Seasons 1991 - 2000
Saturday, June 16, 2001 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
NEWMAN Street Scene from “How to Marry a Millionaire”
LOEWE Selections from “Gigi” (arr. Bennett)
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
Interval
STEINER Symphonic Suite from “Gone with the Wind”
Conductor: John Wilson
Saturday, April 7, 2001 7:30 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
DVOŘÁK Czech Suite, Op. 39
POULENC Concerto for organ, timpani, and strings
Interval
ARNOLD Divertimento for flute, oboe, and clarinet, Op. 37
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1, Op. 21
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Malcolm Barron (organ)
Saturday, February 17, 2001 8:00pm
5th Concert in aid of Macmillan Merton
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
ROSSINI Semiramide Overture
PARRY Symphony No. 5
Interval
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Charles Owen (piano)
Saturday, Dec 2, 2000
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
HUMPERDINCK Prelude Hansel and Gretl
SHOSTAKOVITCH Symphony no 9
ELGAR Sea Pictures
WALTON Facade Suites 1 and 2
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Diana Moore (soprano)
Saturday, November 11, 2000
PLAYFORD arr Prynn Apollo’s Banquet - Suite
DEBUSSY Syrinx
TRAVERS Spectrum (first performance)
ELGAR Serenade for strings
GERSHWIN arr Ditchfield Eight Song Paraphrases
Conductor:
Saturday, June 10, 2000 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
WEBER Preciosa Overture, Op. 78
MARTIN PRYNN Violin Concerto
Interval
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8, Op. 93
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Charlotte Edwards (violin)
Saturday, April 1, 2000 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
HONEGGER Pastorale d’été (arr. Fred Shaub)
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Interval
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
TIPPETT A Birthday Suite for Prince Charles
Conductors: John Alldis & Fred Shaub (Honegger)
Soloist: Thomas Carroll (cello)
Saturday, March 4, 2000
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
MOZART Symphony no 31 ‘Paris’
BLISS Suite: Things to Come
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Thomas Carroll (cello)
Saturday, December 4, 1999
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
BLISS Suite: Things to Come
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez
DVORAK Symphony no 9 ‘From ther New World’
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Mark Ashford (guitar)
Saturday, May 22, 1999 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Interval
BALAKIREV Symphony No. 2
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Lynsey Marsh (clarinet)
Saturday, March 27, 1999
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D
IVES The Unanswered Question
IVES An Elegy to our Forefathers
RAVEL Suite ‘Mother Goose’
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Oliver Lewis (violin)
Saturday, February 27, 1999
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
BERLIOZ Overture, ‘Roman Carnival’
IVES An Elegy to our Forefathers
WALTON Suite ‘Henry V’
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Oliver Lewis (violin)
Saturday, December 5, 1998 8:00pm (WSO Chamber Ensemble) ~ “The Spirit of Jazz”
Lantern Arts Centre, Wimbledon SW20 8RA
SATIE Le Belle Excentrique
SHOSTAKOVICH Two Polkas, Op. 36a (arr. Martin Prynn)
MARTINU Five Preludes (orch. Ian Ditchfield)
Interval
BILLY MAYERL Syncopated Rhythms (arr. Martin Prynn)
SHIELD & HATLEY Tell Me That Again (arr. Martin Prynn)
Conductor: Martin Prynn
Saturday, November 14, 1998 8:00pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
SCHUBERT Rosamunde Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 19
Interval
ELGAR Three Bavarian Dances, Op. 27
BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Paul Lewis (piano)
Saturday, June 6, 1998 8:00pm “A Garland of English Music”
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
HOLST Ballet Music from The Perfect Fool, Op. 39
BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow
STANFORD Songs of the Sea, Op. 91
Interval
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Roderick Williams (baritone)
Saturday, March 21, 1998 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
GABRIELI, SCHÜTZ, & BLISS Fanfares for Brass
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Interval
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
