West Forest Sinfonia

Past Concerts

2026

Sunday 5th July 2026

  • 7:30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Simon Salisbury - Flute
  • Molly Richetta - Violin
  • Giles Wade - Viola
  • Beethoven - Serenade for flute, violin and viola op.25
  • Barbara Salisbury - Clarinet
  • Jackie Ratcliff - Cello
  • Helen Deeks - Piano
  • Beethoven - Trio for clarinet, cello and piano op.11
  • Hazel Todd - Cor Anglais
  • Nicola Fairbairn - Oboe
  • Helen Turnbull - Oboe
  • Elizabeth Faulkner - Three Pieces
  • Graham Powing - Variations and Fugue on La Dona e Mobile
  • Simon Salisbury - Flute
  • Helen Turnbull - Oboe
  • Barbara Salisbury - Clarinet
  • Pam Wise - Horn
  • Michael Johnstone - Bassoon
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano
  • Poulenc - Sextet for piano and wind
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Sunday 28th June 2026

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Anita D'Attellis - Piano


  • Bax - November Woods
  • Carwithen - Concerto for Piano and Strings (Anita D'Attellis)
  • Bliss - Checkmate Suite

Sunday 1st March 2026

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Piano Trios by Shostakovich and Dvorak, played by the Elmfield Trio

  • Clare Thompson - Violin
  • Josh Salter - Cello
  • Sarah Down - Piano
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Sunday 22nd February 2026

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Janice Watson - Soprano


  • Wagner - Tristan Prelude & Liebestod (Janice Watson)
  • Berg - Seven Early Songs (Janice Watson)
  • Brahms - Symphony No. 4

2025

Sunday 2nd November 2025

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Christina Beales - Violin
  • Karen Burgess - Violin
  • Sue Black - Viola
  • Jackie Ratcliff - Cello
  • Arnold Bax - String Quartet
  • Christina Beales - Violin
  • James Ranson - Violin
  • Molly Richetta - Violin
  • Amanda Sadler - Violin
  • Giles Wade - Viola
  • Robert Spencer - Viola
  • Clare Spencer - Cello
  • Alison Wagland - Cello
  • Mendelssohn - Octet for strings
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Sunday 5th October 2025

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Rachel Siu - Cello


  • Prokofiev - Symphony No. 6
  • Kabalevsky - Cello Concerto No. 2 (Rachel Siu)
  • Khatchaturian - Spartacus:
    1. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
    2. Scene and Dance with Crotalums
    3. Dance of Gaditanae and Victory of Spartacus

Sunday 6th July 2025

  • 7.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Cancelled due to illness.

  • Louise Turner - Soprano
  • Hazel Todd - Oboe
  • Juliet Bruce - Piano
  • Handel - Two German Arias
  • Dring - Italian Dance
  • Brahms - Intermezzo
  • Wolf - Lieder
  • arr Adrian Davis - Three Shakespeare Songs
  • Debussy - Ariettes Oubliees
  • Grovlez - Sarabande
  • Debussy - Ondine
  • Hahn arr Adrian Davis - A Chloris
  • Antony Hopkins arr Adrian Davis - Two French Songs

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Sunday 29th June 2025

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Joe Davies - Guest Conductor

Samantha Moore - Flute


  • Stravinsky - Symphony in C
  • Poulenc - Flute Sonata arr. Berkeley (Samantha Moore)
  • Sibelius - Symphony No. 2

Sunday 2nd March 2025

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Karen Ayton - Basset Horn
  • Christina Beales - Violin
  • Amanda Sadler - Violin
  • Robert Spencer - Viola
  • Clare Spencer - Cello
  • Backofen - Quintet for basset horn and string quartet
  • Simon Salisbury - Flute
  • Giles Wade - Violin and Viola
  • Jenny Broome - Harp
  • Ibert - Two Interludes for flute, violin and harp
  • Debussy - Sonata for flute, viola and harp

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Sunday 23rd February 2025

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

April Frederick - Soprano


  • Martinů - Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
  • R. Strauss - Four Last Songs (April Frederick)
  • Mahler - Symphony No. 4 (April Frederick)

2024

Sunday 3rd November 2024

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Barbara Salisbury - Clarinet
  • Jackie Ratcliff - Cello
  • Helen Deeks - Piano
  • Carl Fruhling - Clarinet trio in A minor, Op 40
  • Karen Burgess - Violin
  • Christina Beales - Violin
  • Susan Black - Viola
  • Jackie Ratcliff - Cello
  • Debussy - String quartet in G minor, op.10
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Sunday 6th October 2024

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Antonina Suhanova - Piano


  • Messiaen - Les Offrandes Oubliée
  • Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 3 (Antonina Suhanova)
  • Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9

Sunday 7th July 2024

  • 7.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Wind quintets performed by members of West Forest Sinfonia

  • Simon Salisbury - Flute
  • Hazel Todd - Oboe
  • Barbara Salisbury - Clarinet
  • Mike Johnstone - Bassoon
  • Pamela Wise - Horn
  • Darius Milhaud - La Cheminée du Roi René
  • Gyorgy Ligeti - Six Bagatelles
  • Norman Hallam - Dance Suite

Performed by the Whiteknights Ensemble

  • Sarah Barrett - Clarinet
  • Mel Le Breuilly - Violin
  • Chico Chakravorty - Violin
  • Rachel Colbourne - Viola
  • Chris Barrett - Cello
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op. 10
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Sunday 30th June 2024

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

James Doherty - Tuba


  • Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet
  • Vaughan-Williams - Tuba Concerto (James Doherty)
  • Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Ballet Music

Sunday 4th February 2024

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

The Elmfield Trio

  • Clare Thompson - Violin
  • Josh Salter - Cello
  • Sarah Down - Piano
  • Bloch - 3 Nocturnes
  • Beethoven - "Ghost Trio" Op. 70 No. 1
  • Rachmaninov - Trio Élégiaque in G minor (1892)
  • Martinů - Bergerettes

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Sunday 28th January 2024

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Rupert Marshall-Luck - Violin


  • Britten - Four Sea Interludes
  • Dyson - Violin Concerto (Rupert Marshall-Luck)
  • Walton - Symphony No.1

2023

Sunday 5th November 2023

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Glyn Williams - Bassoon
  • Anita D’Attellis - Piano
  • Hazel Todd - Oboe
  • Caroline Owen - Clarinet
  • Jerome Besozzi - Sonata in B flat major for bassoon and piano
  • Elgar - Romance for bassoon and piano, Op. 62
  • Britten - 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid for oboe: Pan, Phaeton, Niobe, Bacchus, Narcissus, Arethusa
  • Chopin - A selection of Preludes, op. 28, for piano: No. 11, 12, 17, 18, 23, 24
  • Rautavaara - Piano sonata no. 2 "The Fire Sermon", 1st movement
  • Poulenc - Sonata for clarinet and piano

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Sunday 1st October 2023

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Rachel Siu - Cello


  • Sibelius - Pohjola's Daughter
  • Schumann - Cello Concerto (Rachel Siu)
  • R. Strauss - Ein Heldenleben

Sunday 9th July 2023

  • 7.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Cello sonatas by Frank Bridge and Alan Rawsthorne:

  • Lorraine Deacon - Cello
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano

Performed by a string group from West Forest Sinfonia:

  • Mendelssohn - String Symphony no.10
  • Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3

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Sunday 25th June 2023

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Caroline Owen - Clarinet


  • Griffes - Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
  • Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • Debussy - Première Rhapsodie (Caroline Owen)
  • Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919)

Sunday 5th February 2023

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

The Elmfield Trio

  • Clare Thompson - Violin
  • Josh Salter - Cello
  • Sarah Down - Piano
  • Mozart - Trio no. 6 in C major KV 548
  • Shostakovich - Trio no. 1 op. 8
  • Dvorak - Trio in F minor op. 65

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Sunday 29th January 2023

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor


  • Elgar - Enigma Variations
  • Butterworth - Banks of Green Willow
  • Panufnik - Katyń Epitaph
  • Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.4

2022

Sunday 6th November 2022

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Rebecca Heathcote - Oboe
  • Rachel Porter - Oboe
  • Hazel Todd - Cor Anglais
  • Jenny Broome - Harp
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano
  • Pat Munro - Flute
  • Mike Phillips - Oboe
  • Andrew Keck - Clarinet
  • Adaleine Teo-Richards - Horn
  • Erica Tugwell - Bassoon
  • Beethoven - Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano', WoO 28, for two oboes and cor anglais
  • Charles Lefebvre - Suite for wind quintet Op 57
  • Ruth Gipps - Pan and Apollo for harp, two oboes and cor anglais
  • Louise Farrenc - Sextet for piano and winds

