A MIDSUMMER'S CONCERT
2013-06-08 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
A MIDSUMMER’S CONCERT

George Bizet – L’Arlesienne Suite no 2
Emile Bernard – Divertissement for Wind Dectet
Franz Schubert – Symphony no 8 “Unfinished”

IN THE ENGLISH TRADITION
2013-11-18 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
IN THE ENGLISH TRADITION

William Walton – A Shakespeare Suite
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Frederick Delius – On Hearing the Last Cuckoo in Spring/Summer Night on the River
Peter Warlock – Capriol Suite (arr wind dectet)
Arthur Bird – Serenade for Wind Dectet
William Walton – Henry V: Two Pieces for Strings

NATIONALISM IN MUSIC
2014-07-05 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
NATIONALISM IN MUSIC

Antonin Dvorak – Symphony no 8
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake – Selections
George Enescu – Dixtour
Modest Mussorgsky – Great Gate of Kiev – arr for brass
Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance no 5 – arr for brass

CLASSICS FOR THE NEW YEAR
2015-01-31 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
CLASSICS FOR THE NEW YEAR

Ludwig van Beethoven – Leonore Overture no 3
Joachim Raff – Sinfonietta for Wind Dectet
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no 5

FRENCH FANCIES
2015-09-26 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
FRENCH FANCIES

Paul Dukas – Fanfare pour La Peri
Gabriel Faure – Masques et bergamasques
Maurice Ravel – Pavane pur une infante defunte
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Claude Debussy – La fille aux cheveaux de lin
Gabriel Faure – Pelleas et Melisande
Gabriel Faure – Sicilienne
George Bizet – Carmen Suites 1 and 2 – selections

THE CLASSIC ROMANTIC
2016-01-30 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
THE CLASSIC ROMANTIC

Soloist – Martyn Brown, Clarinet

Johannes Brahms – Symphony no 1
Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Carl Maria von Weber – Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra

IN THE HIGHLANDS
2016-07-02 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
IN THE HIGHLANDS

Felix Mendelssohn – The Hebrides Overture “Fingal’s Cave”
Hamish McCunn – Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Malcolm Arnold – Four Scottish Dances
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony no 3 “Scottish”

FROM HILL AND VALLEY
2016-10-08 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
FROM HILL AND VALLEY

Benjamin Britten – Soirees Musicales
Edward Elgar – Sospiri
George Butterworth – A Shropshire Lad
William Walton – Four Dances from “Facade”
Edward Elgar – Chanson de Nuit et Chanson de Main
Arthur Sullivan – Pineapple Poll

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
2017-01-28 19:30 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Alexander Borodin – Overture “Prince Igor”
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite (selection)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony no 5

NORTHERN LIGHTS
2017-06-10 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
NORTHERN LIGHTS

Soloist – Alan Hewitt, Cor Anglais

Jean Sibelius – Finlandia
Jean Sibelius – Swan of Tuonela
Jean Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Jean Sibelius – Symphony no 2

ONCE UPON A TIME
2017-10-28 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
ONCE UPON A TIME

Engelburt Humperdinck – Overture “Hansel and Gretl”
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Adagio and Waltz from “Sleeping Beauty”
Edvard Greig – Peer Gynt Suite no 1
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Sheherazade

A ROMANTIC NEW YEAR
2018-01-21 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
A ROMANTIC NEW YEAR

Soloist – Sam Walker, Horn

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture “The Magic Flute”
Richard Strauss – Horn Concerto no 1
Johannes Brahms – Symphony no 2

TOGETHER IN CONCERT
2018-07-07 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
TOGETHER IN CONCERT

With the Market Harborough Choral Society

Hubert Parry – Jerusalem
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia
Franz Schubert – Symphony no 8 “Unfinished”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem

AUTUMN CONCERT
2018-10-13 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
AUTUMN CONCERT

Soloist – Frank Jordan, Bassoon

Alexander Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto
Antonin Dvorak – Symphony no 7

ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY
2019-01-26 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY

Johann Strauss – Tales from the Vienna Woods
Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no 6 “Pastoral”

IN IRELAND
2019-06-22 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
IN IRELAND

Soloists – Frances Hynes, Flute ; Rowena Bass, Harp

Malcolm Arnold – Four Irish Dances
Charles Villiers Stanford – Irish Rhapsody no 1
Hamilton Harty – In Ireland – Fantasia for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor “Gaelic”

AN AMERICAN TALE
2019-10-05 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
AN AMERICAN TALE

Aaron Copland – Chamber Suite from “Appalachian Spring”
Aaron Copland – Four Dance Episodes from “Rodeo”
Antonin Dvorak – Symphony no 9 “From the New World”

NORDIC DREAMS
2020-01-25 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
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!
2022-01-29 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
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
Johannes Brahms – Symphony no 3 in F Major

ENGLAND THROUGH THE AGES
2022-07-02 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
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
2022-11-12 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
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
2023-01-28 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
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
2023-07-01 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
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
2023-10-07 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Leicestershire
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
2024-01-27 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9HG, United Kingdom
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
2024-06-22 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9HG, United Kingdom
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
2024-10-12 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9HG, United Kingdom
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

THE EASTERN EUROPEAN
2025-02-01 19:30 - 22:30 (Europe/London) | Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9HG, United Kingdom
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. Experience the evocative charm of Bartók’s Romanian Dances, where each note paints a vivid picture of the Romanian landscape and its lively folk traditions. Dive into the majestic flow of Smetana’s Vltava (The Moldau), as the orchestra brings to life the picturesque scenes along the iconic river. Capping the evening is Kalinnikov’s Symphony No. 1, a symphonic gem that unfolds with lush melodies and profound emotion.

CLASSICAL ROOTS, ROMANTIC BRANCHES
2025-06-28 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9HG, United Kingdom
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 evening to a close with its bold, transformative spirit. This performance offers a journey through musical history, highlighting the enduring beauty of these iconic works.

FROM THE HEART
2025-10-18 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9HG, United Kingdom
Indulge your senses in an evening of musical passion with the Market Harborough Orchestra’s concert, “From the Heart.” Immerse yourself in the intensity of Brahms’ Tragic Overture, where powerful emotions and dramatic motifs intertwine to create a symphonic masterpiece. Feel the enchantment of Sibelius’ En Saga, a musical narrative that unfolds with poetic allure and vivid storytelling. The journey culminates with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, the Pathétique, a symphony that emanates from the depths of the composer’s soul, exploring themes of love, tragedy, and ultimate redemption.
INFORMATION FOR MHO MEMBERS

JOHANNES BRAHMS – Tragic Overture – 3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp — str
JEAN SIBELIUS – En Saga – – 2[1.2/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — 2perc — str
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY – Symphony No 6 in B minor – 3[1.2.3/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+2 — str

REHEARSALS

Sunday 28th September – 1.45 – 4.30pm – Methodist (Church or Youth wing)
Tuesday 30th September – 7.30=9.30pm – Strings – Venue TBC
Sunday 5th October – 1.45 – 4.30pm – Methodist Church (TBC)
Friday 10th October – 7.30-9.30pm – Wind and Brass – Methodist Church
Sunday 12th October – 1.45 – 4.30pm – Methodist Church (TBC)
Friday 17th October- 7.30 – 9.30pm – Methodist Church
Saturday 18th October – 2.00 to 5.00pm, concert 7.30pm
