Past concerts

2023 season

Tales & Wonder

Saturday 1 April 7.00pm

The Swiss Church in London

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

Gustav Holst The Planets

James Keirle conductor

2022 season

A Walk in Nature

Saturday 9 April 7.00pm

The Swiss Church in London

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

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

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

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

Antonín Dvořák 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

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

James Keirle conductor

2018 season

Composers from the Corners of Europe

Saturday 24 March 2018, 4.00pm

St Giles in the Fields Church, London

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont Overture

Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances (selection)

Giuseppe Verdi arias from Rigoletto

Jules Massenet arias from Werther

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

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 Dvořák
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

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

Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus

John Wilkie director

Giannis Giannopoulis conductor

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

Haraya Choir chorus

2017 season

Beethoven & Mozart

Saturday 8 April 2017, 7.30pm

St Giles in the Fields Church, London

Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3
Piano Concerto No. 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

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)

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

James Keirle conductor

Rachel Duckett soprano

Ting-Shiuan Chen violin

Neyzah narrator