NORDIC DREAMS Soloist - Richard Roper - Violin Johan Halvorsen - Entry March of the Boyars Dag Wiren - Serenade for Strings Johan Svendson - Romance for Violin and Orchestra Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no 2 Jean Sibelius - Symphony no 3
WELCOME BACK! W.A. Mozart - Overture: The Magic Flute Richard Strauss - Suite for 13 winds, opus 4 Edward Elgar - Serenade for Strings Montiverdi/arr J Clark - Deus in Adjutorium for brass ensemble Vivaldi/arr J Clark - Winter, mvt 2 for brass ensemble JA Greenwood/arr J Clark - The Distracted Acrobat for brass ensemble […]
ENGLAND THROUGH THE AGES Soloist – John Pacey, Trumpet Guest Conductor – Graham Tear Ethel Smythe – The Wreckers Overture Jeremiah Clarke (arr Wood) Prince of Denmark March Arnold Bax Tintagel G.F. Handel (arr Makerras) Music for the Royal Fireworks Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony no 2 “A London Symphony"
DANCES, GAMES, AND ROMANCES Soloist – Richard Roper, Violin Dimitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor" Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 35, TH.39 - Richard Roper Soloist Aram Khachaturian - Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from "Spartacus"
LAST NOTES Ludwig van Beethoven – Overture to Fidelio Antonin Dvorak – A Hero’s Song, op 111 Johannes Brahms – Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op 98
SPANISH NIGHTS Soloist – Mark Ashford, Guitar Jules Massenet – Ballet Suite from “Le Cid” Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez -Mark Ashford Soloist Joaquín Turina - Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22 Manuel de Falla - Suites 1 and 2 from "The Three Cornered Hat"
HIGH DRAMA Soloist Corinne Malitskie, Cello Carl Maria von Weber - Overture to Der Freishutz Aram Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite Antonin Dvorak - Concerto for Cello in B minor - soloist Corinne Malitskie
MUSIC MEETS THE MOVIES Modest Mussorgsky- Night on Bald Mountain Amilcare Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours from "La Gioconda" Pietro Mascagni - Intermezzo from "Cavalleria rusticana" Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
VOICES FROM THE NEW WORLD Aaron Copland- The Tender Land Suite Arturo Marquez- Danzon no.2 Florence Beatrice Price - Symphony no. 1 in e minor
THE FIRST...AT LAST Soloist – Michelle Yates, Clarinet Gustav Holst – Japanese Suite W.A. Mozart – Clarinet Concerto Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Stephen Bell, Conductor - David Leech, Leader Embark on a captivating journey through the rich tapestry of Eastern European musical traditions with the Market Harborough Orchestra in our much-anticipated concert, "The Eastern European." Revel in the spirited rhythms and atmospheric folk influences of Spindiaryan's Crimean Sketches, a vibrant celebration of the Crimean peninsula's cultural vitality. […]
The Market Harborough Orchestra, under the baton of Stephen Bell, presents "Classical Roots, Romantic Branches", a concert that blends the elegance of the Classical era with the passion of the Romantic. The programme opens with Beethoven’s powerful Egmont Overture, followed by Dvořák’s enchanting Serenade for Wind. Beethoven’s revolutionary Symphony No. 3, the Eroica, brings the […]