1970
Wednesday 7 January 1970, 7.30pm
Solihull Civic Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Ruy Blas Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Britten Soirées Musicales
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
Monday 9 February 1970, 7.30pm
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
John Leach, who played several 1960s film and TV theme tunes
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Kodály Háry János John Leach (Cimbalom)
Dvořák Symphony No. 9
Friday 20 February 1970, 7.30pm
Darlaston Comprehensive School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture
Copland Rodeo Suite (Corral Nocturne and Saturday Night Waltz)
Kodály Háry János John Leach (Cimbalom)
Dvořák Symphony No. 9
Sunday 8 March 1970, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Kodály Háry János John Leach (Cimbalom)
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 Michael Stride (Piano)
Delius Sea Drift John King (Baritone)
Copland Rodeo Suite
Monday 27 April 1970
Solihull Civic Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Michael Stride (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Friday 8 May 1970
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Copland Rodeo Suite
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 Michael Stride (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 9
Tuesday 9 June 1970
Botanical Gardens, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Various Various Works
Saturday 10 October 1970, 7.30pm
Kenilworth Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Rossini Thieving Magpie Overture
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo
Delius Koanga – La Calinda
Mozart, W A Piano Concerto No. 23 Michael Stride (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 9
Sunday 8 November 1970
Denstone College, Uttoxeter
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Carnival Overture
Strauss, R Horn Concerto No. 1 Paul Farr (Horn)
Svendsen Carnival in Paris
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo
Stravinsky Firebird Suite No. 2 (1919)
Tuesday 10 November 1970
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, R Horn Concerto No. 1 Paul Farr (Horn)
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Friday 20 November 1970
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Carnival Overture
Strauss, R Horn Concerto No. 1 Paul Farr (Horn)
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Stravinsky Firebird Suite No. 2 (1919)
Sunday 6 December 1970, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Carnival Overture
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4
1971
Sunday 24 January 1971
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Wagner Lohengrin – Prelude Act I
Delius Paris / Song of a great city
Mozart, W A Sinfonia Concertante Patricia Lees / Moore (Oboe), Rachael Herbert (Clarinet), Paul Farr (Horn), Michael Syrett (Bassoon)
Dvořák Scherzo Capriccioso
Friday 12 February 1971, 7.30pm
Darlaston Comprehensive School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Scherzo Capriccioso
Mozart, W A Sinfonia Concertante Patricia Lees / Moore (Oboe), Rachael Herbert (Clarinet), Paul Farr (Horn), Michael Syrett (Bassoon)
Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Monday 15 February 1971
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Scherzo Capriccioso
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 John Lill (Piano)
Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Sunday 14 March 1971, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Delius Eventyr / Once upon a Time
Mozart, W A Piano Concerto No. 24 Michael Stride (Piano)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Sunday 4 April 1971 – A Choral and Orchestral Concert
Chipping Camden School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Scherzo Capriccioso
Mozart, W A Sinfonia Concertante Patricia Lees / Moore (Oboe), Rachael Herbert (Clarinet), Paul Farr (Horn), Michael Syrett (Bassoon)
Britten Spring Symphony Devina Bailey (Soprano), Gwyneth Griffiths (Contralto), Carl Duggan (Tenor)
Saturday 1 May 1971
Coventry Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Kodály Dances of Galanta
Delius Appalachia
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Sunday 2 May 1971
Bedford Corn Exchange
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Kodály Dances of Galanta
Delius Appalachia
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Friday 14 May 1971
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Kodály Dances of Galanta
Mozart, W A Sinfonia Concertante Patricia Lees / Moore (Oboe), Rachael Herbert (Clarinet), Paul Farr (Horn), Michael Syrett (Bassoon)
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Monday 14 June 1971, 7.30pm
Solihull Civic Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Rossini Thieving Magpie Overture
