musical anniversaries

29th September 2007

Conductor - Mark Heron

Euphonium - Cody Coyne

Sir Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance Marches No. 1, 2 and 4

Marco Putz – Concertino for Euphonium and Band

Bill Connor – Tails aus dem Vood Viennoise

Guy Woolfenden – Illyrian Dances

Edvard Grieg – Sigurd Jorsalfar

christmas concerts

8th December 2007

Conductor - Catherine Parsonage

Malcolm Arnold – Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo

Martin Ellerby – Tales from Anderson

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Excerpts from The Nutcracker

Howard Blake – Excerpts from The Snowman

Sammy Nestico – A Fireside Christmas

Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride

out of africa

9th February 2008

with Dr Jazz and the Cheshire Cats Big Band

Conductor - Catherine Parsonage

Clarinet - Paul Vowles

Adolphus Hailstork – American Guernica

William Grant Still – From the Delta

Kit Turnbull – African Dances

Oliver Nelson – Fugue and Bossa

Oliver Nelson – Step Right Up

Oliver Nelson – Sound Piece for Jazz Orchestra

Fletcher Henderson – Christopher Columbus

Fletcher Henderson – Down South Camp Meeting

Fletcher Henderson – King Porter Stomp

Oliver Nelson – Stolen Moments

Oliver Nelson – Flute Salad

Oliver Nelson – Emancipation Blues

Oliver Nelson – In a Mellow Tone

miro's rhetorical question

19th April 2008

Conductor - Catherine Parsonage

Trumpet - Peter Moss

Issie Barratt – Concerto for Chamber Jazz and Improvised Trumpet

Issie Barratt – Miro’s Rhetorical Question (NCWO Commission, World Premiere)

Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring

Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite

saxfest

28th June 2008, 5th July 2008

with RNCM Saxophone Orchestra and Apollo Saxophone Quartet

Conductor - Mark Heron

Saxophone - Andy Scott, Rob Buckland

Bill Connor – Ooodunnit (soloists: Apollo Saxophone Quartet)

Andy Scott – Dark Rain (soloists: Rob Buckland, Andy Scott)

Andy Scott – Sin Bin (NCWO Commission, World Premiere)

Edwin Roxburgh – Aeolian Carillons

Financially Supported by Warrington Borough Council