Past performances
Dorset Chamber Orchestra Concerts – The Years 1987 – 2026
Compiled by Julia McFarlane – May 2026
Musical Directors:
Robert Jacoby 1987 – March 2015
Walter Brewster May 2015 – Present
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April 1987 Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks
Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Mozart – Symphony No. 38
Soloist – Fiona Cross (Clarinet)
Venue – St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine
Oct. 1987 Inaugural concert
Rossini – Overture: Silken Ladder
Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Mozart – Symphony No. 40
Soloist – Fiona Cross (Clarinet)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 1988 Wagner – Overture: Siegfried Idyll
Mozart – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra K 314
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
Soloist – Melanie Fulker (Flute)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
April 1988 Fauré – Masques et Bergamasques
Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations for Cello and Orchestra
Mozart – German Dances K 605
Schubert – Symphony No. 3
Soloist – Rebecca Gilliver (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine
Oct. 1988 Mozart – Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra
Brahms – Serenade No. 1
Soloist – Celeste Fitt (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Beaminster
Feb. 1989 Schubert – Overture in the Italian StyleStrauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Beethoven – Symphony No. 2
Elgar – Serenade for Strings
Soloist – Iwan Thomas (French Horn)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Peter’s Church, Shaftesbury
April 1989 Mozart – Serenade in D K 185
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A K 622
Mozart – Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”
Soloist – Walter Brewster (Clarinet)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
Oct. 1989 Mendelssohn – Overture: The Hebrides
Mozart – Violin Concerto K 219
Haydn – Symphony No. 104 “The London”
Soloist – Malu Lin (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – Lady St. Mary Church, Wareham
Nov. 1989 Weymouth Music Club in association with Weymouth College
Mozart – Symphony No. 35 “The Haffner”
Mozart – Piano concerto No. 21 K 467
Mozart – Symphony No. 40
Soloist – Fiona Dalzell (Piano)
Venue – Weymouth College Drama Hall
Dec. 1989 Delius – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Delius – Summer Night on the River
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C
Schubert – Symphony No. 6
Soloist – Jacqueline Phillips (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Bridport
Mar. 1990 Sibelius – Pelleas and Melisande
Sammartini – Recorder Concerto in C
Beethoven – Symphony No. 1
Soloist – Hannah Thompson (Recorder)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Beaminster
April 1990 Dillington House Concert
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Elgar – Serenade for Strings
Sammartini – Recorder Concerto in C
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Soloists – Hannah Thompson (Recorder), Robert Jacoby (Violin)
Venue – Dillington Coach House
Oct. 1990 Rossini – Overture: Tancredi
Hummel – Bassoon Concerto
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Soloist – Sarah Price (Bassoon)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
Dec. 1990 Gala Celebrity Concert
Beethoven – Overture: Prometheus
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 1991 Walton – Siesta
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Haydn – Symphony No. 99
Soloist – Celeste Fitt (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Peter’s Church, Shaftesbury
April 1991 Rossini – Overture: Tancredi
Walton – Siesta
Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Soloist – Iwan Thomas (French Horn)
Venue – St. James’s Church, Guernsey
Venue – The Church of St Michael, Poole Hill, Bournemouth
Oct.1991 Dvořák – Czech Suite
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto
Fauré – Pavane
Mozart – Symphony No. 31 “Paris”
Soloist – Alice Gumpert (Trumpet)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
Nov. 1991 The Rotary Club of Ringwood
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto
Fauré – Pavane
Schubert – Symphony No. 3
Soloist – Alice Gumpert (Trumpet)
Venue – Ringwood Parish Church
Nov. 1991 Weymouth Music Club in association with Weymouth College
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony
Schubert – Symphony No. 3
Fauré – Pavane
Beethoven – 2 Romances for Violin and Orchestra
Soloist – Christina Ball (Violin)
Venue – Weymouth College Drama Hall
Dec. 1991 Mozart – Masonic Funeral Music
Beethoven – Violin Concerto (original version)
Beethoven – Prometheus Ballet Music
Soloist – Robert Jacoby (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 1992 Copland – Quiet City
Berlioz – Les Nuits d’Été
Haydn – Symphony No. 101 “The Clock”
Soloist (Berlioz) – Sophie Grech (Mezzo-Soprano)
Soloists (Copland) – Elisabeth Jacoby (Cor Anglais), Chris Kiver (Trumpet)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Peter’s Church, Shaftesbury
Oct. 1992 Brahms – Haydn Variations
Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1
