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 2011
- Humperdinck - Hansel & Gretel Overture
- Weber - Bassoon Concerto
Soloist: Meyrick Alexander - Mahler - Symphony No. 4
Soloist: Emily Griffiths - Benjamin Frank Vaughan - Akiko (new commission)
- Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf, Narrator Ian Milton
- Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite
- Schubert - Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
- Sibelius - Finlandia
- Grieg - Piano Concerto, Soloist Zi Wang
- Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Season 2010
- Wagner - Die Meistersinger Overture
- Elgar - Cello Concerto, Soloist Parry Karp
- Dvorak - Symphony No. 7
- Bernstein - Overture to Candide
- Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez, Soloist Nils Klöfver
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 6
- Bernstein - West Side Story Symphonic Dance Suite (workshop)
- Hamilton Harty - A Comedy Overture
- Elgar - Sea Pictures, Soloist Sally Martin
- Brahms - Symphony No. 1
Season 2009
- Brahms - Tragic Overture
- Haydn - Trumpet Concerto, soloist Chris Avison
- Sibelius - Symphony No. 5
- Delius - Summer Night on the River
- Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 2
- Glinka - Russlan & Ludmilla Overture
- Malcolm Arnold - Flute Concerto No. 1, Soloist Catherine Handley
- Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2
- Elgar - Symphony No. 1 (Orchestral Workshop)
Season 2008
- Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite
- Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending. Soloist: Gillian Bradley
- Rimsky Korsakov - Scheherazade. Guest Leader: Will Hillman
- Janacek - Three Lachian Dances
- Bizet - Symphony in C
- Mozart - Marriage of Figaro overture
- Beethoven - violin concerto. Soloist: Laurence Kempton
- Dvorak - Symphony no. 6
Season 2007
- Beethoven - Egmont Overture
- Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4. Soloist: Ian Fisher
- 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
