As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning - T1333540482A captivating weave of words and music combine to tell the extraordinary story of Gloucestershire-born writer Laurie Lee. | |
| 22 Jul 22 | Berrybank Amphitheatre, Upper Oddington :: V035090791 listing details L645921317 |
The Eight Seasons - T0244536097This open-air concert will interweave the iconic Vivaldi Four Seasons with Piazzolla's Argentine-tango-influenced own interpretation. | |
| 24 Jun 22 | Berrybank Amphitheatre, Upper Oddington :: V035090791 listing details L02039965418 |
Snow Ride! A Christmas Family Concert - T01619023208Performing a stunning array of Christmas classics, this concert promises a dazzling night for all the family, with some brilliant recognisable festive tunes! Be prepared to venture down snowy lanes, through pine forests, across ice and sea to the Northern Lights and over the mountains to snowy Salzburg with Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Overture. Keep an ear out for the trumpet's famous horse whinny at the end of Leroy Anderson's heart-warming Sleigh Ride and be absorbed by Vivaldi's Winter from his iconic The Four Seasons. | |
| 7 Dec 19 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L350843475 |
Jennifer Pike plays Tchaikovsky - T1302444915 | |
| 12 Mar 18 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L1199862394 |
A Viennese Twist - T2096183964 | |
| 2 Jan 16 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L0802903833 |
Tchaikovsky - The Great Romantic - T970259001Tchaikovsky revered Mozart above all composers and although his Serenade for Strings has hints of Russian romanticism, at its heart is a tribute to Mozart's classical style. The Arensky is another tribute from one composer to another and an enchanting work in its own right. Under the direction of David Curtis, Orchestra of the Swan has achieved national recognition for outstanding performances, innovative programming and engaging presentation. | |
| 10 Apr 15 | Number 8 Community Arts Centre, Pershore :: V1731036448 listing details L1892859416 |
T458274860Orchestra of the Swan, one of the UKs leading chamber orchestras, makes their debut in Chelmsford with a youthful programme featuring composer and pianist, Huw Watkins. The Welsh composer has been working with the orchestra as their Composer-in-the-House, a Royal Philharmonic Society/PRS for Music initiative, and tonight's programme includes his new work, Little Symphony, which Orchestra of the Swan shall perform across the country in a Beyond the Premiere series with Orchestras Live. The youthful celebrations continue with an acknowledgement of Britten's genius as composer and pianist in a wonderful performance of his Young Apollo for piano and strings and Mozart's Piano Concert K414 which Britten frequently performed.Conductor David Curtis. Performer Huw Watkins. | |
| 30 Mar 14 | Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford :: V32 listing details L0214456649 |
T264900233Conductor David Curtis. Performer Mark Bebbington. Music Elgar (Serenade for Strings). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto No 12). Music Elgar (Chansons de Nuit et de Martin). Music Mozart (Symphony No 29). | |
| 10 Jun 09 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L1530439080 |
Sound Horizons - T566959125Landscapes and Portraits in Music | |
| 10 Nov 07 | Grove Theatre, Dunstable :: V1616570102 listing details L1787038948 |
Iberian Idyll...or Spanish for Beginners! - T0934042977Performer David Le Page (violin). Performer Morgan Szymanski (guitar). | |
| 19 Oct 07 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L154451414 |
T247644551Music Beethoven (Symphony No 1 in C op 21). Music Rossini (Overture L'taliana in Algeri). Performer Mark Bebbington (piano). | |
| 6 Oct 06 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L1858228574 |
T01224597545Performer David Campbell (clarinet). Music Mozart (Clarinet Concerto). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 2). | |
| 26 May 06 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L583265006 |
T1780113056Music Vaughan Williams (Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus). Music Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on Greensleeves - from Sir John in Love). Music Vaughan Williams (The Lark Ascending). Music Walton (Two Pieces from Henry V). Music Finzi (Three Soliloquies from Love's Labours Lost). Music Elgar (Two Interlues from Falstaff). Music Holst (St Paul's Suite). Conductor David Curtis. Performer David Le Page (violin). | |
| 29 Apr 06 | Dorking Halls, Dorking :: V1030 listing details L1462125435 |
