Programmes of Concerts 1985 - 2003 by
Shrewsbury Symphony Orchestra
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2002 - 03
27th November 2002
Schumann  Overture: "Manfred"
Butterworth  Idyll: "The Banks of Green Willow"
Liszt  Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat; soloist:  Gaynor Bennion-Pedley
Schumann  Symphony No 4 in D minor
12th March 2003
Berlioz  Overture: "Beatrice and Benedict"
Dvorák  Violin Concerto in A minor; soloist:  Elizabeth Moore
Coleridge-Taylor  "Demande et Réponse" from "Petite Suite de Concert"
Berwald  Symphony No 3 in C ("Sinfonie Singulière")
21st May 2003
Schubert  Overture and Ballet Music No 2 from "Rosamunde"
Mozart  Piano Concerto in C K467; soloist:  David Grundy, Guest conductor: Martin Leigh
Beethoven  Symphony No 6 in F ("Pastoral")
Conducted by David Grundy
2001 - 02
28th November 2001
Music of the British Isles
MacCunn  Overture: "The Land of the Mountain and the Flood"
Finzi  New Year Music (Nocturne)
German  Welsh Rhapsody
Moeran  Symphony in G minor
8th May 2002

Weber  Overture to "Oberon"
Delius  Intermezzo: "The Walk to the Paradise Garden"
Grieg  Piano Concerto in A minor; soloist:  Robert Birchall
Brahms  Symphony No 3 in F
2000 - 01
22nd November 2000
Dvorák  Overture: "Carnival"
Bruch  Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor; soloist:  Maureen Smith
Rossini, arr. Britten  March and Tyrolese from "Soirées Musicales"
Dvorák  Symphony No 9 in E minor ("From the New World")
16th May 2001
Tchaikovsky
  Fantasy Overture: "Romeo and Juliet"
  Waltz from Serenade for Strings
  Capriccio Italien
  Symphony No 4 in F minor
7th April 2001  accompanying Shrewsbury Choral Society:  VERDI  Stabat Mater and Requiem
1999 - 2000
24th November 1999
Beethoven  Overture: "Coriolan"
Brahms  Double Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra; soloists: Frances Mason (violin), James Halsey (cello)
Schubert  Incidental Music from "Rosamunde"
Mozart  Symphony No 40 in G minor
25th May 2000
New Millennium Concert

Elgar  Overture: "Cockaigne"
Coates  "London" Suite
Elgar  Symphony No 1 in A flat
29th January 2000  accompanying Shrewsbury Choral Society:  BORODIN  Polovtsian Dances ("Prince Igor") and  BIZET  "Carmen" (concert version)
17th May 2000  accompanying Shrewsbury Choral Society:  ELGAR  "The Music Makers" and  BERLIOZ  Te Deum
1998 - 99
25th November 1998
Rossini  Overture: "The Italian Girl in Algiers"
Mendelssohn  Nocturne (Incidental Music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream")
Mozart  Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat K495; soloist: Michael Sheehan
Mendelssohn  Symphony No 3 in A minor ("Scottish")
24th March 1999

Nicolai  Overture: "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Sibelius  Suite: "King Christian II
Tchaikovsky  Symphony No 6 in B Minor ("Pathétique")
1997 - 98
26th November 1997
Schubert  Symphony No 2 in B flat
Strauss  Oboe Concerto; soloist: David Glossop
Schubert  Symphony No 4 in C minor ("Tragic")
Brahms  Variations on the St. Anthony Chorale
20th May 1998
Hérold  Overture: "Zampa"
Fauré  "Elégie" for Cello and Orchestra; soloist: Richard Higgins
Saint-Saëns  Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor
Massenet  Scènes Pittoresques
Franck  Symphony in D minor
1996 - 97
20th November 1996
Beethoven  Overture: "The Creatures of Prometheus"
Mozart  Concert Aria: "Ch'io mi Scordi di te?"; Marion Murdoch (soprano), David Grundy (piano)
Haydn  Symphony No 99 in E flat
Beethoven  Symphony No 3 in E flat ("Eroica")
12th March 1997
Dvorák
  Slavonic Dances Op 46 Nos 1 in C & 2 in E minor
  Piano Concerto in G minor; soloist: Jonathan Ayerst
  Symphony No 7 in D minor
1995 - 96
8th November 1995
Schubert  Symphony No 6 in C
Beethoven  Romance No 2 in F; soloist: Elizabeth Moore (violin)
Wagner  "Siegfried Idyll"
Vaughan Williams  Romance: "The Lark Ascending"
Vaughan Williams  Overture: "The Wasps"
6th March 1996
Sibelius
  Tone Poem: "Finlandia"
  Violin Concerto; soloist: Karin Leishman
  Symphony No 2 in D
1994 - 95
9th November 1994

