Recent concert programmes:

June 2026 - 50th Anniversary Concert

Edward Elgar - Serenade for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no. 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

January 2026 - 50th Anniversary Year

Jean Sibelius - Andante Festivo

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Waltz and Elegie from Serenade for Strings

Yasushi Akutagawa - Berceuse from Triptyque

Lars-Erik Larsson - Romans from Pastoralsvit

Ludwig van Beethoven - Overture from Egmont

Carl Nielsen - Underlige Aftenlufte

September 2025

Handel - Overture from The Messiah

Bach - 'Air on the G string'

Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins in A minor

Soloists: Paul Westwood-Gould and Catherine McMillan

Leonarda - Sonata Prima

Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Soloman

Boyce - Symphony no. 1

Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

Soloists - Barbara Dale and Sue Craigie

Mozart - Divertimento No. 1 in D Major K136

June/July 2025 -

Bantock - Scenes from the Scottish Highlands

Morfydd Llwyn Owen - Romance for string orchestra

Joan Trimble - Suite for Strings

Nicholas Hooper - Dumbledore's farewell from Harry Potter

Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony

January 2025 - with Jonathan Delbridge, Piano

R. Schumann - Bilder aus Osten

C. Schumann - Konzertsatz for piano and strings

Kraus - Overture to Olympie

Mozart - Piano Concerto no.23 in A Major K488

June 2024 -

Coleridge-Taylor - Four Novelletten for String Orchestra

Grieg - 'Solveig's Song'. 'The Death of Ase' and 'Anitra's Dance' from Peer Gynt

Elgar - Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin

W. H. Reed - Intermezzo, Pavane and Scherzo

Nielsen - Underlige Aftenlufte

January/February 2024 -

Neruda - Sinfonia in A Major

Brahms - Hungarian Dances no. 5 & 6

Bartok - Romanian Dances

Elgar - Serenade for Strings

Dvorak - Humoresque

Smetana - Dance of the Comedians from 'The Bartered                             Bride'

January 2023 - with Jonathan Delbridge, Piano

Ethel Smyth - Suite for Strings op. 1a

Finzi - Eclogue for Piano and Strings op. 10

Mozart - Piano Concerto no. 21 in C Major 'Elvira Madigan' K. 467

Bologne - Symphony in G Major op. 11 no. 1

May 2022 - with Mark Westwood-Gould, Tenor

Salieri - Sinfonia from 'Axur Re d'Ormus'

Puccini - Crisantemi

Donizetti - 'Quanto e bella, quanto e cara' & 'Una furtiva lagrima' from 'L'Elisir d'amore'

Vivaldi - Concerto for Strings in E minor

Caldara - Overture from 'Maddalena ai Piedi di Cristo'

Verdi - Prelude to Act I, 'Lunge da lei ... De' miei bollenti spiriti ... Oh mio rimorso!', and Prelude to Act III from 'La Traviata'

Verdi - 'Questa o quella' from 'Rigoletto'

Albinoni - Sinfonia in G minor

January 2022 - with Jonathan Delbridge, Piano

Kalinnikov - Serenade for strings

Borodin - Chorus of the Peasants from Prince Igor

Borodin - Nocturne

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto no. 2 (2nd movement)

Jonathan Delbridge (Piano)

Tchaikovsky - Elegy

Glinka - Grand Sextet for Piano and Strings

Jonathan Delbridge (Piano)

January 2020 - with Jonathan Delbridge, Piano

January 2019

Neruda - Sinfonia in A

Janacek - Idyla

Dvorak -  Humoresque

Gluck - 'Orfeo ed Euridice' Overture

Dvorak - Notturno

Myslivecek - Sinfonia No. 5

Smetana - Dance of the Comedians

June 2018 - with Jonathan Delbridge, Piano

Warlock - Capriol Suite

Delius - Late Swallows

Tavener - Mother of God

Holst - Brook Green Suite

Finzi - Eclogue for Piano and Strings

Walton - Two pieces from Henry V

Haydn - Piano Concerto No 11 in D major

January 2018 - with Wendy Staal and Zack Chantler,

                            Violin

Handel - Arrival of the queen of Sheba

Corelli - Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 1

Handel - Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 1

Biber - Battalia

Telemann - Don Quixote Suite

Handel - Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 11

J S Bach - Violin Concerto for 2 Violins in d minor

June 2017 - With Bridport Youth Strings

Sammartini - Concerto for Recorder in F major

Haydn - Concerto for 'Cello in C major

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

Vivaldi - Concerto for Strings in D major

Telemann - Concerto for 4 Violins

Mahler - Adagietto from Symphony No. 5

Mozart -Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

January 2017

Pachelbel - Canon 

Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins 

Mendelssohn - Sinfonia No. 1

Gershwin - Love Walked In

Mozart - Divertimento in B-flat

Grainger - Mock Morris

May 2016 - 40th Anniversary Concert

Vivaldi - Violin Concerto No 6 in a minor

Dvorak - Bagatelles

Elgar - Serenade for Strings

Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings

Mozart - Divertimento in F major

Gutierrez - Alma Llanera

January 2016 - with Ana Laura Manero, Piano

Mozart - Piano Concerto No 12 in A major

Purcell - Chacony in G major

Holst - St Paul's Suite

Purcell - Music from Abedalazer

May 2015 - with Catrin Win Morgan, Violin

Holst - Brook Green Suite

Bach  - Violin Concerto in a minor 

Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue

Mozart - Adagio and Fugue

Wiren - Serenade

December 2014

Bach - Brandenburg concerto No 3

Elgar - Salut D'Amour

Mozart - Divertimento No 3

Grainger - Mock Morris

Corelli - Christmas Concerto

Gershwin - Love Walked In

December 2013

Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings

Gershwin - Lullaby

Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins in A minor

Telemann - Viola Concerto in G Major

May 2013  - Britten 100  - Wendy Staal, Violin

Chris Brown - Bridge of Bows for String Orchestra and Bell in celebration of Britten 100 (World Premiere)

Lennox Berkeley - Serenade

Purcell - Suite 'The Old Bachelor'

Chris Brown - Rhapsodic Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra (World Premiere)

Britten - Simple Symphony 

December 2012

Sibelius - Andante Festivo

Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 Violins in d minor

Nielsen - Little Suite for Strings

Purcell - Chacony

Holst - St Paul's Suite

May 2012 'Romantic Nationalist Composers'

Borodin - 'Chorus of the Peasants'

Sibelius - Suite Champetre

Grieg - Elegaic Melodies

Elgar - Serenade

Dvorak - Bagatelle

Faure - Apres une Reve

Bartok - Roumanian Dances

Copeland - Hoedown