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County Fourth Youth Orchestra

Performances

Summer 2009

Programme selected from:

  • Water Music Suite No 2, Handel (arr. Jane Wheeler)
    • Overture
    • Minuet
    • Rigaudon
    • Alla Hornpipe
  • This Train, Traditional (arr. Matteo Giammario)
  • Capriol Suite, Peter Warlock
    • Basse-Danse
    • Pavane
    • Mattachins
  • Off To Sea, Helyer (arr. Nick Edwards)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Klaus Badelt (arr. Ted Ricketts)

Summer 2008

  • Allegro Giocoso, James Hook (arr. Jane Wheeler)
  • Bytes and Pieces (Four Hi-Tech Originals), Tony Osborne
    • Data-Bass
    • Disk Drive
    • Digital Logic System
    • Megabyte-Gigabyte
  • Dance no. 3, Miklos Kocsar (arr. Tony Osborne)
  • Wild West Shaker, Trad. (arr. Tony Osborne)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Hans Zimmer (arr. Ted Ricketts)

October 2007

  • Water Music Suite No.2, Handel (arr. J. Wheeler)
    1. Overture
    2. Minuet
    3. Rigaudon
    4. All Hornpipe
  • The Winter Rose, Tchaikovsky (arr. J. Wheeler)
  • Tumbleweed, Robert Frost
  • Weiner Blut, Johann Strauss Jnr (arr. J. Wheeler)
  • Chicken Run - main titles, Powell and Gregson-Williams (arr. Christensen)

Summer 2007

Programme selected from:

  • Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie Mercury (arr. John Berry)
  • Airs and Dances for string orchestra, J.S. Back (arr. Tony Urbainczyk)
  • A Suite of English Folk Songs, (arr. Rory Boyle)
    • The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies
    • O Waly, Waly
    • Blow Away The Morning Dew
  • Jazzin' About Suite, Pamela Wedgewood (edited by Edward Huws Jones)

Easter 2007

Programme selected from:

  • Sinfonietta for Strings - British Premiere Performance, Armand Russell
    1. Allegro Moderato
    2. Lento
    3. Con Spirito
    4. Allegro non Troppo
  • Sllected pieces from 'Carmen', Georges Bizet (arr. Tony Ozbourne)
    1. Prelude
    2. Haberna
    3. Toreador Song
  • Selections from 'Grease!',
    1. Greased Lightning
    2. Summer Nights
    3. We Go Together
  • Two pieces from 'Baroque Suite II', Corelli (arr. Peter Cowling)
    1. Adagio
    2. Gigue

Christmas/New Year 2007

  • Concerto in D , Peter Cowling
  • Three Norwegian Pieces, Edvard Grieg (arr. Geoffrey Tomlinson)
  • Oliver - 'Food Glorious Food', and 'As Long As He Needs Me', Lionel Bart (arr. Tony Osborne)
  • Themes from 'Peter and The Wolf', Prokofiev (arr. Simon Foxley)
  • March from 'Musique d'enfants', Prokofiev (arr. Simon Foxley)
  • Selections from 'Les Miserables', Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil (arr. Larry Moore)

Summer 2006

Programme selected from:

  • Palladio Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra, Karl Jenkins
  • Plink, Plank, Plunk, Leroy Anderson
  • Suite No.1 from 'Cats', Andrew Lloyd Webber (arr. Tony Osbourne)
  • Valse Parisienne, Tony Osbourne
  • Transatlantic Suite - world music from both sides of an ocean, Henry Bowers Broadbent

Easter 2006

  • Old Joe Clark's Boogie , Trad., arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Capriol Suite, Peter Warlock, arr. Jane Wheeler
    1. Basse-Danse
    2. Pavane
    3. Mattachins
  • Silver String Rag, Tony Osbourne
  • Dance No. 3, Miklos Koscar, arr. Tony Osbourne
  • Highlights from Harry Potter, John Williams, arr. Michael Story
    1. Hedwig's Theme
    2. Nimbus 2000
    3. Hogwarts' Forever
    4. Family Portrait
    5. Harry's Wondrous World
  • Mellow Cellos, Howard Tomlinson