Mozart  Symphony No 29 in A
Weber  Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat; soloist: Anne Brookes
Mozart  Overture to "Così fan Tutte"
Beethoven  Symphony No 4 in B flat
8th March 1995
Mendelssohn  Overture: "The Hebrides"
Mozart  Symphony No 39 in E flat
Haydn  Cello Concerto in C; soloist: Peggy Tudor
Dvorák  Czech Suite
13th May 1995
Mendelssohn  Overture: "The Hebrides"
Mozart  Piano Concerto in C K476; soloist David Grundy
Mozart  Symphony No 39 in E flat    Dvorák  Czech Suite
1993 - 94
1st December 1993
Beethoven  Overture: "King Stephen"
Respighi  Suite: "The Birds"
Haydn  Trumpet Concerto; soloist: Wendy Jones
Mozart  Violin Concerto No 2; soloist: Brian Batey
Weber  Symphony in C
26th March 1994
Elgar
  "Pomp and Circumstance" March No 2
  Variations on an Original Theme ("Enigma")
  Violin Concerto; soloist: Geoffrey Trabichoff
2nd October 1993  jointly with Shrewsbury Choral Society (in aid of the Shropshire and Mid Wales Hospice)
"A Night at the Theatre": items from Delibes' "Sylvia", "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky and Verdi's "Nabucco"
1992 - 93
28th November 1992
Reznicek  Overture: "Donna Diana"
Delius  Two Pieces for Small Orchestra: "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring" & "Summer Night on the River"
Britten  Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Ian Bostridge (tenor), Susan Dent (horn)
Gounod  "Petite Symphonie" for Wind Instruments
Haydn  Symphony No 88 in G
27th March 1993

Schubert  Symphony No 5 in B flat
Mahler  Symphony No 4 in G
1991 - 92
30th November 1991
Tchaikovsky
  "Marche Slave"
  Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor; soloist: Andrew Massey
  Waltz from "Eugene Onegin"
  Theme and Variations from Suite No 3 in G
28th March 1992

Mendelssohn  Overture: "Ruy Blas"
Elgar  Cello Concerto; soloist: Peter Dixon
Brahms  Symphony No 1 in C minor
1990 - 91
23rd March 1991
  Mozart Bicentenary Concert
  Overture to "Idomeneo"
  Clarinet Concerto in A; soloist: Geraint Jones
  Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra; soloists: Hamish Drummond (violin), James Drummond (viola)
  Symphony No 38 in D ("Prague")
21st May 1991
Boyce  Symphony No 4 in F
Handel  Organ Concerto No 4 in F; soloist David Grundy
Albinoni  Adagio in G minor for Organ and Strings
Grieg  Two Elegiac Melodies: "Heart's Wounds" & "Last Spring"
Haydn  Symphony No 45 in F# minor ("Farewell)"

