Hitchin Symphony Orchestra
Past & Future
11 May 2024
St Mary's Church
Leader:
Conductor:
Janet Hicks
Rowan Baker
Rachmaninov | Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 | ||
Rachmaninov | Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 |
A Journey Through Darkness and Light
18 Nov 2023
St Mary's Church
Leader:
Conductor:
Janet Hicks
Rowan Baker
Robert Schumann | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 | Cordelia Williams | |
César Cui | Suite No. 3 ‘In modo populari’, Op. 43 | ||
Franz Schubert | Symphony No. 6 in C major, D. 589 | ||
Charles Ives | The Unanswered Question |
13 May 2023
St Mary's Church
Leader:
Conductor:
Janet Hicks
Rowan Baker
Wilhelm Stenhammar | Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op. 34 | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 |
26 Nov 2022
St Mary's Church
Leader:
Conductor:
Janet Hicks
Rowan Baker
Lowell Liebermann | Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 39 | Emma Halnan | |
Shostakovich | Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 | ||
Bedřich Smetana | Vltava |
16 Jul 2022
St Mary's Church
Leader:
Conductor:
Janet Hicks
Rowan Baker
Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 | Alison Eales | |
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No. 83 in G minor ‘La Poule’ | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No. 85 in B♭ major ‘La Reine’ | ||
Lili Boulanger | Trois Morceaux |
Hitchin Festival Concert
14 May 2022
St Mary's Church
Leader:
Conductor:
Janet Hicks
Rowan Baker
Gustav Mahler | Rückert-Lieder | Alison Langer | |
Johannes Brahms | Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 | ||
Gustav Mahler | ‘Blumine’ |
27 Nov 2021
St Mary's Church
Leader:
Conductor:
Janet Hicks
Rowan Baker
Rutland Boughton | A Summer Night | ||
Paul Adrian Rooke | Saxophone Concerto | Alison Eales | |
Max Bruch | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor | Fenella Humphreys | |
Edward Elgar | ‘Enigma’ Variations, Op. 36 |
Concert in Memory of Paul Adrian Rooke
10 Jul 2021
St Mary's Church
Leader:
Conductor:
Janet Hicks
Dafydd Billinghurst
Vaughan Williams | 'Rhosymedre' | ||
Jean Sibelius | 2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44 | ||
Gerald Finzi | Bagatelles for Clarinet and Orchestra | Alison Eales | |
Gustav Holst | Brook Green Suite | ||
Franz Schubert | Symphony No. 5 in B flat major |
Hitchin Festival Concert
16 May 2020
St Mary's Church
Leader:
Conductor:
Janet Hicks
Rowan Baker
Rutland Boughton | A Summer Night | ||
Paul Adrian Rooke | Symphony No. 2 in C | ||
Max Bruch | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor |
Cancelled due to Covid-19
23 Nov 2019
St Mary's Church
Leader:
Conductor:
Janet Hicks
Malcolm Hicks
Antonín Dvořák | Romance for Violin and Orchestra | Peter Bussereau | |
Edward German | Suite of Incidental Music from 'Romeo and Juliet' | ||
George Butterworth | The Banks of Green Willow | ||
Robert Schumann | Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23 | Peter Bussereau |
Janet Hicks' Golden Jubilee Concert
Programme information available from November 1985 to the present.