Christmas Concert – December 2019
South Liverpool Orchestra, conducted by Dr Rob Howard Also featuring the Wavertree String Ensemble
Programme:
- William Tell Overture (Galop) – Rossini (arr. Andrew)
- Congregational Carol: Once in Royal David’s City
- From the Christmas Oratorio – J.S. Bach 1. Pastoral Symphony 2. Chorale
- Serenade – Mathias I Allegretto II Lento, ma con moto III Allegro con slancio
- Congregational Carol: The First Noel
- Wavertree String Ensemble – Mendelssohn Octet in E flat major (1st movement)
- Toreador’s Song from “Carmen” – Bizet (arr. Wicken)
- The Stars & Stripes Forever – Souza (arr. Andrew)
- Congregational Carol: O Come All Ye Faithful
- Jingle Bells – Pierpont (arr. Gaw)
Summer Concert – May 2019
South Liverpool Orchestra, conducted by Dr Rob Howard Also featuring Robert Howard (bassoon) and Laura Howard (conductor), & Susan Hyde (clarinet) and Laura Howard (piano)
Programme:
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Palladio – Jenkins arr D. Stevenson
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Bassoon Concerto in Bb (1st movement) – Mozart Soloist: Robert Howard; conductor: Laura Howard
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Nocturne from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” – Mendelssohn
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Joyeuse Marche – Chabrier
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Prelude from Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden – Reade Susan Hyde (clarinet) & Laura Howard (piano)
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Little Suite 1 – Arnold 1. Prelude 2. Dance 3. March
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Pavane – Faure
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Slavonic Dance no. 4 – Dvorak
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Can Can – Offenbach
Christmas Concert – December 2018
South Liverpool Orchestra, conducted by Dr Rob Howard Also featuring Laura (voice) and Robert Howard (piano)
Programme:
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Habanera from Carmen – Bizet
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Congregational Carol: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
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Dances from Danserye – Susato
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Jubilee Dance – Mathias
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Congregational Carol: We Three Kings of Orient Are
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Laura (voice) & Rob Howard (piano): A Babe is Born – Howard & Once in Royal David’s City – Howard
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Two Carol Cameos – Gaw
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Congregational Carol: O Come All Ye Faithful
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Sleigh Ride – Anderson
Summer Concert – May 2018
South Liverpool Orchestra, conducted by Dr Rob Howard Also featuring Nieve Humphreys (cello) and Robert Howard (Bassoon)
Programme:
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Pomp & Circumstance 4 – Elgar
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Gymnopodie No. 1 – Satie
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Symphony No 25 in G minor (Menuetto & Trio) – Mozart
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Nieve Humphreys (cello): Cello Suite 3 BWV 1007-1012 (Bach) – Bouree 1 & 2
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Suite of Scottish Dances – Alwyn
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Rob Howard (bassoon): Folk Lament – Howard (1994), The Clown – Howard (1991)
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Carmen Suite 1 (highlights – Bizet
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Farandole from L’Arlesienne – Bizet
Christmas Concert - December 2017
South Liverpool Orchestra, conducted by Dr Rob Howard Also featuring Laura Howard
Programme:
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Rossini—Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
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Once in Royal David’s City
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Hoddinott—Welsh Dance (arr. D. Stone)
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Laura Howard (flute): Tambourin—Gossec (arr. J. Galway)
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Lehar—Gold & Silver Waltz
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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Laura Howard (flute): Belfast Hornpipe—Trad. (arr. J. Galway)
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Strauss—Radetzky March
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O Come, All Ye Faithful
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Jingle Bells—Pierpont (arr. D. Stone)
Summer Concert - May 2017
South Liverpool Orchestra, conducted by Dr Rob Howard Also featuring Abigail Birch and Tom Howard
Programme:
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Suite No 1 from Water Music—Handel
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Rondeau from Abdelazer—Purcell, conducted Abigail Birch
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Funeral March of a Marionette—Gounod
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Abigail Birch: Woe Unto Them Who Forsake Him from Elijah – Mendelssohn
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Overture for Farnham—Alan Rawsthorne
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Symphony No 8 (Unfinished): First Movement—Schubert
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Tom Howard: Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No 4 from Mikrokosmos—Bartok
