Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra

Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra

Performances  1993-1998

Programmes from the 1993-1994 Season
Co-Conductors – Ben Daglish, Michael Darke and Christopher Eldridge
Leader – Martyn Blythe

13th November 1993 – St John’s Church, Wolverhampton (MD conducting)  Program PDF
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Walton – Viola Concerto – Soloist Sonia van Lierop
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A

26th February 1994 – St John’s Church, Wolverhampton (BD conducting)    Program PDF
(Combined concert with the Moscow Prokofiev String Ensemble)
Borodin – Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kije Suite
Moussorgsky – St. John’s Night on Bald Mountain

14th May 1994 – St. Peter’s Church, Wolverhampton (MD conducting)     Program PDF
Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks
Delius – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Saint-Saens – Symphony No. 3 in C minor (The Organ Symphony) – Solo Organ Richard Quesnel

14th July 1994 – The Masonic Hall, Wolverhampton          Program PDF
16th July 1994 – St. Mary’s Church, Albrighton
Mozart – Overture to Cosi fan’ Tutti
Gounod – Petite Symphonie de Vents
Elgar – Serenade for Strings
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 in A minor (The Italian)

Programmes from the 1994-1995 Season
Co-Conductors – Christopher Eldridge and Michael Darke     
Leader – Martyn Blythe

26th November 1994 – St John’s Church, Wolverhampton (MD conducting)   Program PDF
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante K364 – Soloists Kirsty Staines (violin) & Sonia van Lierop (viola)
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor

4th March 1995 – St John’s Church, Wolverhampton (CE conducting)    Program PDF
Schubert – Rosamunde Overture
Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 1 – Soloist Pauline Eldridge
Dvorak – Symphony No. 6 in D

13th May 1995 – Central Hall, Walsall (MD conducting)    Program PDF
Borodin – Prince Igor Overture
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor – Soloist Kate Shipway
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2 in D

8th July 1995 – High School Hall, Codsall (CE conducting)    Program PDF
Humperdinck – Hansel & Gretel Overture
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Herold – Clog Dance from La Fille Mal Guardée
Rimsky Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Järnefelt – Praeludium
Offenbach – Excerpt from Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Eric Coates – “London Every Day” from the London Suite

Programmes from the 1995-1996 Season
Conductor – Michael Darke
Leaders – Martyn Blythe (1995) and Ros Rayner (1996)

25th November 1995 – St Mary’s Church, Albrighton    Program PDF
Haydn – Symphony No. 45 (The Farewell)
Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor

16th March 1996 – St Mary’s Church, Brewood     Program PDF
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture
Grondahl – Trombone Concerto – Soloist Tom Hammond
Dvorak – Symphony No 7 in D minor

13th July 1996 – Cranmer Methodist Church, Newhampton Road West, Wolverhampton
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis     Program PDF
Dvorak – Wind Serenade in D minor Op. 44
Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor

Programmes from the 1996-1997 Season
Conductor – Michael Darke    Leader – Ros Rayner

23rd November 1996 – St Mary’s Church, Albrighton   Program PDF
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor

22nd March 1997 – Cranmer Methodist Church, Newhampton Road West, Wolverhampton
Vaughan Williams – The Wasps Overture                  Program PDF
Mozart – Voi Avete un Cor
Fedele – Solo soprano Sarah Westwood
Debussy – Prelude a l’Apres-Midi d’un Faune
Mahler – Symhony No. 4 – Solo soprano Sarah Westwood

12th July 1997 – St. Mary’s Church, Brewood        Program PDF
Roger Quilter – A Children’s Overture
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite
Faure – Dolly Suite
Leopold Mozart – Toy Symphony

Programmes from the 1997-1998 Season
Conductor – Michael Darke      Leader – Ros Rayner

27th September 1997 – New Road Methodist Church, Stourbridge  Program PDF
22nd November 1997 – St. Mary’s Church, Albrighton           Program PDF
Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G mino
rBeethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A

7th February 1998 – Wolverhampton University Business School Hall, Compton, Wolverhampton        Program PDF
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D – Soloist Mark Robinson
Brahms – Symphony No. 3 in F

11th July 1998 – High School Hall, Codsall                 Program PDF
Elgar – Cockaigne Overture
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
Albinoni – Oboe Concerto in D minor – Soloist Richard Anderson
Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E minor