Schubert – Symphony No. 4
Soloist – Natalie Clein (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Bridport
Dec. 1992 5th anniversary concert
Mozart – Overture: The Marriage of Figaro
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
Soloist – Allan Schiller (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 1993 Beethoven – Overture: King Stephen
Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1
Bizet – Symphony in C
Soloist – Nicholas Ebbutt (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
Oct. 1993 Mendelssohn – Overture: The Fair Melusina
Mozart – Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra K 190
Schubert – Symphony No. 2
Soloists – Malu Lin and Kate Stear (Violins)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Peter’s Church, Shaftesbury
Dec. 1993 Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Schumann – Cello Concerto
Mozart – Exsultate Jubilate K165
Tchaikovsky – Suite No. 4 “Mozartiana”
Soloists – Rebecca Gilliver (Cello) and Pollyanna Hewetson (Mezzo-soprano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 1994 Mozart – Overture: Don Giovanni
Rodrigo – Concerto de Aranjuez
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 1
Soloist – Fiona Richardson (Guitar)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
April 1994 The Complete Cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos
First concert 2/4/1994
Beethoven Piano Concertos – Nos. 1, 2, 3
Second concert 3/4/1994
Beethoven – Overture: Coriolan
Beethoven Piano Concertos – Nos. 4, 5
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)
Venue – Weymouth Pavilion
Oct. 1994 Beethoven – Overture: Egmont
Bach – Concerto for Two Violins
Sarasate – Navarra
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3
Soloists – Olivia Moore and Katharine O’Connor (Violins)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Peter’s Church, Shaftesbury
Dec. 1994 Wagner – Overture: Siegfried Idyll
Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4
Soloists – Ruth Rogers (Violin), Emily Robinson (Cello), Tamsin Collins (Oboe), Tess Maybury (Bassoon)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 1995 Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante K 364
Mozart – Symphony No. 38 “Prague”
Soloists – Sioni Williams (Violin), Elinor Williams (Viola)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
Oct. 1995 Arnold – Serenade
Mozart – Concerto for Flute and Harp K299
Haydn – Symphony No. 103
Soloists – Rachel Brazier (Flute), Emma Ramsdale (Harp)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Axminster
Dec. 1995 Purcell/Holst – The Virtuous Wife
Kabalevski – Violin Concerto
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Soloist – Ruth Rogers (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 1996 Sibelius – Pelleas and Melisande
Canteloube – Songs of the Auvergne
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
Soloist – Sophia Grech (Mezzo-soprano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
Mar. 1996 Sponsored and organised by Bridgwater & District Choral Society
Sibelius – Pelleas and Melisande
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Canteloube – Songs of the Auvergne
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
Soloists – Sophia Grech (Mezzo-soprano), Alice Gumpert (Trumpet)
Venue – Bridgwater Town Hall
April 1996 Sibelius – Pelleas and Melisande
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto
Canteloube – Songs of the Auvergne
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
Soloists – Alice Gumpert (Trumpet), Sophia Grech (Mezzo-soprano)
Venue – Wessex Hall. Poole
Venue – Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Oct. 1996 Vanhal – Concerto for Two Bassoons
Dvořák – Romance for Violin and Orchestra
Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Schubert – Symphony No. 3
Soloists – Christina Ball (Violin), Tess Maybury and Julian Lockett (Bassoons)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – Lady St. Mary Church, Wareham
Dec. 1996 Rossini – Overture: Semiramide
Glière – Harp Concerto
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Soloist – Louise Martin (Harp)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Weymouth
Feb. 1997 Mendelssohn – Overture: The Hebrides
Mozart – Flute concerto in G K 313
Elgar – Serenade for Strings
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 2
Soloist – Emma-Louise Hible (Flute)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
Mar. 1997 10th anniversary concert Celebrity Concert
Rossini – Overture: Semiramide
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 2
Sibelius – The Swam of Tuonela
Grieg – Piano Concerto
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)
Venue – Wessex Hall, Poole
Oct. 1997 Schubert – Overture in the Italian Style
Mozart – Oboe Concerto K 314
Britten – Metamorphoses for Solo Oboe
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Soloist – Celia Craig (Oboe)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – Lady St. Mary Church, Wareham
Dec. 1997 Beethoven – Choral Fantasia Op. 80 for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
