WREXHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

 

Concert History 1989-98

 

Date

Programme

Personnel

Supporting

12-12-1998

 

Conductor: Paul Whittaker, Leader: Mike Vellacott

 

21-11-1998

Verdi: Overture “Force of Destiny”, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Franck: Symphony

Conductor: Alan Lees, Soloist: Steven Wilkie, Leader: Giulia de Rosa

Clwyd Special Riding Centre

04-07-1998

Borodin: In The Steppes of Central Asia, Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade

Conductor: Laurence Perkins, Soloist: Colin Graham, Leader: Mark Lansom

Maelor Hospital Millennium Wing

04-04-1998

Elgar: Cockaigne, Sibelius: Valse Triste, Grieg: Suite from Peer Gynt, Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Conductor: Paul Whittaker, Leader: Mark Lansom

 

21-03-1998

Elgar: Cockaigne, Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Eugene Onegin, Coleridge Taylor: Petits Suite du Concert, Waldtuefel: Skaters Waltz, Coates: Dambusters March, German: Welsh Rhapsody, Mascagni: Intermezzo  (“Cavalier Rusticana”), Elgar: Salut d’Amor, Grieg: Suite from Peer Gynt, Coates: March Youth Of England, Sibelius: Valse Triste, Grace Williams: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Themes

Conductor: Paul Whittaker

 

13-12-1997

Suppé: Overture “Light Cavalry”, Strauss: Pizzicato Polka, Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (“Nabucco”), God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Waldteufel: Skaters Waltz, Mozart: Chorus of the Voyagers (“Idomineo”), Unto Us Is Born A Son, Tchaikovsky: Waltz (“Eugene Onegin”), Mozart: Toy Symphony, Verdi: Brindisi (“La Traviata”), The First Nowell, Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, Good King Wenceslas, Elgar: Nimrod, Borodin: Polotsvian Dances

Conductor: Paul Whittaker, Soprano: Claire Snaith, Karen Davies-Jones, Tenor: Rex Hester, Leader: Benjamin Lowe

 

22-11-1997

Beethoven: Overture “Egmont”, Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Dvorak: Symphony No. 6

Conductor: Garry Walker, Leader: Benjamin Lowe

 

05-07-1997

Berlioz: Overture “Le Carnaval Romain”, Faure: Pavane, Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 “From The New World

Conductor: Patrick Williams, Soloist: Llyr Williams, Leader: Mark Lansom

 

06-04-1997

 

 

 

22-03-1997

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Weber: Clarinet Concertino, Mascagni: Intermezzo (“Cavalleria Rusticana”), Barber: Adagio for Strings, Walford Davies: RAF March Past, Sullivan: Overture “The Mikado”, Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia, Massanet: Meditation (“Thaïs”), Dvorak: Largo from Symphony No. 9 “From The New World”, Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz, Trad arr. Weldon: Suo Gan, Sousa: Liberty Bell

Conductor: Patrick Williams, Soloist: Heather Thomas, Leader: Andrew Roberts

 

07-12-1996

Wagner: Prelude to “Die Meistersingers”, Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Conductor: Garry Walker, Soloist: Donald Gillan, Leader: Andrew Roberts

St Giles Lighting Fund

09-11-1996

Wagner: Prelude to “Die Meistersingers”, Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Conductor: Garry Walker, Soloist: Donald Gillan, Leader: Andrew Roberts

St Asaph Cathedral Organ Fund

07-07-1996

Rossini: Overture “The Italian Girl in Algiers”, Grieg: Piano Concerto, Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Conductor: Laurence Perkins, Soloist: John Gough, Leader: Andrew Roberts

Nightingale House Hospice Appeal

02-12-1995

Borodin: Overture “Prince Igor”, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Elgar: Sospiri, Elgar: Enigma Variations

Conductor: Alan Lees, Soloist: Masayuki Kino, Leader: Andrew Roberts

St Asaph Cathedral Organ Fund

01-07-1995

Mendelssohn: Overture “The Hebrides”, Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2, Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 (Organ)

Conductor: Graham Marshman, Piano: Llyr Williams, Organ: David Fisher, Leader: Andrew Roberts

 

25-03-1995

Included: Wagner: Overture “Die Meistersingers”, Delibes: Selections from “Coppelia”, Strauss: Blue Danube, Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Dvorak: Slavonic Dance, Puccini: Selections from “La Boheme”

Conductor: Graham Marshman, Tenor: Malcolm Williams, Soprano: Lyn Williams

 

04-02-1995

 

 

 

26-11-1994

Rossini: Overture “The Barber of Seville”, Delius: La Calinda (“Koanga”), Handel: Suite from “The Water Music”, Borodin: Symphony No. 1

