The Telford Orchestra

Patron: Lord Grocott of Telford

Previous Concerts

Concert Season 2009/10

Autumn Concert

Saturday 21^st November 2009 at 7.30pm

Performing Arts Centre, Adams Grammar School, NEWPORT, Shropshire

MENDELSSOHN: 'Hebrides' overture (Fingal's Cave)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major

soloist: Samantha Ward

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 ('The Scottish')

Concert Season 2008/09

Summer Concert

Saturday 13th June 2009

St Michael’s Church, Madeley, Telford

SULLIVAN: Pirates of Penzance (overture)

TCHAIKOVSKY: June and December (from ‘The Seasons’)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from ‘Swan Lake’

BRITTEN: Soirees Musicales

HAYDN: Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor,

‘The Farewell Symphony’

Spring Concert

‘The Essence of England’

Saturday 28th March 2009

Wellington Methodist Church, New Street, Wellington

WALTON: Crown Imperial

FRECKLETON: ‘Wrekin, mighty giant, in whose steps

the Romans trod…’(from ‘The Wrekin Suite’)

HOFFMEISTER: Viola Concerto in B flat Soloist: Ting Chiu

VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 2, ‘A London Symphony’

St Cecilia’s Day Concert

Saturday 22^nd November 2008

Old Hall School, Stanley Road, Wellington

ROSSINI: Overture to The Barber of Seville

MOZART: Serenade for Wind, K388

VIVALDI: Double Cello Concerto, RV531

Soloists: Annie Palmer, Molly Carter

RAVEL: Minuet sur le Nom d’Haydn

HAYDN: Symphony No.103 in E flat, ‘The Drum Roll’

Concert Season 2007/08

Saturday 7th June 2008

The Circle, Hadley Learning Community, Telford

McCUNN: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood

SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite

SIBELIUS: Finlandia

BIZET: L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1

ELGAR: Chanson de Matin / Chanson de Nuit

FRECKLETON: ‘Madeley Court’ (movement from ‘Wrekin Suite’)

Saturday 8th March 2008

Telford Orchestra in concert with Shifnal Chorale

St Mary’s, Albrighton

HAYDN: Nelson Mass

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8

Saturday 8th December 2007

Old Hall School, Wellington

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488

Soloist: Motomi Inoguchi

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8

Monday 15th October 2007

an evening rehearsal performance

SIBELIUS: 'Karelia Suite'

Concert Season 2006/07

Friday May 18th  2007 7:30pm

Rodington Village Hall

ELGAR                        Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G

ARRIAGA                    Symphony in D

GRIEG             Peer Gynt Suite

BUTTERWORTH         On the Banks of Green Willow

SHOSTAKOVITCH      Age of Gold Polka

GRIEG             Symphonic Dance Op 64

SCHUBERT                 Rosamunde Ballet No 1

Other works performed recently include:

MOZART                                  Clarinet Concerto

Soloist: Frank Allen

(to mark the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth)

CORELLI Concerto No. 8

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 - ‘Unfinished’

WALDTEUFEL Les Patineurs

HOLST St Paul's Suite

PANUFNIK Two Lyric Pieces

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Two Hymn Tune Preludes

JACOBS Old Wine In New Bottles

STRAVINSKY Eight Instrumental Miniatures

RAVEL                                     Pavane pour une infante defunte

GOUNOD                                 Petite Symphonie

MOZART                                  Serenata Notturna

HAYDN                                    Symphony No 8

BRAHMS                                 Liebeslieder -Waltzer

HAYDN                                    Sinfonia No 6 'Le Matin'

BERKELEY                              The Romance of the Rose

BACH                                       Orchestral Suite in B Minor

MOZART                                  Symphony No. 40 in G Minor

MOZART                                  Overture Don Juan

GRIEG                                     Norwegian Dances

HAYDN                                    Symphonies No’s 99,101 & 103

HAYDN                                    Trumpet Concerto

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS             Folk Song Suite

ELGAR                                     The Wand of Youth Suite

HANDEL                                  Water Music

WARLOCK                               Capriol Suite

BIZET                                       L'ArlesiennneSuite

STRAUSS                                Die Fledermaus (overture)

COATES                                  London Suite

and works by Sullivan, William Boyce, Delius, and Ernest Tomlinson, among many others