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The Mowbray Orchestra with the Cleveland Philharmonic Choir
21/11/2015
Stockton Baptist Tabernacle
Conductor: John Forsyth
Violin 2

  • Haydn: Te Deum
  • Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn (St Anthony Variations)
  • Brahms: A German Requiem (sung in English)
    Emma Morwood (soprano)
    Dominic Barberi (bass-baritone)

 

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15th November 2015, 3pm
Bushey Academy

Bushey Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Jean Sibelius
    Pelleas et Melisande Suite, Op 46
  • Joseph Haydn
    Trumpet Concerto in E flat
  • Christopher Brammeld
    The Tale of Thumbelina – ballet suite
  • Joseph Haydn
    Symphony No 101 in D ‘The Clock’

Conducted by George Vass
Principal Viola

4 July 2015
The Purcell School

Bushey Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Beethoven: Overture, the Ruins of Athens, Op. 113
  • Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
    Fenella Humphreys
  • Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11

Conducted by George Vass
Principal Viola

16th May 2015
Bushey Academy

Bushey Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
  • Elgar: Sospiri, Op 70
  • Vaughan-Williams: The Lark Ascending
  • Elgar/David Matthews: Intermezzo for string orchestra, Op 82
  • Vaughan-Williams: Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’
  • Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

Conducted by George Vass
Principal Viola

9th May 2015
Centenary Theatre, Berkhamsted School

Dacorum Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Mendelssohn – Overture: Hebrides Overture
  • Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 (Soloist Daniel Pioro)
  • Brahms – Symphony No. 2

Conducted by Tom loten
1st Violin

The Mowbray Orchestra with the Cleveland Philharmonic Choir
28th March 2015
Stockton Parish Church
Conductor: John Forsyth
Violin 2

Howard Goodall: Eternal Light

Mozart: Requiem
Hazel McBain (soprano)
Charlotte Heslop (mezzo)
James Slimings (tenor)
Andrew McTaggart (bass-baritone)

25th January 2015 (3pm concert)
The Purcell School

Bushey Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Johannes Brahms: Variations on the St Anthony Chorale, Op 56a
  • Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 in F, Op 102
    (Soloist: Huw Watkins)
  • Sergei Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op 34 No 14
  • Antonin Dvořák: Six Legends, (No. 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 4) Op 59

Conducted by George Vass
Principal Viola

24th January 2015
Clarendon Muse, (Watford Grammar School for Boys)

Watford Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel Overture
  • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite & from the Ballet
    (Suite: No. 1.) Overture, (Ballet: No. 3) Petit Galop des Enfant et Entrée des Parents, (Ballet: No. 12a) Le Chocolate, (Suite: No. 2.) March, (Suite: No. 3) Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, (Suite: No. 4) Trepak, (Suite: No. 5) Arabian Dance, (Suite: No.6) Chinese Dance, (Suite: No. 7) Dance of the Merlitons, (Suite: No. 8) Waltz of the Flowers.
  • Berlioz Harold in Italy
    Soloist: Joe Bronstein

Conducted by Edward Kay

Violin 1

OB on Tuba. MR Harp. GL Perc

22nd November 2014
St Mary’s Church, High Pavement, Nottingham

Nottingham Bach Choir

  • Mozart:
    Requiem
  • Haydn
    Nelson Mass

Soloists: Abigail Broughton, Ruth Massey, Nicholas Scott & William Townend

Conducted by Paul Hale
Violin 2

16th November 2014
Bushey Academy

Bushey Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • W A Mozart Overture: La Clemenza di Tito, K621
  • Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
  • Schubert Incidental music from ‘Rosamunde’
  • Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A, Op 90 ‘Italian’

Conducted by George Vass
Principal Viola

The Mowbray Orchestra
1st October 2014
Sage Gateshead
Conductor: John Forsyth
Violin 2

Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
Tenor: Sir Thomas Allen
Cleveland Philharmonic Choir, Northern Spirit and members of North East Youth Chorale

Orf: Carmina Burana
Ruth Jenkins-Róbertsson (soprano)
Mark Wilde (tenor)
Philip Smith (baritone)
Young Choirs: Quay Lads and Quay Lasses

12th July 2014
St Margaret’s School Bushey

Bushey Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Ludwig van Beethoven Overture: Egmont, Op84
  • Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op 77
    (Soloist: Freya Ritts-Kirby)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No2 in A minor, Op 55

Conducted by George Vass

Principal Viola

5th July, 2014
Clarendon Muse, (Watford Grammar School for Boys)

Watford Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Debussy: Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune
  • Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte
  • Rodrigo: Concierto D’Aranjuez
    (Soloist: Callaine Edghill)
  • Borodin: Symphony No 2

Conducted by Edward Kay

Violin 2

OB on Tuba. MR Harp.

15th June 2014
Conway Hall, London

Purcell School Orchestras

  • Grieg, Holberg Suite. Op. 40
    Junior string orchestra
  • Wagner, Siegfried Idyll. WWV. 103
    Sinfonia
    conducted by Ed Longstaff

2nd violin

Friday 30th May
7:30pm
The Music Hall, Guildhall CMD London.

