Seasons 2001 - 2010

Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Parkside SW19 6EW

BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7, Op. 70

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Charles Owen (piano)

Saturday, April 3, 2011 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

SMETANA Má Vlast: Vlatava (The Moldau)

DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

DEBUSSY Nocturnes

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Jack Liebeck (violin)

Saturday, January 30, 2011 @ 7:30 P.M. in aid of Macmillan Merton

St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Parkside SW19 6EW

BEETHOVEN King Stephen Overture, Op. 117

BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Op. 55, “Eroica”

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Callum Smart (violin)

Saturday, November 21, 2010 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

VERDI La Forza del Destino Overture

MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer

ELGAR Symphony No. 2, Op. 63

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Kathryn Rudge (mezzo)

Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

DVOŘÁK The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109

WAGNER Wesendonck-Lieder

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KHACHATURIAN Gayaneh

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Lee Bisset (soprano)

Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 7:30 P.M. in aid of Macmillan Merton

St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Parkside SW19 6EW

BRAHMS Tragic Overture, Op. 81

BARBER Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 19

Interval

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5, Op. 64

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Ofer Falk (violin)

Saturday, January 30, 2010 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

R. SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo, & Finale, Op. 52

R. SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

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FRANCK Symphony in D minor

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Guy Johnston (cello)

Saturday, November 24, 2009 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Parkside SW19 6EW

TCHAIKOVSKY The Tempest (Fantasy for Orchestra)

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 40

Interval

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5, Op. 47

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Kerem Hasan (piano)

Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 6:00 P.M.

Cadogan Hall, London SW1X 9DQ

FAURÉ Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80

FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11

Choral music by Whitacre, Lauridsen, Villette, Vaughan Williams, and Sullivan (performed by Coro)

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J. HAYDN Harmonienmesse in B-flat major, Hob. XXII:14

Conductors: Robin Browning & Mark Griffiths

Soloists: Katherine Watson (soprano), Emma Watkinson (mezzo), William Unwin (tenor), & Gavin Horsley (bass)

Choir: Coro

Saturday, March 28, 2009 @ 7:30 P.M. in aid of Macmillan Merton

St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Parkside SW19 6EW

WEBER Der Beherrscher der Geister Overture, Op. 27

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Interval

BRAHMS Symphony No. 3, Op. 90

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Jennifer Pike (violin)

Saturday, June 28, 2008 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

NIELSEN Helios Overture

NIELSEN Concerto for flute and orchestra

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SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2, Op. 43

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Adam Walker (flute)

Saturday, May 3, 2008 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

ELGAR Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 (“In London Town”)

VERDI ‘Tace la note’ from Il Trovatore

PUCCINI ‘Vissi d’arte’ from Tosca

TCHAIKOVSKY Tatyana’s Letter Song from Eugene Onegin

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 2, “A London Symphony”

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Lee Bisset (soprano)

Saturday, November 24, 2007 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

MOZART Overture from Idomeneo, K. 366

MOZART Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211

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BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Ruth Palmer (violin)

Saturday, June 30, 2007 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Interval

BRITTEN Simple Symphony, Op. 4

ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Kerem Hasan (piano)

Saturday, May 12, 2007 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs

MOZART Bella mia fiamma, K. 528

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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 3, Op. 29, “Polish”

Conductor: Nicholas Collon

Soloist: Sally Harrison (soprano)

Saturday, March 3, 2007 @ 7:30 P.M. in aid of Macmillan Merton

St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Parkside SW19 6EW

SIBELIUS Karelia Suite, Op. 19

MOZART Concerto for flute and harp in C major, K. 299

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DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, “From the New World”

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloists: Alex Lese (flute) & Olivia Jageurs (harp)

Saturday, November 18, 2006 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620

TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

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BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: John Myerscough (cello)

Saturday, June 24, 2006 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

WEBER Der Freischütz Overture, Op. 77

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto for in D major, Op. 35

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SIBELIUS Symphony No. 3, Op. 52

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Ruth Palmer (violin)

Saturday, May 13, 2006 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9, Op. 70

Interval

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 in C major, “Great”

Conductor: Robin Browning

Saturday, March 2006 @ 7:30 P.M. ~ 10th Concert in aid of Macmillan Merton

Mansion House, London EC4N 8BH

BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Interval

PROKOFIEV Peter and The Wolf, Op. 67

Conductor: Jonathan Butcher Narrator: Trevor MacDonald

Soloist: Jennifer Pike (violin)

By kind permission of the Lord Mayor of London, Wimbledon resident Sir David Brewer. This concert was hosted at the Mansion House’s famed Egyptian Hall.