Sounds New - Richard Rodney Bennett 70th Birthday Celebrations - T0216631595Conductor Nicholas Cleobury. Performer John Harle (saxophone). Music Richard Rodney Bennett (Reflections on a theme of Walton). Music Errollyn Wallen (New Work). Music Richard Rodney Bennett (Seven Country Dances). Music Stravinsky (Apollon Musagette). | |
| 25 Mar 06 | Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury :: V673 listing details L0316519772 |
T01994591421Performer Rivka Golani. Performer Gil Sharon. Music Mozart (Symphony No 16). Music Stravinsky (Apollon musagete). Music Richard Rodney Bennett (Reflections on a theme of William Walton). Music Mozart (Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola). Performer Rivka Golani (viola). Performer Gil Sharon (violin). | |
| 24 Mar 06 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L1018608522 |
T27061554Conductor David Curtis. Music Corelli (Concerto Grosso Opus 6 No 2). Music Tansy Davies (Residuum). Music Tippett (Concerto for Double String Orchestra). Music Holst (St Paul's Suite). Music Elgar (Introduction and Allegro). | |
| 9 Nov 05 | Arts Centre, Loughborough :: V435 listing details L1874389397 |
Mozart's Circle - T163354495Conductor David Curtis. | |
| 18 May 05 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L356282934 |
English Genius - T01350748184Conductor David Curtis. | |
| 22 Apr 05 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L0422160669 |
Classical Elegance - T366375752Conductor David Curtis. Music Boyce (Symphony No 5 in D). Music Mozart (Concerto for Flute and Harp). Music Mahler (Adagietto). Music Haydn (Symphony No 51 in Bb). Performer Catherine Thomas (flute). Performer Diane Clarke (harp). | |
| 27 Feb 05 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L2101214147 |
T974043193Conductor David Curtis. Performer Matthew Sharp. | |
| 28 May 04 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L756560920 |
Christmas Cheer - T0637695985Plus White Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, King John, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and Carols for All.Performer Kay Alexander. Music Leopold Mozart (Three German Dances). Music Handel (Let the Bright Seraphim). Music Handel (Election from Messiah nos 18 / 19 / 20 / 45 - Pastoral). Music Leroy Anderson (Sleigh Ride). Music Rutter (Suite Antique). Music Strauss (Pizzicato Polka). | |
| 6 Dec 03 | Telford Theatre, Telford :: V110 listing details L1503235846 |
T0555776967An evening of festive music, including the perennial family favourite, Howard Blake's The Snowman, read by Midlands Today presenter, Kay Alexander, with Sarah Westwood.Performer Kay Alexander. Performer Sarah Westwood (soprano). | |
| 2 Dec 03 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L1721217048 |
Classical Masterpieces - T470881048Music Haydn (Symphony No 85 La Reine). Music Schubert (Impromptus for solo piano). Music Grieg (Lyric Pieces). Music Mozart (Piano Concerto in B flat Paradis). Performer James Lisney (piano). | |
| 8 Nov 03 | Telford Theatre, Telford :: V110 listing details L0621392685 |
T1958119732Music Vivaldi (Four Seasons). Music Purcell (Chaconne). Music Handel (Concerto in G op 6 no 1). Music Philips (Dance Fragments). Performer David le Page (violin). | |
| 17 Oct 03 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L561195231 |
Glory of the Baroque - T01364647068Music Purcell (Chaconne). Music Handel (Concerto Grosso). Music Bach (Brandenburg Concerto No 3). Music Vivaldi (The Four Seasons). | |
| 16 Oct 03 | Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa :: V131 listing details L1712011727 |
Echoes of the Past - T0510663843Music Purcell (Chaconne). Music Bach (Brandenburg Concerto No 6). Music Berkeley (Sellinger's Round). Music Mozart (Adagio and Fugue). Music Vaughan Williams (Concerto Grosso). | |
| 12 Oct 03 | Telford Theatre, Telford :: V110 listing details L185632332 |
The French Connection - T01413615541We herald the arrival of summer with two concerts of a distinctly French flavour. 2003 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the most eccentric and extravagant French composer Hector Berlioz, and the evening ends with a performance of his luminous song-cycle, Nuits D'ete. Ravel 'Tombeau de Couperin' Rameau Suite for string orchestra. Debussy Danses sacree et profane. Berlioz Nuits D'ete | |
| 10 May 03 | Telford Theatre, Telford :: V110 listing details L1482791346 |
Animal Magic - T1665551285This special family programme will delight the young at heart of all ages. Both works are perennial favourites and provide an ideal introduction to the instruments of the orchestra.Music Saint-Saens (Carnival of the Animals). Music Prokofiev (Peter and the Wolf). | |
| 3 Apr 03 | Courtyard, Hereford :: V101 listing details L02093457660 |
