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Saturday 28th June 2008
7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: Maximiliano Martín (clarinet)
6:30 p.m. Pre-concert talk by Natalia Luis-Bassa (no charge)
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
Weber Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F min. Op 73
Saint-Saens Danse Macabre (Symphonic Poem)
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 in F min. Op 36

Sunday 15th June 2008
Open Garden: Heywood House, Brookhouse

By kind permission of Mike and Lorraine Cave


Saturday 16th February 2008
7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Lancaster
Conductor: Wyn Davies
Soloist: Marianne Thorsen (violin)
Brahms Tragic Overture Op 81
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2 in G min. Op 63
Dvořák Symphony No 8 in G, Op 88

Saturday 24th November 2007
7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: Roger Clark (horn)
Barber Adagio for Strings
Gounod Petite Symphonie for Wind Instruments
Mozart Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat, K495
Beethoven Symphony No 2 in D, Op 36

Saturday 16th June 2007
7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Lancaster,
Conductor Natalia Luis-Bassa

We are delighted to announce that for our 30th anniversary celebration, our President Raphael Wallfisch and his wife Elizabeth will be our soloists in the Brahms' Double Concerto for violin and cello.
Beethoven Overture "Leonora" No. 3
Dvorák Symphonic Variations
Arthur Butterworth Coruscations (new commission, Op. 127)
Brahms Concerto in A minor for violin and cello

Sunday 10th June
Open Garden 2007
In aid of orchestra funds
Linden Hall, Borwick, near Carnforth, by kind permission of Melanie and Andrew Brakewell.

Saturday 17th February 2007
7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: David Stout (baritone)
Ravel Mother Goose
Copland Old American Songs
Mozart Arias from "The Marriage of Figaro"
Haydn Symphony No. 100 ("Military")

Things to do


Saturday 18th November 2006
7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloists: Verónica Urrego (violin) and Rachel Malloch (oboe)
Romero Fuga con Pagarillo
J.S. Bach Concerto in D minor for violin and oboe
Mozart Symphony No. 39
Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn (St Anthony variations)

Things to do

  • Watch Natalia's pre-concert talk.

Saturday 24th June 2006
7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: Leland Chen (violin)

(Read about this soloist)
Rossini
Sibelius
Dvorak
Overture, Barber of Seville
Violin Concerto
Symphony no. 7
Lelend Chen

Things to do

  • Read the programme notes

Sunday 11th June 2006
Open Garden
Linden Hall, Borwick, near Carnforth,
by kind permission of Andrew and Melanie Brakewell

Teas, big plant stall, chamber music and much more.

Things to do


Alexandra Scherman
Alexandra Scherman with Natalia
Saturday 18th February 2006
7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: Alexandra Scherman (mezzo-soprano)

(Read about this soloist)
Cann To the Vanishing Point
Piazzolla Oblivion
de Falla El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician)
Respighi Il Tramonto
Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4 (Italian)

Things to do

  • Listen to Natalia's pre-concert talk
  • See pictures from the day of the concert
  • Try our quiz based on the music in the February concert
  • Read the programme notes


Ana Ruth Bermudez
Saturday 19th November 2005
7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: Ana Ruth Bermudez (cello)

(Read about this soloist)
Mozart Overture, Don Giovanni
Saint-Saëns Cello concerto 1
Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations
Beethoven Symphony no. 4
(Read the programme notes for this concert)

Saturday 18th June 2005
7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Glinka Overture: Russlan and Ludmilla
Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Liadov 8 Russian Folk Songs Op.58
Prokofiev Symphony No.1 in D 'Classical' Op.25
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.2 in C min. 'Little Russian' Op.17
Sunday 12th June 2005
2:00-5:00 pm Open Garden, Leck Hall
By kind permission of Lord and Lady Shuttleworth

Click here to see photos from the day
Saturday 19th February 2005
7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: Anna Markland
FaurePavane Opus 50
DebussyPetite Suite
RavelPiano Concerto in G
WagnerSiegfried Idyll
SchubertSymphony No.4 in C min. 'Tragic' D.417
Sunday 14th November 2004
7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloists: Nicholas Hurndall-Smith and Martin Lawrence
DvořákCzech Suite Op.39
BrittenSerenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Op.31
SchubertEntr'acte No.2 in B flat Ballet Music No.2 in G (Incidental Music to Rosamunde) D797
BeethovenSymphony No.1 in C Op.21
Saturday 12th June 2004
7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster
Conductor: Roger Cann
Leader: Julian Cann
Soloist: Sam Haywood (piano)
SchubertOverture: "Rosamunde", D. 644
BizetL'Arlésienne: Suite No. 1
RachmaninovPiano Concerto No. 2 in C min, Op. 18
Gustav HolstA Somerset Rhapsody
Johann Strauss IIWaltz: 'Morning Papers'
BrahmsHungarian Dances
Sunday 16th May 2004
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Open Garden Clearbeck House, Higher Tatham
Saturday 21st February 2004
7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster
Conductor: Roger Cann
Leader: Louise Latham
MendelssohnOverture: 'The Hebrides' (Fingal's Cave)
Roger CannSinfonietta
HandelMusic for the Royal Fireworks
BeethovenSymphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55, 'Eroica'
Sunday 23rd November 2003
7:30 pm, Princess Margaretha Hall, St. Martin's College, Lancaster
Conductor: Roger Cann
Soloist: Andrew West (piano)
Leader: Julian Cann
BeethovenOverture: 'Fidelio'
MozartPiano Concerto No. 20 in D min. K466
Arthur ButterworthConcertante, Opus 27
MozartSymphony No. 38 in D, K.504 'Prague'
Saturday 14th June 2003
7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster
Guest conductor: Wyn Davies
Leader: Julian Cann
Soloist: Michael Whight (clarinet)
Vaughan WilliamsOverture: 'The Wasps'
MozartClarinet Concerto in A, K.622
MendelssohnSymphony No. 3 in A min Op.56 "Scottish"
(Read the programme notes for this concert)
Sunday 18th May 2003
Open Garden. Linden Hall, Borwick, Carnforth

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