Soloists- Fiona Dalzell (Piano); Christine Page (Soprano), Linda Murray (Alto), Jeremy Carpenter (Tenor), Jonathan Prentice (Baritone) and The Brockenhurst Choir
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – Christchurch Priory
Feb. 1998 Vaughan-Williams – Overture: The Wasps
Bruch – Violin Concerto
Bizet – Symphony in C
Soloist – Ruth Johnson (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
Oct. 1998 No programme details for these 2 concerts but included:
Beethoven – Overture: Coriolan
Fauré – Pavane
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto
Schubert – Symphony No. 8
Soloists – Tim Orpen (Clarinet))
Venue – The Lady St. Mary Church, Wareham
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Weymouth
Dec. 1998 Ravel – Pavane
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C
Beethoven – Symphony No. 2
Soloist – Natalie Clein (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 1999 De Falla – Ritual Fire Dance
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Arriaga – Symphony in D
Soloist – Ruth Johnson (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
Mar. 1999 Beethoven – Overture: Fidelio
Dvořák – Cello Concerto
Sibelius – Symphony No. 7
Soloist – Natalie Clein (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 1999 Mendelssohn – Overture: Fair Melusine
Berlioz – Les Nuits d’Été
Haydn – Symphony No. 99
Soloist – Abbi Temple (Soprano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Weymouth
Dec. 1999 Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 K 491
Schubert – Symphony No. 9
Soloist – Alison Farr (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 2000 Debussy – Petite Suite
Dragonetti – Double Bass Concerto in A
Botttesini – Rêverie
Beethoven – Symphony No. 1
Soloist – Alix Scott (Double Bass)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
April 2000 Respighi – Ancient Airs and Dances
Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Mozart – Symphony No. 38 “Prague”
Soloist – Tim Orpen (Clarinet)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2000 Arnold – Serenade
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 22 K 482
Schubert – Symphony No. 2
Soloist – Duncan Honeybourne (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2000 Canford School Concert Society
Arnold – Serenade for Small Orchestra
Dvořák – Romance for Violin and Orchestra
Sibelius – Scenes with Cranes
Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Schubert – Symphony No. 2
Soloist – Christina Ball (Violin)
Venue – Canford School
Dec. 2000 Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia
Haydn – Cello Concerto in D
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
Soloist – Natalie Clein (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 2001 Fauré – Masques et Bergamasques
Hummel – Trumpet Concerto
Sibelius – Scenes with Cranes
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
Soloist – Ross Brown (Trumpet)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. George’s Church, Langton Matravers
May 2001 Celebrity Concert
Rossini – Overture: The Barber of Seville
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20 K 466
Schumann – Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2001 Delius – A Song before Sunrise
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 K 467
Grieg – Symphony in C minor
Soloist – Fiona Dalzell (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2001 Sibelius – Pelleas and Melisande
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 “Classical”
Beethoven – Triple Concerto
Soloists – Oliver Nelson (Violin), Zӧe Solomon (Piano), Rebecca Gilliver (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2002 Fauré – Pélleas et Mélisande
Kabalevsky – Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky – Suite No. 1
Soloist – Victoria Sayles (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2002 Royal Jubilee Concert
Purcell – Overture: The Fairy Queen
Bull – Elizabethan Court Dances
Haydn – Symphony No. 85 “La Reine”
Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Mozart – Piano Concerto K 537 “Coronation”
Soloist – Fiona Dalzell (Piano)
Venue – Colfox School, Bridport
Oct. 2002 Rossini – Overture: Tancredi
Paul Coles – 3 Dorset Seascapes
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor
Schubert – Symphony No. 6
Soloist – Fiona Dalzell (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Swanage
Dec. 2002 Schubert – Overture: Fierabras
Brahms – Double Concerto
Dvořák – Festival March
Sibelius – Tapiola
Soloists – Oliver Nelson (Violin), Rebecca Gilliver (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2003 Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Bruch – Concerto for Clarinet and Viola
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”
Soloists – Tim Orpen (Clarinet), Bebecca Chambers (Viola)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2003 Celebrity Concert
Weber – Overture: Peter Schmoll
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2
Chopin – 6 Etudes
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Soloist – Valerie Tryon (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2003 Gluck – Overture: Orpheus and Euridice
Mozart – Piano concerto No. 25 K 503
Mozart – Andante for Flute
Weber – Symphony No. 1