Reflection and Refraction - T0610190703Music Vaughan Williams (Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis). Music Strauss (Metamorphosen). Music Tippett (Concert for Double String Orchestra). | |
| 14 Mar 03 | Telford Theatre, Telford :: V110 listing details L01446498105 |
| 7 Mar 03 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L2133249744 |
T01114173465Director David Curtis. Performer Jeong-Won Kim (piano). Music Mozart (Overture - Bastien et Bastienne). Music Prokofiev (Andante for Strings). Music Mozart (Piano Concert in E flat K.449). Music Schubert (Symphony No 5 in B-flat Major D485). | |
| 23 Jan 03 | Courtyard, Hereford :: V101 listing details L0535284418 |
T01086738728Conductor David Curtis. Performer David le Page (violin). Performer Lizzie Greenwood (narrator). Music Prokofiev (Peter and the Wolf). Music Handel (Arrival of the Queen of Sheba). Music Vivaldi (Winter from the Four Seasons). Music Wagner (Siegfried Idyll). Music Alec Roth (Depature of the Queen of Sheba). | |
| 15 Dec 02 | St John's Smith Square, Inner London :: V01501089046 listing details L01966575725 |
T0893578304Music Schubert (Symphony No 5 in B Flat). Music Haydn (Cello Concerto in C). Performer Meehae Ryu (soloist). Music Mozart (Symphony No 40 in G). | |
| 4 Oct 02 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L1992106267 |
Classical Masterworks - T0825685439Music Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro). Music Haydn (Symphony No 104 - London). Music Beethoven (Concerto for piano - Emperor). Performer Fali Pavri (piano). | |
| 12 Jul 02 | Stratford Arts House (formerly Civic Hall), Stratford-Upon-Avon :: V1022 listing details L2007227200 |
Last Night of the Proms - T1702738754Music Tchaikovsky (Polonaise from Eugene Onegin). Music Tchaikovsky (Concerto for violin). Performer Rimma Sushanskaya (violin). Music Vaughan Williams (Overture - The Wasps). Music Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance). Music Parry (Jerusalem). Music Arne (Rule Britannia). | |
| 28 Jun 02 | Stratford Arts House (formerly Civic Hall), Stratford-Upon-Avon :: V1022 listing details L0215922203 |
Concert 6: Old Wine in New Bottles - T0793221473Music Prokofiev (Classical Symphony). Music Stravinsky (Pulcinella: Suite). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 1). | |
| 12 Jun 02 | Stratford Arts House (formerly Civic Hall), Stratford-Upon-Avon :: V1022 listing details L0229961258 |
Animal Magic - T01340080896Music Saint-Saens (The swan and the elephant and the tortoise from Carnival of the Animals). Music Ridout (Ferdinand the Bull). Music Prokofiev (Peter and the Wolf). | |
| 19 May 02 | Telford Theatre, Telford :: V110 listing details L01072384165 |
T0680829268Performer Prokofiev (Peter and the Wolf). Music Mozart (Concerto for Piano). Music Beethoven (Symphony No 1). Performer Melvyn Hayes (narrator). | |
| 4 May 02 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L0414746825 |
How to Rehearse - T02130857951The musicians of the Orchestra of the Swan are used to being orchestral players one day and session musicians the next. Join this workshop with the Orchestra, led by the company's Artistic Director David Curtis, to find out the tricks of ensemble playing and how to get the most out of your rehearsals. For further information ring 01789 267 567. | |
| 4 May 02 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L628991136 |
All Because the Lady Loves - T01768026971Romantic Strings | |
| 21 Mar 02 | Telford Theatre, Telford :: V110 listing details L02097469004 |
Cream Teas - An English Genius - T1210077590In the early years of the 20th century there was a musical renaissance with composers such as [Vaughan Williams] and [Holst] re-discovering the music of their masters. Perhaps one of the most striking examples is the Variations on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by [Vaughan Williams]. Not only do we celebrate the renaissance of music but tonight's programme celebrates the centenary of Sir [William Walton], one of the most distinctive voices from the last century. | |
| 22 Feb 02 | Telford Theatre, Telford :: V110 listing details L21428008 |
Mozart's Circle - T280937926Music Mozart (Symphony No 13 in F). Music Salieri (Sinfonia in D Major). Music Mozart (Violin Concerto in D). Music Haydn (Symphony No 43 'Mercury'). Conductor David Curtis. | |
| 12 Oct 01 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L1101853945 |
Turkish Delight - The Scheherazade - T1011938604 | |
| 30 Sep 01 | Telford Theatre, Telford :: V110 listing details L1402206135 |
The Four Seasons - T1810899863 | |
| 12 May 01 | Telford Theatre, Telford :: V110 listing details L98508161 |
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| 6 Nov 18 | Stratford Playhouse, Stratford-upon-Avon :: V01957102222 listing details L0514978689 |
