Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra

Years : 1960 to 1963

Leaders : Brecon Carter, John Stein, Ray Richardson, Marion Turner

Overseas

Tours : Norway - 1960, Sweden - 1961,

Holland - 1962, Denmark - 1963,

Concerts &

Conductors : De Montfort Hall with George Weldon ( October 1960 )

Longslade School with Douglas Cameron ( March 1961 )

Burton Town Hall with Stanford Robinson ( April 1961 )

De Montfort Hall with Sir Adrian Boult ( January 1962 )

De Montfort Hall with Sir Malcolm Arnold ( January 1963 )

Soloists : Evelyn Rothwell ( oboe )

Marion Turner and Rolf Wilson ( violin )

Jean Hammond ( soprano )

Denis Matthews ( piano )

Nigel Pinkett ( cello )

Repertoire : Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture, Brahms Double Concerto,

Scarlatti Good Humoured Ladies, Rossini William Tell Overture,

Clements Blow the Wind Southerly, Beethoven Romance in F,

Arnold Tam O'Shanter Overture, Britten Matinees Musicales,

Bach Sheep May Safely Graze, Schubert Overture in the Italian Style,

Brahms St. Anthony Variations, Bantock O Can Ye Sew Buttons,

Farmer Fair Phyllis, Thiman Sigh No More Ladies, Copland Hoedown,

Saint Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Gillis Three Sketches,

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel, Vaughan Williams Toccata Marzial,

Arnold English Dances, Britten Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra,

Grieg Piano Concerto, Mozart Mass in c, Mozart Seraglio Overture,

Vaughan Williams Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Lacome La Feria,

Vaughan Williams Old Hundredth, Beethoven Symphony No. 5,

Parry Blest Pair of Sirens, Sibelius Karelia Suite, Handel Messiah,

Dyson Canterbury Pilgrims, Elgar Wand of Youth, Lalo Cello Concerto,

Arnold Scottish Dances, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Haydn Oboe Concerto,

Britten Simple Symphony, Weber Oberon Overture, Arnold Divertimento, Mozart Symphony No. 40, Leist Timpat, Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Stanford Phaudrig Crohoore, Gibbs Songs from the British Isles, Dvorak New World Symphony, Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe