Past Concerts

2024-25 SEASON

Mote Hall / 12 October 2024 Ariel Lanyi (piano) MSO / Wright

Brahms – Academic Festival Overture Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto 4 Prokofiev – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 30 November 2024 Mayumi Kanagawa (violin) MSO / Wright

Vaughan Williams – Overture, The Wasps Walton – Violin Concerto Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique

Mote Hall / 1 February 2025 Ben Goldscheider (horn) MSO / Wright

Bernstein – Overture, Candide Glière – Horn Concerto Shostakovich – Symphony 10

Mote Hall / 22 March 2025 Callum Smart (violin) MSO / Wright

Beethoven – Overture, Leonora 3 Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto Dvorak – Symphony 7

Mote Hall / 17 May 2025 Maxim Calver (clarinet) MSO / Wright

Wagner – A Faust Overture Elgar – Cello Concerto Sibelius – Symphony 5

2023-24 SEASON

Mote Hall / 14 October 2023 Maxim Calver (cello) MSO / Wright

Smetana – Overture, The Bartered Bride Shostakovich – Cello Concerto 1 Brahms – Symphony 1

Mote Hall / 2 December 2023 Benjamin Baker (violin) MSO / Wright

Holst – The Perfect Fool Coleridge-Taylor – Violin Concerto Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending Elgar – Falstaff

Mote Hall / 3 February 2024 Mathilde Milwidsky (violin) MSO / Wright

Wagner – Overture, Die Meistersinger Sibelius – Violin Concerto Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade

Mote Hall / 23 March 2024 Iyad Sughayer (piano) MSO / Wright

Mendelssohn – Overture, The Fair Melusine Beethoven – Piano Concerto 3 Schubert – Symphony 9 “Great”

Mote Hall / 18 May 2024 Jonathan Leibovitz (clarinet) MSO / Wright

Philip Le Bas – Yuki-Onna Mozart – Clarinet Concerto Debussy – Clarinet Rhapsody 1 Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra

2022-23

Mote Hall / 8 October 2022 Mathilde Milwidsky (violin) replacing the indisposed Irène Duval MSO / Wright

Humperdinck – Overture, Hansel & Gretel Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto Elgar – Symphony 1

Mote Hall / 26 November 2022 Ariel Lanyi (piano) MSO / Wright

Weber – Overture, The Ruler of the Spirits Shostakovich – Symphony 9 Brahms – Piano Concerto 1

Mote Hall / 4 February 2023 Maciej Kułakowski (cello) MSO / Wright

Schumann – Overture, Scherzo & Finale Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto 1 Beethoven – Symphony 7

Mote Hall / 25 March 2023 Ben Goldscheider (horn) MSO / Wright

Mozart – Overture, The Marriage of Figaro Richard Strauss – Horn Concerto 2 Bruckner – Symphony 4 “Romantic”

Mote Hall / 20 May 2023 Mayumi Kanagawa (violin) MSO / Wright

Berlioz – Overture, Roman Carnival Prokofiev Violin Concerto 1 Tchaikovsky – Symphony 4

2021/22

Mote Hall / 9 October 2021 Mayumi Kanagawa (violin) MSO / Wright

Beethoven – Overture, Coriolan Bruch – Violin Concerto 1 Mendelssohn – Symphony 3 “Scottish”

Mote Hall / 27 November 2021 Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe) MSO / Wright

Rossini – Overture, The Italian Girl in Algiers Mozart – Oboe Concerto, K.314 Brahms – Serenade 1

Mote Hall / 5 February 2022 Benjamin Baker (violin) MSO / Wright

Mozart – Overture, The Magic Flute Beethoven – Violin Concerto Vaughan Williams – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 26 March 2022 Maxim Calver (cello) MSO / Wright

Brahms – Tragic Overture Dvořák – Cello Concerto Franck – Symphony in D Minor

Mote Hall / 21 May 2022 Daniel Lebhardt (piano) MSO / Wright

Arnold – Overture, Tam O’Shanter Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto 2 Sibelius – Symphony 2

2020/21

Covid-19 epidemic / Season cancelled

2019/20

Mote Hall / 12 October 2019 Callum Smart (violin) MSO / Wright

Chabrier – España Korngold – Violin Concerto Richard Strauss – Ein Heldenleben

Mote Hall / 30 November 2019 Alexander Ullman (piano) replacing the indisposed John Lill MSO / Wright

Beethoven – Overture, Fidelio Schumann – Symphony 4 Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto 1

