Repertoire: past and future

2006 - 07 Season

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
John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Gareth Parry Four Minitudes for Wind Orchestra (MUWO commission - world première)
Gustav Holst Hammersmith
David Bedford Sun Paints Rainbows over the Vast Waves
Morten Lauridson O Magnum Mysterium
Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy
Chris Hazell Two Brass Cats
Gareth Wood Dance Sequence
Nigel Hess Global Variations
John Williams Star Wars
Klaus Badelt Pirates of the Caribbean
Hans Zimmer/Elton John The Lion King

 

2005 - 06 Season

Edward Gregson Festivo
Fergal Carroll Winter Dances
Adam Gorb Bridgewater Breeze
Jamie Serafi / orch. Robinson Elliot's Dream (world premiere) 
Fergal Carroll Amphion
Geoffrey Poole Sailing with Archangels
Michael Ball Omaggio
Kevin Malone Buffalo (world premiere) 
Ernest Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Dances
John Casken Distant Variations
Fergal Carroll Song of Lir
Adam Gorb Dances from Crete

'Last Night of the MUWO Proms'

Dimitri Shostakovich Festive Overture
Nigel Hess Thames Journey
Giacomo Puccini / orch. Robinson 'O mio babbino caro' from Gianni Schicchi (soloist Carol Hunter)
Giacomo Puccini / orch. Robinson 'Un bel di' from Madame Butterfly (soloist Carol Hunter)
Joseph Horovitz Euphonium Concerto (soloist Carl Berdahl)
Malcolm Arnold Padstow Lifeboat
Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Henry Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs
orch. Robinson Rule Britannia (soloist Carol Hunter)
orch. Robinson Jerusalem
Ernest Tomlinson Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne (world premiere)

 

2004 - 05 Season

Camphouse Watchman, tell us of the night
Copland Down a Country Lane
Dove The Ringing Isle
Gibson Resting in the Peace of His Hands
Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry
Grainger Shepherds Hey
Hall Death or Glory
Hart Sunrise
Hesketh Danceries
Hess A Thames Journey
Holst A Moorside Suite
Holst First Suite in Eb
Lloyd The Forest of Arden
Osterling Bandology
Richards Doyen
Richards Trailblaze
Saint-Saens Orient et Occident
Sparke Dance Movements
Ticheli an American Elegy
Ticheli Sun Dance
Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Tunes
Vaughan-Williams English Folk Song Suite
Whitacre Sleep

 

2003 - 04 Season

Tailleferre/Paynter Ouverture
Maw/Connell Summer Dances
Bizet/Brand Jeux d'Enfants
Husa/Boyd Divertimento
Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Tunes
Grainger Lincolnshire Posy
Ticheli an American Elegy
Hess Stephenson's Rocket
Vaughan-Williams English Folk Song Suite
Horovitz Windharp
Hess Scramble!
Rimsky-Korsakov Concerto for Clarinet and Band (soloist Ruth Partington)
Arnold The 'Pre-Goodman' Rag (soloist Ruth Partington)

 

2002 - 03 Season

Hart Journey and Celebration
Sparke Jubilee Overture
Holst First Suite in Eb
Horovitz Bacchus on Blue Ridge
Bedford Sun paints rainbows over the vast waves
Arnold English Dances
Gregson Festivo
Hess Stephenson's Rocket
Holst Second Suite in F
Parry Horn Concerto (soloist Laura Llewellyn) (new commission - World Premiere)
Copland Hoedown from Rodeo
Copland Down a Country Lane
Milhaud Suite Francaise
Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry & Shepherds Hey!

