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2000 Concert Programmes March 11th Russian Easter Festival Overture --- Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto No. 3 --- Bartok Soloist: Annabelle Lawson Symphony No. 2 in E minor -- Rachmaninov Conducted by Simon Bowler May 20th Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet --- Tchaikovsky Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb major ----- Strauss
Symphony No. 5 in E minor -------- Tchaikovsky Conducted by Simon Bowler July 22nd Overture The Thieving Magpie**---- Rossini Variations on a Rococo Theme* --- Tchaikovsky Soloist: Catherine Dawson (cello) Overture Light Cavalry** --- Suppé Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished")* --- Schubert Finlandia** --- Sibelius Conducted by Simon Bowler* and Frank Lennon** October 21st Concert featuring the Wurlitzer 2000 organ at Stockport Town Hall Adagio for Organ and Strings ...................... Albinoni Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani .... Poulenc Organ solos including Sortie in E flat (Lefébure-Wély) L'Arlésienne Suites .............................. Bizet Symphony No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra ...Guilmant Soloist: Huw Williams Conducted by Simon Bowler Supported by the Gerrard Family Trust December 9thOverture Russlan and Ludmilla ------------------- Glinka Caucasian Sketches ------------------- Ippolitov-Ivanov Dance of the Tumblers ---------------- Rimsky-Korsakov Movements from the Christmas Oratorio ---- Bach Two Motets (Bruckner) and Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré) Carols for All with Marple Choral Society (Musical Director Richard Laing) Conducted by Denise Beynon |
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2001 Concert Programmes March 10th Concert Overture In the South (Alassio)...............Elgar Symphonic Poem Tintagel ....................................Bax Symphony No. 1 in C minor..............................Brahms Conducted by Simon Bowler May 5th Symphony No. 41 in C ("Jupiter").....................Mozart Symphonies of Winds .................................Stravinsky Symphony No. 5 in C minor.........................Beethoven Conducted by Sam King July 21st
Four Dances from Rodeo.............................Copland Adagio for
Strings...........................................Barber Rhapsody in
Blue........................................Gershwin Soloist: Wyn Hyland
Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)...Dvorák Conducted by Simon
Bowler
October 20th Prélude ŕ l'aprčs-midi d'un faune...................Debussy Piano Concerto in G major................................Ravel Soloist: Andrea Vaz Ballet Suite Le Cid......................................Massenet Bolero.............................................................Ravel Conducted by Denise Beynon December 15th Choral Concert with Cheadle Hulme School Choral Society singing traditional seasonal songs Overture Euryanthe .......................................Weber Kol Nidrei......................................................Bruch Soloist: Julia Cupman Slavonic Dances...........................................Dvorák Land of the Mountain and the Flood...........MacCunn Marche Slave........................................Tchaikovsky Carols for all Conductors: Frank Lennon & Philip Dewhurst |
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2002 Concert Programmes March 9th Overture Carnival Romain........................Berlioz Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb.........................Liszt Soloist: Gemma Beeson Prelude to Act 1 Lohengrin......................Wagner Symphony No. 3 in F major......................Brahms Conductor:
Sam King
May 11th A Somerset Rhapsody..........................Holst Sea Pictures..........................................Elgar Soloist: Jan Hutchings Walk to the Paradise Garden..................Delius Symphony No. 2 (London)..Vaughan Williams Conducted by Mark Robinson July 13th Jubel Overture ................................Weber Violin Concerto No. 1......................Bruch Soloist: Nicola Hatfield Prelude to Sappho.........................Bantock Symphony No. 8...........................Dvorak Conducted by Frank Lennon October 19th Night on the Bare Mountain......Mussorgsky Violin Concerto ..............................Elgar Soloist: Oliver Nelson Symphony No. 2 in D minor......Balakirev Conducted by Andrew
Hodkinson December 14th The Messiah (Pt 1) ....................Handel with
Cheadle Hulme School Choral Society Overture Die Fledermaus...............Strauss Three Elizabeths Suite....................Coates Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1..Elgar conducted by Robin Newton |
