Details of our 2010/2011 season appear below.

• 6th November 2010: Songs and Refrains

• 4th December 2010: Festive Concerts
• 12th February 2011: The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess
• 7th May 2011: A Night at the Theatre
  
• 2nd July 2011: War and Peace
  

Songs and Refrains

Saturday 6th November 2010 @ Pyramid Arts Centre, Warrington (Box Office Tel: 01925 442345)

Pre-concert talk at 7:20 pm
Concert at 8:00 pm

North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
Catherine Tackley Conductor
Paul Vowles Clarinet
Catherine Coyne Flute
Cody Coyne Euphonium

Programme to include:

Michael Torke - Grand Central Station
Robert Orledge - Blame it on the Blues (World Première)
Stephen McNeff - Clarinet Concerto (NCWO Commission)
Oliver Waespi - Hebridean Rhapsody
Yo Goto - Fantasma Lunare
Daniel Basford - Songs and Refrains

This concert features the World Première of 'Blame it on the Blues' written especially for two members of the NCWO, as well as the opportunity to hear McNeff's sparkling Clarinet Concerto, a previous NCWO commission. The serenity of Goto's reworking of Beethoven's famous Moonlight Sonata provides a contrast to Torke's portrait of a metropolitan hub; whilst Waespi and Basford draw on traditional folk music in their evocations of the British Isles.

Festive Concerts

Saturday 4th December 2010 @ St John's URC, Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington
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Family Concert at 4:00 pm
Main Concert at 7:30 pm

North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
Catherine Tackley Conductor
Peter Moss Trumpet

Programmes to include:

Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel Overture
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto
Plus all of your seasonal favourites

This year our Festive Concerts will include the beautiful Overture from Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel and Haydn's famous Trumpet Concerto. A shorter afternoon Christmas programme is sure to appeal to younger audiences - bring your own jingle bells or homemade shaker to join in with the band. Both concerts include carols and other seasonal favourites for all the family.

The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess

Saturday 12th February 2011 @ Waterside Arts Centre, Sale (Box Office Tel: 0161 912 5616)

Pre-concert talk at 6:50 pm
Concert at 7:30 pm

North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
Dr Jazz and the Cheshire Cats Big Band
Catherine Tackley Conductor
Tim Watson Saxophone

NCWO Programme to include:

Donald Grantham - Fantasy Variations
Emily Howard - Prayer (NCWO Commission, World Première)
Adam Gorb - Saxophone Concertino

Dr Jazz and the Cheshire Cats Programme to include:

Bill Potts - The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess

Gershwin provides the link between the two halves of our annual joint concert with big band Dr Jazz and the Cheshire Cats. His 'jazz soul' is exposed in a rarely performed big band version of music from his opera Porgy and Bess by Bill Pots and Grantham's Fantasy Variations are based on his second piano prelude. NCWO are delighted to present a World Première in this concert - Prayer - our own commission from the highly regarded young composer Emily Howard.

A Night at the Theatre

Saturday 7th May 2011 @ Pyramid Arts Centre, Warrington (Box Office Tel: 01925 442345)

Pre-concert talk at 7:05 pm
Concert at 7:45 pm

War and Peace

Saturday 2nd July 2011 @ Waterside Arts Centre, Sale (Box Office Tel: 0161 912 5616)

Pre-concert talk at 6:50 pm
Concert at 7:30 pm

North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
Catherine Tackley Conductor

Programme to include:

William Walton - Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Brent Heisinger - Statement
David Del Tredici - In Wartime
Ron Goodwin - 633 Squadron
Gustav Holst - Mars from the Planets
Adam Gorb - Tranquility
John Philip Sousa - Semper Fidelis
John Williams arr. De Meij - Star Wars Saga

In this concert the stirring strains of Walton, Goodwin and Sousa and Holst's portrayal of Mars, the mythical Bringer of War, are tempered by Gorb's Tranquility. Heisinger and Del Tredici offer contemporary reflections on the theme of War and Peace. John Willims' epic music for the Star Wars films brings this concert to a thrilling climax.