Hitchin Symphony Orchestra

Programme 2005 – 2006


Saturday 26th November 2005 at 7.30 p.m.
Hitchin Town Hall
Leader: Janet Hicks
Conductor: Paul Adrian Rooke
Pre-concert talk in The Lucas Room at 6.45 p.m. before the concert.
It will be given by Michael Hurd, noted composer, author and biographer of Rutland Boughton.
Admission is free to concert ticket holders.
Paul Adrian Rooke: Symphony No. 2 in C
World première
Rutland Boughton: Oliver Cromwell – A Character Symphony
(With Baritone Solo in the last movement)
Baritone Soloist: Ian Boughton (grandson of Rutland)
World première
See MusicWeb-International.com for a review of this concert.

Saturday 17th December 2005 at 7.30 p.m.
ELIZABETH POSTON CENTENARY CONCERT

With Stevenage Choral Society (Conductor: Robin Osterley)

St. Andrew and St. George, Stevenage
Leader: Janet Hicks
Conductor: Paul Adrian Rooke
Elizabeth Poston: The Nativity
William Lloyd Webber: Serenade for Strings
: Carols for choir and audience

Saturday 20th May 2006 at 7.30 p.m.
Hitchin Town Hall
Leader: Janet Hicks
Conductor: Paul Adrian Rooke
Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques
Berlioz: Nuits d’Été
Soloist: Sara Jonsson (Soprano)
Malcolm Arnold: Serenade for Small Orchestra
Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B flat

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