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Concerts 2010 - 2019

PictureMembers of Orchestra North East with conductor Tim Reynish perform Delius' Brigg Fair at The Sage Gateshead, 13 June 2010.
2010
30  January - St. George's Church, Jesmond
31  January - Gala Theatre, Durham
Conductor: Philippe Bach
Soloist:  Andrew Watkinson
  • Mahler - Symphony No 1
  • Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto
13 June – Hall One, The Sage Gateshead
The Journal - concert review
Conductor: Tim Reynish
Soloist:  Emma Johnson MBE
  • Delius  - Brigg Fair
  • Mozart  - Clarinet Concerto
  • Will Todd - Jazz Concerto for Clarinet
  • Elgar  - Enigma Variations
 9 October - Durham Cathedral
10 October - St George's Church, Jesmond
The Journal - concert review
Conductor: David Murray
Soloist:  Iona Brown
  • Vaughan Williams  - The Lark Ascending
  • Robert Smedley - The Slipways
  • Vaughan Williams - Five variants on Dives & Lazarus
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherezade
 21 November - Newcastle Civic Centre
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
  • Elgar - Music Makers
  • Faure  - Requiem
2011
23  January - Gala Theatre, Durham
Christopher Gayford - Lucy Jeal (violin), Alexander Somov ('cello)
  • Prokofiev - Excerpts from the ballet 'Romeo and Julliet' Suite No 2
  • Brahms - Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op 102
  • Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
12  June - Hall One, The Sage Gateshead
Conductor: Tim Reynish
Soloist: Peter Francomb
  • Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46
  • Mozart - Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495
  • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64
 9 July - Riverside Leisure Centre, Morpeth
Mid Northumberland Chorus with Orchestra North East
  • Puccini - 'Messa di Gloria'
8 October - Durham Cathedral
9 October - St George's Church, Jesmond
Conductor: Neil Thomson
Soloist: Anthony Thompson
  • Liadov - Eight Russian Folk Songs for Orchestra Op 58
  • Arutunian - Concerto for Trumpet in A flat major
  • Shostakovich - Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93

 2012
11 February - Durham Johnston School, Durham
Conductor: Philippe Bach
  • George Butterworth  - Two English Idylls
  • Edward Elgar - Dream Children
  • Benjamin Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  • Jean Sibelius - Symphony No 1 in E minor
24 March - Newcastle Civic Centre
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
  • Verdi  - Requiem
20 October - Durham Cathedral
Conductors: Thomas Blunt and Julian Wright (Durham Singers)
Soloists: Geoffrey Silver (violin); Keith Wright (organ)
  • Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens
  • Saint-Saens - Calme des Nuits, op. 68 no. 1
  • Parry - 'At the round earth's imagin'd corners', from Six Songs of Farewell
  • Bruch - Violin concerto No 1
  • Saint-Saens - Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ Symphony)
 4 November - St George's Church, Jesmond
Orchestra North East Wind Players
  • Mozart  - Serenade in C minor, K388
  • Gounod - Petite Symphonie
  • Dvorak  - Serenade in D minor, op 44

2013
17 February - Gala Theatre, Durham
Conductor: Neil Thomson
Soloist: Anna-Liise Bezrodney (violin)
  • Weber -  Overture to 'Oberon'
  • Brahms - Violin Concerto in D, Op 77
  • Dvorak - Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70
23 March - Newcastle Civic Centre
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
  • Vaughan Williams  - Sea Symphony
7 July - Hall One, The Sage Gateshead
Bishopwearmouth Choral Society and Ryton Choral Society with Orchestra North East
Conductor: David Murray
Soloists: Laurie Ashworth, Alexander Robin Baker, Peter Vasey
  • Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Giacomo Puccini  - Preludio Sinfonico
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs for Baritone and Orchestra
  • Carl Orff  - Carmina Burana
28 September - Durham Cathedral
Lindisfarne Gospels Community Choir, North East Youth Chorale and Durham Cathedral Choir with Orchestra North East
Conductor: Alistair Dawes
Soloists: Penelope Randall-Davis, James Edwards, Roderick Earle
  • Neil Combstock - The Journey: a soundscape
  • John Taverner - Ikon of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
  • Olivier Messiaen - Les Anges
  • Will Todd, Ben Dunwell(words) - Tidings, Gospel of Lindisfarne
  • Will Todd - St Cuthbert Oratorio

