2000
Saturday 22 January 2000, 7.30pm – Viennese Gala Evening
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: John Franklin
Suppé Pique Dame
Mozart, W A Clarinet Concerto Alastair Moseley (Clarinet)
Schubert Rosamunde – Incidental Ballet Music II (Andantino only)
Waldteufel Skaters waltz / Les Patineurs
Strauss, Johann I Radetzky March
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Lehár Zigeunerliebe – Lied und Csárdás Claire Humphreys (Soprano)
Lehár Guiditta – “Meine lippen sie küssen so heiss” Claire Humphreys (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II Greetings to Covent Garden Waltz
Strauss, Johann II Perpetuum Mobile
Strauss, Johann II Artist’s Life / Künstlerleben Waltz
Strauss, Josef Off on holiday / Auf Ferienreisen
Strauss, Johann II Emperor Waltz
Wednesday 26 January 2000, 7.30pm
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: John Franklin
Suppé Pique Dame
Mozart, W A Clarinet Concerto (2nd and 3rd movements only) Alastair Moseley (Clarinet)
Schubert Rosamunde – Incidental Ballet Music II (Andantino only)
Waldteufel Skaters waltz / Les Patineurs
Strauss, Johann I Radetzky March
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Lehár Zigeunerliebe – Lied und Csárdás Claire Humphreys (Soprano)
Lehár Guiditta – “Meine lippen sie küssen so heiss” Claire Humphreys (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II Perpetuum Mobile
Strauss, Johann II Artist’s Life / Künstlerleben Waltz
Strauss, Josef Off on holiday / Auf Ferienreisen
Strauss, Johann II Emperor Waltz
Friday 4 February 2000, 7.30pm – Hi! Vienna!
Lichfield Civic Hall
Conductor: John Franklin
Suppé Pique Dame
Mozart, W A Clarinet Concerto (2nd and 3rd movements only) Alastair Moseley (Clarinet)
Schubert Rosamunde – Incidental Ballet Music II (Andantino only)
Waldteufel Skaters waltz / Les Patineurs
Strauss, Johann I Radetzky March
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Lehár Guiditta – “Meine lippen sie küssen so heiss” Claire Humphreys (Soprano)
Lehár Zigeunerliebe – Lied und Csárdás Claire Humphreys (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II Greetings to Covent Garden Waltz
Strauss, Johann II Perpetuum Mobile
Strauss, Johann II Artist’s Life / Künstlerleben Waltz
Strauss, Josef Off on holiday / Auf Ferienreisen
Strauss, Johann II Emperor Waltz
Sunday 20 February 2000, 7.30pm – A Traditional Symphony Concert
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Ruy Blas Overture
Strauss, R Symphony No. 2 in Eb for 16 Wind
Dvořák Serenade for String Orchestra in E
Brahms Symphony No. 3
Sunday 27 February 2000, 7.30pm – A Traditional Symphony Concert
St. Mary’s Church, Cleobury Mortimer
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Ruy Blas Overture
Strauss, R Symphony No. 2 in Eb for 16 Wind
Dvořák Serenade for String Orchestra in E
Brahms Symphony No. 3
Sunday 19 March 2000, 7.30pm – Last Night at the Proms
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus Overture
Grieg Piano Concerto James Lisney (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
Gershwin Real McCoy – Promenade / Walking the Dog
Humperdinck Hänsel and Gretel – Witch’s Aria and Dance Sarah Castle (Mezzo-soprano)
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Arne “Rule Britannia” Sarah Castle (Mezzo-soprano)
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Parry Jerusalem
Saturday 20 May 2000, 7.30pm – Celebrating the Millennium
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Paul Spicer
Dove Ringing Isle – A Fanfare for Orchestra
Matthews Toccata Meccanica (1984)
Chilcot Singing by Numbers
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 1 Julie Kennard (Soprano), Henry Herford (Baritone)
Sunday 11 June 2000, 7.30pm – A Russian Spectacular
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Borodin Prince Igor Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 Martin Cousin (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Sunday 18 June 2000, 7.30pm – A Russian Spectacular
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Borodin Prince Igor Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 Martin Cousin (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Wednesday 28 June 2000, 7.30pm – A Russian Spectacular
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Borodin Prince Igor Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 Harold Britton (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Sunday 8 October 2000, 7.30pm – A Symphonic Delight
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Schumann Symphony No. 4
Mahler Symphony No. 5 Martyn Jones (Horn)
Saturday 14 October 2000, 7.30pm – A Symphonic Delight
Pershore Abbey
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Schumann Symphony No. 4
Mahler Symphony No. 5 Martyn Jones (Horn)
Saturday 25 November 2000, 7.30pm – Elgar Celebration
Birmingham Oratory Church
Conductor: Jeremy Patterson
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Sally Bruce-Payne (Mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (Tenor), Alan Fairs (Bass)
Sunday 3 December 2000, 2.00pm – Christmas Spirit
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Rossini William Tell Overture
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Khachaturian Masquerade – Suite
Hely-Hutchinson Carol Symphony
Willcocks Five Christmas Carols
Anderson Sleigh Ride
Sunday 3 December 2000, 7.00pm – Christmas Spirit
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Rossini William Tell Overture
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Khachaturian Masquerade – Suite
Hely-Hutchinson Carol Symphony
Willcocks Five Christmas Carols
Anderson Sleigh Ride
2001
Sunday 28 January 2001, 7.30pm – Viennese Gala Evening
