2016/2017 SEASON PROGRAMME
NORTHERN LATITUDES
15th October 2016 at St Michael’s Bedford Park W4
- Sibelius En Saga
- Berwald Konzertstuck for Bassoon soloist Carolyn Sewell
- Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4
Guest Conductor: Ben Palmer
FRENCH CONCERT
26th November 2016 at St Michael’s Bedford Park W4
- Chausson: Viviane [3(p)223/4431/T p 2Hps stgs]
- Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin [2(p)2(ca)22/2100/Hp stgs]
- Poulenc: Organ Concerto [stgs and T only] soloist Chad Kelly
- Debussy La Mer [2+p.2+ca.2.3+cfg/4.3+2ct.3.1/T p 2Hps stgs]
CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Sunday 4th December 2016 (1 rehearsal on 29th November): Children’s Concert at St Michael’s Bedford Park W4
- Lopez/Lopez: Medley from “Frozen” (arr Krogstad) [2+pic.1+ca.2+bcl.1/4331/T/6perc/drumset/el bass/hp/pf(el) stgs]
- Chappell: Paddington Bear’s First Concert [2(p)2(ca)2(asx)2/2200/2p/hp stgs]
- Strauss: Tristch-Tratsch Polka [2222/4230/T p stgs 4sax optional]
- Various: A Most Wonderful Christmas (arr Sheldon) [212+bcl.1/4331/T 3p stgs]
AMERICAN CONCERT
4th February 2017 (5 rehearsals from 3rd January) at St Michaels Bedford Park W4
- Copland: Billy the Kid Suite [3(p)222/4331/T 4p Hp pno]
- Barber: Knoxville – Summer of 1915 soloist Nadine Benjamin [1(p)1(ca)11/2100/1p (tri) Hp]
- Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man [0000/4331/T tam-tam GC]
- Glass: Company [strings]
- Gershwin: An American in Paris [3(p).2+ca.2+bcl+asx+tsx+bsx.2/4331 / T 4p cel]
ENGLISH CONCERT
25th March 2017 (7 rehearsals from 7th February) at St Michaels Bedford Park W4
- Butterworth: English Idyll No.1 [3222/4000/T p Hp]
- Walton: Cello Concerto soloist Bartholomew LaFollette [2222/4231/T 3p Hp cel]
- Vaughan Williams: Job – A Masque for Dancing [3(III p+bfl).3(ca).3(bcl)+asax.3(cfg)/4331/T 3p 2Hp]
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
Sunday 7th May 2017 at St Mary’s Perivale UB6
RUSSIAN CONCERT
10th June 2017 (7 rehearsals from 25th April) at St Barnabas Pitshanger Lane W5
- Glazunov: The Seasons [2+p.222/4231/T 5p Hp cel/pno]
- Stravinsky: Rite of Spring [3(p)+p+afl.4(ca)+ca.3(bcl)+bcl+Eb.4(cfg)+cfg/8(2ttba).4(btpt)+picc tpt.3.2/2T p]
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT
8th July 2017 (4 rehearsals from 13th June) at St Anne’s Kew Green TW9
- Mendelssohn: Fingals Cave (2222/2200/T stgs]
- Haydn: Cello Concerto in C [0200/2000 stgs] soloist Rebecca Imgrueth
- Beethoven: Symphony no 6 (“Pastoral”) [2222/2220/T stgs]