Conductor: Graham Marshman, Leader: Andrew Roberts

 

08-10-1994

Handel: Messiah

Conductor: Graham Marshman, Soprano: Tina Jones, Contralto: Cecilia Smiga, Tenor: Rex Hester, Bass: Andrew Griffiths, Leader: Andrew Roberts

Nightingale House Hospice Appeal (Hallelujah for Hospices)

 

28-09-1994

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (organ solo), Albinoni arr. Giazotto: Adagio for Organ and Strings, Walton: Crown Imperial, Lefebure-Wely: Sortie in E flat (organ solo), Walford Davies: Solemn Melody, Widor: Toccata (organ solo), Handel: Concerto for Organ No. 6, Samuel Wesley: Fuga (organ solo), Vaughan Williams: The Old Hundredth

Conductor: Graham Marshman, Organ: David Fisher, Leader: Andrew Roberts

 

03-07-1994

Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain, Hummel: Trumpet Concerto, Sibelius: Finlandia, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Conductor: Laurence Perkins, Soloist: Ian Balmain, Leader: Andrew Roberts

Nightingale House Hospice Appeal

26-04-1994

Coates: Summer Days Suite, Coates: From the Countryside, Giordani: Caro Mio Ben, Mozart: Dies Bildnis (“The Magic Flute”), German: The English Rose (“Merrie England”), Coates: Valse (“’ Three Bears’ Phantasy”), Mozart: Porgi Amor and Dove Sono (“The Marriage of Figaro”), Dvorak: Song to the moon (“Rusalka”), Smetana: Vltava, Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, W. Davies: O Na Byddain Hafo Hyd, Strauss: Mein Herr Marquis (“Die Fledermaus”), Mozart: La cidarem la mano (“Don Giovanni”), Anon: The Spider and the Fly, Schubert arr. Berté: Selections from “Lilac Time”, Léhar: March from “The Merry Widow”

Conductor: Tom Attwell, Soprano: Lynne Williams, Tenor: Malcolm Williams, Leader: Mark Lansom

 

08-01-1994

Handel: Messiah

Conductor: Tom Attwell, Soprano: Tina Jones, Contralto: Cecilia Smiga, Tenor: Rex Hester, Bass: Adrian Powter, Trumpet: Christopher Duckett, Organ: Paul Whittaker. With St. Margaret’s Singers.

Nightingale House Hospice Appeal

04-07-1993

Mendelssohn: Overture “The Hebrides”, Haydn: Trumpet Concerto, Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Conductor: Paul Whittaker, Soloist: Simon Blore, Leader: Tom Attwell

Wrexham Hospice Appeal

03-07-1993

Mendelssohn: Overture “The Hebrides”, Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”, Haydn: Trumpet Concerto, Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Conductor: Paul Whittaker, Soloist: Simon Blore, Leader: Mark Lansom

 

17-04-1993

McCunn: Overture “The Land of the Mountain and the Flood”, Mozart: Piano Concerto in A K488, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”

Conductor: Paul Whittaker, Soloist: Amy Bebbington, Leader: Tom Attwell

 

27-03-1993

Mendelssohn: Overture “The Hebrides”, Rodgers: Younger than Springtime (“South Pacific”), Franck: Panis Angelicus, Richard Hughes: Arafa Don, Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Elgar: Chanson de Nuit, Mozart: Dehi vieni alla finestra (“Don Giovanni”), Mozart: Vedre mentrio sospiro (“The Marriage of Figaro”), Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No.2, McCunn: Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Lehar: Gold & Silver Waltz, Bizet: The Pearl Fishermen, Offenbach: The Two Gendarmes, Elgar: Nimrod, Haydn: Toy Symphony, Coates: London Suite

Conductor: Paul Whittaker, Tenor: Dewi Williams, Bass: Julian Tovey, Leader: Tom Attwell

 

05/06-03-1993

Sullivan: The Mikado

Conductor: Paul Whittaker, Leader: Tom Attwell, St. Margaret’s Singers

 

09-01-1993

Handel: Messiah

Conductor: Paul Whittaker

 

20-12-1992

 

 

 

31-10-1992

Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Elgar: Chanson de Nuit, Haydn: Symphony No. 104 “London”, Finzi: Introit, Mozart: Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”

Conductor: Paul Whittaker, Leader: Tom Attwell

 

04-07-1992

Mozart: Overture “Cosi fan Tutti”, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale”

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, Soloist: Tom Attwell, Leader: Andrew Roberts

Dr Arthurs Terminal Care Fund (Nightingale House)

