Previous Concerts

Autumn 2024 - Autumn concert

Review

• Hummel - Overture "Premiere"
• Saint Saens - Concerto No.1 for Cello & Orchestra
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major

Soloist: Mariatu Kanneh-Mason

Conductor: Jon Maynard

Autumn 2023 - Heartbreak and Tragedy 

Review

• Beethoven - Overture "Zur Namensfeier"
• Schubert - Symphony No. 4 "Tragic"
• Tchaikovsky - Concerto for violin and orchestra

Soloist: Haru Ushigusa
Conductor: Jon Maynard

Spring 2023 "Heroines of the Opera"

Review

• Beethoven - Overture to "Fidelio"
• Beethoven - "Marzelline's Aria" from "Fidelio"
• Mozart - "Come Scoglio" from "Cosi fan Tutte"
• Beethoven - "Ah! Perfido"
• Schubert - Symphony No. 3

Soprano: Belinda Evans
Conductor: Brynly Clarke

Autumn 2022 - A Tribute to Francis Griffin

Review

• Mozart - Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
• Haydn - Symphony No. 99
• Beethoven - Concerto for Violin

Violin: Haru Ushigusa
Conductor: John Maynard

Spring 2022 - Classical favourites and Hidden Gems

Review

• Sterndale-Bennet - Overture "Les Naiades"
• Mozart - Symphony No. 31 "Paris"
• Beethoven - Piano concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

Piano: Mariela Cingo
Conductor: Ben Knowles

Autumn 2021 - NDS is Back!

Review

• Mendelssohn - Overture and Scherzo "A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Faure - "Masques et Bergamasques"
• Haydn - Symphony No. 104

Leader Sylvia Seaton
Conductor Michael Hitchcock

Spring 2019  An International Soloist in Tatsfield!

Review

• Mozart - Overture to "La Clemenza di Tito"
• Elgar - Violin concerto in B Minor
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor

Violin Edwin Kim
Conductor Francis Griffin

Spring 2018

Review

• Rossini: Overture to "An Italian Girl in Algiers"
• Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 24
• Finzi - Eclogue for Strings & Piano
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 1

Soloist: Mariela Cingo
Conductor: Brynly Clarke 

Autumn 2017 - An Evening with a Tenor

Review

• Verdi: La Donna e Mobile
• Puccini: Recondita Armonia
• Verdi: Questa Quella
• Weber: Overture to Der Freischutz
• Donizetti: Una Furtiva Lagrima
• Dalla: Caruso
• De Curtis: Torna a Surriento
• Puccini: Nessun Dorma
• Dvořák: Symphony No. 7

Soloist: Davide Sorrentino
Conductor: Francis Griffin

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Spring 2017

Review

• Donizetti: Overture "Don Pasquale"
• Debussy: Petite Suite
• Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major
• Brӕin: Ut Mot Havet
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in Eb "Eroica"

Soloist: Syliva Seaton
Conductor: Michael Hitchcock

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Autumn 2016 10th Anniversary Gala Concert

Review

• Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
• Fauré: Pavane
• Strauss: Emperor Waltz
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 "Highlights" (Audience Choice)
• Dvorak Symphony No. 9 last movement (Orchestra Members' Choice)
• Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor

Soloists: Corinne Morris (cello), Mariela Cingo (piano)
Conductor: Jonathan Maynard

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Spring 2016

Review

• Mozart: Symphony no. 35 (Haffner)
• Cantaloube: Songs of the Auvergne Set 3, plus the Bailero from Set 1
• Beethoven: Symphony no. 4

Soloist: Belinda Evans
Conductor: Brynly Clark

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Autumn 2015

Review

• Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
• Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
• Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2

Soloist: Mariela Cingo
Conductor Jonathan Maynard

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Spring 2015

Review

• Stronge: Overture to a Lost Opera
• Elgar: Sea Pictures
• Schubert: Symnphony no. 9

Soloist: Nina Alupii-Morton
Conductor: Francis Griffin