Mote Hall / 1 February 2020 Emma Johnson (clarinet) MSO / Wright

Britten – Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes” Arnold – Clarinet Concerto 2 Elgar – Enigma Variations

March & May 2020 Covid-19 epidemic / Concerts cancelled

2018/19

Mote Hall / 13 October 2018 Maxim Calver (cello) replacing the indisposed Michael Petrov MSO / Wright

Britten – Sinfonia da Requiem Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition

Mote Hall / 1 December 2018 Peter Moore (trombone) MSO / Wright

Kodaly – Dances of Galanta Gordon Jacob – Trombone Concerto Mahler – Symphony 1 “Titan”

Mote Hall / 2 February 2019 April Fredrick (soprano) MSO / Wright

Wagner – Prelude & Liebestod from “Tristan & Isolde” Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs Shostakovich – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 23 March 2019 Benjamin Baker (violin) MSO / Wright

Dvorak – Symphonic Variations Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto Brahms – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 18 May 2019 Tom Poster (piano) MSO / Wright

Borodin – Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor” Schumann – Piano Concerto Rachmaninov – Symphonic Dances

2017/18

Mote Hall / 14 October 2017 Savitri Grier (violin) MSO / Wright

Shostakovich – Festive Overture Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto Rachmaninov – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 2 December 2017 Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe) MSO / Wright

Wagner – Overture, The Flying Dutchman Richard Strauss – Oboe Concerto Vaughan Williams – A London Symphony

Mote Hall / 3 February 2018 Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) MSO / Wright

Berlioz – Overture, King Lear Elgar – Cello Concerto Dvorak – Symphony 9 “New World”

Mote Hall / 24 March 2018 Benjamin Baker (violin) replacing the indisposed Bartosz Woroch MSO / Wright

Mozart – Symphony 32, K.318 Brahms – Violin Concerto Beethoven – Symphony 6 “Pastoral”

Mote Hall / 19 May 2018 Martin James Bartlett (piano) MSO / Wright

Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Prokofiev – Piano Concerto 3 Shostakovich – Symphony 1

2016/17

Mote Hall / 15 October 2016 Alexander Panfilov (piano) MSO / Wright

Dvorak – Overture,Carnival Shostakovich – Piano Concerto 2 Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique

Mote Hall / 3 December 2016 Benjamin Baker (violin) MSO / Wright

Elgar – Introduction & Allegro Bruch – Violin Concerto 1 Schumann – Symphony 3 “Rhenish”

Mote Hall / 4 February 2017 John Lill (piano) MSO / Wright

Weber – Overture, Oberon Beethoven – Piano Concerto 3 Brahms – Symphony 4

Mote Hall / 25 March 2017 Amy Harman (bassoon) MSO / Wright

Smetana – Overture, The Bartered Bride Mozart – Bassoon Concerto, K.191 Sibelius – Finlandia Sibelius – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 20 May 2017 Michael Petrov (cello) MSO / Wright

Mussorgsky – A Night on the Bare Mountain Dvorak – Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky – Symphony 6 “Pathetique”

2015/16

Mote Hall / 10 October 2015 Taek-Gi Lee (piano) MSO / Wright

Khachaturian – Three Dances from “Gayane” Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto 3 Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade

Mote Hall / 28 November 2015 Laura van der Heijden (cello) MSO / Wright

Richard Strauss – Don Juan Walton – Cello Concerto Roussel – The Spider’s Banquet Elgar – In the South

Mote Hall / 30 January 2016 Martin James Bartlett (piano) MSO / Wright

Nielsen – Overture, Helios Mozart – Piano Concerto 12, K.414 Dvorak – Symphony 7

Mote Hall / 19 March 2016 Paul Beniston (trumpet) MSO / Wright

Barber – Adagio for strings Arutiunian – Trumpet Concerto Mahler – Symphony 9

Mote Hall / 21 May 2016 Callum Smart (violin) MSO / Wright

Borodin – Overture, Prince Igor Prokofiev – Violin Concerto 2 Tchaikovsky – Symphony 5

2014/15

Mote Hall / 11 October 2014 Tae-Hyung Kim (piano) MSO / Wright

Wagner – Overture Tannhäuser Beethoven – Piano Concerto 5 “Emperor” Tchaikovsky – Symphony 1 “Winter Daydreams”

Mote Hall / 29 November 2014 Giovanni Guzzo (violin) MSO / Wright

Copland – Appalachian Spring Brahms – Violin Concerto Vaughan Williams – Symphony 4

