Archive

Concert date	Composer	Work	Soloist(s)	Comments
07-Dec-74	Brahms	Academic Festival Overture		The following concerts conducted by Colin Smith
	Weber	Clarinet Concerto	Jack Brymer
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 5 in E minor
22-Mar-75	Verdi	Overture The Force of Destiny
	Beethoven	Violin Concerto	Carl Pini
	Borodin	Symphony No. 2
06-Dec-75	MacCunn	Land of the Mountain and the Flood
	Schumann	Piano Concerto in A minor	Yitkin Seow
	Brahms	Symphony No. 2
20-Mar-76	Bizet	Symphony in C Major
	Rodrigo	Concerto de Aranjuez for Guitar	Nicholas Hooper
	Beethoven	Symphony No. 6 (Pastorale)
04-Dec-76	Reznicek	Overture Donna Diana
	Elgar	Cello Concerto	Rohan de Sarum
	Sibelius	Symphony No. 2 in D Major
26-Mar-77	Wagner	Overture to Tannhauser
	Strauss	Horn Concerto No. 1	Ifor James
	Dvorak	Symphony No. 9 in E minor (New World)
03-Dec-77	Beethoven	Egmont Overture
	Grieg	Piano Concerto in A minor	Malcolm Binns
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 2 (Little Russian)
18-Mar-78	Schubert	Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
	Mozart	Clarinet Concerto in A Major	Jack Brymer
	Beethoven	Symphony No. 7 in A major
02-Dec-78	Elgar	Wand of Youth Suite No. 2
	Tchaikowsky	Violin Concerto	Elizabeth Perry
	Dvorak	Symphony No. 8 in G Major
31-Mar-79	Rossini	Overture to Semiramide
	Dvorak	Cello Concerto in B minor	Rohan de Saram
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 5 in E minor
08-Dec-79	Sibelius	Karelia Suite
	Rachmaninov	Piano Concerto in C minor	Colin Horsley
	Schumann	Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish)
15-Mar-80	Mussorgsky	Night on Bare Mountain
	Mozart	Bassoon Concerto	William Waterhouse
	Elgar	Three Bavarian Dances
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 1 (Winter Reveries)
13-Dec-80	Tchaikowsky	Overture Romeo and Juliet
	Jacob	Trombone Concerto	Michael Hext
	Beethoven	Overture to Prometheus
	Beethoven	Symphony No. 5
21-Mar-81	Liszt	Les Preludes
	Beethoven	Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major	Jeremy Brown
	Brahms	Symphony No. 1 in C minor
12-Dec-81	Massenet	Le Cid Suite
	Wiggins	Symphony No. 1 in one movement
	Tchaikowsky	Variations on a Roccoco Theme for Cello	Rohan de Saram
	Faure	Pavane
	Franck	Symphony in D minor
20-Mar-82	Marsh-Edwards	Celebration Overture		1st performance
	Brahms	Violin Concerto	Fiona Vanderspar
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 4 in F minor
11-Dec-82	Mozart	Overture Marriage of Figaro
	Rachmaninov	Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor	Jeremy Brown
	Sibelius	Symphony No. 2 in D major
19-Mar-83	Shostakovich	Festive Overture
	Mendelssohn	Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
	Berlioz	Harold in Italy	Steven Tees (Viola)
17-Mar-84	Brahms	Academic Festival Overture
	Grieg	Piano Concerto in A minor	Roderigo Robles
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)
08-Dec-84	Brahms	Variations on a Theme by Haydn
	Mendelssohn	Violin Concerto	Nigel Kennedy	First professional concert
	Marsh-Edwards	Thai Dances
	Dvorak	Symphony No. 8 in G Major
16-Mar-85	Rossini	William Tell Overture
	Strauss	Oboe Concerto	Marios Argiros
	Schubert	Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great)
14-Dec-85	Mozart	Overture The Magic Flute
	Tchaikowsky	Piano Concerto No. 1	Nicholas Carthy
	Rachmaninov	Symphony No. 2 in C minor
08-Mar-86	Bliss	Of Things to Come
	Elgar	Cello Concerto	Raphael Wallfisch
	Dvorak	Symphony No. 9 in E minor (New World)
13-Dec-86	Haydn	Symphony No. 101 in D Major (The Clock)
	Hummel	Trumpet Concerto	Nicholas Betts
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 5 in E minor
21-Mar-87	Verdi	Overture to Nabucco
	Beethoven	Violin Concerto	Erich Gruenberg
	Vaughan Williams	Symphony No. 2 (London)
12-Dec-87	Britten	Overture - Men of Good Will
	Sibelius	Violin Concerto	Anna Joseph
	Wiggins	Suite No. 2
	Beethoven	Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
19-Mar-88	Handel	Water Music Suite
	Elgar	Sea Pictures	Sali Davies
	Mahler	Symphony No. 1 in D Major
10-Dec-88	Humperdinck	Hansel and Gretel Overture
	Strauss	Horn Concerto No. 1	Richard Watkins
	Brahms	Symphony No. 3 in F Major
18-Mar-89	Nielsen	Helios Overture		Uwe Radok appointed principal conductor.
