Repertoire: past and future
2008 - 09 Concert Series
Following on from the orchestra's hugely successful 10th Anniversary Season, this year's concerts feature several high profile soloists, namely pianist Murray McLachlan and the Veya Saxophone Quartet. We are also delighted to welcome Professor Edward Gregson to guest conduct the orchestra in a concert to mark his retirement as Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music.
7.30, Saturday, 22nd November 2008
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Philip Robinson - conductor
Tom Lee - piano
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Adam Gorb Adrenaline City |
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Frank Ticheli An American Elegy |
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Edward Gregson Concerto for Piano and Wind |
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Nicholas Maw American Games |
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Frank Ticheli Sanctuary |
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Nigel Hess East Coast Pictures |
7.30, Saturday, 21st March 2009
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Philip Robinson - conductor
Linda Merrick - clarinet
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Joseph Horovitz Bacchus on Blue Ridge |
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John McCabe Canyons |
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Martin Ellerby Clarinet Concerto |
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Percy Grainger Children's March - Over the Hills and Far Away |
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Martin Ellerby Meditations |
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Martin Ellerby Paris Sketches |
7.30, Wednesday 10th June 2009
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Philip Robinson, Ian Pay, Ralph Corrigan - conductors
Carol Hunter - soprano
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Goff Richards Doyen |
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Percy Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry |
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A.J. Potter Finnegan’s Wake |
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Gustav Holst First Suite in Eb |
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Giacomo Puccini, arr. Robinson O mio babbino caro |
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Giacomo Puccini, arr. Robinson Un bel di |
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Malcolm Arnold English Dances (Set Two) |
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Malcolm Arnold March: The Padstow Lifeboat |
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Nigel Hess Thames Journey |
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Henry Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs |
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C. Hubert Parry Jerusalem |
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Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 |
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trad. The National Anthem |
2007 - 08 Concert Series
Following on from the orchestra's hugely successful 10th Anniversary Season, this year's concerts feature several high profile soloists, namely pianist Murray McLachlan and the Veya Saxophone Quartet. We are also delighted to welcome Professor Edward Gregson to guest conduct the orchestra in a concert to mark his retirement as Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music.
7.00, Saturday, 1st December 2007
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Philip Robinson - conductor
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Peter Meechan Bang 2 (UK première) |
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Gustav Holst First Suite in Eb |
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Bill Connor “…’oodunnit?…” for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Orchestra |
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W. Francis McBeth Of Sailors and Whales |
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Edvard Grieg Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak |
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Mark Camphouse Watchman, Tell Us of the Night |
7.00, Saturday, 8th March 2008
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
with Stockport Grammar School Wind Orchestra *
Philip Robinson - conductor
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Martin Ellerby The Big Easy Suite |
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Fergal Carroll Dance of the Fir Darrig |
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Peter Meechan Hymn for Africa |
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Edward Gregson Tuba Concerto, 1st movement (Matthew Wood tuba) |
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Martin Ellerby Summer Nights (Laura Llewellyn horn) |
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Peter Meechan Episodes and Echoes (Les Neish tuba) |
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Frank Ticheli an American Elegy |
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Eric Whitacre Cloudburst |
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Martin Ellerby Tales from Andersen |
7.00, Saturday, 26th April 2008
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Philip Robinson - conductor
Edward Gregson - guest conductor
Murray McLachlan - piano
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Adam Gorb Adrenaline City |
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Edward Gregson Metamorphoses |
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Edward Gregson Concerto for Piano and Wind |
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Adam Gorb Yiddish Dances |
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Edward Gregson The Kings Go Forth |
7.30, Wednesday 4th June 2008
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Philip Robinson - conductor
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A.J. Potter Finnegan’s Wake |
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Aaron Copland Quiet City (Debbie Fuller cor anglais, Sam Carey trumpet) |
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Martin Ellerby Venetian Spells |
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Jonathan Dove The Ringing Isle |
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Timothy Jackson Passacaglia |
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Guy Woolfenden Gallimaufry |
2006 - 07 Season
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Adam Swayne Go Down Hoe Down (MUWO commission - world première) |
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Joseph Horovitz Bacchus on Blue Ridge |
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George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue |
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Kevin Malone Buffalo (MUWO commission - 2nd performance) |
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George Gershwin Catfish Row |
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Ernest Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Dances |
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Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival |
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Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride |
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John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine |
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Gareth Parry Four Minitudes for Wind Orchestra (MUWO commission - world première) |
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Gustav Holst Hammersmith |
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David Bedford Sun Paints Rainbows over the Vast Waves |
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Morten Lauridson O Magnum Mysterium |
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Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy |
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Chris Hazell Two Brass Cats |
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Gareth Wood Dance Sequence |
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Nigel Hess Global Variations |
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John Williams Star Wars |
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Klaus Badelt Pirates of the Caribbean |
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Hans Zimmer/Elton John The Lion King |
2005 - 06 Season
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Edward Gregson Festivo |
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Fergal Carroll Winter Dances |
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Adam Gorb Bridgewater Breeze |
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Jamie Serafi / orch. Robinson Elliot's Dream (world premiere) |