Mote Hall / 31 January 2015 Harry Winstanley (flute) MSO / Wright

Weber – Overture, Der Freischütz Taffanel orch. Winstanley – Fantasy on themes from Weber’s Der Freischütz Nielsen – Flute Concerto Dvorak – Symphony 6

Mote Hall / 21 March 2015 Bartosz Woroch (violin) replacing the indisposed Ulf Hoelscher MSO / Wright

Berlioz – Overture, Le Corsaire Elgar – Violin Concerto Beethoven – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 16 May 2015 Alexandra Dariescu (piano) MSO / Wright

Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto 1 Shostakovich – Symphony 7 “Leningrad”

2013/14

Mote Hall / 12 October 2013 Laura van der Heijden (cello) MSO / Wright

Britten – Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes” Elgar – Cello Concerto Rachmaninov – Symphony 3

Mote Hall / 30 November 2013 Tom Bettley (horn) MSO / Wright

Berlioz – Overture, Roman Carnival Glière – Horn Concerto Richard Strauss – Death and Transfiguration Stravinsky – Suite, The Firebird

Mote Hall / 1 February 2014 Emma Johnson (clarinet) replacing the indisposed Mark Simpson MSO / Wright

Mendelssohn – Overture, The Hebrides Sibelius – Valse Triste Finzi – Clarinet Concerto Beethoven – Symphony 3 “Eroica”

Mote Hall / 22 March 2014 Bartosz Woroch (violin) MSO / Wright

Schumann – Overture, Manfred Beethoven – Violin Concerto Sibelius – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 17 May 2014 Tom Poster (piano) MSO / Wright

Ravel – Suite, Mother Goose Gershwin – Rhapsody in blue Ravel – Bolero Ravel – Piano Concerto Gershwin – An American in Paris

2012/13

Mote Hall / 13 October 2012 Carlos Bonell (guitar) MSO / Wright

Shostakovich – Festive Overture Rodrigo Guitar Concerto Mahler – Symphony 1

Mote Hall / 1 December 2012 Jamie Walton (cello) MSO / Wright

Glinka – Overture, Russlan & Ludmilla Dvorak – Cello Concerto Brahms – Symphony 1

Mote Hall / 2 February 2013 Ching-Yun Hu (piano) MSO / Wright

Sibelius – Karelia suite Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto 2 Nielsen – Symphony 4 “Inextinguishable”

Mote Hall / 23 March 2013 Robin Ashwell (viola) MSO / Wright

Beethoven – Overture, Leonora 3 Walton – Viola Concerto Berlioz – Harold in Italy

Mote Hall / 18 May 2013 Ulf Hoelscher (violin) MSO / Wright

Wagner – Overture, Die Meistersinger Korngold – Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky – Symphony 4

2011/12

Mote Hall / 15 October 2011 Lara Melda (piano) MSO / Wright

Smetana – Vltava Grieg – Piano Concerto Shostakovich – Symphony No.5

Mote Hall / 3 December 2011 David Campbell (clarinet) MSO / Wright

Brahms – Haydn Variations Mozart – Clarinet Concerto Dvorak – Symphony No.5

Mote Hall / 4 February 2012 Ben Hancox (violin) MSO / Wright

Vaughan Williams – Wasps overture Nielsen – Violin Concerto Sibelius – Symphony No.1

Mote Hall / 24 March 2012 Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) MSO / Wright

Weber – Overture, Euryanthe Delius – On hearing the first cuckoo in spring Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto Schumann – Symphony No. 1 “Spring”

Mote Hall / 19 May 2012 Maurizio Baglini (piano) MSO / Wright

Debussy – Fêtes / Nocturnes Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 Elgar – Symphony No.1

2010/11 / Centenary Season

Mote Hall / 16 October 2010 Tom Poster (piano) MSO / Wright

Malcolm Riley – Concert Overture, Fairmeadow (première – MSO commission) Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 Rachmaninov – Symphonic Dances

Mote Hall / 4 December 2010 Emma Johnson (clarinet) MSO / Wright

Schubert – Symphony No.8 “Unfinished” Weber – Clarinet Concerto No.1 Delius – Sleigh ride Elgar – Enigma Variations

Mote Hall / 5 February 2011 Ulf Hoelscher (violin) MSO / Wright

Holst – Egdon Heath Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto Dvorak – Symphony No.9 “From the New World”

