Repertoire

Music Performed 1993 – 2007

1993

Delius                 On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Gluck                  Overture and 'Dance of the Furies', Orpheus and Euridice
Schubert             Symphony No.3
Shostakovich      Piano Concerto No.2

1994

Brahms                 Piano Concerto No.2
Shostakovich       Chamber Symphony op.110a (arr. Barshai)
von Suppé            Overture: Poet and Peasant

1995

Bartók                   Romanian Folk Dances
Mozart                  Serenade in D, K.320 Posthorn
Rachmaninov       Piano Concerto No.2
Saint-Saëns          Carnival of the Animals
J. Strauss              Emperor Waltzes
J. Strauss              Overture: Die Fledermaus
J. Strauss              Thunder and Lightning Polka
Vivaldi                   'Summer': The Four Seasons
Wagner                 Overture: Tannhäuser

1996

Bartók                   Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Beethoven            Overture: Leonora No.3
Brahms                  Piano Concerto No.1
Britten                   Young Apollo
Bruch                    Scottish Fantasy
Mozart                   'Dalla sua pace'; Don Giovanni
Mozart                   'Jener Donnerworte kraft'; Die Schuldigkeit
L. Mozart              Concerto for Alto Trombone
J. Strauss II           Overture: The Gypsy-Baron

1997

Bartók                    Romanian Folk Dances
Debussy                 Prélude à L'Après-midi d'un faune
Haydn                     Symphony No.60
Lizst                        Piano Concerto No.1
Mozart                    Symphony No.38
Mozart                    Piano Concerto No.12, K.414
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol
Weber                     Overture: Der Freischütz

1998

N.Ansdell-Evans Cantata: An Heritage of the Lord (first performance)
Bartók                   Romanian Folk Dances
Debussy                Nuages and Fêtes: Nocturnes
Elgar                      Serenade for Strings
Haydn                    Symphony No.48
Rachmaninov        Piano Concerto No.3
J. Strauss               Artist's Life Waltz; Blue Danube Waltz; Emperor Waltzes;
                                Tales from the Vienna Woods; Thunder and Lightning Polka;
                                Roses from the South
Telemann               Viola Concerto
Tchaikovsky          Polonaise: Eugene Onegin
Wagner                  Overture: Tannhäuser
Wagner                  Prelude to Act III: Lohengrin

1999

Beethoven              Piano Concerto No.5
Bizet                        Carmen (complete opera)
Chopin                    Les Sylphides (arr. Glazunov)
Donizetti                 'Una furtiva'; L'elisir d'amore
Dukas                      The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Gluck                       Overture: Iphigénia in Aulis
Humperdinck          Prelude, Gingerbread Waltz, Witch's Ride and Dream Pantomime,
                                  Hänsel und Gretel
Mahler                     Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Mendelssohn          Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mozart                     Symphony No.38, Prague
Mozart                     Violin Concerto No.3
Ravel                        Tzigane
Rossini                    'Largo al factotum'; Il barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini                    'D'ogni più sacro'; L'occasione fa il ladro
Saint-Saëns             Piano Concerto No.2
J. Strauss                 Blue Danube Waltz; Emperor Waltzes;
                                  Tales from the Vienna Woods; Thunder and Lightning Polka
Tchaikovsky           Nutcracker Suite No.1
Tchaikovsky           'Kuda, kuda?'; Eugene Onegin

2000

Ansdell-Evans        A Time of Healing
Beethoven               Violin Romance No.2 in F
Chopin                     Les Sylphides (arr. Glazunov)
Finzi                          Clarinet Concerto
Gaëtano Lama         Silenzio cantatore
Michel & Galifer     Tango: El Gaucho
Monti                       Czárdás
Richard Mudge       Concerto grosso in D
Mussorgsky            Prelude, Khovanshchina (orch. Shostakovich)
Offenbach                Barcarolle, Les Contes d'Hoffmann
J. Strauss                  Blue Danube Waltz; Tales from the Vienna Woods
Stravinsky                The Firebird: 1919 Suite
Tchaikovsky            Piano Concerto No.1
Tchaikovsky            Nutcracker Suite No.1
Vaughan Williams   Overture: The Wasps
Vivaldi                      'Spring and Summer', The Four Seasons

2001

Brahms                     Double Concerto for Violin and 'Cello
Brahms                     Hungarian Dance No.1
Chopin                     Piano Concerto No.2
Jonathan Clarke      Lament (first performance)
Elgar                         Introduction and Allegro
Gluck                        'O del mio dolce ardor', Paride ed Elena
Haydn                      St. Nicholas Mass
Gaëtano Lama         Silenzio cantatore
Lesso-Valerio          Two Argentine Tangos: Love Letter and Farewell Letter
Poulenc                    Organ Concerto
Shostakovich           Chamber Symphony op.110a (arr. Barshai)
J. Strauss                  Waltzes: Bei uns z'Haus; Blue Danube; Tales from the Vienna Woods
Tchaikovsky            Waltz: Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky            Nutcracker Suite No.1
Telemann                 Viola Concerto
Wagner                     'Entry of the Gods into Valhalla', 'Ride of the Valkyries', 'Forest Murmurs';
                                  'Siegfried's Rhine Journey'; 'Siegfried's Funeral March'; 'Immolation
                                   Scene', The Ring

2002

J.S. Bach                  Brandenburg Concerto No.5
Bizet / Guiraud        Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2
Bruckner                  Motet: 'Ecce Sacerdos'
Bruckner                  Symphony No.9
Fauré / Messager   Messe des Pêcheurs
Fauré                        Requiem
Gaëtano Lama         Silenzio cantatore
Mozart                     Overture: The Magic Flute
Purcell                      Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Shostakovich          Waltz No.2; Jazz Suite No.2
J. Strauss                  Waltzes: Blue Danube; Die Fledermaus
Tchaikovsky           ‘Kogda bihzheeh gomashneem kroogom’; Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky           Suite, Swan Lake
Vivaldi                      Recorder Concerto
Weber                      Concertino for Clarinet

2003
Bruckner                   Symphony No.7
Debussy                  Danse sacrée et danse profane
Ravel                        Introduction et allegro

2004
Elgar                          'Cello Concerto
Rossini                      Overture: William Tell
Schubert                   Symphony No.9

2005
Mussorgsky             Night on a Bare Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Rachmaninov           Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky             Symphony No.5

2006
Brahms                       Symphony No.4
Ravel                          Piano Concerto in G
Wagner                      Overture: The Flying Dutchman

2007
Mendelssohn           Violin Concerto
Sibelius                      Finlandia
Tchaikovsky             Symphony No.6