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Two Gavottes from Suite No 3—Bach
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Marche Slave—Tchaikovsky
Christmas Concert - December 2016
South Liverpool Orchestra featuring The Wavertree String Quartet
Programme: (Congregational carols in bold; Wavertree String Quartet item in italics)
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Wagner—Entry of the Master Singers
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Elgar—Romance (Bassoon soloist: Robert Howard)
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Once in Royal David’s City
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Dvorak—Slavonic Dance No.2, Op. 72
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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Tchaikovsky—Danse des Mirlitons
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Traditional—First Noël
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Johnston—Pennies from Heaven
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Vaughan-Williams—The Old One Hundredth Psalm Tune
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O Come, All Ye Faithful
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Sleigh Ride—Leroy Anderson Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Summer Concert – Prescot Music Festival June 2016
South Liverpool Orchestra featuring Trumpet Soloist, Hannah MacKenzie
Programme:
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Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
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Clarke – The Prince of Denmark’s March (Trumpet Voluntary)*
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Warlock – Capriol Suite (movements I, II, V & VI)
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Charpentier – Prelude to Te Deum*
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Britten – Courtly Dances from Gloriana
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Stanley – Trumpet Tune*
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Robert Howard – Festival Suite (I Procession, II Dance, III Folksong, IV Like Clockwork)
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Mendelssohn – Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Walton – Two Pieces for Strings (from Henry V)
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Walton – Crown Imperial
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Trad. – Hornpipe
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Arne – Rule Britannia
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Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (Land of Hope and Glory)
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Parry – Jerusalem
*= Hannah MacKenzie (Trumpet soloist)
Summer Concert - May 2016
South Liverpool Orchestra featuring Violin Soloists, Leo Byrne & Jonathan Byrne
Programme:
- Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
- Walton – Crown Imperial
- Jonathan (Grandson) & Leo Byrne (Son of orchestra founder) J.S. Bach – Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor (1st movement)
- Robert Howard – Procession
- Britten – Courtly Dances from Gloriana
- Walton – Two Pieces for Strings (from Henry V)
- Mendelssohn – Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Warlock – Capriol Suite (movements I, II, V & VI)
- Elgar – Pomp & Circumstance March No.1 in D major
Christmas Concert – December 2015
Programme:
- Magic Flute Overture – W A Mozart
- Variations on a Shaker Melody – Copland
- Bethlehem Down – Warlock
- Fifth Symphony (Finale) – L van Beethoven
- Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
- & Sing-a-long Christmas Carols
Summer Concert – Prescot Music Festival June 2015
South Liverpool Orchestra featuring Trumpet Soloist, Hannah MacKenzie
Programme:
- Purcell – Rondeau from Abdelazar
- Rob Howard – Cortege
- Sibelius – Finlandia
- Haydn – Trumpet Concerto (soloist Hannah MacKenzie)
- Bizet – L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (movements 3 & 4)
- Rossini – Overture William Tell
- Fucik – Entry of the Gladiators
- Arne – Rule Brittannia
- Elgar (arr Hesford) – Pomp & circumstance March No 1
- Parry – Jerusalem
- National Anthem
Also Organ Solos by Tim Hall
Summer Concert – May 2015
South Liverpool Orchestra & Wavertree Quartet
Programme:
- Rossini – Overture William Tell
- Purcell – Rondeau from Abdelazar
- Rob Howard – Cortege
- Fucik – Entry of the Gladiators
- Bizet – L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (movements 3 & 4)
- Sibelius – Finlandia
with item from Wavertree String Quartet
Christmas Concert – December 2014
South Liverpool Orchestra & Hope Park Voices with Wavertree String Quartet
Programme:
- Jeremiah Clarke – A Jeremiah Clarke Suite (arr Nigel Wicken)
- JS Bach – Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Pergolesi – Movements from Concerto for Oboe (Soloist: Alison Wilson)
- Rimsky-Korsakov – Dance of the Tumblers (from “The Snow Maiden”)
- Selection of Christmas Carols
- Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No 1 in D, op 11 (Wavertree String Quartet)
Summer Concert – May 2014
South Liverpool Orchestra & Wavertree Quartet
Programme:
- Prelude from Te Deum – Charpentier
- Chanson de Matin – Elgar
- Summer Splendour (Wavertree Quartet)
- Flute Concerto in G Major, 1st Movement (Soloist: Laura Bonnett) – Mozart
- Petite Suite – Debussy
- Libertango (Wavertree Quartet with Oboist, Howard Rogers) – Piazzolla, arr H Rogers
- Two Royal Marches – Clarke
- Farandole from L’Arlesienne – Bizet
Christmas Concert – December 2013
South Liverpool Orchestra with Local Church and School Choirs
Programme:
- Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda – Ponchielli (arr. Ling)
- Congregational carol: Hark the Herald – Mendelssohn (arr. Willcocks)
- The Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld – Offenbach (arr. Wicken)
- Congregational carol: The First Nowell – Trad. (arr. Willcocks)
- Valse from The Sleeping Beauty Suite – Tchaikovsky
- Congregational carol: O Come All Ye Faithful – Wade (arr. Willcocks)
- Sleigh Ride – Anderson
Prescot & Whiston Methodist Church Choir
- Who would think that was what was needed… (Danzig (Tune: Scarlet Ribbons))
- The Sun Beats on the Desert Air – Forshaw
Prescot Parish Church Choir
- The Coming of Our King – Trad. Polish Carol
- Walking in the Air – Blake. Soloist: Owen Clark
Evelyn Community Primary School & Staff Choirs
- Away in a Manger – Cooke
- O Holy Night – Adam (arr. Rutter)
St Mary and St Paul’s Primary School Choir
- Love Shone Down – Piercy
- Rudolph – Marks
Summer Concert – May 2013
South Liverpool Orchestra & Wavertree Quartet
Programme:
- Light Cavalry Overture – Suppé
- Bassoon Concerto (Soloist: Robert Howard) – Weber
- Movements from Suite No. I and II from the Water Music – Handel
- Quartet Opus 12, 1st & 4th movements – Mendelssohn
Christmas Concert – December 2012
South Liverpool Orchestra and Oriel Singers
Programme:
- Skater’s Waltz - Waldteufel
- Suite of Scottish Dances – Alwyn
- First Piano Concerto (Rondo) – Beethoven (Soloist Russell Thompson)
- Movements from the Nutcracker Suite: Chinese Dance, Arabian Dance and Russian Dance (Trépak) – Tschaïkowsky
- The Lamb – Tavener
- In Dulci Jubilo – Pearsall
- Cradle Song – Rutter
- Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day – Traditional
Summer Concert – May 2012
South Liverpool Orchestra & The Oriel Singers
Programme:
- Folk Song Suite – Vaughan Williams
- Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), 1st Movement – Schubert
- Serenade – Mathias
- Little Suite no 1 – Arnold
Christmas Concert – December 2011
South Liverpool Orchestra and The Oriel Singers
Programme:
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Selection from Swan Lake – Tchaikovsky
- Neapolitan Dance
- Dance of the Swans
- Mazurka
- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
- Unto Us Is Born A Son
- The First Nowell
- Let It Snow – Styne
- Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
- Oh Come All Ye Faithful
A Summer Concert – May 2011
South Liverpool Orchestra with Nick Byrne (Cello) and Lewis Coenen-Rowe (Piano)
Programme:
- Overture to the Barber of Seville – Rossini
- Piano Concerto in A Minor (1st movement) – Schumann
- Symphony No. 3 in D – Schubert
- Cello Concerto (1st movement) – Dvořák
- Peer Gynt Suite No.1 – Grieg
- Morning
- In the Hall of the Mountain King
Christmas Concert – December 2010
South Liverpool Orchestra & The Oriel Singers
Programme includes:
- Overture in D – Schubert
- Minuet – Elgar
- Sun Dance from The Wand of Youth Suite – Elgar
- Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
- Five Christmas Carols – David Wilcocks
Christmas Concert – December 2009
The South Liverpool Orchestra & The Oriel Singers
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Schubert
- And the Glory of the Lord – Handel
- For Unto Us A Child is Born
- Pastoral Symphony
- Hallelujah Chorus
- Unto Us is Born a Son
- The Lamb – John Taverner
- Noel Sing – Gerald Brown
- Carol of the Bells – Wilhousky
- The First Nowell
- Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- Minuet and Trio from Symphony No 101 (The Clock) – Haydn
- The 12 Days of Christmas
- Sleigh Ride
- O Come All Ye Faithful
Summer Concert – May 2009
The South Liverpool Orchestra & The Oriel Singers
- Mass In Time of War – Haydn
- Symphony no 103 – Haydn
- The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace – Karl Jenkins
Christmas Concert – December 2008
The South Liverpool Orchestra & The Oriel Singers
Overture to Tancredi – Rossini
- Items by the Oriel Singers
- God rest you merry, gentlemen
- Unto us is born a son
- Allegro Vivace and Trio from Symphony No.2 – Schubert
- The first nowell
- Hark! the herald angels sing
- Allegro (last movement) from Horn Concerto No.3 – Mozart (Soloist: Nick Swift)
- March from A Little Suite – Trevor Duncan
- Items by the Oriel Singers
- Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
- O come all ye faithful
Evening Concert May 2008
The South Liverpool Rehearsal Orchestra & Hope Park Voices
- Prometheus Overture, Op 43 – Beethoven
- A Gaelic Bless – First movement from Requiem – John Rutter
- Minuet and Trio from Symphony No 39, KV 543, in Eb – Mozart
- The Singing of the Birds – Sing you now – Bob Chilcott
- Nigerian Highlife Song – Oremi
- Slavonic Dance, Op.46, No.4 – Dvorak
- Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré
- Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam – William Mathias
- Little Suite for Orchestra, Op.53 – Prelude / Dance / March – Malcolm Arnold
Christmas Concert December 2007
The South Liverpool Rehearsal Orchestra & The Oriel Singers
With Matt Simpson (poet & critic)
All Hallows Church, Allerton
The concert is dedicated to the memory of Norman Payne, a founder member of the SLRO
- Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor – Otto Nicolai
- Nativity Carol – John Rutter
- In Dulci Jubilo – Pearsall
- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
- Unto us is born a son
- Adagio: Allegro from Symphony No 104 (The ‘London’ Symphony) – Joseph Haydn
- The First Nowell
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Carillion from L’Arlesienne Suite No.1 – Georges Bizet
- Out of Your Sleep – Richard Rodney Bennett
- There Is No Rose – Benjamin Britten
- And The Glory Of The Lord – G. F. Handel
- Readings by Matt Simpson