Mote Hall / 26 March 2011 John Lill (piano) MOS Centenary Concert MSO / Wright

Walton – Overture, Portsmouth Point Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 John McCabe – Three Portraits from Arthur (première – MSO commission) Britten – Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Mote Hall / 14 May 2011 Lawrence Rogers, John Thurgood, Peter Hatfield and Derek Parkins (horns) MSO / Wright

Copland – Fanfare for the common man Schumann – Concertstuck for 4 horns Mahler – Symphony No.5

2009/10

Mote Hall / 10 October 2009 Maurizio Baglini (piano) MSO / Wright
Enescu – Romanian Rhapsody 1, Chopin – Piano Concerto 1, Prokofiev – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 28 November 2009 Peter Moore (trombone) MSO / Wright
Haydn – Symphony 100 “Military”, David – Trombone Concerto, Dvorak – Slavonic Dances, Op.46

Mote Hall / 6 February 2010 Ben Hancox (violin) MSO / Wright
Brahms – Tragic Overture, Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending, Dvorak – Symphony No.8

Mote Hall / 27 March 2010 Ching-Yun Hu (piano) MSO / Wright
Elgar – Overture, Cockaigne, Beethoven – Piano Concerto 1, Tchaikovsky – Symphony 6 “Pathétique”

Mote Hall / 22 May 2010 Sylvia Chiesa (cello) MSO / Wright
R. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel, Lalo – Cello Concerto, Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique

2008/9

Mote Hall / 18 October 2008 Llyr Williams (piano) MSO / Wright
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Schumann – Piano Concerto, Vaughan Williams – Job (A Masque for Dancing)

Mote Hall / 6 December 2008 Michael Thompson (horn) MSO / Wright
Sibelius – En Saga, R. Strauss – Horn Concerto 2, Tchaikovsky – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 7 February 2009 Guy Johnston (cello) MSO / Wright
Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes by Weber, Elgar – Cello Concerto, Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra

Mote Hall / 28 March 2009 Tom Poster (piano) MSO / Wright
Mozart – Overture, The Magic Flute, Beethoven – Piano Concerto 5 “Emperor”, Brahms – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 23 May 2009 Ulf Hoelscher (violin) MSO / Wright
Bernstein – Symphonic Dances, West Side Story, Barber – Violin Concerto, Saint-Saëns – Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Fauré – Pavane, Ravel – Daphnis & Chloé Suite

2007/8

Mote Hall / 13 October 2007 Jennifer Pike (violin) MSO / Wright
Elgar/Payne – Pomp & Circumstance March 6, Sibelius – Violin Concerto, Elgar – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 1 December 2007 Freddy Kempf (piano) MSO / Wright
Brahms – Piano Concerto 2, Bruckner – Symphony 6

Mote Hall / 2 February 2008 Mark Simpson (clarinet) MSO / Wright
Bizet – Carmen Suite, Weber – Clarinet Concerto 2, Rachmaninov – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 15 March 2008 Sylvia Chiesa (cello) MSO / Wright
Ravel – La Valse, Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations, Nino Rota – Cello Concerto 1, Debussy – La Mer

Mote Hall / 17 May 2008 Ronan O’Hora (piano) MSO / Wright
Walton – Spitfire Prelude & Fugue, Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto 1, Shostakovich – Symphony 10

2006/7

Mote Hall / 14 October 2006 John Lill (piano) Brian Wright’s 60th Birthday Concert MSO / Wright
George Hurst – Symphonic Variations (première), Shostakovich – Symphony 6, Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto 3

Mote Hall / 2 December 2006 Neil Jenkins (tenor), Peter Hatfield (horn) MSO / Wright
Sibelius – Symphony 7, Britten – Serenade, Dvorak – Symphony 7

Mote Hall / 3 February 2007 Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) MSO / Wright
Weber – Overture, Der Freischütz, Grieg – Piano Concerto, Beethoven – Symphony 6 “Pastoral”

Mote Hall / 24 March 2007 Nemanja Radulovic (violin) replacing the indisposed Barry Wilde MSO / Wright
Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé suite, Khachaturian – Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky – Symphony 2 “Little Russian”

Mote Hall / 19 May 2007 Ben Hancox (violin), Robin Ashwell (viola) MSO / Wright
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante, Mahler – Symphony 6

2005/6

Mote Hall / 15 October 2005 Helena Wood (violin) replacing an indisposed Magnus Johnston, Guy Johnston (cello), Tom Poster (piano) MSO / Wright
Wagner – A Faust Overture, Beethoven – Triple Concerto, Sibelius – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 3 December 2005 Emma Johnson (clarinet) MSO / Wright
Dvorak – Scherzo capriccioso, Simon Proctor – Clarinet Concerto (première), Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade

