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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