Past Concerts

Hounslow Symphony Orchestra has been performing regularly since 1954. This list of past performances is complete from the late eighties onwards

26th November 2011

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker suite
Dvořák: The Water Goblin
Shostakovich: Symphony No 9

2nd July 2011

Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Beethoven: Piano concerto No 5 “‘Emperor”
soloist: Samantha Ward
Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor

2nd April 2011

Wagner: Overture “Rienzi”
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
baritone: James Cleverton
Sibelius: Symphony No 1

4th December 2010

Mendelssohn: Overture “Hebrides”
Mendelssohn: Violin concerto in E minor
solo violin: Lisa Ueda
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D major

3rd July 2010

Mozart: Overture “The Magic Flute”
Schubert: Symphony No 8, ‘Unfinished’
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 in D major

27th March 2010

Tchaikovsky: Fantasy overture “Romeo and Juliet”
Elgar: Sea Pictures
mezzo soprano: Olivia Ray
Ravel: Piano concerto in G major
soloist: Samantha Ward

5th December 2009

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Hummel: Trumpet concerto
soloist: Hilmar Hauer
Haydn: Symphony No 104 in D major “London”

11th July 2009

Beethoven: Violin concerto
soloist: Vlad Bourceanu
Dvořák: Symphony No 6

28th March 2009

Rimsky Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Shostakovich: Cello concerto No 1 op 107
soloist: Alan Brett
Borodin: Symphony No 2

28th November 2008

Mozart: Symphony No 31 in D major “Paris”
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
soloist: Cristopher Evesham
Poulenc: Sinfonietta

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 concerto
soloist: David Read
Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D major opus 73

30th June 2007

Kodály: Dances of Galanta
Mozart: Piano concerto in A major K488
soloist: Samantha Ward
Bizet: Symphony in C

31st March 2007

Berwald: Symphony No 3: “Sinfonie Singulière”
Dvořák: Cello concerto in B minor opus 104
soloist: Joseph Spooner

9th December 2006

Neil Hawes: Sesquicentennial Fantasia
o 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 concerto
soloist: 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 35
soloist: Zoë Beyers

3rd December 2005

Berlioz: Overture: “Roman Carnival” opus 9
Mozart: Flute concerto in G major, K313
soloist: 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 50
soloist: David Chivers
Beethove: 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 94
soloist: 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 Arias
soloist: Sonya Prentice
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor

3rd July 2004

Smetana: “Tabor” from the “Ma Vlast” suite
Schumann: Piano concerto in A minor
soloist: 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 Orchestra
soloist: 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 Strings
soloists: 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 Death
baritone soloist: Chris Adams
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony, No 3
organ: 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 concerto
soloist: 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 K315
soloist: 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 concerto
soloist: 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 concerto
soloist: 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 1915
soprano 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 minor
soloist: 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 concerto
soloist: 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 concerto
soloist: 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 minor
soloist: 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 & Orchestra
soloist: Chris West
Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B flat

11th November 1995

Verdi: Overture: “La Forza del Destino”
Beethoven: Two Romances for Violin and Orchestra
soloist: 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: Elégie
soloist: Adrian Bradbury
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 “Pathétique”

19th November 1994

Delius: “A Walk to the Paradise Garden” & “La Calinda”
Chabriér: Larghetto for Horn & Orchestra
soloist: Vijita Nikapota
Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G

2nd July March 1994

Lyadov: Eight Russian Folk songs
Tchaikovsky: Rococo variations for cello & orchestra
soloist: Simon Webb
Borodin: Symphony No 2 in B minor

5th March 1994

Sibelius: Karelia suite & Valse Triste
Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane
soloist: Emma Ramsdale
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker suite

11th November 1993

Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style
Mozart: Flute concerto No 2 in D major
soloist: 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 minor
soloist: Druvi di Saram
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 “Italian”

23rd November 1991

Beethoven: Overture “Egmont”
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante
violin: Beth Wyllie
viola: Dan Leetch
Dvořák: Symphony No 9 “From the New World”

22nd June 1991

Hindemith: Trauermusik
R. Strauss: Serenade for wind, opus 7
Mozart: Clarinet concerto
soloist: 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 Auvergne
soloist: 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 1
soloist: David Pyatt
Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” overture and Symphony No 5 “Reformation”

17th March 1990

Bizet: Carmen suite
Mendelssohn: Violin concerto
soloist: Karin Newcombe
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 2 “A London Symphony”

11th November 1989

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
Schumann: Piano concerto
soloist: Horatia Raphael
Sullivan: Ballet suite “Pineapple Poll”
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1
Parry: “Jerusalem”

8th July 1989

Brahms: Piano concerto No 2
piano: Robert Bridge
cello: Richard May
Brahms: Symphony No 4

6th May 1989

Ravel: “Pavane pur une infante défunte”
Mozart: Bassoon concerto
soloist: David Harrison
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 “Eroica”

11th February 1989

Nikolai: Overture “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Beethoven: Violin concerto
soloist: Fiona McLean
Bruckner: Symphony No 4 “Romantic”

12th November 1988

Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No 1
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
soloist: Jill Harrison
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4

2nd July 1988 with the North Herts Guild of Singers

Beethoven: Symphony No 1
Beethoven: 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 minor
soloist: Kathron Sturrock

13th February 1988

Albinoni: Adagio in G minor
Shostakovich: Cello concerto No 1
soloist: Richard May
Tchaikovsky: Ballet suite “Swan Lake”

7th November 1987

Beethoven: Overture “Consecration of the House”
Beethoven: Triple concerto
violin: Mark Messenger
cello: Miriam Lowbury
piano: Stephen Hose
Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F

4th July 1987

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Grieg: Piano concerto
soloist: 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 104
soloist: Richard May
Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F

5th July 1986

Bizet: Overture “Carmen”
Saint-Saëns: Piano concerto No 2
soloist: Robert Bridge
Franck: Symphony in D minor

10th May 1986

Beethoven:
o Overture “Coriolan”
o Piano concerto No 1
soloist: Nicola Meecham
Sibelius: Symphony No 2

22nd February 1986

Smetena: “Vltava” (The Moldau) from “Ma Vlast”
Chopin: Piano concerto No 2
soloist: 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