Concerts
The orchestra usually gives two or three concerts each year. At one or
more of these we may involve a few wind players in order to perform a
larger symphonic work.
Forthcoming concerts
Concerts so far arranged for the 2010-2011 season are:
- 19th November at the Salvation Army Citadel, Leek
- 5th March at Kidsgrove Town Hall, with soloist Benedict Holland
Recent concerts
St. Mary's Church, Leek - 19th March 2010
This concert featured local oboe player Charmian Baskeyfield as soloist.
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon) - Handel
- Air and Hornpipe from the Water Music - Handel
- Träumerei from Kinderszenen Op 15. No 7 - Schumann
- Song Without Words Op. 62 No.3 (Trauermarsch) - Mendelssohn
- Les Tendres Plaintes from Pièces de Clavecin - Rameau
- Oboe Concerto in C minor - A. Marcello
- Minuet from String Quintet in E major - Boccerhini
- Romance from the Gadfly Suite - Shostakovich arr. Julia Harding
- Andante - Theme and Variations from Symphony no 94 'The Surprise'
- Haydn
- Salut d’Amour, Chanson de Nuit, Chanson de Matin - Elgar
- The Entertainer - Joplin arr. Harvey
- Nights of Gladness - Ancliffe
St. Luke's Church, Mow Cop - 16th October 2009
This concert included both saxophone and clarinet solos by the conductor,
Julia Harding. Proceeds went to Woodcocks' Well School funds.
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon) - Handel
- Hornpipe from the Water Music - Handel
- Phillips arr. Julia Harding
- The Entertainer - Joplin arr. Harvey
- Three Movements from the Capriol Suite - Warlock
- Air and Giga - Arne
- Aria - Bozza arr. Harding
- Palladio, First Movement - Jenkins
- Marche Militaire in G major - Schubert
- Humoresque - Dvorak
- Ashokan Farewell - Ungar
- McMozart's Eine Kleine Bricht Moonlicht Nicht Musik - Bor
St. Andrew's Church, Clifton Campville - 9th May 2009
The final concert of the 2008-9 season was held in St. Andrew's Church,
Clifton Campville, near Tamworth. This was a memorial concert for James
Maddocks, a former professional violinist and conductor of the Newcastle
Strings. The orchestra was augmented by friends of James, and his sister
Joan was the soloist in the viola concerto by Telemann. The orchestra
was conducted by Julia Harding, with Albert Hancock as leader. The proceeds
were for church funds.
Salvation Army Citadel, Leek - Friday 20th March 2009
- Overture, Rondeaux and Trumpet Tune - Purcell
- Movement from String Quartet Op.20 No 4 - Haydn
- Symphony No. 36 in C major, Linz, KV425 - Mozart
- Air and Hornpipe from the Water Music - Handel
- To a Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches - MacDowell
- The Edwardians (theme from Upstairs Downstairs) - Faris
- Rendez-vous – Intermezzo Rococo - Aletter
- Nights of Gladness - Ancliffe
- O Sole Mio - Di Capua
St. James' Church, Newchapel - Friday 21st
November 2008
This concert featured the outstanding local countertenor Craig
Faulkner, and saxophone soloist Caroline Wallett.
Endon Methodist Church - 7th December 2007
- L'inverno (Winter) op. 8 no. 4 from The Four Seasons
- Antonio Vivaldi
Solo violin: Sarah Jackson
- Sonatina for clarinet and string orchestra, op. 4 - Jean
Bode
- Elegy and Waltz from Serenade for string orchestra
op. 48 - Petr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
- Clarinet cadenza - Sid Phillips, arr. Julia Harding
Solo clarinet: Julia Harding
- Three movements from the Holberg Suite op. 40 - Edvard Grieg
- Concerto grosso, op. 6 no. 8, part 2 - For the night of Christmas
- Arcangelo Corelli
St. Thomas' Church, Mow Cop - 28th September
2007
- Mock Morris and Molly on the Shore - Percy Aldridge
Grainger
- Elegy and Waltz from Serenade for String Orchestra
Op 48 - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
- Clarinet Cadenza - Sid Phillips, arr. Julia Harding
Solo clarinet: Julia Harding
- Salut d'Amour, Chanson de Nuit, Chanson de Matin
- Edward Elgar
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K525 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Norwegian Dance - Edvard Grieg
- Pizzicato Polka - Josef Strauss and Johann Strauss the Younger
Congregational Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme - 23rd March 2007
- Symphony in Eb - Carl Friederich Abel
- Romance and Rondo from Clarinet Concerto in
Bb - Carl Philip Stamitz
Solo clarinet: Julia Harding
- Largo - George Frideric Handel
- Humoresque "L'organo primitivo" - Pietro Alessandro
Yon
Organ: Sue Ray
Rondeau, Minuet and Badinerie from Suite
no. 2 in in B minor (BWV 1067) - Johann Sebastian Bach
Solo flute: Richard Bunn
- Romance for Strings - Gerald Finzi
- Symphony no. 98 in Bb major - Joseph Haydn
- Toccata (from "Douze Pièces" for
organ) - Théodore Dubois
Organ: Sue Ray
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