P A S T C O N C E R T S
29 June 2024, 7.30pm | Barn Hill Methodist Church
Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn
Strauss Serenade for Winds
Sturt Arthur's Seat
Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony
Mark Austin Conductor
23rd March 2024, 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre
Mozart Overture: La clemenza di tito
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Agathe Backer-Grøndahl Scherzo
Mozart Symphony 35 Haffner
Mark Austin Conductor
Freya Goldmark Violin
27th January 2024, 7.30pm | Barn Hill Methodist Church
Mieczysław Karłowicz Serenade for Strings
Bruch Romanze
Howells Elegy for viola
Strauss Metamorphosen for 23 strings
Mark Austin Conductor
Jaren Ziegler Viola
26th November 2023, 7.30pm | Barn Hill Methodist Church
Mendelssohn Overture Die schöne Melusine
Weber Bassoon Concerto in F
Schubert Symphony No 6
Mark Austin Conductor
Amy Harman Bassoon
1st July 2023 | Stamford Arts Centre | 40th Anniversary Concert
Brahms Hungarian Dance No 5
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Pike A Walk by the Welland
Haydn Symphony 104
Mark Austin Conductor
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux Violin
18th March 2023, 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre
Emilie Mayer Faust Overture
Straus Horn Concerto No 1
Beethoven Symphony 3 ‘Eroica’
Mark Austin Conductor
Alex Wide French Horn
28th January 2023, 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Gounod Petite Symphonie
Brown Songs and Dances
Holst Wind Quintet
Schumann Adagio espressivo from Symphony no. 2
Coleridge-Taylor Four Novelletten for String Orchestra
Mark Austin Conductor
26th November 2022, 7.30pm | Barn Hill Methodist Church
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Wagner Meistersinger Overture (arr. for chamber orchestra)
Mozart Per questa bella mano
Bottesini Double Bass Concerto
Mendelssohn Symphony 4 ‘Italian’
Mark Austin Conductor
Toby Hughes Double Bass
Henry L’Estrange Bass
25th June 2022, 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre
Beethoven Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus
Haydn Trumpet Concerto
Ives The Unanswered Question
Beethoven Symphony no. 1
Mark Austin Conductor
Imogen Whitehead Trumpet
19th March 2022, 3.00pm | Barn Hill Methodist Church
Paddington's First Concert
Grieg Peer Gynt excerpts
Holst Jupiter from the Planets Suite
Piazolla Libertango
Michael Smedley Conductor
Rev'd Andy Fyall Narrator
22nd January 2022 , 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
Elgar Serenade for Strings
Debussy Danses sacrée et profane
Grandjany Aria in a Classic Style
Mahler Adagietto from Symphony no. 5
George Brown Colours of Spring 2020
Grieg Holberg Suite
Mark Austin Conductor
Rachel Wick Harp
13th November 2021, 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
Mozart Overture to Così fan Tutte
[Mozart Aria ‘Per Questa Bella Mano’ - omitted]
[Double Bass soloist – Toby Hughes - ill]
[Bass soloist – Henry L’Estrange]
[Bottesini Double Bass Concerto]
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3
Smyth Serenade in D
Mark Austin Conductor
Mathilde Milwidsky Violin
26th June 2021 - Playthrough 18:00 | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
MOZART Overture: Marriage of Figaro
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
DELIUS Summer Night on the River
BRAHMS Symphony no. 3: Poco Allegretto
HAYDN Symphony no. 101 'Clock'
Mark Austin Conductor
CANCELLED: 20th March 2021, 7:30pm | Stamford Arts Centre
CANCELLED: 234rd January 2021, 7:30pm | Stamford Arts Centre
CANCELLED: 14th November 2020 | Barn Hill Methodist Church
Play-through
HOLST St Paul's Suite
BACH Violin Concerto in E
ELGAR Serenade for Strings
Mark Austin Conductor
Freya Goldmark Violin
CANCELLED: 20th June 2020, 7:30pm | Stamford Arts Centre
CANCELLED: 1st March 2020, 6:30pm | Barn Hill Methodist Church
HOLST Jupiter
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
GRIEG Morning
SCO Children's Choir
Michael Smedley Conductor
Rev Andy Fyall Narrator
25th January 2020, 7:30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
PUCCINI Crisantemi
DVORAK Nocturne
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Oboe Concerto
DVORAK Serenade for Strings
Mark Austin Conductor
Katie Bennington Oboe
16th November 2019, 7:30pm | Barn Hill Methodist Church
HANDEL Water Music Suite No 2
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 2
Mark Austin Conductor
Mathilde Milwidsky Violin
29th June 2019 7:30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture,
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 7
Michael Smedley Conductor
Anthony Poon Violin
23rd March 2019 7:30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
SCHUBERT Overture in the Italian Style
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 1
Mark Austin Conductor
Lydia Shelley Cello
26th January 2019 7:30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
ELGAR Chanson de Matin & Chanson de Nuit