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: John Franklin
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Mozart, W A Piano Concerto No. 21 (2nd & 3rd movements only) Alastair Moseley (Piano)
Schubert Symphony No. 5 (3rd & 4th Movements only)
Strauss, Johann II Wiener Blut Waltz
Strauss, Johann I Radetzky March
Strauss, Johann II Emperor Waltz
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus – Czardas – “Klange der heimath” Claire Humphreys (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus – Laughing Song Claire Humphreys (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Strauss, Johann II & Josef Pizzicato Polka
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Johann II Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Wednesday 31 January 2001, 7.30pm
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: John Franklin
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Mozart, W A Piano Concerto No. 21 (2nd & 3rd movements only) Alastair Moseley (Piano)
Schubert Symphony No. 5 (3rd & 4th Movements only)
Strauss, Johann II Wiener Blut Waltz
Strauss, Johann I Radetzky March
Strauss, Johann II Emperor Waltz
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus – Czardas – “Klange der heimath” Claire Humphreys (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II Die Fledermaus – Laughing Song Claire Humphreys (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Strauss, Johann II & Josef Pizzicato Polka
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Sunday 11 February 2001, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Beethoven Creatures of Prometheus Overture (Overture and excerpts)
Beethoven Symphony No. 3
Sunday 18 February 2001, 7.30pm
St. Mary’s Church, Cleobury Mortimer
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Beethoven Creatures of Prometheus Overture (Overture and excerpts)
Beethoven Symphony No. 3
Sunday 22 April 2001, 7.30pm – Romance and Drama
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Seal
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture
Sibelius Violin Concerto Gonzalo Acosta (Violin)
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Saturday 28 April 2001, 7.30pm – Romance and Drama
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Michael Seal
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture
Sibelius Violin Concerto Gonzalo Acosta (Violin)
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Sunday 10 June 2001, 7.30pm – Poetry in Music
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Berlioz Les Francs-Juges Overture
Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer Leslie John Flanagan (Baritone)
Strauss, R Ein Heldenleben Edward Bale (Violin)
Sunday 17 June 2001, 7.30pm – Poetry in Music
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Berlioz Les Francs-Juges Overture
Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer Leslie John Flanagan (Baritone)
Strauss, R Ein Heldenleben Edward Bale (Violin)
Wednesday 27 June 2001, 7.30pm – Poetry in Music
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Berlioz Les Francs-Juges Overture
Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer Leslie John Flanagan (Baritone)
Strauss, R Ein Heldenleben Edward Bale (Violin)
Sunday 7 October 2001, 7.30pm – The Romantics
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Weber Oberon Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 Artur Pizarro (Piano)
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Sunday 14 October 2001, 7.30pm – By Special Request
Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Conductor: Paul Spicer
Verdi Requiem Alison Pearce (Soprano), Catherine Denley (Contralto), Ian Thompson (Tenor), Stephen Roberts (Bass)
Sunday 9 December 2001, 7.30pm – The Seasons
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Stravinsky Petrouchka (revised 1947)
Glazunov Seasons – Summer
Glazunov Seasons – Autumn
Glière Red Poppy Suite
Anderson Sleigh Ride
2002
Sunday 20 January 2002, 7.30pm – 60th Anniversary Celebrations
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Walton Portsmouth Point Overture
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Hall of Mountain King only)
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Coates Dam Busters – March
Arnold English Dances 1st Set
Elgar Nimrod
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Wednesday 23 January 2002, 7.30pm – 60th Anniversary Celebrations
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Walton Portsmouth Point Overture
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Hall of Mountain King only)
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Coates Dam Busters – March
Arnold English Dances 1st Set
Elgar Nimrod
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Sunday 3 February 2002, 7.30pm – 60th Anniversary Celebrations
St. Mary’s Church, Cleobury Mortimer
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Walton Portsmouth Point Overture
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Hall of Mountain King only)
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Coates Dam Busters – March
Arnold English Dances 1st Set
Elgar Nimrod
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Sunday 10 February 2002, 7.30pm – 60th Anniversary Celebrations
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Walton Portsmouth Point Overture
Gounod Faust – ballet music
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Hall of Mountain King only)
Sibelius Kuolema – Valse Triste
Coates Dam Busters – March
Arnold English Dances 1st Set
Elgar Nimrod
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Sunday 7 April 2002, 7.30pm – In the Spring
