Tynedale Orchestra Concerts: Complete list.

            (The inaugural meeting of the orchestra took place on 22th Sept. 1988)

1) Sunday 5th March 1989 Queens Hall Library, Hexham
Conductor/pianist: Graeme McKinnon
Gabrieli: Canzon Quarti Toni (Transcribed & Edited by David Greer)
Byrd: Non Nobis Domine (arr for string orch. by Nicholas Marcheall)
Mozart: Piano Concerto no 21 in A
Haydn: Symphony 104 (London)

2) Sunday 19 November 1989 Queens Hall Library, Hexham
Conductor: Graeme McKinnon
Beethoven: Overture: Egmont
Mozart: Andante for flute orchestra, arr. for fl. & piano by Max Wolff
     Solo flute: Laura McKinnon
Brahms: Intermezzo in C sharp minor
    Piano Graeme Mckinnon
Chopin: Sonata for Piano & Cello, Scherzo
    Solo cello: Suzie Winkworth
Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F.

3) Sunday 25th March 1990 Queens Hall Library, Hexham
Conductors: Graeme McKinnon and John Hawkes
Soloist: Laura McKinnon (Flute)
Schubert: Overture, Rosamunde
Mozart: Flute Concerto No.1 
John Hawkes: Five Sketches for Chamber Orchestra
Schubert: Symphony No.8 (Unfinished)

4) Sunday 16th Dec. 1990 Queens Hall Library, Hexham
Conductor: Michael Thorne
Soloist: Michael Walton (Trumpet)
Handel: Concerto Grosso
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto 
Beethoven: Symphony No.1

5) Sunday 19th May 1991 Queens Hall Library, Hexham
Conductor: Michael Thorne
Britten: Simple Symphony
Gordon Jacob: Old Wine In New Bottles
Peter Maxwell-Davies: Scottish Renaissance Dances
Beethoven: Symphony No.2

6) Saturday 14 December 1991 Queens Hall Library, Hexham
Conductor: Michael Thorne
Soloist: Paul Judson (Bassoon)
Lennox Berkeley: Divertimento
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 (Scottish)

7) Saturday 21st March 1992 Queens Hall Library, Hexham
Conductor: Michael Thorne
Soloist: David Murray (piano)
Sullivan: Overture; Di Ballo
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.5 (Reformation)

8) Saturday 19th December 1992 Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor: Michael Thorne
Soloist: Jennifer Murray (Clarinet)
Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No.1
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites 1 and 2

9) Saturday March 20th 1993, Lower School Hall, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor: Michael Thorne
Soloist: Michael Walton (Trumpet)
Rossini: Overture; La Cenerentola
Telemann: Concerto in D for Trumpet and Strings
Larsson: Concertino for Trumpet and Strings
Schumann: Symphony No.3 (Rhenish)

10) Saturday November 27th 1993, Lower School Hall, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor: Michael Thorne
Soloists: Margaret Borthwick (Flute)
Kate Wilson (Harp)
John Hawkes: Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp
Schubert: Symphony No.6

11) Saturday 26th March 1994 Queens Hall Library, Hexham
Conductor: Michael Thorne
Soloist: Rebecca Thompson (piano)
Mendelssohn: Overture Ruy Blas
Mozart: Piano Concerto no 20 in D minor
Schumann: Symphony no 4

12) Saturday 10th December 1994 Hexham Middle School
Conductor: Michael Thorne
Soloist: Maureen McCauley (Mezzo-Soprano)
Mendelssohn: Overture The Hebrides
Copland: Old American Songs
Berwald: Sinfonie Serieuse (Symphony no 1)

13) Saturday 25th March 1995 Lower School Hall, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor: Michael Thorne
Soloist: Alexander Borthwick
Haydn: Symphony no 100 (The Military)
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C
Schubert: Symphony no 4 in C minor

14) Saturday 2nd December 1995 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Soloist: Alison Chandler
Purcell (orch.Holst) The Gordian Knot Untied
Mozart: Minuet & Trio from Symphony no 41 
Mozart: Piano Concerto no 24 in C minor.
Rossini arr. Britten: Soirees Musicales
Nicholi Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

