Programme Archive...
Archive for the years 2000-
| DATE | COMPOSER | TITLE | SOLOIST/COMMENTS |
| 17-May-08 | Tchaikovsky | Polonaise from 'Eugene Onegin' | A gala concert given at the Royal Concert Hall in aid of the British Red Cross. Compere Anne Davies (BBC East Midlands Today) |
| Rogers & Hammerstein | Shall We Dance from 'The King an I' | Simon Theobald & Deborah Norman | |
| Delibes | Prelude and Mazurka from 'Coppelia' | Sandra Taylor School of Dance | |
| Gliere | The Russian Sailor's Dance | Zaporozhian Ukrainian Cossacks | |
| Gilpin/Schmutte | The Music of M.G.M. | Stagecoach Beeston | |
| Bock | To Life from 'Fiddler on the Roof' | Simon Theobald, Steve Dunning & Sinfonia Chorale | |
| Puccini | Musetta's Waltz Song from 'La Boheme' | Deborah Norman | |
| Offenbach | Can-Can | ||
| Borodin | Polovtsian Dances from 'Prince Igor'' | Sandra Taylor School of Dance & Sinfonia Chorale | |
| Rimsky Korsakov | Dance of the Tumblers | ||
| Sondheim | Night Waltz from 'A Little Night Music' | Sinfonia Chorale | |
| Tchaikovsky | Waltz of the Flowers from 'The Nutcracker' | Sandra Taylor School of Dance | |
| Khachaturian | Sabre Dance from 'Gayeneh' | Zaporozhian Ukrainian Cossacks | |
| Lerner & Loewe | Ascott Gavotte from 'My Fair Lady' | Sinfonia Chorale | |
| Lerner & Loewe | I Could Have Danced All Night from 'My Fair Lady' | Deborah Norman | |
| Falla arr. Kreisler | Dance Espagnole | Derek Williams (violin) & Andrew Nicklin (piano) | |
| Lerner & Loewe | Rain in Spain from 'My Fair Lady' | Simon Theobald, Deborah Norman & Steve Dunning | |
| Trad. arr. Andrew Evans | Doll Dance | Zaporozhian Ukrainian Cossacks | |
| arr. Andrew Nicklin | Irving Berlin | Sinfonia Chorale | |
| 15-Mar-08 | Arnold | Overture to Tam O'Shanter | |
| Bruch | Scottish Fantasy | Jane Gordon | |
| Elgar | Symphony No.1 | ||
| 24-Nov-07 | Maame (Finnish National Anthem) | Concert given in association with the Finnish Society to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Finland's independence and the 50th anniversary of Sibelius' death. | |
| Jarnefelt | Praeludium | The concert was attended by His Excellency the Ambassador of Finland, Mr Jaakko Laajava | |
| Sibelius | The Swan of Tuonela | ||
| Sibelius | Lemminkainen's Return | ||
| Sibelius | Violin Concerto in D minor | Shira Epstein | |
| Sibelius | Symphony No.5 in Eb major | ||
| Sibelius | Finlandia | encore | |
| 14-July-07 | Beethoven | Overture to Prometheus | |
| Janacek | Adagio | ||
| Beethoven | Triple Concerto in C major | Jane Gordon - violin, Katherine Jenkinson - cello, Jan Rautio - piano | |
| Schubert | Symphony No.9 (The Great) in C major | ||
| 19-May-07 | Respighi | Fountains of Rome | |
| Elgar | Cello Concerto | Michael Wigram | |
| Vaughan Williams | 'A Sea Symphony' | Rebecca von Lipinski (soprano), Mario Solimene (baritone), Derby Bach Choir, Sinfonia Chorale, Loughborough University Choir | |
| 17-Mar-07 | Verdi | Overture to The Force of Destiny | |
| Saint-Saëns | Danse Macabre | ||
| Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue (arr. for trumpet & orchestra by Dokshitser) | Gerald Douglas | |
| Ravel | La Valse | ||
| Glazunov | Summer & Autumn from The Seasons | ||
| Sibelius | Valse Triste | ||
| Mussorgsky | Gopak | ||
| R Strauss | Intermezzo from Capriccio | ||
| Dukas | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | ||
