Repertoire

The orchestra performs a wide and varied selection of works by composers from the classical period through to contemporary compositions.  While every effort is made to include all sections of the orchestra in works that are chosen for concert performance, there are inevitably occasions where this is not possible.  Therefore, members of the orchestra should understand that on an occasional basis their section may not be required for a particular work.

Recent concerts have included the following works:

• Arnold: Four Scottish Dances.
• Arnold: Little Suite No. 2.
• Badelt, Klaus: "Pirates of the Caribbean".
• Benjamin: "Jamaican Rumba".
• Bernstein: "Candide Overture".
• Bizet: "L’Arlesienne" Suite No. 2.
• Borodin, "Steppes of Central Asia".
• Britten: "Gloriana".
• Britten: "Soireés Musicales".
• Chabrier: "Marche Joyeuse".
• Copland: "Quiet City".
• Delius: "La Calinda".
• Dvořák: "Humoresque".
• Earwaker: "Folk Song Suite".
• Elgar: Cello Concerto.
• Elgar: "Nimrod".
• Gershwin: "Rhapsody in Blue".
• Gounod: "Overture from Mirella".
• Handel/Harty: "Water Music Suite".
• Holst: "Egdon Heath".
• Holst: "St Paul's Suite".
• Holst: "The Planets Suite".
• Jacob: "Old Wine in New Bottles".
• Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto.
• Mozart: "Overture from the Magic Flute".
• Mozart: Symphony No. 31.
• Mozart: Symphony No. 40.
• Prokofiev: Gavotte from the "Classical Symphony".
• Prokofiev: March from ‘The Love of the Three Oranges’.
• Reinecke: Flute Concerto.
• Saint-Saens: "Danse Macabre"
• Schubert: Overture to "Rosamunde".
• Schubert: Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished").
• Sibelius: "Finlandia".
• Sibelius: Karelia Suite.
• Sibelius: "Valse Triste".
• Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1.
• Sullivan: "Iolanthe Overture".
• Tchaikovsky: "Pathetique" Symphony.
• Vaughan Williams: "English Folk Song Suite"
• Vaughan Williams: "March Past of the Kitchen Utensils".
• Vaughan Williams: "The Lark Ascending".
• Verdi: Requiem.