2019 Spring concert
16th March at 7.30 pm​
St Giles in the Fields church
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Dvorak 8th symphony
Brahms' Academic Festival Overture, Lilian Boulanger's "D'un matin de Printemps"
Roger Cawkwell's "Four Short Pieces for Orchestra"
2019 Spring concert
16th March at 7.30 pm​
St Giles in the Fields church
​
Dvorak 8th symphony
Brahms' Academic Festival Overture, Lilian Boulanger's "D'un matin de Printemps"
Roger Cawkwell's "Four Short Pieces for Orchestra"
2019 Spring concert
16th March at 7.30 pm​
St Giles in the Fields church
​
Dvorak 8th symphony
Brahms' Academic Festival Overture, Lilian Boulanger's "D'un matin de Printemps"
Roger Cawkwell's "Four Short Pieces for Orchestra"
2019 Spring concert
16th March at 7.30 pm​
St Giles in the Fields church
​
Dvorak 8th symphony
Brahms' Academic Festival Overture, Lilian Boulanger's "D'un matin de Printemps"
Roger Cawkwell's "Four Short Pieces for Orchestra"
Practical information
Practical information
Past concerts
2024 season
Scenes & Stories
Saturday 13 April 7.00pm
St James's Church, Sussex Gardens
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet
Felix Mendelssohn Ruy Blas Overture
Emilie Mayer Faust Overture
Edward Grieg Extracts from Peer Gynt
Thomas Goff conductor
2023 season
Tales & Wonder
Saturday 1 April 7.00pm
The Swiss Church in London
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Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata, Prelude to Act I
Ferdinand David Trombone Concertino
Jean Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter
Benjamin Britten Four Sea Interludes
James Keirle conductor
Gemma Riley trombone
The Planets
2 December 2023, 4.00pm
St Augustine's Church
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Gustav Holst The Planets
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James Keirle conductor
2022 season
A Walk in Nature
Saturday 9 April 7.00pm
The Swiss Church in London
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Jean Sibelius Finlandia
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
Chaminade, Cécile Concertino pour flûte
James Keirle conductor
Shakespeare in Music
Saturday 8 October 7.00pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
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Otto Nicolai Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Henry Purcell Exerpts from Fairy Queen
Felix Mendelssohn Excerpts from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Giuseppe Verdi Three Dances from Macbeth
James Keirle conductor
Imagine a World
Saturday 3 December, 4.00pm
St James's Church, Sussex Gardens
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Maurice Ravel Mother Goose
Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1
Arturo Márquez Danzón No.
James Keirle conductor
2021 season
Magical Dreams
Saturday 4 December, 3.30pm
(relaxed performance)
Saturday 11 December 7.00pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
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Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Rimsky Korsakov)
Joaquín Turina Danzas fantásticas
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Overture in C
Charles Gounod Romeo and Juliet,
Act 1, No. 3: ‘Je Veux Vivre’​
Giaccomo Puccini Turandot, Act 1: ‘Signore Ascolta’
James Keirle conductor
Sarah Keirle soprano
2019 season
Welcome to Spring
Saturday 16 March 2019, 7.30pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
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Antonín DvoÅ™ák Symphony No. 8
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Roger Cawkwell
Four Short Pieces for Orchestra
James Keirle conductor
A Riot of Colour
Saturday 22 June 2019, 7.30pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco Overture
Lili Boulanger
Trois Morceaux (arr. Roger Cawkwell)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnole
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
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James Keirle conductor
Daniel Harrison cello
Legend & Adventure
Saturday 7 December 2019, 4.30pm (relaxed performance)
Saturday 14 December 2019, 4.30pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
Felix Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite
Roger Cawkwell The Banks of Tyne
Alexander Borodin Polovtsian Dances
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James Keirle conductor
2018 season
Composers from the Corners of Europe
Saturday 24 March 2018, 4.00pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Antonín DvoÅ™ák
Slavonic Dances (selection)
Giuseppe Verdi arias from Rigoletto
Jules Massenet arias from Werther
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James Keirle conductor
Rachel Duckett soprano
Haloween
Saturday 27 October 2018, 7.30pm
Wednesday 22 August 2018, 8pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
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Alexander Borodin Symphony No. 2
Johann Strauss II
Die Fledermaus Overture
Camille Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte, Act 1: ‘O Zittre Nicht’ and Act 2: ‘Der Hölle Rache’
James Keirle conductor
Rachel Duckett soprano
Spring Concert 2018
Saturday 5 May, 7.30pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
Arturo Marquez Dánzon No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Antonín DvoÅ™ák
Slavonic Dances (selection)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte, Act 1: ‘O Zittre Nicht’
James Keirle conductor
Yume Fujise violin
Rachel Ducket soprano
Bright Stars
Saturday 1 December 2018, 7.30pm
Conway Hall, London
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Suite (exerpts)
George Frideric Handel
Messiah, Part III: ‘Hallelujah’
James Keirle conductor
Haraya Choir chorus
Die Fledermaus
Monday 20 August 2018, 8pm
Wednesday 22 August 2018, 8pm
Wilton's Music Hall, London
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Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus
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John Wilkie director
Giannis Giannopoulis conductor
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Rob Tilson Eisenstein
Karlene Moreno-Hayworth Rosalinde
Emma Charles Rosalinde (cover)
Rachel Duckett Adele
Wakana Gong Adele (cover)
Damien Noyce Alfred
Michael Georgiou Dr Falke
Ayaka Tanimoto Prince Orlovsky
Danielle Mahailet Prince Orlovsky (cover)
Wei Hsi Hu Dr Blind
Wakana Gong Ida
Helen Karikari Ida
Aleksi Koponen Frank
Carlos Mapano Ivan
Chris Thornton Frosch
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Haraya Choir chorus
2017 season
Beethoven & Mozart
Saturday 8 April 2017, 7.30pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3
Piano Concerto No. 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"
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Rachel Duckett conductor
Tze-Tien Huang piano
Dances, Suites, & Overtures
Saturday 15 July 2017, 7.30pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
Gioachino Rossini
William Tell Overture
Barber of Seville Overture
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances 1, 5, 13, and 15
Georges Bizet Carmen (selections)
Klaus Badelt
Pirates of the Carribean (selections)
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Tamara Lorenzo Gabeiras conductor
Prokovief, Strauss, & Bach
Saturday 2 December 2017, 7.30pm
St Giles in the Fields Church, London
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Johann Strauss II The Blue Danube
Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio (selection)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Laudate Dominum
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James Keirle conductor
Rachel Duckett soprano
Ting-Shiuan Chen violin
Neyzah narrator