Soloists – Madalina Rusu (Piano), Abigail Leigh (Flute)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2003 Rossini – Overture: The Thieving Magpie
Elgar – Cello Concerto
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9
Soloist – Guy Johnston (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar 2004` Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Bizet – Jeux d’Enfants
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in A minor
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf
Ibert – Waltz, Parade and Finale from “Divertissement”
Soloist – Millie Than (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2004 Celebrity Concert
Schubert – Symphony No. 7 “Unfinished”
Sibelius – En Saga
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2004 Bach – Sinfonia (Cantata 29)
Handel – Organ Concerto Op. 7 No. 4
Cimarosa – Concerto for 2 Flutes
Haydn – Symphony No. 94
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante K 297b
Soloists – Naomi Gregory (Organ), Wind soloists of DChO
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2004 Verdi – Overture: The Force of Destiny
Respighi – Suite: The Birds
Berlioz – Harold in Italy
Soloist – Rebecca Chambers (Viola)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2005 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Rossini – Dance of the Soldiers (from Opera “William Tell”)
Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King
Villa-Lobos – The Little Train
Fauré – Après un Rêve
Kleinsinger/Tripp – The Tale of Tubby the Tuba
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Soloist – Rosanna Brewster (Cello), Alan Whitehead (Tuba)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2005 Celebrity Concert
Nielsen – SagaDrøm
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor
3 Piano solos: Grieg – I love thee, March of the Dwarfs; Chopin – Polonaise in A flat
Sibelius – Symphony No. 5
Soloist – Valerie Tryon (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2005 Handel – Water Music
Strauss – Duet Concertino
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4
Soloists – John Candor (Clarinet), Julian Lockett (Bassoon)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2005 Glinka – Overture: Ruslan and Lyudmila
Brahms – Violin Concerto
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1
Soloist – Christina Ball (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2006 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite – March, Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, Russian Dance, Chinese Dance, Dance of the Toy Flutes
Hummel – Theme and Variations for Oboe and Orchestra
Coles/Baker – The Tale of the Amazing Animal Band
Smetana – Vltava
Soloist – Rosanna Brewster (Oboe)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2006 Mozart – 250th Anniversary Celebrity Concert
Mozart – Overture: Il Seraglio
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 K 491
Mozart – Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2006 Respighi – 3 Botticelli Pictures
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Sibelius – Valse Triste
Sibelius – Scene with Cranes
Schubert – Symphony No. 1
Soloists – Lucy-Anne Allen (Violin); Karen Evans and Abigail Leigh (Flutes)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec.2006 Mussorgsky – A Night on the Bare Mountain
Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante
Balakirev – Symphony No. 1
Soloists – Jennifer Holt (Violin), Katie Holt (Cello),
Sarah Shore (Oboe), Tess Maybury (Bassoon)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2007 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Rossini – Overture: The Thieving Magpie
Arnold – A Grand Grand Overture
Weber – Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra
Sharma/Baker – The Forbidden Music
Soloist – Amelia Highnam (Clarinet)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2007 20th Anniversary Concert
Beethoven – Overture: Leonore No. 2
Elgar – Cello Concerto
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
Soloist – Natalie Clein (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2007 Weber – Overture: Oberon
Dvořák – Violin Concerto
Elgar – Romance for Bassoon
Sibelius – Symphony No. 3
Soloists – Oliver Nelson (Violin), Tess Maybury (Bassoon)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2008 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Sibelius – Finlandia
Mozart – Rondo in C for Violin and Orchestra K 373
Sharma/Baker – Jurassical Music
Rossini – Overture: “William Tell”
Soloist – Anna Back (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2008 Schubert – Symphony No. 5
Mahler – Symphony No. 4
Soloist – Sophia Grech (Mezzo-soprano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2008 Dvořák – Czech Suite
Neruda – Trumpet Concerto
Vaughan-Williams – The Lark Ascending
Haydn – Symphony No. 104 “London”
Soloists – Katharine Curlett (Trumpet), Adam Hill (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2008 Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
Brahms – Symphony No. 2
Soloist – Christopher Evesham (Guitar)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2009 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Humperdinck – Overture: Hansel and Gretel
Fauré – Elegy for Cello and Orchestra
Sharma/Baker – Hoist the Planets
Stravinsky – Circus Polka
Soloist – Christopher Hedges (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2009 Stravinsky – 4 Norwegian Moods
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 1
Soloist – Fiona Dalzell (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2009 Purcell – Overture: The Fairy Queen
Handel – Oboe Concerto in G minor
Tavener – Song of the Angel
Arnold – Serenade
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 1
Soloists – Helen Simpson (Oboe), Sofia Tavener (Violin), Saskia Wilkins (Soprano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2009 Mozart – Overture: Don Giovanni
Weber – Bassoon Concerto
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
Soloist – Amy Harman (Bassoon)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2010 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Mozart – Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto – Bassoon Concerto K 191
Sharma/Baker – Pass the Baton
Mussorgsky – A Night on the Bare Mountain
Soloist – Stacey Newlin (Bassoon)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2010 Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1
Schumann – Symphony No. 4
Soloist – Simon Callaghan (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2010 Mendelssohn – Nocturne and Scherzo
Viotti – Violin Concerto No. 22
Tchaikovsky – Suite No. 1
Soloist – Jennifer Barrett (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2010 Schumann – Overture, Scherzo and Finale Op. 52
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto
Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 5
Soloist – Katharine Curlett (Trumpet)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2011 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Rossini – Overture: The Italian Girl in Algiers
Vivaldi – Cello Concerto in C – First Movement
Mozart – Andante in C for Flute K 315
Monti – Czardas for Violin
Rimsky-Korsakov – The Flight of the Bumble Bee
Sharma/Baker – Dave the Musical Caveman
Soloists – Hannah McFarlane (Cello), Charlotte Horner (Flute), Oscar Tabor (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2011 Celebrity Concert
Schubert – Overture: Alfonso and Estrella
Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1
Liszt – Piano Sonata
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Soloist – John Lill (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2011 Gounod – Petite Symphonie
Puccini – Chrysanthemums
Beethoven – Grosse Fugue
Mozart – Exsultate Jubilate
Mozart – Symphony No. 40
Soloist – Wendy Nieper (Soprano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2011 Mendelssohn – Overture: Ruy Blas
Chausson – Poème for Violin
Chaminade – Concertino for Flute
Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Soloists – Marian Givens (Violin), Abigail Smith (Flute)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2012 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Delius – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Respighi – The Birds (Prelude -The Chicken)
Sharma – Water Birds
Charpentier – Prelude for Trumpet (Te Deum)
Sharma/Baker – Buzzard or Kestrel
Soloist – Joshua Eglen (Trumpet)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2012 Schubert – Overture in the Italian Style
Grieg – Symphony in C minor
Beethoven – Paino Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
Soloist – Fiona Dalzell (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2012 Sibelius – Andante Festivo
Fauré/Lanning – Dolly Suite
Bach – Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Strauss – Serenade Op. 7
Mozart – Symphony No. 25
Soloists – Jane Bultz (Violin), James Baker (Oboe)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2012 Coles – Fanfare for a Royal Occasion
Fauré – Pavane
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor
Tchaikovsky – Nocturne
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 2
Soloist – Jun Sasaki (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2013 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes) – 10th Anniversary Gala Concert
Rossini – Overture: TancrediBaermann – Adagio for Clarinet and Strings. Soloist – Amelia Highnam
Squire – Tarantella for Cello and Strings. Soloist – Hannah McFarlane
Mozart – Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K 314 (1st movt.). Soloist – Charlotte Horner
Sharma – A Day on Temperate earth – Poems read by Martin Clunes
Mozart – Concerto Rondo for Trumpet and Strings. Soloist – Joshua Egden
Beethoven – Romance in F for Violin and Orchestra. Soloist – Oscar Tabor
Weber – Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (2ndand 3rd movts.) Soloist – Stacey Newlin
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 in D “Classical”
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2013 Mozart – Symphony No. 31
Strauss – Horn Concerto
Tavener – Song of the Angel
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
Soloists – Alex Hamilton (Horn), Saskia Wilkins (Soprano), Sofia Tavener (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2013 Britten – Metamorphoses for Solo Oboe
Sibelius – Pelleas and Melisande
Brown – Bridge of Bows
Mozart – Divertimento in B flat for Wind K 166