Grieg Piano Concerto Wendy Wilson (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 9
Saturday 2 October 1971, 7.30pm
Bridley Moor School, Redditch
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Coriolanus Overture
Grieg Piano Concerto Wendy Wilson (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Saturday 9 October 1971, 7.30pm
Kenilworth Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Coriolanus Overture
Strauss, R Horn Concerto No. 1 Paul Farr (Horn)
Dvořák Slavonic Dances (1,2 & 7)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Sunday 7 November 1971
Denstone College, Uttoxeter
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Schubert Symphony No. 8
Delius Air and Dance
Elgar Enigma Variations
Friday 12 November 1971
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Delius Air and Dance
Elgar Enigma Variations
Sunday 14 November 1971 – The Nineteenth Midlands Festival of Remembrance
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Various Various Works
Sunday 5 December 1971, 8.00pm
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture
Elgar Cello Concerto Oliver Brookes (Cello)
Mahler Symphony No. 1
Sunday 12 December 1971, 7.45pm
Bedford Corn Exchange
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Mahler Symphony No. 1
1972
Monday 24 January 1972, 8.00pm
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Berlioz The Corsaire Overture
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Peter Katin (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Friday 4 February 1972, 7.30pm
Darlaston Comprehensive School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Berlioz The Corsaire Overture
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Michael Stride (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Sunday 27 February 1972, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, R Don Juan
Delius North Country Sketches
Mahler Symphony No. 1
Sunday 26 March 1972, 7.45pm
Congleton Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Delius Over the Hills and Far Away
Copland Rodeo Suite
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs Barbara McGuire (Contralto)
Monday 24 April 1972, 8.00pm
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Delius Over the Hills and Far Away
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 Kathleen Jones (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Monday 1 May 1972
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Coriolanus Overture
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Wednesday 24 May 1972, 7.30pm
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, R Don Juan
Stravinsky Firebird Suite No. 2 (1919)
Elgar Enigma Variations
Monday 12 June 1972, 7.30pm
Solihull Civic Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, R Don Juan
Stravinsky Firebird Suite No. 2 (1919)
Delius Over the Hills and Far Away
Elgar Enigma Variations
Sunday 2 July 1972, 8.00pm
Gloucester Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Coriolanus Overture
Elgar Cello Concerto Oliver Brookes (Cello)
Mahler Symphony No. 1
Tuesday 3 October 1972
Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Smetana Má Vlast No.2: Vltava
Grieg Piano Concerto Tom Bromley (Piano)
Brahms Symphony No. 4
Saturday 7 October 1972
Kenilworth Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Smetana Má Vlast No.2: Vltava
de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain Tom Bromley (Piano)
Brahms Symphony No. 4
Sunday 22 October 1972
Denstone College, Uttoxeter
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Holst Perfect Fool – ballet music
de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain Tom Bromley (Piano)
Borodin Symphony No. 2
Friday 10 November 1972
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Holst Perfect Fool – ballet music
Grieg Piano Concerto Donald Hoskins (Piano)
Borodin Symphony No. 2
Sunday 19 November 1972, 8.00pm
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page/Timothy Reynish
Mussorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain
Delius Violin Concerto Kenneth Page (Violin)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Sunday 10 December 1972
Bedford Corn Exchange
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mussorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain
Brahms Violin Concerto Alan Loveday (Violin)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
1973
1973 – Precise date unknown
Solihull Civic Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Elgar Symphony No. 1
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Monday 29 January 1973, 8.00pm
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Respighi Pines of Rome
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Manoug Parikian (Violin)
Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Monday 12 February 1973, 7.30pm
