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County Second Youth Orchestra

Performances

Easter 2013

  • Land of The Mountain and Flood – Overture, MacCunn
  • Suite from 'Les Miserables', Schonberg (arr. Lowden)
  • Carmen Suite No.1, Bizet
    • Prélude
    • Aragonaise
    • Intermezzo
    • Séguedille
    • Les Dragons d'Alcala
    • Les Toréadors
  • Finlandia, Sibelius
  • Firebird Suite, Stravinsky (arr. Isaac)
    • Infernal Dance
    • Berceuse and Finale
  • Little Suite No.2 Op.78, Malcolm Arnold
    • Overture
    • Ballade
    • Dance

Summer 2009

  • Overture 'The Hebrides', Mendelssohn
  • 'Poeme' for violin and orchestra (Chausson), Soloist: Renato Kamhi
  • Serenade Lyrique, Elgar
  • 'Zigeunerweisen' for violin and orchestra (Sarasate), Soloist: Renato Kamhi

Easter 2009

  • Night of a Bare Mountain, Moussorgsky (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
  • Suite '...with Dances and Delights', Michael Rose
  • 'English Folk Songs' Suite, Vaughan Williams
  • Symphony No 2, Borodin

Christmas/New Year 2009

  • The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Concert Overture Op.3, MacCunn
  • Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op.46, Grieg
    1. Morning
    2. Death of Åse
    3. Anitra's Dance
    4. In the Hall of the Mountain King
  • March to the Scaffold from 'Symphonie Fantastique', Berlioz
  • Toccata in D minor, Bach (arr. Stokowski)
  • Karelia Suite, Op.11, Sibelius
    1. Intermezzo
    2. Ballade
    3. March

Summer 2008

  • Selection from Carmen Suite no.1, Bizet
  • Two movements from 'Rodeo', Copland
  • Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Op.28 (Violin Solo: David Bignell), Saint Saens
  • Three pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar Op.56, Grieg

Summer 2007

Programme selected from:

  • Overture to 'Dr. Miracle', Georges Bizet (arr. Stone)
  • Pavanne, Gabriel Faure
  • Little Suite No. 1, Opus 53, Malcolm Arnold
  • Symphony No. 9 (New World) 1st Movement, Antonin Dvorak (arr. Issac)
  • Sicilienne from 'Pelleas and Melisande', Gabriel Faure (arr. Stone)
  • Pirates of Penzance, Sir Arthur Sullivan
  • Pirates of the Caribbean 'Dead Man's Chest', Hans Zimmer (arr. Lavender)

Easter 2007

  • Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, Elgar
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 (soloist Tim Short), Shostakovich
  • Hungarian Dance No. 1, Brahms
  • A Tribute to John Williams, Williams (arr. Lavender)

Christmas/New Year 2007

  • Norwegian Dances, Grieg
  • Hungarian Dances, Nos 1, 3 & 5, Brahms
  • Jubilee Dances, Matthias
  • Soirées Musicales, Britten
  • Dance Of The Hours, Ponchielli
  • Schneewaltzer, Traditional Bavarian (arr. David Kirby-Ashmore)

Summer 2006

  • Overture to 'The Thieving Magpie', Giocchino Rossini
  • Cello Concerto in D minor, Edouard Lalo
  • Symphony No.5, Ludwig van Beethoven

Easter 2006

Chosen from:

  • Four Scottish Dances Op. 59, Sir Malcolm Arnold
    • Pesante
    • Vivace
    • Allegretto
    • Con Brio
  • Four Rustic Sketches, Op.80, Paul Patterson
    • Scrumpy Giles
    • Widecombe Jan
    • Lazy Lawrence
    • The Loe Bar Lady
  • La Calinda, Frederick Delius
  • Suite, Henry V, Sir William Walton, arr. Muir Mathieson
    • Overture: The Globe Playhouse
    • Passacaglia: The Death of Falstaff
    • Charge & Battle
    • Touch Her Soft Lips and Part
    • Agincourt Song

Christmas/New Year 2006

  • Suite from The Red Poppy, Reinhold Gliere
  • Baba Yaga (Music Picture on a Russian Folk Tale) Op.56, Anatoli Liadov
  • Piano Concerto No.1 in F#, Op.1, Sergei Rachmaninov

Summer 2005 (on tour to Glasgow & Edinburgh)

  • Pomp & Circumstance March No 2 in A minor, Edward Elgar
  • Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles, Michael Tippett
    • Intada
    • Berceuse
    • Procession & Dance
    • Carol
    • Finale
  • Te Deum (with members of the Danesborough Chorus), Georges Bizet
    • Te Deeum
    • Tu Rex gloriae Christe
    • Te ergo
    • Fiat misericordia tua
  • Overture "Strike Up the Band", George Gershwin
  • Little Suite, Witold Luoslawski
    • Fujarka
    • Hurra Polka
    • Piosenka
    • Taniec
  • Polovtsian Dances from 'Prince Igor', Alexander Borodin

