Saturday 29th September 7.30pm
St. Mary’s Church DorchesterSymphony No. 4 – Boyce
Angelus – Liszt
Cello Concerto in C – Haydn
Soloist: Hannah McFarlane
Simple Symphony – Britten
Symphony No. 33 – Mozart
The season begins with a concert featuring local
cellist Hannah McFarlane. A rare performance of
Liszt’s Angelus brings a wonderful evocation of
Roman bells and the concert concludes with two
light and joyful symphonies
Saturday 24th November 7.30pm
St. Mary’s Church DorchesterSiegfried Idyll – Wagner
Horn Concerto No. 1 – Richard Strauss
Soloist: Diego Incertis Sanchez
Chrysanthemums – Puccini
Symphony No. 4 ‘The Italian’ – Mendelssohn
We welcome one of the most promising players of our
time in Strauss’ epic concerto. The Puccini and
Mendelssohn works bring an idyllic Italian flavour to the
second half of this varied concert, as reflected in our brochure
cover photo. The concert begins with Wagner’s musical
birthday present to his wife Cosima.
Saturday 9th March 4.00pm
St. Mary’s Church DorchesterConcert for Youth with Martin Clunes (Narrator)
Soloists: Elise Griffin (violin) Chris Gray (tuba)~ Composer: Joe Berry
Fanfare pour précéder La Péri – Dukas
Overture to ‘Light Cavalry’ – Suppé
Violin Concerto 1st movement – Kabalevsky
New work – Joe Berry
‘Tubby the Tuba’ – Kleinsinger
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’ Excerpts
Saturday 11th May 7.30pm
St. Mary’s Church DorchesterOverture ‘Donna Diana’ – Reznicek
Violin Concerto – Tchaikovsky
Soloist: Frida Backman
Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’ – Beethoven
The final concert in our season sees the return of
Frida Backman who performed the Brahms
violin concerto with the orchestra in 2016.
Frida returns to play the ever-popular Tchaikovsky
concerto. The season concludes with Beethoven’s
magnificent ‘Eroica’ symphony.