2008 Concert Season
Last updated 18th November 2008 (totsaba.joe)
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Saturday 1st March
Town Hall, Cheltenham
The Mayor of Cheltenham's Charity Concert
(In support of Grippers, the Leonard Cheshire Home of Gloucestershire and Cheltenham and District Carers and Families)
Strauss: Overture Die Fledermaus
Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 K467 (Soloist: Wu Qian)
Strauss: Waltzes Tales from the Vienna Woods and Blue Danube
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Sunday 11th May
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
Mozart: Symphony no. 35 (Haffner)
Kane: Horn Concerto - World Première
(Soloist: Alec Frank-Gemmill, winner of the Philip and Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists, 2007)
Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 (Pastoral)
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Saturday 28th June
Wycliffe College Chapel, Stonehouse
In support of the Gloucestershire Multiple Sclerosis Information and Therapy Centre and Minchinhampton Centre for the Care of the Elderly (Horsfall House)
Rossini: Overture Semiramide
Elgar: Cello Concerto (soloist: Rachel Howgego)
Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2
Tuesday 29th July
As participants in the Festival Musique et Nature en Bauges
Église Alby-sur-Chéran, Haute Savoie
Smetana: Vltava and From Bohemia's Woods and Fields from Ma Vlast
Elgar: Cello Concerto (Soloist: Rachel Howgego)
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Wednesday 30th July
As participants in the Festival Musique et Nature en Bauges
Église St Pierre de Faverges, Haute Savoie
Mozart: Overture The Magic Flute
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (Soloist: Janet McKechnie)
Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 (Pastoral)
Friday 1st August
Église Saint Maurice, Annecy
Rossini: Overture Semiramide
Bruch: Violin Concerto (Soloist: Amelia Jones)
Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2
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Saturday 4th October
St Martin with St Peter Parish Church, Worcester
In support of Farmers Overseas Action Group (FOAG)
Handel/Harty: Water Music
Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D K385 (Haffner)
Mahler: Symphony no. 4 (Soprano solo: Sarah Hall)
Saturday 8th November
Tewkesbury Abbey
To mark the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice
Britten: War Requiem
Conductor: David Curtis
Soloists: Rachel Chapman (soprano), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Alastair Chapman (baritone)
Cheltenham Symphony Chorus
Schola Cantorum of Tewkesbury Abbey
Generously supported by Lincoln Financial Group
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Sunday 9th November
Colston Hall, Bristol
To mark the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice
Britten: War Requiem
Conductor: David Ogden
Soloists: Rachel Chapman (soprano), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Alastair Chapman (baritone)
Exultate Singers
City of Bristol Choir
Members of Cheltenham Symphony Chorus
Red Maids School Chamber Choir
St Mary Redcliffe & Temple School Choir
Westbury-on-Trym Parish Girls Choir
Sunday 14th December
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham at 7.30pm
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 (Soloist: Samantha Ward)
Shostakovich: Ballet Suite no. 1
Beethoven: Romance in F for violin and orchestra (Soloist: Therese de Souza)
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
With Leckhampton CofE Primary School Year 6 choir
Tickets (Reserved seats £12.50, with concessions) from Town Hall Box Office, tel. 01242 227979, and at the door.