Programme notes
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Anderson
A Christmas Festival
Sleigh Ride
Andriessen
The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven for Orchestra and Ice Cream Vendor's Bell
Arnold
The Holly and the Ivy
Peterloo Overture
Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances
Viola Concerto
Bax
Tintagel
Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus - Overture
Egmont Overture
Leonore Overture No. 3
Piano Concerto No. 3
Romance in F
String Quartet No. 8, 'Razumovsky'
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7 (abridged)
Symphony No. 7 (full)
Symphony No. 8
Violin Concerto
Triple Concerto
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
Bizet
Carmen Suites
L'Arlésienne Suites
Blake
The Snowman
Bloch
Schelomo
Borodin
Prince Igor - Overture
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Double Concerto
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Piano Concerto No. 1
Schicksalslied
Symphony No. 3
Violin Concerto
Bridge
The Sea
Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1
Butterworth
A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody
Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2
Copland
Billy the Kid
Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Fanfare for the Common Man
A Lincoln Portrait
Delius
Two Small Pieces for Orchestra
Dove
The Magic Flute Dances
Dvořák
Cello Concerto
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9
The Water Goblin
Elgar
Enigma Variations
Violin Concerto
de Falla
Danse Espagnol (La Vida Breve)
Farrington
Scary Fairy
Giacchino
Star Trek Into Darkness
Gregson-Williams
Narnia
Grieg
Peer Gynt
Haydn
Symphony No. 45 (finale)
Symphony No. 104
Holst
The Planets
Hummel
Trumpet Concerto
Humperdinck
Hänsel und Gretel Prelude
Joly Braga Santos
Symphonic Overture No. 3
Kabalevsky
Violin Concerto
Korngold
Violin Concerto
Lalo
Cello Concerto
Lopez
Frozen
Mahler
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 5
MacCunn
Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Marquez
Danzón No. 2
Massenet
Scènes Pittoresques
Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Milhaud
Le bœuf sur le toit
Mozart
Don Giovanni Overture
Flute Concerto
Magic Flute Overture
Oboe Concerto
Piano Concerto No. 25
String Quartet No. 19, 'Dissonance'
Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Offenbach
La belle Hélène – Overture
Poulenc
Flute Sonata (arr Lennox Berkeley)
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3
Peter and the Wolf
Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 3
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Symphonic Dances
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Ravel
Boléro
Ma mère l'Oye (‘Mother Goose’)
Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol
Scheherazade
The Snow Maiden
Rossini
Barber of Seville Overture
Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Violin Concerto No. 3
Schubert
Fierrebras Overture
Rosamunde Overture
Schumann
Symphony No. 3, 'Rhenish'
Symphony No. 4
Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 7 (full)
Symphony No. 7 (abridged)
Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 5
Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture
Capriccio Italien
Piano Concerto No. 1
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Sleeping Beauty Suite
Swan Lake Suite
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Songs of Travel
The Wasps Overture
Symphony No. 2
Wagner
The Ring Without Words (arr Maazel)
Walton
Viola Concerto
Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1
Williams
Harry Potter Symphonic Suite (arr Brubaker)
Star Wars Suite
Woolfenden
Oboe Concerto
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25 May 2022 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms)
Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky)
12 June 2022 European Doctors' Orchestra
The Water Goblin (Dvorak)
Cello Concerto (Lalo)
Symphony No. 3 (Brahms)
14 May 2022 Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra
Centenary Opera Gala
14 May 2022 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
The Sea (Bridge)
Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev)
Symphony No. 2 (Vaughan WIlliams)
26 March 2022 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Cello Concerto (Dvorak)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)
Cello Concerto (Dvorak)
Two Pieces for Small Orchestra
5 March 2022 Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra
Egmont Overture (Beethoven)
Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninov)
Symphony No. 8 (Dvorak)
26 Feb 2022 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Egmont Overture (Beethoven)
Viola Concerto (Walton)
Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius)
29 Jan 2022 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Violin Concerto (Elgar)
Symphony No. 3 (Rachmaninov)
12 Dec 2021 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
The Scary Fairy Family Concert
7 Nov 2021 Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra
Rosamunde Overture (Schubert)
Violin Concerto (Brahms)
Symphony No. 4 (Schumann)
13 Nov 2021 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Tintagel (Bax)
Triple Concerto (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
9 Oct 2021 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
A Lincoln Portrait (Copland)
Billy the Kid (Copland)
Symphony No. 9 (Dvorak)
26 June 2021 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Leonore Overture No. 3 (Beethoven)
Romance in F (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
28 March 2020 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Romeo and Juliet Overture (Tchaikovsky)
Sleeping Beauty Suite (Tchaikovsky)
Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius)
7 March 2020 Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra
