2013 Concert programmes
Sunday 3rd
March 2013
The Forum Theatre, Romiley, Stockport
Saxophones in The Orchestra
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
L’Arlesienne Suite No.1………………….Bizet
Four Pictures From New York………..Molinelli
Soloist ~ Emily McArthur
Intermezzo from Goyescas………..Granados
Pictures at an Exhibition…..Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel)
Saturday 11th May 2013
Heaton Moor United Church, Stockport
Orchestral Concert of
Czech Music
Concert conducted by Andrew Hodkinson
Leader: John Resek
Dances from The Bartered Bride…………………Smetana
Má Vlast ………………………………………………Smetana
(Vltava and From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields)
INTERVAL
Cello Concerto in B Minor Op.104………………Dvořák
Soloist ~ Nicholas Jones
(Head of Strings at Chetham’s School of Music)
Sunday 14th July 2013
Gorton Monastery
Concert of Choral Works
in conjunction with
Manchester Operatic Chorus
Overture: La Forza del Destino……………………….Verdi
Arrival of Guests from Tannhäuser……………………….Wagner
Overture: The Flying Dutchman……………………….Wagner
Triumphal March & Bridal Chorus from Aïda………Verdi
~ INTERVAL ~
Prelude to Act III & Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin….Wagner
The Young Person’s guide to the Orchestra…………….Britten
Polovtsian Dances – Prince Igor………………………….Borodin
Saturday 19th October 2013
The Forum Theatre, Romiley, Stockport
A Brahms Evening
Concert conducted by Juan Ortuño
Leader: John Resek
Academic Festival Overture
Variations on the St Anthony Chorale
~ INTERVAL ~
Symphony No.3 in F Major Op.90
Hungarian Dances
Sunday 15th December
at Gorton Monastery (2pm to 4pm)
A Christmas Concert
with carols
Conductor: Andrew Hodkinson
Leader: John Resek
A festive afternoon concert of carols for the audience to sing interspersed with favourites played by the orchestra, including
Adagio from Spartacus (Kachaturian)
White Christmas (Irving Berlin)
Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky)
Chistmas Song (Mel Tormé)