Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra

Year : 1972

Leader : Robert Heard

Easter Course : London with Eli Goran, Gareth Morris, Sir Michael Tippett,

Laszlo Heltay, Russell Burgess and Marios Papadopoulos

Overseas Tour : France ( Le Havre, Evreux, Rouen, Dieppe )

Television : Aquarius with Humphrey Burton : The Unicorn recording session

Records : Havergal Brian Symphonies for Unicorn

Concerts : Bath Festival with Heltay and Tippett

De Montfort Hall with Heltay and Pinkett

Wavedon Festival

Loughborough University

Nottingham Festival with Pinkett and Burgess

Gymnase de Coubertin, Le Havre

Municipal Theatre, Evreux

Conductors : Laszlo Heltay, Sir Michael Tippett, James Loughran

Peter White and Russell Burgess

Soloists : Marios Papadopoulos ( piano )

Eleanor Cooke ( violin )

Sue Phipps ( flute )

Ann Bennett ( clarinet )

Kathryn Marcer ( soprano )

Anne Mason ( contralto )

Alan Woodhouse ( bass )

David Rendall ( tenor )

Michael Rippon ( baritone )

Heather Williams ( oboe )

Repertoire : Tippett Fanfare for Brass, Walton Capriccio Burlesco,

Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music,

Walton Belshazzer's Feast, Brian Symphonies Nos. 10 and 21,

Tippett Fantasia on a Theme of Handel, Piston Tunbridge Fair,

Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture, Britten Matinees Musicales,

Butterworth Banks of Green Willow, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto,

Rimsky Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, Patterson Fiesta Sinfonico,

Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture, Copland Rodeo,

Haydn Nelson Mass, Elgar Introduction and Allegro,

Weber Clarinet Concertino, Chaminade Flute Concerto,

Jacob Old Wine in New Bottles, Albinoni Oboe Concerto No. 3,

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves