Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra

Year : 1967

Leader : Susan Whetstone

Easter Course : Castletown, Isle of Man with Bryan Kelly

Overseas Tour : Denmark ( Copenhagen, Odense ) and Germany ( Gelsenkirchen )

Radio : Danish Radio, Copenhagen

Television : Come Here Often with Cliff Morgan : The Pye recording session

Records : Tippett / Ridout / Mathias / Arnold for Pye

Concerts : De Montfort Hall with Kelly, Mathias and Ridout

De Montfort Hall with Del Mar and Tippett

Leicester University

Fairfield Hall, Croydon with Del Mar and Tippett

Villa Marina, Douglas, Isle of Man

Civic Centre, Corby

Town Hall, Odense

Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark

Hans Sachs Haus, Gelsenkirchen

Conductors : Norman Del Mar, Sir Michael Tippett, Alan Ridout, William Mathias, Anthony Milner, Bryan Kelly and Oivin Fjelstad ( rehearsal only )

Soloists : Norma Fisher, Nichola Gebolys and Malcolm Williamson ( piano )

Russell Gilbert and Susan Whetstone ( violin )

Phillipa Elloway ( oboe ) David Pugsley ( clarinet )

Repertoire : Mathias Sinfonietta, Kelly Sinfonia Concertante, Kelly Cuban Suite,

Smetana Bartered Bride Overture, Massenet Le Cid, Milner Te Deum,

Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe, Orr Symphony in One Movement,

Bliss Checkmate, Tippett Suite in D, Rawsthorne Piano Concerto No. 2,

Brahms St. Anthony Variations, Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks,

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Beethoven Symphony No. 8,

Saint Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Piston Tunbridge Fair,

Elgar Enigma Variations, Ridout Concertante Music, Arnold Divertimento,

Williamson Piano Concerto, Weber Clarinet Concertino, Walters Hootenanny,

Ridout Funeral Games for a Greek Warrior, Khachaturian Gopak,

Alwyn Elizabethan Dances