Darlaston Comprehensive School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Respighi Pines of Rome
Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 Jana Frenklova (Piano)
Borodin Symphony No. 2
Saturday 24 February 1973, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, R Serenade in Eb for 13 wind
Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 Jana Frenklova (Piano)
Delius In a Summer Garden
Borodin Symphony No. 2
Sunday 18 March 1973, 7.30pm
Cleeve School, Bishop’s Cleeve
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Bax Tintagel
Delius In a Summer Garden
Berlioz Harold in Italy Derek Ratcliffe (Viola)
Sunday 15 April 1973, 7.45pm
Bedford Corn Exchange
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Strauss, R Horn Concerto No. 1 Ifor James (Horn)
Bax Tintagel
Berlioz Harold in Italy Derek Ratcliffe (Viola)
Friday 4 May 1973, 7.30pm
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Symphony No. 1
Bax Tintagel
Berlioz Harold in Italy Derek Ratcliffe (Viola)
Saturday 12 May 1973, 7.45pm
Coventry Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Symphony No. 1
Delius Song of the High Hills
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 Robert Weddle (Organ)
Saturday 23 June 1973, 7.30pm
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Delius Song of the High Hills
Elgar Symphony No. 1
Wednesday 27 June 1973
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Elgar Symphony No. 1
Smetana Má Vlast No.2: Vltava
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Monday 2 July 1973
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Serenade in D minor for wind
Mozart, W A Serenade No. 10 in Bb major for 12 wind and double bass
Saturday 6 October 1973, 7.30pm
Bridley Moor School, Redditch
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Debussy Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune
Schumann Piano Concerto Eira West (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Saturday 13 October 1973, 7.30pm
Kenilworth Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Debussy Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune
Schumann Piano Concerto Eira West (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Sunday 4 November 1973, 8.00pm
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Tchaikovsky Hamlet Overture
Copland Quiet City
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 John Bradbury (Violin)
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Friday 23 November 1973, 7.30pm
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Tchaikovsky Hamlet Overture
Copland Quiet City Ivor Merry (Cor Anglais), John Ruddick (Trumpet)
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 John Bradbury (Violin)
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Sunday 2 December 1973
Bedford Corn Exchange
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Tchaikovsky Hamlet Overture
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Manoug Parikian (Violin)
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty – ballet suite
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
1974
Monday 21 January 1974, 8.00pm
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mozart, W A Overture Don Giovanni
Elgar Cello Concerto Rohan de Saram (Cello)
Dvořák Symphony No. 6
Saturday 9 February 1974, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Denis Matthews (Piano)
Mahler Symphony No. 5 Michael Wild (Horn)
Monday 18 February 1974
Darlaston Comprehensive School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Song Patrick Sheehy (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 6
Sunday 10 March 1974, 7.45pm
Bedford Corn Exchange
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Arnold Peterloo Overture
Elgar Cello Concerto Thomas Igloi (Cello)
Mahler Symphony No. 5 Michael Wild (Horn)
Sunday 31 March 1974, 7.30pm
Cleeve School, Bishop’s Cleeve
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Arnold Peterloo Overture
Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Song Patrick Sheehy (Piano)
Sibelius Pelléas and Mélisande Suite
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
Sunday 12 May 1974
Rowley Regis Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Humperdinck Hänsel and Gretel Overture
Delius Song before Sunrise
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Wednesday 22 May 1974
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Humperdinck Hänsel and Gretel Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Saturday 15 June 1974, 7.00pm
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Elgar Cockaigne / In London Town
Strauss, R Also Sprach Zarathustra
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 Harold Hullah (Organ)
Monday 24 June 1974 – Birmingham Philharmonic Wind Group Programme
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Gounod Petite Symphony