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Beethoven Violin Concerto Byron Parish (Violin)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Saturday 13 April 2002, 7.30pm – Lichfield & District Lions Club 16th Annual Grand Charity Concert
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Michael Seal
Beethoven Violin Concerto Byron Parish (Violin)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Sunday 9 June 2002, 7.30pm – The Sea
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Bridge Sea
Elgar Sea Pictures Emma Selway (Mezzo-soprano)
Britten Peter Grimes – Four Sea Interludes
Debussy La Mer
Sunday 23 June 2002, 7.30pm – The Sea
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Bridge Sea
Elgar Sea Pictures Jean Rigby (Mezzo-soprano)
Britten Peter Grimes – Four Sea Interludes
Debussy La Mer
Saturday 29 June 2002, 7.30pm – The Sea
Pershore Abbey
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Bridge Sea
Elgar Sea Pictures Jean Rigby (Mezzo-soprano)
Britten Peter Grimes – Four Sea Interludes
Debussy La Mer
Sunday 6 October 2002, 7.30pm – Autumn Reverie
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Tim Redmond
Dvořák Symphonic Variations
Dvořák Noonday Witch – symphonic poem
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Saturday 12 October 2002, 7.30pm – Autumn Reverie
Bushell Hall, Solihull School
Conductor: Tim Redmond
Dvořák Symphonic Variations
Dvořák Noonday Witch – symphonic poem
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Sunday 8 December 2002, 7.30pm – A Night at the Movies!
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Williams, J Raiders of the Lost Ark
Williams, J ET – Adventures on Earth
Arnold Belles of St Trinians
Williams, J Schindler’s List – Three Pieces Michael Seal (Violin)
Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Walton Spitfire – Prelude and Fugue
Coates Dam Busters – March
Mancini Pink Panther (arr. Custer)
Williams, J Star Wars – Suite for Orchestra
Sunday 15 December 2002, 7.30pm – A Night at the Movies!
Chase Terrace Technology College, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Williams, J Raiders of the Lost Ark
Williams, J ET – Adventures on Earth
Arnold Belles of St Trinians
Williams, J Schindler’s List – Three Pieces Michael Seal (Violin)
Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Walton Spitfire – Prelude and Fugue
Coates Dam Busters – March
Mancini Pink Panther (arr. Custer)
Williams, J Star Wars – Suite for Orchestra
2003
Saturday 18 January 2003, 7.30pm – A Night at the Movies!
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Williams, J Raiders of the Lost Ark
Williams, J ET – Adventures on Earth
Arnold Belles of St Trinians
Williams, J Schindler’s List – Three Pieces Michael Seal (Violin)
Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Walton Spitfire – Prelude and Fugue
Coates Dam Busters – March
Mancini Pink Panther (arr. Custer)
Williams, J Star Wars – Suite for Orchestra
Sunday 19 January 2003, 7.30pm – A Night at the Movies!
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Williams, J Raiders of the Lost Ark
Williams, J ET – Adventures on Earth
Arnold Belles of St Trinians
Williams, J Schindler’s List – Three Pieces Michael Seal (Violin)
Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Walton Spitfire – Prelude and Fugue
Coates Dam Busters – March
Mancini Pink Panther (arr. Custer)
Williams, J Star Wars – Suite for Orchestra
Sunday 2 March 2003, 7.30pm – A Fine English Celebration
Shrewsbury Abbey
Conductor: Michael Seal
Arnold Cornish Dances
Elgar Cello Concerto Eduardo Vassallo (Cello)
Walton Symphony No. 1
Sunday 9 March 2003, 7.30pm – A Fine English Celebration
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Seal
Arnold Cornish Dances
Elgar Cello Concerto Eduardo Vassallo (Cello)
Walton Symphony No. 1
Saturday 5 April 2003, 7.30pm
Levi Fox Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon
Conductor: Micheal Savage
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Kathryn Turpin (Mezzo-soprano), Joseph Cornwell (Tenor), Joseph Kirkbride (Bass-Baritone)
Saturday 12 April 2003, 7.30pm
Bushell Hall, Solihull School
Conductor: Micheal Savage
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Kathryn Turpin (Mezzo-soprano), Joseph Cornwell (Tenor), Joseph Kirkbride (Bass-Baritone)
Sunday 8 June 2003, 7.30pm
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Aydın Önaç (Piano)
Bruckner Symphony No. 6
Sunday 22 June 2003, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Aydın Önaç (Piano)
Bruckner Symphony No. 6
Friday 5 September 2003, 7.30pm
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Robert Emery
Holst Planets suite (Mars only)
Handel Messiah – “Hallelujah”
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Sugar Plum Fairy only)
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music (Dance of the Swans only)
Handel Zadok the Priest
Fauré Pavane (without choir)
Rossini William Tell Overture (Galop only)
Tchaikovsky The 1812 Overture
Fauré Requiem – “Agnus Dei”
Fauré Requiem – “Libera Me” Keith Layton (Baritone)
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Morning mood and Hall of the Mountain King)
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (Great gate of Kiev only)
Elgar Nimrod
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Parry Jerusalem
Arne “Rule Britannia” Margaret Peters (Mezzo-soprano)
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld – Cancan
Saturday 6 September 2003, 7.30pm
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Robert Emery
Holst Planets suite (Mars only)
Handel Messiah – “Hallelujah”
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Sugar Plum Fairy only)
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music (Dance of the Swans only)
