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Statistics about St Giles Orchestra

 
Concerts Repertoire People

Concerts

Number of years in existence 30
Number of concerts to date 119
Most number of concerts in a year 5 2004, 2008
Usual number of concerts in a year 4 Three in Oxford, one in Didcot
Least number of concerts in a year 3 Many years
Most number of pieces in a concert 12 7 and 8 November 2009
Least number of pieces in a concert 1 Messiah, 27 November 2004
Messiah, 6 December 2008
Largest audience 520 Oxford Town Hall, 17 April 1999
Audience sell-outs 2 Oxford Town Hall, 17 April 1999 (520);
Cornerstone Didcot, 25 October 2008 (211)
Typical audience 100-150
Smallest audience 40 14 December 1985
Furthest concert venue from Oxford 50 miles Woburn Abbey Church, 2001
 

Repertoire

Most frequently played piece 4 times Dvorak 9
Next most frequently played piece 3 times Beethoven 7, Kalinnikov Cedar and the Palm
Number of pieces played 497
Number of symphonies 87
Number of concertos 55
Number of overtures 52
Number of symphonic poems 19
Number of new works premiered 32
UK amateur premieres 7 Alfvén: A legend of the Skerries
Bridge: Isabella
Bruch: Symphony no 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 7
Four Swedish songs
Longest piece played 120 minutes Handel's Messiah
Shortest piece played 80 seconds R Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra
Most often played composer 28 Bushell
Second often played composer 27 Mozart 2007 ranked 1=
Third most often played composer 25 Tchaikovsky 2007 ranked 3=
Fourth most often played composer 22 Elgar 2007 ranked 3=
Fifth most often played composer 20 Beethoven 2007 ranked 1=
 

People

Largest concert orchestra 83 Bruckner Symphony 7, 23 March 1985
Smallest concert orchestra 11 Woburn Abbey Church, 2001
Largest choir accompanied 55 Lord Williams Festival Chorus
Most players at a Thursday rehearsal 51 January 2004
Most violins at a Thursday rehearsal 21 January 2004
Least players at a Thursday rehearsal 11 September 1983
Current membership 54
Longest serving conductor 27 years Geoffrey Bushell
Longest serving leader 17 years Emily Ormerod
Number of soloists 67 (excludes return performances)
Most soloist appearances 8 Anne Andrew, mezzo soprano
Furthest distance travelled by a soloist Yukiko Ishida From Philadelphia USA
Number of principal conductors 3
Number of guest conductors 7

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