Programmes from the 1988-1989 Season
Conductor – Sheila Freeman      Leader – Martyn Blythe

10th December 1988 – Polytechnic Hall, Wolverhampton     Program PDF
Humperdinck – Overture to Hansel and Gretel
Brahms – Variations on St. Anthony Chorale
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor

4th March 1989 – St. John’s Church, Wolverhampton       Program PDF
Brahms – Tragic Overture
Sibelius – Valse Triste
Bruch – Violin Concerto in G minor – Soloist Mark Robinson
Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 in E flat

20th May 1989 – Central Hall Walsall       Program PDF
Wagner – Overture to Die Meistersinger
Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto in A minor – Soloist – P Trzebiatowski
Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)

15th July 1989 – Codsall High School      Program PDF
Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture
R Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat – soloist David Garbutt
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4 in B flat

Programmes from the 1989-1990 Season
Co-Conductors – Sheila freeman, Craig Sproston and Philip Brooke
Leader – Martyn Blythe

2nd December 1989 – St. John’s Church, Wolverhampton (CS conducting)
Dvorak – Slavonic Dances Nos. 1-4               Program PDF
Haydn – Symphony No. 101 (The Clock)
Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D

3rd March 1990 – Polytechnic Hall, Dudley (CS conducting)     Program PDF
McCunn – Overture Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Dvorak – Concerto in B minor for cello and orchestra
   – Soloist Helen Barber
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 2 in C minor (The Little Russian)

5th May 1990 – Central Hall Walsall (SF conducting)       Program PDF
Herold – Overture Zampa
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor – Soloist Ian Jones
Schumann – Symphony No. 4 in D minor

30th June 1990 – St. John’s Church, Wolverhampton (PB conducting)
Glinka – Overture Russlan and Ludmilla                     Program PDF
Hummel – Trumpet Concerto in E flat – Soloist Trevor Jones
Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor

Programmes from the 1990-1991 Season
Conductors – Sheila Freeman, Philip Brooke,
                          Mark Finch and Bernard Hall-Mancy
Leader – Martyn Blythe

17th November 1990 – St. John’s Church, Wolverhampton (MF conducting)
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture                  Program PDF
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor – Soloist Mark Robinson
Stravinsky – Symphony in C

3rd March 1991 – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton       Program PDF
  – WMS Gala Concert with Penn Choral Society
     and Mercia Men’s Chorus, BHM conducting
Rossini – Barber of Seville Overture
Tchaikovsky – Capriccio ItalienHolst – Two Songs without Words
Gounod – Soldiers’ Chorus and Aria
Verdi – Grand March and Chorus from Aida

18th May 1991 – St. John’s Church, Wolverhampton (PB conducting)
Rossini – Tancredi Overture                                          Program PDF
Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations for cello and orchestra
    – Soloist Christopher Vandespar
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E flat (The Eroica)

13th July 1991 – Central Hall, Walsall (PB conducting)   Program PDF
Sullivan – Di Ballo Overure
Eric Coates – London Suite
Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor

Programmes from the 1991-1992 Season
Conductor – Philip Brooke    Leader – Martyn Blythe

17th October 1991 – Masonic Club, Wolverhampton     Program PDF
Mozart – The Magic Flute Overture
Mozart – Quintet in E flat for wind and piano
Mozart – Exultate, Jubilate
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor

25th January 1992 – St. John’s Church, Wolverhampton    Program PDF
Beethoven – Leonora Overture No. 3
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E flat – Soloist Trevor Jones
Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E flat

28th March 1992 – St. John’s Church, Wolverhampton      Program PDF
Walton – Crown Imperial March
Bizet – L’Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2
Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D

20th June 1992 – Central Hall, Walsall          Program PDF
Verdi – Overture Sicilian Vespers
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor – Soloist Ashley Wass
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Programmes from the 1992-1993 Season
Conductors – Ben Daglish and Michael Darke
Leader – Martyn Blythe

3rd October 1992 – St. John’s Church, Wolverhampton (BD conducting)
Beethoven – Egmont Overture                                                  Program PDF
Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra – Soloist Brian Perkins
Dvorak – Symphony no. 8 in G

20th November 1992 – Town Hall, Walsall       Program PDF
   – a sing-along performance with the Friday Choir and G Hardy conducting
Haydn – Creation – Voix Celeste as soloists

27th March 1993 – Regis School Hall         Program PDF
   – a combined concert with Wombourne Choral Society,
    MD and Denis Powell conducting
Bax – Tone poem, Tintagel
Elgar – Sea Pictures – Solo soprano Jane Stevenson
Vaughan Williams – A Sea Symphony – Soloists L Cannon and S Garner

19th June 1993 – St. John’s Church, Wolverhampton (BD conducting)
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man                                  Program PDF
Bernstein – Overture Candide
Copland – Rodeo Suite
Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)