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| 2009
Saturday 12 December, 1930 | Cornbow Hall, Halesowen Halesowen Orchestra Mozart: Idomeneo Overture Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Nathalie Shaw) Dvorak: Symphony no.6
Saturday 28 November, 1930 | Shirley Methodist Church Solihull Symphony Orchestra Humperdinck: Hänsel and Gretel Overture Grieg: Peer Gynt (selections from Suites 1 and 2) Glazunov: Symphony no.5
Saturday 10 October, 1900 | Headington School, Oxford Celebration concert for the opening of the new music school Mozart: Symphony no.29 Mozart: 'Lodron' Concerto for three pianos (Michelle Kwok, Cherry Cheung, Catherine Hornby, Sarah Assaf, Susannah Phillipson, Sharon Hou, Winnie Au-Yeung, Teresa Ma, Vivian Chak)
Saturday 19 September, 1930 | Albrighton Parish Church Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Schumann: Genoveva Overture Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Sara Trickey) Bartók: Divertimento Schumann: Overture, Scherzo, and Finale
Saturday 11 July, 1930 | Town Hall, Kidderminster Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Nielsen: Helios Overture Macdowell: Suite no.2 Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso Franck: Symphony in D minor
Sunday 5 July, 1930 | Dodderhill School, Droitwich Spa Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.2 op.18 (Simon Callaghan) Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre op.40 Bartók: Dance Suite Brahms: Hungarian Dances nos. 1, 3, 10 (orch. Brahms)
Saturday 4 July 2009, 1930 | Shirley Methodist Church Solihull Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture Bruch: Violin Concerto (Alexandra Wood) Mussorgsky/Ravel: 'Pictures at an Exhibition'
Saturday 13 June, 1930 | Cornbow Hall Halesowen Orchestra Dvorak: Othello Haydn: Symphony no.104 Beethoven: Symphony no.1 Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Sunday 17 May, 1930 | Broseley Parish Church Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Bartok: Rumanian Folk dances arias by Puccini, Gounod, and Bellini (Caroline Lester) Beethoven: 12 Contredanses WoO14 Beethoven Symphony no.7
Saturday 26 April, 1930 | Arden School Solihull Symphony Orchestra 'Rising Stars' event for young soloists concertos by Mozart; David; Haydn; Arutunyan
Saturday 28 March, 1930 | Shirley Methodist Church Solihull Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: 'Prometheus' Overture and complete ballet music Schumann: Symphony no.3 'Rhenish'
Saturday 21 March, 1930 | Town Hall, Kidderminster Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Weber: 'Oberon' Overture Dvorak: Symphonic Variations Weber: 'Der Freischütz' Overture Dvorak: Symphony no.9
Saturday 14 March 2009, 1930 | Cornbow Hall Halesowen Orchestra Mendelssohn: 'Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage' Foss: Renaissance Concerto (Alex Pearson) Beethoven: Symphony no.6
Saturday 6 December, 1930 | Cornbow Hall Halesowen Orchestra Rossini: 'William Tell' Overture Nielsen: Symphony no.3 'Espansiva' Brahms: Violin Concerto (Nathalie Shaw)
Saturday 22 November, 1930 | Town Hall, Kidderminster Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Rossini: 'La Cenerentola' Overture Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1 (Rhys Watkins) Mendelssohn: Symphony no.3 'Scottish'
Saturday 29 November, 1930 | Shirley Methodist Church Solihull Symphony Orchestra Honegger: Pacific 231 Strauss: Four Last Songs (Zoë Milton Brown) Vaughan-Williams: A London Symphony
Saturday 1 November, 1930 | Albrighton Parish Church Sunday 2 November, 1500 | Walsall Town Hall Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Haydn: Symphony no.94 'Surprise' Schubert: Symphony no.3 Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Alexandra Wood; Sara Trickey)
Tuesday 28 October, c.2035 | 'Performance on 3' BBC Radio 3 Birmingham Chamber Orchestra interview with Petroc Trelawny and broadcast of Lutoslawski: Chain 1
