Past Concerts
ConductorsLee Armstrong: March 2024 - Present
Christopher Hoggarth: September 2017 - December 2023
Thomas Jarvis: December 2013 - July 2017
Dr. Martin Leigh: December 2002 - July 2013
All concerts took place in the Cornbow Hall, Halesowen, unless stated otherwise.
This concert archive covers the period December 2002 to date. Information about concerts prior to this would be gratefully received, to help make the archive as complete as possible.
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| Spring | Summer | Winter |
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| Saturday 9th March 2024 Cradley Heath Salvation Army Hall Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations Op.36 Warlock: Capriol Suite Tchaikovsky: Act I Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty Op.66 Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture Op.26 Hérold (arr. Lanchbery): Clog Dance from La Fille mal gardée Sibelius: Finlandia Op.26 | Saturday 13th July 2024 Carters Lane Baptist Church Albéniz (arr. Armstrong): Cuatro Piezas Españolas Mozart: Bassoon Concerto Soloist: Richard Tattam Beethoven: Symphony No.1 | |
| Saturday 25th March 2023 Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain Prokofiev: Montagues & Capulets from Romeo & Juliet Williams: Imperial March Grieg: Morning from Peer Gynt Suite Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries Rossini: William Tell Overture Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean | Saturday 15th July 2023 Schubert: Rosamunde Overture Berlioz: L’Arlésienne Suite 2 Brahms: Symphony 1 | Saturday 9th December 2023 Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Smetana: ‘Vysehrad‘ & ‘Vlatava’ from Ma Vlast Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite |
| Saturday 26th March 2022 Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre Strauss: Blue Danube Dvorak: Slavonic Dances 6,7,8 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake suite Khachaturian: Sabre Dance | Saturday 9th July 2022 ‘A Spanish Summer’ Chabrier - Espana Rodrigo - Fantasia para in Gentilhombre Rimsky Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol Massenet - Le Cid Ballet Suite | Saturday 10 December 2022 Tchaikovsky: Symphony 1 ‘Winter Daydreams’ Glazunov: Winter - from The Seasons Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride |
| Spring 2021 concert cancelled due to COVID-19 | Summer 2021 concert cancelled due to COVID-19 | Saturday 11th December 2021 Mozart 'Clemenza di Tito' overture Tchaikovsky Violin concerto (Charlotte Moseley) Faure 'Pavanne' Haydn Symphony No. 104 'London' |
| Spring 2020 concert cancelled due to COVID-19 | Summer 2020 concert cancelled due to COVID-19 | Winter 2020 concert cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| Saturday 16th March 2019 Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor (Simon Ballard) Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 | Saturday 20th July 2019 Beethoven: Egmont Overture Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Charlotte Moseley) Dvorak: Symphony No.7 | Saturday 14th December 2019 Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite Elgar: Cello Concerto (Phillip Handy) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 |
| Saturday 17th March 2018 Mendelssohn: Overture, The Hebrides Weber: Bassoon Concerto (Richard Tattam) Beethoven: Symphony No.7 | Saturday 7th July 2018 Bizet: Carmen Suite No.1 Dvorak: Violin Concerto (Cristinel Bacanu) Franck: Symphony in D minor | Saturday 8th December 2018 Delius: 'Sleigh Ride' Tchaikovsky: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Suite Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, orch. Ravel Prokofiev: ‘Troïka’ from the Symphonic Suite ‘Lieutenant Kijé’ Tchaikovsky: ‘Waltz of the Flowers’ from Nutcracker Suite |
| Saturday 1st April 2017 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 | Saturday 8th July 2017 Shostakovich: Festival Overture Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain Glazunov: Violin Concerto (Charlotte Moseley) Koetsier: Brass Symphony (Enigma Brass Ensemble) Borodin: Polovtsian Dances Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave Encore: Shostakovich Festival Overture | Saturday 9th December 2017 Mozart: 'Don Giovanni' Overture Grieg: Symphonic Dances Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 |
| Saturday 12th March 2016 Brahms: 'Tragic' Overture Tchaikovsky: 'Romeo & Juliet' Fantasy Overture Brahms: Symphony No. 2 | Saturday 2nd July 2016 Dvorak: 'Carnival' Overture Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 (Elspeth Dutch) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 | Saturday 10th December 2016 Mendelssohn: 'Midsummer Night's Dream' Overture Prokofiev: 'Romeo & Juliet' Suite No. 2 Elgar: Violin Concerto (Charlotte Moseley) |
| Saturday 21st March 2015 Mozart: 'Magic Flute' Overture Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto (Andrea Perrett, Candida Bowtell) Debussy: Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune Liszt: Hamlet Liszt: Les Preludes | Saturday 11th July 2015 Sibelius: Finlandia Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major (Philip Handy) Smetana: Vlatava from 'Ma Vlast' Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 'Italian' | Saturday 12th December 2015 Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre Op. 40 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major (Ashley Garfitt) Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Aimee Presswood - Soprano) |
| Sunday 6th April 2014 Grieg: 'Peer Gynt' Suite No. 1 Grieg: 'Peer Gynt' Suite No. 2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica' | Saturday 12th July 2014 Brahms: 'Academic Festival' Overture Dvořák: 'The Noon Witch' Symphonic Poem Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (Roberto Ruisi) | Saturday 13th December 2014 Gounod: 'Petite Symphonie' for Winds Tchaikovsky: 'The Nutcracker' Suite Elgar: Serenade for Strings Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (Martin Cropper / Steve Collisson) |