BARTOK Romanian Dances
WARLOCK Capriol Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings
Kate Wishart Conductor
17th November 2018, 6:30pm | Barn Hill Methodist Church
Children's Concert
Highlights from the William Tell Overture, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Featuring the SCO Children's Choir from Malcolm Sargent School and Brooke Priory School
Michael Smedley Conductor
Saturday 30th June 2018, 7:30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
MENDELSSOHN Märchen von de schönen Melusine
ROSSINI Bassoon Concerto
BEETHOVEN Sympony No. 3 "Eroica"
Steven Grahl Conductor
Anne McCrae Bassoon
Saturday 17th March 2018, 7:30pm | Barn Hill Methodist Church
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations
SIBELIUS Pelleas and Melisande
Steven Grahl Conductor
Lydia Shelley Cello
Saturday 27th January 2018, 7:30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
CORELLI Concerto Grosso in G minor (Christmas Concerto)
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
ALBINONI Adagio in G minor
RUTTER Suite for Strings
MOZART/HAYDN/? Toy Symphony
Steven Grahl Conductor and Harpsichord
Anja Smith Violin
Pippa Wilson Flute
Saturday 11th November 2017, 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
BRUCH Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Scottish Symphony
Steven Grahl Conductor
Freya Goldmark Violin
Saturday 1 July 2017, 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
MOZART The Posthorn Serenade
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
Steven Grahl Conductor
Saturday 25 March 2017, 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
HAYDN March for the Royal Society of Musicians
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony
George Morton Conductor
Julian Trevelyan Piano
Saturday 28 January 2017, 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
MENDELSSOHN Sinfonia III in E minor
MENDELSSOHN String Symphony in G major
MENDELSSOHN String Symphony in C major
MENDELSSOHN Sinfonia VII in D minor
Ben Palmer Conductor
Fenella Humphreys Violin
Saturday 12 November 2016, 7.30pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor
DVORAK Sumphony No. 8 in G major
Michael Smedley Conductor
Rachel Spencer Violin
Saturday 2 July 2016, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
MOZART Don Giovanni: Overture
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 in G
MOZART Idomeneo: Ballet Music
MOZART Symphony No 39 in E flat
Ben Palmer Conductor
Freya Goldmark Violin
Saturday 30 April 2016, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
HAYDN Symphony No. 97 in C
HAYDN Trumpet Concerto in E flat
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D
Ben Palmer Trumpet/Conductor
Saturday 30 January 2016, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
ELGAR Introduction and Allegro
DOWLAND (arr. Ben Palmer) In this trembling shadow
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
SCHUBERT (arr. Ben Palmer) Symphony for Strings (after the Quintet Op. 163) world première
Ben Palmer Conductor
Saturday 14 November 2015, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'
BRAHMS Double Concerto in A minor
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Ben Palmer Conductor
Francesca Barritt Violin
Morwenna Del Mar Cello
Saturday 20 June 2015, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits
GLUCK Dance of the Furies
BERLIOZ Les nuits d'été
MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Ben Palmer Conductor
Wendy Dawn Thompson Mezzo-soprano
Saturday 21 March 2015, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat
WEBER Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor
HAYDN Symphony No. 92 in G 'Oxford'
Ben Palmer Conductor
David Campbell Clarinet
Saturday 25 January 2015, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
JOHAN HELMICH ROMAN Sinfonia in G
NIELSEN Little Suite for strings
SIBELIUS Andante festivo
LARS-ERIK LARSSON Little Serenade for strings
BEN PALMER Dance of the Hardanger Fiddle SCO commission - world première
GRIEG Holberg Suite
Ben Palmer Conductor
Saturday 15 November 2014, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
HAYDN Symphony No. 93 in D
R. STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A 'Italian'
Ben Palmer Conductor
Sam Pearce Horn
Saturday 5 July 2014, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
MENDELSSOHN St Paul: Overture
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Ben Palmer Conductor
Katie Smith Violin
Saturday 22 March 2014, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
FAURÉ Pavane
RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin
RAVEL Pavane pour une enfante défunte
POULENC Sinfonietta
Ben Palmer Conductor
Saturday 25 January 2014, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
BOYCE Symphony No. 5 in D
HANDEL Water Music HWV 348-350 (complete)
Ben Palmer Conductor
Saturday 16 November 2013, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D 'Haffner' KV 385
BEN PALMER Pocket Symphony world premiere
HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D 'London'
Ben Palmer Conductor
Saturday 6 July 2013, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
HAYDN Symphony No. 73 in D 'La chasse'
MOZART Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat KV 447
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A minor 'Scottish'
Ben Palmer Conductor
Katy Woolley Horn
Saturday 23 March 2013, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
MOZART Overture: The Abduction from the Seraglio
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D
HAYDN Symphony No. 100 in G 'Military'
Ben Palmer Conductor
Francesca Barritt Violin
Saturday 17 November 2012, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F
HUMMEL Trumpet Concerto in E
VORISEK Symphony in D
Ben Palmer Conductor
Hedley Benson Trumpet
Saturday 23 June 2012, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
BEETHOVEN Overture: The Ruins of Athens
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat 'Eroica'
Ben Palmer Conductor
Katy Smith Violin
Saturday 17 March 2012, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
MENDELSSOHN Overture: The Hebrides
WEBER Bassoon Concerto in F
HAYDN Symphony No. 101 in D 'The Clock'
Ben Palmer Conductor
Rosie Burton Bassoon
Saturday 22 February 2012, 7.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
PURCELL (ed. Britten) Chacony in G minor
WALTON Two pieces from Henry V
WARLOCK Capriol Suite
HOLST St Paul's Suite
ELGAR Elegy for strings
BRITTEN Simple Symphony
Ben Palmer Conductor
Saturday 19 November 2011, 8.00pm | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
ROSSINI Overture: The Barber of Seville
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez, arr. for harp
JUAN CRISÓSTOMO ARRIAGA Symphony in D
Ben Palmer Conductor
Eleanor Turner Harp
Saturday 2 July 2011 | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
MOZART Overture: Idomeneo
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto in C
HAYDN Symphony No. 85 in B flat 'La reine'
MOZART Symphony No. 31 in D 'Paris'
Ben Palmer Conductor
Del Mar Piano Trio (Francesca Barrit; Morwenna Del Mar; Susie Summers)
Saturday 26 March 2011 | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
HAYDN Symphony No. 83 in G minor 'La poule'
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
RESPIGHI The Birds
Ben Palmer Conductor
Adam Summerhayes Violin
Saturday 20 November 2010 | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
WAGNER Siegfried-Idyll
R. STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C
Ben Palmer Conductor
Angela Barnes Horn
Saturday 26 June 2010 | Trinity Methodist Church, Barn Hill, Stamford
MENDELSSOHN Overture: The Fair Melusine
HANDEL Organ Concerto No. 13 in F HWV 295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'
DELIUS On hearing the first cuckoo in spring; Summer night on the river
HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E flat 'Drumroll'
Ben Palmer Conductor
David Lovell Brown Organ
Saturday 20 March 2010 | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
BARBER Adagio for strings
MOZART Concerto for flute and harp in C K299
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A
Christopher Brown Conductor
Charlotte Ashton Flute
Elisabeth Bass Harp
Saturday 21 November 2009 | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
SCHUBERT Overture in D in the Italian Style
BOIELDIEU Harp Concerto in C
MOZART Idomeneo: Ballet Music
HAYDN Symphony No. 99 in E flat
Ben Palmer Conductor
Eleanor Turner Harp
Saturday 20 June 2009 | Trinity Methodist Church, Barn Hill, Stamford
QUILTER Children's Overture
HOLST Lyric Movement for viola and small orchestra
BUTTERWORTH On the Banks of Green Willow
FINZI Five Bagatelles for Clarinet
ARNOLD Serenade
CHRISTOPHER BROWN Toy Symphony
Christopher Brown Conductor
Dan Leetch Viola
Christine Taylor Clarinet
Saturday 21 March 2009 | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
DVORAK Slavonic Dances
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A 'Italian'
R. STRAUSS Dance Suite after Couperin
Christopher Brown Conductor
Saturday 22 November 2008 | Trinity Methodist Church, Barn Hill, Stamford
MOZART Overture: Don Giovanni
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 1 in D
Andrew Reid Conductor
Roger Owen Violin
Saturday 14 June 2008 | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
FAURE Masques et bergamasques
DEBUSSY Danses sacree et profane
FRANCAIS L'horloge des fleurs
POULENC Sinfonietta
Christopher Brown Conductor
Eleanor Turner Harp
George Brown Oboe
Saturday 8 March 2008 | Trinity Methodist Church, Barn Hill, Stamford
BOYCE Symphony No. 5 in D
SAINT-SAENS Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D 'London'
Christopher Brown Conductor
Alice Neary Cello
Saturday 17 November 2007 | Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom
BEETHOVEN Overture: Egmont
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D
Christopher Brown Conductor
Roger Owen Violin