Britten – Simple Symphony
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 18 K 456
Soloists – Richard Keohane (Piano); Sarah Page, Sarah Shore, Helen Simpson (Oboes)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2013 Purcell/Holst – The Gordion Knot Untied
Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto
Dvořák – Silent Woods
Schubert – Symphony No. 3
Soloist – Jun Sasaki (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2014 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Mendelssohn – Overture: Fingal’s Cave
Mozart – Concerto for Flute and Harp – Allegro
Sharma/Baker – A Dorset Ghost Story: The Ballad of the Village Boy
Bartok – Romanian Folk Dances
Soloists – Charlotte Horner (Flute), Kirsty Chaplin (Harp)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2014 Celebrity Concert
Beethoven – Overture: King Stephen
Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1
Bizet – Symphony in C
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Soloist – Jennifer Pike (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2014 Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Trumpets
Albinoni – Concerto for 2 Oboes
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Beethoven – Adagio for Wind
Weber – Symphony No. 2
Soloists – Katharine Curlett, Denis Curlett (Trumpets); Sarah Shore, Helen Simpson (Oboes)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2014 “A Concert for John” – a tribute to Sir John Tavener
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Mozart – Exsultate Jubilate
Tavener – The Song of the Angel
Tavener – The Smile of the Buddha
Mozart – Symphony No. 39
Soloists – Sophia Tavener (Violin), Sophie Gallagher (Soprano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2015 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Mozart – Overture: The Marriage of Figaro
Dvořák – Rondo for Cello and Orchestra Op. 94
Sharma – Fanfare for Celebration
Sharma/Baker – Dave the Musical Caveman
De Falla – Ritual Fire Dance
Soloist – Hannah McFarlane (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2015 Rossini – Overture: Cinderella
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor
Schubert – Symphony No. 7 “Unfinished”
Schubert – Rosamunde Entr’acte No. 1
Soloist – Cordelia Williams (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2015 Pachelbel – Canon in D
Vivaldi – Seasons: Autumn and Winter
Mozart – Divertimento for Wind K 213
Telemann – Concerto for Two Chalumeaux
Haydn – Symphony No. 45 “Farewell”
Soloists – Jane Bultz, Lucy-Anne Allen (Violins), John Candor, Walter Brewster (Alto and tenor Chalumeaux)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Dec. 2015 Arnold – Serenade for Small Orchestra
Schumann – Cello Concerto
Sibelius – Scene with Cranes
Sibelius – Valse Triste
Mozart – Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
Soloist – Laura van der Heijden (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2016 Music for Youth (with Jon Valender)
Beethoven – Overture: Prometheus
Solo by Young Artist
Sharma/Baker – Buzzard or Kestrel
Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo
Soloist – Elise Griffin (Violin) No programme details
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2016 Dvořák – 2 Legends: Nos 7 and 9
Arriaga – Symphony in D
Brahms – Violin Concerto
Soloist – Frida Backman (Violin)_
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2016 Mozart – Overture: Impressario
Respighi – Ancient Airs and dances Suite No. 3
Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major
Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Cellos in Gminor
Haydn – Symphony No. 104 “London”
Soloists – Haydn: Jane Bultz (Violin), Jerry Ryall (Cello), Sarah Shore (Oboe), Julian Lockett (Bassoon)
Soloists – Vivaldi: Hannah McFarlane, Jerry Ryall (Cellos)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2016 Glinka – Overture: Ruslan and Lyudmila
Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Soloist – Kirsty Chaplin (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2017 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Copland – The Promise of Living
Mendelssohn – Wedding March
Watkins – Fairy Waltz
Charpentier – Te Deum
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf
Soloist – Tom Stevens (Trumpet)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2017 Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Guitar Concerto No. 1
Dvořák – Symphony No. 8
Soloist – Alexandra Whittingham (Guitar)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Sep. 2017 30th Anniversary Gala Concert
Lalo – Overture: Le Roi d’Ys
Dvořák – Cello Concerto
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
Soloist – Rebecca Gilliver (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2017 Mendelssohn – Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Brahms – Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Henselt – Piano Concerto in F minor
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor
Soloist – Duncan Honeybourne (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2018 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Jarnefelt – Praeludium
Debussy – La Plus Que Lente
Weber – Bassoon Concerto (3rd movt.)