Handel Zadok the Priest
Fauré Pavane (without choir)
Rossini William Tell Overture (Galop only)
Tchaikovsky The 1812 Overture
Fauré Requiem – “Agnus Dei”
Fauré Requiem – “Libera Me” Keith Layton (Baritone)
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Morning mood and Hall of the Mountain King)
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (Great gate of Kiev only)
Elgar Nimrod
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Parry Jerusalem
Arne “Rule Britannia” Margaret Peters (Mezzo-soprano)
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld – Cancan
Sunday 12 October 2003, 7.30pm – Tragedy and Triumph
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Brahms Tragic Overture
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
Ewazen Concerto for Bass Trombone Jonathan Warburton (Bass Trombone)
Sibelius Kalevala – Swan of Tuonela
Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Sunday 19 October 2003, 7.30pm – Tragedy and Triumph
Bushell Hall, Solihull School
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Brahms Tragic Overture
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
Ewazen Concerto for Bass Trombone Jonathan Warburton (Bass Trombone)
Sibelius Kalevala – Swan of Tuonela
Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Sunday 30 November 2003, 7.30pm – The Destiny of Life
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Jeremy Patterson/Anthony Bradbury
Brahms Tragic Overture
Brahms Shicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
Finzi Intimations of Immortality Mark Wilde (Tenor)
Sunday 21 December 2003, 7.30pm – A Night at the Ballet
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite (Introduction – the Lilac Fairy, Rose Adagio, Panorama, Waltz)
Khachaturian Spartacus – Suite II Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Little March, Sugar Plum, Trepak, Arabian Dance, Chinese Dance, Mirlitons, Flowers)
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music (Scene, Waltz, Dance of the Little Swans, Odetta+Siegfried, Czarda, Mazurka)
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Sullivan Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite
2004
Saturday 17 January 2004, 7.30pm – A Night at the Ballet
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite (Introduction – the Lilac Fairy, Rose Adagio, Panorama, Waltz)
Khachaturian Spartacus – Suite II Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Sugar Plum, Trepak, Mirlitons, Flowers)
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music (Scene, Dance of the Little Swans, Odetta+Siegfrid)
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Sullivan Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite
Sunday 18 January 2004, 7.30pm – A Night at the Ballet
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite (Introduction – the Lilac Fairy, Rose Adagio, Panorama, Waltz)
Khachaturian Spartacus – Suite II Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Sugar Plum, Trepak, Mirlitons, Flowers)
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake – ballet music (Scene, Dance of the Little Swans, Odetta+Siegfrid)
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Sullivan Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite
Sunday 22 February 2004, 7.30pm – Russian Giants
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Seal
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 Jonathan French (Piano)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 7
Sunday 29 February 2004, 7.30pm – Russian Giants
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Seal
Tchaikovsky The 1812 Overture
Shostakovich Symphony No. 7
Sunday 18 April 2004, 7.30pm – German Heritage
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Wagner Rienzi – Overture
Elgar Violin Concerto Matthew Trusler (Violin)
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Sunday 25 April 2004, 7.30pm – German Heritage
Shrewsbury Abbey
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Wagner Rienzi – Overture
Elgar Violin Concerto Matthew Trusler (Violin)
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Sunday 13 June 2004, 7.30pm – Northern Lights
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Nielsen Helios Overture
Sibelius Symphony No. 7
Nielsen Flute Concerto Caroline Williams (Flute)
Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Sunday 20 June 2004, 7.30pm – Northern Lights
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Nielsen Helios Overture
Sibelius Symphony No. 7
Nielsen Flute Concerto Caroline Williams (Flute)
Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Wednesday 7 July 2004
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 Jonathan French (Piano)
Holst Planets suite (Mars only)
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Holst Planets suite (Jupiter only)
Khachaturian Spartacus – Suite II Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Coates Dam Busters – March
Parry Jerusalem
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Sunday 10 October 2004, 7.30pm
St Dominic’s School, Brewood
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Schubert Symphony No. 8
Elgar Enigma Variations
Pärt Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Sunday 17 October 2004, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Schubert Symphony No. 8
Elgar Enigma Variations
Pärt Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Wednesday 20 October 2004, 7.30pm
Birmingham Oratory Church
Conductor: Anthony Bradbury
Dvořák Requiem Constance Novis (Soprano), Elizabeth Sikora (Mezzo-soprano), Joseph Cornwell (Tenor), Stephen Holloway (Bass)
Sunday 12 December 2004, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Mozart, W A Jubilate – “Alleluja” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 1