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Sunday 2nd October 2022

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Janice Watson - Soprano


  • Rachmaninov - Caprice Bohémien
  • Ravel - Shéhérazade (Janice Watson)
  • Shostakovich - Symphony No.5

Sunday 3rd July 2022

  • 7.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano
  • John Ireland - Columbine
  • Lorraine Deacon - Cello
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano
  • Frank Bridge - Meditation
  • Frank Bridge - Spring Song
  • Giles Wade - Violin
  • Lorraine Deacon - Cello
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano
  • Frank Bridge - Phantasie Trio in C minor
  • Karen Ayton - Clarinet
  • Michael Johnstone - Bassoon
  • Pamela Wise - French horn
  • Christina Beales - Violin
  • Robert Spencer - Viola
  • Clare Elliott - Cello
  • Deidre Burrell - Double bass
  • Beethoven - Septet in E flat for wind and strings, Op. 20

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Sunday 26th June 2022

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Martin Georgiev - Conductor

Giles Wade - Violin

Neil Charlton - Cello


  • Janáček - Cunning Little Vixen Suite
  • Brahms - Double Concerto (Giles Wade, Neil Charlton)
  • Dvorak - Symphony No.8

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Sunday 8th May 2022

4.30pm, Richards Hall, Abbey School, Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Anita D'Attellis - Piano

Layla Baratto - Oboe


  • Fauré - Pelléas et Mélisande
  • Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No.1 (Anita D'Attellis)
  • Martinů - Oboe Concerto (Layla Baratto)
  • Mozart - Symphony No.35

Sunday 13th February 2022

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Pat Munro - Flute
  • Andrew Keck - Clarinet
  • Adalene Teo-Richards - Horn
  • Erica Tugwell - Bassoon
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Quintet in B flat for piano, flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon
  • Karen Ayton - Clarinet
  • Amanda Sadler - Violin
  • Christina Beales - Violin
  • Robert Spencer - Viola
  • Clare Elliott - Cello
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Quintet for clarinet and string quartet, K. 581

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Sunday 30th January 2022

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Yue Yu - Viola


  • Bax - The Garden of Fand
  • Walton - Viola Concerto (Yue Yu)
  • Elgar - Symphony No.2

2021

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Sunday 26th September 2021

4.30pm, Richards Hall, Abbey School, Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Janice Watson - Soprano


  • Debussy arr. Busser - Petite Suite
  • Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder (Janice Watson)
  • Prokofiev - Classical Symphony
  • Ravel - Mother Goose Suite

2020

Sunday 9th February 2020

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

A concert of music for Horn, Violin and Piano, including...

  • Brahms - Trio in E flat major, Op. 40

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Sunday 26th January 2020

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Alexandra Stevenson - Soprano


  • Prokofiev - Cinderella Suite No.3
  • Tchaikovsky - Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin (Alexandra Stevenson)
  • Stravinsky - Rite of Spring

2019

Sunday 10th November 2019

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Music for piano and winds to include...

  • Mozart - Quintet in E flat major, K452
  • Poulenc - Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano

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Sunday 22nd September 2019

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Clare Howick - Violin


  • Bernstein - On the Waterfront
  • Lukas Foss - Three American Pieces
  • Robert Farnon - Rhapsody for Violin & Orchestra (Clare Howick)
  • Gershwin - An American in Paris

Sunday 7th July 2019

  • 7.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Flute, Oboe and strings!

Flute and Oboe combine with strings to perform an eclectic programme of trios, quartets and quintets. There will be Mozart, Beethoven, JC Bach and a baroque trio sonata plus some equally charming music from less well known but accessible twentieth century composers. A real "potpourri" and an ideal way to spend a summer's evening!


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Sunday 23rd June 2019

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Jessica Burroughs - Cello


  • Kodály - Dances of Gálanta
  • Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra Op. 33 (Jessica Burroughs)
  • Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra

Sunday 10th February 2019

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Piano and strings!

Pianist Andy Spiceley joins members of West Forest Sinfonia's string section to perform music featuring women composers Amy Beach, Rebecca Clarke and Fanny Mendelssohn.


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Sunday 27th January 2019

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Helen Turnbull - Cor Anglais


  • Bax - Symphony No. 3
  • Alwyn - Autumn Legend (Helen Turnbull)
  • Elgar - In the South ('Alassio') overture

2018

Sunday 25th November 2018

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Piano and winds! Members of West Forest Sinfonia's wind section play sextets.

  • Janáček - Mládí
  • Poulenc - Sextet for piano and wind quintet
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Sunday 7th October 2018

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Anita D'Attellis - Piano


  • Smetena - Vltava (from Má Vlast)
  • Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Anita D'Attellis)
  • Brahms - Symphony No. 1

Sunday 8th July 2018

  • 7.30pm, the Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • James Ranson - Violin
  • Steph Cole - Violin
  • Giles Wade - Viola
  • Neil Charlton - Cello
  • Brahms - String Quartet in A minor Op.51 No.2
  • Elgar - String Quartet Op.83

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Sunday 17th June 2018

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Christopher Adey - Conductor

Andy Spiceley - Piano


  • Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet
  • Dohnanyi - Variations on a Nursery Theme (Andy Spiceley)
  • Sibelius - Symphony No. 1

Sunday 11th February 2018

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Mozart's radiant Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581, with its aria-like melodies, is featured alongside an octet for wind and strings by André Caplet, a close friend of Debussy.

  • Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
  • André Caplet - Octet for wind and strings

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Sunday 28th January 2018

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Sarah Sew - Violin


  • Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto (Sarah Sew)
  • Mahler - Symphony No. 9

2017

Sunday 26th November 2017

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Join the West Forest Chamber Ensemble and Royal Academy of Music accordion student Ben de Souza as they demonstrate the versatility of the classical accordion and its transcription repertoire. Featuring music by Mozart and Dvorak, this concert will showcase both the sound of the accordion and its similarities and differences with the instruments for which these pieces were written.

  • Mozart - Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica (KV617)
  • Dvorak - Five Bagatelles for two violins, cello and harmonium
  • Mozart - Church Sonatas KV328, KV67, KV336

Saturday 14th October 2017

Handel - The King Shall Rejoice

Mozart - Exsultate Jubilate

Mozart - Laudate Domine

Vivaldi - Gloria


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Sunday 24th September 2017

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Lorraine Deacon - Cello


  • Prokofiev - March from The Love of Three Oranges
  • Bernstein - 3 Meditations from Mass (Lorraine Deacon)
  • Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7

Sunday 9th July 2017

  • 7.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

The final concert in WFS's 2016/17 season takes us into the summer break with possibly the most exuberant holiday postcard in the music world: Tchaikovsky's joyous Souvenir de Florence played by a sextet taken from our string section.

  • Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence

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Sunday 25th June 2017

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Samantha Ward - Piano


  • Mozart - Overture to The Magic Flute
  • Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Samantha Ward)
  • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'

Sunday 23rd April 2017

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Featuring the sonorous tones of the cor anglais, this programme includes a transcription of a rarely heard but beautiful work by Glinka.


Sunday 26th March 2017

  • 4.30pm, St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Caroline Owen - Clarinet

Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

Copland - Clarinet Concerto (Caroline Owen)

Barber - Adagio for Strings

Berkeley - Serenade for String Orchestra

Copland - Appalachian Spring


Sunday 12th February 2017

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Dreamworks! West Forest Sinfonia's wind and brass sections perform dramatic and virtuoso works from two of the twentieth century's most original masters: Stravinsky's brilliantly scored Octet, full of wit and elegance, and written directly in response to a dream; and the rarely performed Capriccio for piano (left hand) and wind ensemble, written by Janáček for a pianist wounded in the first World War and originally titled Defiance, blending quirky humour, lyricism and great emotional depth.

  • Stravinsky - Octet
  • Janáček - Capriccio for Piano Left-hand and Chamber Ensemble

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Sunday 29th January 2017

4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading

Philip Ellis - Conductor

Jon Musgrave - Piano


  • Holst - Ballet Music from 'The Perfect Fool'
  • Howells - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Jon Musgrave)
  • Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
  • Bax - Spring Fire

2016

Sunday 6th November 2016

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Following their last sell-out concert, the cello section of West Forest Sinfonia return to South Hill Park for another evening of music for cello ensemble. This will be a fun and varied programme of music old and new. Sit back and enjoy the glorious sound of cellos filling the Recital Room!


Sunday 25th September 2016

  • 4.30pm, The Great Hall, University of Reading
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Louise Turner - Soprano

Stravinsky - Symphony in 3 Movements

Mozart - Symphony No. 38

Duparc - 3 Orchestral Songs (Louise Turner)

Debussy - La Mer


Sunday 17th July 2016

  • 7.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

An evening of wind and string chamber music. Programme includes flute and oboe quartets by Mozart and a quintet for flute, oboe and strings by JC Bach, who was often referred to as the "London Mozart".