Stephenson Three Intradas for brass quartet
Gabrieli Ricercar del duodecimo tuono
Dempster Quartet No. 1 for brass
Piket March
Walton Three Pieces
Ewald Symphony for brass choir
Mozart, W A Serenade No. 12 in C minor for 8 wind
Sunday 30 June 1974, 7.30pm
Gloucester Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mozart, W A Overture Don Giovanni
Strauss, R Also Sprach Zarathustra
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Sunday 7 July 1974, 7.45pm
Woburn Parish Church
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Elgar Cockaigne / In London Town
Strauss, R Also Sprach Zarathustra
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 Andrew Fletcher (Organ)
Sunday 6 October 1974
Congleton Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Wagner Tannhäuser Overture
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto John Bradbury (Violin)
Delius Summer Evening
Sibelius Symphony No. 7
Saturday 19 October 1974
Kenilworth Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Wagner Tannhäuser – Overture
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Violin Concerto John Bradbury (Violin)
Delius Summer Evening
Sibelius Symphony No. 7
Sunday 17 November 1974, 8.00pm
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Consecration of the House
Barber Adagio
Delius Dance Rhapsody No. 1
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Friday 22 November 1974, 7.30pm
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Consecration of the House
Barber Adagio
Delius Dance Rhapsody No. 1
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Sunday 1 December 1974
Bedford Corn Exchange
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Janáček Sinfonietta
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 Malcolm Binns (Piano)
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
1975
Monday 27 January 1975, 8.00pm
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Janáček Sinfonietta
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 Malcolm Binns (Piano)
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Monday 3 February 1975
Darlaston Comprehensive School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 Kenneth Clare (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
Sunday 23 February 1975, 7.30pm – 4th Annual Concert
Cleeve School, Bishop’s Cleeve
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Sibelius En Saga
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 Kenneth Clare (Piano)
Schubert Symphony No. 9
Wednesday 26 February 1975
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Sibelius En Saga
Barber Adagio
Schubert Symphony No. 9
Sunday 23 March 1975, 7.30pm
Rowley Regis Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
Sunday 4 May 1975, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Berlioz Harold in Italy Derek Ratcliffe (Viola)
Dvořák Othello Overture
Delius Florida Suite
Sunday 18 May 1975, 7.30pm
Woburn Parish Church
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Othello Overture
Delius Florida Suite
Holst Planets suite
June 1975 – Precise date unknown
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Arnold English Dances 1st Set
Arnold English Dances 2nd Set
Delius Florida Suite
Holst Planets suite
Sunday 8 June 1975, 8.00pm
Loughborough Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Arnold English Dances 1st Set
Arnold English Dances 2nd Set
Mozart, W A Piano Concerto No. 22 Michael Stride (Piano)
Holst Planets suite
Monday 23 June 1975 – BPO Wind Players Programme
Handsworth Hall, Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, R Suite in Bb for 13 wind
des Prés Motet and Royal Fanfare
Gabrieli La Spiritata (Canzona)
Gabrieli Canzon Terza (Canzona)
Strauss, R Serenade in Eb for 13 wind
Regner Morgenrus
Hindemith Morgenmusik
Mozart, W A Serenade No. 11 in Eb major for 8 wind
Sunday 29 June 1975, 8.00pm
Kenilworth Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Arnold English Dances 1st Set
Arnold English Dances 2nd Set
Mozart, W A Piano Concerto No. 22 Michael Stride (Piano)
Berlioz Harold in Italy Derek Ratcliffe (Viola)
Saturday 4 October 1975, 7.30pm
Redditch College
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Sibelius Tapiola
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 5
Saturday 11 October 1975
Kenilworth Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Sibelius Tapiola
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 5
Sunday 23 November 1975
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Berlioz Overture Benvenuto Cellini
Elgar Serenade
Delius Songs of Farewell
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Sunday 30 November 1975, 7.45pm
Bedford Corn Exchange
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Berlioz Overture Benvenuto Cellini
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Denis Matthews (Piano)
