Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
Past concerts
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra has been performing regularly since 1954. Here is a partial list of programmes from past concerts.
28th June 2008 Gounod: Petite Symphonie Sibelius: Romance for Strings Elgar: Serenade for Strings Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A major 29th March 2008 Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Tchaikovsky: Letter scene from “Eugene Onegin”soprano soloist: Rebecca Cooper Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor opus 64 8th December 2007 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 Nino Rota: Trombone concertosoloist: David Read Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D major opus 73 30th June 2007 Kodály: Dances of Galanta Mozart: Piano concerto in A major K488soloist: Samantha Ward Bizet: Symphony in C 31st March 2007 Berwald: Symphony No 3: “Sinfonie Singulière” Dvořák: Cello concerto in B minor opus 104soloist: Joseph Spooner 9th December 2006 Neil Hawes: Sesquicentennial Fantasia World première: HSO Commission Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from: “Prince Igor” Mascagni: Intermezzo from “Cavelleria Rusticana” Bruch:Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor soloist: Natalie Shaw Humperdinck: Dream Pantomime from “Hansel & Gretel” Khatchaturian: Adagio from “Spartacus” Bizet: l'Arlesiene suite No 2 1st July 2006 Rossini: Overture “The Barber of Seville” Horovitz: Euphonium concertosoloist: Charley Brighton Haydn: Symphony No 103 “The Drumroll” 1st April 2006 Sibelius: “Finlandia” opus 26 Grieg: Peer Gynt suite No 1 Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto in D, opus 35soloist: Zoë Beyers 3rd December 2005 Berlioz: Overture: “Roman Carnival” opus 9 Mozart: Flute concerto in G major, K313soloist: Janna Land-Hüneke Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 “Scottish” 2nd July 2005 Jotinder Chopra: Overture: “Adventures Ahead” World première: HSO Commission Beethoven: Violin Romance in G major opus 40 Violin Romance in F major opus 50soloist: David Chivers Symphony No 5 in C minor 19th March 2005 Copland: “Fanfare for the Common Man” Dvořák: “Waldesruhe (Silent Woods)” and Rondo for cello & orchestra opus 94soloist: Lawrence Durkin Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 in F minor 5th December 2004 50th Anniversary Concert Fay Neary: “Lament to the Children of Beslan” World première: HSO Commission Mozart: Concert Ariassoloist: Sonya Prentice Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor 3rd July 2004 Smetana: “Tabor” from the “Ma Vlast” suite Schumann: Piano concerto in A minorsoloist: Rosie Richardson Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte Dvořák: Symphonic Variations opus 78 20th March 2004 Beethoven: Overture “Coriolan” Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks Elgar: Romance for Bassoon and Orchestrasoloist: Martien Houslander Schubert: Symphony No 3 in D major 31st January 2004 Holst: Wind Quintet in E flat, opus 14 Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Wind, K452 Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, opus 50 29th November 2003 Mendelssohn: Overture “Ruy Blas” Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Stringssoloists: Peter Mitchell and Marc Woodhurst Sibelius: Symphony No 5 in E flat 5th July 2003 Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from “Eugene Onegin” Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Deathbaritone soloist: Chris Adams Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony, No 3organ: Neil Hawes 10th May 2003 Smetena arr. Cheyron de Beaumont: “The Moldau (Vltava)” for flute quartet Dvořák: Wind Quintet “The American”after the opus 96 string quartet Mozart: Recitative & Aria Vieni, Non tardar from Act IV of “The Marriage of Figaro” arr. Parry-Jones: A Sullivan Suite for Wind Quintet 22nd March 2003 Mozart: overture “Don Giovanni” Dvořák: Violin concertosoloist: Jana Novakova Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat, “Eroica” 30th November 2002 Dvořák: “The Noonday Witch” opus 108 Mozart: Flute concerto in D K314 and Andante in C K315soloist: Charlotte Walls Strauss: Serenade for 13 wind instruments opus 7 Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn (St Anthony) opus 56a 29th June 2002 Mussorgsky: “Night on a Bare Mountain” Greig: Piano concertosoloist: Belinda Mikhail Schumann: Symphony No 3 “The Rhenish” 27th April 2002 Mozart: Adagio & Allegro for Mechanical Organ arr. for