Details of our 2007/2008 season are as follows:
- September 29th 2007: Musical Anniversaries
- December 8th 2007: Christmas Concerts
- February 9th 2008: Out of Africa
- April 19th 2008: Miro’s Rhetorical Question
- June 28th 2008: Saxfest
- July 5th 2008: Saxfest
Musical Anniversaries
Saturday 29th September 2007
Pyramid Arts Centre
(Box Office Tel: 01925 442345)
Pre-concert talk at 6:50 pm, Concert at 7:30 pm
North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
Mark Heron Conductor
Cody Coyne Euphonium
Sir Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance Marches No. 1, 2 and 4
Marco Putz – Concertino for Euphonium and Band
Bill Connor – Tails aus dem Vood Viennoise
Guy Woolfenden – Illyrian Dances
Edvard Grieg – Sigurd Jorsalfar
Christmas Concerts
Saturday 8th December 2007
St Johns URC, Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington
For ticket enquiries email tickets@northcheshire.org.uk
Family Concert at 4:00 pm, Main Concert at 7:30 pm
North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
Catherine Parsonage Conductor
Programmes to include:
Malcolm Arnold – Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo
Martin Ellerby – Tales from Anderson
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Excerpts from The Nutcracker
Howard Blake – Excerpts from The Snowman
Sammy Nestico – A Fireside Christmas
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Out of Africa
Saturday 9th February 2008
Pyramid Arts Centre
(Box Office Tel: 01925 442345)
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 Parsonage Conductor
Paul Vowles Clarinet
Programme to include:
Adolphus Hailstork – American Guernica
William Grant Still – From the Delta
Kit Turnbull – African Dances
Oliver Nelson – Fugue and Bossa
Oliver Nelson – Step Right Up
Oliver Nelson – Sound Piece for Jazz Orchestra
Fletcher Henderson – Christopher Columbus
Fletcher Henderson – Down South Camp Meeting
Fletcher Henderson – King Porter Stomp
Oliver Nelson – Stolen Moments
Oliver Nelson – Flute Salad
Oliver Nelson – Emancipation Blues
Oliver Nelson – In a Mellow Tone
Miro’s Rhetorical Question
Saturday 19th April 2008
Pyramid Arts Centre
(Box Office Tel: 01925 442345)
Pre-concert talk with composer Issie Barratt at 6:50 pm, Concert at 7:30 pm
North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
Catherine Parsonage Conductor
Peter Moss Trumpet
Programme to include:
Issie Barratt – Concerto for Chamber Jazz and Improvised Trumpet
Issie Barratt – Miro’s Rhetorical Question (NCWO Commission, World Premiere)
Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
Saxfest
Saturday 28th June 2008
Pyramid Arts Centre
(Box Office Tel: 01925 442345)
Workshop 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Pre-concert talk at 6:50 pm, Concert at 7:30 pm
North Cheshire Wind Orchestra
RNCM Saxophone Orchestra
Apollo Saxophone Quartet
Mark Heron Conductor
Andy Scott Saxophone
Rob Buckland Saxophone
Programme to include:
Bill Connor – Ooodunnit (soloists: Apollo Saxophone Quartet)
Andy Scott – Dark Rain (soloists: Rob Buckland, Andy Scott)
Andy Scott – Sin Bin (NCWO Commission, World Premiere)
Edwin Roxburgh – Aeolian Carillons
Financially Supported by Warrington Borough Council
Saxfest
Saturday 5th July 2008
John Bright School, Maesdu Road, Llandudno, LL30 1LF
Part of the Llandudno Festival 2008
Concert at 7:30 pm
Programme as 28th June
NCWO reserve the right to change any programme or soloist without prior notice.