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Sunday 14 December 1975
Congleton Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Borodin Prince Igor Overture
Elgar Serenade
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Kenneth Page (Violin)
Dvořák Symphony No. 5
1976
1976 – Precise date unknown
Unknown location
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Wagner Rienzi – Overture
Delius Dance Rhapsody No. 2
Grieg Piano Concerto Marlene Fleet (Piano)
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2
Monday 26 January 1976, 8.00pm
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Borodin Prince Igor Overture
Khachaturian Piano Concerto Michael Stride (Piano)
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Sunday 8 February 1976, 7.30pm
Finham Park School, Coventry
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Borodin Prince Igor Overture
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto John Bradbury (Violin)
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2
Sunday 7 March 1976, 7.30pm
Cleeve School, Bishop’s Cleeve
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Rossini Semiramide Overture
Khachaturian Piano Concerto Michael Stride (Piano)
Franck Symphony
Friday 19 March 1976, 7.30pm
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page/Gordon Sill
Rossini Semiramide Overture
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Kenneth Page (Violin)
Franck Symphony
Sunday 4 April 1976
Rowley College, Rowley Regis
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Works unknown (concert referenced on rear of programme from 23rd November 1975)
Sunday 16 May 1976, 7.45pm
St. Mary’s Church, Warwick
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Rimsky-Korsakov May Night Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 Andrew Fletcher (Organ)
Sunday 23 May 1976
Loughborough Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Rimsky-Korsakov May Night Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2
Saturday 12 June 1976, 7.30pm
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Mahler Symphony No. 4 Angela Beale (Soprano)
Saturday 19 June 1976, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Mahler Symphony No. 4 Angela Beale (Soprano)
Wednesday 30 June 1976, 7.30pm
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Rossini Semiramide Overture
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 Harold Britton (Piano)
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Saturday 10 July 1976, 6.30pm – Talbot Garage July Jamboree
Stourbridge Rugby Club
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Rossini Semiramide Overture
Strauss, Josef Village Swallows
Strauss, Johann II Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Johann II Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz
Strauss, Johann II Perpetuum Mobile
Strauss, Johann II Emperor Waltz
Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Wood, Henry Fantasia on British Sea Songs Anita Corfield (Soprano)
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 Anita Corfield (Soprano)
Parry Jerusalem Anita Corfield (Soprano)
Sunday 26 September 1976, 8.00pm
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Wagner Rienzi – Overture
Delius Dance Rhapsody No. 2
Mozart, W A Clarinet Concerto Rachael Herbert (Clarinet)
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2
Monday 15 November 1976, 8.00pm
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Ann Collins (Mezzo-soprano), David Johnston (Tenor), Rodney Macann (Bass)
Sunday 21 November 1976, 8.00pm
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Ann Collins (Mezzo-soprano), David Johnston (Tenor), Rodney Macann (Bass)
Monday 13 December 1976, 7.30pm
Darlaston Comprehensive School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind (1947)
Suk Serenade
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
1977
Monday 7 February 1977, 8.00pm
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind (1947)
Suk Serenade
Dvořák Cello Concerto Rohan de Saram (Cello)
Sunday 20 February 1977
Congleton Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Fidelio Overture
Schubert Rosamunde – Entr’Acte No. 1
Mozart, W A Oboe Concerto in C Alison Lancaster / Whatley (Oboe)
Strauss, Johann II Voices of Spring Waltz
Strauss, Johann II & Josef Pizzicato Polka
Strauss, Johann II Perpetuum Mobile
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Strauss, Johann II Im Krapfenwald’l Polka / Polka
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Sunday 27 February 1977 – A Viennese Evening
Cleeve School, Bishop’s Cleeve
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Fidelio Overture
Schubert Rosamunde – Entr’Acte No. 1
Mozart, W A Violin Concerto No. 3 Kenneth Page (Violin)
Strauss, Johann II Voices of Spring Waltz
Strauss, Johann II Perpetuum Mobile
Strauss, Johann II & Josef Pizzicato Polka