 

2001 - 02 Season

Paul Hart Journey and Celebration
Ernest Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Tunes
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (soloist Adam Swayne)
Martin Ellerby Paris Sketches
Nigel Hess Global Variations
Goff Richards Doyen
Robert W Smith Twelve Seconds to the Moon
Martin Ellerby Clarinet Concerto (soloist Andrew Piper)
Nigel Hess Stevenson's Rocket
Kevin Malone Godzilla
Eric Whitacre Godzilla Eats Las Vegas

 

2000 - 01 Season

Richard Wagner 'Elsa's Procession to the Minster' from Lohengrin
Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy
Gustav Holst First Suite in Eb
Paul Hart Journey and Celebration
John Barnes Chance Incantation and Dance
Philip Wilby Catcher of Shadows
Martin Ellerby Paris Sketches
Martin Ellerby Euphonium Concerto (soloist David Thornton)
Fergal Carroll Amphion
Michael Spencer (b. 1975) The Song that Mickey Heard at the Bottom of his Pint Glass (new commission - World Premiere)
Christopher Swaffer (b. 1977) Rara Avis (new commission - World Premiere)

 

Past repertoire

1996 - 97 season 1997 - 98 season 1998 - 99 season 1999 - 2000 season
Paul Hart - Journey & Celebration Robert W. Smith - Twelve Seconds to the Moon Martin Ellerby - Paris Sketches Nigel Clarke - Samurai
David Bedford - Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine John Barnes Chance - Incantation and Dance Philip Wilby - Catcher of Shadows
Prokofiev - Troika Gustav Holst - First Suite in Eb Philip Sparke - Pantomime Nigel Hess - Global Variations
Sammy Nestico - A Fireside Christmas Edward Gregson - Festivo Gareth Wood - Dance Sequence Geoff Poole - Tide's Turning
Calvin Custer - A Canadian Brass Christmas Richard Wagner - Elsa's Procession to the Minster Johan de Meij - Symphony No. 1 "Lord of the Rings" Philip Sparke - Dance Movements
Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride Edvard Grieg - Funeral March for Richard Nordraak John Casken - Distant Variations Stravinsky - Symphonies of Winds
"Last Night of the Proms" Concert Richard Strauss - Serenade op. 7 Geoff Poole - Sailing with Archangels Stravinsky - Ebony Concerto
"Film Music" Concert W. Francis McBeth - Of Sailors and Whales Richard Strauss - Serenade op. 7 Stravinsky - Firebird Suite
  Goff Richards - Trailblaze Dvorak - Serenade op.44 Tomlinson - Suite of English Folk Tunes
  Johan de Meij - "The Hobbits" from Symphony No. 1 Stravinsky - Symphonies of Winds Gordon Jacob - Trombone Concerto
  Paul Hart - Journey & Celebration Leonard Bernstein - Overture to Candide Malcolm Arnold - Two Symphonic Movements
  Michael Ball - Omaggio Aaron Copland - Emblems Frank Erickson - Pillars of the Earth
  David Bedford - Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves Nicholas Maw - American Games Mark Camphouse - Elegy
  Gareth Wood - Dance Sequence Aaron Copland - El Salon Mexico Michael Ball - Omaggio
  Claude-Michel Schonberg - Les Miserables John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine James Macmillan - Sowetan Spring
  Geoff Poole - Sailing with Archangels Goff Richards - Doyen David Matthews - Thirty to Tango
  John Casken - Distant Variations "Film Music" Concert Gustav Holst - Hammersmith
    James Macmillan - Sowetan Spring Nicholas Maw - American Games
    Nigel Hess - Global Variations Guy Woolfenden - Illyrian Dances
    Richard Strauss - Suite op. 4 Jean Francaix - Sept Dances pour "Les Malheurs de Sophie"
      Charles Gounod - Petite Symphonie pour vents
      Eugene Bozza - Ouverture pour une celebration
      Benjamin Britten - Russian Funeral
      Arthur Bliss - Fanfare for a Coming of Age
      William Byrd - The Earle of Oxford's March
      MUWO "Sing the Musicals"

 Complete repertoire 1996 - 2005 (A-Z)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

A

John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride

Sir Malcolm Arnold - English Dances

Sir Malcolm Arnold - The Pre-Goodman Rag

Sir Malcolm Arnold - Two Symphonic Movements**

B

Michael Ball - Omaggio

David Bedford - Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves

Leonard Bernstein - Overture to Candide

Leonard Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Georges Bizet - Jeux d'Enfants

Arthur Bliss - Fanfare for a Coming of Age

Eugene Bozza - Ouverture pour une celebration

Benjamin Britten - Russian Funeral

William Byrd - The Earle of Oxford's March

C

Mark Camphouse - Elegy

Mark Camphouse - Watchman, tell us of the night

Fergal Carroll - Amphion

John Casken - Distant Variations (Soloists - Havoc Saxophone Quartet)

