Concerts
Three concert programmes are normally prepared each year,
mainly for performance at St.Aldhelms church.
They may sometimes be repeated on request at other venues in Dorset and Hampshire.
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Next Concert
Action due to Corona virus:
Please note our March concert has been cancelled and there will be no rehearsals until further notice.
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Monday 30th March 2020 at 7:30pm Venue: St.Aldhelms Church, Branksome Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
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St Aldhelms Orchestra will be performing the following program.
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet Dvorak: Slavonic Dances [selection] Brahms: Symphony no 3. |
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Future Concerts
Proposed future concerts by St Aldhelms Orchestra include the following programs:
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20 Jul 2020: Conductor: Ian Lowes |
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 1. |
Previous concerts
All concerts performed at St. Aldhelms Church, Branksome, unless otherwise stated.
| 16 December 2019:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Johann Strauss Jnr: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola Soloists: Peter Castle and Justin Ward Sibelius: Symphony no 2. |
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| 22 July 2019:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Beethoven: Egmont overture
Vaughan-Williams: English Folk Song Suite (Military band version) Grainger: Irish tune from County Derry (arranged for wind and brass) Elgar: Serenade for strings Rachmaninov: Piano concerto no.2 Soloist: Adam Swayne |
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| 1 April 2019:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Gabrieli: Sonata Pian’e Forte
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Soloist: Lesley Dolman Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique |
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| 17 December 2018:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Arnold: overture Tam O'Shanter
Schumann: cello concerto Soloist: Ben Birtle Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 |
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| 16 July 2018:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Rossini: Semiramide overture
Manuel de Falla: Three-cornered Hat Suite Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition |
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| 19 March 2018:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Elgar: Wand of youth, suite 1
Mozart: flute concerto soloist: Jane Pickles Dvorak: Symphony no.8 |
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| 11 December 2017:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Brahms: St.Antony variations
Janacek: Taras Bulba Saint-Saens: Symphony no.3 (Organ) organ soloist: Graham Scott |
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| 17 July 2017:
Conductor: Martin Henderson Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde Prelude and Liebestod Elgar: Symphony no.1 |
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| 3 April 2017:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Verdi: Forza del Destino
Vaughan-Williams: Lark Ascending soloist: Anna Tyrrell Faure: Pelleas et Mellissande Shostakovich: Symphony no.5 |
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| 12 December 2016:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Ireland: Piano concerto soloist: Adam Swayne Bruckner: Symphony no.6 |
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| 11 July 2016:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Britten: Matinees musicales & Soirees musicales
Mozart: Horn Concerto no.3 soloist: Miles Hewitt Schumann: Symphony no.3 (Rhenish) |
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| 14 March 2016:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Nielsen: Helios overture
Sibelius: Karelia suite Grieg: 2 Norwegian Dances Sibelius: Symphony no.5 |
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| 14 December 2015:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Jane Gregson |
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Lowes: Songs from the Shires Mahler: Symphony no.4 Guest singer: Sarah Chadwick |
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13 July 2015:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Beethoven: Coriolanus overture
Grieg: Piano concerto Soloist: Adam Swayne Brahms: 3 Hungarian dances Dvorak: Symphonic variations |
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23 March 2015:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Mendelssohn: Overture Fingal's Cave
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Delius: In a Summer Garden Saint-Saens: La Jeunesse d'Hercule |
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8 December 2014:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Stefan Defilet |
Sibelius: Finlandia
Stamitz: Clarinet concerto no 3 Soloist: Emma Hannon Rachmaninov: Symphony no.1 in D minor Op 13 |
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14 July 2014:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Mussorgsky: Night on a bare mountain
Hummel: Oboe concerto Soloist: Helen Simpson Brahms: Symphony no.2 |
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7 April 2014:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Wagner: Parsifal - Good Friday Music
Berlioz: Nuits d'Ete Soloist: Jenny Bartlett Smetana: Ma Vlast |
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16 December 2013:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 "Elvira Madigan" Soloist: Sam Hanson Bruckner: Symphony No. 0 |
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15 July 2013:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Anna Tyrrell |
Elgar: Froissart overture
Bach: Violin concerto in E major Soloist: Julie Gillett-Smith Schumann: symphony no.4 |
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18 Mar 2013:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Caroline Poon |
Brahms: Tragic overture
Janacek: Three Lachian dances Sibelius: Lemminkainen suite |
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17 Dec 2012:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Caroline Poon |
Verdi: Sicilian Vespers
Haydn: Cello concerto in C Soloist Phil Handy Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 |
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16 July 2012:
Conductor: Rui Pinheiro Leader: Caroline Poon |
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act 1 Elgar: Sea pictures Soloist: Jenny Bartlett Brahms: Symphony no.4 |
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26 March 2012:
Conductor: Malcolm Warne Holland Leader: Caroline Poon |
Mozart: Overture The Magic Flute
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings Wagner: Lohengrin, Introduction to act 3 Dvorak: Symphony no.7 |
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12 December 2011:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
Tchaikovsky: Francesca Da Rimini
Albinoni: Concerto for Two Oboes Soloists: Sarah Shore Clare Cooper Britten: Matinees Musicales Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker suite |
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18 July 2011:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain
Copland: Billy-the-Kid Beethoven: Symphony No 3 |
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7 June 2011:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
In conjunction with Dutch orchestra
“Nieuwegeins Amateur Symfonie Orkest”: (conductor Hans de Munnik) Johannes Van Bree: overture to "The Bandit" Rogier van Otterloo: Soldier of Orange Strauss: The Blue danube Elgar: In the South Cesar Franck: symphony |
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4 April 2011:
Conductor: Sheridan Bartlett Leader: Caroline Poon |
Weber: overture Der Freischutz
Schubert: symphony no.8 'Unfinished' Borodin: Symphony no.2 |
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13 December 2010:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
Borodin: Polovtsian dances
Dan Jenkins: Trombone concerto Soloist: Robb Tooley Dvorak: Symphony no.6 |
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12 July 2010:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso
Hummel: Trumpet concerto Soloist: Sheridan Bartlett Brahms: Symphony no.1 |
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22 March 2010:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
Schubert: Rosamunde overture.