15) Saturday 16th March 1996 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Mozart: Overture to Titus
Beethoven Symphony no 2 
Vaughan Williams: Suite "English Folk Songs"
Tchaikovsky: Selection from Swan Lake

16) Saturday 25th November 1996 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Solo Clarinet: Lucy Beckmann
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Schubert: Symphony no. 8
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Sullivan: Suite "L'Isle Enchantee"

17) Saturday 15 March 1997 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Piano Stephen De Pledge
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Greig: Piano Concerto in A minor
Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1
Schubert: Overture "Rosamunde"

18) Saturday 22 November 1997 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductors Percy Lovell and John Hawkes
Haydn Symphony no 104 in D
Beethoven: Overture "Egmont"
John Hawkes: Divertimento 1st movement
(conducted by the composer).
Sullivan: Overture "The Sapphire Necklace"
Delibes: Movements from Copelia

19) Saturday 21 March 1998 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell, Solo Violin: Pauline Aitchison.
Suppe: Overture "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna"
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Bizet: Suites nos 1 and 2 from Carmen (extracts).
Walton: Coronation March "Crown Imperial"

20) Saturday 21 November 1998 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Mozart: Overture Don Giovanni
Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C
Sullivan: Music to Shakespeare's Tempest
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March no 4 in G.

21) Saturday 13 March 1999 The Lower School Hall, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Violin: Pauline Aitchison
Beethoven: Symphony no 3
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Grainger: "Shepherd's Hey"

22) Sunday 21 November 1999 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductors Percy Lovell and John Hawkes
Beethoven: Overture "Coriolan"
Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D (The "Haffner")
John Hawkes: "A Northumbrian Prelude"
Mendelssohn: Overture "The Hebrides"
Handel (arr. Harty): Suite from the Water Music

23) Saturday 25 March 2000 The Lower School Hall, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Schubert: Ballet music "Rosamunde"
Beethoven Piano Concerto no 5 (the 'Emperor')
Bizet: Symphony in C
Mozart: Overture "Titus"

24) Sunday 26th November 2000 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Verdi: Overture "The Force of Destiny"
Sullivan: Masquerade "The Merchant of Venice"
Delibes: Cortege de Bacchus ('Sylvia' Ballet Suite)
Schubert: Overture "Rosamunde"
Haydn: Symphony no 94 The 'Surprise'

25) Saturday 17th March 2001 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Trumpet: Cuthbert Lovell
Vaughan Williams: Overture "The Wasps"
Mozart: The Linz Symphony (2 movements)
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F

26) Saturday 24th November 2001 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Rossini Overture "La Cenerentola"
Beethoven: Symphony no 5
Mendelssohn: Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite no 1

27) Saturday 9th March 2002 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Bassoon: Alexandra Thornloe
Sullivan: Overture to Iolanthe
Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F Op 75
Elgar: Three Bavarian Dances
Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C (The 'Jupiter')

28) Saturday 30th November 2002 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductors Percy Lovell/John Hawkes, Solo Horn: Chris Griffiths
John Hawkes: Horn Concerto (Movs 2 and 3)
Mozart: Finale from Symphony no 34
Haydn: Horn Concerto no 2 in D
Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F (The 'Pastoral')

29) Saturday 22nd March 2003 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell
Mozart: Overture 'The Magic Flute'
Haydn: Symphony no 103 in E flat
Butterworth: 'A Shropshire Lad'
Rossini-Respighi: la Boutique Fantasque
Delibes: 'Coppelia' (excerpts)

30) Saturday 29th November 2003 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductors Percy Lovell & Layton Ring, Solo Cello Gordon Dixon
Beethoven: Symphony no 7
Delius (orch. Ring): Cello Sonata
Adam: Overture 'Si J'etais Roi'
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March no 2

31) Saturday 27th March, 2004. The Lower School Hall, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Percy Lovell, solo piano: Alexis White.
Mozart: Overture 'Il Seraglio'
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Mozart: Symphony no 31 ('The Paris')
Quilter: A Children's Overture'

