OUR CONCERT PROGRAMME for the 2011-2013 seasons
Some of the details for the 2012-2013 season are still subject to confirmation.
(Scroll to the bottom of this page if you'd like to see what we have already played this season.)       This page last updated: 5 May 2012
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)           ticket information or contact the venue


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          ticket information


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          ticket information


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

    Conductor: Bjorn Bantock.
Humperdinck: Hänsel and Gretel Overture
Strauss: Selection of waltzes
Bizet: L'Arlesienne suite
Latham: Christmas Medley
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite          ticket information


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          ticket information


SATURDAY 11 MAY 2013, starting 7.30pm: "New&Old" theme concert
at St Johns Methodist Church, Potters Bar EN6 2DZ (Baker Street, at corner with Heather Way).    Click for map.

   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"


SATURDAY 6 JULY 2013, starting 7.30pm: Summer concert
in St Albans (venue to be advised)

  Conductor: Jacques Cohen;  Soloist: (to be advised)
Weber: Der Freischutz Overture
Bruch: Violin concerto no 1 in G minor Op.26, (frequent Classic FM popular choice)
Sibelius: Symphony no 5

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
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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
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