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Fergal Carroll Amphion |
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Geoffrey Poole Sailing with Archangels |
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Michael Ball Omaggio |
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Kevin Malone Buffalo (world premiere) |
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Ernest Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Dances |
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John Casken Distant Variations |
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Fergal Carroll Song of Lir |
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Adam Gorb Dances from Crete |
'Last Night of the MUWO Proms'
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Dimitri Shostakovich Festive Overture |
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Nigel Hess Thames Journey |
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Giacomo Puccini / orch. Robinson 'O mio babbino caro' from Gianni Schicchi (soloist Carol Hunter) |
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Giacomo Puccini / orch. Robinson 'Un bel di' from Madame Butterfly (soloist Carol Hunter) |
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Joseph Horovitz Euphonium Concerto (soloist Carl Berdahl) |
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Malcolm Arnold Padstow Lifeboat |
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Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 |
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Henry Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs |
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orch. Robinson Rule Britannia (soloist Carol Hunter) |
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orch. Robinson Jerusalem |
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Ernest Tomlinson Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne (world premiere) |
2004 - 05 Season
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Camphouse Watchman, tell us of the night |
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Copland Down a Country Lane |
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Dove The Ringing Isle |
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Gibson Resting in the Peace of His Hands |
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Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry |
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Grainger Shepherds Hey |
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Hall Death or Glory |
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Hart Sunrise |
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Hesketh Danceries |
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Hess A Thames Journey |
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Holst A Moorside Suite |
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Holst First Suite in Eb |
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Lloyd The Forest of Arden |
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Osterling Bandology |
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Richards Doyen |
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Richards Trailblaze |
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Saint-Saens Orient et Occident |
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Sparke Dance Movements |
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Ticheli an American Elegy |
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Ticheli Sun Dance |
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Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Tunes |
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Vaughan-Williams English Folk Song Suite |
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Whitacre Sleep |
2003 - 04 Season
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Tailleferre/Paynter Ouverture |
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Maw/Connell Summer Dances |
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Bizet/Brand Jeux d'Enfants |
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Husa/Boyd Divertimento |
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Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Tunes |
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Grainger Lincolnshire Posy |
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Ticheli an American Elegy |
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Hess Stephenson's Rocket |
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Vaughan-Williams English Folk Song Suite |
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Horovitz Windharp |
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Hess Scramble! |
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Rimsky-Korsakov Concerto for Clarinet and Band (soloist Ruth Partington) |
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Arnold The 'Pre-Goodman' Rag (soloist Ruth Partington) |
2002 - 03 Season
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Hart Journey and Celebration |
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Sparke Jubilee Overture |
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Holst First Suite in Eb |
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Horovitz Bacchus on Blue Ridge |
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Bedford Sun paints rainbows over the vast waves |
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Arnold English Dances |
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Gregson Festivo |
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Hess Stephenson's Rocket |
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Holst Second Suite in F |
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Parry Horn Concerto (soloist Laura Llewellyn) (new commission - World Premiere) |
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Copland Hoedown from Rodeo |
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Copland Down a Country Lane |
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Milhaud Suite Francaise |
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Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry & Shepherds Hey! |
2001 - 02 Season
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Paul Hart Journey and Celebration |
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Ernest Tomlinson Suite of English Folk Tunes |
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George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (soloist Adam Swayne) |
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Martin Ellerby Paris Sketches |
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Nigel Hess Global Variations |
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Goff Richards Doyen |
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Robert W Smith Twelve Seconds to the Moon |
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Martin Ellerby Clarinet Concerto (soloist Andrew Piper) |
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Nigel Hess Stevenson's Rocket |
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Kevin Malone Godzilla |
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Eric Whitacre Godzilla Eats Las Vegas |
2000 - 01 Season
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Richard Wagner 'Elsa's Procession to the Minster' from Lohengrin |
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Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy |
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Gustav Holst First Suite in Eb |
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Paul Hart Journey and Celebration |
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John Barnes Chance Incantation and Dance |
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Philip Wilby Catcher of Shadows |
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Martin Ellerby Paris Sketches |
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Martin Ellerby Euphonium Concerto (soloist David Thornton) |
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Fergal Carroll Amphion |
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Michael Spencer (b. 1975) The Song that Mickey Heard at the Bottom of his Pint Glass (new commission - World Premiere) |
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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)
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John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine |
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Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride |
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Sir Malcolm Arnold - English Dances |
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Sir Malcolm Arnold - The Pre-Goodman Rag |
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Sir Malcolm Arnold - Two Symphonic Movements** |
