The Orchestra has a varied repertoire, and is particularly keen to promote and perform lesser known pieces, and 20th Century works including commissions. 

Details of previous concert seasons are shown below.

 

            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2007/2008

18 May 2008, Conductor - Paul Hilliam, Soloist - Eleanor Turner (Harp) & Jo Conquest (Flute)
Mozart - Concert for Flute & Harp
Schubert - Symphony No.3
Butterworth - On the Banks of Green Willow
Paul Sudlow - Suite for Strings
24 February 2008, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloist - Kathryn Rutland
Dvorak - Violin Concerto
Brahms - Symphony No.1
Malcolm Arnold - 2nd Suite
30 September 2007, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloist - Tim Carey
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.21
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8
Stravinsky - Pulcinella

2006/2007

20 May 2007, Conductor - Paul Hilliam, Soloist - Gina McCormack
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture
Brahms - Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5
25 February 2007, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloist - Andrew Gough
Rossini - L’Italiana in Algeri Overture
Villa Lobos - Guitar Concerto
Vaughan Williams  - Suite: The Wasps
Britten -
Soirιes musicales
24 September 2006, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloist - Karen Wise
Liadov– The Enchanted Lake
Mahler - Kindertotenlieder
Beethoven - Symphony No. 4

2005/2006

31 May 2006, Conductor - Paul Hilliam, Soloist - David Whittaker
Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Schumann - Cello Concerto
Kodaly - Dances of Galanta
Haydn - Symphony 39
26 February 2006, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloist - Peter Cigleris
Mozart - Symphony 31
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Ivor McGregor - Symphony 1
25 September 2005, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloist - Kathryn Corrigan
Beethoven - Symphony 6
Resphigi - The Birds
Rossini - Overture The Thieving Magpie

2004/2005

22 May 2005, Conductor - Paul Hilliam, Soloist - Gina McCormack

Brahms - Hungarian Dances 1-5

Bruch - Violin Concerto

Paul Sudlow - The Echoing Green

Sibelius - Belshazzar's Feast

27 February 2005, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloists - Richard Laing & Alex Afia

Bach JS – Double Violin Concerto

Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances

Beethoven - Coriolan Overture

Haydn - Symphony 104  London

26 September 2004, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloist - Karen Wise

Beethoven - Symphony 3

Cantaloube - Songs of the Auvergne

Stravinsky - Suite 1

2003/2004

23 May 2004, Conductor - Paul Hilliam, Soloist - Andrew Gough

Honegger - Pastorale d'Ete

Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture

Mozart - Symphony 38

Rodrigo - Concierto di Aranjuez

29 February 2004, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloist - Adrian Bradbury

Haydn - Symphony 67

Ravel - Ma Mere L'Oye

Richard Laing

Shostakovich - Cello Concerto 1  

28 September 2003, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloist - Alan Hacker

Beal - Clarinet Concerto 

Beethoven - Leonora 3

Purcell - Suite Abdelazar

Schubert  - Symphony 8

2002/2003

24 May 2003, Conductor - Paul Hilliam, Soloist - Andrew Gough

Corelli - Concerto grosso Op6 No3

Delius - On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring

Delius - Summer night on the river

Haydn - Symphony 83

Rodrigo - Fantasia par un gentilhombre

08 February 2003, Conductor - Martin Loveday, Soloist - Tim Carey

Arriaga - Symphony in D

Berkeley - Sinfonietta

Mozart - Piano Concerto 23 

Puccini - Chrysanthemums

13 October 2002, Conductor - Richard Laing, Soloist - Jonathan Warburton

Beethoven - Symphony 2

Debussy - L'Apres-midi 

Ewazen - 2 pieces for Bass Trombone  

2001/2002

25 May 2002, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - David LePage

Beethoven - Violin Concerto 

Stravinsky - Concerto in D

Weill - Symphony 2

28 April 2002, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Robin Alleson

Beethoven - Symphony 5

Mozart - Violin Concerto 3 

09 February 2002, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Jeong-Won Kim

Mozart - Symphony 25

Prokofiev - Sinfonietta

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto 2 

29 September 2001, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Rimma Sushanskaya

Dvorak - Wind Serenade

Polay - Romance 

Schubert - Symphony 5

Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

2000/2001

17 May 2001, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Catherine Thomas

Bizet - Symphony
Debussy - Danse sacree et profane
Faure - Pavane
Faure—Pelleas et Melisande

10 February 2001, Conductor – Franz Anton Krager, Soloist - Verity Butler
Finzi - Five Bagatelles
Rubbra -  Improvisations on Virginal pieces
Schubert - Symphony 6

30 September 2000, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Rimma Sushanskaya
Beethoven - Symphony 5
Britten - Simple Symphony
Finko - Violin Concerto

1999/2000

27 May 2000, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloists - Malcolm Rowson, Daniel Ruiz, Anna Bradley
Copland - Appalachian Spring (Chamber version)
Copland - Quiet City
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Vorisek - Symphony in D

5 February 2000, Conductor – Franz Anton Krager, Soloist - Helen Powell
Mendelssohn - Symphony 3
Strauss R - Oboe Concerto

25 September 1999, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Nick Jones
Mozart - Symphony 31
Stravinsky - Octet
Tavener - The Protecting Veil

1998/1999

22 May 1999, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Beverley Davison
Handel -  Concerto Grosso Op 3 No2
Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel -  Water Music 1
Mozart -  Sinfonia Concertante
Vivaldi - Concerto in Bmin Op3 No 10
30 January 1999, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Todor Petrov
Barber -  Adagio
Barber - Capricorn Concerto
Mozart - Piano Concerto 24
Mozart - Symphony 35
26 September 1998, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Naomi Boole-Masterson
Mozart - Divertimento 11 K251
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony
Sibelius - Rakastava Suite
Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations
Mozart - Arias from Don Giovanni for Wind Ensemble

1997/1998

6 June 1998, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Helen Powell
Francaix - L’Horloge de Fleur
Mozart Symphony 39
Stravinsky - Danses Concertantes
Vivaldi - Oboe Concerto in A

7 February 1998, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Julian Hellaby

Brahms - Serenade 1 in D

Ramskill - Piano Concerto

Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
27 September 1997, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Emma McKnight

Dvorak - Czech Suite
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Tippett - Little Music for Strings

1996/1997

17 May 1997, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Rimma Sushanskaya
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night’s Dream Incidental Music
Mozart - Symphony 41
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto 2
8 February 1997, Conductor – Norman Owen Soloist - Idris Harries
Haydn - Symphony 94
Ibert - Divertissement
Mervyn Burch - Clarinet Concerto
Weber - Concertino

27 September 1996, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Alison Hall
Finzi - Romance
Mozart -  Oboe Concerto
Schubert - Symphony 3
Tippett - Divertimento on Sellinger’s Round

1995/1996

18 May 1996, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloists- Christine Whiffen, Lorraine Nott, Mildred Hill
Bach JS - Brandenburg 5
Falla - Harpsichord Concerto
Mozart - Symphony 40
Weill - Dreigroschenmusik

3 February 1996, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Norman Owen
Beethoven - Symphony 7
Mathius - Horn Concerto
Sibelius - Pelleas et Melisande

23 September 1995, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Dierdre Summerlin
Haydn - Cello Concerto in C
Haydn - Symphony 70
Simpson - Symphony 7

1994/1995

13 May 1995, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist - Byron Parish
Mendelssohn - Symphony 4
 Mozart -  Overture Cosi Fan Tutte, Panufnik - Violin Concerto
Stravinsky - Suite 1
4 February 1995, Conductor – David Curtis
Beethoven - Overture Coriolan
Beethoven - Symphony 1
Gregory Tearnan - Concerto for Chamber Orchestra
Part - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
24 September 1994, Conductor – Norman Owen, Soloist - Robin Alleson
Beethoven - Romance Op50
de Fesch - Concerto Gross in Bflat
Mozart - Violin Concert 3
Stravinsky - Pulcinella

1993/1994

14 May 1994, Conductor – Paul Murphy, Soloist - John Todd
Berkeley - Sinfonietta
Maxwell Davies - Renaissance Scottish Dances
Mozart - Symphony 29
Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto
5 February 1994, Conductor – David Curtis, Soloist—Idris Harries
Beethoven - Symphony 8
Mathias - Clarinet Concerto
Panufinik - Harmony
24 September 1993, Conductor – Byron Parish / Chris Lambert, Soloist - Jane Saunders
Bach JC - Symphony Op18 No2
Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances
Colin Twigg - The Heart of Light
Haydn - Symphony 103
Martinu - Oboe Concerto

1992/1993

15 May 1993, Conductor – Leon Gee
Beethoven - Symphony 2
Dvorak - Wind Seranade
Suk - Serenade in E Flat

6 February 1993, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Fiona Rose
Barber - Knoxville Summer of 1915
Copland - Appalachian Spring (Chamber version)
Liszt (Arr Adams) - The Black Gondola
Schubert - Symphony 5
26 September 1992, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Robin Alleson
Brahms - Serenade 2
Ives - The Unanswered Question
Vivaldi—The Four Seasons

1991/1992

16 May 1992, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Janet Mastersand, Caroline Clemmow
Downes - Symphony 2
Mendelssohn -  Concerto for Violin and Piano
Mendelssohn - Symphony 1
1 February 1992, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Marian Pivka
Beethoven - Piano Concerto 3
Shostakovich -  Chamber Symphony 1
Stravinsky - Dunbarton Oates
28 September 1991, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Idris Harries
Beethoven - Symphony 3 Eroica
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet

1990/1991

27 April 1991, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Robin Alleson
Duke Ellington - Night Creature
Saint-Saens - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Sarasate - Zigenuerweisen
Weill - Symphony 2
29 September 1990, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - John Todd
Beethoven - Symphony 6
Bohac - Elegy
Stamitz - Cello Concerto in A

1989/1990

3 February 1990, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Fiona Rose

Berlioz - Nuits d’Ete
Mendelssohn - Symphony 1
Rossini - Le Cenerentola Overture
1 October 1989, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Soloist - Brenda Beck
Falla - El amor brujo
Mozart - Symphony 36
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll

1988/1989

29 April 1989, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Kevin Darvas
Mayer - Mahasama
Beethoven - Symphony 7
Glinka - Kamarinskaya
Lambert - Concerto
2 February 1989, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Robin Alleson
Mozart - Symphony 39
Vivaldi - Four Seasons
1 October 1988, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia
Gershwin - Lullaby
Mayer - Mahasama
Mendelssohn - Symphony 3

1987/1988

11 June 1988, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Julian Hellaby
Brahms - St Antony Variations
Dvorak - Piano Concerto
Handel - Concerto Grosso Op6 No5
23 April 1988, Conductor – Carmen Tellez, Soloist - Malcolm Rowson
Bach / Webern - Musical Offering (Fugue)
Donizetti - Concertino for Cor Anglais
Elgar -  Serenade
Ravel - Ma Mere l’Oye
3 October 1987, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Robin Alleson, Klara Gellert, Peter Stubbs, Nick Hodges
Bach JS - Violin Concerto in Aminor
Bach JS - Wachet Auf
Mendelssohn - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Vivaldi - Violin Concerto Op3 No3
Weill - Symphony 2

1986/1987

6 June 1987, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia
Bach JS - Brandenburg 3
Borodin - Nocturne
Pergolesi - Stabat mater
Stravinsky - Dunbarton Oaks
5 April 1987, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia
Mozart - Masonic Funeral Music
Mozart -  Serenade for 13 Wind
27 September 1986, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Mark Bebbington
Beethoven - Piano Concerto 3
J Strauss/Schoenburg - Emperor Waltz
Milhaud - La Creation du Monde
Rossini - Italian Girl in Algiers

1985/1986

28 June 1986, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloists - Fiona Rose, Elspeth Dales, Stephen Smith
Berlioz -  Nuits d’Ete
Schubert - Rosamunde
Walton - Faηade
1 February 1986, Conductor – Carmen Tellez, Soloist - Cesar Rangel
Haydn -  Symphony 59
Martinu - Nonet
Mozart - Piano Concerto 23
Sammartini - Sinfonia in D
28 September 1985, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Robin Alleson
Haydn - Violin Concerto in C
Ibert - Concertino de Camera
Schubert - Symphony 3
Strauss R - Suite for 13 Wind