Dvorak: The Noon Witch Giovanni Gabrielli: Sonata pian'e forte. Saints-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Soloist: Jennifer Curiel (violin) Sibelius: Symphony no.1 |
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14 December 2009:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
Elgar: Cockaigne Overture
Schumann: Concertstucke for 4 horns Soloists: Edward Lockwood Ruth Spicer Robert Harris Kevin Pritchard Vaughan Williams: London Symphony |
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28 November 2009: Charity Concert for BHF Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: |
Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla
Dvorak: Slavonic dances 3 and 8 Haydn: Trumpet concerto Soloist: Peter Turnbull, principal trumpet, BSO Walton: Crown Imperial Bizet: Excerpts from Carmen Handel: The arrival of the Queen of Sheba Dvorak: New World symphony (4th movement) |
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6 July 2009:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Mozart: Symphony no.35 Berlioz: Roman Carnival overture Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espanol |
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23 March 2009:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
Elgar: In The South
Mozart: Oboe Concerto Soloist: Edward Kay (principal oboe, BSO) Brahms: Symphony no.3 |
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15 December 2008:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet overture
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody Soloist: Jenny Fellowes with St.Aldhelms Symphony Chorus Rachmaninov: Symphony no.2 |
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14 July 2008:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Stefan Defilet |
Shostakovich: Festive overture
Mozart: Concerto for flute and harp Soloists: Anna Pyne (principal flute, BSO) Eluned Pierce (principal harp, BSO) Shostakovich: Symphony no.5 |
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10 March 2008:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Caroline Poon |
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel overture
Capuzzi: Bass Trombone Concerto Soloist: Ian Rickwood (bass Trombone) Sibelius: Symphony no.2 |
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17 December 2007:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Berlioz: Hungarian March
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Soloist: Stefan Defilet (violin) Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 “Pathetique” |
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9 July 2007:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Copland: Rodeo
Paul Coles: Violin concerto Soloist: Jennifer Curiel (violin) ****World Premiere Performance**** Dvorak: Symphony no.9 (New World) |
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26 March 2007:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Verdi: Nabucco Overture.
Schubert: Symphony no.8 (unfinished). Saint-Saens: Symphony no.3 (Organ) Soloist: Andrew Hill |
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11 December 2006:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Borodin: Prince Igor Overture.
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola Soloists: Julie Gillett-Smith (violin) Lydia Lowndes-Northcott (viola) Brahms: Symphony no.2 |
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17 July 2006:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Overture.
Weber: Concertino Mendelssohn: Concertstück no.2 Soloists: Kevin Banks (Clarinet) Michael Huntriss (Clarinet)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4 |
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3 April 2006:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Dvorak: Carnival Overture.
Elgar: Enigma Variations Dvorak: Cello Concerto Soloist: Calum Cook (BSO cellist) |
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12 December 2005:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Walton: Crown Imperial March.
Vaughan Williams: Folk Song Suite Elgar: 1st Symphony |
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11 July 2005:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture.
Mozart: 2nd Horn Concerto Soloist: Ray Slater Dvorak: 8th Symphony |
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14 March 2005:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Berlioz: Overture, The Roman Carnival.
Elgar: Cello Concerto Soloist: Tim Walden (Principal cello, BSO) Cezar Franck: Symphony in D minor |
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13 December 2004:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Rossini: The Italian Girl From Algiers.
J.S.Bach: Concerto in D for 2 violins (2nd movement) Soloists: Franck Leprince, Peter Banks Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5 |
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12 July 2004:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Rossini: Overture - The Thieving Magpie.
Haydn: Trumpet concerto Soloist: Sheridan Bartlett Sibelius: Karelia Suite Schumann: Symphony no.1 (Spring) |
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22 March 2004:
Conductor: Kevin Smith Leader: Franck Leprince |
Mozart: Overture - The Magic Flute.
Mozart: Porgi Amore (from The Marriage of Figaro) Rossini: Una Voce Poco Fa (from The Barber of Seville) Soloist: Fiona Oliver-Smith Bizet: Excerpts from Carmen Mendelssohn: Symphony no.4 (Italian) |
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15 December 2003:
Conductor: Ian Lowes Leader: Franck Leprince |
Rossini: Overture - Semiramide.
R.Strauss: Serenade Haydn: Violin concerto Soloist: Franck Leprince Schubert: Symphony no.4 (Tragic) |