Easter 2005

  • Overture to Goethe's Egmont, Op.84, Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Muggorsky / Mikhail Toushmalov

Christmas/New Year 2005

  • Waltz from Masquerade, Khatchaturian
  • Sleigh Ride, Leroy Andersen
  • The Empire Strikes Back medley, John Williams
  • The Three Bears Suite (narrator Lee Stanley), Eric Coates
  • Spanish Dance, Moritz Moskowski
  • Punch & Judy Suite, Sam Bordoli (Wootton Upper School student)
    • Theme
    • Judy
    • The Clown
    • The Crocodile
    • The Hangman's March
  • A Salute to the Big Bands, Calvin Custer

Summer 2004

  • Karelia Suite, Jean Sibelius
  • Norwegian Dances, Edward Grieg
  • Symphony No.6 in D major, Anton Dvorak

Easter 2004

  • Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4 in G, Edward Elgar
  • Horn Concerto (soloist: Lynda Cox), Sam Bordoli
  • Symphony No. 8 (The Unfinished), Franz Schubert
  • Cornish Dances, Malcolm Arnold
  • Polovtsian Dances, Alexander Borodin

Christmas/New Year 2004

  • Les Fleuves Engloutis (Eternal Rivers), Bechara El-Khoury
  • Violin Concerto Op. 64, Mendelssohn
  • "...with Dances & Delights", Michael Rose

Summer 2003 (on tour to Glasgow & Edinburgh)

  • Ballet Music from 'Coppelia', Leo Delibes
  • Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra Op. 125 (soloist Ben Stevens), Sergei Prokofiev
  • Fifteen Minute Australia, Edward Cowie
  • Overture to 'Romeo and Juliet', Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Easter 2003

  • Overture to Hansel and Gretel , Humperdinck
  • Piano Concerto, Grieg
  • Symphony No.1 in G Minor, Tchaikovsky

New Year 2003

  • Overture in D minor , G.F. Handel, arr. Elgar
  • The Toys' Entertainer, Tim Grant Jones
  • Movements from The Nutcracker Suite, P.I. Tchaikowsky
  • Teddy Bears' Picnic, Bratton
  • Peter and the Wolf (Narrator David Wolfson), Serge Prokofiev
  • Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark, John Williams

Summer 2002

A programme of popular film music:

  • Finlandia, Jean Sibelius
  • Murder on the Orient Express, Richard Rodney Bennett
  • Five Klee Pictures, Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Richard III Suite, William Walton
  • Jurassic Park, John Williams
  • Titanic, James Horner
  • On Screen, Eric Weatherill
  • Dam Busters March, Eric Coates

Easter 2002

  • Orpheus in the Underworld, Offenbach
  • Carmen Suites 1 & 2, Bizet
  • Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin
  • Hungarian Dances 1, 3 & 10, Brahms
  • Ballet Music Le Cid, Massenet

February 2002 - Barnardo's Young Supporters Concert

  • Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4 "Land of Hope & Glory", Edward Elgar
  • Coronation March - "Orb & Sceptre", William Walton
  • The Wonderful Adventures of Sindbad the Sailor, Douglas Coombes

New Year 2002

  • The Frog & Others, Vic Bainbridge
  • Pomp & Circumstance March No. 2 in A Minor, Edward Elgar
  • Dance of the Hours, Ponchielli
  • Coronation March - "Orb & Sceptre", William Walton
  • Slavonic Dance Opus 46 No. 8 in D Minor, Anton Dvorak
  • Pas d'Action and Waltz from Sleeping Beauty, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Summer 2001 (on tour to Glasgow & Edinburgh)

  • Flower of Scotland, Williamson arr. Allen
  • Polovtsian Dances, Borodin
  • English Dances (Set 2), Arnold
  • Escapades, Rodney Newton
  • Messa Di Gloria, Puccini

Easter 2001

  • Joyous Youth Suite, Eric Coates
    • Introduction
    • Serenade
    • Valse
  • Escapades, Rodney Newton
  • Manx Suite Op. 142, Malcolm Arnold

New Year 2001

  • Finlandia, Jean Sibelius
  • Trumpet Concerto, Alexander Grigori Arutjunjan
  • Lord of the Dance, Hardiman arr. Moore
  • West Side Story Suite, Bernstein
  • The Syncopated Clock, Anderson

Summer 2000

  • Overture to Romeo & Juliet, Tchaikovsky
  • Savannah (with Evelyn Glennie), Tunde Jegede
  • Soirees Musicales, Benjamin Britten
  • An American in Paris, George Gershwin