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Wednesday 23rd June 2010, 7.30pm

Rossini - Overture William Tell

Adrian Beecham - Six Spanish Songs for Soprano and Orchestra

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 6

17th February 2010, 7.30pm
St John's Smith Square

Guest Conductor - Jean-Luc Tingaud

In the South - Elgar
Organ Symphony No.1 - Guilmant - Soloist - James O' Donnell
Prélude à L'après midi d'un faune  - Debussy
La Mer - Debussy

2nd January 2010, 8.00pm
Westminster Cathedral, SW1

Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra
London International Choral Festival

Conductors: James Blair
                   Thomas Wilson *

Music to include:

A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687 - David Bednall (World Premiere)*
Crown Imperial - Walton
London Suite - Coates
Gold and Silver Waltz - Lehar
Peterloo Overture - Arnold
Zadok the Priest - Handel
Gloria - Rutter
Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 - Elgar

18th November 2009
St John's Smith Square, SW1


An Evening of French Music

Guest Conductor  Jean-Pierre Marty
Soloist:
Romain David - piano
Massenet - Overture Le Roi de Lahore
Debussy - Fantaisie pour piano et Orchestre
Franck - Symphony in D minor

30th September 2009
St John's Smith Square

Johann Strauss – Die Fledermaus Overture
Johann Strauss - Champagne Polka
Franz Lehár - Gold and Silver Waltz


Songs for Soprano:

Oscar Strauss - My Hero from Chocolate Soldier
Carl Zeller - Don't Be Cross from Master Miner
Franz Lehár - On My Lips Every Kiss is Like Wine from Giuditta

Johann Strauss - Emperor Walt
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INTERVAL

Franz Von Suppé - Beautiful Galatea Overture
Josef Strauss - Eingesendet Polka
Johann Strauss - Roses from the South
Eduard Strauss - Bahn Frei Polka


Songs for Soprano:

Emmerich Kalmán - Sylvia's Entrance Song from Czardas Princess
Franz Lehár - Vilja from The Merry Widow
Franz Lehár – Czardas from Gypsy Love

- Soprano : Sophie Bevan
· Conductor: James Blair

3rd June 2009
St John's Smith Square
Suppé - Light Cavalry Overture
Haydn -  Trumpet Conerto in Eb

Elgar - Symphony No.1

Soloist: Hugh Morgan

Conductor: James Blair

25th February 2009
St John's Smith Square
Fire, Fairies and Fun
Weber - Overture to Oberon
Tedesco – Guitar Concerto No 1 in D
Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite - 1945 version
· Guitar: Milos Karadaglic
· Conductor: James Blair

18th June 2008
St John's Smith Square
Tchaikovsky Evening
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Overture
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No 1
Tchaikovsky – Manfred Symphony (original ending)
·  Piano: Stefan Ćirić
·  Conductor: James Blair

27th February 2008
St John's Smith Square
An Evening of Ballet Music
Delibes - Coppelia Suite
Gounod – Faust Ballet Music
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite
Prokofiev - Suite from Romeo and Juliet
·  Conductor: James Blair

15th November 2007
St John's Smith Square
Broadway Spectacular with Kim Criswell
Songs and orchestral highlights from the Shows
including music by Gershwin, Cole Porter and Bernstein
·  Conductor: James Blair

20th September 2007
St John's Smith Square
Arnold - Overture Tam O'Shanter
Liebermann - Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C minor
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Flute: Adam Walker

27th June 2007
St John's Smith Square
Sibelius - Finlandia
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 in F Minor
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Piano: Riyad Nicolas


14th March 2007
St John's Smith Square
Bizet - Carmen Suite No 2
Elgar - Sea Pictures
Dvorak - Symphony No 9 'From the New World'
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Mezzo-soprano: Catherine Hopper


17th January 2007
St John's Smith Square
Chabrier - España
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade (Solo Violin: Maria Oldak)
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Piano: Ronan O'Hora


10th October 2006
St John's Smith Square
Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice
Bruch - Violin Concerto No 1
Saint-Saëns - Organ Symphony
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Soloists: Leland Chen (Violin), Nicholas Gale (Organ)


17th May 2006
St John's Smith Square
Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Strauss - Horn Concerto No 1
Mahler – Symphony No 4
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Soloists: Richard Watkins (Horn), Susan McCulloch (Soprano)


23rd February 2006
St John's Smith Square
Britten - Four Sea Interludes
Elgar - Concerto for 'Cello
Brahms – Symphony No 4
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  'Cello: Felix Schmidt


6th October 2005
St John's Smith Square
Mussorgsky - Night on the Bare Mountain
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 3
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No 5
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Piano: Stefan Ciric


29th June 2005
St John's Smith Square
Dvorak - Scherzo Capriccioso
Dvorak - Violin Concerto
Dvorak – Symphony No 7
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Violin: Roman Patocka


10th May 2005
St John's Smith Square
Verdi - Nabucco Overture
Stocken - Symphony No 2 'To The Immortal Memory'
Herold – Zampa Overture
Bellini – Arias and Duets from 'Il Pirata', 'La Sonnambula', 'I Puritani' and 'I Capuleti'
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Soloists: Simona Mihai (Soprano), David Curry (Tenor)


8th March 2005
St John's Smith Square
Arnold - Peterloo Overture
Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
de Falla – Three Dances from 'The Three-cornered Hat'
Ravel – Daphnis and Chloë 2nd Suite
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Narrator: Tim Casey


9th November 2004
St John's Smith Square
Verdi - La Forza del Destino
R Strauss - Four Last Songs
Shostakovich – Symphony Nr. 5
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Soprano: Natasha Jouhl


15th September 2004
St John's Smith Square
Borodin - Polovtsian Dances
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Tchaikovsky – Symphony Nr. 6 'Pathetique'
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Narrators: Angellica Bell, Adrian Dickson


6th May 2004
St John's Smith Square
'A Brazilian Night'
Ripper - Rio São Francisco Imagem Sinfônica
Villa-Lobos – Guitar Concerto
Gomes – Arias
Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasilieras No 3
·  Conductor: James Blair
·  Soloists: Fabio Zanon (Guitar), Cláudia Ricitelli (Soprano), David Curry (Tenor), Linda Bustani (Piano)



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