Concerts
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- Number of years in existence
|
43 |
|
- Number of concerts to date
|
173 |
|
- Most number of concerts in a year
|
5 |
2004, 2008 |
- Usual number of concerts in a year
|
4 |
Four in Oxford (one used to be in Didcot) |
- Least number of concerts in a year
|
2 |
1983 |
- Most number of pieces in a concert
|
13 |
8 November 2014 |
- Least number of pieces in a concert
|
1 |
Messiah, 27 November 2004
Messiah, 6 December 2008
Verdi Requiem. 5 April 2014
Elgar Dream of Gerontius, 27 April 2019 |
- Most pieces by the same composer in a concert
|
6 |
16 November 2013 (Tchaikovsky) |
|
520 |
Oxford Town Hall, 17 April 1999 |
|
2 |
Oxford Town Hall, 17 April 1999 (520);
Cornerstone Didcot, 25 October 2008 (210) |
|
100 |
|
|
40 |
14 December 1985 |
- Furthest concert venue from Oxford
|
50 miles |
Woburn Abbey Church, 2001 |
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Repertoire
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- Most frequently played piece
|
5 times |
Delius: La Calinda, Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain |
- Next most frequently played pieces
|
4 times |
Beethoven: Symphony 7, Brahms: Symphony 3, Debussy: Golliwogg's Cake-Walk, Dvorak: Symphony 9, Elgar Chansons de Matin et de Nuit, Elgar: Sea Pictures, Elgar: Serenade for Strings, Mozart: Oboe Concerto, Sibelius: Finlandia, Strauss: Emperor Waltz |
|
711 |
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|
117 |
|
|
81 |
|
|
78 |
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- Number of symphonic poems
|
52 |
|
- Number of new works premiered
|
34 |
|
|
1 |
Duparc: Danse Lente |
|
7 |
Alfvén: A Legend of the Skerries
Bridge: Isabella
Bruch: Symphony no 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 7
Four Swedish songs |
|
120 minutes |
Handel Messiah |
|
80 seconds |
R Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (opening) |
- Most often played composer
|
48 |
Tchaikovsky |
- Second most often played composer
|
31 |
Elgar |
- Third most often played composer
|
30 |
Bushell |
- Fourth often played composer
|
26 |
Mozart |
- Fifth most often played composer
|
22 |
Beethoven |
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People
|
- Largest concert orchestra
|
70 |
Verdi Requiem, 5 April 2014 |
- Smallest concert orchestra
|
11 |
Woburn Abbey Church, 2001 |
- Largest choir accompanied
|
141 |
South Chiltern Choral Society (83) and Wantage Choral Society (58) |
- Most players at a Thursday rehearsal
|
51 |
January 2004 |
- Least players at a Thursday rehearsal
|
11 |
September 1983 |
- Most violins at a Thursday rehearsal
|
21 |
January 2004 |
- Most cellos at a Thursday rehearsal
|
10 |
March 2015 |
|
35 |
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- Longest serving conductor
|
40 years |
Geoffrey Bushell – 150 concerts between 1983 and 2023 |
|
30 years |
Emily Ormerod |
- Number of different soloists
|
83 |
(excludes return performances) |
|
10 |
Anne Andrew, mezzo soprano |
- Furthest distance travelled by a soloist
|
Yukiko Ishida |
From Philadelphia USA (4 times) |
- Current number of principal conductors
|
2 |
Geoffrey Bushell, Dwight Pile-Gray |
- Total number of principal conductors
|
4 |
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- Number of guest conductors
|
11 |
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