Mote Hall / 4 February 2006 Omar Guey (violin) MSO / Wright
Mendelssohn – Overture, Ruy Blas, Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto, Schubert – Symphony 9

Mote Hall / 18 March 2006 Ulf Hoelscher (violin) MSO / Wright
R. Strauss – Wind Serenade, Beethoven – Violin Concerto, Brahms – Symphony 4

Mote Hall / 20 May 2006 Adrian Brendel (cello) MSO / Wright
Walton – Partita, Schumann – Cello Concerto, Elgar – Symphony 1

2004/5

Mote Hall / 16 October 2004 Ronan O’Hora (piano) MSO / Wright
Respighi – The Pines of Rome, Chopin – Piano Concerto 1, Debussy – Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, Janacek – Sinfonietta

Mote Hall / 4 December 2004 Adrian Brendel (cello) MSO / Wright
Maxwell Davies – Ojai Festival Overture, Dvorak – Cello Concerto, Franck – Symphony

Mote Hall / 5 February 2005 Paul Beniston (trumpet) MSO / Wright
Mendelssohn – Overture, The Hebrides, Hummel – Trumpet Concerto, Vaughan Williams – Symphony 2 “A London Symphony” (original version)

Mote Hall / 19 March 2005 Chloë Hanslip (violin) MSO / Wright
Nielsen – Pan & Syrinx, Elgar – Violin Concerto, Mussorgsky/Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition

Mote Hall / 21 May 2005 John Lill (piano) MSO / Wright
Adams – A Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Beethoven – Piano Concerto 3, R. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben

2003/4

Mote Hall / 11 October 2003 Jennifer Pike (violin) MSO / Wright
Bax – Tintagel, Bruch – Violin Concerto 1, Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique

Mote Hall / 29 November 2003 John Lill (piano) MSO / Wright
Britten – An American Overture, Brahms – Piano Concerto 1, Elgar – Falstaff

Mote Hall / 7 February 2004 Ian Fountain (piano) MSO / Wright
Falla – Three Dances, The Three-Cornered Hat, Dvorak – Piano Concerto, Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring

Mote Hall / 20 March 2004 Richard Simpson (oboe) MSO / Wright
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, R. Strauss – Oboe Concerto, Beethoven – Symphony 3 “Eroica”

Mote Hall / 22 May 2004 Guy Johnston (cello) MSO / Wright
Ives – Putnam’s Camp, Walton – Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky – Manfred Symphony

2002/3

Mote Hall / 12 October 2002 Ronan O’Hora (piano) MSO / Wright
Holst – The Perfect Fool, Grieg – Piano Concerto, Walton – Symphony 1

Mote Hall / 23 November 2002 Ulf Hoelscher (violin) MSO / Wright
Beethoven – Overture, Egmont, Brahms – Violin Concerto, Beethoven – Symphony 7

Mote Hall / 8 February 2003 Felix Schmidt (cello) MSO / Wright
Shostakovich – Festive Overture, Elgar – Cello Concerto, Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden, Prokofiev – Symphony 7

Mote Hall / 22 March 2003 Ron Abramski (piano) MSO / Wright
John Ireland – A London Overture, Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto 3, Sibelius – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 17 May 2003 Emma Johnson (clarinet) MSO / Wright
Mozart – Overture, Don Giovanni, Mozart – Clarinet Concerto, Mahler – Symphony 1

2001/2

Mote Hall / 13 October 2001 Ulf Hoelscher (violin) replacing the indisposed György Pauk MSO / Wright
Sibelius – Finlandia, Dvorak – Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 1 December 2001 Tian Jiang (piano) MSO / Wright
R. Strauss – Don Juan, Mozart – Piano Concerto 23, Brahms – Symphony 1

Mote Hall / 16 February 2002 Dominic Griffiths & Ben Hancox (violins) MSO / Wright
Grieg – Norwegian Dances, Schumann – Symphony 4, Bach – Double Violin Concerto, Stravinsky – Firebird Suite

Mote Hall / 23 March 2002 Jack Gibbons (piano) MSO / Wright
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man, Bernstein – Overture, Candide, Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol, Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Gershwin – An American in Paris

Mote Hall / 25 May 2002 Guy Johnston (cello) MSO / Wright
Elgar – In the South, Shostakovich – Cello Concerto 1, Beethoven – Symphony 5