Christmas/New Year 2006

  • Selection from Six Sanday Tunes , Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Four Songs Without Words, Felix Mandelssohn, arr Tony Urbainczyx
  • St Cecilia Rag, Philip Wilby
  • Selections from Shakespeare in Love, Stephen Warbeck, arr Tony Osborne

Summer 2005

  • Sarabande, GF Handel, arr Tony Osborne
  • Wild West Shaker, Traditional, arr Tony Osborne
  • Simple Symphony, Benjamin Britten
    • Playful Pizzicato
    • Sentimental Sarabande
  • Jumbo Rag, Michael Rose
  • Music from 'Star Wars', John Williams, arr Eleanor Kingdon
    • Main Theme
    • Yoda's Theme
    • Imperial March
    • The Force
    • Luke & Leia

Easter 2005

  • Suite for the Fourth, Michael Rose
  • Music for Outer Space, Richard Ayling
  • James Bond Medley, arr. by Eleanor Kingdon
  • Norwegian Dance, Greig, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Pirates of the Caribbean, Badalt/Ricketts
    • Blood Ritual
    • Walk the Plank
    • The Black Pearl

Christmas/New Year 2005

  • Four Negro Spirituals, Trad. arr. Daniel Scott
    • Nobody Knows
    • Go Down Moses
    • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    • Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho
  • Wiener Blut, Johann Strauss Jnr, arr Jane Wheeler
  • The Beatles Forever, a medley,
    • Lady Madonna
    • Michelle
    • Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Selection from Oliver, Lionel Bart, arr. Jane Wheeler
    1. Who will Buy
    2. Pick a Pocket or Two
    3. Where is Love
    4. Consider Yourself
  • Music for the Royal Fireworks, George Frederick Handel

Summer 2004

  • Tumbleweed, Robert Frost
  • Polonaise, Anon, arr Jane Wheeler
  • To a Wild Rose, Edward MacDowell arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Frog Dance, Adam Carse, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Dance No.3, Miklos Kocs_r arr. Tony Osborne
  • Selections from Fiddler on the Roof, Jerry Bock arr. H. Baumel
    1. Tradition
    2. Anatevka
    3. If I were a rich man
    4. Matchmaker
    5. Sunrise, Sunset
    6. To Life

Easter 2004

  • Allegro Giacaso, James Hook, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Suite of Merry Madrigals, Morley/Weekes, arr. Jane Wheeler
    1. Now is the Month of Maying
    2. Strike it up, Tabor
    3. April is in my Mistress' Face
    4. Robin Hood, Maid Marian & Little John
    5. My Bonny Lass She Smileth
  • Country Dance, Ernest Tomlinson
  • Silver String Rag, Tony Osborne
  • Flop-Eared Mule, trad. American arr. Andrew Dabczynski
  • Medley from 'Aladdin', Alan Menken, arr. John Moss

Christmas/New Year 2004

Programme selected from:

  • Water Music suite No. 2, Handel
    • Overture
    • Minuet
    • Rigaudon
    • Alla Hornpipe
  • Humoresque, Arnold Trowell, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • The Winter Rose, Tchaikovsky
  • Jamaican Rumba, Arthur Benjamin, arr. Tony Osborne
  • Penny Whistle Jig, Henry Mancini
  • Old Joe Clark's Boogie, arr. Jane Wheeler

Summer 2003

Programme selected from :
  • Hungarian Songs & Dances, arr. Jane Wheeler
    • Jumping Dance (Hajdu)
    • Bagpipe Song (Szokolay)
    • Sorrowful Song (Jardanyi)
    • Merry-making (Mezo)
  • Capriol Suite, Peter Warlock
    • Basse-Danse
    • Pavane
    • Mattachins
  • Off to Sea, Helyer arr. Nick Edwards
  • The Syncopated Clock, Leroy Anderson arr. William Zinn
  • Music from 'Grease', Casey & Jacobs arr. John Wasson

Easter 2003

Programme selected from:

  • Chaconne, Boismortier, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Norwegian Dance, Grieg, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Two Miniatures, Frank Bridge, arr. Jane Wheeler
    • Minuet
    • Allegretto
  • This Train, Traditional, arr. Matteo Giammario
  • Highlights from 'Harry Potter', John Williams, arr. Michael Story
  • Wild West Shaker, Traditional, arr. Tony Osborne

