Previous Seasons

2024-2025

Concert 1: Saturday 19th October 2024, St John’s Waterloo

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DvorakOverture CarnivalSoloist: Janice Watson, Soprano
ShostakovichPiano Concerto No. 2Soloist: Aidan Chan, Piano
ProkofievLieutenant Kije
BartokConcerto for Orchestra

Concert 2: Collaborative Concert with Islington Choral Society: Saturday 23rd November 2024, St Andrew’s Holborn

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HaydnCreation

Concert 3: Saturday 14th December 2024, St John’s Waterloo

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WaltonSpitfire Prelude and Fugue
MozartViolin Concerto in A K.219
MahlerSymphony No. 5

Concert 4: Saturday 1st March 2025, St John’s Waterloo

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ElgarOverture: In the South
BernsteinOn the Waterfront
BlissA Colour Symphony

2023-2024

Concert 1: Saturday 28th October 2023, St John’s Waterloo

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WagnerPrelude and Liebestrod from Triston and IsoldeSoloist: Janice Watson, Soprano
MahlerLieder eines fahrenden GesellenSoloist: Janice Watson, Soprano
ElgarSymphony No. 3

Concert 3: Saturday 2nd March 2024, St John’s Waterloo

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TchaikovskyOverture: Francesca da Rimini
DebussyDanse Sacrée et Danse ProfaneSoloist: Heather Brooks, Harp
R. StraussEin Heldenleben

Concert 2: Saturday 16th December 2023, St Giles Cripplegate

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SibeliusSymphony No. 7
Saint-SaënsViolin Concerto No. 3Soloist: Youngwoo Choi, Violin
ElgarSymphony No. 3

Concert 4: Saturday 11th May 2024, St John’s Waterloo

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BerliozRoyal Hunt & Storm from The Trojans
ElgarCello ConcertoSoloist: Edwin Gatward, Cello
WagnerSymphony No. 1

2022-2023

Concert 1: Saturday 15th October 2022, St Giles Cripplegate

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BridgeSuite: The Sea
BruchScottish FantasySoloist: Peter Bussereau, Violin
TchaikovskySymphony No. 4

Concert 3: Saturday 11th March 2023, St Giles Cripplegate

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BorodinOverture: Prince Igor
Philip WhiteCello ConcertoSoloist: Joseph Spooner, Cello
BrucknerSymphony No. 4

Concert 2: Saturday 17th December 2022, St John’s Waterloo

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MozartOverture: Magic Flute
BlissPrologue & Five Dances from Checkmate
MahlerDas Lied von der ErdeSoloist: Janice Watson, Soprano

Concert 4: Saturday 20th May 2023, St John’s Waterloo

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TippettRitual Dances from a Midsummer Marriage
MozartConcerto for Flute and HarpSoloists: Judith Lewis, Flute, and Heather Brookes, Harp
Ruth GippsSymphony No. 5

2021-2022

Concert 1: Saturday 6th November 2021

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  • Coleridge-Taylor: Variations on an African Theme
  • Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
    • Soloist: Ugnius Pauliukoni, Piano
  • Dvořák: New World Symphony

Concert 3: Saturday 26th March 2022

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  • Berg: Suite from Lulu
    • Soloist: Mariya Krywaniuk, Soprano
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 4
    • Soloist: Mariya Krywaniuk, Soprano

Concert 2: Saturday 15th January 2022

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  • Walton: Portsmouth Point
  • Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 (Pastoral)
    • Soloist: Janice Watson, Soprano
  • Elgar: Falstaff

Concert 4: Saturday 29th May 2022

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  • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
  • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
    • Soloist: Mathilde Milwidsky, Violin
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

2019-2020

Concert 1: Saturday 12th October 2019

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  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
  • Maxwell Davies: Violin Concerto No. 1
    • Soloist: Charlie Lovell-Jones, Violin
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Concert 3: Saturday 7th March 2020

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  • Sibelius: Pelleas & Melisande
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Concert 2: Saturday 14th December 2019

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  • Bantock: Fifine at the Fair
  • Nino Rota: Divertimento Cooncertante
    • Soloist: Martin Ludenback, Double Bass
  • Elgar: Symphony No. 2

2018-2019

Concert 1: Saturday 13th October 2018

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  • SzymanowskiL Concert Overture
  • Britten: Violin Concerto
    • Soloist: Charlie Lovell
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

Concert 3: Saturday 2nd March 2019

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  • Respighi: Fountains of Rome
  • Sherwood, Percy: Concerto for Violin & Cello
    • Soloists: Marshall-Luck & Spooner
  • Grieg: Norwegian Dances
  • Janáček: Taras Bulba