Sunday 26th June 2016

  • 7.30pm, The Great Hall, Reading University
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Giles Wade - Viola

Bax - Tintagel

York Bowen - Viola Concerto (Giles Wade)

Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3 "Organ"


Saturday 23rd April 2016

Beethoven - Overture "The Creatures of Prometheus"

Mendelssohn - Psalm 115

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2 (Warren Mailley-Smith)

Elgar - Death on the Hills Op. 72

Weber - Mass No. 1 in E♭


Sunday 20th March 2016

  • 4.30pm, The Hardcastle Hall, The Abbey School, Reading
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Neil Charlton - Cello
  • Hazel Todd - Oboe

Purcell (arr. Britten) - Chaconne in G minor

Bridge - Valse Intermezzo

Kenneth Leighton - Suite Veris Gratia (Neil Charlton, Hazel Todd)

Elgar - Serenade

Adam Carse - Two Sketches

Warren - Heather Hill

Holst (arr. Jacob) - Moorside Suite


Sunday 28th February 2016

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Gorgeous string sextets performed by members of West Forest Sinfonia, including the overture from Strauss' last opera, Capricco, well-known as a string sextet in its own right, and Brahms' sextet no. 2, which has been described as 'the most ethereal' of his larger works.

  • Strauss - Sextet from Capriccio
  • Brahms - Sextet No. 2 in G Major (Op. 36)

Sunday 31st January 2016

  • 4.30pm, The Great Hall, Reading University
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Samantha Ward - Piano

Brahms - Haydn Variation

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 (Samantha Ward)

Mendelssohn - "Scottish" Symphony No. 3


2015

Saturday 14th November 2015

  • 7.30pm, All Saints Church, High Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - Conductor
  • Colin Spinks - Organ
  • Christophe Jefferies - Horn
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Mozart - Spaur Messe K.258

Haydn - Organ Concerto in C (Colin Spinks)

Bruckner - Mass in C Major

Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 2 K.417 (Christophe Jefferies)

Mozart - Orgelsolomesse K.259


Sunday 8th November 2015

  • 4.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

An afternoon of music from France and Austria. Both the Farrenc Piano Quintet and Schubert's Piano Quintet were written not for the usual piano quintet of piano and string quartet, but instead for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass.

  • Farrenc - Piano Quintet No. 1 in A minor
  • Schubert - Piano Quintet in A major 'Trout'

Saturday 17th October 2015

Fauré - Requiem

Schubert - Mass in G


Sunday 27th September 2015

  • 7.30pm, The Great Hall, Reading University
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Sarah Sew - Violin

Strauss - Rosenkavalier Suite

Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto (Sarah Sew)

Elgar - Symphony No. 1


Sunday 19th July 2015

  • 7.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

West Forest Winds - music from members of the woodwind section of WFS, to include works for oboes by Beethoven and James MacMillan


Sunday 28th June 2015

  • 7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Reading Road, Wokingham
  • Christopher Adey - Conductor
  • Octavi Martínez Bartolomé - Violin

Mendelssohn - Ruy Blas Overture

Brahms - Violin Concerto (Octavi Martínez Bartolomé)

Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances


Sunday 22nd March 2015

  • 4.30pm, The Great Hall, Reading University
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Georgina Sutton - Piano

Beethoven - Egmont Overture

Mozart - Piano Concerto k.466 in D minor (Georgina Sutton)

Fauré - Pelléas & Mélisande

Schubert - Symphony No. 5


Sunday 15th February 2015

  • 3.00pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Members of West Forest Sinfonia are joined by pianist Sarah Down for performances of masterpieces of Czech and Russian chamber music

  • Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor - Op. 57
  • Dvorak - Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Op. 81

Sunday 1st February 2015

  • 4.30pm, The Great Hall, Reading University
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Florian Mitrea - Piano

Sibelius - The Wood Nymph

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major (Florian Mitrea)

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5


2014

Saturday 15th November 2014

Mozart - Concerto for Flute and Harp

Haydn - St. Cecilia Mass


Saturday 8th November 2014

  • 7.30pm, St Mary's Church, Henley
  • Patrick Hawes - Conductor
  • With Aliquando

Patrick Hawes - I know the music (world première)

Cherubini - Requiem in C minor

Elgar - Nimrod


Sunday 12th October 2014

  • 3.00pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

Sweet Desire!

Music featuring the warm sonorities of viola, oboe, oboe d'amore and piano. Programme includes late Romantic works by George Enescu and York Bowen, and a transcription of Brahms' gorgeously sensuous Gestillte Sehnsucht


Sunday 28th September 2014

  • 4.30pm, The Great Hall, Reading University
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Jessica Burroughs - Cello

Roger May - Blazing Sun (world première)

Dvorak - Cello Concerto (Jessica Burroughs)

Mahler - Symphony No. 1


Sunday 13th July 2014

  • 7.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

With jazz in mind...

Music influenced by jazz & ragtime, including Stravinsky's 'The Soldier's Tale'


Saturday 28th June 2014

Verdi - Requiem


Sunday 22nd June 2014

  • 7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Reading Road, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Louise Turner - Soprano

Humperdink - Handsel & Gretel Prelude

Richard Strauss - Orchestral Songs (Louise Turner)

Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre

Berlioz - Royal Hunt and Storm

Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel


Saturday 26th April 2014

Mozart - Missa Brevis in B♭ - K.275

Vaughan-Williams - Oboe Concerto

Mozart - Missa Brevis in D - K.194

Schubert - Mass in C - D.452


Saturday 29th March 2014

  • 7.30pm, St. Lawrence's Church, West Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - Conductor
  • Edward Lucas - Guitar
  • David Johnson - Guitar & Piano
  • Richard Carr - Piano
  • Alastair Penman - Clarinet

Handel - Concerto Grosso in F Major Op.6 No.2

Vivaldi - Concerto in G Major for Two Guitars RV 532 (Edward Lucas, David Johnson)

Bach - Concerto for Two Pianos in C Major BWV 1061 (Richard Carr, David Johnson)

Elgar - 3 Characteristic Pieces Op.10

Copland - Clarinet Concerto (Alastair Penman)


Sunday 23rd March 2014

  • 4.30pm, St Paul's Church, Reading Road, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano
  • Simon Salisbury - Flute
  • Caroline Owen - Clarinet
  • Jenny Broome - Harp

Elgar - Serenade for Strings

Vaughan-Williams - Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus (Jenny Broome)

Bloch - Concerto Grosso (Andy Spiceley)

Ravel - Introduction & Allegro - Version for Chamber Orchestra (Simon Salisbury, Caroline Owen, Jenny Broome)

Richard Strauss - Metamorphosen


Sunday 23rd February 2014

  • 3.00pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Mozart (arr. Schwenke) - Grand Quintetto

Sunday 2nd February 2014

  • 4.30pm, The Great Hall, Reading University
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor

Mozart - Overture to 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2

Delius - Walk to the Paradise Garden

Elgar - Enigma Variations


2013

Saturday 23rd November 2013

Handel - Zadok the Priest

Bach - Orchestral Suite No.4

Haydn - Grosse Mariazellermesse


Sunday 10th November 2013

  • 3.00pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

A concert of string music including...

  • Mendelssohn - String Octet

Saturday 19th October 2013

  • 7.30pm, St Mary's Church, Henley
  • Anne Evans - Conductor
  • With Aliquando

Morten Lauridsen - Lux Eterna

Pavlica - Pastoral Mass

Mendelssohn - Hear my Prayer


Sunday 29th September 2013

  • 4.30pm, St Paul's Church, Reading Road, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor

Mozart - Symphony No.36 "Linz"

Mahler - Symphony No.5


Sunday 7th July 2013

  • 7.30pm, The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell

A programme of music for cello ensemble, including...

  • David Popper - Requiem for 3 cellos and piano Op. 66.

