Concerts 2010 - 2019
2010
30 January - St. George's Church, Jesmond
31 January - Gala Theatre, Durham
Conductor: Philippe Bach
Soloist: Andrew Watkinson
The Journal - concert review
Conductor: Tim Reynish
Soloist: Emma Johnson MBE
10 October - St George's Church, Jesmond
The Journal - concert review
Conductor: David Murray
Soloist: Iona Brown
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
23 January - Gala Theatre, Durham
Christopher Gayford - Lucy Jeal (violin), Alexander Somov ('cello)
Conductor: Tim Reynish
Soloist: Peter Francomb
Mid Northumberland Chorus with Orchestra North East
9 October - St George's Church, Jesmond
Conductor: Neil Thomson
Soloist: Anthony Thompson
2012
11 February - Durham Johnston School, Durham
Conductor: Philippe Bach
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
Conductors: Thomas Blunt and Julian Wright (Durham Singers)
Soloists: Geoffrey Silver (violin); Keith Wright (organ)
Orchestra North East Wind Players
2013
17 February - Gala Theatre, Durham
Conductor: Neil Thomson
Soloist: Anna-Liise Bezrodney (violin)
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
Bishopwearmouth Choral Society and Ryton Choral Society with Orchestra North East
Conductor: David Murray
Soloists: Laurie Ashworth, Alexander Robin Baker, Peter Vasey
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
2014
2 March - Gala Theatre, Durham
Northern Echo - concert review
Conductor: Thomas Blunt
Soloist: Gülsin Onay (piano)
Conductor: Timothy Henty
Soloists: Andrew Watkinson and Garfield Jackson
Conductor: Timothy Henty
Soloist: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
Musical Director: Mark Anyan
Introduced by Michael Chaplin
2015
8 February - Gala Theatre, Durham
Northern Echo - concert review
The Journal - concert review
Conductor: Aidan Oliver
Soloist: Emma Johnson
Northern Echo - concert review
with Bishopwearmouth and Ryton Choral Societies
Conductor: David Murray
Soloists: Claire Rutter, Deborah Humble, James Edwards, Michael Druiett
Conductor: Aidan Oliver
Soloist: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny
2016
7 February - Gala Theatre, Durham
The Chronicle - concert review
Conductor: Timothy Henry
Soloist: Garfield Jackson
Conductor: Mark Anyan
8 October, 7:30 pm, Durham Cathedral
Soloist: Alexander Baillie.
The Chronicle: Concert Review - 'Orchestra North East Rises to the Occasion'
2017
29 January, 3 pm, Gala Theatre Durham
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
Soloist: Manus Noble (Guitar)
2018
24 March, 7.30 pm, Newcastle Civic Centre
Conductor: Mark Anyan
22 April, 3pm, Gala Theatre Durham
Soloist: Murray McLachlan (piano)
Concert Review in Durham Times April 27th 2018
6 October, 7:30 pm, Durham Cathedral
2019
10 March, 3 pm, Gala Theatre Durham ('A Russian Gala')
Soloist: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin)
5 October, 7:30 pm, Durham Cathedral
Links to concerts from other decades:
1980s (1986 to 1989)
1990s (1990 to 1999)
2000s (2000 to 2009)
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
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
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
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
- Elgar - Music Makers
- Faure - Requiem
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
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
Mid Northumberland Chorus with Orchestra North East
- Puccini - 'Messa di Gloria'
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
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
- Verdi - Requiem
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)
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
Newcastle Choral Society with Orchestra North East
- Vaughan Williams - Sea Symphony
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
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
Conductor: Timothy Henty
Soloists: Andrew Watkinson and Garfield Jackson
- Britten - Four Sea Interludes
- Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
- Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Conductor: Timothy Henty
Soloist: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny
- Wagner - Overture to Tannhauser
- Sibelius - Violin Concerto
- Brahms - Symphony No 4
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
Northern Echo - concert review
with Bishopwearmouth and Ryton Choral Societies
Conductor: David Murray
Soloists: Claire Rutter, Deborah Humble, James Edwards, Michael Druiett
- Verdi - Requiem
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
- Haydn's Creation
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”
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,
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.
- Dvorak: Carnival Overture, opus 92.
- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez.
- Bizet: Suite no.1 from Carmen.
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, opus 34.
Soloist: Manus Noble (Guitar)
2018
24 March, 7.30 pm, Newcastle Civic Centre
- Edward Elgar: Dream Of Gerontius
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.
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
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
Soloist: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin)
5 October, 7:30 pm, Durham Cathedral
- Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger
- Elgar: Enigma Variations
- Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
Links to concerts from other decades:
1980s (1986 to 1989)
1990s (1990 to 1999)
2000s (2000 to 2009)