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 3
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Deh vieni non tardar” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Beethoven Fidelio – Leonora No. 3 Overture
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Lehár Merry Widow – “Vilja-Lied” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Lehár Zigeunerliebe – Lied und Csárdás Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Lehár Der Zarewitsch – “Einer wird kommen” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Lehár Gold and Silver
Strauss, Johann II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Kálmán Countess Mariza – “Höre ich Zigeunergeigen” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II & Josef Pizzicato Polka
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Johann I Radetzky March
2005
Saturday 22 January 2005, 7.30pm
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Mozart, W A Jubilate – “Alleluja” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 1
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 3
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Deh vieni non tardar” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Beethoven Fidelio – Leonora No. 3 Overture
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Lehár Merry Widow – “Vilja-Lied” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Lehár Zigeunerliebe – Lied und Csárdás Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Lehár Der Zarewitsch – “Einer wird kommen” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Lehár Gold and Silver
Strauss, Johann II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Kálmán Countess Mariza – “Höre ich Zigeunergeigen” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II & Josef Pizzicato Polka
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Johann I Radetzky March
Sunday 23 January 2005, 7.30pm
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Mozart, W A Jubilate – “Alleluja” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 1
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 3
Mozart, W A Marriage of Figaro – “Deh vieni non tardar” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Beethoven Fidelio – Leonora No. 3 Overture
Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Lehár Merry Widow – “Vilja-Lied” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Lehár Zigeunerliebe – Lied und Csárdás Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Lehár Der Zarewitsch – “Einer wird kommen” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Lehár Gold and Silver
Strauss, Johann II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Kálmán Countess Mariza – “Höre ich Zigeunergeigen” Alison Roddy (Soprano)
Strauss, Johann II & Josef Pizzicato Polka
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Johann I Radetzky March
Sunday 20 February 2005, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Debussy Ibéria
Chabrier España
Ravel Rhapsody Espagnol
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 (Les Toréadors, Intermezzo, Aragonaise)
Debussy Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune
Ravel Daphnis and Chloë Suite No. 2
Sunday 27 February 2005, 2.30pm
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Debussy Ibéria
Chabrier España
Ravel Rhapsody Espagnol
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 (Les Toréadors, Intermezzo, Aragonaise)
Debussy Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune
Ravel Daphnis and Chloë Suite No. 2
Sunday 10 April 2005, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Neil Aston
Berlioz King Lear Overture
Stravinsky Jeu de Cartes
Dvořák Symphony No. 9
Sunday 17 April 2005, 7.30pm
All Saints’ Church, Broseley
Conductor: Neil Aston
Berlioz King Lear Overture
Stravinsky Jeu de Cartes
Dvořák Symphony No. 9
Sunday 12 June 2005, 7.30pm
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Seal
Shostakovich Festival Overture
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 Byron Parish (Violin)
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Sunday 19 June 2005, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Seal
Shostakovich Festival Overture
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 Byron Parish (Violin)
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Thursday 7 July 2005
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Shostakovich Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Martin Cousin (Piano)
Walton Spitfire – Prelude and Fugue
Elgar Chanson de Matin
Arnold Cornish Dances
Coates Calling All Workers
Coates By the Sleepy Lagoon
Coates Dam Busters – March
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Parry Jerusalem
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Friday 15 July 2005, 6.30pm
Chamberlain Square, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
Coates Calling All Workers
Coates Dam Busters – March
Parry Jerusalem
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Monday 3 October 2005, 7.30pm
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Beethoven Fidelio Overture
Beethoven Violin Concerto Leonard Schreiber (Violin)
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Sunday 9 October 2005, 7.30pm
St Dominic’s School, Brewood
Conductor: Jonathan Tilbrook
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (2nd movement only)
Copland Rodeo Suite
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Parry Jerusalem
Monday 17 October 2005, 7.30pm – Dougie Brown Proms Night
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Jonathan Tilbrook
Copland Rodeo Suite
Barry Out of Africa – “Places” Aled Jones (Baritone)