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Strauss, Johann II Im Krapfenwald’l Polka / Polka
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Sunday 20 March 1977, 7.30pm
Finham Park School, Coventry
Conductor: Kenneth Page/Keith Sedgebeer
Dvořák In Nature’s Realm / Amid Nature
Beethoven Violin Concerto Kenneth Page (Violin)
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
Sunday 27 March 1977, 7.45pm
Bedford Corn Exchange
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák In Nature’s Realm / Amid Nature
Beethoven Violin Concerto Yfrah Neaman (Violin)
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
Sunday 15 May 1977
St. Mary’s Church, Warwick
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Respighi Feste Romane
Poulenc Organ Concerto Andrew Fletcher (Organ)
Elgar Symphony No. 2
Friday 20 May 1977 – Hilary Memorial Concert
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Respighi Feste Romane
Poulenc Organ Concerto Andrew Fletcher (Organ)
Elgar Symphony No. 2
June 1977 – Precise date unknown
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mozart, W A Symphony No. 40
Strauss, R Four Last Songs Angela Beale (Soprano)
Elgar Symphony No. 2
Saturday 11 June 1977, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mozart, W A Symphony No. 40
Strauss, R Four Last Songs Angela Beale (Soprano)
Elgar Symphony No. 2
Sunday 26 June 1977, 7.30pm
Nicholas Chamberlain School, Bedworth
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mozart, W A Symphony No. 40
Sibelius Karelia Suite
Schubert Symphony No. 8
Copland El Salon Mexico
Saturday 24 September 1977, 7.30pm
Lichfield Cathedral
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, R Suite in Bb for 13 wind
Elgar Elegy
Sibelius Karelia Suite
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Saturday 8 October 1977
Kenilworth Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Ives Variations on ‘America’
Franck Symphonic Variations for Piano Marjorie Hazelhurst (Piano)
Sibelius Karelia Suite
Schubert Symphony No. 8
Copland El Salon Mexico
Monday 31 October 1977, 7.00pm
Aston University
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Ives Variations on ‘America’
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 John Bingham (Piano)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Friday 25 November 1977, 7.30pm
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Liszt Les Préludes
Mozart, W A Piano Concerto No. 20 Tom Bromley (Piano)
Schumann Symphony No. 4
Wednesday 30 November 1977, 7.30pm
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Ives Variations on ‘America’
Liszt Les Préludes
Schumann Symphony No. 4
1978
1978 – Precise date unknown
Kenilworth Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Britten Peter Grimes – Four Sea Interludes
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 Dinah Levine (Piano)
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
1978 – Precise date unknown
Walsall Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Ruy Blas Overture
Delius Hassan – Intermezzo and Serenade
Mussorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
Saturday 21 January 1978, 7.30pm
Birmingham Oratory Church
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Elgar Cockaigne / In London Town
Elgar Sospiri
Elgar Cello Concerto Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
Elgar Symphony No. 1
Sunday 12 February 1978, 7.45pm
Bedford Corn Exchange
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Carnival Overture
Elgar Sospiri
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Jean Louis Steuerman (Piano)
Elgar Symphony No. 1
Sunday 12 March 1978, 7.30pm
Finham Park School, Coventry
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Carnival Overture
Elgar Sospiri
Strauss, R Suite in Bb for 13 wind
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Sunday 19 March 1978, 7.30pm
Cleeve School, Bishop’s Cleeve
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Dvořák Carnival Overture
Elgar Sospiri
Mozart, W A Piano Concerto No. 23 Gideon Robinson (Piano)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Sunday 30 April 1978
St. Mary’s Church, Warwick
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, R Festival Prelude Overture
Rheinberger Organ Concerto No. 1 Andrew Fletcher (Organ)
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Sunday 7 May 1978
Congleton Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture / Fingal’s Cave
Mozart, W A Piano Concerto No. 23 Gideon Robinson (Piano)
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Saturday 3 June 1978, 7.45pm
Tewkesbury Abbey
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Elgar Cockaigne / In London Town
Elgar Sea Pictures Diana Walkley (Contralto)
Elgar Symphony No. 1