Aleph Chamber Orchestra

  • Prokofiev Symphony Number 1 (‘Classical’)
  • Haydn Symphony Number 49 (‘La Passione’)

Conducted by German Clavijo

2nd Violin

With AF

DCher in audience.

No interval made it very nice short concert. Really worked very well.

17th May 2014
St Margaret’s School Bushey

Bushey Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Gioacchino Rossini, Overture: Il signor Bruschino
  • Dag Wirén, Serenade for string orchestra, Op 11
  • Arthur Honegger, Pastorale d’été
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No 25 in G minor, K183

Conducted by George Vass

Principal Viola

10th May, 2014
Clarendon Muse, (Watford Grammar School for Boys)

Watford Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Shostakovich Symphony No 5

Conducted by Edward Kay

Viola

OB on Tuba. MR Harp.

Saturday 26th April
7:30pm
Ripon Cathedral

St Cecelia Orchestra

  • Delius, La Calinda
  • Delius, Walk to the paradise garden
  • Saint-Saëns, Cello concerto No 1*
  • Fauré, Élégie for cello and orchestra.*
  • Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique.

Conducted by Xen Kelsey
Cello Soloist: Jess Burrows

1st Violin

St Aldhelm’s, Branksome.
Monday 7th April 2014

St Aldhelm’s Orchestra

  • Wagner: Parsifal – Good Friday Music
  • Berlioz: Nuits d’Ete
    Soloist: Jenny Bartlett
  • Smetana: Ma Vlast

Conducted by Ian Lowes

Viola

15th March 2014
CP Hall, the Purcell School

Bushey Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Antonín Dvořák Symphonic Variations, Op 78
  • Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 1 (Soloist: Alissa Firsova)
  • Robert Schumann Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 97 Rhenish

Conducted by George Vass

Principal Viola

10th March 2014
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank.
Purcell School Symphony Orchestra Concert.
Stephen Bell conductor
Viola

  • Bernstein West Side Story Symphonic Dances
  • Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (Sasha Gracheva piano)
  • Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4
  • Sophie Sparkes New work for flutes, marimba, harp and strings

 

8th February 2014
Clarendon Muse, (Watford Grammar School for Boys)

Watford Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Britten: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp
    (soloists Samantha Pearce & Mary Reid)
  • Brahms: Symphony No 3

Conducted by John Brennan.

1st Violin

Really good turnout, great pieces, stunningly brilliant soloists!

OB on Tuba.

January 19th 2014
St Margaret’s School

Bushey Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Felix Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides, Op 26
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo theme, Op 31*
  • Richard Strauss Romanze in F for cello and orchestra*
  • Joseph Haydn Symphony No 104 in D London 

Conducted by George Vass
* Soloist Gemma Rosefield

Principal Viola & Solo viola in the RVW

St Aldhelm’s, Branksome.

St Aldhelm’s Orchestra

  • Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel Prelude
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 ‘Elvira Madigan’
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 0

Conducted by Ian Lowes
Piano: Sam Hanson

Viola

Concert details here.

 

St Thomas’ Church Lymington

Lymington Choral Society
Tenor – Vasili Karpiak
Bass – Božidar Smiljanic
Clarinet – Joseph Shiner

  • Once in Royal David’s City
    • 1st Verse Harry Renshaw
  • Puccini: Messa di Gloria (Mass) – Tenor, Bass & Choir
  • Joy to the world
  • Verdi: Studia Il Passo … Come dal Ciel Precipita (Macbeth) – Bass
  • Verdi: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) – Choir
  • Verdi: La Donna è Mobile – Tenor
  • Bassi: Fantasy on Rigoletto (Verdi) – Clarinet
  • Rachmaninov: Vocalise for Clarinet and Orchestra – Clarinet
  • Rutter: Gloria – Choir

Conducted by Michael Goldthorpe

Principal Viola

St Nicholas Church, Corfe Mullen

Broadstone Music Series

  • Mozart piano concerto no 23 in A major K488*
  • Haydn “Farewell” symphony no 45 in F sharp minor*
  • Handel, Messiah selections**
    • 5. Thus saith the Lord of hosts (bass)
    • 6. But who may abide the day of His coming (bass)
    • 18. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (soprano)
    • 44. Hallelujah

Conducted by Kevin Smith
Piano: Helen Nicholas
Soprano: Hannah Ely
Bass: James Atkinson

*1st Violin
** 2nd Violin (Principal)

With AK and many friends.

Concert details here.

16th November, 2013
CP Hall, the Purcell School

Bushey Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Grieg, Lyric Suite, Op 54
  • Glazunov, Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 82
    Benjamin Nabarro, Violin
  • Mahler, Blumine (removed from the 1st symphony)
  • Sibelius, Symphony No.3 in C Op 52

Conducted by George Vass

Principal Viola

9th November 2013
Clarendon Muse, (Watford Grammar School for Boys)

Watford Symphony Orchestra Concert

  • Verdi, La Forza Del Destino Overture
  • Brahms, Double concerto
    Sadie Fields, violin & Rebecca Herman Cello
  • Beethoven, Symphony No.7

Conducted by Edward Kay.

1st Violin, No. 4

Really good turnout, great pieces, stunningly brilliant soloists!

OB on Tuba.