (first performance)
Mozart
Piano Concerto no 21 in C, K467 (John Oxlade)
Vaughan Williams
Toward the Unknown Region
Concert 30: Sunday 12 July 1987
Corn Exchange, Wallingford
Arriaga
Overture: The Happy Slaves
Geoffrey Bushell
Romance for strings, op 3
Mozart
Oboe Concerto (Mervyn Keeble)
Geoffrey Bushell
Strawberries and Cream, for wind, op 20
Schubert
Symphony no 5 in Bb
Concert 29: Sunday 5 July 1987 ·
St Nicholas Church, Islip
Arriaga
Overture: The Happy Slaves
Geoffrey Bushell
Romance for strings, op 3
Mozart
Oboe Concerto (Lara Taylor)
Geoffrey Bushell
Strawberries and Cream, for wind, op 20
Schubert
Symphony no 5 in Bb
Gershwin
Summertime (Sarah Moore, cor anglais) (encore)
Concert 28: Saturday 4 April 1987 ·
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Wagner
Tristan and Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod (Anne Andrew)
Reinecke
Flute Concerto in D, op 283 (Emma D'Cruz)
Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2 (Anne Andrew)
Concert 27: Saturday 6 December 1986 ·
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Elgar
Overture: Froissart
Weber
Bassoon Concerto (Pat Goddard)
Dvorak
Symphony no 6 in D, op 60
Performances 23-26: Tue 11, Wed 12, Fri 14, Sat 15 November 1986
Northbourne Centre, Didcot
Sullivan and Burnand
Cox and Box
Gilbert and Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance
These four performances were given in association with Barezzi Opera.
Concert 22: Saturday 5 July 1986 ·
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford Concert 21: Sunday 29 June 1986
St Leonard's Church, Sunningwell
Rossini
Overture: Italian Girl in Algiers
Sibelius
Valse Triste
Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Delius
Summer Night on the River
Mozart
Serenade for Wind, K361
Elgar
Serenade for Strings, op 20
Haydn
Symphony no 101 in D "Clock"
Gershwin
Summertime from Porgy and Bess (encore)
Concert 20: Saturday 15 March 1986 ·
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Svendsen
Fest Polonaise, op 12
Elgar
Cello Concerto, op 85 (Ursula Smith)
Geoffrey Bushell
Halley's Comet Fanfare, op 18 (first performance)
Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Tchaikovsky
Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
Concert 19: Saturday 14 December 1985
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford ·
Goldmark
Overture: Sakuntala
Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 (Mark Etherton)
Duparc
Aux Etoiles
Franck
Symphony in D minor
Concert 18: Saturday 27 July 1985 ·
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Elgar
Chansons de Matin et de Nuit
Debussy
Golliwogg's Cakewalk
Holst
St Paul's Suite
Mozart
Horn Concerto no 4 in Eb (Marshall Stoneham)
Strauss
Wind Serenade, op 7
Bizet
Symphony in C
Concert 17: Saturday 13 July 1985 ·
St Mary's Church, Kidlington
Elgar
Chansons de Matin et de Nuit
Debussy
Golliwogg's Cakewalk
Holst
St Paul's Suite
Mozart
Horn Concerto no 4 in Eb (Jonathan Barrett)
Strauss
Wind Serenade, op 7
Bizet
Symphony in C
Concert 16: Saturday 23 March 1985 ·
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Jarnefelt
Praeludium
Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D, op 61 (Helen Cass)
Bruckner
Symphony no 7 in E
Concert 15: Saturday 24 November 1984
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Butterworth
A Shropshire Lad
Geoffrey Bushell
Dreaming Spires, op 15 (first performance)
Satie
Gymnopedies
Handel
Harp Concerto in Bb, op 4 no 6 (Maria Beattie)
Dvorak
Symphony no 9 in Em, op 95 "From the New World"
Concert 14: Saturday 21 July 1984
St Mary's Church, Hampton Poyle
Mozart
Symphony no 29 in A
Elgar
Serenade for strings
Bushell
Romance for strings, op 3 (first performance)
Barber
Adagio for strings
Haydn
Symphony no 45 in F# minor "Farewell"
Concert 13: Saturday 23 June 1984
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Strauss Johann II
Emperor Waltz
Mozart
Bassoon Concerto (Chris Grovenor)
Bruch
Kol Nidrei (Jo Parker)
Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Schubert
Symphony no 3 in D
Concert 12: Saturday 3 March 1984
Pusey House Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Schubert
Overture: Rosamunde
Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Bushell
Symphony no 1 in Bm, op 11 (first performance)
Haydn
Symphony no 104 in D "London"
Concert 11: July 1983
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Beethoven
Piano Concerto no 3 in C minor (?soloist)
Grieg
Symphonic Dances
Concert 10: Saturday 19 March 1983
Delius
La Calinda
Schubert
Symphony no 8 in B minor "Unfinished"
Rossini orch. Britten
Soirees Musicales
Vaughan Williams
Folk Song Suite
Concert 9: Saturday 20 November 1982
Warlock
Capriol Suite
Pieces for brass quintet
Haydn
Symphony no 66
Concert 8: Saturday 26 June 1982
St Michael's Church, Lonsdale Road, Oxford
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no 1
Sibelius
Valse Triste, op 44
Nicholas Hooper
Summer Symphony
Concert 7: Saturday 20 March 1982
Nicholas Hooper
Phoenix Overture
Scarlatti A
First Sinfonia
Jane Wells
There is a Light
Mozart
Symphony no 40 in G minor, K550
Concert 6: Saturday 5 December 1981
St Michael's Church, Lonsdale Road, Oxford
Rossini
Overture: Tancredi
Gounod
Petite Symphonie for wind
Brent Knowland
Symphonic Variations
Bassani
Cantata: Nascere, nascere (Marc Roald-Eliot)
Mozart
Un Baccio de Mano (Marc Roald-Eliot)
Boyce
Symphony no 5
Concert 5: Saturday 27 June 1981
Merton College Chapel, Oxford
Beethoven
Symphony no 8 in F
Jill Cooke
Icebergs 1
Vivaldi
Guitar Concerto in D (Nicholas Hooper)
Mozart
Serenade 10: Allegro and Menuetto II
Nicholas Hooper
Holiday Suite
Concert 4: Saturday 21 March 1981
Bishop Kirk School, Oxford
Schubert
Symphony no 6 in C
Faure
Barcarolle
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no 5
Nicholas Hooper
The Phoenix
Concert 3: Sunday 6 December 1980
Blackfriars Chapel, St Giles, Oxford
Chabrier
Suite Pastorale
Corelli
Christmas Concerto
Faure
Pavane
Nigel Timms
New work
Haydn
Symphony no 101 in D "Clock"
Concert 2: Saturday 28 June 1980
Merton College Chapel, Oxford
In 1980 the orchestra was known as the South Oxford Orchestra.
Vivaldi
Piccolo Concerto in C (Lucy Cartledge)
Schubert
Symphony no 5 in Bb
Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Nicholas Hooper
Homage to Ravel
Concert 1: 1980
Bach
Wachet Auf
Haydn
Symphony no 92 "Oxford"
Beethoven
Symphony no 7 in A, op 92
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