Programmes from the 1998-1999 Season
Conductor – Michael Darke     Leader – Ros Rayner

10th October 1998 – St. Mary’s Church, Albrighton    Program PDF
Schubert – Rosamunde Overture
Canteloube – Songs of the Auvergne – Solo Soprano Sarah Westwood
Rory Freckelton – Suite for Orchestra
Schubert – Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”

27th February 1999 – St. Peter’s Collegiate School, Wolverhampton
Sibelius – Finlandia                                                              Program PDF
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat – Soloist Suzie Walker
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite

17th July 1999 – St. Matthew’s Church, Willenhall Road,
Wolverhampton***25th Anniversary Concert***     Program PDF
Weber – Der Freischutz Overture
J. Strauss – Kaiser Waltz
Holst – “Jupiter” from the Planets
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor “Choral”,
performed with a scratch choir and soloists:  
Soprano – Rosemary Phillips, Contralto – Judith Horton,
Tenor – John Gripton,  Bass – John Hawker

Programmes from the 1999-2000 Season
Conductor – Michael Darke     Leader – Ros Rayner

16th October 1999 – St. Mary’s Church, Albrighton    Program PDF
Sullivan – Overture to the Yeomen of the Guard
Rossini arr. Britten – Soirées Musicales
Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 “Organ” – Solo organ William Hayward

12th February 2000 – The Aelfgar Centre, Rugeley            Program PDF
Gershwin – Girl Crazy Overture
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2 – Soloist Kate Dixon
Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 “Romantic”

Saturday 18th March 2000 – New Road Methodist Church, Stourbridge
Gershwin – Girl Crazy Overture                                                    Program PDF
Canteloube – Songs of the Auvergne
Rory Freckleton – Suite for Orchestra
Rossini (arr Britten)  Soirées Musicales
Bizet – Carmen Suite number 1

1st July 2000 – St. Matthews Church, Willenhall Road, Wolverhampton
Mozart – Marriage of Figaro Overture                                          Program PDF
R.Strauss – Wind Serenade in E flat, Opus 7
Grieg – Holberg Suite
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Dvorák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World”

Programmes from the 2000-2001 Season
Conductor – Rachel Hyde    Leader – Ros Rayner

18th November 2000 – St. Mary’s Church, Albrighton       Program PDF
Khachaturian – Masquerade Suite
Arutjunjan – Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra – Soloist Trevor Jones
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor

7th April 2001 – King’s School, Wolverhampton           Program PDF
Prokofiev – Montagues & Capulets from Romeo & Juliet
Khachaturian – Adagio from Spartacus
Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No 1
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade

7th July 2001 – Codsall High School                  Program PDF
Eric Coates – London SuiteTrad. arr. Hamilton
Harty – Londonderry Air
Malcolm Arnold – Four Scottish Dances
Vaughan Williams – A London Symphony

Programmes from the 2001-2002 Season
Conductor – Rachel Hyde     Leader – Ros Rayner

27th October 2001 – St. John’s Church, Wolverhampton      Program PDF
Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia
Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela
Borodin – Polovstian Dances
Sibelius – Symphony No 1 in E minor

15th December 2001 – St. Mary’s Church, Albrighton      
Tchaikovsy – The Nutcracker Suite
Humperdinck – Hansel and Gretel Overture
Delius – La Calinda
Ravel – Mother Goose Suite
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride

23rd March 2002 – King’s School, Wolverhampton       Program PDF
Delius – Walk to the Paradise Garden
Copland – Appalachian Spring
Mendelssohn – Symphony No 3 (Scottish)

29th June 2002 – Derry Hall, Wolverhampton Grammar School
Wagner – Rienzi Overture                                                 Program PDF
Shostakovitch – Violin Concerto No. 1 – Soloist Edward Bale
Shostakovitch – Symphony No. 5

Programmes from the 2002-2003 Season
Conductor – Rachel Hyde     Leader – Ros Rayner

19th October 2002 – St. Mary’s Church, Albrighton        Program PDF
Smetana – Overture to the opera “The Bartered Bride”
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A – Soloist Graham Hobbs
Dvorak – Scherzo Capriccioso
Borodin – Symphony No. 2 in B minor

14th December 2002 – King’s School, Wolverhampton    Program PDF
Tchaikovsky – Overture to the Nutcracker
Fauré – Pavane
Bizet – Symphony in C
Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien
Tchaikovsky – Trepak from the Nutcracker

22nd March 2003 – New Road Methodist Church, Stourbridge   
Tchaikovsky – Fantasy Overture “Romeo and Juliet”   Program PDF
Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto No 1 – Soloist Robert Cracknell
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor

28th June 2003 – St. Mary’s Church, Albrighton      Program PDF
Saint Saens- Dance Macabre
Chabrier – España
César Franck – Tone Poem “Le Chasseur Maudit”
César Franck – Symphony in D minor