OUR CONCERT PROGRAMME for the 2012-2013 season

Some of the details for this season are still subject to confirmation.
(Scroll to the bottom of this page if you'd like to see what we played in the 2011-2012 season.)       This page last updated: 18th May 2013

Summer concert

SATURDAY 6 JULY 2013, starting 7.30pm
at St Pauls Church, St Albans AL1 4JP (Blandford Road, at corner with Hatfield Road.)

 Conductor: Jacques Cohen
 Soloist: Edgar Bailey - Making Music Award for Young Concert Artist 2012 winner

Weber: Der Freischutz Overture
Bruch: Violin concerto no 1 in G minor Op.26, (frequent Classic FM popular choice)
Sibelius: Symphony no 5

ticket information

2013 - 2014 season

SATURDAY 12th October 2013
St Saviours Church, Hatfield Rd, St Albans

Conductor: Jacques Cohen

Berlioz: Les Francs-Juges
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit
Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony op 78

SATURDAY 30th November 2013
St Saviours Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans

Conductor: Bjorn Bantock

Rossini: Cinderella overture
Blake: I'm Walking in the Air from The Snowman film
Prokofiev : Romance and Troika from Lieutenant Kije suite op 60
Dvorak : Slavonic Dances op 46 no 7 and 8
Bizet: Carmen Suite no 1
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite op. 20
Latham: Christmas piece

SATURDAY 15th February 2014
St Pauls Church, Hatfield Rd, St Albans

Conductor: Lev Parikian
Soloist: John Crawford

Butterworth: Shropshire Lad
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody
Elgar: Symphony no 2 in Eb

SATURDAY 29th March 2014
Coptic Cathedral, Stevenage

Conductor:  Steve Bullimore
Rehearsal conductor: Rufus Frowde

Elgar: The Apostles

THURSDAY 24th April: Repertoire rehearsal
Conductor - TBC

SATURDAY 21st June 2014
St Pauls, Hatfield Rd, St Albans

Conductor: Patrick Bailey
Soloist: Michael Wigram

Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D

SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2011, starting 7.30pm: "Northern composers" concert
at St Saviours Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF (near Walton Street)
    Conductor: Patrick Bailey;    Soloist: Sebastian Stanley
(Concert order was chronological order of composition)
Glinka: A Life for the Tsar
Grieg: Piano concerto in A Minor
Borodin: Overture 'Prince Igor'
Shostakovitch: Symphony no 9


SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2012, starting 7.30pm:
at St Saviours Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF (near Walton Street)
    Conductor: Jacques Cohen;    Soloist: Michael Wigram
Tchaikowsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 version)

by kind invitation of the North Herts Guild of Singers
SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012, starting 7.30pm:
Coptic Cathedral, Stevenage map and directions to Coptic Cathedral
     Conductor: Stephen Bullamore, directing the North Herts Guild of Singers
     Soloists: Mark Wilde (tenor), Jo Towler (horn)
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Op.31
Finzi: Intimations of Immortality

SATURDAY 26 MAY 2012, starting 7.30pm:
at St Johns Church, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead HP1 1JY (St Johns Church Boxmoor lies between Station Road and the south end of Heath Lane)
      Conductor: Bjorn Bantock;      Soloist: Angela Crispe
Mozart: Overture to Cosi Fan Tutte K588
Finzi: Clarinet concerto Op.31
Fauré: Pavane Op.50
Gounod: Petite Symphonie pour neuf instruments à vent
Haydn: Symphony no. 101 in D (The Clock)

SATURDAY 7 JULY 2012, starting 7.30pm: "Evoking places" concert
at St John's Methodist Church, Potters Bar EN6 2DZ (Baker Street, at corner with Heather Way)
    Conductor: Patrick Bailey
Mendelssohn: Overture 'Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage'
Smetana: Movements 4 (Bohemian Woods) and 6 (Blanik) from Ma Vlast
Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D, Op.43

SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER 2012, starting 7.30pm: "The Sea" theme concert
at St Pauls Church, St Albans AL1 4JP (Blandford Road, at corner with Hatfield Road.)

    Conductor: Patrick Bailey
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture
Britten: 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

SATURDAY 8 DECEMBER 2012, starting 7.30pm:" December-time" concert
at St Saviours Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF (near Walton Street)

    Conductor: Bjorn Bantock.
Humperdinck: Hänsel and Gretel Overture
Strauss: 2 waltzes: Blue Danube, and Voices of Spring
Bizet: L'Arlesienne suite
Latham: Christmas Medley
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite 

SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2013, starting 7.30pm: "One" theme concert
at St Saviours Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF (near Walton Street)

 Conductor: Bjorn Bantock;
 Soloist: Sebastian Stanley

Beethoven: Leonora Overture no 1
Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto no 1
Brahms: Symphony no 1  

SATURDAY 11 MAY 2013, starting 7.30pm
at St Johns Church, Heath Lane, BOXMOOR, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JY 

 Conductor: Lev Parikian;
 Soloist: Melanie Young

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
Arnold: Flute concerto no 1
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony
Mendelssohn: Symphony no 5 in D Op 107 "Reformation"

 
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