Concert Programmes 1980
March 21st (at Manchester Town Hall) – 125th Anniversary Concert (cancelled owing to Trade Union action)
Les Preludes Liszt
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Bruch
Soloist: Jack Rothstein
Tangled Tunes Ketelby
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Saint-Saens
Selection The Desert Song Romberg
Conductor: John Crosdale
May 4th (at Stockport Town Hall)
Overture Semiramide Rossini
Suite Things to Come Bliss
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra J.G.B.Neruda
Soloist: Christopher Kay
Perpetuum Mobile Strauss
Selection My Fair Lady Loewe
Conductor: John Crosdale
July 18th (at Stockport Town Hall)
Overture Prometheus Beethoven
Suite Mlada Rimsky-Korsakov
Waltz from Serenade for Strings Tchaikovsky
Sabre Dance from Gayaneh Katchaturian
Selection of Songs by: Judi Kent (soprano) and Claire Hogan (mezzo-soprano)
Selection from South Pacific Rodgers
Conductor: John Crosdale
September 26th (at Manchester Town Hall) 125th Anniversary Concert
Les Preludes Liszt
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Bruch
Soloist: Jack Rothstein
Tangled Tunes Ketelby
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Saint-Saens
Selection The Desert Song Romberg
Conductor: John Crosdale
October 5th (at Stockport Town Hall)
Overture Hungarisch Lustpiel Keler Bela
Kol Nidrei Bruch
Soloist: Fred Carroll
Piano Concerto in A minor Schumann
Soloist: John Thompson
Holberg Suite Grieg
Piano solos
Selection Gypsy Love Lehar
Conductor: John Crosdale
Concert Programmes 1980 (continued)
October 31th (at Stockport Town Hall)
Overture The Crown Diamonds Auber
Serenade Jonny Heykens
Songs by Handel, Haydn and Dvorak
Soloist: Susan Rutherford (mezzo-soprano)
Accompanist: Russell Medley
Selection from Hansel and Gretel Humperdinck
Selection from The Tales of Hoffman Offenbach
Songs by Britten
Selection from The Student Prince Romberg
Conductor: John Crosdale
December 12th (at Stockport Town Hall)
Overture The Barber of Seville Rossini
Scottish Songs sung by the Manchester Scottish Singers conducted by Dr. Ian Hall
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Rachmaninoff
Soloist: Danielle Salamon
Overture Die Fledermaus Strauss
Waltz The Blue Danube Strauss
Christmas music sung by the Manchester Scottish Singers
Carols
Conductor John Crosdale