Sunday 23rd June 2013

  • 7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Reading Road, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano

Respighi - Botticelli Pictures

Martinů - Tocatta e due canzoni (Andy Spiceley)

Sibelius - Swan of Tuonela

Stravinsky - Firebird (1919 Suite)


Saturday 11th May 2013

  • 7.30pm, St. Andrew's Church, Aldershot
  • Gwyn Parry-Jones - Conductor
  • With Fleet choral society

Hovhannes - Missa Brevis

Thompson - The Last Words of David

arr. Rutter - Battle Hymn of the Republic


Saturday 30th March 2013

  • 7.30pm, High Wycombe Parish Church
  • Stephen Armstrong - Conductor
  • David Johnson - Piano
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society
  • With Wingrave Singers

Beethoven - Coriolan Overture

Mendelssohn - Psalm 98 Op.91

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2 (David Johnson)

Bruckner - Mass No.1 in D minor


Saturday 16th March 2013

  • 7.30pm, St Lawrence's Church, West Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - Conductor
  • Benjamin Aldren - Clarinet

Arensky - Serenade for Strings

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.6

Dag Wiren - Serenade for Strings

Finzi - Prelude & Romance for Strings

Finzi - Clarinet Concerto (Benjamin Aldren)


Sunday 24th February 2013

  • 3.00pm, Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Andrew Yates - Tenor
  • James Ranson - Violin
  • Neville Tam - Violin
  • Giles Wade - Viola
  • Neil Charlton - Cello
  • Simon Salisbury - Flute
  • Rachel Porter - Cor Anglais
  • Schubert - Trio in B flat D.417
  • Warlock - The Curlew
  • Warlock - Capriol Suite

Sunday 27th January 2013

  • 4.30pm, The Great Hall, Reading University
  • Philip Ellis - Conductor
  • Christopher White - Piano

Mendelssohn - Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 (Christopher White)

Brahms - Symphony No. 2


2012

Saturday 10th November 2012

  • Romsey Abbey
  • David Truslove - conductor
  • With Romsey Choral Society

Ireland - "These Things Shall Be"

Ireland - "Greater Love Hath No Man"

Brahms - German Requiem


Saturday 13th October 2012

  • St Andrew's Church, Aldershot
  • Gwyn Parry-Jones - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Roman - God is our Refuge

Cimerosa - Oboe Concerto

Bach - Cantata no. 80

Mozart - Coronation Mass


Sunday 30th September 2012

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Martin Smith - conductor

Berlioz - Overture Les Franc-Juges

Chausson - Poeme

Ravel - Sheherazade

Debussy - La Mer


Sunday 27th May 2012

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor

Pickard - "Flight of Icarus"

Vaugham-Williams - "Serenade to Music" (10 soloists)

Butterworth - "Banks of Green Willow"

Elgar - "In the South"


Sunday 29th January 2012

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

De Falla - "El Amor Brujo" (Rae Evans)

Mahler - "Blumine"

Mendelssohn - Symphony No 4


2011

Saturday 12th November 2011

  • All Saints Church, High Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Mozart - Mass in C

Bach - Bradenburg Concerto no 1

Bach - Suite no 3

Haydn - Mariazellermesse


Tuesday 8th November 2011

  • St Peter and Paul, Wantage
  • Richard Smith - conductor
  • With Wantage Choral Society

Hummel - Mass


Sunday 25th September 2011

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Sarah Sew - Violin

Delius - "La Calinda"

Elgar - Violin Concerto (Sarah Sew)

Sibelius - Symphony No 2


Sunday 26th June 2011

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Jessica Burroughs - Cello

Vaughan Williams - Overture "The Wasps"

Nicholas Gotch - Fantazia (in Memoriam Michael Tippett)

Saint-Saёns - Cello Concerto (Jessica Burroughs)

Vaughan Williams - "A London Symphony"


Saturday 14th May 2011

  • Garrison Church, Aldershot
  • Gwyn Parry-Jones - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Parry - Blest pair of sirens

Vaughan Williams - 5 Mystical Songs.? Songs of the fleet

Butterworth - The banks of green willow


Saturday 19th March 2011

  • Richard Smith - conductor
  • With Wantage Choral Society

Jenkins - Armed Man mass


Saturday 26th February 2011

  • St Giles Church, Reading
  • Janet Lincé - conductor
  • With Reading Festival Chorus

Handel - Messiah


Sunday 30th January 2011

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Eloisa-Fleur Thom - Violin

Nielsen - Helios Overture

Sibelius - Violin Concerto (Eloisa-Fleur Thom)

Brahms - Symphony No 4


2010

Saturday 13th November 2010

  • Romsey Abbey
  • David Truslove - conductor
  • With Romsey Choral Society

Mozart - Kyrie

Holst - Hymn of Jesus

Jenkins - Armed man Mass


Saturday 16th October 2010

  • Peter Beaven - conductor
  • With Spelthorne Choral Society

Handel - Messiah


Sunday 26th September 2010

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Elizabeth Drew - Clarinet

Ravel - Mother Goose Suite

Debussy - Premiѐre Rhapsodie for Clarinet & Orchestra (Elizabeth Drew)

Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2


Sunday 27th June 2010

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Matthew Andrews - conductor

Schubert - Symphony No 3

Tippett - Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli (James Ranson, Giles Wade, Lorna Taylor)

Wagner - Siegfried Idyll

Mozart - Symphony No 40


Saturday 8th May 2010

  • Garrison Church, Aldershot
  • Gwyn Parry-Jones - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Mendelsohnn - Fingal’s Cave

Mendelsohnn - Hear my prayer

Beethoven - Choral Fantasia

Beethoven - Mass in C


Saturday 24th April 2010

  • All Saints Church, High Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Mendelsohnn - Overture A calm sea and a prosperous voyage

Berlioz - excerpts from Benvenuto Cellini

Bruch - Violin Concerto

Mozart - Requiem


Saturday 27th March 2010

  • Marlborough College Chapel
  • Robin Nelson - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Verdi - Requiem


Sunday 31st January 2010

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Eloisa-Fleur Thom - Violin

Marlow Rhys - "…And the mountains are dancing" (WFS Composer's Competition finalist)

Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor (Eloisa-Fleur Thom)

Prokofiev - Symphony No 5


2009

Saturday 14th November 2009

  • St Peter and Paul, Wantage
  • Richard Smith - conductor
  • With Wantage Choral Society

Vivaldi - Gloria


Sunday 27th September 2009

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Eileen Pinkarchevski - Soprano

Mendelssohn - "Hebrides" Overture

Berg - Seven Early Songs (Eileen Pinkarchevski)

Mahler - Symphony No 4 (Eileen Pinkarchevski)


Sunday 21st June 2009

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Robert Roscoe - conductor

Bliss - Checkmate Suite

Holst - Double Concerto for Two Violins (Giles Wade, James Ranson)

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 1


Saturday 6th June 2009

  • Privett Church, Froxfield
  • Richard Smith - conductor
  • With Froxfield Choir

Handel - Alexander’s Feast


Saturday 25th April 2009

  • All Saints Church, High Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Copland - Appalachian Spring

Gershwin - Porgy and Bess excerpts

Durufle - Requiem


Saturday 4th April 2009

  • High Cross Church, Camberley
  • Matthew Watts - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Bruckner - Zwei Aqueali

Mozart - Solemn Vespers

Mozart - Requiem

Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik


Saturday 28th March 2009

  • Richard Smith - conductor
  • With Wantage Choral Society

Tippett - A child of our time


Sunday 8th March 2009

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano

Haydn - Symphony No 49

Schnittke - Piano Concerto (Andy Spiceley)

Milhaud - La Création du monde

Mozart - Symphony No 35


2008

Sunday 7th December 2008

  • High Cross Church, Camberley
  • Matthew Watts - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Bach - Christmas Oratorio


Saturday 15th November 2008

  • All Saints Church, High Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Pergolesi - Magnificat

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no 3

Albinoni - Adagio

Vivaldi - Magnificat

Vivaldi - Gloria


Sunday 28th September 2008

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Jessica Burroughs - Cello

Borodin - Prince Igor Overture

Miaskovsky - Cello Concerto (Jessica Burroughs)

Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade


Sunday 22nd June 2008

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • WFS 21st Birthday Concert

  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Ron Colyer - Violin
  • Juliet Colyer - Cello
  • Kevin Ransom - Trumpet

Roger May - Flight to the Iolite (WFS Composer's Competition Prize Winner)

Brahms - Concerto for Violin & Cello (Ron Colyer, Juliet Colyer)

Tobjörn Hultmark - Alcántara for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra (WFS Composers' Competition Prize Winner) (Kevin Ransom)

Sibelius - Symphony No 5


Saturday 7th June 2008

  • Privett Church, Froxfield
  • Richard Smith - conductor
  • With Froxfield Choir

Haydn - Creation


Saturday 26th April 2008

  • All Saints Church, High Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Weber - Overture Euryanthe

Weber - Opera Choruses

Elgar - Cello Concerto

Puccini - Messa di Gloria


Sunday 10th February 2008

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Natalie Clifton-Griffith - Soprano

Mozart - Symphony No 38

Canteloube - Songs of the Auvergne (Natalie Clifton-Griffith)

