Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra

Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra

Performances from the 2018-2019 Season
Conductor – Peter Morris     Leader – Ros Rayner

11th November 2018 – St Matthew’s Church, Walsall          Program PDF
A concert of Remembrance and Reconcilliation
100th Anniversary Armistice Commemoration
Fauré:   Requiem
Beethoven: Symphony no 9   ‘The Choral’
Featuring choirs from the Midlands, France and Germany

16th March 2019 – at Wolverhampton Grammar School     Program PDF
Ravel:   Bolero
Walton:  Cello concerto
Franck: Symphony in D

Performances from the 2019-2020 Season
Conductor – Peter Morris     Leader – Ros Rayner

23rd November 2019 – at Wolverhampton Grammar School  Program PDF
Bernstein:  Overture to Candide
Warlock:   Capriol Suite
Elgar:       In the South
Rachmaninov:   Symphony no 1

14th March 2020 – at Wolverhampton Grammar School   Program PDF
Beethoven:    Symphony no.1
Hummel:        Trumpet Concerto
Mendelssohn:   Symphony no.5  ‘The Reformation’

Performances from the 2021-2022 Season
Conductor – Peter Morris     Leader – Ros Rayner

26th September 2021 – at Cranmer Methodist Church   Program PDF
   with Wolverhampton Chamber Choir
Halelujah Chorus from Messiah itham- Handel
Linden Lea  – R. Vaughan Willaims
I love my love –  Cornish traditional  – arr. Geoff Wevaer
Symphony no 101 Haydn  – ‘The Clock’
Two for the price of one – Traditional arr. Andrew Carter
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic – John Bratton  arr: Andrew Carter
S’wonderful – George and Ira Gershwin, arr; David Blackwell

22nd November 2021 – at Wolverhampton Grammar School   Program PDF
Dukas: Fanfare from “La Peri”
Dohnanyi:  Ruralia Hungarica
Brahms: Symphony no 2

12th March 2022 – at Wolverhampton Grammar School     Program PDF
Sullivan/Mackerras: Pineapple Poll
Freckleton: Song of the Shropshire Hills
Arnold: English Dances Suite no 2
Elgar:  Nursery Suite
Walton:  Crown Imperial

25th June 2022 – at Wolverhampton Grammar School     Program PDF
Grieg:  Peer Gynt Suite No 1
Kodály:  Hary Janos Suite
Prokoviev:  Symphony No 5

29th November 2022 – at Wolverhampton Grammar School    
Ethyl Smythe ‘The Wreckers’ overture
Cécile Cheminade:  Flute concertino
Amy Beach: Gaelic Symphony

18th March 2023 – at Wolverhampton Grammar School    Program PDF
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony
Locke: Overture for String Orchestra
Fauré:  Pavane
Stravinsky: Symphony no 1

24th June 2023 – at Wolverhampton Grammar School
Bizet: 
Carmen Suites
Rodrigo: 
Guitar Concerto  ( Soloist: Mark Ashford )
Rimsky-Korsakov: 
Capriccio Espagnol
Ravel: 
Pavane for a Dead Infant
Chabrier: 
España