Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra

Year : 1968

Leader : David Matthews

Easter Course : Chippenham with Sir Michael Tippett, Trevor Williams

and Ambrose Gauntlett

Overseas Tour : Austria ( Linz, Graz, Leoben, Salzburg, Vienna, Eisenstadt )

and Germany ( Munich )

Radio : Bavarian Radio, Munich

Austrian Radio, Vienna

Television : Music International with Sir Michael Tippett : Candide,

Enigma Variations and Suite in D at Longslade

Sounds Exciting with Robin Ray : Dead in Tune

How it is : Candide at Lime Grove Studios

Film : Music! with Sir Michael Tippett :

Ritual Dances at Chippenham

Concerts : Civic Centre, Corby

Rugby School

De Montfort Hall with Pinkett

Leicester Cathedral

The Guildhall, London with Tippett

Fairfield Hall, Croydon with Del Mar

Haydnsaal, Eisenstadt with Del Mar

Mozarteum, Salzburg with Del Mar

Musikvereinsaal, Vienna with Del Mar

Conductors : Norman Del Mar, Sir Michael Tippett and Herbert Chappell

Soloists : Nichola Gebolys ( piano )

David Matthews ( violin )

Phillipa Elloway ( oboe )

Repertoire : Bruch Violin Concerto, Franck Symphonic Variations, Walton Partita,

Cimarosa Oboe Concerto, Bernstein Candide Overture, Mathias Sinfonietta,

Copland El Salon Mexico, Delius Brigg Fair, Ibert Divertissement,

Tippett Little Music for Strings, Elgar Enigma Variations, Holst Moorside Suite,

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves, Ridout Concertante Music,

Rossini Semiramide Overture, Rossini - Respighi Boutique Fantasque,

Chappell Dead in Tune, Brahms St. Anthony Variations, Arnold Divertimento,

Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe, Britten Soirees Musicales,

Rawsthorne Piano Concerto No. 2, Butterworth Banks of Green Willow