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Concert Season
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Saturday, June 30th 2018, 7.30pm
The Chrysalis Theatre, MK15 9JY

poster June 30th, 2018
Copland
Hoe-Down (part of BBC Ten Pieces III) from Four Dance Episodes from ‘Rodeo’
Finzi
Cello Concerto, Op. 40
  Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
Dvorak
Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op. 70

Proposed Concerts
Saturday, December 1st 2018, 7.30pm
The Chrysalis Theatre, MK15 9JY

'Vienna'
Lehár
Overture: ‘The Merry Widow’
Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
Bruckner
Symphony no.0 in D minor ‘Die Nulte’
Strauss II
Waltz: ‘By the Beautiful Blue Danube’
Saturday, March 23rd 2019, 7.30pm
The Venue MK (Walton), MK7 7WH

'Paris'
Saint Seans
Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
Gershwin
‘An American in Paris’
Saturday, May 11th 2019, 7.30pm
Chamber Concert - St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford map

Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No tbc
Telemann
Don Quixote Suite
Mendelssohn
String Symphony
Saturday, July 6th 2019, 7.30pm
tbc - The Venue MK (Walton), MK7 7WH

'London'
Elgar
'Cockaigne' Overture (In London Town), Op. 40
Coates
'London' Suite
Ireland
'London' Overture
Elgar
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61

Rehearsals


Rehearsals are Thursday evenings at Christ the Cornerstone Church, Milton Keynes

Start Time
7.30pm
Finish Time
9.45pm


Past Concerts / Events
Saturday, April 28th 2018, 7.30pm
Chamber Concert - St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford map

poster April 28th, 2018
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony No.1 in G major, Op.11 (part of BBC Ten Pieces III) (1st Movt. only)
Haydn
Symphony No. 83 in G minor - 'The Hen'
R. Strauss
Romance for Cello and Orchestra in F
  Soloist: James Jarvis
Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major
  Soloist: Lizzie Molloy
Fauré
Masques et Bergamasques, suite, Op.112
Saturday, March 10th 2018, 7.30pm
The Venue MK (Walton), MK7 7WH

poster March 10th, 2018
Rossini
William Tell Overture
Mendelssohn
Symphony No.3, Op. 56 ‘Scottish’
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op 23
  Soloist: Ilya Kondratiev
Saturday, December 9th 2017, 7.30pm Church of Christ the Cornerstone poster December 9th, 2017
Sibelius
Finlandia, Op. 26 (part of BBC Ten Pieces III)
Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
  Soloist: Charlotte Moseley
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.5, Op. 64
Saturday, July 1st 2017, 7.30pm
The Venue MK (Walton), MK7 7WH

poster July 1st, 2017
Berlioz
Benvenuto Cellini Overture
Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor
  Soloist: Ilya Kondratiev
Beethoven
Symphony No.3 in E-flat ‘Eroica’
Saturday, May 13th 2017, 7.30pm
Chamber Concert - St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford map

poster May 13th, 2017
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.6
Schubert
Symphony No 5 in B-flat major
Stravinsky
Danses Concertantes
Saturday, March 18th 2017, 7.45pm
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

poster March 18th, 2017
Bliss
Checkmate: Concert Suite from Ballet
Elgar
Sea Pictures
  Soloist: Emma Wheeler
Walton
Symphony No.1 in B-flat minor
Saturday, December 3rd 2016, 7.30pm
The Chrysalis Theatre, MK15 9JY

poster December 3rd, 2016
Bartok
Dance Suite
Ginastera
Harp Concerto
  Soloist: Gwenllian Llyr
Dvorak
Symphony No 8 in G major

Sunday, September 18th 2016 10.00am - 4.00pm.
The Chrysalis Theatre, MK15 9JY

Orchestral Workshop - NOT concert
Mahler Symphony No 6

Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 7.30pm
St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford map

poster July 2nd, 2016
Canteloube
Songs of the Auvergne
  Soloist: Lottie Greenhow
Poulenc
Organ Concerto
Saint-Saëns
Symphony No 3 in C, Op 78. Organ Symphony
  Soloist: William Thallon
Saturday, April 30th 2016 7.30pm
Chamber Concert - Newport Pagnell St Peter & St Paul Church, MK16 8AR

poster April 30th, 2016
J C Bach
Symphony No. 4 in D, Op.18
Haydn
Symphony No.31 ‘The Horn Signal’
Michael Haydn
Double Horn Concerto
  Soloists: Tom Molloy and Kate Knight
Haydn
Symphony No.69 in C ‘Laudon’
Saturday, March 12th 2016, 7.45pm
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

poster March 12th, 2016
Khachaturian
Suite from ‘Spartacus’
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No.1 in D-flat major
  Soloist: Ilya Kondratiev
Shostakovich
Symphony No.10 in E minor
Saturday, November 21st 2015, 7.45pm
St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford map

poster November 21st, 2015
Schubert Unfinished Symphony ( No.8 ) in B minor
Sibelius
Symphony No 7 in C major
Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor
  Soloist: Corinne Morris
Saturday, July 4th 2015, 7.45pm
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
poster July 4th, 2015

Gershwin

Cuban Overture
Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Copland
Quiet City
Peaslee
Arrows of Time
  Soloist: Carol Jarvis (trombone)
Dvorak
Symphony No 9, From the New World

Saturday, April 25th 2015 7.30pm
Chamber Concert - Newport Pagnell St Peter & St Paul Church, MK16 8AR

Brahms
Variations on a theme of Haydn (wind)
Holst
St Pauls Suite
Mozart
Symphony No 40 in G minor

Saturday, March 14th 2015, 7.45pm
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Rimsky Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol, Op 34
Kodaly
Peacock Variations
Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
  Soloist: Craig Greene
Sibelius
Symphony No 6 in D minor

