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2010 Concerts

July 8, 10,11,13. Madama Butterfly - Puccini
Grange Park Opera, Rising Stars

Nevill Holt, Leicestershire

Director: John Doyle
Designer: Mark Bailey
Orchestra of Nevill Holt
Cio-Cio-San: Hye-Youn Lee
Pinkerton: Jesus Leon
Suzuki: Helen Sherman
Sharpless: James Cleverton
Goro: Tobias Merz

Sunday 4th July, 4pm. Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra
Pittville Pump Room

Bridge : There Grows a Willow Aslant a Brook
Wolf : Selected works from Moerike Lieder (orch. Wolf)
Beethoven : Symphony No. 7

Benedict Nelson - Baritone

Sunday 27th June - Festival of Hope Final Concert
London International Orchestra

Deeside College, Holywell Road, Northop, Mold, Flintshire, CH7 6AA.

An outdoor concert of classical and opera highlights, and Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture with Fireworks.

Rhys Meirion - Tenor
David Kempster - Baritone
Shan Cothi - Soprano
Llyr Williams - piano

Sunday 20th June, 7.45pm, Proms at St Jude's : 'Opera Gala'
London International Orchestra

Highlights from the operas of Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini and Bizet including: Le Nozze di Figaro, La Fille du Régiment, Rigoletto, Madama Butterfly and The Pearl Fishers.

Hye-Youn Lee - soprano
Victoria Simmonds - mezzo-soprano
Jesús León -  tenor
Changhan Lim - baritone

Wednesday 19th May, Gala Concert
Orpheus Sinfonia,
with Marc Corbett-Weaver - Piano
St Paul's Covent Garden

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor,Op. 18
Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Saturday 15th May
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra
St Andrew's Church, Montpellier Street, Cheltenham

Rossini - Overture Italian Girl in Algiers
Dvorak  - Czech Suite
Ligeti - Romanian Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No.7

www.cheltenhamchamberorchestra.org.uk

Wednesday 24th March, 7.30pm - Easter Concert
London International Orchestra

Free Church, North Square, London, NW11 7AG

Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Overture
Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.5

Roisin Walters  - Violin

Thursday 11th March. 7.30pm.
Cadogan Hall: "Genius for Genes"
Gala concert in aid of the CGD Research Trust

Orion Symphony Orchestra

Adam Walker - Flute
Laura Mitchell - Soprano
Jesús León - Tenor
Toby Purser - Conductor  

Part 1 - Classical Genius:

Mendelssohn:      Overture, Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mozart:                Flute Concerto in D major, K.314

Part 2 - Operatic Genius:

Verdi:           Prelude; Ella mi fu rapita ; Caro nome (Rigotetto);   Un di felice (La Traviata)
Massenet:     Pourquoi me réveiller(Werther)
Catalani:       Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (La Wally)
Puccini :       Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut;   Chi il ben sogno (La Rondine);   Recondita armonia (Tosca)
Giordano:     Vicino a te s'acqueta (Andre Chenier)

2009 Concerts

Tuesday 10th November. 7.30pm
Cadogan Hall
Orion Symphony Orchestra
Susan Gritton, Alwyn Mellor – sopranos

Wagner : Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Strauss : Vier letzte Lieder
Brahms : Symphony No.2

Tuesday 20th October.
Cadogan Hall, London SW1
Pimlico Opera "Rising Stars Tour"

Verdi : Rigoletto

Friday 2nd October, Saturday 3rd October
The Grange, Hampshire SO24 9TG
Grange Park Opera "Rising Stars"

Verdi : Rigoletto

Tuesday 22nd September. 7.30pm
Cadogan Hall
MS Trust Charity Concert
The Orpheus Sinfonia
Marc Corbett-Weaver - piano
Aled Jones - presenter

Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
Holst: The Planets

Thursday 9th July, Saturday 11th July, Sunday 12th July, Tuesday 14th July. 4.30pm.
Nevill Holt, Leicestershire LE16 8EG.
Grange Park Opera "Rising Stars"

Verdi : Rigoletto

Saturday 27th June,
Festival of Hope: Classics in the Park
The Gwysaney Estate, Mold, Wales, CH7 6PA
London International Orchestra
Shan Kothi- Soprano; Rhys Meirion – Tenor; David Kempster – Baritone

A programme of operatic overtures, chorus, solos and ensembles. Performance ends with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and Fireworks.

Thursday 4th June. 7.30pm.
St. George's, Hannover Square
Orpheus Sinfonia
Valeriy Sokolov – violin

Brahms – Violin Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade

Wednesday 20th May. 8.00pm
Free Church, Hampstead Garden Suburbs, London NW11 7AG
London International Orchestra
Litsa Tunnah – Violin

Weber- Overture to “Der Freischûtz”
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto
TSibelius – Symphony No. 2

February 14th. 7.30pm
Valentine's Day Concert

United Free Church, North Square, Hampstead Garden Suburbs

LONDON INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA

Tchaikovsky – Fantasy Overture to Romeo and Juliet
Strauss – Roses from the South
Elgar - Salut d'amour

February 12th , 7.30pm
Genius for Genes
St. John's, Smith Square, London

A benefit concert of orchestral and operatic genius, performed by rising stars of the musical world.

ORION SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Toby Purser - conductor
Anita Watson - soprano
James Edwards - tenor
Samuel Staples and Louise-Rose Staples - violin

"Spirit of Orchestral Genius"
Bach : Concerto for Two Violins, BWV1043
Mozart : Haffner Symphony No.35 "Haffner", K.385

"Operatic Genius in Love"
Verdi : Prelude to La Traviata; La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)
Donizetti : Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)
Gounod : Je veux vivre; Ah! Lève-toi soleil (Roméo et Juliette)
Dvor(ák : Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Mascagni : Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Puccini : Che gelida manina; Mi chiamano Mimi; O soave fanciulla (La Bohème)

In aid of The CGD Research Trust, the world's leading specialist organisation involved with Chronic Granulomatous Disorder, a rare immune deficiency.