2000/1

Mote Hall / 21 October 2000 John Lill (piano) MSO / Wright
Benjamin Rous – Partita (première), Brahms – Piano Concerto 2, Rachmaninov – Symphony 3

Mote Hall / 25 November 2000 Emma Johnson (clarinet) MSO / Wright
Elgar – Introduction & Allegro, Français – Clarinet Concerto, Milhaud – Scaramouche, Vaughan Williams – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 10 February 2001 John Wallace (trumpet) MSO / Wright
Wagner – Prelude u. Liebestod, Tristan u. Isolde, Simon Proctor – Trumpet Concerto (première), Holst – The Planets

Mote Hall / 24 March 2001 Lesley Hatfield (violin) MSO / Wright
Berlioz – Overture, King Lear, Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto, Dvorak – Symphony 6

Mote Hall / 19 May 2001 Emma Gane (soprano), Joanne Thomas (alto), Jon English (tenor), Stefan Loges (baritone) Maidstone Choral Union MOS 90th Birthday Concert MSO / Wright
Webern – Passacaglia, Mahler – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Beethoven – Symphony 9 “Choral”

1999/2000

Mote Hall / 16 October 1999 Hu Kun (violin) MSO / Wright
Wagner – Overture, Die Meistersinger, Walton – Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky – Symphony 4

Mote Hall / 27 November 1999 Freddy Kempf (piano) MSO / Wright
Weber – Overture, Oberon, Beethoven – Piano Concerto 5 “Emperor”, Schumann – Symphony 3 “Rhenish”

Mote Hall / 12 February 2000 Sheila Marshall (oboe), Tony Spencer (clarinet), Martin Hines (bassoon), Steven Migden (horn) MSO / Wright
Barber – First Essay for Orchestra, Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante, Dvorak – Symphony 9 “From the New World”

Mote Hall / 18 March 2000 Malcolm Riley (organ) MSO / Wright
Mussorgsky/Howarth – Pictures at an Exhibition, Poulenc – Organ Concerto, Saint-Saëns – Symphony 3

Mote Hall / 20 May 2000 Tim Hugh (cello) MSO / Wright
Brahms/Riley – Cello Sonata 1 (première), Mahler – Symphony 9

1998/9

Mote Hall / 17 October 1998 Ronan O’Hora (piano) MSO / Wright
John Adams – The Chairman Dances, Beethoven – Piano Concerto 4, Rachmaninov – Symphonic Dances

Mote Hall / 28 November 1998 Susan Milan (flute) & Ieuan Jones (harp) MSO / Wright
Mozart – Concerto for Flute & Harp, Mahler – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 6 February 1999 Michael Thompson, Steven Migden, Jonathan Stoneman, Ian Williams (horns) MSO / Wright
Schubert – Symphony 8 “Unfinished”, Schumann – Konzertstück for 4 Horns, Brahms – Symphony 3

Mote Hall / 13 March 1999 Paul Silverthorne (viola) MSO / Wright
Dvorak – Wind Serenade, Bartok – Viola Concerto, Berlioz – Harold in Italy

Mote Hall / 15 May 1999 Anthony Marwood (violin) MSO / Wright
Walton – Overture, Portsmouth Point, Sibelius – Violin Concerto, Elgar/Payne – Symphony 3

1997/8

Mote Hall / 25 October 1997 Raphael Wallfisch (cello) MSO / Wright
Britten – Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Fauré – Élégie, Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet, Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto 1, Bernstein – Symphonic Dances, West Side Story

Mote Hall / 29 November 1997 Benjamin Luxon & Sheila Amit (narrators) MSO / Wright
Walton – Façade, Elgar – Symphony 1

Mote Hall / 7 February 1998 Emma Johnson (clarinet) MSO / Wright
Lutoslawski – Dance Preludes, Brahms/Berio – Clarinet Sonata 1, Bruckner – Symphony 4

Mote Hall / 14 March 1998 Hu Kun (violin) replacing the indisposed Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne MSO / Wright
Beethoven – Overture, Leonora 2, Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto, Dvorak – Symphony 7

Mote Hall / 16 May 1998 Tian Jiang (piano) MSO / Wright
Berlioz – Overture, Roman Carnival, Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto 2, Stravinsky – Petrushka

Mote Hall / 17 May 1997 Paul Lewis (piano) MSO / Wright
Borodin – Overture, Prince Igor, Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto 1, Shostakovich – Symphony 5

