Past Concerts - 2007/2008 Season

 Saturday 18th October 2008, 7:30pm

This formal concert was held in the cosy Church Hall attached to Colbury Church. The audience filled every space, and this was, in part, due to the performance given by the experienced and talented Anton Crout. He thrilled everyone with a lovely performance of Concerto No.2 for clarinet by Bernhard Crusell. After a garrulous interval accompanied by wine and a veritable feast of finger food, we proceeded to show our guests our enthusiasm for performing with confident and expressive renditions of classical music, including Dvořák’s Slavonic Dance No.8.

Finally, the audience went into the starry night with the catchy Waltz No.2 by Shostakovitch still ringing in their heads.

 Sunday 6th July 2008, 3.00pm

Leader: Mary Noble
This was our first ever Family Concert and we were pleased to fill St John’s Church with many new faces, young and old. 

Isabel Hampson, Ben Monk and Christian Harding from Foxhills Junior School are all learning to play the saxophone.  They performed two unaccompanied pieces to an appreciative 150 strong audience. Later they joined with the orchestra to play in the Toy Symphony and Star Wars theme music.  One of the highlights was the enthusiastic Pirates of the Caribbean fight scene, enacted by Ben and Christian to live music from the orchestra,  ending with a dramatic dying finale by Christian.

“.. a wonderful afternoon... superbly organised... playing & singing was of a very high standard. The event was obviously really thought through and offered something to suit all ages.”

“.. we thought it was excellent, perfect for a family, we thoroughly enjoyed it and will look forward to next years!”

“I thought this new departure for the orchestra was very interesting and on the whole a great success...... I hope there will be more such concerts in the future.”

 Saturday 26th August 2008, 7.30pm

            Concert at St. John's Marchwood

            Tribute concert

 Saturday 26th January 2008, 7.30pm

            Concert at All Saints Botley

            A varied program of music.

                Guest Soloist:
                    Soprano: Christobel Thomas

Saturday 15th December 2007, 7.30pm

        Christmas Concert at St. Johns Church, Marchwood

Our traditional pre-Christmas concert with a varied program of music and a selection of carols.

Autumn Concert: Saturday 13th October 2007, 7.30pm
                 Venue: Hanger Farm Arts Centre
Featuring a Flute Concerto, written by our conductor, Tony Kitcherside

        Guest Soloists:
                Flute: Gina Bryant
                Soprano: Christobel Thomas