Concert 2: Saturday 15th December 2018

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  • Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
  • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
    • Soloist: Florian Mitrea, Pianist
  • Johnson, D.H: Symphony No. 9

Concert 4: Saturday 11th May 2019

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  • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet
  • Strauss R: Oboe Concerto
    • Soloist: Bruno Bower, Oboe
  • Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6

2017-2018

Concert 1: Saturday 14th October 2017

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  • Paul Carr: Sinfonietta
  • Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
    • Soloist: Kristiana Ignatjeva, Cello
  • Sibelius: Tapiola
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6

Concert 3: Saturday 3rd March 2018

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  • Beethoven: Violin Concerto
    • Soloist: Emily Sun, Violin
  • Liszt: A Faust Symphony

Concert 2: Saturday 16th December 2017

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  • Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
    • Soloists: Songha Choi and Otaha Tabata
  • Strauss R: Till Eulenspiegel

Concert 4: Saturday 12th May 2018

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  • Bernstein: Fanfare for the Inauguration of JFK
  • Bernstein: Overture, Candide
  • Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 “Age of Anxiety”
    • Soloist: George X Fu, Piano
  • Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium
    • Soloist: Louisa Staples, Violin
  • Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from WSS

2016-2017

Concert 1: Saturday 15th October 2016

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  • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
    • Soloist: Dinara Klinton, Piano
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

Concert 3: Saturday 4th March 2017

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  • Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

Concert 2: Saturday 17th December 2016

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  • Dvořák: Symphony no. 7
  • Prokofiev: Symphony-Cocerto
    • Soloist: Raphael Wallfisch, Cello
  • Weber: Der Freischutz

Concert 4: Saturday 13th May 2017

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  • Copland: Appalachian Spring
  • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
    • Soloist: Andrew Lebedev, Guitar
  • Walton: Variation on a Theme by Hindemith
  • Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead

2015-2016

Concert 1: Saturday 10th October 2015

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  • Bernstein: Overture: Candide
  • Holst: Beni Mora
  • Berber: Violin Concerto
    • Soloist: Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7

Concert 3: Saturday 5th March 2016

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  • Ravel: Suite: Ma Mere l’Oye
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 6

Concert 2: Saturday 19th December 2015

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  • Nielsen: Overture Helios
  • Khachaturian: Piano Concerto
    • Soloist: Peter Foggitt, Piano
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

Concert 4: Saturday 14th May 2016

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  • Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Finzi: Romance
  • Dvořák: Cello Concerto
    • Soloist: Ella Rundle, Cello
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 4

2014-2015

Concert 1: Saturday 25th October 2014

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  • Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Concert 3: Saturday 14th March 2015

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  • Janáček: Suite, The Conning Little Vixen
  • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
    • Soloist: Joo Yeon Sir, Violin
  • Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet

Concert 2: Saturday 20th December 2014

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  • Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
  • Britten: Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
  • de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
    • Soloist: Alan Brown, Piano
  • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3

Concert 4: Saturday 20th May 2015

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  • Berlioz: Overture, Roman Carnival
  • Finzi: Cello Concerto
    • Soloist: Raphael Wallfisch, Cello
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

2013-2014

Concert 1: Saturday 19th October 2013

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  • Bach/Stokowski: Toccata & Fugue in D minor
  • Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
    • Soloist: Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin
  • Strauss. R: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Concert 3: Saturday 1st March 2014

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  • Borodin: In the Steps of Central Asia
  • Tippett: Symphony No. 1
  • Verdi: Overture, Sicilian Vespers
  • Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
    • Soloist: Hannah Kirk, Soprano

Concert 2: Saturday 7th December 2013

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  • Britten: Piano Concerto
    • Soloist: Alexander Sitkovetsky, Piano
  • Copland: Rodeo
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Concert 4: Saturday 10th May 2014

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  • Glinka: Russlan & Ludmilla
  • Schubert: Symphony No. 8
  • Strauss. R: Serenade for Wind
  • Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

2011-2012

Concert 1: Saturday 15th October 2011

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  • Bax: Symphony No. 6
  • Elgar: In the South
  • Walton: Viola Concerto

Concert 3: Saturday 3rd March 2012

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  • Borodin: Overture, Prince Igor
  • Elgar: Enigma Variations
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

Concert 2: Saturday 17th December 2012

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  • Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel (Complete Opera)

Concert 4: Saturday 23rd June 2012

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  • Ives: Three Places in New England
  • Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
    • Soloist: Tom Mohan
  • Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
    • Soloist: Christopher Guild, Piano