Saturday 10 June 1978, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Berlioz The Corsaire Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 Tamas Vasary (Piano)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Saturday 1 July 1978
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Brahms St. Anthony Variations
Schumann Konzertstück for 4 horns Michael Wild (Horn), Andrew Hunter (Horn), Peter Rushton (Horn), Jonathon Sutton (Horn)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10
Saturday 7 October 1978
St. Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Brahms St. Anthony Variations
Britten Peter Grimes – Four Sea Interludes
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Sunday 12 November 1978, 7.30pm
Nicholas Chamberlain School, Bedworth
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mussorgsky Night on the Bare Mountain
Delius Hassan – Intermezzo and Serenade
Mozart, W A Clarinet Concerto Rachael Herbert (Clarinet)
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
1979
1979 – Precise date unknown
Priory Church, Leominster
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Elgar Enigma Variations
Walton Symphony No. 1
Monday 5 February 1979, 7.30pm
Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Rossini William Tell Overture
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Johnny Morris (Narrator)
Holst Fugal for flute and oboe John Franklin (Flute), Alison Lancaster / Whatley (Oboe)
Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Wednesday 7 February 1979
Temple Speech Room, Rugby
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Rossini William Tell Overture
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Johnny Morris (Narrator)
Holst Fugal for flute and oboe John Franklin (Flute), Alison Lancaster / Whatley (Oboe)
Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Sunday 25 February 1979, 7.30pm
Finham Park School, Coventry
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Wagner Tristan und Isolde – Prelude and Liebestod
Mahler Symphony No. 6
Monday 5 March 1979, 8.00pm
Aston University
Conductor: Robert Meikle
Bruckner Te Deum Rosemary Phillips (Soprano), Barbara McGuire (Contralto), Gareth Roberts (Tenor), Jonathon Gibbs (Bass)
Mahler Symphony No. 6
Sunday 11 March 1979, 8.00pm
De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Conductor: Robert Meikle
Bruckner Te Deum Rosemary Phillips (Soprano), Barbara McGuire (Contralto), Gareth Roberts (Tenor), Jonathon Gibbs (Bass)
Mahler Symphony No. 6
Sunday 8 April 1979
Cleeve School, Bishop’s Cleeve
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Douglas Smith (Piano)
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Sunday 6 May 1979, 8.00pm
St. Mary’s Church, Warwick
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, R Death and Transfiguration
Elgar Enigma Variations
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Sunday 20 May 1979
Lichfield Civic Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Elgar Enigma Variations
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Saturday 2 June 1979
Tewkesbury Abbey
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, R Death and Transfiguration
Elgar Enigma Variations
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Saturday 23 June 1979, 7.30pm
Town Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Walton Symphony No. 1
Walton Belshazzar’s Feast Roger Stalman (Baritone)
Sunday 30 September 1979, 7.30pm
Congleton Town Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Smetana Má Vlast No.2: Vltava
Copland Billy the Kid suite
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Saturday 13 October 1979, 7.30pm – Music from the Strauss Family
Kenilworth Grammar School
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Strauss, Johann II Voices of Spring Waltz
Strauss, Johann II & Josef Pizzicato Polka
Strauss, Johann II Perpetuum Mobile
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Strauss, Johann II Française / Cuckoo Polka
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Sunday 21 October 1979, 8.00pm
Nicholas Chamberlain School, Bedworth
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Mozart, W A Overture Magic Flute
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Copland Billy the Kid suite
Smetana Má Vlast No.2: Vltava
Sunday 18 November 1979, 8.00pm – Viennese Evening
Lichfield Civic Hall
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Strauss, Johann II & Josef Pizzicato Polka
Strauss, Johann II Perpetuum Mobile
Strauss, Johann II Roses from the South Waltz
Strauss, Johann II Française / Cuckoo Polka
Strauss, Johann II Thunder and Lightning Polka
Strauss, Johann II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Strauss, Johann II Voices of Spring Waltz
Sunday 2 December 1979, 7.45pm – Russian Evening
Bartley Green Girls’ School, Birmingham
Conductor: Kenneth Page
Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
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