Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra

Year : 1965

Leader : Susan Whetstone

Easter Course : Corsham with Sir Michael Tippett

Overseas Tour : Germany ( Berlin , Viersen , Monchengladbach , Reinickendorf )

Television : Tempo with Sir Michael Tippett : Rehearsals at Corsham

for the 1965 Festival

Concerts : De Montfort Hall with Tippett

Civic Centre, Dunstable

Festhalle, Viersen

Ernst Reuter Saal , Reinickendorf

Stadtfunk Radio, Berlin

Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin

Rugby School

Conductors : Sir Michael Tippett and Herbert Baumann

Soloists : Rolf Wilson ( violin )

Margaret Whiteley ( timpani )

Repertoire : Ridout Symphony No. 2, Mendelssohn Ruy Blas Overture,

Elgar Cockaigne Overture, Beethoven Violin Concerto,

Holst Mars, Venus & Jupiter, Tippett A Child of Our Time,

Tippett Concerto for Double Strings, Tippett Prologue and Epilogue,

Britten Four Sea Interludes, Dillon Divertimento for Strings,

Dobson Blacknote Fantasy, Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K. 297 b,

Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Leist Timpat,

Arnold Divertimento, Britten Matinees Musicales, Baumann Rotor,

Arnold Little Suite for Wind , Vaughan Williams Old Hundredth,

Hess Divertimento for Wind