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The Whitehall Orchestra


History

Previous concerts have included:
Saturday 11 July 2009
Topkapi Palace, Istanbul

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Beethoven: Turkish March
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto
Soloist: Idil Biret
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
J Strauss: Radetzky March

Our first overseas tour


Thursday 2 July 2009
St Pancras Church, Euston

Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture
Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto
Soloist: Jana Vonášková-Nováková
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 2


Saturday 2 May 2009

Peter Tchaikovsky : Symphony No 6
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2
Soloist: Idil Biret

Our first concert in the famous London venue - St John's, Smith Square


Thursday 27 November 2008

John Williams : Music from Jurassic Park and ET
Richard Addinsell : Warsaw Concerto from Dangerous Moonlight
Richard Strauss : Till Eulenspiegel
George Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue
Soloist: Samantha Ward
Ralph Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No 6


Thursday 3 July 2008

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Soloist: Nathaniel Vallois
Tchaikovsky: 5th Symphony
This concert was our first in St Gabriel's church, Pimlico


Thursday 13 March 2008

R Strauss: Don Juan
Weber: 2nd Clarinet concerto
Clarinet soloist: Colin Bradbury
(ex principal BBC SO)

Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Dvorak: 7th Symphony


Thursday 29 November 2007

Sibelius: Lemminkaeinen's Return
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2
piano soloist: Idil Biret
Brahms: 4th Symphony


Thursday 5 July 2007

Berg: Violin Concerto
Violin soloist: Nathaniel Vallois
Bruckner: 5th Symphony

This concert saw us on the move again,
to St George's RC Cathedral, Southwark


Wednesday 21 March 2007

Debussy: Iberia
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Soprano: Fabienne Borget
Saint Saens: Organ Symphony
Organ soloist: David Bednall


30 November 2006

Elizabeth Lutyens: Rondel
(2006 is 100th anniversary of her birth)
Ibert: Flute Concerto
Flute soloist: Jak Berry
Mahler: 1st Symphony


6 July 2006

John Williams: Star Wars
Walton: Cello Concerto
Cello soloist: Leonid Gorokhov
Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2

After 7 years performing at St Giles, Cripplegate, this concert marked a change of venue -
to St John's church, Waterloo


23 March 2006

Debussy: L'aprčs midi d'un faune
Shostakovitch: Violin Concerto
Violin soloist: Nathaniel Vallois
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique


24 November 2005

Tchaikovsky: Cappriccio Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Gliere: Horn Concerto
Horn soloist: Richard Lewis
Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sibelius: Finlandia
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition


13 November 2005

Harrow Arts Centre Charity Concert featuring
Dukas: Sorcerer's apprentice; opera arias; items by pupils of the Purcell School


30 June 2005

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Khatchaturian: Violin Concerto
Violin soloist: Cihat Askin
Shostakovitch: Symphony no. 10


17 March 2005

Bliss: Piano Concerto
Piano soloist: Alan Brown
Bruckner: Symphony no 7


25 November 2004

Paganini: Violin Concerto no 1
Violin soloist: Peter Fisher
Mahler: Symphony no 5


1 July 2004

Berlioz: Harold in Italy
Viola soloist: Eric Sargon
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Piano soloist: Daniel Grimwood
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration


25 March 2004

Hindemith: Symphony Mathis der Maler
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Cello soloist: Leonid Gorokhov
Wagner: Tannhäuser overture
Elgar: Enigma Variations


27 November 2003

Debussy: La Mer
Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1
Dvorak: Symphony No 9 From the New World
Piano soloist: Richard Evans


3 July 2003

Rossini: Thieving Magpie overture
Messager: Ballet music Les Deux Pigeons
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker suite
Debussy: Prelude à l'aprés-midi d'un faune
Borodin: Prince Igor overture
Opera arias from
Puccini: Madame Butterfly; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi
Verdi: La Traviata
Soprano: Fabienne Borget
Tenor: Lindsey Day


20 March 2003
Holst: Somerset Rhapsody
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No 4
Violin soloist: Nathaniel Vallois


28 November 2002
Gershwin: American in Paris
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 in C (K467)
Shostakovich: 5th Symphony
Pianist: Mariela Cingo

4 July 2002
Beethoven: Fidelio Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: 5th Symphony
Violin soloist: Nathaniel Vallois

21st March 2002
Britten: Four Sea Interludes
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Cello soloist: Leonid Gorokhov
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

29th November 2001
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 (Emperor)
Pianist: Mary Dullea
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4

5th July 2001
Malcolm Arnold: Cornish Dances
Hummel: Trumpet concerto
Solo trumpet: Andrew Crowley
Gabriel Currington : "Days of a Thousand Years" for Orchestra
(World premiere)
Dvorak: Symphony no 8


29th March 2001
Haydn Symphony no 101 in D (Clock)
Beethoven: Ah! Perfido
Soprano: Simone Broso
Mahler: 4th Symphony

30th November 2000
Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty" ballet suite
Verdi: "La Forza del Destino" overture
Arias for tenor solo by Verdi, Puccini and Tosti
Tenor: Neil Latchman
Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier" Waltz suite


13 July 2000
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony
L Bottesini: Grand Duo for Violin and Double Bass
Violin: Peter Fisher; Double bass: Leon Bosch
P Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen for Violin and Orchestra
Schumann: Symphony no. 3 (Rhenish)

30 March 2000
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Violin: Marcia Crayford; Cello: Michael Stirling; Piano: Kathron Sturrock
Bruckner: Symphony no. 9

2 December 1999
Smetana: Vlatava from "Ma Vlast"
Strauss: 4 last songs
Mezzo: Wendy Grose
Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan & Isolde
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite no. 2

1 July 1999
Elgar: "Cockaigne" Overture
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Piano: Alan Brown
Brahms: Symphony no. 3

25 March 1999
Weber: "Freischutz" Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Violin: Nathaniel Vallois
Dvorak: Symphony no. 7

This concert marked a change of venue - we moved from the church of Holy Trinity with All Saints, Kensington to St Giles, Cripplegate.


3 December 1998
20th Anniversary Concert
Rossini: "William Tell" Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Piano: David Meacock
Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 5

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