Wednesday 17th April, 2013, 19:30
Cadogan Hall, London.

Bax – Tintagel
Britten – Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6, ‘Pathetique’

Thomas Gould - violin
Orion Orchestra

April 4th 2013, 19.30
St George’s, Hanover Square, London.

Ligeti – Romanian Concerto
Beethoven – Symphony No.8
Beethoven – Triple Concerto, for piano, violin and cello

Anthony Hewitt – Piano
Alexei Kiseliov – cello
Tbc - violin
Orpheus Sinfonia

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th. 10th March 2013  at 18.30
HMP Erlestoke, Wiltshire.

Bernstein -West Side Story

Performed by Pimlico Opera and the inmates of HMP Erlestoke.

Nikki Woolaston – director
Philip Engleheart – designer  

http://www.grangeparkopera.co.uk/programme/west-side-story 

Tchaikovsky Gala in aid of Victim Support
Thursday 22nd November, 19.30
Barbican Centre, London

Gala concert in aid of Victim Support

Tchaikovsky   Excerpts from Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky   Excerpts from the Ballets *

Cast including:
Pauls Putnins    Eugene Onegin
Christopher Ventris   Lensky
Emma Gardner   Tatyana
Wendy Dawn Thompson   Olga
Orion Orchestra
Toby Purser   conductor
*Sue Perkins   conductor

A Night Under the Stars: Crown and Country
Thursday November 8th, 19.30
Royal Festival Hall, London

Charity Gala in aid of The Passage, helping London's homeless

Handel   Zadok the Priest
Vaughan Williams   The Lark Ascending
Walton   Crown Imperial
Elgar   Cello Concerto

Orion Orchestra
Julian Lloyd Webber   cello
Tasmin Little   violin
Orion Chorus

Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Saturday November 3rd , 19.30
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Ligeti   Romanian Concerto
Ravel      Piano Concerto in G
Beethoven   Symphony No.6 ‘Pastorale’

Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Tom Poster   piano

Music and Majesty
Wednesday 31st October, 17.30
Cadogan Hall, London

Concert in aid of the St. Lazarus Trust

Walford Davies   Big Ben Looks On
Walton   Violin Concerto
Parry   Parry Symphonic Variations
Elgar   Variations on a Theme 'Enigma'

Toby Purser   conductor
Valeriy Sokolov   violin

Orpheus Sinfonia
Thursday 25th October, 19.30
St George's, Hanover Square, London.

Concert in aid of the St. Lazarus Trust

Beethoven   Coriolan Overture

A Concerto with the Winner of the "Orpheus Musician of the Year 2012 Competition"
Beethoven   Symphony No. 2

Soloist:  The winner
Toby Purser:  Conductor

Grange Park Opera 'Rising Stars'

15th, 16th, September,  17.20
Grange Park, Hampshire

Tchaikovsky   Eugene Onegin
Stephen Medcalf   director
Francis O'Connor   designer
Lynne Hockney   choreographer
Paul Keogan     l ighting designer

James McOran-Campbell    Eugene Onegin
Ilona Domnich   Tatyana
Caryl Hughes   Olga

Anthony Flaum   Lensky
Alexia Mankovskaya   Madam Larina
Matthew Stiff   Prince Gremin
Miriam Sharrad   Filipyevna

The Orchestra of Nevill Holt

Grange Park Opera 'Rising Stars'

Thursday 20th September,  17.20
Cadogan Hall, London

Tchaikovsky   Eugene Onegin (semi staged)

See above cast for details

Aberystwyth MusicFest  July 21st - 28th
Wednesday 25th July, 20.00
The Great Hall

Schumann   Symphony No.4
Peter Lieuwen   Cello Concerto (World Premiere)*
Elgar   Romance for Bassoon
Ravel   Piano Concerto in G

Orion Orchestra
Nicholas Jones   cello
Tom Poster   piano
Laurence Perkins   bassoon
*Franz Anton Krager   conductor


Saturday 28th July, 20.00
The Great Hall

Mozart   Overture to ‘The Magic Flute’
Shostakovich   Cello Concerto No. 1 *
Dvorak   Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’

Orion Orchestra
Guy Johnston   cello

www.abermusicfest.org

Grange Park Opera 'Rising Stars'

5th, 7th, 8th, 10th  July,  17.20
Nevill Holt, Leicestershire

Tchaikovsky   Eugene Onegin
Stephen Medcalf   director
Francis O'Connor   designer
Lynne Hockney    choreographer
Paul Keogan    lighting designer

James McOran-Campbell    Eugene Onegin
Ilona Domnich   Tatyana
Caryl Hughes   Olga Anthony Flaum   Lensky
Alexia Mankovskaya   Madam Larina
Matthew Stiff   Prince Gremin
Miriam Sharrad   Filipyevna

The Orchestra of Nevill Holt

http://www.grangeparkopera.co.uk/programme-2012/eugene-onegin

Proms at St. Jude's

Sunday 24th June, 19.45
St. Jude's, Church, Hampstead Garden Suburbs, London.