Handel Tolomeo – “Did you not hear my Lady?” Aled Jones (Baritone)
Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (2nd movement only)
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
Maxwell Davies An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise David Rischmiller (Bagpipes)
Traditional “Suo Gan” Aled Jones (Baritone)
Traditional “Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn” Aled Jones (Baritone)
Butterworth Banks of Green Willow
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Parry Jerusalem
Sunday 27 November 2005, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Patrick Larley
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Piano Concerto No. 1 Cordelia Williams (Piano)
Tippett A Child of our Time
Sunday 11 December 2005, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Williams, J ET – Adventures on Earth
Hermann Psycho (A Narrative for Orchestra)
Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Goodwin 633 Squadron
Walton Henry V Suite
Chagrin Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
Strauss, Johann II Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite
Williams, J Superman March
Sunday 18 December 2005, 7.30pm
Artrix, Bromsgrove
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Walton Henry V Suite
Hermann Psycho (A Narrative for Orchestra)
Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Goodwin 633 Squadron
Williams, J ET – Adventures on Earth
Chagrin Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
Strauss, Johann II Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite
Williams, J Superman March
2006
Sunday 22 January 2006, 7.30pm
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Walton Henry V Suite
Hermann Psycho (A Narrative for Orchestra)
Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Goodwin 633 Squadron
Williams, J ET – Adventures on Earth
Chagrin Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
Strauss, Johann II Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite
Williams, J Superman March
Wednesday 25 January 2006, 7.30pm
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Walton Henry V Suite
Hermann Psycho (A Narrative for Orchestra)
Britten Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Goodwin 633 Squadron
Williams, J ET – Adventures on Earth
Chagrin Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra
Strauss, Johann II Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite
Williams, J Superman March
Sunday 19 February 2006, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Arnold Peterloo Overture
Arnold The Smoke Overture
Arnold Cornish Dances
Arnold Bridge on the River Kwai – March
Arnold Tam O’Shanter Overture
Arnold Symphony No. 5
Sunday 26 February 2006, 2.30pm
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Arnold Peterloo Overture
Arnold Cornish Dances
Arnold The Smoke Overture
Arnold Tam O’Shanter Overture
Arnold Bridge on the River Kwai – March
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Sunday 9 April 2006, 7.30pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Sibelius Kalevala – Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of Saari
Sibelius Kalevala – Lemminkäinen’s Return
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto Leonard Schreiber (Violin)
Brahms Symphony No. 4
Sunday 23 April 2006, 7.30pm
All Saints’ Church, Broseley
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Sibelius Kalevala – Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of Saari
Sibelius Kalevala – Lemminkäinen’s Return
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto Leonard Schreiber (Violin)
Brahms Symphony No. 4
Sunday 11 June 2006, 7.30pm – Impressionism & Expressionism
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo
Delius Summer Night on the River
Mahler Symphony No. 9
Sunday 18 June 2006, 7.30pm – Impressionism & Expressionism
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo
Delius Summer Night on the River
Mahler Symphony No. 9
Wednesday 27 September 2006, 8.00pm
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Arnold Peterloo Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 Piers Lane (Piano)
Arnold A Grand, Grand Overture
Williams, J ET – Adventures on Earth
Williams, J Raiders of the Lost Ark
Wood, Henry Barwick Green
Ellis Coronation Scott
Goodwin 633 Squadron
Williams, J Superman March
Parry Jerusalem
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Sunday 1 October 2006, 7.30pm – Rachmaninov plus…
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Rachmaninov Vocalise
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 Piers Lane (Piano)
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 1
Sunday 8 October 2006, 7.30pm – Rachmaninov plus…
St Dominic’s School, Brewood
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Rachmaninov Vocalise
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 1
Arnold A Grand, Grand Overture
Williams, J ET – Adventures on Earth
Williams, J Raiders of the Lost Ark
Wood, Henry Barwick Green
Ellis Coronation Scott
Goodwin 633 Squadron
Williams, J Superman March
Parry Jerusalem
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Sunday 10 December 2006, 7.30pm – The Essence of Romanticism
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 Eduardo Vassallo (Cello)
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
Sunday 17 December 2006, 7.30pm – The Essence of Romanticism
Artrix, Bromsgrove
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 Eduardo Vassallo (Cello)
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
2007
Sunday 21 January 2007, 7.30pm – The Essence of Romanticism
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 Eduardo Vassallo (Cello)
