Concerts

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Past concerts

Sunday 26 May 2024, 3:00pm | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Conductor: Florence Price

Soloist: Polly Leech (mezzo-soprano)

Masques et Bergamasques – Gabriel Fauré

Rückert Lieder – Gustav Mahler

Pavane pour une Infante Défunte – Maurice Ravel

Sinfonietta – Francis Poulenc

Sunday 17 March 2024, 3:00pm | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Conductor: Jack Gonzalez-Harding

Soloists: Maia Cabeza (violin) Jack Gonzalez-Harding (harpsichord)

Overture from An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62 – G. F. Handel

Concerto for 3 Trumpets, 2 Oboes and Timpani – G. P. Telemann

Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 – J. S. Bach

Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 – J. S. Bach

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 – J. S. Bach

Sunday 22 October 2023, 3:00pm | Potton Hall Studio, Saxmundham, IP17 3EF

Conductor: Robin Wallington   | Soloist: Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano) 

Sinfonietta – E. J. Moeran

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major K. 595  – W. A. Mozart

Symphony No. 104 in D major Hob. 1:104 – J. Haydn

Sunday 21 May  2023, 3:00pm | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Conductor: Matthew Andrews   | Soloist: Amadea Dazeley-Gaist (horn)

Symphony No. 93 in D major Hob. 1:93 – Joseph Haydn

Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Opus 11 – Richard Strauss

Symphony No 4. in B flat major Opus 60 – Ludwig van Beethoven

Sunday 12 March  2023, 3:00pm | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Conductor: Jack Gonzalez-Harding   | Soloist: Sue Treherne (oboe)

Entrance of the Queen of Sheba – G. F. Handel

Oboe Concerto in D minor – A. Marcello

Symphony No. 4 in F major – W. Boyce

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major – J. S. Bach 

Symphony No. 55 in E flat major – J. Haydn

Sunday 16 October 2022, 3:00pm | Potton Hall Studio, Saxmundham, IP17 3EF

Conductor: Andres Kaljuste  | Soloist: Sophia Rahman (piano)

 Dances of Galánta – Zoltán Kodály

 Piano Concerto No. 2 – Dimitri Shostakovich

Symphony No. 1 in C  – Georges Bizet

Sunday 19 June 2022, 3:00pm | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Conductor: Toby Hession  | Soloist: Joonas Pekonen (violin)

  Serenade for Small Orchestra Op. 26 – Malcolm Arnold

 Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 – Felix Mendelssohn

  Symphony No. 1 in C major Op. 21 – Ludwig van Beethoven  

Sunday 20 March 2022, 3:00pm | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Conductor: Matthew Andrews | Soloist: Julia Raga Pascual (clarinet)

Ariadne auf Naxos Op. 60 Overture and Dance    Richard Strauss

  Clarinet Concerto in A major K. 622   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart      

  Harnham Down, Impression for Orchestra   Ralph Vaughan Williams

  Symphony No. 1 in G minor    Etienne Méhul

Sunday 24 October 2021, 3:00pm | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Conductor: Mark Biggins | Soloists: Raphaela Papadakis (soprano) Vicky Lester (harp)

  Clair de lune Debussy

    Danses sacrée et profane Debussy

  Tombeau de Couperin Ravel

  Pavane pour une infante défunte Ravel

Les nuits d'été, Op.7 Berlioz 

Sunday 12 September 2021, 3:00pm   | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Director & Soloist: Kenneth Sillito

  Symphony in B flat      Boyce

  Concerto for violin in D minor   Mendelssohn

  Lament    Bridge  

  Suite for Strings, based on English folk songs  Rutter

Sunday 15 March 2020 | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Director: Kenneth Sillito

  Holberg Suite, Op. 40     Grieg  

  Prelude for String Orchestra, Op. 25     Finzi  

  Valse-Intermezzo in E minor     Bridge  

  The Four Seasons, Op. 8     Vivaldi  

Sunday 13 October 2019 | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Conductor: Alec Frank-Gemmill | Leader: Celia Waterhouse | Soloist: Sebastien van Kujk (cello)

  Symphony No. 92, ‘Oxford’     Haydn  

  Cello Concerto, Op. 129     Schumann  

  Silent Woods, From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68     Dvorak  

  Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’     Prokofiev  

Sunday 2 June 2019 | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Conductor: Mark Biggins | Leader: Celia Waterhouse | Simon Grange (bass-baritone)

  Symphony No. 35 in D, 'Haffner'     Mozart  

  Leperello’s aria Madamina from Don Giovanni     Mozart  

  Sorge Infausta from Orlando     Handel  

  Sarastro's aria In diesen heil'gen Hallen from The Magic Flute     Mozart  

  Gleich öffnet…..Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel from The Creation     Haydn  

  Symphony No. 101 in D, 'The Clock'     Haydn  

Sunday 17 March 2019 | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Director: Kenneth Sillito

  Old Polish Suite     Panufnik  

  Violin Conerto in D minor (Concerto Accademico)     Vaughan Williams  

  Two Nordic Melodies, Op. 63     Grieg  

  Little Suite, Op. 1     Nielsen  

We welcomed Kenneth Sillito back to direct the orchestra. There was a retiring collection in aid of the Westleton Village Hall Improvement Fund, and everyone was invited to 'Meet the Orchestra' for tea and cake in the Village Hall after the concert.

Sunday 21 October 2018 | St Peter's Church, Westleton, IP17 3AQ

Conductor: Johannn Stuckenbruck | Leader: Charlotte Amherst | Meliza Metzger-Gomez, Soprano

  Overture, Scherzo & Finale, Op. 52     Schumann  

  Concert aria 'Alcandro, lo confesso'     Mozart  

  'O zittre nicht' (first Queen of the Night aria from the Magic Flute)     Mozart  

  Symphony No. 103, 'Drumroll'     Haydn  

Sunday 27 May 2018 | St Peter's Church, Westleton

Conductor: Maxime Tortelier | Leader: Celia Waterhouse | Cello: Sebastien van Kuijk

Overture Märchen von der schönen Melusine, Op. 32 Mendelssohn 

Cello Concerto Saint-Saens

Symphony No. 1 Gounod

Sunday 25 March 2018 | St Peter's Church, Westleton

Director: Kenneth Sillito | Leader: Kenneth Sillito

Divertimento in F, K. 138 Mozart 

Violin Concerto in D minor Mendelssohn

Dhyana (A song for Nicola, for violin and strings) John Tavener

Serenade Dag Wirén

Sunday 22 October 2017 | St Peter's Church, Westleton

Conductor: Johann Stuckenbruck | Leader: Celia Waterhouse | Violin: Katerina Nazarova

Siegfried Idyll Wagner

Havanaise Saint-Saens

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Saint-Saens

Italian Symphony Mendelssohn