| 25-Nov-06 | Borodin | Overture to Prince Igor | |
| Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto no.2 | Alexei Grynyuk | |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.6 'Pathétique' | ||
| 30-Sep-06 | Wagner | Overture to Die Meistersinger | |
| Barber | Adagio for Strings | ||
| Guilmant | Organ Symphony in D minor | Jane Watts | |
| Guilmant | Organ Solos | Jane Watts | |
| Saint-Saëns | Organ Symphony No.3 (The Organ Symphony) | Jane Watts | |
| 8-July-06 | Berlioz | Overture to Beatrice and Benedict | |
| Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto in D major, op 35 | Ana Maria Valderrama | |
| Brahms | Symphony No.2 in D major, op 73 | ||
| 8-May-06 | Eric Coates | Knightsbridge March (from London Suite) | 'All Aboard the Orient-Express' - a concert in Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall hosted by Aled Jones and featuring Keedie and Simon Theobold |
| John Williams | Indiana Jones Theme | ||
| Richard Rodney Bennett | Orient Express Waltz | ||
| Emmerich Kalman | Love, love, love (from The Gypsy Princess) | Festival Opera Chorus | |
| Brahms | Hungarian Dance No.5 | ||
| Dvorak | Song to the Moon (from Rusalka) | Keedie | |
| Dvorak | Slavonic Dance No.2 | ||
| Smetana | Come let us all be merry (from The Bartered Bride) | Festival Opera Chorus | |
| Mozart | Champagne Aria (from Don Giovanni) | Simon Thoebold | |
| Johann Strauss II | Thunder and Lightning Polka | ||
| Fritz Kreisler | Tambourin Chinois | Derek Williams, violin Andrew Nicklin, piano |
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| Eduard Strauss | Bahn Frei Polka | ||
| Rodgers & Hammerstein arr Nicklin | Medley from (The Sound of Music) | Keedie, Aled Jones & Stagecoach | |
| Sullivan | Overture to The Gondoliers | ||
| Sullivan | Cachucha (from The Gondoliers) | ||
| Alfredo Catalani | Ebbene?... N'andro lontana (from La Wally) | Keedie | |
| Puccini | Intermezze (from Manon Lescaut) | ||
| Mascagni | Intermezze (from Cavalleria Rusticana) | Keedie | |
| Giuseppe Giordanni | Caro Mio Ben | Aled Jones | |
| Puccini | Vissi d'Arte (from Tosca) | Keedie | |
| Rossini | Largo al Factotum (fromThe Barber of Seville) | Simon Theobold | |
| Offenbach | Extracts from Gaite Parisienne) | Allegro brilliante, Polka, Valse, Vivace, Vivo & Can-can | |
| Franck | Panis Angelicus | Aled Jones and Keedie | |
| arr Nicklin | Theme (from Beauty and the Beast) | Festival Opera Chorus | |
| Lerner & Loewe | The night they invented champagne (from Gigi) | Festival Opera Chorus | |
| arr Nicklin | Finale Medley | a medley of London themes | |
| 11-Mar-05 | Walton | Johannesburg Festival Overture | |
| Elgar | Violin Concerto in B minor | David Greed | |
| Rachmaninov | Symphony No.3 | ||
| 26-Nov-05 | Wagner | Immolation scene (finale) from Gotterdammerung | soprano: Meryl Richardson |
| Beethoven | Piano Concerto No.4, Op.58 | Anthony Goldstone | |
| Richard Strauss | Alpine Symphony | ||
| 2-July-05 | Enesco | Rumanian Rhapsody No.1, Op.11 | |
| Rachmaninov | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 | piano: Clare Hammond | |
| Orff | Carmina Burana | With Sinfonia Chorale, Derby Bach Choir and boys from the Nottingham High School Choir. Donna Bateman - soprano, Richard Roddis - tenor, Simon Theobold - baritone. | |
| 14-May-05 | Smetana | Overture to 'The Bartered Bride' | |
| Evans | Journey to a Dark Place | Composed by Andrew Evans, NSO horn player | |
