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Repertoire and Recent Programmes

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Repertoire and recent programmes

Past concerts have contained much music from the standard orchestral repertory - rarely has music from previous years been repeated - and from the 20th century included has been music by Albeniz, Alwyn, Christopher Ball, Michael Berkeley, Butterworth, Debussy, Delius, Holst, Mayuzumi, Rawsthorne, Respighi, Rodrigo, Sculthorpe, Sibelius, Strauss, Stravinsky, Turina, John Williams (a first performance), Vaughan Williams, Walton and Timothy Murray, a commission funded by West Midlands Arts.

Recent programmes have been:

May '07

Haydn  Symphony 101 in D, 'The Clock', , Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music, Fauré Op 102 Suite Masques and Bergamasques, Elgar Variations on an Original Theme Op 36 'Enigma Variations'

December '06

Rossini  Overture: 'The Barber of Seville' , Mendelssohn 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Schubert Symphony no 4 in C minor 'The Tragic'

May '06

Mozart Symphony No. 35 ("Haffner"), Weber Bassoon Concerto, Beethoven Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica")

November '05

Schubert (Symphony No. 9), Copland (Clarinet Concerto and Buckaroo Holiday), Freckleton (Tone Poem) (premiere)

May '05

Weber, Strauss, Berlioz

Dec '04

Scottish Programme, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Arnold

May '04

Mendelssohn's Elijah (complete) with the Marches Community Choir and the Phoenix Singers of Shrewsbury

February '04

Mixed programme including Rossini, Bizet, Holst, Mozart and Christopher Ball Recorder Concerto (Jane Annette)

November '03

Marking Berlioz's bi-centenary:

Beethoven Egmont  and Symphony no 8
Berlioz Harold in Italy (Helen Wearing, viola)

May '03

Mixed Programme including:
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (Alan Uren)

November '02

Music of Six Continents:
Copland, Villa-Lobos, Akpabot, Sculthorpe, Beethoven (5th Symphony), Mayuzumi Xylophone Concerto (Peter Bacon)