OUR CONCERT PROGRAMME for the 2010-2011 season
(scroll to the bottom of this page if you'd like to see what we played in the 2009-2010 season)
             
SATURDAY 9 OCTOBER 2010: "Battle of Britain Anniversary" concert
at Homewood Road Church, St Albans AL1 4SZ (Homewood Road, at corner with Sandpit Lane)

    Conductor:  Bjorn Bantock
Coates: Dam Busters March
Walton: 'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue
Walton: 'Battle of Britain' Suite
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March no 4 op 39
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March no 5 op 39
Elgar: Enigma Variations op 36         ticket information

SUNDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2010: "November Soirée Musicale"
at The Old Town Hall, St Albans (St Peters Street, opposite Victoria Street)

...This event is still subject to confirmation: Our intention is for an intimate evening of light classics and jazz in an informal social setting (with refreshments including licensed bar). Your performers will be soloists and chamber groups made up of members of the orchestra.

            ticket information

SATURDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2011: "Viola and Dvorak" concert
at St Saviours Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans AL1 4DF (near Walton Street)

    Conductor: Jacques Cohen;    Viola soloist: Eniko Magyar
Dvorák: Slavonic Dances nos. 1-4 op 72
Bartók: Viola concerto
Dvorák: Symphony 8 in G            ticket information

SATURDAY 7 MAY 2011: "Classics at Boxmoor" concert
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: Ben Palmer;     Trumpet soloist: to be announced.
Beethoven: Overture Zur Namensfeier (the 'Name-Day' overture, Op. 115)
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Mozart: Divertimento no 2 in B flat
Brahms: Serenade no 1 in D            ticket information

SATURDAY 18 JUNE 2011: "Mahler" concert
in Potters Bar (at a venue to be announced)

    Conductor: Patrick Bailey;     Soprano soloist: to be announced.
Rossini: Overture 'The Thieving Magpie'
Britten: Les Illuminations
Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G            ticket information

CHAMBER CONCERT on Saturday 12th September 2009 at 7.30pm in St Albans Music School, Townsend Drive, St Albans AL3 5RL:
Members* of the Hertfordshire Philharmonia orchestra presented an evening of chamber music.
Weber - Clarinet Quintet
Arensky - String Quartet
Latham - 2 Pieces for String Quartet
*David Agnew (violin), Stefanie Fano (violin), Andy Simpson (viola), Stephen Latham (cello), Marcus Mauger (cello), Angela Crispe (clarinet)
Tickets on the door only: £8 (children under 16 £3)

FRIDAY 2nd and SATURDAY 3rd OCTOBER 2009, 8pm
THE COLOSSEUM, WATFORD
Hertfordshire Philharmonia is playing for
FILM SCORE SPECTACULAR...LIVE
Blockbusting Movie Music and Sensational Light Show
promoted by Rocco CCR and presented by Alasdair Malloy
SATURDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2009, 7.30pm
ST MARY'S CHURCH, THE WALK (east end), POTTERS BAR, EN6 1QQ
 Jacques Cohen conductor
Fenella Humphreys violin
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS - Serenade to Music
TCHAIKOVSKY - Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS - Symphony No. 1           
SATURDAY 12TH DECEMBER 2009, 7.30pm
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, SANDPIT LANE near Walton Street, ST ALBANS, AL1 4DF
Carols By Candlelight
- a concert of seasonal music and carols, with CAMP and MANDEVILLE School Choirs   
 SATURDAY 6TH FEBRUARY 2010, 7.30pm
ST SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, SANDPIT LANE near Walton Street, ST ALBANS, AL1 4DF
Patrick Bailey conductor
Dimitris Dekavallas guitar
ROSSINI - William Tell Overture
RODRIGO - Guitar Concerto
NIELSEN - Symphony No. 5  
SATURDAY 20TH MARCH 2010, 7.30pm
ST JOHN'S CHURCH BOXMOOR, Station Road, opposite Heath Lane, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP1 1JY
Rufus Frowde conductor
Melanie Young flute
ROSSINI - Tancredi Overture
MOZART - Flute Concerto
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 7
SATURDAY 19TH JUNE 2010 (note later starting time: 7.45pm)
ST MARY'S CHURCH, THE WALK (east end), POTTERS BAR, EN6 1QQ
Bjorn Bantock conductor
LATHAM - Rail Road
STRAVINSKY - Symphonies of Wind Instruments
BERNSTEIN - "On the Waterfront" Suite
BARBER - Adagio for Strings
COPLAND - Quiet City                back to top
BERNSTEIN - "West Side Story" Symphonic Dances
SATURDAY 17 JULY 2010, 7.30pm
at the Coptic Cathedral, Shephalbury Park, off Broadhall Way, Stevenage, with the North Herts Guild of Singers:
Elgar: Cockaigne Overture
Elgar: Te Deum
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man.     back to top

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