Wind Quintet Mendelssohn: Andante from Piano Trio in D major opus 49 Haydn: Rondo all'Ongarese from Piano Trio in G major, Hoboken XV:25 Mozart: Flute Quartet in A major K 298 Handel: Largo & “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” arr. for String Quartet Beethoven: Quintet for piano & wind in E flat major opus 16 16th March 2002 Brewer: “Marche Héroïque”orchestrated by James Burton Brahms: Violin concertosoloist: Anna Morris Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G major opus 88 15th December 2001 Mozart: Overture: “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915soprano solo: Sarah Fox Mahler: Symphony No 4 30th June 2001 Nikolai: Overture: “The Merry Wives of Windsor” Verdi: Act 2 Scene 1 from “Falstaff”soloists: Robert Davies (Falstaff) and Roland Wood (Ford) Mendelssohn: Overture and Incidental Music to “A Midsummer Night's Dream” 25th May 2001 Britten: Fanfare for St. Edmondsbury Köhler: “Valse des Fleurs” Mozart: String Trio No 5 in G K.564 Reicha: Horn Trios opus 82 Nos 3 & 6 Wind Quintet opus 88 No 1 in E minor 31st March 2001, with l'Orchestre Symphonique de Lyon Bizet: “Les Toreadors” from Carmen suite No 1 Borodin: “In the Steppes of Central Asia” Saint-Saëns: Cello concerto in A minorsoloist: Joseph Crouch Schubert: Symphony No 8 in B minor “The Unfinished” Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D major 2nd December 2000 Mozart: Overture “The Magic Flute” Bruch: Violin concerto No 1 in G minor soloist: Anna Morris Dvořák: Symphony No 6 in D major 25th March 2000 Borodin: Overture “Prince Igor” Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No 2 in C minor soloist: Sarah Tandy Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 “Little Russian” 4th December 1999 - in Lyon, with l'Orchestre Symphonique de Lyon Berlioz: Three orchestral pieces from “The Damnation of Faust” Elgar: Cello concertosoloist: Joseph Crouch Haydn: Symphony No 99 in E flat Sibelius: Karelia suite 20th November 1999 Haydn: Representation of Chaos from “The Creation” & Symphony No 99 in E flat Sibelius: Karelia suite Elgar: Cello concerto soloist: Joseph Crouch 3rd July 1999 - with Surrey Youth Choir & Hounslow Symphony Chorus. Elgar: Three part songs & Serenade for Strings op.20 Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music & “Toward the Unknown Region” Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia Butterworth: “Shropshire Lad” Rhapsody 27th March 1999 Weber: Overture “Der Freischütz” Schumann: Cello concertosoloist: Margaret Powell Dvořák: Symphony No 9 “From the New World” 21st November 1998 Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” overture & Violin concerto in E minor Beethoven: Pastoral symphony, No 6 in F 22nd March 1997 Strauss: Waltzes “Emperor” & “On the beautiful Blue Danube” Puccini: Arias “Vissi d’arte” & “O mio babbino caro”soloist: Chrissy Parsons Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 29th June 1996 Grieg: Peer Gynt suite No 1 Sibelius: Violin concerto in D minorsoloist: Ulrike Kipp Schubert: Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished) 16th March 1996 Delibes: Airs de Danse et Chanson “Le Roi s’Amuse” Bottesini: Four pieces for Double Bass & Orchestrasoloist: Chris West Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat 11th November 1995 Verdi: Overture: “La Forza del Destino” Beethoven: Two Romances for Violin and Orchestrasoloist: Ulrike Kipp Franck: Symphony in C minor 8th July 1995 Wagner: Prelude to “Die Maestersinger von Nürnburg” Albinoni: Adagio in G minor Gounod: Petite Symphonie Elgar: Enigma Variations 18th March 1995 Berlioz: Hungarian March from “The Damnation of Faust” Dvořák: “Waldesrühe” (Silent Woods) Fauré: Elégiesoloist: Adrian Bradbury Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 “Pathétique” 19th November 1994 Delius: “A Walk to the Paradise Garden” & “La Calinda” Chabriér: Larghetto for Horn & Orchestrasoloist: Vijita Nikapota Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G 2nd July March 1994 Lyadov: Eight Russian Folk songs Tchaikovsky: Rococo variations for cello & orchestrasoloist: Simon Webb Borodin: Symphony No 2 in B minor 5th March 1994 Sibelius: Karelia suite & Valse Triste Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profanesoloist: Emma Ramsdale Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker suite 11th November 1993 Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style Mozart: Flute concerto No 2 in D majorsoloist: Geoff Pinney Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D major 10th