Concerts 2000 - 2009

2000
6 February - Abbey Centre, Durham
Simon Wright - Durham Singers - Troiani - Hindmarsh

• Berlioz  - Roman Carnival Overture
• Monteverdi - Beatus Vir
• Mendelssohn - Italian Symphony
• Verdi - Grand March, Hebrew Slaves, Brindisi
• Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro, Che Gelida Manian, Nessun Dorma
• Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien

7 October - Durham Cathedral

• Sachio Fujioka - Alexander Baillie ('cello) - Durham Singers
• Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
• Elgar  - 'Cello Concerto
• Holst  - The Planets

2001
1 April - Weardale
Crook and Weardale Choral Society with Orchestra North East

• Handel - The Messiah

7 April - Civic Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East

• Britten  - St Nicholas
• Schubert - Mass in Ab

5 May - Durham Cathedral
André de Ridder - Christine Cairns (mezzo-soprano)

• Mahler - Kindertotenlieder
• Schumann - Symphony No 3
• Mahler -  Symphony No 10 (Adagio)

13 October - Durham Cathedral
André de Ridder

• Brahms - Tragic Overture
• Elgar - Enigma Variations

2002
23  February - Abbey Centre, Durham
Simon Wright

• Weber -Invitation to the Dance
• Rossini  -Boutique Fantastique
• Strauss - Blue Danube & Egyptian March
• Kodaly - Dances of Galanta
• Delibes - Coppelia Prelude and Mazurka
• Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty

17 March - City Hall, Newcastle
Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East

• Verdi - Requiem

15 June - Durham Cathedral
Baldur Brönnimann - Alexander Somov ('cello)

• Handel - Zadok the Priest
• Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
• Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations
• Walton - Orb and Sceptre
• Janácek - Taras Bulba

12 October - Durham Cathedral
Baldur Brönnimann - Catriona McKay (harp) - John Treherne (harpsichord) - David Murray (piano)

• Weber - Overture: Der Freischütz
• Martin - Petite Symphony Concertante for Harp, Piano and Harpsichord
• Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

2003
19 January - Gala Theatre, Durham
Simon Wright - David Haslam (flute)

• Rossini  -William Tell Overture
• Ibert -Flute Concerto
• Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian"

17 May - Durham Cathedral
Timothy Reynish - Scott Farrell (organ)

• Shostakovich - Festival Overture
• Albinoni - Adagio for Organ and Strings
• Franck - Chorale No. 3 in A minor
• Tchaikovsky - "Manfred" Symphony

11  October - Durham Cathedral
Baldur Brönnimann - David Murray (piano)

• Parry - Blessed Pair of Sirens
• Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2
• Dvorak - Symphony No. 7

2004
22 January - Gala Theatre, Durham
Simon Wright - Peter Francombe (horn)

• Copland - Appalachian Spring
• Mozart - Horn concerto No 4
• Mozart - Horn Koncert Rondo
• Beethoven - Symphony No 5

3 April – Newcastle Civic Centre
Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society

• Poulenc - Gloria
• Jenkins - The Armed Man

9 October - Durham Cathedral
Simon Wright - Iona Brown (violin)

• Dvorak - Carnival Overture
• Barber - Violin Concerto
• Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6

2005
22 January - Gala Theatre, Durham
Timothy Reynish - Venera Bojkova (piano)

• Mozart - Overture to Don Giovanni
• Mozart  - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488
• Dvorak - Symphony No. 7

18 June - The Sage Gateshead
Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society

• Stanford  - Songs of the Fleet
• Vaughan Williams  - A Sea Symphony

8 October - Durham Cathedral
Baldur Brönnimann - Elisabeth Wingfield (mezzo-soprano)

• Wagner  - Flying Dutchman Overture
• Strauss  - Four Last Songs
• Brahms - Symphony No 1

2006
22 January - Gala Theatre, Durham
Jamie Burton - Andrew Watkinson (violin)

• Dvorak - Serenade for Wind
• Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite
• Beethoven - Violin Concerto

6 May - Durham Cathedral
Philippe Bach - Chris Houlding (trombone)

• Vaughan-Williams            Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
• Bourgeois            Trombone Concerto

14 October - Durham Cathedral
Baldur Brönnimann - Gina McCormack (violin) - Durham Singers

• Vaughan-Williams - Serenade to Music
• Brahms - Violin Concerto
• Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5

2007
21 January - Gala Theatre, Durham
Jamie Burton - Gulsin Onay (piano)

• Borodin - Prince Igor Overture
• Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 3
• Sibelius - Symphony No 5

19 May - Durham Cathedral
Philippe Bach - Geoffrey Silver (violin)

• Butterworth - Shropshire Lad    
• Mendelssohn  - Overture: The Hebrides
• Sibelius - Violin Concerto
• Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra

13 October - Durham Cathedral
Stephen Bell - Alexander Somov ('cello)

• Mendelssohn - Overture: The Hebrides
• Elgar - 'Cello Concerto
• Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 5

2008
26 April - Durham Cathedral
Timothy Reynish - Geoffrey Silver (violin)

• Mendelssohn - Ruy Blas Overture
• Bruch - Violin Concerto
• Dvorák - Symphony No. 9 "New World"

11 October - Durham Cathedral
Timothy Reynish - Alexander Baillie ('cello)

• Beethoven - Egmont Overture
• Dvorak -'Cello Concerto

12 October - St George's Church, Jesmond
Timothy Reynish - Alexander Baillie ('cello)

• Dvorak - 'Cello Concerto
• Rachmaninov  - Symphony No. 2

2009
11 January - Gala Theatre, Durham
James Burton - Gulsin Onay (piano)

• Greig - Piano Concerto
• Weber - Freischutz Overture
• Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

15 May - Durham Cathedral
16 May - Church of St Anne's, Battlefield, Newcastle
Jeremy Silver - Geoffrey Silver (violin)

• Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
• Beethoven - Leonora No.2
• Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D, Op 43

10 Oct - Durham Cathedral
11 Oct - St George's Church, Jesmond
Conductor: John Wilson
Soloist : Warren Zielinski

• Borodin  - Prince Igor Overture
• Glazunov  - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 82
• Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36

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