	Grieg	Piano Concerto in A Minor	Vovka Ashkenazy
	Dag Wiren	Serenade for Strings
	Sibelius	Symphony No. 5
09-Dec-89	Gounod	Petite Symphony for Winds
	Prokofiev	Peter and the Wolf	Richard Whitmore (Narrator)
	Beethoven	Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
17-Mar-90	Mendelssohn	Hebrides Overture
	Brahms	Double Concerto for Violin and Cello	Peter Bussereau / Peter Randall
	Berlioz	Symphonie Fantastique
01-Dec-90	Walton	Orb and Sceptre Coronation March
	Britten	Simple Symphony
	Vaughan Williams	Tuba Concerto	Mark Grayson
	Elgar	Enigma Variations
09-Mar-91	Schubert	Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
	Bruch	Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor	Rodney Friend
	Brahms	Symphony No. 4 in E minor
07-Dec-91	Brahms	Tragic Overture
	Mozart	Clarinet Concerto in A Major	Chris Allen
	Wagner	Siegfried Idyll
	Dvorak	Symphonic Variations
14-Mar-92	Shostakovich	Festive Overture
	Schumann	Concerto for four horns	Brendan Thomas / David Bentley /John Peskett / Carsten Williams
	Saint Saens	Symphony No. 3 in C minor
05-Dec-92	Dvorak	Cello Concerto in B minor	Roberto Sorrentino
	Berlioz	Royal Hunt and Storm (Les Troyens)
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 4 in F minor
13-Mar-93	Beethoven	Egmont Overture
	Mozart	Bassoon Concerto	Paul Boyes
	Mahler	Symphony No. 4	Ann Rose (Soprano)
04-Dec-93	Humperdinck	Hansel and Gretel Overture
	Saint Saens	Violin Concerto	Lucy Gould
	Vaughan Williams	Symphony No. 5 in D Major
12-Mar-94	Dvorak	Serenade for Winds in D minor, Op. 44
	Beethoven	Symphony No. 7 in A Major
	Barber	Adagio for Strings		Cond. Chris Wiggins
	Bach	Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D minor	Rebecca Wood / Helena Wood
	Albinoni	Adagio in G minor	Frank Pallister
03-Dec-94	Copland	Fanfare for the Common Man
	Gershwin	Cuban Overture
	Copland	El Salon Mexico
	Copland	Quiet City
	Bernstein	Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
29-Apr-95	Brahms	Academic Festival Overture
	Tchaikowsky	Variations on a Roccoco Theme for Cello	Katherine Wood
	Wiggins	Elegy for Cello	Katherine Wood
	Dvorak	Symphony No. 8 in G Major
19-Dec-95	Nielsen	Helios Overture
	Haydn	Trumpet Concerto	Nicholas Betts
	Rachmaninov	Symphony No. 2 in C minor
09-Mar-96	Beethoven	Coriolan Overture
	Sibelius	Violin Concerto	Peter Bussereau
	Shostakovich	Symphony No. 5
06-Dec-96	Rossini	William Tell Overture
	Elgar	Sea Pictures	Elizabeth Harley
	Sibelius	Symphony No. 1
14-Mar-97	Wagner	Overture Die Meistersinger
	Strauss	Oboe Concerto	Adrian Wilson
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 2 (Little Russian)
01-Dec-97	Britten	Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings	Simon Berridge / Brendan Thomas
	Bruckner	Symphony No. 4
07-Mar-98	Brahms	Academic Festival Overture
	Grieg	Piano Concerto in A minor	John Byron
	Brahms	Symphony No. 1 in C minor
02-Dec-98	Mendelssohn	Ruy Blas Overture
	Tchaikowsky	Violin Concerto	Peter Bussereau
	Dvorak	Symphony No. 7
13-Mar-99	Marsh-Edwards	Celebration Overture
	Marsh-Edwards	Thai Dances
	Mahler	Symphony No. 1 in D Major
04-Dec-99	Weber	Oberon Overture
	Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola	Gillian Secret / Robert Secret
	Dvorak	Symphony No. 9 in E minor (New World)
18-Mar-00	Mozart	Magic Flute Overture
	Bruch	Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor	Jan Kaznowski
	Beethoven	Symphony No. 6 (Pastorale)
09-Dec-00	Mozart	Overture Marriage of Figaro
	Schumann	Cello Concerto in A minor	Naomi Williams
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 5 in E minor
03-Mar-01	Berlioz	Roman Carnival Overture
	Mozart	Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major	Gavin Osborn
	Brahms	Symphony No. 4 in E minor
01-Dec-01	Faure	Masque et Bergamasques
	Finzi	Violin Concerto	Peter Bussereau	2nd U.K. perf.?