Monday 13 October, c.2045 | 'Performance on 3' BBC Radio 3 Solihull Symphony Orchestra interview with Tom Service and first broadcast of Fridolfsson: 'Expectation' (Corrine Frost)
3, 4 October, 1930 | Town Hall, Kidderminster Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra 'Music for You' charity events
Saturday 13 September 2008, 2100 | Wroxall Abbey, Warwickshire Solihull Symphony Orchestra Last Night of the Proms
Sunday 13 July Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Lutoslawski: Chain 1 Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no.2 (Alexandra Wood) Dvorak: Symphony no.9
Saturday 12 July Wyre Forest Symphony Orchesrta Mozart: 'Magic Flute' Overture Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no.1 Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad Borodin: Polovtsian Dances Borodin: Symphony no.2
Saturday 5 July Solihull Symphony Orchestra Sibelius: Finlandia Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.2 (Juliet Allen) Bliss, Barber, Wagner, Goodwin, Williams
Saturday 14 June Halesowen Orchestra Brahms: Tragic Overture Arensky: Symphony no.1 Schumann: Symphony no.4
17, 18 May Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Copland: Appalachian Spring Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Mozart: Symphony no.40
Sunday 20 April Solihull Symphony Orchestra Rising Stars event for youth soloists
Saturday 19 April Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Sibelius: Karelia Brahms: Symphony no.4
Saturday 15 March Halesowen Orchestra Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit Schumann: Piano Concerto (Penelope Roskell) Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.1
Saturday 1 March Solihull Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky: Four Norwegian Moods Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations (Corinne Frost) Fridolfsson: Forvantan (Corinne frost) Dvorak: Symphony no.8
Sunday 16 December Solihull Symphony Orchestra Outreach event
Saturday 8 December Halesowen Orchestra Sibelius: Symphony no.1 Brahms: Symphony no.2
Saturday 1 December Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: Egmont Overture Dvorak: Cello Concerto (Richard Jenkinson) Elgar: Enigma Variations
Saturday 24 November Solihull Symphony Orchestra Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Brahms: Serenade no.1 Sibelius: Pelleas und Melisande Beethoven: Symphony no.8
5, 6 October Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra 'Music for you' charity concerts
Sunday 23 September Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Mozart: 'Linz' Symphony Beethoven: Piano concerto no.1 (directed from the keyboard) Beethoven: Symphony no.5
Saturday 22 September Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Mozart: 'Linz' Symphony Bruch: Violin concerto (Alexandra Wood) Beethoven: Symphony no.5
19, 21, 22 July Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Verdi: Rigoletto
Saturday 30 June Solihull Symphony Orchestra Veit: Overture 'Night to dawn' (first British performance) Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no.1 (Richard Jenkinson) Dvorak: Symphony no.6
Saturday 16 June Halesowen Orchestra David Hume: Overture to a forgotten story (first performance) Balakirev: Symphony no.1 Dvorak: Symphony no.9
Saturday 9 June Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Debussy: Prélude à l'après Midi Saint-Saens: Symphony no.2 Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Mendelssohn: 'Italian' Symphony
Saturday 19 May Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Beethoven: Grosse Fuge (arr. Weingartner) Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony (arr. Barshai) Schubert: Death and the Maiden (arr. Mahler)
Saturday 24 March Solihull Symphony Orchestra Nielsen: Helios Haydn: Sympony no.6 Host: The Planets