2014
2 March - Gala Theatre, Durham
Northern Echo - concert review
Conductor: Thomas Blunt
Soloist: Gülsin Onay (piano)
  • Jean Sibelius - Karelia Overture, Op10
  • Jean Sibelius - Symphony No7, Op105
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No1, Op23
14 June - Durham Cathedral
Conductor: Timothy Henty
Soloists: Andrew Watkinson and Garfield Jackson
  • Britten - Four Sea Interludes
  • Mozart  - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
  • Berlioz  - Symphonie Fantastique
11 October - Durham Cathedral
Conductor: Timothy Henty
Soloist: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny
  • Wagner  - Overture to Tannhauser
  • Sibelius - Violin Concerto
  • Brahms - Symphony No 4
29 November - Hall One, The Sage Gateshead
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
Musical Director: Mark Anyan
Introduced by Michael Chaplin
  • Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man
  • Will Todd - The Dream of the River

2015
8 February - Gala Theatre, Durham
Northern Echo - concert review
The Journal - concert review
Conductor: Aidan Oliver
Soloist: Emma Johnson
  • Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
  • John Dankworth - Clarinet Concerto
  • Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain
  • Copland - Appalachian Spring
14 June – Hall One, The Sage Gateshead
Northern Echo - concert review
with Bishopwearmouth and Ryton Choral Societies
Conductor: David Murray
Soloists: Claire Rutter, Deborah Humble, James Edwards, Michael Druiett
  • Verdi - Requiem
 10 October - Durham Cathedral
Conductor:  Aidan Oliver
Soloist: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny
  • Shostakovich - Festive Overture, Op 96
  • Barber - Violin Concerto, Op 14
  • Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2, Op 27

2016
7 February - Gala Theatre, Durham
The Chronicle - concert review
Conductor: Timothy Henry
Soloist: Garfield Jackson
  • Elgar - Overture: Cockaigne
  • Gershwin - An American in Paris
  • Berlioz - Harold in Italy
19 March, 7.30 pm, Newcastle Civic Centre
  • Haydn's Creation
With Newcastle Choral Society
Conductor: Mark Anyan
8 October, 7:30 pm, Durham Cathedral  
  • Robert Smedley: Land of the Prince Bishops  (World première)
  • Edward Elgar:          Cello Concerto 
  • Anton Bruckner:     Symphony No. 4 “The Romantic” 
Conductor:    Timothy Henty
Soloist:          Alexander Baillie.
The Chronicle: Concert Review - 'Orchestra North East Rises to the Occasion'

2017
29 January, 3 pm, Gala Theatre Durham
  • Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture,
  • Bradley Creswick - Bruch Violin Concerto,
  • John Williams: Harry Potter, Schindler's List and Star Wars,
Conductor:  Aidan Oliver
Soloist:         Bradley Creswick 
​The Chronicle - Concert Review: 'Orchestra North East drew Full House'  

25 March, Banqueting Suite, 7:30 pm, Newcastle Civic Centre with Newcastle Choral Society
  • Bach’s B Minor Mass.
  • Conductor- Mark Anyan.
  • Soloists- Ruth Jenkins- Robertson, Beth Mackay, Peter Davoren and Andri Bjorn Robertsson. 
1 October, 3pm, Gala Theatre Durham ¡Hola España!
  • Dvorak:                                    Carnival Overture, opus 92.
  • Rodrigo:                                  Concierto de Aranjuez.
  • Bizet:                                       Suite no.1 from Carmen.
  • Rimsky-Korsakov:                    Capriccio Espagnol, opus 34.
Conductor:                   James Ham
Soloist:                        Manus Noble (Guitar)
 
 2018
24 March,  7.30 pm, Newcastle Civic Centre 
  • Edward Elgar: Dream Of Gerontius
With Newcastle Choral Society
Conductor:       Mark Anyan
22 April, 3pm, Gala Theatre Durham
  • Emilie Mayer:             Faust Overture, opus 46.
  • Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  • Antonin Dvorak:          Symphony No.6.
Conductor:                   Monica Buckland
Soloist:                          Murray McLachlan (piano)
Concert Review in Durham Times April 27th 2018

6 October, 7:30 pm, Durham Cathedral
  • Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
  • George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
  • Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2
With soloist Sarah Fox (soprano) and conductor Aidan Oliver

 2019
10 March,  3 pm, Gala Theatre Durham ('A Russian Gala')
  • Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila Overture
  • ​Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
  • Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
  • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Op 71A
Conductor: Michael Bawtree
Soloist: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin) 


5 October, 7:30 pm, Durham Cathedral
  • ​Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger
  • Elgar: Enigma Variations
  • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
​Conductor: Philippe Bach


Links to concerts from other decades:
1980s (1986 to 1989)
1990s (1990 to 1999)
2000s (2000 to 2009)
 


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