Brahms - Serenade No 1


2007

Saturday 17th November 2007

  • All Saints Church, High Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Beethoven - Mass in C


Saturday 10th November 2007

  • Romsey Abbey
  • David Truslove - conductor
  • With Romsey Choral Society

Verdi - Requiem


Sunday 23rd September 2007

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Alexandra Wood - Violin

Mozart - "Don Giovanni"

Britten - Violin Concerto (Alexandra Wood)

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 2


Sunday 24th June 2007

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor

R Strauss - Five Songs

Tchaikovsky - Suite No 3


Saturday 5th May 2007

  • All Saints Church, High Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Grieg - peer Gynt Suite

Coleridge Taylor - Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast

Death of Minnehaha Sibelius - swan of Tuonela


Saturday 28th April 2007

  • Garrison Church, Aldershot
  • Gwyn Parry-Jones - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Bach - St John Passion


Sunday 1st April 2007

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Robert Roscoe - conductor
  • Daniel Smith - Piano

Schumann - Symphony No 4

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G (Daniel Smith)


Sunday 14th January 2007

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Ian Buckle - Piano

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 (Ian Buckle)

Dvorak - Symphony No 8


2006

Saturday 21st October 2006

  • Cambridge Concert Hall
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor

Mozart - Eine Kleine Nactmusik

Mozart - Piano Concerto in A major

Grieg - Holberg Suite

Chopin - Piano Concerto no 2


Sunday 24th September 2006

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Andrew Yeats - Tenor

Britten - Suite "Gloriana"

Britten - "Les Illuminations" (Andrew Yeats)

Brahms - Symphony No 1


Saturday 23rd September 2006

  • Steam Museum, Swindon
  • Robin Nelson - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Robin Nelson - Brunel’s Kingdom


Saturday 8th July 2006

  • Paul Rhys - conductor
  • With The Hanover Choir

Handel - Dettingen Te Deum

Hummel - Messe Solemne in C


Sunday 25th June 2006

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Lorraine Deacon - Cello

Debussy - Prelude a L’Apres Midi d’un Faune

Walton - Cello Concerto (Lorraine Deacon)

Stravinsky - Firebird Suite


Saturday 24th June 2006

  • St Mary's Church, Henley
  • With Henley Choral Society

Beethoven - programme


Saturday 17th June 2006

  • St Helen's Church, Abingdon
  • Chris Walker - conductor
  • With Benson Choral Society

Mozart - Solemn Vespers

Haydn - The Seasons


Sunday 14th May 2006

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Nicola Eimer - Piano

Schumann - Piano Concerto (Nicola Eimer)

Beethoven - Symphony No.2


Saturday 29th April 2006

  • All Saints Church, High Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Vaughan Williams - Overture The Wasps

Walton - Jubilate Deo

Walton - Spitfire Prelude & Fugue

Masagni - Easter Hymn

Rutter - Feel the spirit

Rutter - Magnificat


Friday 14th April 2006

  • Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society
  • With Yateley Choral Society

Karl Jenkins - Armed Man Choral Suite

Brahms - Requiem


Saturday 1st April 2006

  • St John's Church, Egham
  • Lionel Pike - conductor
  • With Egham Choral Society

Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens

Brahms - Requiem


Saturday 25th March 2006

  • Holy Rood Church, Swindon
  • Robin Nelson - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Karl Jenkins - Mass for Peace

Rutter - Gloria


Sunday 19th March 2006

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Andy Spiceley - Piano

Bartok - Piano Concerto No.3 (Andy Spiceley)

Beethoven - Symphony No.6


Sunday 15th January 2006

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Chris George - Piano

Franck - Symphonic Variations (Chris George)

Beethoven - Symphony No.5


2005

Saturday 10th December 2005

  • High Cross Church, Camberley
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Christmas concert -


Saturday 26th November 2005

  • Bracknell Sports Centre
  • Nicholas Austen - conductor
  • With Bracknell Choral Society

Handel - Messiah


Saturday 15th October 2005

  • Robin Nelson - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Bruckner - Mass for Wind

Mozart - Requiem


Sunday 25th September 2005

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Martin Smith - Violin

Beethoven - Violin Concerto (Martin Smith)

Shostakovitch - Symphony No.5


Saturday 2nd July 2005

  • Bath Road Methodist Church, Swindon
  • Robin Nelson - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Handel - Alexander’s Feast


Sunday 26th June 2005

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Lucy Griffiths - conductor
  • Hazel Todd - Oboe
  • Ron Colyer - Violin
  • Neil Charlton - Cello

Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings

Haydn - Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Bassoon, Violin and Cello (Hazel Todd, Ron Colyer, Neil Charlton)

Beethoven - Symphony No.7


Saturday 2nd April 2005

  • Holy Rood Church, Swindon
  • Robin Nelson - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Elgar - Dream of Gerontius


Saturday 5th March 2005

  • Reading University Great Hall
  • Paul Rhys - conductor
  • With Reading University Choral Society

Mendelssohnn - Elijah


Sunday 30th January 2005

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor

Weber - Oberon

Strauss - Four Last Songs

Shostakovitch - Symphony No.10


2004

Saturday 16th October 2004

  • St Mark's Church, Swindon
  • Robin Nelson - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Puccini - Messa di Gloria


Sunday 26th September 2004

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Andrew Yeats - Tenor
  • Elspeth Dutch - Horn

Sibelius - Tapiola

Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (Andrew Yeats, Elspeth Dutch)

Brahms - Symphony No.3


Sunday 27th June 2004

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Ron Colyer - conductor
  • Ron Colyer - Violin
  • Sally-Anne Bartholomew - Bassoon

Bach - Suite No.3

Mozart - Violin Concerto in A Major (Ron Colyer)

CPE Bach - Bassoon Concerto (Sally-Anne Bartholomew)

Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin


Saturday 15th May 2004

  • St Swithun's Church, Yateley
  • With Yateley Choral Society

Haydn - Nelson Mass

Puccini - Messa di Gloria


Saturday 24th April 2004

  • All Saints Church, Wokingham
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Elgar - from the Bavarian highlands

Elgar - Light of life

Tchaikowsky - Sleeping Beauty


Friday 9th April 2004

  • Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs

Mendelssohn - Hymn of Praise

Mendelssohn - Hear my Prayer


Saturday 20th March 2004

  • Holy Rood Church, Swindon
  • Robin Nelson - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Verdi - Requiem


Sunday 25th January 2004

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Leo Hussain - conductor

Janáček - Suite “The Cunning Little Vixen”

Bartok - Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta

Dvorak - Symphony No.8 in G


2003

Saturday 13th December 2003

  • High Cross Church, Camberley
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Christmas concert -


Saturday 8th November 2003

  • All Saints Church, High Wycombe
  • Stephen Armstrong - conductor
  • David Johnson - Guitar
  • With High Wycombe Choral Society

Verdi - "Brindisi" from La Traviata

Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (David Johnson)

Puccini - "Nessum Dorma" from Turandot

Rossini - Stabat Mater


Sunday 28th September 2003

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Alexander Walker - conductor
  • Juliet Bruce - Piano

Sibelius - Lemminkainen’s Return

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4 (Juliet Bruce)

Elgar - Symphony No.1


Sunday 22nd June 2003

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Levon Parikian - conductor
  • Anne-Marie Czajkowski - Soprano

Haydn - Symphony No.31 “Horn Signal“

Tchaikovsky - Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin (Anne-Marie Czajkowski)

Mahler - Symphony No.4 (Anne-Marie Czajkowski)


Monday 5th May 2003

  • High Cross Church, Camberley
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Handel - Coronation Anthems

Mozart - Solemn Vespers


Sunday 2nd March 2003

  • Wellington College, Crowthorne
  • John Holloway - conductor
  • George Clark - Clarinet

Walton - "Belshazzar's Feast"

Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Trumpets

Weber - Clarinet Concerto No 2 (George Clark)


Sunday 2nd February 2003

  • Wellington College, Crowthorne
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Andrew West - Piano

Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1 (Andrew West)

Dvorak - Symphony No.7 in D minor


2002

Saturday 14th December 2002

  • High Cross Church, Camberley
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Christmas concert -


Saturday 19th October 2002

  • St Peter's Church, Swindon
  • David Truslove - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Mendelssohnn - Lobgesang

Brahms - Song of Destiny

Brahms - Academic festival Overture


Saturday 12th October 2002

  • Guildford Cathedral
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Centenary Chorus

Mendelssohnn - Elijah


Friday 4th October 2002

  • Marlborough College Chapel
  • Robin Nelson - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Haydn - Nelson Mass

Durufle - Requiem


Sunday 29th September 2002

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Ellen Wiles - Flute

Madetoja - Symphony No.1

Sibelius -

Neilsen - Flue Concerto (Ellen Wiles)