1996/7

Mote Hall / 30 June 1996 Haydn Miles (piano) The Maidstone Symphony Pops MSO / Wright
Chabrier – Joyeuse Marche, Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite, J. Strauss II – Pizzicato Polka, Sousa – Liberty Bell, Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto 1, John Williams – Star Wars, Steiner – Tara’s Theme from Gone with the Wind, Yeomans/Shostakovich – Tea for Two, Vangelis – Chariots of Fire, John Williams – Superman Suite

Mote Hall / 19 October 1996 Tim Hugh (cello) MSO / Wright
Verdi – Overture, Force of Destiny, Dvorak – Cello Concerto, Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra

Mote Hall / 30 November 1996 Kent Wind Soloists MSO / Wright
Mozart – Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, Beethoven – Symphony 6 “Pastoral”

Mote Hall / 15 February 1997 Michael Thompson (horn) MSO / Wright
Schubert – Overture, Rosamunde, Parry – Elegy for Brahms, R. Strauss – Horn Concerto 1, Brahms – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 15 March 1997 Freya Kirby (violin) MSO / Wright
Elgar – Overture, Cockaigne, Mahler – Adagietto (Symphony 5), Korngold – Violin Concerto, Sibelius – Symphony 1

1995/6

Mote Hall / 21 October 1995 Nicola Hall (guitar) MSO / Wright
Rossini – Overture, Semiramide, Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez, Tchaikovsky – Symphony 6 “Pathétique”

Mote Hall / 11 November 1995 John Lill (piano) Béla de Csilléry’s 80th Birthday Concert Kent Sinfonia / Csilléry
Mozart – Overture, The Marriage of Figaro, Beethoven – Piano Concerto 5 “Emperor”, Wagner – Siegfried Idyll, Kodály – Dances of Galánta

Mote Hall / 10 February 1996 Vesko Eschkenazy (violin) MSO / Wright
Brahms – Violin Concerto, Rachmaninov – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 16 March 1996 Emma Johnson (clarinet) MSO / Wright
Mozart – Symphony 32, Pärt – Cantus, Copland – Clarinet Concerto, Weber – Clarinet Concertino, Dvorak – Symphony 8

Mote Hall / 18 May 1996 Frederick Kempf (piano) MSO / Wright
Kabalevsky – Overture, Colas Breugnon, Prokofiev – Piano Concerto 3, Elgar – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 13 May 1995 Ronan O’Hora (piano) MSO / Wright
Debussy – Fêtes (Nocturnes), Schumann – Piano Concerto, Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique

1994/5

Mote Hall / 8 October 1994 Julie Kennard, Catherine Denley, Adrian Thompson, Mark Wildman Hospice Festival Choir MSO / Wright
Handel – Messiah

Mote Hall / 15 October 1994 Anthony Marwood (violin) MSO / Wright
Beethoven – Overture Leonora 3, Peter Skellern – Sketches of the Fowey River (première), Elgar – Violin Concerto

Mote Hall / 12 November 1994 John Wallace (trumpet) MSO / Wright
Britten – Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes), Hummel – Trumpet Concerto, Shostakovich – Symphony 10

Westminster Central Hall, London / 21 December 1994 Kathleen Livingstone, Ameral Gunson, Neil Jenkins, John Noble Massed Choirs from Kent MSO / Wright
Handel – Messiah

Mote Hall / 18 February 1995 Lorraine McAslan (violin) replacing the indisposed Elizabeth Wallfisch, Raphael Wallfisch (cello) MSO / Wright
Nielsen – Overture Helios, Brahms – Double Concerto, Sibelius – Symphony 2

Mote Hall / 18 March 1995 Kirsten Spratt (flute) Kent Sinfonia / Csilléry
Mendelssohn – Overture The Hebrides, Honegger – Pastorale d’été, Mozart – Flute Concerto, Beethoven – Symphony 2

1993/4

Mote Hall / 16 October 1993 John Lill (piano) Kent Sinfonia / Csilléry
Weber – Overture, Oberon, Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1, Beethoven – Symphony No. 5

Mote Hall / 6 November 1993 Vasko Vassilev (violin), replacing the indisposed Alexandre Rozhdestvensky MSO / Wright
Falla – Three Dances, The Three-Cornered Hat, Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams – Symphony 2 “A London Symphony”

Mote Hall / 19 February 1994 Frederick Kempf (piano) MSO / Wright
Walton – Overture, Portsmouth Point, Berlioz – Love Scene (Romeo & Juliet), Mussorgsky orch. Tushmalov – Pictures at an Exhibition, Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto 3

