WOLVERHAMPTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Performances from the 2008-2009 Season
Conductor - Peter Morris
Leader - Ros Rayner

11th October 2008 - St. Mary's Church, Albrighton

McCunn - Overture "Land of the Mountain and the Flood"
Handel - Organ concerto "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale" - Soloist Toby Barnard
Vaughan Williams - Folk Song Suite
Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3 in C minor, the "Organ" Symphony

16th November 2008 (Sunday 3.00 pm) - Walsall Town Hall - a concert with St. Peter's Collegiate Church Choir to celebrate the centenary of the Town Hall Organ

McCunn - Overture "Land of the Mountain and the Flood"
Parry - Coronation Anthem "I Was Glad"
Handel - Organ concerto "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale" - Soloist Toby Barnard
Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs - Baritone Soloist John Thorne
Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3 in C minor, the "Organ" Symphony

7th March 2009 - Cranmer Methodist Church, Newhampton Road West, Wolverhampton

Berlioz - Overture "Le Corsair"
Dag Wiren - Serenade for Strings
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor - Soloist Rhys Watkins
Bizet - Symphony in C

20th June 2009 - Codsall Community High School

Vaughan Williams - The Wasps Overture
Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow
Holst - The Perfect Fool
Elgar - Symphony No. 1 in A flat

 

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WOLVERHAMPTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Performances from the 2009-2010 Season
Conductor - Peter Morris
Leader - Ros Rayner

26th September 2009 - St. Andrew's Church, Sedgley - a concert in aid of the Dudley International Piano Competition

Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27 in B Flat, K595 - Soloist Mark Bebbington
Haydn - Symphony No. 104 in D Major, the "London" Symphony

14th November 2009 - St. Mary's Church, Albrighton

Mendelssohn - Ruy Blas Overture
Prokofiev - Excerpts from the ballet, Romeo and Juliet
Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 2, the "London" Symphony

6th March 2010 - Cranmer Methodist Church, Newhampton Road West, Wolverhampton

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major - Soloist Alastair Moseley
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, the "Eroica" Symphony

19th June 2010 at 7.30 pm - Holy Trinity Church, Heathtown, Wolverhampton

Malcolm Arnold - Tam O'Shanter Overture
Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre
Humperdinck - Prelude from the opera, Hansel and Gretel
Ravel - Ma Mere L'Oye (Mother Goose Suite)
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

 

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WOLVERHAMPTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Performances from the 2010-2011 Season
Conductor - Peter Morris
Leader - Ros Rayner

25th September 2010 - St. Peter's Church, Wolverhampton - an evening of music by Elgar to launch the Church Organ Restoration Appeal and in association with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. The first part of the concert featured St. Peter's Church Choirs and various soloists. The orchestra performed in the second half.
Fear not O Land - Choir
Allegro Maestoso from Organ Sonata - Peter Morris
Three Motets (Op 2) - Choir
Chanson de Nuit - Charlotte Moseley (violin) and Alastair Moseley (piano)
Chanson de Matin - Charlotte Moseley (violin) and Orchestra
Excerpt from "The Kingdom" - Rita Cullis (soprano and neice of Stan Cullis) and Orchestra
Enigma Variations - Orchestra
He Banged the Leather for Goal (football chant for Billy Mullen) -  Choir and Orchestra
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 - Orchestra

13th November 2010 - St. Peter's Church, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TS

Britten - Simple Symphony
Dvorak - Symphonic Variations
Sibelius - Symphony No. 5 in E flat major

5th March 2011 - Cranmer Methodist Church, Newhampton Road West, Wolverhampton, WV6 0RS

Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn - Guest Conductor Fabian Henning
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 in B flat major

25th June 2011 - Trinity Methodist Church, Histons Hill, Codsall

Britten - Four Sea Interludes from his opera "Peter Grimes"
Respighi - Symphonic Suite "The Fountains of Rome"
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major - Soloist Nicole Wilson

 

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WOLVERHAMPTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Performances from the 2011-2012 Season
Conductor - Peter Morris
Leader - Ros Rayner

24th September 2011 - St.Andrew's Church, Sedgley DY3 1JA - A charity concert in aid of the Beacon Centre for the Blind 

Haydn - Symphony No. 31 in D major (Horn Signal)
Mendelssohn - Octet for strings in E flat major
Th. Gouvy - Petite Suite Gauloise for wind nonet
Mozart - Symphony No. 41 in C major (The Jupiter)

6th November 2011 (Sunday) - Forest Arts Centre, Walsall

Rossini - William Tell Overture
Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F - Soloist Alistair Moseley
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A major
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