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Past Activities

Saturday 28th January 2012

Coffee Morning

Saturday 26th November 2011

7:30 pm, Great Hall, University of Lancaster

6:30pm. Pre-concert talk by Luis Pares (no charge)

Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa

Soloist: Luis Parés (piano)

Khachaturian	from Suite Masquerade
Beethoven	Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major Emperor
Shostakovich	Symphony No 9 in E flat major

Saturday 25th June 2011

7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster

6:30pm. Pre-concert talk by Rachael Clegg (no charge)

Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa

Soloist: Rachael Clegg (oboe)

Mozart	Overture, The Magic Flute
Strauss	Oboe Concerto in D major
Brahms	Symphony No 1 in C minor

Sunday 12th June 2011

Open Garden

Sunday 6th March 2011

The Art of Conducting

Saturday 19th February 2011

7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster

6:30pm. Pre-concert talk by Leland Chen (no charge)

Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa

Puccini	Intermezzo from Act 3, Manon Lescaut
Brahms	Violin Concerto in D major
Frank	Symphony in D minor

Saturday 6th November 2010

7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster

6:30pm. Pre-concert talk by Janet Hilton (no charge)

Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa

Soloist: Janet Hilton (clarinet)

Handel	Music for the Royal Fireworks
Mozart	Clarinet Concerto in A major
Beethoven	Symphony No 7 in A major

Saturday 26th June 2010

7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster

6:30pm. Pre-concert talk by Amy Harman (no charge)

Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa

Soloist: Amy Harman (bassoon)

Elgar	Salut d'Amour
Weber	Bassoon Concerto
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64

Sunday 13th June 2010

Open Garden
By kind permission of Peter & Bronwen Osborne.

Saturday 13th February 2010

7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster

6:30pm. Pre-concert talk by Natalia Luis-Bassa (no charge)

Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa

Dvorák	Slavonic Dance No 1 Op 46
Sibelius	Karelia Suite Op 11
Rachmaninov	Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27

Saturday 7th November 2009

7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster

6:30pm. Pre-concert talk by Morgan Szymanski (no charge)

Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa

Soloist: Morgan Szymanski (guitar)

Beethoven	Coriolan Overture, Op 62
Rodrigo	Concierto d'Aranjuez
Gluck	Dance of the Blessed Spirits and Dance of the Furies from Orphée et Eurydice
Haydn	Symphony No 101 in D (Clock)

Saturday 20th June 2009

7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster

6:30pm. Pre-concert talk by Rachel Malloch and Fredrik Holm (no charge)

Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa

Soloists: Rachel Malloch (oboe), Janet Barlow (clarinet), Fredrik Holm (bassoon) and Roger Clark (horn)

Weber	Overture: "Der Freischutz"
Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn
Brahms	Symphony No. 4

Sunday 14th June 2009

Open Garden
By kind permission of Lord & Lady Shuttleworth

Saturday 14th February 2009

A Valentine's day concert

7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster

6:30pm. Pre-concert talk by Natalia Luis Bassa (no charge)

Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa

Soloist: Jack Liebeck (violin)

Tchaikovsky	Romeo and Juliet Overture
Bruch	Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
Elgar	Enigma Variations

Saturday 29th November 2008

7:30 pm, Ashton Hall, Lancaster
6:30 p.m. Pre-concert talk by David Stout (no charge)
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: David Stout (baritone)

Mendelssohn	The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)
Puccini	Chrysanthemums
Cimarosa	The Music Director (Il Maestro di Cappella)- an amusing depiction of an incompetent orchestral conductor
Mozart	Arias from The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni
Mozart	Symphony No 31 ("Paris")

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 were delighted that for our 30th anniversary celebration, our President Raphael Wallfisch and his wife Elizabeth were 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")

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)

Saturday 24th June 2006

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

Rossini	Overture, Barber of Seville
Sibelius	Violin Concerto
Dvorak	Symphony no. 7

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.

Saturday 18th February 2006

7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: Alexandra Scherman (mezzo-soprano)

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

Saturday 19th November 2005

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

Mozart	Overture, Don Giovanni
Saint-Saëns	Cello concerto 1
Tchaikovsky	Rococo Variations
Beethoven	Symphony no. 4

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

Saturday 19th February 2005

7:30 p.m, Ashton Hall, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster
Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa
Soloist: Anna Markland

Faure	Pavane Opus 50
Debussy	Petite Suite
Ravel	Piano Concerto in G
Wagner	Siegfried Idyll
Schubert	Symphony 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

Dvořák	Czech Suite Op.39
Britten	Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Op.31
Schubert	Entr'acte No.2 in B flat Ballet Music No.2 in G (Incidental Music to Rosamunde) D797
Beethoven	Symphony 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)

Schubert	Overture: "Rosamunde", D. 644
Bizet	L'Arlésienne: Suite No. 1
Rachmaninov	Piano Concerto No. 2 in C min, Op. 18
Gustav Holst	A Somerset Rhapsody
Johann Strauss II	Waltz: 'Morning Papers'
Brahms	Hungarian 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

Mendelssohn	Overture: 'The Hebrides' (Fingal's Cave)
Roger Cann	Sinfonietta
Handel	Music for the Royal Fireworks
Beethoven	Symphony 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

Beethoven	Overture: 'Fidelio'
Mozart	Piano Concerto No. 20 in D min. K466
Arthur Butterworth	Concertante, Opus 27
Mozart	Symphony 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 Williams	Overture: 'The Wasps'
Mozart	Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622
Mendelssohn	Symphony No. 3 in A min Op.56 "Scottish"

Sunday 18th May 2003

Open Garden. Linden Hall, Borwick, Carnforth