Sibelius - Symphony No.2


Sunday 14th July 2002

  • The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Giles Wade - Violin & Viola
  • James Ranson - Violin
  • Sue Black - Viola
  • Neil Charlton - Cello
  • Jenny Broome - Harp
  • Clare Mellor - Flute
  • Hazel Todd - Oboe
  • Liz Drew - Clarinet
  • Tara Copus - Piano
  • Mozart - Adagio & Rondo
  • Bridge - Cello Sonata
  • Bax - Harp Quintet
  • Ravel - Introduction & Allegro

Saturday 22nd June 2002

  • Reading University Great Hall
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Anne-Marie Czajkowski - Soprano
  • Susan Jelly - Alto
  • Alistair Armit - Tenor
  • David Stout - Bass
  • With Reading Haydn Choir

Brahms - Variations on St Anthony Chorale

Beethoven - Symphony No.9 (Anne-Marie Czajkowski, Susan Jelly, Alistair Armit, David Stout)


Saturday 11th May 2002

  • Garrison Church, Aldershot
  • Gwyn Parry-Jones - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Parry - I was glad

Elgar - Nursery Suite

Handel - Zadok the Priest

Faure - Requiem


Saturday 23rd March 2002

  • Reading University Great Hall
  • Jaques Cohen - conductor
  • With Reading Festival Chorus

Purcell - Rejoice in the Lord always

Bach - Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Bach - Cantata 191

Handel - Ode to St Cecilia’s Day


Sunday 3rd February 2002

  • Wellington College, Crowthorne
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Lorraine Deacon - Cello

Delius - Walk to the Paradise Gardens

Elgar - Cello Concerto (Lorraine Deacon)

Walton - Symphony No.1


2001

Saturday 15th December 2001

  • High Cross Church, Camberley
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Bach - Christmas Oratorio


Saturday 1st December 2001

  • Radley College
  • John Lubbock - conductor
  • With Benson Choral Society

Mozart - Exultate Jubilate

Mozart - C minor Mass

CPE Bach - Magnific


Saturday 20th October 2001

  • Princes Hall, Aldershot
  • Geoffrey Morgan - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Vaughan Williams - Dona Nobis Pacem

Mendelssohnn - Hear my Prayer

Mendelssohnn - Hymn of Praise

Mendelssohnn - Overture Ruy Blas


Sunday 30th September 2001

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Giles Wade - Viola

Mozart - Symphony No25

Martinu - Rhapsody Concerto (Giles Wade)

Tchaikovsky - Suite No.1


Saturday 30th June 2001

  • Wesleyan Methodist Church, Oxford
  • Janet Lincé - conductor
  • With OUP Singers

Handel - Dixit Dominus

Finzi - Dies Natalis

Britten - Te Deum


Sunday 24th June 2001

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor

Britten - Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge

Schumann - Konzertstucke (Ian Stott, Kathryn Saunders, Elspeth Taylor, Caroline Emery)

Schubert - Symphony No.9


Saturday 7th April 2001

  • Garrison Church, Aldershot
  • Geoffrey Morgan - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Bach - St John Passion


Saturday 24th March 2001

  • Bracknell Sports Centre
  • Clive Fairbairn - conductor
  • With Bracknell Choral Society

Vivaldi - Gloria

Mozart - Requiem


Monday 12th March 2001

  • Yateley Manor School
  • Nicholas Chalmers - conductor
  • With Yateley Choral Society

Mozart - Mass in C minor

Mozart - Prague Symphony

Verdi - Opera Choruses


Sunday 25th February 2001

  • The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Clare Mellor - Flute
  • Sarah Bushnell - Viola
  • Jenny Broome - Harp
  • Giles Wade - Viola
  • John Burleigh - Clarinet
  • John Spurgeon - Violin
  • Harold Kershaw - Violin
  • Janet Callender - Viola
  • Fritz Lustig - Cello
  • Debussy - Sonate (flute, viola & harp)
  • Bax - Fantasy Sonata (viola and harp)
  • Coleridge-Taylor - Clarinet Quintet

Saturday 10th February 2001

  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Robert Gibbs - Violin
  • Helen Kaminga - Viola

Humperdink - Prelude to Hansel and Gretel

Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante (Robert Gibbs, Helen Kaminga)

Shostakovitch - Symphony No.15.


2000

Saturday 16th December 2000

  • Guildford Cathedral
  • Christmas concert

  • Stephen Farr - conductor

Corelli - Christmas Concerto

Bach - Keyboard Concerto

Handel - Pastoral Symphony


Saturday 9th December 2000

  • High Cross Church, Camberley
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Handel - Messiah


Saturday 25th November 2000

  • University Church, Oxford
  • Janet Lincé - conductor
  • With OUP Singers

Haydn - Nelson Mass

Purcell - Rejoice in the Lord

Finzi - In Terra Pax


Sunday 19th November 2000

  • Philip Hesketh - conductor
  • Alison White - Violin

Mendelssohn - Die Schoene Melusine

Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto (Alison White)

Beethoven - Symphony No.2.


Saturday 14th October 2000

  • Royal Memorial Chapel, Sandhurst
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Handel - Messiah


Saturday 7th October 2000

  • All Saints Church, Wokingham
  • Wokingham Arts Festival

  • Ron Colyer - conductor
  • Ron Colyer - Violin

Mozart - Cassation in B Flat

Mozart - Violin Concerto No.3 in G (Ron Colyer)

Mozart - Serenade in G “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”

Mozart - Symphony No.29


Sunday 25th June 2000

  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Juliet Bruce - Piano
  • Graham Dare - Timpani

Nielsen - Helios Overture

Martinu - Concerto for Double String Orchestra, Piano and Timpani (Juliet Bruce, Graham Dare)

Brahms - Symphony No.4.


Saturday 6th May 2000

  • Guildford Cathedral
  • Geoffrey Morgan - conductor
  • With Centenary Chorus

Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius


Tuesday 2nd May 2000

  • Bracknell Sports Centre
  • Clive Fairbairn - conductor
  • With Bracknell Choral Society

Haydn - Nelson Mass

Mozart - Vespers


Saturday 11th March 2000

  • High Cross Church, Camberley
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Rutter - Psalmfest

Rutter - Requiem


Sunday 30th January 2000

  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Jenny Broome - Harp

Barber - Essay No.1 (replaced Holst Egdon Heath)

Ginastera - Harp Concerto (Jenny Broome)

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6.


1999

Friday 19th November 1999

  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Liz Drew - Clarinet

Britten - Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes“

Copland - Clarinet Concerto (Liz Drew)

Kernis - Musica Celestis

Elgar - Enigma Variations.


Sunday 13th June 1999

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • In memory of Sean Greenwood

  • Levon Parikian - conductor
  • Rachel Porter - Oboe

Mozart - Symphony No.31 “Paris”

Barber - Adagio (replaced Shostakovitch Two Pieces for Strings from “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” and Polka from “The Age of Gold“)

Mozart - Oboe Concerto (Rachel Porter)

Beethoven - Symphony No.2


Saturday 8th May 1999

  • Garrison Church, Aldershot
  • Geoffrey Morgan - conductor
  • David Davies - Organ
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Albinoni - Adagio for Organ & Strings (David Davies)

Parry - "Blest Pair of Sirens

Dvorak - Stabat Mater


Saturday 27th March 1999

  • Bracknell Sports Centre
  • Andrew Millington - conductor
  • With Bracknell Choral Society

Ireland - "These Things Shall Be"

Tippet - "A Child of Our Time (Julie Melinek, Kate Woolveridge, Maldwyn Davies, David Crown)


Sunday 28th February 1999

  • Philip Ellis - conductor

Bach - Orchestral Suite No.1

F. Martin - Petite Symphonie Concertante (Jenny Broome, Juliet Bruce, Katherine May)

R. Strauss - Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings

Haydn - Symphony No.49 “La Passione”.