| Sibelius | Symphony No.2 in D | ||
| 5-Mar-05 | Rimsky-Korsakov | Capriccio Espagnol | |
| Prokofiev | Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major | Bradley Creswick | |
| Tchaikovsky | Polonaise from Eugene Onegin | ||
| Prokofiev | Romeo & Juliet mvts from 1st and 2nd suites | ||
| Tchaikovsky | Overture: 1812 | with soldiers and canon | |
| 20-Nov-04 | R Strauss | 'Dance of the Seven Veils' from Salome | Dancer: Lauren Taylor |
| Beethoven | Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat ('Emperor') | Anthony Goldstone | |
| Mahler | Symphony No.1 in D major ('The Titan') | ||
| 10-Jul-04 | Wood | Fanfare | A concert of English music given at Southwell Minster. |
| Vaughan Williams | Overture: The Wasps | ||
| Parry | Elegy to Brahms | ||
| Vaughan Williams | Serenade to Music | Vocal soloists from Operating Theatre | |
| Elgar | Pomp & Circumstance March No.4 | ||
| Vaughan Williams | Symphony No.2 (The London) | ||
| 15-May-04 | R Strauss | Also Sprach Zarathustra opus 3 | A gala concert at the Royal Concert Hall featuring The Opera Babes, Karen England & Rebecca Knight |
| Wagner | Ride of the Valkyrie | Concert given in conjunction with Nottingham Festival Opera, conductor Andrew Nicklin. | |
| Vaughan Williams | Lark Ascending | Derek Williams - violin | |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Eagle High | ||
| David Lloyd-Mostyn | Tempus Fugit | ||
| John Williams | E.T. (The extra-Terrestrial) | ||
| Mozart | Duetto - Sull'aria from The Marriage of Figaro | ||
| Delibes | Flower Duet from Lakme | ||
| Puccini | Humming chorus from Madame Butterfly | ||
| Holst | Jupiter from the Planets opus 32 | ||
| Disney's Magic Carpet | arr. Andrew Nicklin | ||
| Ron Goodwin | 633 Squadron | ||
| J Strauss | Overture and Act 2 from Die Fledermaus | English version by Alistair Beaton Cast - Karen England, Rebecca Knight, Samantha Hay, Simon Theobold, Andrew McPhee, Stephen Godward |
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| Bizet | Habanera from Carmen | Additional items in Party Scene | |
| Monti | Czardas | Derek Williams - violin Andrew Nicklin - piano |
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| Puccini | Musetta's Waltz Song | ||
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Flight of the Bumble Bee | Christine Nicklin - xylophone | |
| 6-Mar-04 | Humperdinck | Overture: Hansel and Gretel | |
| Lutoslawski | Little Suite | ||
| Liszt | Piano Concerto No.1 | Clare Hammond | |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.5 | ||
| 22-Nov-03 | Wagner | Siegfried's Journey down the Rhine | A special concert to celebrate Derek Williams' 20th year as musical director. |
| Sibelius | Violin Concerto in D minor | Dong-Suk Kang | |
| Stravinsky | Rite of Spring | ||
| Shostakovitch | Festive Overture | Encore | |
| 5-Jul-03 | Nicolai | Overture: Merry Wives of Windsor | |
| Paganini | Violin Concerto No. 1 | Natalie Shaw | |
| Brahms | Symphony No. 1 in C minor | ||
| 17-May-03 | Berlioz | Overture: Roman Carnival | |
| Debussy | La Mer | ||
| Saint-Saens | Dance Macabre | violin: Derek Williams | |
| Milhaud | Scaramouch | saxophone: Alistair Parnell | |
| Chabrier | Espana | ||
| Ravel | Bolero | ||
| 15-Mar-03 | Evans | Elegy | |
| Britten | 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes | ||
| Schostakovitch | Piano Concerto No. 2 | Antony Clare | |