Berry – Ad Astra
Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals
Soloists – Lydia Bennett (Bassoon), Hannah McFarlane (Cello), Kate Bidwell (Double Bass) Becca Stell (Percussion), Zoe Sones and Columba Dromgoole-Cavazzi (Pianos)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Sept. 2018 Boyce – Symphony No. 4
Liszt – Angelus for Strings
Haydn – Cello Concerto in C
Britten – Simple Symphony
Mozart – Symphony No. 33
Soloist – Hannah McFarlane (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2018 Wagner – Overture: Siegfried Idyll
Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Respighi – 3 Botticelli Pictures
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Soloist – Diego Incertis Sanchez (French Horn)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2019 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Suppé – Overture: Light Cavalry
Kabalevsky – Violin Concerto (1st movt)
Berry – A New Earth
Kleinsinger – The Tale of Tubby the Tuba
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” – last movt.
Soloist – Elise Griffin (Violin), Chris Gray (Tuba)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2019 Reznicek – Overture: Donna Diana
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Soloist – Frida Backman (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2019 Weber – Overture: Oberon
Strauss – Serenade for Wind Op. 7
Dag Wirén – Serenade for Strings
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2019 Beethoven – Overture: Coriolan
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Soloist – Dominic Doutney (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2020 Rossini – Overture: “The Thieving Magpie
Vivaldi – Concerto for Flute “Goldfinch”
Foster – Serpent Concerto (part of)
Sharma – Zoo Tales
Soloists – Charlotte Ballard (Flute), Philip Humphries (Serpent)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
PANDEMIC – LOCKDOWN
Socially distanced one-hour concerts following lockdown:
Oct. 2021 Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Grieg – Holberg Suite
Rutter – Suite for Strings
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Nov. 2021 Honegger – Pastoral d’Été
Fauré – Suite from Masques et Bergamasques
Parry – Suite No. 3 “The English”
Mar.2022 Haydn – Cello Concerto in C
Schubert – Symphony No. 4 “Tragic”
Soloist – Hugo Svedberg (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2022 Alfvén – Elegie
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2
Mozart – Symphony No. 40
Soloist – Duncan Honeybourne (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct.2022 Haydn – Symphony No. 104 “London”
Albinoni – Concerto for Two Oboes Op. 9 No. 3
Vaughan Williams – 5 Variants of “Dives and Lazarus”
Beethoven – Symphony No. 1
Soloists – Sarah Holloway Shore, Clare Whitehead (Oboes)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2022 Mendelssohn – Overture: The Hebrides
Dvořák – Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2023 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Delibes – Le Roi s’Amuse “Galliard”
Baermann – Adagio for Clarinet and Strings
Muhumuza – Promise of Brightness
Mendelssohn – Excerpts from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Saint-Saëns – Carnival of the Animals
Soloists – Mia Wright (Clarinet), Ava Klass and Mia Wepener (Pianos), Hazel Yap (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2023 Mendelssohn – Excerpts from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor
Sibelius – Symphony No. 5
Soloist – Cordelia Williams (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2023 Mozart – Overture: Impressario
Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms – Serenade No. 1
Soloist – Elise Griffin (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2023 Mozart – Symphony No. 39
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 “Classical”
Soloists – Jane Bultz (Violin), Sian Williams and Nicola Olson (Flutes)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2024 Music for Youth (with Jon Valender)
Weber/Weingartner – Invitation to the Dance
