10th Anniversary Gala Concert

Saturday, 9th December

Haden Freeman Concert Hall

Royal Northern College of Music

6.30 Early Evening Concert

Manchester University Wind Ensemble
Stockport Youth Wind Orchestra *
Stockport Grammar School Wind Orchestra *
Warrington Youth Orchestra *
Philip Robinson - conductor

	Adam Gorb Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik *
	Fergal Carroll Winter Dances *
	Edward Gregson Festivo
	Gustav Holst First Suite in Eb

This 'appetiser' concert features the young musicians of the Stockport Youth Wind Orchestra and Stockport Grammar School Wind Orchestra performing the RNCM Head of Composition Adam Gorb's Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik and RNCM graduate Fergal Carroll's Winter Dances. Following this, an ensemble made up of past members of MUWO will come together to play RNCM principal Edward Gregson's Festivo and Gustav Holst's First Suite in Eb.

Admission to this concert is FREE with a ticket to the 7.30 concert.

7.30 Gala Concert

Manchester University Wind Orchestra
Philip Robinson - conductor
Adam Swayne - piano
Carol Hunter - soprano
Jon Crebbin - tenor

	Adam Swayne Go Down Hoe Down (MUWO commission - world première)
	Joseph Horovitz Bacchus on Blue Ridge
	George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

	Kevin Malone Buffalo (MUWO commission - 2nd performance)
	George Gershwin Catfish Row
	Ernest Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Dances *

	Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival *
	Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride *

* The orchestra will be joined for these works by the combined forces of the Stockport Youth Wind Orchestra, Stockport Grammar School Wind Orchestra and the Warrington Youth Orchestra.

The Gala Concert will feature three composers to whom the orchestra owe a greal deal: the opening work was written especially for this concert by the pianist and composer Adam Swayne, a past member of MUWO. He will also take centre stage in a performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Lecturer in Composition at the University of Manchester, Kevin Malone has been an ardent supporter of the orchestra thoughout the last decade, and we are delighted to give his latest work for winds, Buffalo it's second performance. Ernest Tomlinson's Suite of English Folk Dances has been the most often performed work by MUWO over the years, and we are grateful to Ernest for all he has done for us.

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