1984/1985

18 May 1985, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist -  Phillippa Ibbotson
Dvorak -  Wind Serenade
Strauss R - Serenade
Stravinsky - Instrumental Miniatures
Weill - Violin Concerto
2 February 1985, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Simon Lebens
Beethoven - Prometheus Overture
Brahms -  Serenade 2
Honegger - Concertino for piano
Julian Grant - Hommage a Odilon Redon
22 December 1984, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia
Bach JS -  Wachet Auf
Charpentier - Messe de Minuit
Corelli - Christmas Concerto
Rutter - 4 Carols Paul Trepte
15 September 1984, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Robin Alleson
Bach/Webern - The Musical Offering Fuga
Beethoven -  Violin Concerto
Faure -  Pelleas et Melisande
Strauss R -  Araidne Overture and dance scene

1983/1984

11 September 1983, Conductor – Julian Grant, Soloists– Andrew Mogrelia, Robin Alleson
Haydn - Symphony 100
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Prokofiev - Violin Concerto 2
Beethoven - Prometheus Overture

1982/1983

2 July 1983, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Paul Trepte
Bizet -  Symphony in C
Gounod - Petite Sinfonie
Poulenc -  Organ Concerto

14 May 1983, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist -  Robin Alleson
Vivaldi -  Four Seasons
Beethoven -  Symphony 2
12 February 1983, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Shaun Sellings
Haydn - Symphony 87
Julian Grant - Flute Concerto
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Vivaldi - Fulte Concert (La notte)
11 September 1982, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist -  Pauline Lowbury
Mozart -  Symphony 29
Poulenc -  Sinfonietta
Beethoven - Violin Concerto

1981/1982

3 July 1982, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist -  Simon Lebens
Beethoven -  Piano Concerto 3
Haydn -  Symphony 103
Julian Grant -  Hommage a Odilon Redon
23 May 1982, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist -  Robin Alleson
Bellini -  Norma Overture
Beethoven -  Symphony 5
Stravinsky - Violin Concerto
20 September 1981, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist -  Malcolm Rowson, Bernard Sutton, John Geddes, Maurice Byrne
Beethoven -  Symphony 4
Rossini - La Cenerentola Overture
Mozart -  Sinfonia Concertante

1980/1981

4 July 1981, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Joanna Hawkins, Alida Gebolys, Simon Lebens, Andrew Shore
Bach JS - Brandenburg 5
Julian Grant -  Harpsichord Concerto
Stravinsky -  Pulcinella
10 May 1981, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Margaret Campbell
Mozart - Flute Concerto in G
Haydn - Symphony 22
Mozart -  Symphony 36
13 September 1980, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Nicholas Selo
Saints-Saens -  Cello Concerto 1
Ravel -  Ma Mere l’Oye complete
Haydn - Symphony 49

1979/1980

6 July 1980, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloists - Janet Cleave, Nicholas Selo, Simon Lebens
Beethoven -  Symphony 5
Beethoven -  Triple Concerto
5 May 1980, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloists - Andrew Fletcher, David Nichols
Mozart Concerto for 2 pianos
Schubert - Symphony 5
Beethoven -  Wind Octet
2 February 1980, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloists - Duncan McTier, John Geddes, Simon Lebens
Bourgeois -  Double Bass Concerto
Strauss R - Horn Concerto 1
Mozart -  Piano Concert in Bb K456

1978/1979

24 September 1978, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloists - Mildred Hill, Miriam Lowbury, Denis Brearley, Sue Vercoe
Rossini -  Italian Girl in Algiers
Haydn - Sinfonia Concertante in Bb
Beethoven -  Symphony 1

1977/1978

24 September 1977, Conductor – Andrew Mogrelia, Soloist - Sue Vercoe
Weber -  Bassoon Concerto
Warlock -  Capriol Suite
Schubert - Symphony 5
Haydn - Symphony 94