Kreisler – Liebesleid and Libesfreud (for Violin and Orchestra)
Tchaikovsky – Russian Dance and Dance of the Flowers from “The Nutcracker”
Vasilko – The Crepuscular Ball
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Herold – Clog Dance
Sharma – Dancing with Dogs
Bernstein – Mambo from “West Side Story”
Soloist – Yu-Le (Violin)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2024 Schubert – Incidental Music to Rosamunde
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo theme
Tchaikovsky – Nocturne for Cello and Orchestra
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Soloist – Lionel Handy (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2024 Corelli – Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.4
Schubert – Symphony No. 5
Respighi – 3 Botticelli Pictures
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2024 Mozart – Overture: The Magic Flute
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 K 467
Schumann – Symphony No. 3 “The Rhenish”
Soloist – Mariam Loladze-Meredith (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Mar. 2025 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Falla – Ritual Fire Dance
Murray – Beyond the Castle
Vinter – Hunter’s Moon for French Horn and Orchestra
Haydn – Toy Symphony
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf
Soloist – Danny Mitchell (French Horn)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2025 Beethoven – Overture: Coriolan
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4
Soloist – Simon Callaghan (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Oct. 2025 Sibelius – Finlandia
Elgar – Cello Concerto
Sibelius – Andante Festivo
Schubert – Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
Soloist – Hugo Svedberg (Cello)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Nov. 2025 Haydn – Symphony No. 100 “Military”
Britten – Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
Soloists – Michael Aitkenhead (Tenor), Fiona Brockhurst (French Horn)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
Feb. 2026 Schubert – Symphony No. 5
Britten – Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Mozart – Symphony No. 40
Soloists – Michael Aitkenhead (Tenor), Fiona Brockhurst (French Horn)
Venue – Gransden Hall, Merritt Centre, Sherborne School for Girls
Mar. 2026 Music for Youth (with Martin Clunes)
Chabrier – Joyeuse Marche
Mendelssohn – Konzerstück No. 2 for Two Clarinets
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (with text by Rebecca Anderson-Deas)
Soloists – Mia Wright, Freya Murray (Clarinets)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
May 2026 Borodin – Overture: Prince Igor
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms – Symphony No. 2
Soloist – Dominic Doutney (Piano)
Venue – St. Mary’s Church, Dorchester
(To be updated further in May 2027 for the 40th anniversary concert)
Leaders:
Apr.1987 – Feb.1991 Angela Nankivell
Apr. 1991 Anita Hansen
Oct. 1991 Angela Nankivell
Nov. 1991 Anita Hansen
Dec. 1991 Angela Nankivell
Feb. 1992 Anita Hansen
Oct. 1992 Kate Stear
Dec.1992 Anita Hansen
Feb. 1993 Angela Nankivell
Oct. 1993 Angela Nankivell
Dec.1993 Anita Hansen
Feb.1994 Angela Nankivell
Apr.1994 Anita Hansen
Oct.1994 Angela Nankivell
Dec.1994 Kate Stear
Feb. 1995 Anita Hansen
Oct. 1995 Anita Hansen
Dec.1995 Angela Nankivell
Feb.1996 – Apr. 2000 Anita Hansen
Oct. 2000 Jane Margeson
Nov. 2000 Jane Margeson
Dec. 2000 Jane Margeson
Feb. 2001 – May 2011 Anita Hansen
Oct. 2011 Craig McKenzie
Nov. 2011 Anita Hansen
Mar 2012 Craig McKenzie
May 2012 Anita Hansen
Oct. 2012 Craig McKenzie
Dec.2012 Anita Hansen
Mar 2013 Craig McKenzie
May 2013 Anita Hansen
Oct. 2013 Craig McKenzie
Dec.2013 Anita Hansen
Mar. 2014 Craig McKenzie
May 2014 Anita Hansen
Nov. 2014 Jane Bultz
Mar. 2015 Craig McKenzie
May 2015 Jane Bultz
Oct.2015 Craig McKenzie
Dec.2015 Jane Bultz
Mar 2016 Craig McKenzie (?)
May 2016 Jane Bultz
Oct. 2016 Craig McKenzie
Nov.2016 Jane Bultz
Mar. 2017 Craig McKenzie (?)
May 2017 Jane Bultz
Sep. 2017 Jane Bultz
Nov.2017 Jane Bultz
Mar 2018 Craig McKenzie (?)
Sep.2018 Craig McKenzie
Nov. 2018 – present Jane Bultz