2015 - 2016 Season

05-Mar-2016   Matt Wood

Wagner - Die Meistersinger Overture

Strauss - Four Last Songs soloist Bryony Williams

Raval - Pavane pour une Infant Defunte

Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances

16-Apr-2016   Wyn Davies

Sterndale Bennett - May Queen Overture

Glazunov - Violin Concerto soloist Leland Chen

Saint-Saens - Havanaise soloist Leland Chen

Brahms - Symphony No 4

14-May-2016   Edmon Levon & Sam Hairsine

Chabrier - Espana

Turina - La Procession del Rocio soloist Daniel Bovey

Rodrigo - Fantasia para un Gentilhombre

Bizet - Carmen Suites 1 and 2 Ravel - Bolero

18-Jun-2016   Harish Shankar

Borodin - Prince Igor Overture

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 1 soloist Tom Hicks

Sibelius - Symphony No 2

2016 - 2017 Season

08-Oct-2016   Mark Heron

Shostakovich - Festive Overture

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 2 soloist Tom Hicks

R.Strauss - Ein Heldenleben

12-Nov-2016   Wyn Davies

The Battle of the Somme Centenary Tour film

10-Dec-2016   Robert Chasey

Steiner - Gone with the Wind

Barry - Dances with Wolves

Horner - Titanic

Morricone - Gabriel’s Oboe

Gershwin - An American in Paris

28-Jan-2017   Richard Davis

Walton - Scapino Overture

Rachmaninov - Cinq Etudes Tableaux

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

04-Mar-2017   James Phillips SIYMC

Three Concertos

01-Apr-2017   Ewa Strusinska

Adams - The Chairman Dances

Sibelius - Violin Concerto - soloist Leland Chen

Shostakovich - Symphony No 12

13-May-2017    Diogo Costa & Alex Robinson

Haydn - Symphony No 96   

Haydn - Trumpet Concerto soloist Craig Eastwood

Beethoven - Symphony No 7

17-Jun-2017    Sergej Bolkhovets

Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 3

Dvorak - Symphony No 8

2017 - 2018 Season

07-Oct-2017   Mark Heron

Glinka - Russian & Ludmilla Overture

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 4 soloist Tom Hicks

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 5

11-Nov-2017   Sergej Bolkhovets

Elgar - Cockaigne

Schumann - Cello Concerto soloist Konstantin Bruns

Elgar - Symphony No 1

09-Dec-2017    Bob Chasey

Curtain Up

The Producers

West Side Story

Les Miserables

Oklahoma

People will say we’re in Love

Symphonic Reflections

Sound of Music

ABBA - ABBA Symfonica

Berlin - White Christmas

27-Jan-2018   Wyn Davies

Dvorak - Carnival Overture link

Martinu - Symphony No 3 link

Saint Saens - Symphony No 3 link

17-Feb-2018   Peter Stark    

Sibelius - Tapiola

Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto soloist Jennifer Pike

Brahms - Symphony No 1

24-Mar-2018   Matt Wood    

Rachmaninov - The Rock

Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite link

Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade link

20-May-2018   Tjeed Barkmeijer and Rita Blanco

Elgar - Introduction and Allegro

Brahms - Serenade No 2

Mozart - Symphony No 40

09-Jun-2018   Ewa Strusinska    

Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite link

Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paginini

Shostakovich - Symphony No 9 link

2018 - 2019 Season

22-Sep-2018   Mark Heron    

Bernstein - Candide Overture link

Greig - Piano Concerto soloist Peter Donohoe don’t link

Shostakovich - Symphony No 5 link

10-Nov-2018   Rebecca Tong

Holst - Planets (excerpts)

Elgar - Cello concerto soloist Maxim Calver

Williams - Schindler’s List link

16-Dec-2018   Robert Guy    

Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf link

Williams - Harry Potter Suite link

Britten - The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra link

Anderson - Christmas Festival link

Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture

Anderson - Encore

26-Jan-2019   Matt Wood    

Mozart - Overture to the Magic Flute link

Dove - The Magic Flute Dances soloist Hannah Foster link

Wagner - Der Ring Ohne Worte

23-Feb-2019   Matt Wood    

Brahms - Hungarian Dances No 5

Korngold - Violin Concerto soloist Jennifer Pike

Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2

30-Mar-2019   Philip Ellis and Robin Wallington    

Mozart - Oboe Concerto soloist Layla Kohler

Bartok - Viola Concerto soloist Yue Yu

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No 1 soloist Michelle Candotti