	Tchaikowsky	Symphony No. 6 in B minor
09-Mar-02	Rossini	Thieving Magpie Overture
	Mozart	Clarinet Concerto in A Major	Chris Allen
	Vaughan Williams	Symphony No. 5 in D Major
07-Dec-02	Humperdinck	Hansel and Gretel Overture
	Butterworth	The Banks of Green Willow
	Haydn	Trumpet Concerto	James Bennett
	Elgar	Enigma Variations
08-Mar-03	Mendelsohn	Hebrides Overture
	Brahms	Double Concerto for Violin & Cello	Jan Kaznowski / David Knight
	Schumann	Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish)
06-Dec-03	Bernstein	Candide Overture
	Vivaldi	Bassoon Concertos No. 5 & 33	Daniel Smith
	Franck	Symphony in D minor
13-Mar-04	Weber	Freischutz Overture
	Rodrigo	Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar	Andrew Gough
	Brahms	Symphony No. 3 in F Major
4-Dec-04	Handel / Harty	Water Music Suite
	Elgar	Cello Concerto	Naomi Williams
	Dvorak	Symphony No. 9 (New World)
12 Mar - 05	Beethoven	Overture to Egmont
	Gounod	Petite Symphonie for wind instruments
	Telemann	Concerto in D for 2 horns and strings	Uwe Radok/ Louise Radok
	Sibelius	Symphony No. 2 in D major
2 July - 05	Mendelssohn	Hebrides Overture
	Dvorak	Slavonic Dance No. 7
	Bruch	Kol Nidrei, Opus 47	David Foster
	Bourgeois	Serenade
	Sousa	Stars and Stripes Forever
	Butterworth	Banks of Green Willow
	Bizet	L'Arlesienne Suites 1 & 2
3 Dec - 05	Sibelius	Karelia Suite
	Beethoven	Violin Concerto	Peter Bussereau
	Shostakovich	Symphony No. 9 in Eb
11 Mar - 06	Schubert	Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
	Vaughan Williams	Tuba Concerto	Andrew Kershaw
	Mendelssohn	Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
24 June 06	Elgar	Dream of Gerontius	Luton Choral Society	Cond. Julian Mann
2 Dec - 06	Rossini	Overture 'William Tell'
	Saint-Saens	Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor	David Foster
	Beethoven	Symphony No. 5 in C minor
10 Mar - 07	Dvorak	The Noon Witch
	Mahler	Kindertotenlieder	Rachel Nicholls
	Brahms	Symphony No. 1 in C minor
23 June 07	Brahms	Variations on a theme by Haydn
	Brahms	Ein Deutsches Requiem		Cond. Crispin Lewis
1 Dec - 07	Berlioz	Roman Carnival Overture
	Wolfe	Anasazi Overture (1st Performance)
	Weber	Concertino for clarinet	Ben Westlake
	Beethoven	Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
8 March 08	Weber	Jubel Overture
	Rose	Romance & Rondo for horn	Uwe Radok	Cond. Michael Rose
	Dvorak	Symphony No. 7 in D minor
21 June 08	Hummel	Mass in B	Luton Choral Society	Cond. Crispin Lewis
	Mendelssohn	Hebrides Overture		Cond. Uwe Radok
	Poulenc	Gloria
6 Dec, 08	Brahms	Academic Festival Overture
	Vaughan Williams	The Lark Ascending	Joo Yeon Sir (Violin)
	Brahms	Symphony No. 2 in D Major
14 Mar. 09	Tchaikowsky	Romeo and Juliet Overture
	Strauss	Serenade, Opus 7
	Berlioz	Harold in Italy	Christopher Wolfe (Viola)
27 June 09	Sibelius	Finlandia		Cond. Terry Driver
	Elgar	Wand of Youth Suite
		Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2
	Bizet	Jeux d'Enfants
	Liadov	Eight Russian Folksongs
	Jarnfelt	Praeludium
	Copland	Letter from home
	Zimmer	Pirates of the Caribbean
5 Dec. 09	Schumann	Overture, Scherzo and Finale
	Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante	Nikki Reynolds (Ob), Charlotte Sear (Cl.), Sarah Rock (Horn), Michaela Hardman (Bsn)
	Mendelssohn	Symphony No. 4 in A Major
13 Mar. 2010	Brahms	'Haydn' Variations
	Bruch	Violin Concerto No. 2	Joo Yeon Sir
	Schumann	Symphony No. 4 in G minor
3 July 2010	Beethoven	Egmont Overture
	Ravel	Pavane pour une infante defunte
Strawberries	Barber	Adagio for strings
and cream	Gliere	Russian Sailor's Dance
concert.	Faure	Pavanne
	Bizet	Overture to 'Doctor Miracle'
	Schubert	Symphony No. 3 in D Major
4 Dec. 2010	Rossini	Ov. Thieving Magpie
	Faure	Masques et Bergamasques
	Mahler	Symphony No. 4 in G	Juliet Arthur (Soprano)
12 Mar. 2011	Mendelssohn	Overture Ruy Blas
	Brahms	Violin Concerto	Joo Yeon Sir
	Beethoven	Symphony No. 6
25 June 2011	Handel	Water Music Suite
	Sibelius	Pélleas and Mélisande
	Haydn	Symphony No. 104

Luton Symphony Orchestra Archive

The below list is a complete record of concert programmes performed by the orchestra since 1974. It excludes programmes performed with the Luton Choral Society.