An Italian Feast
May
9

An Italian Feast

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

VERDI Overture from La forza del Destino

Alvaro’s aria from La Forza del Destino ‘Tu che in seno agli angeli’

Desdemona’s ‘Willow Song and Prayer’ from Otello

MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

PUCCINI End of Act 1 from La Bohème. Soprano: Nicola Said Tenor: Dominic Bevan

ELGAR In the South

RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

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Choral Concert
May
16

Choral Concert

Conductor: GEOFF LAVERY

ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius

With the Phoenix Singers & Beccles Choral Society

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Earth & Sea
Jul
18

Earth & Sea

Conductor: MICHAEL COBB

BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes

STRAVINSKY Rite of Spring

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Romance and Rhapsody for Valentine’s Night
Feb
14

Romance and Rhapsody for Valentine’s Night

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2. Soloist: Ignas Maknickas

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Concert Overture

MAXWELL-DAVIES An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise

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Snow & Steel
Dec
20

Snow & Steel

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto. Soloist: Charlie Lovell-Jones

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10

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Choral Concert - Hackney Festival Chorus
Dec
7

Choral Concert - Hackney Festival Chorus

Conductor: JOHN ANDREWS

DVOŘÁK The Spectre’s Bride

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Traces of America
Oct
25

Traces of America

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem

COPLAND Appalachian Spring

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’

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Folk Tales and Dances
Jul
19

Folk Tales and Dances

This concert is dedicated to the memory of Christopher Fifield, former Music Director of the orchestra for 40 years, and will include the Prelude and Angel's Farewell from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius as a musical tribute to him.

Soloist: Harriet Williams, Mezzo-soprano

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

RAVEL Mother Goose Suite

KODÁLY Peacock Variations

RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

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Mahler’s Monumental ‘Tragic’ Symphony
May
10

Mahler’s Monumental ‘Tragic’ Symphony

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

STRAUSS Five Orchestral Songs, Soloist: Charlotte Kennedy

MAHLER Symphony No 6

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Choral Concert - Hackney Festival Chorus
Apr
13

Choral Concert - Hackney Festival Chorus

Conductor: JOHN ANDREWS

DVOŘÁK Stabat Mater

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Choral Concert - Croydon Bach Choir
Mar
22

Choral Concert - Croydon Bach Choir

Conductor: TIM HORTON

ELGAR Dream of Gerontius

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Ode to Joy - Beethoven’s Magnificent 9th Symphony
Feb
8

Ode to Joy - Beethoven’s Magnificent 9th Symphony

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

BEETHOVEN Fidelio Overture

BEETHOVEN ‘Abscheulicher’ from Fidelio, Soloist: Cara McHardy

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9

With Sheen Gate Choir and Choir of St John the Divine, Kennington

Soloists: Cara McHardy, Harriet Williams, Ronald Samm, Simon Thorpe

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Edward VII Meets the Tsar
Dec
21

Edward VII Meets the Tsar

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Christmas Overture

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Suite from The Golden Cockerel

ELGAR Symphony No 1

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An Evening of Slavic Masterpieces
Oct
26

An Evening of Slavic Masterpieces

Conductor: MICHAEL COBB

JANÁČEK Adagio

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto Soloist: Ariana Kashefi

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 2

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America in London
Jul
6

America in London

Conductor: MICHAEL COBB

BERNSTEIN CandideOverture

GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue. Soloist: Wayne Marshall

COPLAND Symphony No. 3

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Suffolk Choral Concert
May
11

Suffolk Choral Concert

Conductor: GEOFF LAVERY

Pheonix Singers & Beccles Choral Society

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Sea Symphony

Old Hundredth

5 Mystical Songs

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A Late Easter Opera Treat
Apr
20

A Late Easter Opera Treat

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

PUCCINI Tosca

Starring:

NATASHA JOUHL - TOSCA

DOMINIC BEVAN - CAVARADOSSI

SIMON THORPE - SCARPIA

with Simon Wilding, George Freeburn, Leo Selleck, James Geidt, Charlie Swann

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Two German Classics
Feb
10

Two German Classics

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 Soloist: Andrew West

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

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A Christmas Cracker
Dec
16

A Christmas Cracker

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

PROKOFIEV Lieutenant Kije Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY A selection from Nutcracker Suite

RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2

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Hackney Festival                    Chorus Christmas Concert
Dec
10

Hackney Festival Chorus Christmas Concert

Conductor: JOHN ANDREWS

MOZART Requiem

MENDELSSOHN Die erste Walpurgissnacht

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A Land Without Music?
Oct
21

A Land Without Music?

Supported by the William Alwyn Foundation

Conductor: PETER SELWYN

CARWITHEN Bishop Rock Overture

WALTON Cello Concerto. Soloist: Adrian Bradbury

ELGAR Enigma Variations

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