Saturday 17 March Halesowen Orchestra Katie Honey: Overture (first performance) Brahms: Serenade no.1 Beethoven: Symphony no.7
Saturday 3 March Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony no.8 Beethoven: Symphony no.9
Sunday 25 February Solihull Symphony Orchestra 'rising stars' event for young soloists
Saturday 27 January 2007 Birmingham Chamber Orchestra a Mozart birthday concert Symphonies nos. 25,32, and 39 items from Idomeneo concert arias (Caroline Brooke)
Saturday 9 December - Halesowen Orchestra Haydn: Symphony no.92 Elgar: Cello Concerto (Polly Ballard) Schumann: Symphony no.1
Saturday 2 December - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain Dvorak: The Noon Witch Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Saturday 25 November - Solihull Symphony Orchestra Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate (Margaret Cooper)
6, 7 October - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra 'Music for you' charity concerts
Sunday 1 October & Saturday 30 September - Birmingham Chamber Orchestra songs for voice and harp Ravel: Introduction and Allegro Mahler: Symphony no.4
Saturday 8 July - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Fireworks Concert in West Midlands Safari Park
Saturday 1 July - Solihull Symphony Orchestra
Saturday 17 June - Halesowen Orchestra Berlioz: Roman Carnival Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5
Saturday 10 June - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien Schubert: 'Unfinished' Spiegl: Radio 4 theme Mussorgsky / Ravel: Pictures
Saturday 13 May - Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Mozart: 'Eine kleine Nachmusik' Strauss: Metamorphosen Mozart: Symphony no.29 Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings
Saturday 1 April - Solihull Symphony Orchestra Cowdrey: Solihull Ceileidh (first performance) Nyman: 'On the Fiddle' (M. Mitchell) Borodin: Symphony no.2
Saturday 18 March - Halesowen Orchestra Cherubini: Medea Overture Dvorak: Golden Spinning Wheel Brahms: Symphony no.1
Saturday 4 March Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Rossini: Thieving Magpie Overture Brahms: St. Anthony Variations Schumann: Symphony no.3
Sunday 5 February - Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Bizet: Carmen (extracts) Brahms: Symphony no.2
Saturday 10 December - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Rossini: Italian Girl In Algiers Overture Schumann: Concertstück for four horns Tchakovsky: Symphony no.4
Saturday 3 December - Halesowen Orchestra Beethoven: Egmont Overture Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Judith Templeman) Dvorak: Symphony no.8
Saturday 26 November - Solihull Symphony Orchestra Bob Thomas: Master David's Prelude (first performance) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Madeleine Mitchell) Nielsen: Symphony no.1
Saturday 29 October - Birmingham Chamber Orchestra Beethoven: King Stephen Overture Weber: Clarinet Concerto no.2 (Nikki Loveridge) Mendelssohn: 'Scottish' Symphony
Friday 7 and Saturday 8 October - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra "Music for you' charity concerts
Tuesday 20 September - Solihull Symphony Orchestra (Solihull Festival) Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Weber: Concertino for horn (Kevin Boyd) Dvorak: 'New World' Symphony
Wednesday 27 July - Birmingham Chamber Orchestra (Bournville) Thursday 28 July - Birmingham Chamber Orchestra (CBSO Centre) Saturday 30 July - Birmingham Chamber Orchestra (Walsall) Sunday 31 July - Birmingham Chamber Orchestra (Halesowen) Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (semi-staged)
Saturday 16 July - Solihull Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn: Overture and incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream (narrated by Daniel Hawthorne)
Saturday 9 July - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Fireworks concert in West Midlands Safari Park