17th May 1991
jointly with Romanian pianist Luiza Borac
in aid of Romanian Relief
Boyce  Symphony No 4 in F    Schubert  Piano Sonata in G D894
Haydn  Symphony No 45 in F# minor ("Farewell"): 4th Movement
Grieg  Two Elegiac Melodies: "Heart's Wounds" & "Last Spring"
Haydn  Piano Sonata in C Hob. XVI No 50
Mozart  Piano Concerto in A K488
17th November 1990
jointly with Shrewsbury Choral Society
Brahms
  Two Minuets from Serenade in D
  Variations on the St. Anthony Chorale
  "A German Requiem"; Mary Plazas (soprano), Geoffrey Dolton (bass)
29th September 1990  with Shrewsbury Choral Society and guests
Beethoven  Symphonies No 8 in F and No 9 in D minor; Mary Davies (soprano), Mollie Fernley (contralto), Ian Storey (tenor), Michael Brennan (bass);
  following a day's "play-through" of Symphonies 1 to 7, in aid of the Shropshire and Mid Wales Hospice
1989 - 90
6th December 1989
Ginka  Fantasia on Two Russian Themes: "Kamarinskaya"
Delibes  Suite from "Le Roi S'Amuse"
Haydn  Symphony No 101 in D ("The Clock")
Brahms  Violin Concerto in D; soloist: Edward Dusinberre
24th March 1990
Berlioz  Overture: "Les Francs Juges"
Grieg  Piano Concerto in A minor; soloist: Andrew West
Sibelius  Symphony No 1 in E minor
1988 - 89
2nd December 1988
Shrewsbury Orchestral Society CENTENARY CONCERT
Bryan Kelly Overture: "Shrewsbury Festival" (First performance; specially commissioned for the Centenary Concert)
Rachmaninov  Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor; soloist: Martino Tirimo
Schubert  Symphony No 9 in C ("Great")
22nd March 1989
Mendelssohn  Overture: "The Fair Melusine"
Delius  "A Song Before Sunrise"
Tchaikovsky  Violin Concerto in D; soloist: Maureen Smith
Beethoven  Symphony No 7 in A
1987 - 88

18th November 1987

Weber  Overture: "Oberon"
Weber  Arias: "Ocean, thou Mighty Monster" ("Oberon") and "How did Sleep come upon me?" ("Der Freischütz"); Lorna Crosse (soprano)
Wagner  Grand March from "Tannhäuser"
Dvorák  Symphony No 8 in G
25th May 1988
jointly with Shrewsbury Choral Society
Mozart  Symphony No 41 in C ("Jupiter")
Haydn  Mass in B flat ("Harmoniemesse"); Harriet Harwood (soprano), Judith Brennan (contralto), Ian Burgess (tenor), Michael Brennan (bass)
16th March 1988
Beethoven  Overture: "Egmont"
Brahms  Double Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra; soloists: Anthony Marwood (violin), Christopher Marwood (cello)
Barber  Adagio for Strings
Mendelssohn  Symphony No 3 in A minor ("Scottish")
1986 - 87
19th November 1986
jointly with Shrewsbury Choral Society
Elgar  Overture: "Cockaigne"
Bliss  Suite: "Things to Come"
Vaughan Williams  Symphony No 1 ("A Sea Symphony"); Mary Truelove (soprano), Robert Turner (baritone)
11th March 1987
Beethoven  Overture: "Coriolan"
Beethoven  Violin Concerto in D; soloist: Paul Barritt
Schubert  Entr'Acte in B flat and Ballet Music No 2 from "Rosamunde"
Mozart  Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550
1985 - 86
28th November 1985
Sullivan  "Overture di Ballo"
Berlioz  Symphony: "Harold in Italy"; soloist: Rosemary Sanderson (viola)
Butterworth  Rhapsody: "A Shropshire Lad"
Tchaikovsky  Fantasy Overture: "Romeo and Juliet"
12th March 1986

Mozart  Overture to "The Magic Flute"
Dvorák  Cello Concerto in B minor; soloist: Ross Pople
Brahms  Symphony No 4 in E minor
1984 - 85
 
  
  
  
6th March 1985
Rossini  Overture: "The Silken Ladder"
Bruch  Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor; soloist: Sophie Langdon
Brahms  Minuet & Scherzo from Serenade in D
Mendelssohn  Symphony No 4 in A ("Italian")



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