23-03-1992

Strauss: Overture “Die Fledermaus”, Mozart: Leperello’s Catalogue Song (“Don Giovanni”), Mozart: Non piu andrai (“The Marriage of Figaro”), Mascagni: Intermezzo (“Cavalleria Rusticana”), Mozart: Dalla sua pace (“Don Giovanni”), Bizet: Flower Song (“Carmen”), Poulenc: L’Embarquement pour Cythere, Puccini: O Mimi tu piu non torni (“La Boheme”), Strauss: Waltz “Tales from the Vienna woods”, Offenbach: Overture “Orpheus in the Underworld”, Trad orch. Lees: Dafydd y Garreg Wen, W. Jones orch. Lees: O Na Byddai’n Hafo Hyd, Anderson: Waltz “Belle of the Ball”, Tchaikovsky: Lenski’s aria (“Eugene Onegin”), Donizetti: Bella siccome un Angelo (“Don Pasquale”), Ravel: Piece en forme d’ Habañera, Bizet: Pearl Fishers duet, Offenbach: The Two Gendarmes, Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Parry: Jerusalem

Conductor: Alan Lees, Tenor: Malcolm Williams, Bass: Andrew Griffiths

 

04-01-1992

Handel: Messiah

Conductors: Andrew Lansom, Glyn Hughes, Soprano: Enid Whittle, Contralto: Brenda Flanagan, Tenor: Rex Hester, Bass: Anthony Clare, Trumpet: Christopher Duckett, Organ: David Evans, Broughton Festival Chorus

 

11-12-1991

 

Conductor: Andrew Lansom, St Margaret’s Singers

 

06-07-1991

Beethoven: Overture “Egmont”, Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Haydn: Symphony No. 97, Elgar: Where Corals Lie, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”

Conductor: Alan Lees, Contralto: Linda Curran, Leader: Nerys Farmer, male voices of St Margaret’s Singers

Dialysis/Diabetic Centre, Wrexham Maelor Hospital

 

 

Conductor: Alan Lees, Tenor: Malcolm Williams, Bass: Andrew Griffiths

 

15/16-03-1991

Sullivan: Overture “Iolanthe”, Loudly let the trumpet bray (“Iolanthe”), My name is John Wellington Wells (“The Sorceror”), The hours creep on a pace – Never mind the why and wherefore – Kind Captain I’ve important information (H.M.S. Pinafore), Oh is there not one maiden breast – Poor wandering one – I am the very model of a modern Major General – When a felon’s not engaged in his employment (“The Pirates of Penzance”), Take a pair of sparkling eyes – Dance a Cachucha (“The Gondeliers”), Trial By Jury (full Operetta)

Conductor: Alan Lees, Leader: Andrew Roberts, St. Margaret’s Singers, Stage direction: Christopher Stubbs

Dr Arthurs Terminal Care Fund (Nightingale House)

05-01-1991

Handel: Messiah

Conductor: Alan Lees, Soprano: Jean Fearnell-Williams, Contralto: Cerys Hughes-Taylor, Tenor: Malcolm Williams, Bass: Howard Charles, Leader: Andrew Roberts, Trumpet: Christopher Duckett, Organ: Paul Whittaker

St Giles Rescue Appeal

21-11-1990

Mozart: Overture “Don Giovanni”, Berlioz: Nuits d’ete, Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”

Conductor: Alan Lees, Soprano: Diana Palmerston, Leader: Andrew Roberts

 

27-03-1990

Schubert: Overture “Rosamunde”, Mozart: “O Isis und Osiris”, Mozart: “In diesen heil’gen Hallen”, Strauss: Emperor Waltz, Giordani: “Caro mio ben”, Gluck: “O del mio dolce ardour”, Mussorgsky: Gopak, Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2, Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance No. 4, Elgar: Nimrod, Mozart: “Non piu andrai”, Lehar: Gold & Silver Waltz, Donizetti: “Una furtive lacrima”, Verdi: “La donna e mobile”, Poulenc: L’embarquement pour Cythere, Bizet: The Pearl Fishermen, Offenbach: The Two Gendarmes, Strauss: Radetzky March, Parry: Jerusalem

Conductor: Alan Lees, Bass: Chris Roberts, Tenor: Malcolm Williams, Leader: Andrew Roberts

Dr Arthurs Terminal Care Fund (Nightingale House)

06-01-1990

Handel: Messiah

Conductor: Alan Lees, Soprano: Enid Whittle, Contralto: Cerys Hughes-Taylor, Tenor: Rex Hester, Bass: Christopher Roberts, Leader: Helen Chesworth, Trumpet: Simon Blore, Organ: Paul Whittaker

St Giles Rescue Appeal

09-07-1989

Haydn: The Creation

Conductor: Chris Roberts

 

14-01-1989

Handel: Messiah

Conductor: Chris Roberts

 

 

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