Saturday, November 10, 2005 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

NIELSEN Pastoral Scene for Orchestra: Pan and Syrinx Op. 84

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Interval

RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 1, Op. 13

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Alice Jones (cello)

Saturday, June 18, 2005 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow

POULENC Sinfonietta

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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5, Op. 64

Conductor: Robin Browning

Saturday, April 16, 2005 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

CHABRIER Suite Pastorale

MAHLER Two Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

GRIEG Three Songs with Orchestra

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DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8, Op. 88

Conductor: Tom Seligman

Soloist: Miranda Rogers (soprano)

Saturday, March 5, 2005 @ 7:30 P.M. in aid of Macmillan Merton

St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Parkside SW20 0DE

KURPINSKI Overture ‘The Two Cottages’

BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

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TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture

LISZT Les Préludes No. 3

Conductor: Pavel Kotla

Soloist: Priya Mitchell (violin)

January 2005 @ 7:30 P.M. in aid of the Stroke Association

Cadogan Hall, London SW1X 9DQ

BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture, Op. 84

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73, “Emperor”

Interval

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5, Op. 67

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Charles Owen (piano)

Saturday, November 20, 2004 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46

J. HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1

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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, Op. 35

Conductor: Thomas Blunt

Soloist: Jonathan Cohen (cello)

Saturday, June 26, 2004 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

DELIUS Summer Night on the River

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37

Interval

BRAHMS Symphony No. 2, Op. 73

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Charles Owen (piano)

Saturday, May 15, 2004 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

DVOŘÁK Symphonic Variations, Op. 78

PROKOFIEV Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60

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R. SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, Op. 38, "Spring"

Conductor: Andrew Meyers

Saturday, November 15, 2003 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

ELGAR Froissart Overture, Op. 19

POULENC Concerto champêtre for harpsichord and orchestra

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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4, Op. 36

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Katherine May (harpsichord)

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Saturday, June 28, 2003 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

GABRIELI Sonata pian e forte

WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture

WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Prelude to Act III

WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Apprentices Dance

WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Entry March

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BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83

Conductor: Robin Browning

Soloist: Charles Owen (piano)

Saturday, May 17, 2003 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

MARTIN PRYNN Jane Baldwyn’s Wake (*world première*)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Concerto for Bass Tuba

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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2, Op. 36

Conductor: Martin Prynn

Soloist: Leslie Neish (tuba)

Saturday, March 22, 2003 @ 7:30 P.M.

St John’s Church, Wimbledon SW19 4NZ

BRUCKNER Two Motets

MAHLER Symphony No. 4

Conductor: John Alldis

Choir: King’s College School Chamber Choir

Saturday, March 8, 2003 @ 8:00 P.M. in aid of Macmillan Merton

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

COATES Calling All Workers

TOMINSON Little Serenade

VIVIAN ELLIS Coronation Scot

KETÈLBEY Sanctuary of the Heart

ROBERT FARNON Derby Day

COATES By the Sleepy Lagoon

HAYDN WOOD Montmartre March

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SULLIVAN Iolanthe Overture

COATES Concert Waltz: “Footlights”

ROBERT FARNON Poodle Parade

PETER YORKE Sapphires & Sables

ROBERT FARNON The Westminster Waltz

COATES The Dambusters March

Conductor: John Wilson

Saturday, June 29, 2002 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

MENDELSSOHN Notturno for wind instruments, Op. 24

MOZART Symphony No. 39, K. 543

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R. STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major

KODÁLY Dances of Galánta

Conductor: John Alldis

Soloist: Nigel Black (horn)

Saturday, April 27, 2002 @ 8:00 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

IRELAND Satyricon Overture

BERLIOZ Les nuits d’été

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STRAVINSKY Symphony in C

Conductor: John Alldis

Soloist: Diane Moore (mezzo)

Saturday, December 1, 2001 @ 8:00 P.M. (WSO Chamber Ensemble) ~ “A Malcolm Arnold 80th Birthday Tribute”

Lantern Arts Centre, Wimbledon SW20 8RA

ARNOLD Little Suite No. 2 for orchestra, Op. 8

ARNOLD Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 67

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TRAVERS Two Dances

THOMAS Danse de Triomph

ARNOLD Whistle Down the Wind

ARNOLD You Know What Sailors Are

ARNOLD The Belles of St Trinian’s

Conductor: Martin Prynn

Soloist: Andrew Keeping (guitar)

Saturday, November 17, 2001 @ 7:30 P.M.

St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE

ALAN RAWSTHORNE The Street Corner Overture

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Interval

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4, Op. 98

Conductor: John Alldis

Soloist: Katherine Gowers (violin)