Saturday 2 July - Solihull Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn: Overture and incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream (narrated by Daniel Hawthorne) Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.1 'Winter Daydreams'
Saturday 21 May - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra (St. Mary's Church, Kidderminster) Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Schumann: Cello Concerto (Troels Svane) Sibelius: Symphony no.2
Saturday 25 June - Halesowen Orchestra (Cornbow Hall, Halesowen) Rachmaninov: Vocalise (Margaret Cooper) Schumann: Genovea Overture Puccini, Weber, Catalani, Rossini: arias Bruch: Symphony no.3
Saturday 14 May - Halesowen Chamber Orchestra (Cornbow Hall, Halesowen) Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (narrated by Sylvia Heal M.P., Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons) Tchaikovsky: 'Letter Scene' from Eugene Onegin Beethoven Symphony no.3
Sunday 24 April - Solihull Symphony Orchestra Rising Stars event - platform for young soloists excerpts including: Schumann piano concerto; Mendelssohn violin concerto; David trombone concerto
Saturday 19 March - Halesowen Orchestra (Cornbow Hall, Halesowen) Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (Judith Templeman - principal CBSO) Franck Symphony in D minor
Sunday 13 March - Birmingham University Philharmonic Orchestra Yi-Cheng Chiang: new work Korngold: Violin Concerto (Ruth Rodrigues) Klenau: Paolo und Francesca Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Saturday 12 March - Solihull Symphony Orchestra launch concert Crusell Clarinet Concerto (Victoria Rex) Beethoven Symphony no.9 (Hampton Singers)
Saturday 26 February - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra (Kidderminster Town Hall) Glinka Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture Mozart arias (Caroline Brooke) Brahms Symphony no.1
Saturday 12 February - Halesowen Chamber Orchestra (St. Frances's Church, Bournville) Mozart: Adagio and Fugue (KV 456) Piano Concerto in E flat (KV271) - directed from the keyboard Beethoven Symphony no.3
Sunday 30 January Halesowen Chamber Orchestra (Dudley Town Hall) Mozart Figaro Overture Mozart 'Haffner' Symphony Concert in aid of the victims of the South-East-Asia Tsunami
Sunday 12 Deccember - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra (Kidderminster Town Hall) Wagner Meistersinger Overture Weber Clarinet Concerto no.2 (Nikki Loveridge) Dvorak Symphony no.7
Saturday 4 December - Halesowen Orchestra (Cornbow Hall, Halesowen) Smetana Sarka (Ma Vlast) Beethoven Piano Concerto no.3 (directed from the keyboard) Dvorak Symphony no.5
Sunday 28 November - Birmingham University Symphony Orchestra Webern Five Pieces for Orchestra (op.10) Ravel Daphnis et Chloe (suite no.2) Ravel Trois poemes de Stephan Mallarme Stravinsky Rite of Spring
Saturday 27 November - Knowle Sinfonia (Shirley Methodist Church) Sibelius Symphony no.3 Strauss Horn Concerto no.2 (Kevin Boyd) Tchaikovsky Symphony no.2
Saturday 30 October - Halesowen Chamber Orchestra (St. Margaret's Church, Hasbury) Haydn Symphony no.70 Weber Andante e rondo ungarese for viola and orchestra Hummel Fantasie for viola and orchestra (Matthew Kettle) Beethoven Symphony no.4
Saturday 2 October - Soloists of the Halesowen Chamber Orchestra (Quaker Meeting House, Bournville) Bach Brandenburg Concertos 3,4,5,6 Albinoni Oboe Concerto no.9 no2 (Julie Billingham)
Saturday 25 September - Oxford Sinfonia (University Church, Oxford) Mozart Zauberflöte Overture Mozart Piano Concerto K491 (directed from the keyboard) Schubert Symphony no.9
28 - 31 July - Halesowen Chamber Orchestra Mozart Così fan tutte Concert performances in the CBSO Centre, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall, and Halesowen. Wednesday 28 a charity performance given in the Birmingham International Festival, narrated by actor Christopher Timothy.