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Michael Ball - Omaggio |
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David Bedford - Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves |
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Leonard Bernstein - Overture to Candide |
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Leonard Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story |
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Georges Bizet - Jeux d'Enfants |
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Arthur Bliss - Fanfare for a Coming of Age |
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Eugene Bozza - Ouverture pour une celebration |
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Benjamin Britten - Russian Funeral |
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William Byrd - The Earle of Oxford's March |
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Mark Camphouse - Elegy |
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Mark Camphouse - Watchman, tell us of the night |
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Fergal Carroll - Amphion |
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John Casken - Distant Variations (Soloists - Havoc Saxophone Quartet) |
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John
Barnes Chance – Incantation and
Dance
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Aaron Copland - Down a Country Lane |
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Aaron Copland - Emblems |
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Aaron Copland - El Salon Mexico |
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Calvin Custer - A Canadian Brass Christmas |
D
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Jonathan Dove - The Ringing Isle |
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Antonin Dvorak - Serenade op.44 |
E
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Martin Ellerby - Paris Sketches |
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Martin Ellerby - Clarinet Concerto (Clarinet - Andrew Piper) |
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Martin
Ellerby - Concerto for Euphonium (Euphonium - David Thornton
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Martin Ellerby - Concerto for Tuba (Tuba - Andrew Oliver) |
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Frank Erickson - Pillars of the Earth |
F
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Jean Francaix - Sept Dances pour "Les Malheurs de Sophie" |
G
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George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (Piano - Adam Swayne) |
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John Gibson - Resting in the Peace of His Hands |
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Charles Gounod - Petite Symphonie pour vents |
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Percy Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry |
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Percy
Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy
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Percy Grainger - Shepherds Hey! |
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Edward Gregson - Festivo |
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Edvard Grieg - Funeral March for Richard Nordraak |
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Paul Hart - Journey and Celebration |
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Kenneth Hesketh - Danceries |
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Nigel Hess - East Coast Pictures |
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Nigel Hess - Global Variations |
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Nigel Hess - Scramble! |
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Nigel Hess - Stephenson's Rocket |
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Nigel Hess - A Thames Journey |
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Gustav
Holst - First Suite in Eb
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Gustav Holst - Second Suite in F |
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Gustav Holst - Hammersmith |
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Gustav Holst - A Moorside Suite |
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Joseph Horovitz - Bacchus on Blue Ridge |
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Joseph Horovitz - Windharp |
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Karol Husa - Divertimento |
J
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Gordon Jacob - Trombone Concerto (Trombone - Katy Pryce and Andrew Cole) |
L
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George Lloyd - The Forest of Arden |
M
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James MacMillan - Sowetan Spring |
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Kevin Malone - Godzilla*** |
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David Matthews - Thirty to Tango** |
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Nicholas Maw - American Games |
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Nicholas Maw - Summer Dances |
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W. Francis McBeth - Of Sailors and Whales |
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Johann de Meij - Symphony no.1 Lord of the Rings |
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Darius Milhaud - Suite Francais |
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Ennio Morricone - Moment for Morricone |
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Sammy Nestico - A Fireside Christmas |
P
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Gareth Parry - Horn Concerto* (Horn - Laura Llewellyn) |
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Geoffrey Poole - Sailing with Archangels |
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Geoffrey Poole - Tide's Turning |
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Serge Prokofieff - Troika |
R
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Goff Richards - Trailblaze |
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Goff Richards - Doyen |
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Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Concerto for Clarinet and Band |
S
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Camille Saint-Saens - Orient et Occident |
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Claude-Michel Schoenberg - Selection from Les Miserables |
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Robert W. Smith - Twelve Seconds to the Moon |
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Philip Sparke - Dance Movements |
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Philip Sparke - Jubilee Overture |
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Philip Sparke - Pantomime (Euphonium - David Thornton) |
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Mic Spencer – The Song that Mickey Heard at the Bottom of his Pint Glass* |
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Richard Strauss - Suite, op. 4 |
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Richard Strauss - Serenade, op.7 |
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Igor Stravinsky - Symphonies of Wind Instruments |
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Igor Stravinsky - Ebony Concerto (Clarinet - Craig West) |
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Igor Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919) |
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Christopher Swaffer - Rara avis* |
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Germaine Tailleferre - Ouverture |
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Frank Ticheli - An American Elegy |
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Frank Ticheli - Sun Dance |
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Ernest Tomlinson - Suite of English Folk Tunes** |
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Richard Wagner - Elsa’s Procession to the Minster from Lohengrin |
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Eric Whitacre - Godzilla Eats Las Vegas |
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Eric Whitacre - Sleep |
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Philip
Wilby - Catcher of Shadows
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John Williams - Star Wars |
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John Williams - Jurassic Park |
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Gareth Wood - Dance Sequence (Trombone - Katy Pryce) |
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Guy Woolfenden - Illyrian Dances |
* New MUWO commission and world premiere
** First concert performance
*** First wind orchestra performance
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