32) Saturday 27th November 2004. The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor John Hawkes
Schubert: Symphony no 4
John Hawkes: 'Spider'
Mozart: Symphony no 34 in C
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Eugene Onegin
Greig: Peer Gynt Suite no 1

33) Sunday 10th April 2005. The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductors John Hawkes/Madeleine Lovell; Solo piano: Dan Becker
Cimarosa: Overture "Il Matrimonio Segreto"
Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in Bb
Mozart: Piano Concerto no 26 "The Coronation"
Luigini: Suite from "Ballet Egyptien"

34) Sunday 27th November 2005. The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Alex Lewis
Sullivan: Overture "The Yeomen of the Guard"
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Haydn: Symphony no 99 in Eb
Walton: "Popular Song" from Façade

35) Saturday 1st April 2006. The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Alex Lewis; Solo Violin: Bradley Creswick
Mozart: Overture Idomnineo
Mozart: Violin Concerto no 5
Schubert: Symphony no 3 in D
Strauss: "The Blue Danube"

36) Sunday 3rd December 2006. The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Alex Lewis; Solo cello: Oliver Coates
Beethoven: Overture Leonora no 1
Saint Saens: Cello Concerto
Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Wind
Bizet: Symphony in C

37) Saturday 24th March 2007. The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Alex Lewis; Solo Violin: Rosemary Attree
Nicolai: Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor
Dvorak: Romance for Violin & Orchestra
Tomlinson: First Suite of English Folk Dances
Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 ("The Itallian").

38) Saturday 24th November 2007. The Lower School Hall, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham.
Conductor Alex Lewis
Mozart: Overture Don Giovanni
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 trumpets and Strings, soloists: Alex Lewis and Alastair Lord, conductor: John Hawkes
Mozart: Three German Dances
Elgar: The Music Makers, with Riding Mill Choral Society (conductor Alaistair Lord)

39) Sunday 16th March 2008. The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Alex Lewis; Solo Oboe: Laura Ashton
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture (' Fingal's Cave')
Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto RV 461
Elgar: Three Bavarian Dances
Schumann: Symphony no 1 ("The Spring")
Coates: The Dam Busters March

40) Saturday 22nd November 2008 The Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Conductor Alex Lewis.
Beethoven: Overture Leonora no 3
Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Beethoven: Symphony no 1
Strauss J: Radetzky March

41) Saturday 28th March 2009, The Lower School Hall, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham.
Conductor Alex Lewis, Solo Piano: Simon Passmore
Debussy: Petite Suite
Mozart: Piano Concerto no 20 in D minor
Haydn: Symphony no 21 ('The Clock')
Elgar: Chanson de Matin.

42) Sunday 6th December 2009. St Andrew's Church, Corbridge
Conductor Alex Lewis.
Mozart: Overture The Magic Flute
Brahms: Serenade no 1 in D
Schubert: Symphony no 4
Delius: Sleigh Ride

43) Sunday 21st March, 2010. The Lower School Hall, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham.
Conductor Alex Lewis with Susie Winkworth: Solo Cello
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Bruch: Kol Nidrei
De Falla (arr Winkworth): Popular Spanish Suite
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica".

44) Saturday 27th November, 2010. The Lower School Hall, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham.
Conductor Alex Lewis with Charlotte Skinner: Violin
Rossini: Overture: The Italian Girl in Algiers
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Haydn: Symphony no 100 (The 'London')

45) Saturday 26th March, 2011. Corbridge Middle School, Corbridge
Conductor Alex Lewis
Borodin: In the Stepps of Central Asia
Warlock: Capriol Suite
Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor.

46) Saturday 26th November, 2011. Corbridge Middle School, Corbridge
Conductor Alex Lewis with Rachel Jeffers: Solo Flute.
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Mozart: Flute Concerto in G major.
Dvorak: Symphony no 9: From the New World

47) Saturday 27th March, 2012. Corbridge Middle School, Corbridge
Conductor Alex Lewis with Laura Ashton: Solo Oboe.
Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Haydn: Oboe Concerto
Brahms: Symphony no 4.

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