2022 / 23 Season
15th October, 7.00pm (note time) at St John’s Smith Square SW1 – 50th Anniversary of West London Sinfonia [6 rehearsals from 6 September]
- Steve Block: Fanfare for Time
- Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon [3+p 3 3 2+cfg/4331/T 5p hp]
- Barbara Thompson: Concerto for 3 saxophones [2(p) 2(ca) 2(bcl) 2/4431/T p cel pno solo sax] (soloist Jonathan Radford)
- Holst: The Planets [4(1.2.3/p1.4/afl/p2) 4(1.2.3/bob.ca) 4(1.2.3.cfg) / 6432(t+b) / 2T 4p 2Hp cel org f ch]
Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Leader: Iwona Boesche
26th November 2022, 7.30pm at St. Michael and All Angels W4 [6 rehearsals from 18 October]
- Elgar: Froissart [2(p)222+cfg/4231/T p stgs]
- Brahms: Symphony no. 3 [2222+cfg/4230/T stgs]
- Dvorak: Symphonic Variations [2(p)222/4230/T p stgs]
Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Leader: Iwona Boesche
11th December 2022, time tbc but afternoon, at St. Michael and All Angels W4 [2 rehearsals from 29 November]
Children’s concert
- Programme to include The Snowman (Howard Blake/Raymond Briggs)
Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Leader: Iwona Boesche
28th January 2023, 4.00pm at St. Michael and All Angels W4 Rehearsals from 3 January]]
- Finzi: Romance [strings]
- Kilar: Orawa [strings]
- R Strauss: Suite for Winds op 4 [2222+cfg/4000]
- Jim Parker: A Londoner in New York [0000/1441/perc (optional)
Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Leader: Iwona Boesche
11th March 2023, 7.30pm at St. Barnabas Pitshanger Lane W5 [6 rehearsals from 31 January]
- Sibelius: Symphony no 3 [32222/4230 T stgs]
- Gershwin: [Rhapsody in Blue 2.2.2+bcl+2asax+tensax.2/3331/T p stgs solo piano]
- Respighi: Pines of Rome [3(picc).2+cor.2+bcl.2+cta/4.3+offstage.6flugel.4 T P organ cel pno gramophone stgs]
Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Leader: Iwona Boesche
10th June 2023, 7.30pm at St. Barnabas Pitshanger Lane W5 [7 rehearsals from 18 April, missing 25 April]
- Sibelius: Finlandia [2222/4331/T p stgs]
- Takemitsu: Green [3(3p, 1 alto).3(ca).3(3rd Eb+bass).3(cfg)/3331/p hp pno/cel stgs]
- Holst: The Perfect Fool [2+picc.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cta/4431/T p hp cel stgs]
- Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony [3(p).2+ca.2+bcl.2+cta//4.2+2cts.31/T p 2hp org stgs]
Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Leader: Iwona Boesche
8th July 2023, 7.30pm at St. Anne’s Kew Green TW9 [4 rehearsals from 13 June]
- Mendelssohn: Overture Das Marchen von der schone Melusine [2222/2200/T stgs]
- Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante [1202/2200/T stgs, solo vln cello ob bsn]
- Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 [2222/2200/T stgs]
Conductor: Philip Hesketh
Leader: Iwona Boesche