1998

Saturday 5th December 1998

  • High Cross Church, Camberley
  • Ron Ferris - conductor
  • With Surrey Heath Choral Society

Bush - A Christmas Cantata (Valerie Wright)


Saturday 21st November 1998

  • Bracknell Sports Centre
  • Andrew Millington - conductor
  • With Bracknell Choral Society

Haydn - Oratorio "The Creation" (Marie Vassiliou, Anthony Rich, Anthony Cunningham)


Sunday 11th October 1998

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Elizabeth Nash - Soprano

Debussy - Prelude a L’Apres Midi d’un Faune

Strauss - Four Last Songs (Elizabeth Nash)

Brahms - Symphony No.2


Sunday 7th June 1998

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Richard May - Cello

Arensky - Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky (replaced Nielsen Helios Overture)

Dvorak - Cello Concerto (Richard May)

Shostakovitch - Symphony No.1


Friday 1st May 1998

  • Geoffrey Morgan - conductor
  • Michael Bundy - Baritone
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Elgar - "From the Bavarian Highlands"

Edvard Greig - "Peer Gynt" Suite

Mendelssohn - "Hebrides" Overture

Stanford - "Songs of the Sea" (Michael Bundy)

Borodin - "Polovtsian Dances"


Sunday 25th January 1998

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Lucy Waterhouse - Violin

Respighi - Three Botticelli Pictures

Panufnik - Katyn Epitaph

Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No.1 (Lucy Waterhouse)

Haydn - Symphony No.104 “London”


1997

Saturday 4th October 1997

  • Princes Hall, Aldershot
  • Geoffrey Morgan - conductor
  • Julia Dewhurst - Soprano
  • Michael Bundy - Baritone
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Brahms - "Song of Destiny" (Julia Dewhurst)

Brahms - Requiem (Julia Dewhurst, Michael Bundy)


Saturday 27th September 1997

  • All Saints Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Helen Kaminga - Viola

Verdi - Overture “La Forza del Destino“

Walton - Viola Concerto (Helen Kaminga)

Dvorak - Symphony No.3


Saturday 24th May 1997

  • St Luke's Church, Swindon
  • Nicholas Riddle - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Mendelssohn - "Elijah" (Bronwen Mills, Hilary Fisher, Matthew Beale, David Usher)


Sunday 11th May 1997

  • Philip Ellis - conductor

Elgar - Introduction and Allegro

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme of Tallis

Holst - St. Paul’s Suite

Corelli - Concerto Grosso Op6. No.2

Tippett - Fantasia on a Theme of Corelli


Saturday 10th May 1997

  • Geoffrey Morgan - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance March No 4

Poulence - Gloria

Elgar - "Sea Pictures"

Elgar - "The Music Makers"


Saturday 15th March 1997

  • St Luke's Church, Swindon
  • Nicholas Riddle - conductor
  • Bronwen Mills - Soprano
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Buxtehude - Magnificat

Britten - "Les Illuminations" (Bronwen Mills)

Schubert - Mass in G DV 167


Sunday 23rd February 1997

  • All Saints Church, Wokingham
  • WFS 10th Anniversary Concert

  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • James Kirby - Piano

Schubert - Overture “Rosemunde”

Beethoven - Concerto No. 5 in Eb (James Kirby)

Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C minor


1996

Thursday 19th December 1996

  • Bracknell Sports Centre
  • Andrew Millington - conductor
  • With Bracknell Choral Society

Handel - "Messiah" (Janet Fairlie, Yvonne Woods, Mark Wilde, Julian Saipe)


Saturday 28th September 1996

  • All Saints Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Robert Whysall Gibbs - Violin

Beethoven - Overture “Leonora No. 3”

Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor (Robert Whysall Gibbs)

Dvorak - Symphony No. 7 in D minor


Saturday 1st June 1996

  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Adele Paxton - Soprano

Britten - Les Illuminations (Adele Paxton)

Sibelius - Pelleas et Melisande Suite

Elgar - Sospiri.


Saturday 18th May 1996

  • Geoffrey Morgan - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Mendelssohn - "Elijah" (Julia Dewhurst, Margater Maguire, Mervyn Collins, Michael Bundy)


Sunday 11th February 1996

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Jonathan Grieves-Smith - conductor

Tchaikovsky - Fantasy Overture "Romeo and Juliet"

Mahler - Adagietto for Strings & Harp from Symphony No. 5

Mozart - Motet "Exultate Jubilate" K165 (Katherine Paterson)


1995

Saturday 14th October 1995

  • Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon
  • Nicholas Riddle - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Britten - war Requiem


Friday 13th October 1995

  • The Recital Room, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Carolyn de Grey - Flute
  • Clare Mellor - Flute
  • John Burleigh - Clarinet
  • James Ranson - Violin
  • Alison White - Violin
  • Giles Wade - Viola
  • Neil Charlton - Cello
  • Jenny Broome - Harp
  • Debussy - Sonate
  • Berlioz - Trio (Childhood of Christ)
  • Weber - Clarinet Quintet
  • Mozart - Flute Quartet
  • Ibert - Two Interludes
  • Ravel - Introduction and Allegro

Saturday 7th October 1995

  • Geoffrey Morgan - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Haydn - Oratorio "The Creation"


Sunday 9th July 1995

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Elizabeth Nash - Soprano

Mozart - Overture “Mitridate”

Mozart - Concert Aria (Elizabeth Nash)

Bartok - Divertimento

Dvorak - Czech Suite


Sunday 21st May 1995

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Jonathan Grieves-Smith - conductor
  • Sally-Ann Bartholomew - Bassoon

Schubert - Symphony No 5 in Bb

Mozart - Concerto in Bb for Bassoon & orchestra (Sally-Ann Bartholomew)

Rubbra - Symphony No. 10 Opus 145

Haydn - Symphony No. 44 in E minor


Saturday 20th May 1995

  • Princes Hall, Aldershot
  • Geoffrey Morgan - conductor
  • With Fleet Choral Society

Coleridge-Taylor - "Hiawatha" (Diana Vivian, David Newman, Michael Wakeham)


Saturday 1st April 1995

  • St Mark's Church, Swindon
  • Nicholas Riddle - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Purcell - Odefor Saint Cecilia's Day

Purcell - Chcony in G minor (Andrew Fletcher)

Handel - Organ Concerto No. 2

Handel - Dettingen Te Deum


Sunday 5th March 1995

  • Reading University Great Hall
  • With Reading University Chorus

Mendelssohn - "Elijah"


Sunday 12th February 1995

  • Richard Butt - conductor

Handel - Oratorio "Messiah" (Bronwen Mills, Reiner Schneider-Waterberg, Simon Lumby, Michael Pearce)


Sunday 12th February 1995

  • Bearwood College Theatre, Winnersh
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Simon Salisbury - Flute
  • Jenny Broome - Harp

Berkeley - Divertimento

Mozart - Concerto for Flute and Harp (Simon Salisbury, Jenny Broome)

Sibelius - Valse Triste

Sibelius - Andante Lirico

Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite


1994

Saturday 22nd October 1994

Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Handel - Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.2

Bach - Double Violin Concerto

Boyce - Symphony

Purcell - Chaccony

Bach - Concerto for Oboe and Violin

Handel - Water Music (excerpts).


Saturday 8th October 1994

  • Holy Rood Church, Swindon
  • Hallelujah for Hospices


Sunday 25th September 1994

  • Jonathan Higgins - Piano

Copland - Latin American Sketches

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb (Jonathan Higgins)

Arvo Part - “Fratres”

Mozart - Symphony No. 35 in D


Sunday 10th July 1994

  • Hazel Todd - Oboe

Rossini - “The Italian Girl in Algiers”

Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto (Hazel Todd)

Vaughan-Williams - Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus

Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 in D


Saturday 18th June 1994

  • Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon
  • Nicholas Riddle - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony

Coleridge-Taylor - Hiawatha's Wedding Feast


Sunday 8th May 1994

  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Juliet Bruce - Piano

Mozart - “Le Petit Rien” Ballet Suite

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 26 in D (Juliet Bruce)

Mozart - Serenade in C minor for Wind Octet

Mozart - Symphony No 38 in D “The Prague”


Saturday 26th February 1994

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Janet Lincé - conductor
  • With Thames Voyces

MacDonald - "The Birth of Spring"

Vaughan-Williams - "Five Mystical Songs

Mozart - Requiem (Ingrid Attrot, Deborah Miles-Johnson, Graham Titus)


Sunday 13th February 1994

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Philip Ellis - conductor

Rossini - Overture “The Thieving Magpie”

Saint-Saens - “Carnival of the Animals” (Juliet Bruce, Sarah Down)

Ravel - Mother Goose Suite

Respighi - “The Birds”


1993

Saturday 9th October 1993

  • St Peter's Church, Westlea
  • Nicholas Riddle - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Handel - "Zadok The Priest

Haydn - Symphony No. 45

Gow - "The Returning Waters"

Ramirez - Folk Mass - Misa Criolla


Saturday 25th September 1993

  • Jamie Walton - Cello

Weber - Overture “Der Freischutz”

Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor (Jamie Walton)

Tchaikowski - Symphony No. 1 in Gm “Winter Daydreams”


Sunday 11th July 1993

  • Krystof Smietana - Violin

Rossini - Overture “The Barber of Seville”

Beethoven - Violin Concerto (Krystof Smietana)

Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5


Sunday 23rd May 1993

  • Bearwood Theatre, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Jerome Sadler - Piano

Dvorak - Serenade for Strings

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 19 in F (Jerome Sadler)

Beethoven - Symphony No. 4


Saturday 27th March 1993

  • Holy Rood Church, Swindon
  • Nicholas Riddle - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Elgar - Oratorio "The Dream of Gerontius" (Patricia Bardon, Nigel Robson, David Gwesyn Smith)


Sunday 14th March 1993

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Paul Murphy - conductor

Stravinsky - Dances Concertantes

Sibelius - Rakastrava Suite

Faure - Pavane

Haydn - Symphony No. 101 in D


1992

Monday 7th December 1992

  • St Martin's Church, Epsom
  • Robin Kimber - conductor
  • With Epsom Choral Society

Mozart - Requiem (Angela Henckel, Der-Shin Hwang, Julian Stocker, Giles Davies)


Sunday 27th September 1992

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • John Burleigh - Clarinet

Mozart - Symphony No. 32

Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor (John Burleigh)

Brahms - Serenade No. 1 in D


Sunday 5th July 1992

  • Bearwood Theatre, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Martin Smith - Violin

Mozart - Overture “The Magic Flute”

Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor (Martin Smith)

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor


Sunday 10th May 1992

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Rupert Burleigh - Piano

Beethoven - Overture “Coriolan”

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4 in G (Rupert Burleigh)

Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 in A


Thursday 20th February 1992

  • South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Music Meets Dance

Mozart - Divertimento in D K 136

Vaughan Williams - “Greensleeves” Fantasia

Elgar - Serenade for Strings opus 20

Warlock - “Capriol” Suite

Holst - “St Paul’s” Suite


Sunday 16th February 1992

Mendelssohn - Overture “The Hebrides”

Prokofiev - “Peter and the Wolf”

Poulence - Concerto for 2 pianos (Juliet Bruce, Helen Peet)

Mozart - Symphony No. 34 in C


1991

Sunday 22nd September 1991

  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Hazel Todd - Oboe

Mozart - Overture “Don Giovanni”

Strauss - Oboe Concerto (Hazel Todd)

Beethoven - Symphony No.6 in F


Sunday 23rd June 1991

  • Stephen Jackson - conductor
  • Nicholas Beach - Violin

Sullivan - Overture “Iolanthe”

Mozart - Violin Concerto No.3 in G (Nicholas Beach)

Faure - Suite “Masques et Bergamasques”

Hindemith - Pieces for Strings

Beethoven - Symphony No.1 in C


Sunday 28th April 1991

  • Bearwood Theatre, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Kevin Ransom - Trumpet

Rossini - Overture to "The Italian Girl in Algiers"

Martinu - Toccata e Due Canzoni

Copland - "Quite City" (Kevin Ransom)

Haydn - Symphony No 104 in D


Friday 15th March 1991

  • Reading University Great Hall
  • Gwyn Arch - conductor
  • With South Chiltern Choral Society

Mendelssohn - "Elijah" (Eileen Pinkarschewsky, Catherine Sams, Mark Tinkler, Edward Fraser)


Sunday 10th February 1991

  • Wellington College, Crowthorne
  • John Holloway - conductor
  • Garry Kung - Piano
  • Johanna Knowles - Cello
  • With Crowthorne Choral Society

Walton - "Belshazzar's Feast

Grieg - Piano Concerto (Garry Kung)

Kodaly - Psalmus Hungaricus

Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto (Johanna Knowles)


Sunday 20th January 1991

  • Bearwood Theatre, Wokingham

Weber - Overture “Abu Hassan”

Paule Reade - “Cinderella” (Dominic Barber)

De Falla - Riual Dance from “El Amor Brujo”

Macagni - Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana”

Kodaly - Dances from Galanta.


1990

Sunday 23rd September 1990

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Juliet Bruce - Piano

Mozart - Overture “La Clemenza di Tito”

Beethoven - Concerto No.3 in Cm (Juliet Bruce)

Bartok - Rumanian Folk Dances

Schubert - Symphony No.3 in D.


Saturday 23rd June 1990

  • Link Centre, Swindon
  • Nicholas Riddle - conductor
  • With Swindon Choral Society

Verdi - Requiem (Susan McCulloch, Yvonne Howard, David Anderson, David Gwesyn Smith)


Sunday 17th June 1990

  • All Saints Church, Wokingham
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • Nicholas Beach - Violin

Sibelius - “Pelleas et Melisande”

Bruch - Violin Concerto (Nicholas Beach)

Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A


Saturday 28th April 1990

  • Wellington College, Crowthorne
  • Philip Ellis - conductor

Richard Strauss - Serenade in Eb Opus 11

Copland - Suite “Appalachian Spring”

Milhaud - “La Creation du Monde”

Dvorak - Serenade in Dm Opus 44.


Saturday 17th March 1990

  • Loddon Valley Leisure Centre
  • Stephen Layton - conductor
  • With Wokingham Choral Society

Handel - "Messiah" (Mry Plazas, Richard Wyn-Roberts, Huw Rhys-Evans, Martin Shaw)


Sunday 25th February 1990

  • Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
  • Robert Roscoe - conductor
  • Andrew Challinger - Recorder

Richard Rodney Bennett - Farnham Festival Overture

Copland - “Appalachian Spring”

Vivaldi - recorder Concerto in C (Andrew Challinger)

Howard Blake - “The Snowman” (Dominic Barber)


1989

Saturday 23rd September 1989

  • Philip Ellis - conductor

Mozart - Overture “Idomineo”

Beethoven - Triple Concerto (Martin Smith, Pal Banda, Sarah Down)

Elgar - Serenade for Strings

Haydn - Symphony No. 83 “The Hen”.


Saturday 22nd July 1989

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • St Paul’s 150th Anniversary Concert

  • Gwyn Parry-Jones - conductor
  • With West Forest Singers

Britten - “Rejoice in the Lamb”

Britten - Simple Symphony

Mozart - Sinfonia Conertante (Crista Porter, Malcolm Porter)

Haydn - Little Organ Mass.


Tuesday 13th June 1989

  • All Saints Church
  • Wokingham Festival

Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in Eb

Mozart - Concerto for flute & harp (Janet Way, Janice Gardner Brown)

Tippet - Little Music for Strings


Sunday 19th February 1989

  • Robert Roscoe - conductor
  • Benjamin Colyer - Horn
  • Dominic Barber - Narrator

Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 2 (Benjamin Colyer)

David Cooper - “Herne the Hunter” (1st performance)

Ibert - Divertissement

Saint-Saens - “Carnival of the Aninmals” (Malcolm Davies, Paul Kempson, Dominic Barber)


1988

Saturday 24th September 1988

  • Wellington College, Crowthorne
  • John Holloway & Stephen Penney - conductor

Mendelssohn - Overture “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Opus 21

Schumman - Konzertstucke Opus 88 for four horns (Peter Widgery, Simon de Souza, Jennifer Steele, Charlotte Robinson)

Stephen Penny - “Homage to Edvard Munch (1st performance)

Kurt Weill - “Kliene Dreigroschenmusik”


Saturday 2nd July 1988

  • St Paul's Church, Wokingham
  • Robert Roscoe - conductor
  • Gwyn Parry-Jones - Bassoon

Rossini - Overture “La Cenerentola”

Weber - bassoon Concerto (Gwyn Parry-Jones)

Bizet - “jeuz d’enfants”

Milhaud - “La Creation du Monde”

Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 in F


Saturday 30th January 1988

  • Christ Church, Reading
  • Philip Ellis - conductor
  • David Johnstone - Cello

Haydn - Cello Concerto in D (David Johnstone)

Stravinsky - “Pulcinella” Suite

Wagner - “Siegfried Idyll”

Mozart - Symphony No. 40


1987

Saturday 19th September 1987

  • Wellington College, Crowthorne
  • John Holloway & Nicholas Beach - conductor
  • Malcolm Davies - Piano

Mozart - “Haffner” Symphony

Faure - “Pelleas et Melisande”

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 (Malcolm Davies)

Vaughan Williams - “The Lark Acending”

Prokofiev - Classical Symphony.


Saturday 20th June 1987

  • Robert Roscoe - conductor

Beethoven - Overture “Leonora No. 1”

Haydn - Symphony No. 99

Debussy - Prelude “L’Apres-midi d’un faune”

Stravinsky - “Dumbarton oaks”


Sunday 8th February 1987

  • Wokingham Theatre
  • Inaugural Concert

  • Sean Greenwood - conductor

Handel - Concerto in F “Water Music”

Mozart - Symphony No. 29 in A

Arnold - Sinfonietta No. 1 Opus 48

Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in Bb