July 1993 Humperdinck: Overture “Hansel & Gretel” Chopin: Piano concerto No 2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 13th March 1993 Borodin: Overture “Prince Igor” Dvořák: Violin concerto Sibelius: Symphony No 2 4th July 1992 Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches No 1 & No 4 Loewe: Concert suite “Brigadoon” Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Rogers: Concert suite “The King & I” Sousa: March “The Stars & Stripes Forever” 28th March 1992 Smetena: Dance of the Comedians from “The Bartered Bride” Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No 2 in C minorsoloist: Druvi di Saram Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 “Italian” 23rd November 1991 Beethoven: Overture “Egmont” Mozart: Sinfonia concertanteviolin: Beth Wyllieviola: Dan Leetch Dvořák: Symphony No 9 “From the New World” 22nd June 1991 Hindemith: Trauermusik R. Strauss: Serenade for wind, opus 7 Mozart: Clarinet concertosoloist: Paul Price Sibelius: Symphony No 5 23rd March 1991 Sheila Nolan: “Darkness descends into the Pool of Light” World première: HSO Commission Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergnesoloist: Catherine Hamilton Brahms: Symphony No 3 17th November 1990 Tchaikovsky: Fantasy overture “Romeo & Juliet” and Symphony No 6 “Pathétique” Schumann: Concertstück for four horns & orchestra 23rd June 1990 Rossini: Overture “Barber of Seville” R. Strauss: Horn concerto No 1soloist: David Pyatt Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” overture and Symphony No 5 “Reformation” 17th March 1990 Bizet: Carmen suite Mendelssohn: Violin concertosoloist: Karin Newcombe Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 2 “A London Symphony” 11th November 1989 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on “Greensleeves” Schumann: Piano concertosoloist: Horatia Raphael Sullivan: Ballet suite “Pineapple Poll” Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 Parry: “Jerusalem” 8th July 1989 Brahms: Piano concerto No 2piano: Robert Bridgecello: Richard May& Symphony No 4 6th May 1989 Ravel: “Pavane pur une infante défunte” Mozart: Bassoon concertosoloist: David Harrison Beethoven: Symphony No 3 “Eroica” 11th February 1989 Nikolai: Overture “The Merry Wives of Windsor” Beethoven: Violin concertosoloist: Fiona McLean Bruckner: Symphony No 4 “Romantic” 12th November 1988 Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No 1 Wagner: Wesendonck Liedersoloist: Jill Harrison Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 2nd July 1988 with the North Herts Guild of Singers Beethoven: Symphony No 1 Symphony No 9 “Choral” 7th May 1988 Wagner: Overture “Tannhauser” Elgar: Prelude to “The Dream of Gerontius” Mussorgsky: “Night on a Bare Mountain” Beethoven: Piano concerto No 3 in C minorsoloist: Kathron Sturrock 13th February 1988 Albinoni: Adagio in G minor Shostakovich: Cello concerto No 1soloist: Richard May Tchaikovsky: Ballet suite “Swan Lake” 7th November 1987 Beethoven: Overture “Consecration of the House” Triple concerto violin: Mark Messengercello: Miriam Lowburypiano: Stephen Hose Symphony No 6 in F 4th July 1987 Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Grieg: Piano concertosoloist: Anthony Williams Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 1 “Winter Daydreams” 8th May 1987 Clarke: Overture “London Reach” Beethoven: Piano concerto No 5 “Emperor”soloist: Robert Bridge Schubert: Symphony No 8 “Unfinished” 14th February 1987 Beethoven: Overture “Egmont” Prokofiev: “Peter and the Wolf”narrated by Sir Michael Hordern Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G 15th November 1986 Liszt: Symphonic Poem “Les Preludes” Dvořăk: Cello concerto in B minor opus 104soloist: Richard May Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F 5th July 1986 Bizet: Overture “Carmen” Saint-Saëns: Piano concerto No 2soloist: Robert Bridge Franck: Symphony in D minor 10th May 1986 Beethoven: Overture “Coriolan” Piano concerto No 1soloist: Nicola Meecham Sibelius: Symphony No 2 22nd February 1986 Smetena: “Vltava” (The Moldau) from “Ma Vlast” Chopin: Piano concerto No 2soloist: Anthony Williams Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor 30th November 1985 Wagner: Prelude to Act I of “Tristan & Isolde” Sibelius: Valse Triste & Violin concerto Beethoven: Symphony No 5 6th July 1985 Nielsen: Overture “Maskarade” Beethoven: Piano concerto No 4 Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 11th May 1985 Sibelius: “The Swan of Tuonela” Patterson: Concerto for Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 16th February 1985 Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Nos 6,7 & 8 Elgar: Cello concerto Sibelius: “Finlandia” & Symphony No 3 17th November 1984 Mozart: Overture “Don Giovanni” Prokofiev: Violin concerto No 2 Beethoven: Symphony No 3 “Eroica” 7th July 1984 Khatchaturian: Adagio and Sabre Dance from “Spartacus” Tchaikovsky: Piano concerto No 1 “1812” Overture Prokoviev: “Romeo & Juliet” 12th May 1984 Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” overture Elgar: Cello concerto Sibelius: Symphony No 1 18th February 1984 Weber: Overture “Oberon” Beethoven: Violin concerto Brahms: Symphony No 2 19th November 1983 Debussy: Prélude de l’Apré midi d’un faune Clarke: Heraldic Fanfare Saint-Saëns: Cello concerto No 1 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique 9th July 1983 Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for Strings Mahler: Symphony No 2 “Resurrection” 14th May 1983 Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain Mozart: Bassoon concerto Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre Nielsen: Symphony No 1 26th February 1983 Dvořák: “Carnaval” overture Beethoven: Piano concerto No 3 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 “Pathétique” 13th November 1982 Borodin: Overture “Prince Igor” Grieg: Peer Gynt suite No 1 Stravinsky: The Firebird 17th July 1982 Mozart: Overture “La Clemenza di Tito” Schumann: Concertstück for four horns & orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No 6 “Pastoral” 29th May 1982 Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste & Karelia suite Holst: “The Planets” 20th February 1982 Wagner: Overture “Die Maestersinger von Nürnberg” Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto Dvořák: Symphony No 7 14th November 1981 Verdi: Overture “Nabucco” Franck: Symphonic Variations Schumann:Symphony No 3 “Rhenish” 11th July 1981 Beethoven: Symphony No 8 & Symphony No 9 “Choral” 14th February 1981 Mendelssohn: Overture “Ruy Blas” Telemann: Concerto Grosso in G major Holst: Lyric movement for Viola & orchestra Brahms: Symphony No 1 8th November 1980 Mozart: Overture “The Magic Flute” Rodrigo: Concerto de Aranjuez Beethoven: Symphony No 5 12th July 1980 Rossini: Overture “The Italian Girl in Algiers” Bruch: Violin concerto Dvořák: Symphony No 9 “From the New World” 10th May 1980 Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Mozart: Piano concerto No 20 Schubert: Symphony No 8 “Unfinished” Tchaikovsky: Fantasy overture “Romeo & Juliet” 16th February 1980 Jacqueline-Marie Miles: “The Magician’s Horse” World première: HSO Commission J.S. Bach: Brandenburg concerto No 5 Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp Brahms: Symphony No 4 10th November 1979 Weber: Overture “Der Freischütz” Grieg: Piano concerto Mahler: Symphony No 1 “Titan” 27th July 1979 Elgar: Overture Cockaigne “In London Town” Weber: Clarinet concerto No 2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 12th May 1979 J.S. Bach: Brandenburg concerto No 1 Elgar: Serenade for Strings Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins & Cello Mozart: Symphony No 35 “Haffner” 17th February 1979 Beethoven: Romance in F, Symphony No 1 & Symphony No 7 25th November 1978 Brahms: Tragic overture Elgar: Cello concerto Sibelius: Symphony No 2 15th July 1978 Beethoven: Overture “Egmont” Mozart: Exultate Jubilate Brahms: Violin concerto Dvořák: Symphony No 8 13th May 1978 Mozart: Overture “Don Giovanni” J.S. Bach: Brandenburg concerto No 4 Beethoven: Piano concerto No 1 Schubert: Symphony No 6 11th February 1978 Beethoven: Overture “Coriolan” Delius: “Summer on the River” Mozart: Horn concerto No 4 Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute, Strings & Continuo “The Goldfinch” Haydn: Symphony No 104 “The London” 21st November 1959 Elgar: Overture “Cockaigne” Franck: Symphony in D Haydn: Cello concerto in D soloist: Peter Vel Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker suite 5th December 1954 Mozart: concert arias Haydn: concert arias Schumann: Piano concerto Brahms: Symphony No 1
3rd December 2005 Berlioz: Overture: “Roman Carnival” opus 9 Mozart: Flute concerto in G major, K313soloist: Janna Land-Hüneke Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 “Scottish”
5th December 2004 50th Anniversary Concert Fay Neary: “Lament to the Children of Beslan” World première: HSO Commission Mozart: Concert Ariassoloist: Sonya Prentice Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor
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