New Year 2003

Programme selected from:

  • Tumbleweed, Robert Frost
  • Suite of Five Pieces, Giles Farnaby (1545 - 1640), arr. Granville Bantock
    1. A Toye
    2. Giles Farnaby's Conceit
    3. His Rest
    4. His Humour
    5. Tower Hill
  • Scherzando, Johann Albrechtsberger (1736 - 1809)
  • Wiener Blut, Johann Strauss (1825 - 1899), arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Selection from Oliver, Lionel Bart, arr. Jane Wheeler
    1. Who will Buy?
    2. Pick a Pocket or Two
    3. Where is Love?
    4. Consider Yourself

Summer 2002

Programme selected from:

  • Allegro Giocoso, James Hook, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Silver String Rag, Tony Osborne
  • Dance No.3, Miklos Kocsar, arr. Tony Osborne
  • To a Wild Rose, MacDowell, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Frog Dance, Adam Carse, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Selections from 'Fiddler on the Roof', Jerry Bock, arr. H. Baumel
    • Tradition
    • Anatevka
    • If I Were A Rich Man
    • Matchmaker
    • Sunrise, Sunset
    • To Life
  • The Irish Washerwoman, Trad, arr. D. Booth

Easter 2002

  • Abdelazer - Suite for String Orchestra, Purcell, arr. J. Wheeler
    • Rondeau
    • Hornpipe
    • Aire
  • Polonaise, Anon, arr. J. Wheeler
  • Shenandoah, American Folksong, arr. Moore
  • Highlights from Harry Potter, John Williams, arr. Michael Story
  • Suite for Springtime, Traditional English Melodies, arr. J. Wheeler
    • Country Gardens
    • This Joyful Season
    • All in a Garden Green
  • Mellow Cellos, Howard Thompson
  • The Lion King, Elton John, arr. Calvin Custer

New Year 2002

  • Water Music Suite No. 2, Handel
    1. Overture
    2. Minuet
    3. Rigaudon
    4. Alto Hornpipe
  • Praeludium und Allegro, Fritz Kreisler arr. Jane Wheeler
  • The Winter Rose, Tchaikovsky
  • Frog Dance, Adam Carse arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Wild-West Shaker, Trad. arr. Tony Osborne

Summer 2001

  • Hungarian Songs and Dances, arr. Jane Wheeler
    1. Jumping Dance
    2. Bagpipe Song
    3. Sorrowful Song
    4. Merry-making
  • Saraband and Country Dance, Ernest Thomlinson
  • Norwegian Dance, Greig, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • Jamaican Rumba, Arthur Benjamin, arr. Tony Osborne
  • Music from Grease, Casey and Jacobs, arr. John Wasson

Easter 2001

  • Music from 'The Fairy Queen', Purcell arr. J. Brown
    • Chaconne
    • Air
    • Rondeau
  • Scherzando, Albrechtsberger arr. J. Wheeler
  • Four Negro Spirituals, Trad. arr. Daniel Scott
    • Nobody Knows
    • Go Down Moses
    • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    • Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho
  • Selection from 'Pocahontas', Alan Menken arr. John Moss

New Year 2001

  • Chaconne, Boismortier, arr. J. Wheeler
  • This Train, Traditional, arr. Matteo Giammario
  • Suite of Merry Madrigals, Morley/Weelkes, arr. J. Wheeler
    1. Now is the Month of Maying
    2. Strike it up, Tabor
    3. April is my Mistress' Face
    4. Robin Hood, Maid Marian and Little John
    5. My Bonny Lass She Smileth
  • Humoresque, Arnold Trowell, arr. J. Wheeler
  • Medley from Aladdin, Alan Menken, arr. John Moss

Summer 2000

  • Tumbleweed, Robert Frost
  • Sonata in D major, Guiseppi Tartini, arr. Kurt Moser
    • Moderato
    • Menuetto
    • Allegro Assai
  • Serenade, Georg Goltermann, arr. Jane Wheeler
  • The Irish Washerwoman, Traditional, arr. David Booth
  • Suite & Light, Tony Osborne
    • Thoroughly Modern Varnish
    • Soap on a String
    • Woody Waltz
    • Groovy Strings