Past Concerts

Saturday 10^th June 2023
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloists: Zoe South and Simon Galloway
Programme:

Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice
Strauss - Four Last Songs
Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

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Saturday 11^th March 2023
Conductor: George Caird
Soloist: Edgar Bailey
Programme:

Berlioz - Overture Rob Roy
Lalo - Symphonie Espagnol
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5

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Saturday 12^th November 2022
Conductor: Andrew Gray
Soloist: Ivan Tang
Programme:

Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture
Schumann - Piano Concerto (recording here)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

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Saturday 11^th June 2022
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Jocelyn Freeman
Programme:

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvo?ák - Symphony No. 8

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Saturday 12^th March 2022
Conductor: George Caird
Soloist: Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux
Programme:

Brahms - Tragic Overture
Sibelius - Violin Concerto
Brahms - Symphony No. 2

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Saturday 6^th November 2021
Conductor: Andrew Gray
Soloists: Shuang Wang, Pete Hambly
Programme:

Shostakovitch - Piano Concerto No. 2
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23
Beethoven - Symphony No. 1

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June 2020 to June 2021 - no concerts owing to the impact of COVID-19. However, we did manage to record 'Nimrod' from Elgar's 'Enigma Variations' as a remote performance, and it can be viewed here:

Saturday 7^th March 2020
Conductor: George Caird
Soloists: Henry Bettinson and John James
Programme:

Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
Sibelius - The Swan of Tuonela
Strauss - Horn Concerto No. 2
Sibelius - Symphony No. 1

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Saturday 9^th November 2019
Conductor: Andrew Gray
Soloist: Edgar Bailey
Programme:

Beethoven - Overture Leonora No.1
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto
Fauré - Pelleas et Melisande
Brahms - Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn

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Saturday 8^th June 2019
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Jocelyn Freeman
Programme:

Grieg - Piano Concerto
Mahler - Symphony No. 1

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Saturday 9^th March 2019
Conductor: George Caird
Soloist: Tom Barber
Programme:

Mozart - Symphony No. 35 ("Haffner")
Mozart - Oboe Concerto
Ravel - Mother Goose Suite
Beethoven - Symphony No. 2

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Saturday 10^th November 2018
Conductor: Andrew Gray
Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
Programme:

Verdi - Overture to Nabucco
Lalo - Cello Concerto
Dvorak - Symphony No.9, from The New World

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Saturday 9th June 2018
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloists: Anna Fraser, Jocelyn Freeman
Programme:

Bruch - Kol Nidrei
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2
Vaughan Williams - London Symphony (No.2)

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Saturday 10th March 2018
Conductor: George Caird
Soloist: John James
Programme:

Verdi - Overture to the Force of Destiny
Strauss - Horn Concerto No.1
Elgar - Symphony No.1

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Saturday 4th November 2017
Conductor: Andrew Gray
Soloist: Chris Britton
Programme:

Rossini - Overture to the Barber of Seville
Reinecke - Flute Concerto
Mendelssohn - Scottish Symphony

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Saturday 10th June 2017
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Anna Frazer
Programme:

Prelude to Act 1 from La Traviata - Verdi
Cello Concerto No.3 - Boccherini
Symphonie Fanatastique - Berlioz

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Saturday 11th March, 2017
Conductor: John James
Programme:

Suk - String Serenade
Strauss - Wind Serenade
Sibelius - Symphony No.5

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Saturday 5th November 2016
Conductor: Andrew Gray
Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
Programme:

Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet overture
Saint-Saëns - 'Cello Concerto No.1
Brahms - Symphony No.1

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Saturday 11th June 2016
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Olivier Bonnici
Programme:

Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite
Violin Concerto No.3 - Saint-Saëns
Symphony No.6 - Tchaikovsky

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Saturday 5th March, 2016
Conductor: John James
Soloist: Roy Howat
Programme:

Shostakovitch - Festive Overture
Vaughan-Williams - The Wasps
Ravel - Piano Concerto in G (soloist: Roy Howat)
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance marches

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Saturday 7th November 2015
Conductor: Will Orr
Flute: Andrew Turberfield
Harp: Rupert McShane
Programme:

Schubert - Overture in the Italian Style, in D
Mozart - Flute and Harp Concerto
Schubert - Overture in the Italian Style, in C
Mendelssohn - Symphony No.4 Italian

Charity supported: Hidden Heroes Appeal

Saturday 6th June 2015
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Olivier Bonnici
Programme:

La Péri overture - Dukas
Violin Concerto - Tchaikovsky
The Planets - Holst

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Saturday 7th March, 2015
Conductor: Peter Bergamin
Programme:

La Clemenza de Tito overture - Mozart
Metamorphosen - Strauss
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) - Beethoven

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Saturday 8th November 2014
Conductors: Sally Mears and Will Orr
Choirs:

Headington Singers
Oxford Collutorium
The East Oxford Community and Youth Choirs

Programme:

Tingewick - Jill Elliott
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Purcell/Britten
Carmina Burana - Orff

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Saturday 7th June 2014
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Programme:

Thieving Magpie - Rossini
Wind Quintet - Nielsen
Rimsky-Korsakov - Shéhérazade

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Saturday 8th March 2014
Conductor: Will Orr
Soloist: Sara Wallander-Ross
Programme:

Italian Girl in Algiers - Rossini
Polonaise & Letter Scene (no.9) from Eugene Onegin - Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 - Mahler

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Saturday 9th November, 2013
Conductor: Peter Bergamin
Soloist: Pete Hambly
Programme:

Egmont Overture - Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.1 - Chopin
Symphony No. 2 - Brahms

