Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra

Year : 1971

Leader : Robert Heard

Easter Course : Douglas, Isle of Man with Sir Arthur Bliss, Stanford Robinson,

Alexander Goehr and Russell Gilbert

Overseas Tour : Switzerland ( Lugano, Neuchatel, Tramelan, Saint - Maurice,

Sierre, Geneva )

Radio : BBC : Der Jasager from Longslade

BBC : Bliss Introduction and Allegro on 'Record Review'

Swiss Radio

Television : Italian TV with Sir Michal Tippett : Interlude II and Epilogue

at Longslade

Concerts : De Montfort Hall with Del Mar and Pinkett

De Montfort Hall with Pinkett

Harrogate Festival with Del Mar and Tippett

Schools Pageant : For'ard

Isle of Man Festival with Goehr and Robinson

Grand Theater, Geneva

Grande Salle, Saint - Maurice

Festival Hall, Tramelan

Conductors : Sir Michael Tippett, Norman Del Mar, Alexander Goehr

and Stanford Robinson

Soloists : Russell Gilbert ( violin )

Timothy Mason ( cello )

Moura Lympany and Stephen Whittaker ( piano )

Robert Heard, Sybil Olive, Graham Pyatt and Eleanor Cooke ( violin )

Sybil Michelow ( soprano )

Benjamin Luxon ( baritone )

Repertoire : Tippett Shires Suite, Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini Overture,

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter,

Weill Der Jasager, Bliss Introduction and Allegro, Kelly Cuban Suite,

Brahms Requiem, Ireland Elegy, Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1,

Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien, Schumann Cello Concerto, Bernstein West Side Story, Tippett Suite in D, Kelly Overture Provence,

Verdi Force of Destiny Overture, Vaughan Williams Old Hundredth,

Ireland Piano Concerto, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Walton Henry V,

Vivaldi Gloria in D, Wood Manx Rhapsody, Stanley Concerto No. 5,

Bliss Two Ballads, Pinkett Fanfare and Interlude, Kelly Divertissement,

Shostakovitch Festive Overture, Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije,

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K. 297 b