Liadov   Polonaise Op 55
Rachmaninov   Piano Concerto No.3
Dvorak   Symphony No.9, 'From the New World'

Orion Orchestra
Panos Karan piano

www.promsatstjudes.org.uk/evening_concerts.html

Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra

Saturday 12th May, 7.30pm
St. Andrew's Church, Montpelier, Cheltenham

Faure    Pelleas et Melisande, Opus 80
Mozart     Oboe concerto in C Major K271
Brahms     Serenade No.1 in D Opus 11

www.cheltenhamchamberorchestra.org.uk

Saturday April 28th
De Montford Hall, Leicester

Leicester Symphony Orchestra

Elgar- Froissart Overture
Bizet - Carmen (excerpts)

A selection of songs for soprano:
. Massenet Je marche sur les chemins (from Manon)
. Rachmaninov Vocalise
. Delibes Les Filles de Cadiz
. Dvorak- Symphony No 84

Wednesday March 21st
St Georges, Hanover Square, London

Orpheus Sinfonia

Programme to include:
Prokofiev Symphony No.1 ' Classical'
Beethoven Symphony No.7

Thursday March 15th, 7.30pm
Cadogan Hall, London:

Orion Orchestra

Giovanni Guzzo - violin

Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Brahms - Symphony No.4

March 2,3,4,9,10,11
HMP Erlstoke:
"Les Miserables"

Pimlico Opera and the inmates of HMP Erlstoke

Monday February 20th, 7.30pm
Cadogan Hall, London:
'Eastern voices..Western echos....'
 Gala concert in aid of Peace and the Prosperity Trust.
 
Orion Orchestra

Dennis O'Neal- Tenor
and rising star musicians of the East and West.

Friday December 16th, 1.00pm
Aldeburgh Parish Church
"Musical Encounters - Pro Corda final concert"
 
Programme of chamber ensembles to conclude with all ensembles combining in:-

Purcel/Britten - Chacone
Shostakovich - Prelude and Scherzo

Thursday November 10th, 7.30pm - A Night Under the Stars :
Royal Festival Hall, London:
"From Russia with Love"
Charity Gala in aid of The Passage, helping London's homeless.

Orion Orchestra

Joanna MacGregor- Piano
Charlie Siem - Violin
Richard Harwood - Cello
Toby Purser - Conductor

Shostakovich - Festive Overture
Tchaikovsky - Excerpts from Swan Lake
Shostakovich - Romance of the Gadfly
Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights (from Romeo and Juliet)
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninov - Vocalise
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture

Wednesday October 5th, 7.30pm
Genius for Genes Gala Concert:
Presented by Sue Perkins
Cadogan Hall, London.

A special Gala Concert in aid of CGD Research Trust, presented by Sue Perkins, also making a special conducting appearance in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro Overture. The evening features Tenori, award-winning pianist Ben Schoeman, and Orion, the Orchestra of Rising Stars.  

Orion Symphony Orchestra

Ben Schoeman  -  piano
Toby Purser  -  Conductor

Rossini  -  'William Tell' OvertureProkofiev 
Piano Concerto No, Op.10

Bizet - Entr'acte from Carmen1
Mozart  -  Overture Le Nozze di Figaro)
Mascagni  -  Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

Tenor arias, Romantic ballads and Neapolitan Songs including:
Verdi:  -  'Di quella pira' from Il Trovatore
Lara:  -  Granada
Lehaar:  -  You are my Heart's Delight
De Curtis   -  Torna a Sorriento

Wednesday September 21st.  7.30pm
Orpheus goes to the Movies :
Cadogan Hall, London:

Orpheus Sinfonia 

Camilla Roberts  -  Soprano
Leonard Schreiber - Violin
Mathieu Van Bellen - Violin
Marc Corbett-Weaver - Piano
Toby Purser  -  Conductor

Saint-Saens  -  Danse Macabre (from Jonathan Creek)
Puccini  -  O mio babbino caro (from A Room with a View)
Rachmaninov  -  Piano Concerto No. 2 (from Brief Encounter)
John Williams  -  A selection of celebrated themes from the movies and television to include Schindler's List, Indiana Jones, The Harry Potter Suite, Jurassic Park, ET and others.

July 23rd to 30th - Aberystwyth MusicFest
Orion Symphony Orchestra

Toby directed the conductors' class, working alongside the Orion Symphony Orchestra and performing two evening concerts

June 2, 4, 10, 12, 16, 19, 21, 24, July 1
Grange Park Opera
Rigoletto

Saturday June 18th, 7.45pm. - First Night of the Proms
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, NW11.
St. Jude's Proms
Opera Gala
London International Ordhestra

Thursday 5th May. 7.30pm.
St George's, Hannover Square, London:
THE BIG APPLE

Orpheus Sinfonia

Marc Corbett-Weaver - Piano
Toby Purser - Conductor

Bernstein - Candide Overture
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Barber - Adagio
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

Sunday 10th April. 7.00pm.
Cadogan Hall, London:
Russian Gala, in the presence of HRH Prince Michael of Kent

London International Orchestra

Sasha Grynyuk - piano
Toby Purser - Conductor

Tchaikovsky - Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'
Rachmaninov - Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol

Thursday 24th March. 7.30pm.
Cadogan Hall, London:
"Discovery"

Orion Symphony Orchestra

European premier of a rediscovered orchestration of the Song of the Volga Boatmen, attributed to Stravinsky. I certainly believe it's genuine, but come and decide for yourself whether you agree! Internationally renowned baritone Robert Poulton sings, and cellist Guy Johnston launches the Orion's Great Young Soloists series.

Guy Johnston - Cello
Robert Poulton - Baritone
Toby Purser - Conductor

Britten - Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes
Elgar - Cello Concerto
Russian trad (orch. attributed Stravinsky) - Song of the Volga Boatmen
Mussorgsky (orch Landers) - Over the River
Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances

25, 26, 27 February, 2 (matinee), 4, 5 & 6 March 2011,

Pimlico Opera, and the inmates of HMP Send
Performances of Sugar (based on Some Like it Hot) with the inmates of HMP Send

Saturday 5th February 2011,  
St Andrew's Church, Montpellier, Cheltenham
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra

Gina McCormack - Violin
Toby Purser - Conductor

Schubert Symphony No.3
Barber Vln Cto with
Barber Adagio for Strings
Schubert Symphony No.6

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