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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.