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Reading Youth Orchestra
The following is the start of a list of concerts that have been transferred to CD's rather than having to rely upon the now aging recording system used years ago. As will be seen, the list has gaps and there are details missing here and there where our notes were not as comprehensive as they might have been, or we do not have a programme to refer to.
Any corrections or additions that the reader may be able to provide me with would be much appreciated please.
Jan 19th. 1986, Venue: St John’s, Smith Square, London
Leader: Patrick Evans
Soloist: Sarah Ewins
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Bruch: Violin Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No: 9
May 3rd. 1986, Venue: The Great Hall, University of Reading
Leader: Elizabeth Greeley
Soloist: Patrick Evans
Narrator: John Humphrys
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Dvorak: Romance for Violin & Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No: 5 in C minor
Sept. 13th. 1986, Venue: The Great Hall, University of Reading
Leader Patrick Evans
Soloist: Christopher Humphrys
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Elgar Cello Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No: 8
January 25th. 1987, Venue: St. John’s, Smith Square, London
Leader: Hanna Lynch
Soloists: Eve Halstead, Andrew Davis, Nicolas Heppel & Jonathan Hassan
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 297B for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon & Horn
Stravinsky: Petrushka
April 26th. 1987, Venue: The Hexagon, Reading
(With the Dusseldorf Youth Orchestra)
Leader: Hannah Lynch
Soloists: Eve Halstead, Andrew Davis, Nicolas Heppel & Jonathan Hassan
Conductors: Robert Roscoe & Viktor Arnolds
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K 297B for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon & Horn
Brahms: Symphony No: 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (DYO)
May 10th. 1987, Venue: The Drake Centre, Pangbourne College
Leader Hannah Lynch
'Cello: Guido Schiefen
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Dvorak: ‘Cello Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No: 8
September 19th. 1987, Venue: The Great Hall, University of Reading
Leader: Hannah Lynch
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Debussy: L’Apres-midi d’un Faune
Faure: Pavane
Shostakovich: Symphony No: 9
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No: 5
January 17th. 1988, Venue: St. John’s, Smith Square, London
Leader: Philip Montgomery-Smith
Violin: Sarah Ewins
‘Cello: Guido Schiefen
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Special Guest: Patrick Moore
Mussorgsky: A Night on a Bare Mountain
Brahms: Double Concerto
Sibelius: Finlandia Opus 26
Patrick Moore: Penguin Parade, The Hurricane
April 24th. 1988, Venue: The Drake Centre, Pangbourne College
Leader: Philip Montgomery-Smith
Piano: Ian Fountain
Central Berkshire Music Centre Girls’ Choir (Cond.: Gwyn Arch)
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Debussy: Fetes
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No: 2
Holst: The Planets
September 17th. 1988, Venue: The Great Hall, University of Reading
Leader: Philip Montgomery-Smith
Horn: Philip Woods
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Strauss: Horn Concerto No: 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No: 5
January 15th. 1989, Venue: St. John’s, Smith Square, London
Leader: Philip Montgomery-Smith
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Sibelius: Symphony No: 1 in E minor
April 22nd. 1989, Venue: The Drake Centre, Pangbourne College
Leader: Philip Montgomery-Smith
‘Cello: Michael Fairbairn
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Holst: Ballet Music from “The Perfect Fool”
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
September 16th. 1989, Venue: The Great Hall, University of Reading
Leader: Philip Montgomery-Smith
Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Copland: El Salon Mexico
Weber: Invitation to the Dance Op. 65
Franck: Symphony in D minor
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1
More to follow in due course...