Sunday, January 25th 2015 10.00am - 4.00pm.
Hub Theatre, The OU, MK7 6AA

Orchestral Workshop - NOT concert
Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Saturday, December 6th 2014 poster 
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Ludvig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15
  Soloist: Elton Lin
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98


Saturday, July 5th 2014 poster 
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Dvorak
The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
Bruch
Violin Concerto
  Soloist: Cristian Grajner Desa
Debussy
La Mer

Saturday, May 17th 2014  poster 
St Mary's Church, Woburn, MK17 9PG

Beethoven
Symphony No.7
Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra
Templeman
Concerto for String Orchestra

Sunday, March 30th 2014 10.00am - 4.00pm.
Hub Theatre, The OU, MK7 6AA

Orchestral Workshop - NOT concert
NB Trumpets from 2pm, Tea at 3pm, Perf at 3.30pm

Janacek
Sinfonietta

Saturday, March 22nd 2014 poster 
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Shakespeare concert
Vaughn Williams
Serenade to Music
  Choir: Polymnia
Elgar
Falstaff Overture
Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky
Hamlet Overture

Saturday, November 23rd 2013
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Holst
Ballet music to The Perfect Fool
Elgar
Cello Concerto
  Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem
Britten
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Saturday, July 13th 2013  poster 
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major
  Soloist: Craig Greene
Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra

Saturday, March 16th 2013 
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Elgar
Overture 'In the South (Alassio)'
Walton
Viola Concerto
  Soloist: Emma Sheppard
Vaughan Williams
A London Symphony (No 2)

Saturday, November 17th 2012 
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Haydn
Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major.
  Soloists: Jan Kaznowski, James Jarvis, Emma Miller, Ian Every
Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major



Saturday, July 7th 2012 
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien
Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
  Soloist: Tom McLauchlan
Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances



Saturday, March 24th 2012  poster 
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto
  Soloist: Peter Bussereau
Elgar
Enigma Variations

Saturday, December 3rd 2011  poster  (.doc)
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Mozart
Serenade in Bb K 361 “Gran Partita”
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G. Op.58
  Soloist: Tim Short
Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Stravinsky
Suite from ‘The Firebird” 1919

Saturday, July 2nd 2011  poster  (.doc)
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Kodály
Dances of Galánta
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op.30
  Soloist: Tallis Barker
Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op.90

Saturday, March 12th 2011  poster  (.doc)
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Sibelius
Tone Poem En Saga
Mahler
Symphony No. 4
  Soloist: Zoe South
Wagner
Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
  Soloist: Zoe South

Saturday, November 20th 2010   poster  (.doc)
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Miaskovsky
Cello Concerto
  Soloist: Julian Metzger
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6

Saturday, July 3rd 2010   poster 
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
Milton Keynes

Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Ludvig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor
  Soloist: Mei Yi Foo
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No 6 in D major

Saturday, March 6th 2010   poster.pdf 
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
Milton Keynes

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K.299
  Soloists: Abigail Burrows, Flute; Daniel de Fry, Harp

Saturday, November 21st 2009   poster.pdf  (.doc)
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
Milton Keynes, 7.45pm

Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No 1 in D major
  Soloist: Robert Bishop
Sergei Rachmaninov
Isle of the Dead (symphonic poem)
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 1 in E minor

Saturday, June 20th 2009   poster.pdf  (.doc)
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
Milton Keynes, 7.45pm

Camille Saint-Saens
Danse macabre
Edouard Lalo
Cello Concerto
  Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique

Saturday, March 28th 2009  poster
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
Milton Keynes, 7.45pm

Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel Overture
Carl Nielsen
Flute Concerto
  Soloist: Abigail Burrows
Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E Minor

Saturday, November 15th 2008
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
Milton Keynes, 7.45pm

Vaughn Williams
Symphony No.6
Vaughn Williams
Variations on Dives and Lazurus
R. Straus
Serenade for Wind
R. Straus
Four Last Songs
  Soloist: Zoe South

Saturday, June 21st 2008
Dvorak
Wind Serenade in D minor
Mendelssohn
Italian Symphony (No. 4)
Finzi
Clarinet Concerto

Sunday, June 22nd 2008
Ampthill Parish Church, 7.30pm
In conjunction with Ampthill Festival Choir
(Director: Alan Richardson)
Finzi
Clarinet Concerto
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.2
Haydn
Mass

Saturday, March 29th 2008
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Hector Berlioz
Les francs-juges Overture
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor
  Soloist: TBA
Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor

Saturday, November 3rd 2007
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Frederick Delius
La Calinda
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G
  Soloist: Tim Short
Edward Elgar
Symphony in A Flat (No. 1)

Sunday, July 1st 2007
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Gounod
Petite Symphonie for Wind
Schumann
Cello Concerto
  Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
Elgar
Serenade for Strings
Wagner
Siegried Idyll

Sunday, 27th May, 7:30pm
St Mary's Church, Cowes, IOW.
Entrance by programme at the Church

Boyce
Symphony No. 5
Gounod
Petite Symphonie for Wind
Mozart
Andante in C for Flute and Orchestra
  Soloist: Janelle Phillips
Elgar
Serenade for Strings
Haydn
Symphony No 103 in E flat "the Drumroll"

Saturday 10th March 2007
Church of Christ the Cornerstone

Rossini
Semiramide
Brahms
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello Op102

Saturday 18th November 2006
Church of Christ the Cornerstone


Glinka
Overture 'Ruslan and Ludmilla'
Sibelius
Violin Concerto
Shostakovich
Symphony No 9


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Rehearsals on Thursday evenings at Christ the Cornerstone Church, Milton Keynes

 




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