April 2026

The Programme

Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld,  Jacques Offenbach

Adagio from Spartacus, Aram Khachaturian, arr. David Stone

The Little Mermaid, Alan Menken, arr. Ted Parson

Solveig's Song (from Peer Gynt Suite II), Edvard Grieg

Scheherazade - the Kalendar Prince, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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Prelude to Lohengrin, Act III, Richard Wagner

Overture to Iolanthe, Arthur Sullivan

Sylvia (extracts), Léo Delibes

Legend of the Glass Mountain, Nino Rota

The Firebird (Berceuse and Finale), Igor Stravinsky

The Orchestra

(Guest players in italics)

1st Violins

Vanessa Russell, Jenny Edney-Rogers, James Cleak, Penny Cantwell, Dave White

2nd Violins

Kim Dyos, Michael Mc Connell, Ashley Canning, Liz Lynn, Lee Mackie, John Beckett

Violas

Pippa Cuckson, John Nicholls, Jane Hunter

Cellos

Lynda Trice, Martin Heath, Clive Jackson, Margaret Houston, Lara Inwood

Double Basses

Sally Swift, James Slade

Flutes/Piccolo*

Barbara Sykes, Hayley Shlackman*

Oboes/Cor Anglais*

Barry Collisson, Alison Swindles*

Clarinets

Helen Lister, Andrew Norris, Helen Owlett

Bassoons

Martin Cocks, Karen Carter

French Horns

Tim Banks, Lucy Head

Trumpets

David Cunningham, Taya Scott

Trombones

John Taylor, Frances Jones, Paul Dodge

Percussion

Chris King, Kim Sargeant, Dave Lambert

Harp

Charlie Davies