| Saint-Saens | Symphony No. 3 | John Keys | |
| 23-Nov-02 | Tchaikovsky | Overture - Francesca da Rimini | |
| Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No.2 in A minor | Emily Smith | |
| Rachmaninov | Symphonic Dances | ||
| 31-Jul-02 | Waldteufel | Les Patineurs (Skaters Waltz) | National Ice Gala |
| Eric Coates | The Three Elizabeths - 3rd mvt. Princess Elizabeth (Youth of Britain) | Performed in the presence of HRH Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Nottingham Ice Arena. | |
| Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake | ||
| Delibes | Copelia - Mazurka | ||
| Eric Coates | Dam Busters March | ||
| Bernstein | Overture Candide | ||
| Lennon & McCartney | Beatles Medley | ||
| Andrew Lloyd Weber | Memory (Cats) | ||
| John Williams ar. Jerry Brubaker | Harry Potter Suite | ||
| John Williams | Star Wars Suite (Opening Main Theme) | ||
| Calow & Calow | Fanfare & National Anthem | ||
| Vivaldi | Four Seasons - Summer | violin: Derek Williams | |
| Souza | Strike Up The Band | vocal: Robin Cousins | |
| J Strauss | Radetsky March | ||
| J Strauss II | Thunder & Lightning Polka | ||
| 6-Jul-02 | Brahms | Academic Festival Overture | |
| Schumann | Piano Concerto No.2 in A minor | Tom Maley | |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.6 (Pathetique) | ||
| 11-May-02 | Bach | Mass in B Minor | Joanna Burton (soprano) William Purefoy (counter tenor) Stephen Douse (tenor) Jonathon Arnold (bass) Sinfonia Chorale - cond. Richard Roddis |
| 9-Mar-02 | Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man | |
| Bernstein | Overture to Candide | ||
| Copland | Clarinet Concerto | Matthew Billing | |
| Copland | Suite from Rodeo | ||
| Torke | Javelin | ||
| Barber | Adagio for Strings | ||
| Bernstein | Symphonic Dances from West Side Story | ||
| 24-Nov-01 | Brahms | Concerto for Violin and Cello Op.102 | Siriwardena and Bencsik |
| Moussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition | ||
| Strauss R | Der Rosenkavalier: Suite. Op.59 | ||
| 7-Nov-01 | Mozart | Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat major. K 452 | |
| Ravel | Introducton and Allegro | ||
| Schubert | Octet in F major. D 803 | ||
| 7-Jul-01 | Beethoven | Symphony no 6 in F minor - the Pastoral Op. | |
| Delius | On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring | ||
| Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto | Natalie Shaw | |
| Mozart | Overture - The Magic Flute | ||
| 24-Mar-01 | haydn | The Nelson Mass | Newark Choral Soc |
| Mendelssohn | Fingal's Cave - Overture | ||
| Rutter | Requiem | Newark Choral Soc + soloist | |
| 25-Nov-00 | Mahler | Symphony no. 2 in E (The Resurrection) | Rebecca von Lipinski - Soprano |
| 8-Jul-00 | Berlioz | Le Corsaire | |
| Bruckner | Symphony no. 7 in E | ||
| Vieuxtemps | Concerto for Violin in E minor Op.37 | Natalie Shaw | |
| 12-May-00 | Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade Op.35 | |
| Shostakovich | Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat Op.107 | Richard May | |
| Shostakovich | Jazz Suite no.2 excerpts | ||
| Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake excerpts Op.20 | ||
| 11-Mar-00 | Glazunov | Violin Conerto No 1 in A minor Op.82 | Benjamin Nabarro |
| Grieg | Peer Gynt suite No.1 Op 46 | ||
| Sibelius | Karelia Suite Op.11 | ||
| Stravinsky | The Firebird: suite (1919 version) |