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
Wednesday 24 January 2007, 7.30pm – The Essence of Romanticism
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 Eduardo Vassallo (Cello)
Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2
Sunday 18 February 2007, 7.30pm – English Masterpieces
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Elgar In the South / Alassio
Finzi Clarinet Concerto Peter Cigleris (Clarinet)
Elgar Symphony No. 2
Sunday 25 February 2007, 2.30pm – English Masterpieces
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Elgar In the South / Alassio
Finzi Clarinet Concerto Peter Cigleris (Clarinet)
Elgar Symphony No. 2
Sunday 15 April 2007, 7.30pm – A Tale of Five Cities
All Saints’ Church, Broseley
Conductor: Michael Seal
Strauss, R Festmusik Der Stadt Wien
Bernstein On the Town – Three Dances
Gershwin An American in Paris
Elgar Cockaigne / In London Town
Janáček Sinfonietta
Sunday 22 April 2007, 7.30pm – A Tale of Five Cities
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Seal
Strauss, R Festmusik Der Stadt Wien
Bernstein On the Town – Three Dances
Gershwin An American in Paris
Elgar Cockaigne / In London Town
Janáček Sinfonietta
Sunday 10 June 2007, 7.30pm – German Drama, Russian Fantasy
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Strauss, R Death and Transfiguration
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Strauss, R Don Juan
Stravinsky Firebird Suite No. 2 (1919)
Sunday 17 June 2007, 7.30pm – German Drama, Russian Fantasy
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Strauss, R Death and Transfiguration
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
Strauss, R Don Juan
Stravinsky Firebird Suite No. 2 (1919)
Sunday 16 September 2007
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Stevens Requiem for New York (First Performance)
Sunday 7 October 2007, 7.30pm – Romantic Classics
All Saints’ Church, Broseley
Conductor: Richard Laing
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Fair Mesuline Overture
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Leonard Schreiber (Violin)
Kreisler Liebesleid (arr. Wolf) Leonard Schreiber (Violin)
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Leonard Schreiber (Violin)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 3
Sunday 14 October 2007, 7.30pm – Romantic Classics
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Richard Laing
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Fair Mesuline Overture
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Leonard Schreiber (Violin)
Kreisler Liebesleid (arr. Wolf) Leonard Schreiber (Violin)
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Leonard Schreiber (Violin)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 3
Saturday 1 December 2007, 7.30pm – Christmas Celebration
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Anthony Bradbury
Prokofiev Winter Bonfire Suite
Blake Snowman suite Marcus Perry (Treble), Martyn Jones (Narrator)
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé – Troika
Delius Sleigh Ride
Traditional Sans Day carol
Rutter Shepherd’s Pipe carol
Anderson Sleigh Ride
Willcocks O Come, All ye Faithful
Parry I was glad
Willcocks Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Traditional We wish you a Merry Christmas
Sunday 9 December 2007, 7.30pm – Christmas Celebration
Artrix, Bromsgrove
Conductor: Anthony Bradbury
Elgar Wand of Youth Suite No. 2
Knussen Horn Concerto Alison Bach (Horn)
Arnold Sound Barrier Rhapsody
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé – suite
Prokofiev Winter Bonfire Suite
Anderson Sleigh Ride
2008
Sunday 17 February 2008, 7.30pm – Song, Dance and Symphony
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Strauss, R Four Last Songs Amanda Winfield (Soprano)
Rachmaninov Vocalise (for solo voice) Amanda Winfield (Soprano)
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Sunday 24 February 2008, 2.00pm – Song, Dance and Symphony
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
Strauss, R Four Last Songs Amanda Winfield (Soprano)
Rachmaninov Vocalise (for solo voice) Amanda Winfield (Soprano)
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Saturday 12 April 2008, 7.30pm – Resurrection Symphony
Tewkesbury Abbey
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mahler Symphony No. 2 Amanda Winfield (Soprano), Anne Marie Gibbons (Mezzo-soprano)
Sunday 20 April 2008, 7.30pm – Resurrection Symphony
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Mahler Symphony No. 2 Amanda Winfield (Soprano), Anne Marie Gibbons (Mezzo-soprano)
Sunday 8 June 2008, 7.30pm – Slavonic Rhapsody
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Jonathan Tilbrook
Liadov Enchanted Lake
Liadov Kikimora
Dvořák Carnival Overture
Smetana Má Vlast No.2: Vltava
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Sunday 15 June 2008, 7.30pm – Slavonic Rhapsody
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Jonathan Tilbrook
Liadov Enchanted Lake
Liadov Kikimora
Dvořák Carnival Overture
Smetana Má Vlast No.2: Vltava
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Monday 6 October 2008, 7.30pm – Romantic Favourites
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: Daniele Rosina
Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
Sibelius Violin Concerto Thomas Gould (Violin)
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
Sunday 12 October 2008, 7.30pm – Romantic Favourites
All Saints’ Church, Broseley
Conductor: Daniele Rosina
Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
Schubert Symphony No. 8
Schubert Rosamunde – Incidental Ballet Music II
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
Sunday 19 October 2008, 7.30pm – Romantic Favourites