| Sunday 17th March 2013 Weber: 'Oberon' Overture Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Amy Littlewood) Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 | Saturday 13th July 2013 David Hume: 'Doctored' Overture Grieg: Piano Concerto Op. 16 (Adelaide Yue) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1 Op. 13 'Winter Daydreams’ | Saturday 14th December 2013 Verdi: Prelude to 'Aida' Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Leanne Cody) Schubert: Symphony No. 9 'The Great C Major' |
| Saturday 17th March 2012 Mozart: Overture 'Don Giovanni' Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Adelaide Yue) Brahms: Symphony No. 3 | Saturday 14th July 2012 Glinka: 'Ruslan and Lyudmila' Overture Dvořák: Cello Concerto (Philip Handy) Borodin: Symphony No. 2 | Saturday 8th December 2012 Dvořák: 'The Golden Spinning Wheel' Symphonic Poem Op. 109 Barbara York: Tuba Concerto (Robert Payne) Beethoven: Romances Nos. 1 & 2 (Alycia Jewes) Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 |
| Saturday 9 April 2011 Mozart: 'La Clemenza di Tito' Overture Mozart: 'Exsultate, jubilate' K. 165 Mozart: Symphony No. 32 (Overture), K. 318 Mozart: Overture 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail', K. 384 Mozart: 'Ach ich leibte' Aria Bizet: Symphony No. 1 in C major | Saturday 16th July 2011 Brahms: 'Academic Festival' Overture Op. 80 Tchaikovsky: 'Variations on a Rococo Theme' Op. 33 for Cello and Orchestra (Philip Handy) Glazunov: Symphony No. 4 Op. 48 | Saturday 10th December 2011 Beethoven: Overture 'Leonora' No. 3 Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Ina Charuashvili) Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 Op. 95 'From the New World' |
| Saturday 20 March 2010 Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style, D. 590 Haydn: Cello Concerto in D (Philip Handy) Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Op. 43 | Saturday 17 July 2010 Dvořák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46 David Hume: 'Alice' (Premiere) Tchaikovsky: Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin (Margaret Cooper) Brahms: Symphony No. 2 Op. 73 | Saturday 11 December 2010 Mendelssohn: 'Son and Stranger' Overture Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K. 297b (members of the Aeolus Wind Quintet) Schubert: Symphony No. 4 |
| Saturday 14 March 2009 Mendelssohn: 'Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage' Overture Foss: 'Renaissance' Concerto (Alex Pearson) Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 | Saturday 13 June 2009 Dvorak: 'Othello' Overture Haydn: Symphony No. 104 Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 Tchaikovsky: 'Romeo and Juliet' Fantasy Overture | Saturday 12 December 2009 Mozart: 'Idomeneo' Overture Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Nathalie Shaw) Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 |
| Saturday 15 March 2008 Franck: 'Le Chasseur Maudit' Symphonic Poem Schumann: Piano Concerto (Penelope Roskell) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 | Saturday 14 June 2008 Brahms: 'Tragic' Overture Arensky: Symphony No. 1 Schumann: Symphony No. 4 | Saturday 6 December 2008 Rossini: 'William Tell' Overture Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 'Espansiva' Brahms: Violin Concerto (Nathalie Shaw) |
| Saturday 17 March 2007 Katie Honey: Overture (Premiere) Brahms: Serenade No. 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 | Saturday 16 June 2007 David Hume: 'Overture to a Forgotten Story' (Premiere) Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 | Saturday 8 December 2007 Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 |
| Saturday 18 March 2006 Cherubini: 'Medea' Overture Dvorak: 'The Golden Spinning Wheel' Symphonic Poem Brahms: Symphony No. 1 | Saturday 17 June 2006 Berlioz: 'Roman Carnival' Overture Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 | Saturday 9 December 2006 Haydn: Symphony No. 92 Elgar: Cello Concerto (Polly Ballard) Schumann: Symphony No. 1 |
| Saturday 19 March 2005 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Judith Templeman - Principal, CBSO) Franck: Symphony in D minor | Saturday 25 June 2005 Rachmaninov: Vocalise (Margaret Cooper) Schumann: 'Genovea' Overture Puccini, Weber, Catalani, Rossini: Arias Bruch: Symphony No. 3 | Saturday 3 December 2005 Beethoven: 'Egmont' Overture Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Judith Templeman) Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 |
| Saturday 27 March 2004 Wagner: 'Tannhäuser' Overture Schubert: Symphony No. 2 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Friday 2 April 2004 - CBSO Centre (Knowle Sinfonia and Halesowen Orchestra) Richard Green: New Work Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Weber: 'Oberon' Overture Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 Concert enabled by 'Awards for All' | Saturday 19 June 2004 - Shrewsbury Abbey Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (directed from the keyboard) Schubert: Symphony No. 9 Saturday 26 June 2004 Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 Schubert: Symphony No. 9 | Saturday 4 December 2004 Smetana: 'Sarka' from 'Ma Vlast' Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 (directed from the keyboard) Dvořák: Symphony No. 5 |
| Saturday 29 March 2003 Tchaikovsky: 'Romeo and Juliet' Fantasy Overture Bizet: Symphony in C Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 | Saturday 14 June 2003 - Stourbridge Town Hall Mozart: Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter' Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 (directed from the keyboard) Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Saturday 21 June 2003 Mozart: Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter' Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (directed from the keyboard) Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 | |
| Saturday 7 December 2002 Mozart: 'The Marriage of Figaro' Overture Mozart: Symphony No. 35 'Haffner' Schubert: Symphony No. 9 |
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