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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Thursday 29 November 2007
Sibelius: Lemminkaeinen's Return
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2
piano soloist: Idil Biret
Brahms: 4th Symphony
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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
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| Wednesday 21 March 2007
Debussy: Iberia
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Soprano: Fabienne Borget
Saint Saens: Organ Symphony
Organ soloist: David Bednall
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30 November 2006
Elizabeth Lutyens: Rondel
(2006 is 100th anniversary of her birth)
Ibert: Flute Concerto
Flute soloist: Jak Berry
Mahler: 1st Symphony
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| 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
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23 March 2006
Debussy: L'aprčs midi d'un faune
Shostakovitch: Violin Concerto
Violin soloist: Nathaniel Vallois
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
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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
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13 November 2005
Harrow Arts Centre Charity Concert featuring
Dukas: Sorcerer's apprentice; opera arias; items by pupils of the Purcell School
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30 June 2005
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Khatchaturian: Violin Concerto
Violin soloist: Cihat Askin
Shostakovitch: Symphony no. 10
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17 March 2005
Bliss: Piano Concerto
Piano soloist: Alan Brown
Bruckner: Symphony no 7
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25 November 2004
Paganini: Violin Concerto no 1
Violin soloist: Peter Fisher
Mahler: Symphony no 5
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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
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25 March 2004
Hindemith: Symphony Mathis der Maler
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Cello soloist: Leonid Gorokhov
Wagner: Tannhäuser overture
Elgar: Enigma Variations
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27 November 2003
Debussy: La Mer
Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1
Dvorak: Symphony No 9 From the New World
Piano soloist: Richard Evans
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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
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20 March 2003
Holst: Somerset Rhapsody
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No 4
Violin soloist: Nathaniel Vallois
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28 November 2002
Gershwin: American in Paris
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 in C (K467)
Shostakovich: 5th Symphony
Pianist: Mariela Cingo
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4 July 2002
Beethoven: Fidelio Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: 5th Symphony
Violin soloist: Nathaniel Vallois
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21st March 2002
Britten: Four Sea Interludes
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Cello soloist: Leonid Gorokhov
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
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29th November 2001
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 (Emperor)
Pianist: Mary Dullea
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4
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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
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29th March 2001
Haydn Symphony no 101 in D (Clock)
Beethoven: Ah! Perfido
Soprano: Simone Broso
Mahler: 4th Symphony
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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
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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)
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30 March 2000
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Violin: Marcia Crayford; Cello: Michael Stirling; Piano: Kathron
Sturrock
Bruckner: Symphony no. 9
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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
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1 July 1999
Elgar: "Cockaigne" Overture
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Piano: Alan Brown
Brahms: Symphony no. 3
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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.
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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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