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Daniele Rosina
Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
Schubert Symphony No. 8
Schubert Rosamunde – Incidental Ballet Music II
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
Wednesday 3 December 2008, 8.00pm – Birmingham Community Foundation Christmas Carol Concert
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (March, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Russian Dance, Dance of the Mirlitons, Waltz of the Flowers)
Willcocks God Rest ye Merry, Gentlemen
Waldteufel Skaters waltz / Les Patineurs
Rimsky-Korsakov Polonaise (Christmas Eve)
Blake Snowman suite Liam Sargeant (Treble), Martyn Jones (Narrator)
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs (Call and Antiphon Only)
Anderson Sleigh Ride
Berlin White Christmas
Willcocks O Come, All ye Faithful
Traditional We wish you a Merry Christmas
Sunday 7 December 2008, 7.30pm – Serenade for Strings
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Elgar Serenade
Britten Les Illuminations Stephanie Corley (Soprano)
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Saturday 13 December 2008, 7.30pm – Serenade for Strings
Artrix, Bromsgrove
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Elgar Serenade
Britten Les Illuminations Stephanie Corley (Soprano)
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
2009
Sunday 25 January 2009, 7.30pm – Viennese New Year
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Conductor: Richard Laing
Elgar Serenade
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Strauss, Johann II Emperor Waltz
Strauss, Johann II & Josef Pizzicato Polka
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Johann II Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Strauss, Johann I Radetzky March
Sunday 15 February 2009, 7.30pm – East meets West
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Seal
Gershwin Piano Concerto in F Martin Cousin (Piano)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 4
Saturday 21 February 2009, 7.30pm – East meets West
Tewkesbury Abbey
Conductor: Michael Seal
Gershwin Piano Concerto in F Martin Cousin (Piano)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 4
Sunday 19 April 2009, 7.30pm – The BPO Environmental Prom
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Richard Laing
Elgar Ceremonial National Anthem
Grofé Grand Canyon Suite – On the Trail, Painted Desert, Sunrise
Mussorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain
Respighi Pines of Rome
de Falla Love the Magician – Ritual Fire Dance
Vaughan Williams Lark Ascending for violin Anna Ovsyanikova (Violin)
Parry Jerusalem
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Sunday 26 April 2009, 7.30pm – The BPO Environmental Prom
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Grofé Grand Canyon Suite – On the Trail, Sunrise
Mussorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain
Respighi Pines of Rome
Vaughan Williams Lark Ascending for violin Anna Ovsyanikova (Violin)
Barnett Ballads for a Living Planet
de Falla Love the Magician – Ritual Fire Dance
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Parry Jerusalem
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Saturday 23 May 2009, 7.00pm
Wells Cathedral
Conductor: Jason Thornton
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Jeanette Ager (Mezzo-soprano), James Oxley (Tenor), Gavin Carr (Baritone)
Sunday 14 June 2009, 7.30pm – Don Quixote and Other Stories
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Holst Perfect Fool – ballet music
Rachmaninov Isle of the Dead
Strauss, R Don Quixote Eduardo Vassallo (Cello)
Sunday 21 June 2009, 7.30pm – Don Quixote and Other Stories
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael Lloyd
Holst Perfect Fool – ballet music
Rachmaninov Isle of the Dead
Strauss, R Don Quixote Eduardo Vassallo (Cello)
Sunday 11 October 2009, 3.00pm – Heroic Symphony
Church of St Peter, Sudbury, Suffolk
Conductor: Marco Romano
Rossini Silken Ladder Overture
Mozart, W A Sinfonia Concertante Michael Syrett (Bassoon), Alastair Moseley (Clarinet), Anne Hagyard (Oboe), Martyn Jones (Horn)
Beethoven Symphony No. 3
Sunday 18 October 2009, 7.30pm – Heroic Symphony
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Marco Romano
Rossini Silken Ladder Overture
Mozart, W A Sinfonia Concertante Michael Syrett (Bassoon), Alastair Moseley (Clarinet), Anne Hagyard (Oboe), Martyn Jones (Horn)
Beethoven Symphony No. 3
Sunday 6 December 2009, 7.30pm – Christmas Pantomime
Guy Nelson Hall, Warwick School, Warwick
Conductor: Richard Laing
Humperdinck Hänsel and Gretel Overture
Nielsen Aladdin – Suite
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Pas de Deux only)
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite
Tuesday 15 December 2009, 8.00pm – Christmas Pantomime
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Richard Laing
Nielsen Aladdin – Suite (Oriental festival march, Prisoners’ Dance and Finale only)
Willcocks O Come, All ye Faithful
Humperdinck Hänsel and Gretel Overture
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols Timothy Storey (Baritone)
Willcocks Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite (Rose Adagio and Waltz only)
Willcocks First Nowell
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Sugar Plum Fairy only)
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Trepak only)
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Waltz of the Flowers only)
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker – Ballet Suite (Pas de Deux only)
Parry Jerusalem
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Traditional We wish you a Merry Christmas
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