Spring and Summer Concerts Cancelled
In 1903 the orchestra cancelled a February concert due to a smallpox epidemic. The orchestra recovered and flourished for the next century. It was giving concerts again by November of that year. See our minute book from 1903...
Dates of Future Concerts
Next Concert
Spring Concert Mar 28 2020
CANCELLED due to Coronavirus
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Summer Family Concert Sat. June 13 2020
CANCELLED due to Coronavirus
- Music for the Planet -
In the covered Atrium of St. Barts School (bring a picnic & rug)
With fancy dress competition, theme: Life on this Planet
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Autumn Concert Sat. Nov 28 2020 featuring Bruckner symphony 4
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2021 Spring Concert Sat. March 20 2021
Featured Artist: Violin Soloist Abel Puustinen
Finnish violinist Abel Puustinen is a winner of the Finnish Janne- soloist competition 2015, named after composer Jean Sibelius and supported by conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste. He studied at the Sibelius Academy with violinist Antti Tikkanen, the 1st violinist of the world famous string quartet Meta4 and Laura Vikman, 2nd violin section leader of the Finnish Radio Orchestra.
Currently Puustinen studies with prof. Jan Repko at the Royal College of Music in London. He has taken part to many master classes, getting advanced lessons from violinists such as Hagai Shaham, Mi-Kyung Lee and Mihaela Martin. In addition to master classes, Puustinen has been one of the chosen students to study in the Finnish Violin Academy sponsored by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
He has given concerts in Finland, France and Japan with his piano trio. He has also has played as a soloist with The Helsinki Strings, Jean Sibelius Orchestra, The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Puustinen is a RCM Scholar supported by a Soirée d'Or Award. Also The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Kordelin Foundation and Pro Musica Foundation have been supporting Puustinen's career. Puustinen plays on a Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, kindly provided by Fortum Power and Heat.
Spring Concert Soloist Abel Puustinen
This concert is sponsored by the Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists award from Making Music.
Our Conductor
Dr Jonathan Williams is a renowned conductor, orchestrator, composer and musicologist. Recent highlights include standing in for Sir Simon Rattle, composing for a new Sony video game and the release of a CD with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He is the director of the Rameau Project and is currently co-editing a volume on Rameau. He was appointed as the first director of College Music in 2006 at St Hilda's College Oxford.
Our conductor