2015/2016
SATURDAY 17th OCTOBER 2015 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Soloists: Jane Bultz (violin); Lucy-Anne Allen (violin); John Candor & Walter Brewster (chalumeaux)
Pachelbel – Canon; Vivaldi – Autumn (The Seasons); Telemann – Concerto for 2 Chalumeaux; Vivaldi – Winter (The Seasons); Mozart – Divertimento for Wind K.213; Haydn – ‘Farewell’ Symphony
SATURDAY 5th DECEMBER 2015 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Soloist: Laura van der Heijden (’cello)
Arnold – Serenade; Schumann – ’Cello Concerto; Sibelius – Scene with Cranes; Sibelius – Valse Triste; Mozart – Symphony No. 35
SATURDAY 5th MARCH 2016 – MUSIC FOR YOUTH 4.00 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Soloists: Jon Valender (narrator) & Elise Griffin (violin)
Music included Buzzard or Kestrel (Sharma/Baker) and other orchestral favourites.
SATURDAY 14th MAY 2016 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Soloist: Frida Backman (violin)
Dvořák – Legends Nos. 5 & 9; Arriaga – Symphony in D; Brahms – Violin Concerto
2014/2015
SATURDAY 11th OCTOBER 2014 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 trumpets, soloists Katharine Curlett & Denis Curlett; Albinoni – Concerto for 2 oboes, soloists Sarah Shore & Helen Simpson; Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No 3; Beethoven – Adagio for Wind; Weber – Symphony No 2
SATURDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2014 – Tribute concert for Sir John Tavener 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Soloists: Sofia Tavener (violin) & Sophie Gallagher (soprano)
Stravinsky – Pulcinella; Mozart – Exsultate Jubilate; Tavener – The Song of the Angel; Tavener – The Smile of the Buddha (‘For Sofia’); Mozart – Symphony No. 39
SATURDAY 7th MARCH 2015 – MUSIC FOR YOUTH 4.00 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Soloists: Martin Clunes (narrator) & Hannah McFarlane (’cello)
Mozart – Overture The Marriage of Figaro; Dvořák – Rondo; Sharma/Baker – In The Beginning; de Falla – Ritual Fire Dance
SATURDAY 16th MAY 2015 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Rossini – Overture Cinderella; Grieg – Piano Concerto, soloist Cordelia Williams; Schubert – Symphony in B minor (‘Unfinished’); Schubert — Rosamunde Entr’acte No 1
2013/2014
SATURDAY 12th OCTOBER 2013 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Britten – 6 Metamorphoses for solo oboe, soloists Sarah Page, Sarah Shore & Helen Simpson (oboes); Sibelius – Pelleas and Melisande; Chris Brown – Bridge of Bows; Mozart – Divertimento K. 166; Britten – Simple Symphony; Mozart – Piano Concerto K. 456
SATURDAY 7th DECEMBER 2013 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Purcell/Holst – The Gordian Knot Untied; Saint-Saëns – ’Cello Concerto No. 1, soloist Jun Sasaki; Dvořák – Silent Woods; Schubert – Symphony No. 3
SATURDAY 8th MARCH 2014 – MUSIC FOR YOUTH 4.00 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mendelssohn – Overture Fingal’s Cave; Mozart – Concerto for Flute & Harp; Sharma/Baker – Ballad of the Village Boy, narration by Martin Clunes; Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances
SATURDAY 17th MAY 2014 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Beethoven – Overture King Stephen; Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1, soloist Jennifer Pike; Bizet – Symphony in C; Vaughan Williams — The Lark Ascending
2012/2013
SATURDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2012 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Sibelius – Andante Festivo; Fauré – Dolly Suite; Bach – Double Concerto, soloists Jane Bultz (violin) and James Baker (oboe); Strauss – Wind Serenade Op. 7; Mozart – Symphony No. 25
SATURDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2012 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Coles – Fanfare for a Royal Occasion; Fauré – Pavane; Schumann – ’Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky – Nocturne, soloist Jun Sasaki; Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 2
SATURDAY 9TH MARCH 2013 – MUSIC FOR YOUTH: ENCORE! 4.00 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Rossini – Tancredi Overture; Sharma – A Day on Temperate Earth, narration by Martin Clunes; Prokofiev – Classical Symphony
SATURDAY 18TH MAY 2013 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mozart – Symphony No. 31; Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1, soloist Alex Hamilton; Tavener – Song of the Angel, soloists Saskia Williams (soprano) and Sofia Tavener (violin); Beethoven — Symphony No. 8