John Barnes Chance – Incantation and Dance

Nigel Clarke - Samurai

Aaron Copland - Down a Country Lane

Aaron Copland - Emblems

Aaron Copland - El Salon Mexico

Calvin Custer - A Canadian Brass Christmas

D

Jonathan Dove - The Ringing Isle

Antonin Dvorak - Serenade op.44

E

Martin Ellerby - Paris Sketches

Martin Ellerby - Clarinet Concerto (Clarinet - Andrew Piper)

Martin Ellerby - Concerto for Euphonium (Euphonium - David Thornton

Martin Ellerby - Concerto for Tuba (Tuba - Andrew Oliver)

Frank Erickson - Pillars of the Earth

F

Jean Francaix - Sept Dances pour "Les Malheurs de Sophie"

G

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (Piano - Adam Swayne)

John Gibson - Resting in the Peace of His Hands

Charles Gounod - Petite Symphonie pour vents

Percy Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry  

Percy Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy  

Percy Grainger - Shepherds Hey! 

Edward Gregson - Festivo

Edvard Grieg - Funeral March for Richard Nordraak

H

Paul Hart - Journey and Celebration

Kenneth Hesketh - Danceries

Nigel Hess - East Coast Pictures

Nigel Hess - Global Variations

Nigel Hess - Scramble!

Nigel Hess - Stephenson's Rocket

Nigel Hess - A Thames Journey

Gustav Holst - First Suite in Eb

Gustav Holst - Second Suite in F

Gustav Holst - Hammersmith

Gustav Holst - A Moorside Suite

Joseph Horovitz - Bacchus on Blue Ridge

Joseph Horovitz - Windharp

Karol Husa - Divertimento

J

Gordon Jacob - Trombone Concerto (Trombone - Katy Pryce and Andrew Cole)

L

George Lloyd - The Forest of Arden

M

James MacMillan - Sowetan Spring

Kevin Malone - Godzilla***

David Matthews - Thirty to Tango**

Nicholas Maw - American Games

Nicholas Maw - Summer Dances

W. Francis McBeth - Of Sailors and Whales

Johann de Meij - Symphony no.1 Lord of the Rings

Darius Milhaud - Suite Francais

Ennio Morricone - Moment for Morricone

N

Sammy Nestico - A Fireside Christmas

P

Gareth Parry - Horn Concerto* (Horn - Laura Llewellyn)

Geoffrey Poole - Sailing with Archangels

Geoffrey Poole - Tide's Turning

Serge Prokofieff - Troika

R

Goff Richards - Trailblaze

Goff Richards - Doyen

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Concerto for Clarinet and Band

S

Camille Saint-Saens - Orient et Occident

Claude-Michel Schoenberg - Selection from Les Miserables

Robert W. Smith - Twelve Seconds to the Moon

Philip Sparke - Dance Movements

Philip Sparke - Jubilee Overture

Philip Sparke - Pantomime (Euphonium - David Thornton)

Mic Spencer – The Song that Mickey Heard at the Bottom of his Pint Glass*

Richard Strauss - Suite, op. 4

Richard Strauss - Serenade, op.7

Igor Stravinsky - Symphonies of Wind Instruments

Igor Stravinsky - Ebony Concerto (Clarinet - Craig West)

Igor Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919)

Christopher Swaffer - Rara avis*

T

Germaine Tailleferre - Ouverture

Frank Ticheli - An American Elegy

Frank Ticheli - Sun Dance

Ernest Tomlinson - Suite of English Folk Tunes**

W

Richard Wagner - Elsa’s Procession to the Minster from Lohengrin

Eric Whitacre - Godzilla Eats Las Vegas

Eric Whitacre - Sleep

Philip Wilby - Catcher of Shadows  

John Williams - Star Wars

John Williams - Jurassic Park

Gareth Wood - Dance Sequence (Trombone - Katy Pryce)

Guy Woolfenden - Illyrian Dances

 

* New MUWO commission and world premiere

** First concert performance

*** First wind orchestra performance

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