BERLIOZ Les Francs-Juges Overture
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Priya Mitchell (violin)
Saturday, February 14, 1998 7:30pm in aid of Macmillan Merton
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
WAGNER Vorspiel and Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde”
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter
Interval
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Priya Mitchell (violin)
Saturday, December 6, 1997 8:00pm (WSO Chamber Ensemble)
“Music Masquerade”
Lantern Arts Centre, Wimbledon SW20 8RA
SUPPÉ The Poet and The Peasant Overture
CHOPIN Three Mazurkas (orch. Ian Ditchfield)
KETÈLBY Characteristic Intermezzo (arr. Martin Prynn)
Interval
MARTINU Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu (arr. Ditchfield)
MARTIN PRYNN Hardboiled Eggs and Nuts
Conductor: Martin Prynn
Saturday, November 15, 1997 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
DVORÁK The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
WEBER Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 75
Interval
PROKOFIEV Ballet Suite no 2 from Romeo and Juliet
JEROME KERN Symphonic Suite from “Showboat”
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Catherine Maguire (bassoon)
Saturday, June 14, 1997 8:00pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments
R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs
Interval
ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Geraldine McGreevy (soprano)
Saturday, March 8, 1997 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
BRAHMS Symphony no 3 in F
DELIUS La Calinda
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Paul Lewis (piano)
Saturday, February 8, 1997 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
DVORAK Overture ‘In Nature’s Realm’
PROKOFIEV Concertino for Cello and Orchestra
BRAHMS Symphony no 3 in F
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Richard Lester (cello)
Saturday, November 30, 1996 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
WEBER Athalia ‘Der Freischutz’
MOZART Flute Concerto no 2
SCHUBERT Entr’actes from ‘Rosamunde’
TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Emily Beynon (flute)
Saturday, November 2, 1996 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
HAYDN Notturno no 4 in C
DONIZETTI Larghetto in F
HAYDN Notturno no 5 in C
BERNARD Divertissement Op 36
PURCELL Chaconne for Strings D minor
WAGNER ‘Siegfried Idyll’
Conductor: John Alldis
Saturday, June 22, 1996 8:00 pm
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
MENDELSSOHN Athalia Overture, Op. 74
MARTIN PRYNN Violin Concerto (*world première*)
Interval
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5, Op. 67
Conductor: Martin Prynn
Soloist: Charlotte Edwards (violin)
Saturday, March 9, 1996
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
NEILSEN Symphony no 1
RACHMANINOV Piano concerto no 3
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloists: Paul Lewis (piano)
Saturday, December 2, 1995
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
BORODIN Symphony no 2
HAYDN Trumpet concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY ‘Nutcracker’ Suite
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: James Arnold (trumpet)
Saturday, November 11, 1995
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
MENDELSSOHN Overture ‘Fingal’s Cave’
BARBER ‘Knoxville, Summer of 1915’
J. STRAUSS Overture ‘Die Fledermaus’ arr for wind instruments
MOZART Symphony no 35 in D ‘Haffner’
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Kerrie Sheppard (soprano)
Saturday, June 10, 1995
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
SIBELIUS Symphony no 2
POULENC Litanies a la vierge noire
PEARSALL Lay a Garland
TAVENER ‘Risen’
Conductor: John Alldis
Saturday, March 8, 1995
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
FRESCOBALDI Canzon no 13
SCHUTZ Italian Madrigal
SCHUMANN Overture ‘Manfred’
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloist: Bradley Creswick (violin)
Thursday, October 31, 1991 8:00pm
“A Serenade Concert”
St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon SW20 0DE
WEBER Adagio and Rondo for wind sextet
PARRY Nonet for winds
Interval
PURCELL Chaconne in G minor for String Orchestra
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra, K. 297
Conductor: John Alldis
Soloists: Marion Friend (oboe), Richard Stockall (clarinet), Nick Bradshaw (bassoon), & Ian Ditchfield (horn)