Borodin - Prince Igor Overture conductor Robin Wallington

19-May-2019   Anna Hartmann and Laurent Zufferey

Milhaud - Le Boeuf sur le Toit

Woolfenden - Oboe Concerto soloist Simon Beesley

Haydn - Farewell Symphony No 45 Last movement

Beethoven - Symphony No 5

15-Jun-2019   Diogo Costa

Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No 2 soloist Slava Sidorenko

Joly Braga Santos - Symphonic Overture No 3

Elgar - Variations on a theme Enigma

2019 - 2020 Season

The last three concerts were cancelled when the country went into the first Coronavirus lockdown after the Prime Minister’s order on 23rd Mar 2020

12-Oct-2019   Robert Guy    

Arnold - Peterloo Overture

Brahms - Double Concerto - soloists Charles Mutter and Nicholas Holland

Prokofiev - Symphony No 5

09-Nov-2019   Mark Heron       

Bloch - Schelomo soloist Jonathan Aasgaard    

Mahler - Symphony No 5

8-Dec-2019   Robert Guy 

Blake - The Snowman narrated by Lindsey Russell

Williams - Star Wars

Giacchino - Star Trek  Into Darkness

missing links

25-Jan-2020    Robert Guy   

Bruch - Violin Concerto No 1 soloist Martyn Jackson

Shostakovich - Symphony No 7 ‘Leningrad’

Leningrad (2nd video)

29-Feb-2020   Peter Donohoe    

Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture

Mozart - Piano Concerto No 25 soloist Peter Donohoe

Stravinsky - Rite of Spring

2020 - 2021 Season

Password available from the orchestra secretary

Only one concert was possible in this season due to Coronavirus restrictions.

The orchestra was limited to 47 musicians and 82 audience.

Players and audience were all socially distanced.

26-Jun-2021    Steve Threlfall

Beethoven - Leonora Overture No 3

Beethoven - Romance in F soloist Helen Brackley Jones 

Beethoven - Symphony No 5

2021 - 2022 Season

Password available from the orchestra secretary

09-Oct-2021   Steve Threlfall 

Copland - The Lincoln Portrait narrated David Threlfall

Copland - Billy the Kid

Dvorak - Symphony No 9

13-Nov-2021   Philip Ellis 

Bax - Tintagel

Beethoven - Triple Concerto

 soloist Helen Brackley Jones Violin

 soloist Svetlana Mochalova Cello

 soloist Slava Sidorenko Piano

Mahler - Symphony No 1

12-Dec-2021   Robert Guy 

Humperdinck - Hansel & Gretel

Gregson-Williams - The Chronicles of Narnia

Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Suite

Grieg - Peer Gynt

Farrington - Scary Fairy - Red Riding Hood narrated by Beatrice Lamb

Lopez - Frozen

Anderson - A Christmas Festival

29-Jan-2022   Robert Guy 

Elgar - Violin Concerto soloist Callum Smart

Rachmaninov - Symphony No 3

26-Feb-2022   Delyana Lazarova 

Beethoven - Egmont Overture

Walton - Concerto for Viola soloist Yue Yu

Sibelius - Symphony No 5

26-Mar-2022    Philip Ellis    SIYMC 2021 Final

Dvorak - Cello Concerto soloist Alexander Wollheim

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No 1 soloist Rafael Ruiz

Dvorak - Cello Concerto soloist Rachel Siu

Delius - Two Pieces for Small Orchestra

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Summer Night on the River

Ukrainian National Anthem

14-May-2022    1st conductor    Lauren Wasynczuk

Bridge - The Sea

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 3 soloist Zany Denya

2nd conductor    Leon Frantzen

Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 2 ‘London’