2011/2012
SATURDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2011 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Gounod – Petite Symphonie; Puccini – Chrysanthemums; Beethoven – Grosse Fugue; Mozart – Exsultate Jubilate, soloist Abbi Temple (soprano); Mozart – Symphony No 40
SATURDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2011 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mendelssohn – Overture Ruy Blas; Chaminade – Flute Concertino, soloist Abigail Smith; Chausson – Poème, soloist Marian Givens (violin); Brahms – Symphony No.1
SATURDAY 10TH MARCH 2012 – MUSIC FOR YOUTH 4.00 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Delius – The First Cuckoo in Spring; Respighi – The Birds; Solos by young artists; Sharma/Baker – Buzzard or Kestrel (World Première), narration by Martin Clunes
SATURDAY 19TH MAY 2012 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Schubert – Overture in the Italian Style; Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 (‘Emperor’), soloist Fiona Dalzell ; Grieg – Symphony in C minor
2010/2011
SATURDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2010 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mendelssohn – Nocturne and Scherzo – A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Viotti – Violin concerto No 22, soloist Jennifer Barrett; Tchaikovsky – Suite No 1
SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2010 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo and Finale; Haydn – Trumpet Concerto, soloist Katharine Curlett; Vaughan Williams – Symphony No.5
SATURDAY 12TH MARCH 2011 – MUSIC FOR YOUTH 4.00 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Rossini – Overture The Italian Girl in Algiers; Solos by young artists (tba); Sharma/Baker – Dave the Musical Caveman (World Premiere); Rimsky-Korsakov – The Flight of the Bumblebee, narration by Martin Clunes
SATURDAY 21ST MAY 2011 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Schubert – Overture Alfonso and Estrella; Liszt – Piano Concerto No 1, soloist John Lill; Liszt – Piano Sonata, soloist John Lill; Beethoven – Symphony No.5
2009-2010
SATURDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2009 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Purcell – Overture, the Faery Queen; Handel – Oboe concerto in G Minor, soloist Helen Simpson; Tavener – Song of the Angel, soloist Sofia Tavener (violin); Arnold – Serenade; Mendelssohn – Symphony No.1
SATURDAY 12TH DECEMBER 2009 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mozart – Overture, Don Giovanni; Weber – Bassoon concerto, soloist Amy Harman; Beethoven – Symphony No.7
SATURDAY 13TH MARCH 2010 4 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre; Solo by a young artist; Sharma/Baker – Pass the Baton (World Premiere); Mussorgsky – Night on the Bare Mountain, narration by Martin Clunes
SATURDAY 15TH MAY 2010 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia; Chopin – Piano Concerto No.1, soloist Simon Callaghan; Schumann – Symphony No.4
2008-2009
SATURDAY 11TH OCTOBER 2008 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dvořák – Czech Suite; Neruda – Trumpet concerto (Katharine Curlett); Vaughan Williams – Lark Ascending (Adam Hill); Haydn – Symphony 104
SATURDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2008 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Sibelius – Karelia Suite; Brahms – Symphony 2; Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez (Christopher Evesham)
SATURDAY 14TH MARCH 2009 4 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Humperdinck – Hansel and Gretel Overture; Fauré – Elegy (Christopher Hedges); World Premier TBA (Sharma/Baker) narrated by Martin Clunes; Other pieces TBA inc Solo by a young artist
SATURDAY 16TH MAY 2009 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Stravinsky – 4 Norwegian Moods; Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto 2 (Fiona Dalzell); Tchaikovsky – Symphony 1 ‘Winter Daydreams’
2007-2008
SATURDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2007 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Gluck (arr. Mozart) – Overture Iphegenia in Aulus; Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No 2 with Faith Leadbetter; Elgar – Elegy for strings; Elgar – Soliloquy for Oboe with Rosanna Brewster; Haydn – Symphony No 100 (Military)
SATURDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2007 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Weber – Overture Oberon; Dvořák – Violin Concerto with Oliver Nelson; Elgar – Romance for Bassoon with Tess Maybury; Sibelius – Symphony No 3
