2006-2009
28 November 2009 St James and St Basil Church Hall, Fenham, 7.30pm
Christmas and Romance
Albinoni: Adagio
Corelli: Christmas Concerto
Sibelius: Romance Finzi: Prelude and Romance
Manfredini: Symphonia
Holst: Nocturne
Bridge: Suite for Strings: Intermezzo and Nocturne
Leader and Soloist: Peter White
Conductor: Simon Fidler
11 July 2009 Gateshead Heritage @ St Mary’s, Oakwellgate, Gateshead, NE8 2AU.
Dvorak: Waltzes Op 54 for String Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No 41 ‘Jupiter’
Soloist: Miriam Davis (violin)
Leader: Peter White
Conductor: Moira Ann Morrison
14 March 2009 St James and St Basil Church, Fenham, Newcastle
Britten: Simple Symphony
Elgar String Serenade
Haydn: Violin Concerto
Avison: Concerti Grossi
Soloist: Ed Cross (violin)
Leader: Linden Barton
Conductor: Simon Fidler
30 November 2008 Peoples Theatre, Newcastle
Holst: St Paul’s Suite
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 1
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No 9 in C
Soloist: Louisa Stanway (oboe)
Conductor: Simon Fidler
18 July 2008 St James & St Basil Church Hall, Fenham, Newcastle
19 July 2008 Alwinton Church
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 6
JS Bach: Violin Concerto in A Minor
Holst: Brook Green Suite
Puccini: Crisantemi
Suk: Serenade for Strings
Soloist: Edward Cross (violin)
Conductor: Colin Start
7 March 2008 Caedmon Hall, Gateshead
Schubert: Symphony No 5 in Bb
Haydn: Cello Concerto in D major
Weber: Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No 40 in G minor
Soloists: Anna Menzies (cello), Sue Hurrell (clarinet)
Conductor: Colin Start
1 December 2007 Royal Grammar School Hall
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Grieg: Two Elegiac Pieces
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major
Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Sibelius: Rakastava
Elgar: Elegy Op 58
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Soloist: Deborah Chandler (cello)
Conductor: Colin Start
7 July 2007 Caedmon Hall, Gateshead
8 July 2007 Knott Memorial Hall, Heddon
Arensky: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky Op 35a
Tchaikovsky: Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1
Borodin: Nocturne from String Quartet No 2
Rachmaninov: Melodie from Morceaux de Fantasie Op 3 No.3
Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C Op 48
Conductor: Colin Start
16 March 2007 Royal Grammar School Hall
Mendelssohn: Overture “The Hebrides ”
Lennox Berkeley: Serenade for Strings
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 K466
Haydn: Symphony No 104 (“London”)
Soloist: Mary Smith (piano)
Conductor: Colin Start
25 November 2006 Brunswick Methodist Church
26 November 2006 Knott Memorial Hall, Heddon
Dvorak: Notturno Op 40
Finzi: Romance Op 11
Robert Taylor: Oktett
Shostakovitch: Largo from String Quartet No 8 in C Minor Op110 (arr Johnson)
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K525
Conductor: Colin Start
19 July 2006 Winter Gardens, Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue
Suk: Fantasia
Dvorak: Serenade
Mozart: Piano Concerto K414
Soloist: Adam Taylor (piano)
Conductor: Colin Start
24 March 2006 Immaculate Heart West Monkseaton
25 March Brunswick Methodist Church
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’
Warlock: Capriol Suite
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Britten: Simple Symphony
Conductor: Colin Start