25-Jun-2022   Rob Guy 

Beethoven - Egmont Overture

Walton - Concerto for Viola soloist Yue Yu

Sibelius - Symphony No 5

2022 - 2023 Season

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15-Oct-2022   Rob Guy

Brahms - Academic Festival overture

Mozart - Clarinet Concerto soloist Fraser Langton

Holst - The Planets

12-Nov-2022   Robin Wallington

Bax - A Picaresque Comedy

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 3 soloist Yuxuan Zhao

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

11-Dec-2022    Rob Guy

Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain

Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite (selection)

Dukas - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Farrington - Scary Fairy saves Christmas narrated by Beatrice Lamb

Williams - Harry Potter Symphonic Suite

Anderson - Sleigh Ride

28-Jan-2023   Phil Ellis

Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet Overture

Strauss - Four Last Songs soloist April Fredrick

Strauss - Ein Heldenleben

25-Feb-2023   Agata Zajac

Ukrainian National Anthem

Mendelssohn - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

Elgar - Cello Concerto soloist Rachel Siu

Saint Saëns - Symphony No 3 organist Richard Brocklehurst

25-Mar-2023   Stephen Threlfall

Schubert - Symphony No 8 unfinished

Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto soloist Callum Smart

Brahms - Symphony No 4

13-May-2023   Students

Conductor - Maca Barbosa

Mozart - Overture to Don Giovanni

J.S. Bach - Concerto for Oboe and Violin

soloists Simon Beesley and Helen Brackley Jones

J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 4

soloists Lindsay Granger, Anna Shipton

    and Charlotte Turner (harpsichord)

Conductor - Matteo Dal Maso

Beethoven - Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’

24-June-2023   Rob Guy

Glinka - Ruslan and Ludmila Overture

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 2 soloist Giulia Contaldo 

Sibelius - Symphony No 2

2023 - 2024 Season

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14-October-2023   Philip Ellis

Shostakovich - Festive Overture

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue soloist Martin James Bartlett

Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2

11-November-2023   Agata Zajac

Simon Robertshaw - Leader

Andrzej Panufnik - Katyn Epitaph

Panufnik [CLEANED by DL]

Chopin - Concerto No 1 soloist Warren Mailley-Smith

Shostakovich - Symphony No 5

10-December-2023   Rob Guy

Emma Cunliffe - Narrator

First half

• 02:36 Sailing By - Binge
• 07:45 Adagio from Spartacus
• 16:38 Jaws - John Williams
• 22:10 Padstow Lifeboat - Malcolm Arnold
• 27:25 Zoo Song - Gregory Smith

Second half

• 00:45 Beside the Seaside - Glover-Kind
• 02:25 Entry of the Gladiators - Fucik
• 08:25 Pirates of Penzance - Sullivan
• 21:06 Little Mermaid - Menken
• 29:35 Pirates of the Caribbean - Badelt
• 45:07 Carol Symphony - Hely-Hutchinson

27-January-2024   Rob Guy

2024-01-27 1 Dukas - La Peri Fanfare

2024-01-27 2 Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

2024-01-27 3 Debussy - La Mer

2024-01-27 4 Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

24-February-2024   Robin Wallington

2024-02-24 1 Bruckner - Symphonic Prelude

2024-02-24 2 Elgar - In the South

2024-02-24 3 Kodaly - Dances of Galanta

2024-02-24 4 Dvorak - Symphony No 8

23–March-2024   Rob Guy

2024-03-23 1 Mahler - Blumine

2024-03-23 2 Bruch - Violin Concerto No 1 soloist Callum Smart

2024-03-23 3 Mahler - Symphony No 4 soprano Lucy Farrimond

11–May-2024   Students

Conductor - Connor Lyster

2024-05-11 1 Borodin - Prince Igor: Overture

2024-05-11 2 Strauss - Suite in B-flat Major

Conductor - Alec Frank-Gemmill

2024-05-11 3 Brahms - Symphony No 4

22–June-2024   Philip Ellis

2024-06-22 1 J S Bach - Fantasia and Fugue in C minor

2024-06-22 2 Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor

                                           soloist Liana Storey

2024-06-22 3 Encore soloist Liana Storey

2024-06-22 4 Edward Elgar - Symphony No 1