Mote Hall / 19 March 1994 Peter Hatfield (horn) Maidstone Sinfonietta / Wright
Milhaud – La Création du Monde, Barber – Adagio, Mozart – Horn Concerto 4, Sibelius – Suite Pelléas & Mélisande, Haydn – Symphony 104 “London”

Mote Hall / 14 May 1994 Julie Kennard (soprano) MSO / Wright
Mozart – Overture, The Magic Flute, R. Strauss – Four Last Songs, Mahler – Symphony 1

1992/3

Mote Hall / 17 October 1992 Rafael Wallfisch (cello) Kent Sinfonia / Wright
George Newson – Fanfare for Europe, Bach – Brandenburg Concerto 3, Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations, Beethoven – Symphony 3 “Eroica”

Mote Hall / 14 November 1992 Gina McCormack (violin) MSO / Wright
Stravinsky – Suite The Firebird, Bruch – Violin Concerto 1, Franck – Symphony

Mote Hall / 13 February 1993 Philip Martin (piano) MSO / Wright
Copland – Suite Appalachian Spring, Gershwin – Piano Concerto, Elgar – Enigma Variations

Mote Hall / 13 March 1993 Julian Farrell (clarinet), replacing the indisposed Angela Malmsbury Kent Sinfonia / Csilléry
Rossini – Overture The Italian Girl in Algiers, Elgar – Serenade, Weber – Clarinet Concerto 2, Mendelssohn – Symphony 4 “Italian”

Mote Hall / 15 May 1993 Anthony Marwood (violin) MSO / Wright
Peter Aviss – Festive Overture (première), Beethoven – Violin Concerto, Brahms – Symphony 4

Benenden School / 26 June 1993 Andrew Haigh (piano), Brian Wright (narrator), Andy Bridges (tuba) MSO / Stephen Threlfall (guest conductor)
Peter Aviss – Festive Overture, Kleinsinger – Tubby the Tuba, Copland – Suite Rodeo, Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto 1

1991/2

Mote Hall / 26 October 1991 John Lill (piano) Kent Sinfonia / Csilléry
Beethoven – Overture Coriolan, Beethoven – Piano Concerto 3, Beethoven – Symphony 7

Mote Hall / 16 November 1991 Ronan O’Hora (piano) MSO / Wright
Mendelssohn – Overture Ruy Blas, Sibelius – Symphony 5, Brahms – Piano Concerto 2

Royal Albert Hall, London / 18 December 1991 Kathleen Livingstone, Ameral Gunson, Huw Rhys-Evans, John Noble Massed Choirs from Kent MSO / Wright
Handel – Messiah (Broadcast on BBC Radio Kent)

Mote Hall / 15 February 1992 Jane Atkins (viola) MSO / Wright
Weber – Overture Der Freischütz, Walton – Viola Concerto, Tchaikovsky – Symphony 5

Mote Hall / 14 March 1992 Gareth Hulse (oboe) Kentish Chamber Orchestra / Wright
Falla – Suite El Amor Brujo, R. Strauss – Oboe Concerto, Wagner – Siegfried Idyll, Mozart – Symphony 35 “Haffner”

Mote Hall / 9 May 1992 Timothy Hugh (cello) MSO / Wright
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Shostakovich – Symphony 1, Elgar – Cello Concerto, Mussorgsky – Night on a Bare Mountain

1990/1

Oakwood Park / 27 October 1990 Emma Johnson (clarinet) Langham Chamber Orchestra / Béla de Csilléry
Haydn – Symphony 94 “Surprise”, Finzi – Clarinet Concerto, Mozart – Symphony 38 “Prague”

Oakwood Park / 10 November 1990 Anthony Marwood (violin) MSO / Brian Wright
Dvorak – Overture Carnival, Delius – A Walk to the Paradise Garden, Prokofiev – Violin Concerto 1, Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade

Oakwood Park / 9 February 1991 Steven Isserlis (cello) MSO / Wright
Beethoven – Overture Fidelio, Shostakovich – Cello Concerto 1, Brahms – Symphony 1

Oakwood Park / 16 March 1991 Sungsic Yang (violin) Kent Sinfonia / Csilléry
Mendelssohn – Overture The Hebrides, Holst – Brook Green Suite, Mozart – Violin Concerto 3, Beethoven – Symphony 8

Mote Hall / 11 May 1991 Howard Shelley (piano) MOS 80th Birthday Concert MSO / Wright
Arnold – Overture Tam O’Shanter, Beethoven – Piano Concerto 4, Kodály – Peacock Variations, Liszt – Les Préludes

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