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2003 Concert Programmes March 1st Tragic Overture...............................Brahms Valses Nobles et Sentimentales............Ravel Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 & 6..........Brahms Symphony No. 6 in D major..............Dvorak
conducted by Robin Newton
May 10th Overture Idomeneo........................Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 (K417)........Mozart Soloist: Andrew Turner (Chethams School of Music) Symphonic Variations..................Dvorak Symphony No. 4 in E minor........Brahms Conducted by Nicholas Simpson July 5th Nautical Overture Britannia.........Mackenzie VALE for cello, oboe & orchestra ......Stent Soloist: Rosie Brown (cello) Three Bavarian Dances....................Elgar Welsh Rhapsody.........................German Symphony No. 5 in E minor..Tchaikovsky conducted by Robin Newton October 18th Overture Beatrice and Benedict.....Berlioz Violin Concerto..........................Sibelius Soloist: Oliver Nelson Symphony No. 3 in E major..........Bruch Conducted by Andrew Hodkinson December 6th Viennese Evening with popular works by Strauss, Lehar and Mozart also Angela Rowley (soprano) Flute and Oboe Concerto...........Salieri Soloists: Carla Rees & Chris Astles Conductor: Robin Newton |
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2004 Concert Programmes March 6th Clarinet Concerto.................................Mozart Soloist: Lenny Sayers Symphony No. 7 in E major................Bruckner Conductor:
Nicholas Simpson
May 8th
Hebrides Overture.................Mendelssohn
Concerto for violin & cello.............Brahms
Soloists: Oliver Nelson &
Rebecca Gilliver
Symphony No. 7............................Dvorak
Conductor: Nicholas
Simpson
This concert was supported by the Gerrard Family
Trust and the Society is extremely grateful to the Trustees for sponsoring
the above soloists. July 3rd
An Evening of Belle Vue Favourites
including Humperdinck's Overture Hansel and Gretel, Weinberger's
Schwanda the Bagpiper, Schubert's Entractes from Rosamunde,
Sullivan's Overture Di Ballo and more short popular pieces which
the orchestra played in its Belle Vue days.
Conductor: Andrew
Hodkinson
October 16th
Choral Concert with Bury Choral Society
(Musical Director John Edwards)
Requiem.......................Fauré
Conductor: John Edwards Harold in Italy..............Berlioz
Solo Viola: Marianne Yeomans
Conductor: Nicholas
Simpson
December 4th A Viennese Evening with
Angela Rowley (soprano) Arias from Cosi fan
tutte and Merry Wives of Windsor Symphony
No. 97 (Haydn) Strauss
Waltzes etc. Conductor: Nicholas
Simpson
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200 5 Concert ProgrammesMarch 5th Overture Egmont Beethoven Clarinet Concerto No.2 in Eb Weber Soloist: Lenny Sayers Symphony No.9 (Great C Major) Schubert Conductor: Nicholas Simpson May 7th Pastoral Suite Lars Erik Larssen Concerto for Piano & Orchestra Grieg Soloist: Rosie Brown Symphony No. 2 in D major Sibelius Conductor: Nicholas Simpson July 9th A Fantasy Concert to include: Fantasy Overture Romeo & Juliet Tchaikovsky Fantasia on Greensleeves Vaughan Williams The Sorcerer's Apprentice Dukas Night on a Bare Mountain Mussorgsky Kamarinskaya Fantasy Glinka La Boutique Fantasque Rossini/Respighi Conductor: Frank Lennon October 15th Land of the Mountain & the Flood MacCunn Scottish Fantasia Bruch Soloist: Oliver Nelson Symphony No. 3 (Scottish) Mendelssohn Conductor: Nicholas Simpson December 3rd Festival Concert Les Preludes Liszt Symphony No. 40 in G minor Mozart Nutcracker ballet suite Tchaikovsky Orpheus in the Underworld - Can-Can Offenbach Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson Conductor: Andrew Hodkinson |
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2006 Concert programmes March 4th Overture Italian Girl in Algiers Rossini Concerto for Flute and Harp Mozart Soloists: Corallia Duo Fiona Slominska (flute) & Louise Thomson (harp) Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) Beethoven Conductor: Nicholas Simpson May 6th Overture Der Freischutz Weber Violin Concerto in E minor Mendelssohn Soloist: Ho-On To (Chetham's School of Music) Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish) Schumann Conductor: Nicholas Simpson July 8th Overture Hansel and Gretel Humperdinck Mother Goose Suite Ravel Midsummer Night's Dream Ov. Mendelssohn Dream Children Suite Elgar Childrens Overture Quilter Capriccio Italien Tchaikovsky Conductor Richard Waldock October 14th Little Suites for Orchestra Malcolm Arnold Horn Concerto No. 1 Richard Strauss Soloist: Alex Edmundson Symphony No. 1 in Ab Elgar Conductor Andrew Hodkinson |