Sleeping Beauty Suite (Tchaikovsky)
Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky/Ravel)
7 March 2020 Salus Quartet
String Quartet No. 19, 'Dissonance' (Mozart)
String Quartet No. 8, 'Razumovsky' (Beethoven)
29 February 2020 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture (Mendelssohn)
Piano Concerto No. 25 (Mozart)
(The Rite of Spring - Stravinsky)
28 Jan 2020 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)
Symphony No. 7, 'Leningrad' (Shostakovich)
8 December 2019 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
The Wasps (Vaughan Williams)
The Snowman (Blake)
Nine Symphonies of Beethoven (Andriessen)
Star Trek (Giacchino)
Star Wars (Williams)
The Holly and the Ivy (Arnold)
16 November 2019 Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra
L'Arlésienne – Excerpts from Suites 1 and 2 (Bizet)
Rococo Variations (Tchaikovsky)
Symphonie Fantastique (Berlioz)
9 November 2019 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Schelomo (Bloch)
Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)
20 October 2020 European Doctors' Orchestra
Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland)
Schicksalslied (Brahms)
Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)
12 October 2019 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Peterloo Overture (Arnold)
Double Concerto (Brahms)
Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)
15 June 2019 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich)
Symphonic Overture No. 3 (Joly Braga Santos)
Enigma Variations (Elgar)
19 May 2019 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Le bœuf sur le toit (Milhaud)
Oboe Concerto (Woolfenden)
Symphony No. 45 (Haydn)
Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
18 May 2019 Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra
La Belle Helene Overture (Offenbach)
Flute Sonata (Poulenc, arr Berkeley)
Rodeo (Copland)
Symphony No. 9 (Dvorak)
30 March 2019 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 1(Tchaikovsky)
Viola Concerto (Bartok)
Oboe Concerto (Mozart)
2 March 2019 Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra
Capriccio Italien (Tchaikovsky)
Violin Concerto (Kabalevsky)
Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninov)
23 February 2019 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms)
Violin Concerto (Korngold)
Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninov)
26 January 2019 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Magic Flute Overture (Mozart)
Magic Flute Dances (Jonathan Dove)
The Ring Without Words (Wagner arr. Maazel)
16 December 2018 Stockport Symphony Orchestra
Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev)
Harry Potter Symphonic Suite (Williams arr. Brubaker)
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Britten)
1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)
A Christmas Festival (Anderson)
Sleigh Ride (Anderson)
17 November 2018 Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra
Creatures of Prometheus Overture (Beethoven)
A Shropshire Lad (Butterworth)
Songs of Travel (Vaughan Williams)
Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)
21 October 2018 European Doctors' Orchestra (London)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas)
Violin Concerto (Dvorak)
Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)
Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra May 2018
Romanian Folk Dances (Bartók )
Spanish Dance, 'La Vida Breve' (de Falla)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccio (Saint-Saens)
Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)
Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra March 2018
Land of the Mountain and the Flood (McCunn)
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 (Weber)
The Planets (Holst)
European Doctors' Orchestra 19 November 2017
Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)
Alderley Edge Symphony Orchestra November 2017
Barber of Seville Overture (Rossini)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninov)
Scenes Pittoresques (Massenet)
Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Alderley Edge Orchestra February 2017
Hänsel und Gretel Prelude (Humperdinck)
Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev)
Boléro (Ravel)
Swan Lake Suite (Tchaikovsky)
Alderley Edge Orchestra February 2017
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (Mendelssohn)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin)
Scheherazade (Rmsky-Korsakov)
European Doctors' Orchestra 27 Nov 2016
Danzón No. 2 (Marquez)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Rachmaninov)
Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)
Alderley Edge Orchestra November 2016
Fierrebras Overture (Schubert)
Violin Concerto (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 2 (Sibelius)
Alderley Edge Orchestra May 2016
Mother Goose (Ravel)
Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)
Symphony No. 4 (Beethoven)
Alderley Edge Orchestra March 2016
The Snow Maiden (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Trumpet Concerto (Hummel)
Symphony No. 3, 'Rhenish' (Schumann)
Manchester Medical Orchestra April 2015
The Magic Flute Overture (Mozart)
Carmen suites extracts (Bizet)
Manchester Medical Orchestra November 2014
Flute Concerto (Mozart)
Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
Manchester Medical Orchestra 14 June 2014
Don Giovanni Overture (Mozart)
Symphony No. 104 (Haydn)
Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)
Manchester Medical Orchestra 9 December 2013
Czardas (Monti)
Symphony No. 9 (Dvorak)
A Christmas Festival (Anderson)
Manchester Medical Orchestra 29 April 2013
Academic Festival Overture (Brahms)
Symphony No. 5 (Dvorak)
Manchester Medical Orchestra 10 December 2012
Egmont Overture (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 8 (Beethoven)