Recent Concerts
Saturday November 28th 2009 - St John's Church, Keynsham
Saturday July 18th 2009 - St John's Church, Keynsham
- Academic Festival Overture — Brahms
- Pavane — Fauré
- Danse Macabre — Saint-Saëns
- Land of the Mountain and the Flood — MacCunn
- Symphony in D Minor — Franck
Wednesday June 10th 2009 - Frampton Cotterell
The orchestra played at St Peter's Church as part of the inaugural Frampton Cotterell Music festival.
- Academic Festival Overture — Brahms
- Pavane — Fauré
- Soirées Musicales — Rossini-Britten
- Danse Macabre — Saint-Saëns
- Land of the Mountain and the Flood — MacCunn
- Symphony No 40 in G minor (1st movement) — Mozart
Saturday March 28th 2009, 7:30pm - St John's Church, Keynsham
- Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla — Glinka
- Concerto in D minor for two violins — Bach
- Symphony No 2 — Brahms
Soloists: Tina Mehta and Andrew Rees
Saturday July 5th, 7:30pm - Keynsham Memorial Park
Following on from the excellent June concert, the second event in our double bill this summer saw us back at the Keynsham Music Festival
Saturday June 7th 2008, 7:30pm - St John's Church, Keynsham
The first in our 2008 summer Double Bill, we played a lively selection of pieces from Mussorgsky to Elgar.
- Three Bavarian Dances — Elgar
- Hänsel and Gretel (Prelude) — Humperdinck
- Night on the Bare Mountain — Mussorgsky
- Dalmatian Rhapsody — R.J. Lavis
- Pique Dame (Overture) — Suppé
- L'Arlesienne — Bizet
Saturday July 7th 2007, 8pm - St John's Church, Keynsham
- Crown Imperial — Walton
- Cello Concerto — Elgar
- Perect Fool — Holst
- Overture Iolanthe — Sullivan
- Cotswold Dances — Lane
- British Sea Songs — Wood
- Pomp & Circumstance March no.1 — Elgar
- Jerusalem — Parry
Joint Libourne concert, Saltford Hall, 12th April 2007
The orchestra teamed up with the Libourne Chorale for a fantastic concert of many different styles, from British light music to Negro spirituals to Quebecoise jollity. Robert Jenner conducted the orchestra, and Jean Goujon conducted the choir and the "en masse" finale.
- Marche Joyeuse — Emmanuel Chabrier [orchestra]
- Fantaisie, sur le pont D'Avignon — Ronald Binge [orchestra]
- Los Reyes siguen la estrella — F.Guerrero [chorale]
- Un nino nos es nacido — Anonimo XVI siècle [chorale]
- Riu, riu, chiu — Anonimo XVI siècle [chorale]
- Little Sérénade — Ernest Tomlinson [orchestra]
- By the sleepy lagoon — Eric Coates [orchestra]
- Two pieces inspired by the fables of Jean de la Fontaine: La java du Rat, La valse du Héron — Pierre-Gérard Verny [chorale]
- [Interval]
- The barber of Séville goes to the devil — Gordon Jacob [orchestra]
- My Lord, what a morning — B. Gousset [chorale]
- Every time I feel — B. Gousset [chorale]
- Aussitôt que la lumière — Harm, Bernard Lallement [chorale]
- Bruxelles — J.Brel [chorale]
- Paris Interlude — Edward White [orchestra]
- Overture from Petit Suite Québécoise — Marie Bernard [en masse]
Saltford Hall, 10th February 2007
- Overture Rienzi — Wagner
- Aïda (Triumphal March & Ballet Music) — Verdi
- Polovtsian Dances — Borodin
- Diversions on a theme of Paganini — Philip Lane
- Symphony No.8 — Dvořák
Keynsham Memorial Park, July 1st 2006
Now officially a "tradition", our third Proms in the Park opened the Keynsham Music Festival with a mixture of French and English music. The excellent weather ensured a sea of chairs, rugs, picnic hampers and wine coolers stretching off into the park, and the marquee itself was full too.
- Pavane — Fauré
- Danse Macabre — Saint-Saëns
- Softly Awakes My Heart (soloist Lisa McMaster) — Saint-Saëns
- Faust (ballet music) — Gounod
- My Ain Folk (soloist Lisa McMaster)
- Fantasia on British Sea Songs — Wood
- Pomp & Circumstance March No.1 — Elgar
- Jerusalem — Parry
Saltford Hall, 11th February 2006
We played to a full house yet again at Saltford Hall, where among other things we tackled the little-known 1st Symphony by Tchaikovsky. An excellent performance was given by Carole Jenner-Timms on the flute for the Chaminade flute concerto.
- Academic Festival Overture — Brahms
- Concerto for flute & orchestra — Cecile Chaminade
- Karelia Suite — Sibelius
- Symphonic No. 1 in G minor — Tchaikovsky
Keynsham Memorial Park, July 9th 2005
Building on the success of 2004's "Proms in the Park", our 2005 summer concert was again part of the Keynsham Music Festival. Playing to a packed out marquee (with many more bringing picnics and sitting on the grass outside), the concert was a celebration of Russian and British music. The programme included music by:-
- Sergei Rachmaninov
- Aram Kachaturian
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Eric Coates
- Edward Elgar
- Henry Wood
Saltford Hall, 12th February 2005
We played to a full house at Saltford Hall, and a good time was had by all:-
- Overture Oberon — Weber
- Concerto for violin & oboe in D minor — Bach
- Three pieces from The Damnation of Faust — Berlioz
- Three dances from The Bartered Bride — Smetena
- Symphonic Variations — Dvorak
Keynsham Memorial Park, 10th July 2004: "Proms in the Park"
As part of the annual Keynsham Music Festival we played in a marquee, to an appreciative audience of about 200:-
- Overture Die Fledermaus — Strauss
- Suite from Carmen — Bizet
- Suite from Peer Gynt — Greig
- March, Semper Fidelis— Sousa
- In a monastery garden — Ketelbey
- Merry go round waltz — Alan Perry
- High Heels — Trevor Duncan
- The Three Bears — Coates
- Pomp and Circumstance march No 1 — Elgar
- Rule Britannia — Arne
- Jerusalem — Parry
Saltford Hall, 15th May 2004: "Music for the Dance"
We played:
- Music for the Royal Fireworks — Handel
- Suite No 2 in B minor for flute and strings — J S Bach
- Ballet Suite Sylvia — Delibes
- Overture di Ballo — Sullivan
- Three dances from Nell Gwynne — German
- Three dance episodes from Rodeo — Copland