SATURDAY 8TH MARCH 2008 4 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
MUSIC FOR YOUTH compèred by Mark Freestone;
Sibelius – Finlandia; Solo by a young artist (to be announced); Sharma/Baker – Jurassical Music (world premier) with Martin Clunes; Rossini – Overture William Tell
SATURDAY 17TH MAY 2008 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Schubert – Symphony No 5; Mahler – Symphony No 4 with Sophia Grech (Soprano)
2006-2007
SATURDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2006 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Respighi – 3 Botticelli Pictures; Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No 4; Sibelius – Scene with Cranes & Valse Triste; Schubert – Symphony No 1
SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2006 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mussorgsky – Night on the Bare Mountain; Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante, soloists: Jennifer Holt, Katie Holt, Sarah Shore, Tess Maybury; Balakirev – Symphony No 1
SATURDAY 10TH MARCH 2007 4 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
MUSIC FOR YOUTH Story-teller: Martin Clunes
Rossini – Overture: The Thieving Magpie; Solo by a Young Artist (to be announced); Sharma/Baker – The Forbidden Music (First Performance); Arnold – A Grand, Grand Overture
SATURDAY 12TH MAY 2007 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
DChO 20th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Beethoven – Overture: Leonora No 2; Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, soloist: Natalie Clein; Dvořák – Symphony No 7
2005-2006
SATURDAY 27TH MAY 2006 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
MOZART 250th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRITY CONCERT
Overture: Il Seraglio; Piano Concerto in C minor K491 (soloist: John Lill); Symphony No 41 (Jupiter)
SATURDAY 4TH MARCH 2006 4 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
MUSIC FOR YOUTH Story-teller: Martin Clunes
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker; Solo by a Young Artist (soloist: Rosi Brewster, oboe); Coles/Baker – The Amazing Animal Band (First Performance); Smetana – The River Vltava
SATURDAY 3RD DECEMBER 2005 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Glinka – Overture: Ruslan & Ludmilla; Brahms – Viloin Concerto (soloist: Christina Ball); Shostakovich – Symphony No 1
SATURDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2005 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Handel – Water Music; Strauss – Duet Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon, soloists: John Candor and Julian Lockett; Beethoven – Symphony No 4
2004-2005
SATURDAY 7TH MAY 2005 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nielsen – Overture: Saga-drom; Grieg – Piano Concerto (soloist: Valerie Tryon); Sibelius – Symphony No 5
SATURDAY 5TH MARCH 2005 4 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
MUSIC FOR YOUTH Story-teller: Martin Clunes
Rossini – Dance of the Soliders; Grieg – In The Hall of the Mountain King; The Tale of Tubby the Tuba; Villa-Lobos – The Little Train; Dukas -The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Saint-Saens – Reverie (soloist: Roseanna Brewster)
SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2004 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Verdi – Overture: The Force of Destiny; Respighi – Suite: The Birds; Berlioz – Harold in Italy (soloist: Rebecca Chambers)
SATURDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2004 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
J S Bach – Sinfonia (Cantata 29); Handel – Organ Concerto (soloist: Naomi Gregory); Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante K 297b; Cimarosa – Double Flute Concerto; Haydn – ‘Surprise’ Symphony (No 94)
2003-2004
SATURDAY 8TH MAY 2004 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Shubert – ‘Unfinished’ Symphony; Sibelius – En Saga; Tchaikovsky – Piano Concert No 1 (soloist: John Lill)
SATURDAY 6TH MARCH 2004 4.00 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
MUSIC FOR YOUTH
Children’s Games – Bizet; Vivaldi – Violin Concerto (soloist: Millie Than); Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf (narrator: Martin Clunes); Ibert – Divertissement
SATURDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2003 7.30 pm St Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Rossini – Overture: The Thieving Magpie; Elgar – ’Cello Concerto (soloist: Guy Johnston); Shostakovich – Symphony No 9