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Saturday 8th June 2013
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloists: Olivier Bonnici (violin), Eleanor Blamires (flute)
Programme:

Fantaisie for Flute and Orchestra - Hue
Violin Concerto - Sibelius
Symphony No. 4 - Tchaikovsky

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Saturday 9th March 2013
Conductor: Will Orr
Soloist: Josephine Knight
Programme:

Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) - Mendelssohn
Rococo Variations - Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 - Beethoven

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Saturday 10th November, 2012
Conductor: Jonathan Timms
Soloist: Christoph Denoth
Programme:

2nd Carmen Suite - Bizet
Concerto d'Aranjuez for Guitar - Rodrigo
selections from Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky

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Saturday 10th June, 2012
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Olivier Bonnici, Jacqueline Johnson
Programme:

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Overture - Wagner
Violin and 'Cello Concerto - Brahms
Symphony No. 5 - Shostakovich

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Saturday 3rd March 2012
Conductor: Will Orr
Soloist: Josephine Knight
Programme:

Overture to Nabucco - Verdi
'Cello Concerto - Dvo?ák
Symphony No. 9 New World - Dvo?ák

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Saturday 12th November, 2011
Conductor: Jonathan Timms
Soloist: Gary Howarth
Programme:

Overture to Don Giovanni - Mozart
Piano Concerto No.24 - Mozart
Overture to Coriolanus - Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 - Beethoven

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Saturday 4th June, 2011
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Olivier Bonnici
Programme:

Violin Concerto - Brahms
Symphony No. 5 - Tchaikovsky

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Saturday 5th March 2011
Conductor: Will Orr
Soloist: Clare McCaldin
Programme:

William Tell Overture - Rossini
Sea Pictures - Elgar
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 - Bach
Symphony No. 3 - Brahms

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Saturday 13th November, 2010
Conductor: Jonathan Timms
Soloist: Jamie Thompson
Programme:

Overture to Hansel and Gretel - Humperdinck
Piano Concerto No.1 - Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 - Glazunov

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Saturday 5th June, 2010
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
Programme:

Fanfare for the Common Man - Copland
'Cello Concerto - Elgar
Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique) - Tchaikovsky

Charity supported: at the Churchill Hospital

Saturday 6th March 2010
Conductor: Will Orr
Soloist: Peter Stradling
Programme:

In the South - Elgar
Trumpet Concerto - Hummel
Symphony No. 8 - Dvo?ák

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Saturday 7th November 2009
Conductor: Gary Howarth
Soloist: James Thompson
Programme:

Overture to Prince Igor - Borodin
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Rachmaninoff
Crown Imperial - Walton
Enigma Variations - Elgar

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Saturday 6th June, 2009
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Olivier Bonnici
Programme:

Symphonie Espagnole - Lalo
Symphony No. 1 - Mahler

Charity supported: The Geratology Sensory Garden for elderly patients at the John Radcliffe Hospital

Saturday 7th March, 2009
Conductor: Will Orr
Programme:

'King Eldred' Overture - Charles McCreery
Siegried’s Rhine Journey, and Siegried’s Death and Funeral March, - Wagner
Bonn Pictures - Jill Elliott
Symphony No. 7 - Beethoven

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Saturday 8th November, 2008
Conductor: Donald Lane
Programme:

Overture to the Wasps - Ralph Vaughan Williams
To Autumn (Keats) Setting for Soprano and Orchestra - Donald Lane
English Folksong Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Planets - Gustav Holst

Charity supported: Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

Saturday 30th June, 2008
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Chris Britton
Programme:

Overture to Die Fledermaus - Strauss
Flute Concerto - Ibert
Symphony No. 2 - Sibelius

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Saturday 8th March 2008
Conductor: Gary Howarth
Soloist: James Thompson
Programme:

Overture, 'The Roman Carnival' - Berlioz
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor - Edvard Grieg
Introduction and Allegro for Flute, Clarinet, Harp and String Quartet - Ravel
Bolero - Ravel

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Saturday 10th November, 2007
Conductor: Will Orr
Soloist: Rebecca Moseley-Morgan
Programme:

Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod - Wagner
Four Last Songs - Strauss
Symphony No. 2 - Rachmaninov

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Saturday 30th June 2007
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Programme:

An Italian Girl in Algiers - Rossini
Violin Concerto - Mendelssohn (Soloist: Olivier Bonnici)
Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin (Soloist: Pete Hambly)
Rhapsody Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov

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Saturday 21st April, 2007
Conductors: Will Orr and Sally Mears
Featuring:The Radcliffe Orchestra, Headington Singers, Oxford Collutorium
Programme:

Festive Overture - Shostakovitch
The Serpent God - Teichmann
Hymn to St Cecilia - Britten
Crown Imperial - Walton
Zadok the Priest - Handel The King Shall Rejoice - Handel

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Saturday 11th November, 2006
Conductor: Gary Howarth
Soloists: Heather Birt and Dave Goldby, Berenika Zakrzewski
Programme:

Concertante for Violin and Viola - Mozart
Masquerade Suite for Orchestra - Khachaturian
Piano Concerto No.2 - Rachmaninov

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Saturday 3rd June, 2006
Conductor: Catherine Underwood
Soloist: Olivier Bonnici
Programme:

Academic Festival Overture - Brahms
Violin Concerto - Bruch
Symphony No. 2 - Borodin

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Saturday 11th March, 2006
Conductor: Gary Howarth
Soloists: Mark Almond, Richard Todd, Jenny Morgan, Steve Guard
Programme:

Nabucco Overture - Verdi
Concertstuck for 4 horns and orchestra - Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "The Rhenish" - Schumann

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