WREXHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

 

Concert History 1979-1988

 

 

Date

Programme

Personnel

Supporting

04-11-1986

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Borodin: Symphony No. 2 (First Movement), Mathias: Serenade for Small Orchestra, Berlioz: Hungarian March, Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Dvorak: A Slavonic Dance Op. 46

Conductor: Eve Armitage, Soloist: Heather Thomas, Leader: Emlyn Evans

Dr Arthurs Terminal Care Fund (Nightingale House)

14-03-1986

Ansell: Overture “Plymouth Hoe”, Arnold: Little Suite No. 1, Khachaturian: Sabre Dance (“Gayaneh”), Mendelssohn: Overture “Ruy Blas”, Strauss: Radetsky March, Bizet: Jeux d’Enfants, Sibelius: Finlandia

Conductor: Eve Armitage, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

04-07-1985

Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite, Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon, Kenneth Leighton: Festive Overture, Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op 46

Conductor: Eve Armitage, Oboe: Diana Clementson, Clarinet: David Armitage, Horn: Cliff Jones, Bassoon: David Thomas, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

24-05-1984

Suppé: Overture “Pique Dame”, Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2, Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on “Greensleeves”, Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Soloist: Tom Attwell, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

10-04-1984

Suppé: Overture “Pique Dame”, Elgar: Wand of Youth, Lehar: Selection from “Merry Widow”, Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on “Greensleeves”, Davies: Solemn Melody, Mendelssohn: Overture “The Hebrides”

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Leader: Emlyn Evans

Save the Children

30-11-1983

Beethoven: Overture “Coriolan”, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain, Schubert: Symphony No. 3, Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No. 4

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Soloist: Eve Armitage, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

15-06-1983

Rossini: Overture “Il Signor Bruschino”, Faure: Elegy for Cello and Orchestra, Sibelius: Valse Triste, Mozart: Symphony No. 31 “Paris”

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Soloist: Paul Roberts, Leader: Emlyn Evans

Amnesty International

28-10/

03-11-1982

Mendelssohn: Overture “Ruy Blas”, Handel: Oboe Concerto No. 1, Bach: Cantata No 82 “Ich Habe Genug”, Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Oboe: Diana Clementson, Bass Baritone: Wayne Turner, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

09-05-1982

Beethoven: Overture “Egmont”, Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Delius: La Calinda, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Soloist: Heather Thomas, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

28-10-1981

Humperdinck: Overture “Hansel und Gretel”, Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings, Delibes: “La Source” Ballet Suite, Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Widor: Toccata, Bizet: Symphony in C, Strauss: Radetzky March

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Organ: Raymond Williams, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

13-05-1981

Rossini: Overture “Barber of Seville”, Vivaldi: Concerto for two Trumpets and Strings, Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1, Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”, Jarnefelt: Praeludium

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Soloists: Ian Balmain, Simon Blore, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

03-12-1980

Glinka: Overture “Russlan and Ludmilla”, Weber: Bassoon Concerto, Mendelssohn: Scherzo from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Haydn: Symphony No. 103 “Drum Roll”

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Soloist: Bronia Parry, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

19-03-1980

Suppé: Overture “Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna”, Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D, Verdi arr. Godfrey: Selection from “Rigoletto”, Mozart: Symphony No. 40, Wagner: Grand March from “Tannhauser”

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Soloist: John Arran, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

28-11-1979

Mozart: Overture “Cosi Fan Tutti”, Boyce: Suite for Strings, Verdi: Prelude to “La Traviata”, Schubert: Symphony No. 4 “Tragic”, Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No. 4

Conductor: Keith Dawber, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

04-07-1979

Beethoven: Overture “Prometheus”, Haydn: Trumpet Concerto, Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia, Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”, Arnold: Little Suite

Conductor: Keith Dawber, Soloist: Ian Balmain, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

07-03-1979

Schubert: Overture “Rosamunde”, Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Conductor: Keith Dawber, Soloist: Sheena Balmain, Leader: Emlyn Evans

 

 

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