Saturday 10 July - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra (Midlands Safari Park) Fireworks concert
Saturday 3 July - Knowle Sinfonia (Our Lady of the Wayside, Shirley) Beethoven Coriolan Overture Brahms Haydn Variations Mendelsshon Symphony no.4 'Italian'
Saturday 26 June - Halesowen Orchestra (Cornbow Hall, Halesowen) Franz Schmidt Symphony no.4 Schubert Symphony no.9
Saturday 19 June - Halesowen Orchestra (Shrewsbury Abbey) Beethoven Piano Concerto no.3 (directed from keyboard) Schubert Symphony no.9
Sunday 13 June - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra (Kidderminster Town Hall) Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no.3 (Aydin Önaç) Shostakovich Symphony no.5
Saturday 22 May - Halesowen Chamber Orchestra (St. John's Church, Halesowen) Mozart Overture Così fan tutte Mozart Come scoglio, Per pietà, Bella mia fiamma (Caroline Brooke) Schubert Symphony no.3
Friday 2 April - Knowle Sinfonia and Halesowen Orchestra (CBSO Centre) Richard Green new work Brahms Symphony no.4 Weber Oberon Overture Dvorak Symphony no.9 (concert enabled by Awards for All)
Sunday 28 March - Knowle Sinfonia 'Rising Stars' workshop with young soloists
Saturday 27 March - Halesowen Orchestra Wagner Tannhäuser Overture Schubert Symphony no.2 Brahms Symphony no.4
Saturday 20 March - Knowle Sinfonia Weber Oberon Overture Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor (K491) (directed from keyboard) Dvorak Symphony no.9
Sunday 7 March - Birmingham University Symphony Orchestra Tom Littlewood Five Orchestral Miniatures (first performance) Ravel Piano Concerto in G (Nicholas Loh) Mahler Symphony no.5 (Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham)
Saturday 6 March - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Brahms Tragic Overture Rachmaninov Vocalise and Scherzo in D minor Rachmaninov Symphony no.2
Saturday 7 February - Halesowen Chamber Orchestra Mozart Overture 'Figaro' Mozart Piano Concerto in G major (K453) (directed from keyboard) Beethoven Symphony no.1
Saturday 6 December - Wyre Forest Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky Romeo and Julet Brahms Violin Concerto Dvorak Symphony no.8
Friday 5 December - Birmingham University Philharmonic Orchestra Webern Passacaglia op.1 Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra Purcell Chacony z.730 Bartók Concerto for Orchestra (Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham)
Saturday 29 November - Knowle Sinfonia Debussy Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune Bizet Carmen Suites Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Saturday 22 November - Halesowen Orchestra Tchaikovsky Serenade for strings Dvorak In Nature's Realm Tchakovsky Symphony no.6 'Pathétique'
Saturday 26 July - Crescent Theatre, Birmingham (Birmingham International Festival) Haydn Symphony no.39 (Hob I:39) Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor (K491) (directed from keyboard) Mozart Symphony no.40 (K550) (Halesowen Chamber Orchestra)
Thursday 24 July - Crescent Theatre, Birmingham (Birmingham International Festival) Mozart Symphony no.25 (K182) Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor (K466) (directed from keyboard) Mozart Symphony no.36 'Linz' (K425) (Halesowen Chamber Orchestra)
Saturday 28 June - Knowle Verdi Overture 'La Forza del Destino' Mozart Horn Concerto no.4 (Kevin Boyd) Tchaikovsky Symphony no.4 (Knowle Sinfonia)
Saturday 21 June - Halesowen Mozart 'Jupiter' Symphony Beethoven Piano Concerto no.4 (directed from keyboard) Beethoven Symphony no.5 (Halesowen Orchestra)
Saturday 14 June - Stourbridge Town Hall Mozart 'Jupiter' Symphony Mozart Piano Concerto in C (K467) (directed from keyboard) Beethoven Symphony no.5 (Halesowen Orchestra)
Wednesday 21 May - Shrewsbury Abbey Schubert Rosamunde (Overture and Ballet music) Mozart Piano Concerto in C (K467) (David Grundy) (Shrewsbury Symphony Orchestra)
Saturday 29 March - Halesowen Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet' Bizet Symphony in C Dvorak Symphony no.6 (Halesowen Orchestra)
Saturday 22 March - Knowle Wagner Overture 'Die Meistersinger' Mozart Piano Concerto KV466 (directed from keyboard) Brahms Symphony no.1 (Knowle Sinfonia)
Friday 13 December - Woodstock Town Hall Recital of French Song with Rebecca Moseley Morgan (soprano).
Saturday 7 December - Cornbow Hall Mozart 'Figaro' Overture Mozart 'Haffner' Symphony Schubert Symphony no.9 (Halesowen Orchestra)
Saturday 30 November - Knowle Wagner 'Rienzi' Overture Haydn Symphony no.88 Weber 'Freischütz' Overture Shostakovich Symphony no.9 (Knowle Sinfonia)
Saturday 9 November - CBSO Centre, Birmingham Mozart 'Haffner' Symphony (Halesowen Orchestra) | | |||||
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