Past Concerts

Here is a selection of works played by Abergavenny Orchestral Society. This is not a fully comprehensive list but a brief overview of concerts in more recent years which demonstrates the range of works played.

Season 2008
Janacek – Three Lachian Dances
Bizet – Symphony in C
Mozart – Marriage of Figaro overture
Beethoven – violin concerto. Soloist: Laurence Kempton
Dvorak – Symphony no. 6
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade (orchestral workshop)

Season 2007
Beethoven – Egmont Overture
Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 4
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 Eroica
Bernard – Divertissment for Wind Dectet
Mozart – Symphony No. 35
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6
Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture "Fingal’s Cave"
Faure – Pavane
Percy Grainger – An Irish Tune from County Derry
Walton – Crown Imperial
Henry Wood – Fantasia on British Sea Songs

Season 2006
Hamish MacCunn – Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Dvorak – The Noonday Witch
Ronald Binge – Saxophone Concerto, Soloist Jennifer Bostic
Sibelius – Symphony No. 1
Guy Woolfenden – Serenade for Sophia
Malcolm Arnold – Trevelyan Suite
Elgar – Serenade for Strings op. 20
Haydn – Symphony no. 101
Rossini – Barber of Seville Overture
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante K364, Soloists: Ruth Bass & Philip Heyman
Shostakovich – Symphony no.5

Season 2005
Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave)
Bliss – Checkmate Suite
Beethoven – Symphony no.7
Mozart – Symphony no.29
Dvorak – Czech Suite
Beethoven – Symphony no.1
Shostakovich – Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto, Soloist Oliver Lewis
Borodin – Symphony no.2

Season 2004
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Walton – Henry V Suite, Narrator Gareth Bale
Franck – Symphony in D minor
Schubert – Overture: Rosamunde
Dvorak – Symphony No. 8

Season 2003
Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture
Bruch – Violin Concerto, soloist Nicholas Ramanes
Brahms – Symphony no.2
Arnold – Little Suite for Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite
Shostakovich – Jazz Suite no. 2
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto, Soloist Elizabeth Owen
Beethoven – Symphony no.5

Season 2002
Vaughan Williams – A London Symphony
Walton – Crown Imperial
Walton – Viola Concerto, Soloist Philip Heyman
Gounod – Petite Symphony
Rutter – Suite Antique for Flute, Soloist Bethan Barlow
Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Strauss – Blue Danube Waltz
Borodin – Polovtsian Dances
Arutiunian – Trumpet Concerto, Soloist Alan McDonald
Saint-Saens – Symphony no.3

Season 2001
Strauss – Suite for 13 Wind Instruments
Ney Rosauro – Concert for Marimba, soloist Andrea McLaren
Sibelius – Symphony no.2
Beethoven – Overture no.3 (Leonore)
Strauss – Horn Concerto no.1, Soloist Ian Fisher
Schubert – Symphony no.9 in C

Season 2000
Neville John – Overture "The Triumph of Aberfan"
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto, Soloist Robert Watson
Coates – London Suite
Tchaikovsky – Symphony no.4
Mozart – Overture: Marriage of Figaro
Brahms – Violin Concerto, Soloist Magnus Johnston
Debussy – Ballet
Faure – Pavane
Beethoven – Symphony no.8

Season 1999
Strauss – Die Fledermauss
Canteloube – Songs of the Auvergne
Mansel Thomas – Three Welsh Melodies
Dvorak – Symphony no.9, The New World Symphony
Mozart – Overture Don Giovanni
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto, Soloist Nicola Hatfield
Beethoven – Symphony no.7