Finchley Chamber Orchestra

Finchley Chamber Orchestra & Choir

Concerts given in recent seasons

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Saturday 17th November 2012
Finchley Chamber Choir at Trinity Church
Entente Cordiale -
Duruflé:  Requiem
Bax:  Te Deum
Finzi:  Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice
Vaughan Williams:  A Vision of Aeroplanes

Saturday 24th November 2012
Finchley Chamber Orchestra at Trinity Church
Glinka:  Overture - A Life for the Tsar
Schumann:  Piano Concerto in A minor  (soloist: Eugenio Catone)
 (Winner: 2012 Hastings Music Festival Piano Concerto Competition)
Sibelius:  Symphony No. 2 in D major

Saturday 15th December 2012
Finchley Chamber Orchestra and Choir at Trinity Church
The Glory of Christmas -
Music for all the family, including:
Handel:  Messiah (Christmas music)
Parry:  I was Glad
Cox:  A Rhapsody for Christmas
Waldteufel:  The Skaters' Waltz
with music by Adam, J Strauss, McDowall and Rathbone
  and favourite carols for all to sing.

(Full price £13.00   Concessions £11.00   Under-16s £6.00)

Saturday 2nd March 2013
Finchley Chamber Choir at Trinity Church
English Music for Choir and Brass -
Rutter:  Gloria
Patterson:  Magnificat
Ireland:  Vexilla Regis
Purcell:  Funeral Music for Queen Mary

Saturday 9th March 2013
Finchley Chamber Orchestra at Trinity Church
Elgar:  Overture - Froissart
Barber:  Violin Concerto (soloist: Sulki Yu)
Brahms:  Symphony No. 4 in E minor

Saturday 11th May 2013
Finchley Chamber Choir at Trinity Church
Vivat Regina -
 Excerpts from three collections honouring Queens of England
The Triumphs of Oriana (Elizabeth I):   Morley, Wilbye, Weelkes, etc.
In Honour of Queen Victoria:   Elgar, Wood, Parry, etc.
A Garland for the Queen (Elizabeth II):   Finzi, Ireland, Vaughan Williams, etc.

Saturday 18th May 2013
Finchley Chamber Orchestra in association with
the North London Festival of Music, Dance and Drama at

** Muswell Hill United Reformed Church, Tetherdown, N10 1NB **
Mozart:  Symphony No. 40 in G minor 
Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto No. 2 (soloist: Asagi Nakata)
Beethoven:  Symphony No. 4 in B flat major 

Saturday 20th July 2013
Finchley Chamber Choir and Orchestra at Trinity Church
Mendelssohn:  Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
JS Bach:  Motet - Lobet den Herrn
Schubert:  Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) 
Puccini:  Messa di Gloria

Saturday 16th November 2013
Finchley Chamber Choir & Finchley Baroque Orchestra at Trinity Church
40th Anniversary Concert -
JS Bach:  Magnificat
JS Bach:  Cantata No. 50, Nun ist das Heil
Vivaldi:  Gloria

Saturday 23rd November 2013
Finchley Chamber Orchestra at Trinity Church
Tchaikovsky:  Overture - Romeo & Juliet
Rachmaninov:  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini  (soloist: Tae-Hyung Kim)
 (Winner: 2013 Hastings Music Festival Piano Concerto Competition)
Rimsky-Korsakov:  Scheherazade

Saturday 14th December 2013
Finchley Chamber Orchestra and Choir
 Church of St. John the Evangelist, Friern Barnet Road, N11 3EQ
The Glory of Christmas -

 Music for all the family, including:
JS Bach:  Christmas Oratorio (excerpts)
Handel:  Zadok the Priest
Gounod:  O Divine Redeemer
Tchaikovsky:  Sleeping Beauty Waltz
with music by Elgar, Jessel & Johann Strauss
  and favourite carols for all to sing.

(Full price £13.00   Concessions £11.00   Under-16s £6.00)

Saturday 8th March 2014
Finchley Chamber Choir at Trinity Church
Tallis:  Spem in alium (40-part motet)
Striggio:  Ecce Beatam Lucem
J S Bach:  Jesu, meine Freude
Brahms:  Warum ist das Licht gegeben
Lotti:  Crucifixus

  and music by Carver, Thompson and others

Saturday 15th March 2014
Finchley Chamber Orchestra at Trinity Church
Beethoven:  Overture - Coriolan
Wagner:  Wesendonck Lieder (soloist: Nicole Lee Slavin)
Mendelssohn:  Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)

Saturday 10th May 2014
Finchley Chamber Choir at Trinity Church
English Choral Favourites -
Britten:  Hymn to St Cecilia
Bullen:  The Seven Arches (world premiere)
Elgar:  Go, Song of Mine
Holst:  Three Part-songs
Patterson:  When Music Sounds (world premiere)
Pearsall:  Lay a Garland
Stanford:  Out in the Windy West
Stanford:  The Blue Bird
Vaughan Williams:  Three Shakespeare Songs

Saturday 17th May 2014
Finchley Chamber Orchestra at Trinity Church
Weber:  Overture - Oberon
Brahms:  Violin Concerto (soloist: Lisa Izumi)
Dvorak:  Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)

Saturday 12th July 2014
Finchley Chamber Choir and Orchestra at Trinity Church
Parry:  Blest Pair of Sirens
Parry:  I was Glad
Parry:  Jerusalem
Beethoven:  Symphony No. 9 (Choral) 

Saturday 15th November 2014
Finchley Chamber Choir 
 ** Church of St. John the Evangelist, Friern Barnet Road, N11 3EQ **
Rachmaninov:  Vespers (All Night Vigil)
Arvo Pärt:  Magnificat
and music by Tavener, Tchaikovsky & Gretchaninov

Saturday 22nd November 2014
Finchley Chamber Orchestra at Trinity Church
Brahms:  Tragic Overture
Beethoven:  Piano Concerto No. 3  (soloist: Miwako Miki)
 (Winner: Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition)
Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 5

presented by Finchley Chamber Orchestra in association with the
Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition
and sponsored by Yamaha Pianos

Saturday 13th December 2014
Finchley Chamber Orchestra and Choir at Trinity Church
The Glory of Christmas -
 Music for all the family, including:
JS Bach:  Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Handel:  Hallelujah Chorus
Vaughan Williams:  Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Blake:  Walking in the Air (Snowman)
Tchaikovsky:  Nutcracker Suite (excerpts)

with music by Corelli, Elgar & Johann Strauss
  and favourite carols for all to sing.

(Full price £14.00   Concessions £12.00   Under-16s £6.00)

Saturday 28th February 2015
Finchley Chamber Choir with Finchley Chamber Ensemble at Trinity Church
Handel:  Dixit Dominus
Mozart:  Vesperae solennes de confessore
Haydn:  Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo

Saturday 7th March 2015
Finchley Chamber Orchestra at Trinity Church
Parry:  Symphonic Variations
Richard Bullen:  Visioni Simultanee (FCO commission)
Mendelssohn:  Violin Concerto  (soloist: Shana Douglas)
Sibelius:  Symphony No. 3

Saturday 9th May 2015
Finchley Chamber Choir at Trinity Church
Brahms:  New Liebeslieder Waltzes
Dvorák:  Four Choruses Op 29
Schubert:  Partsongs
Schumann:  Four Partsongs Op 141
R Strauss:  Der Abend

Saturday 16th May 2015
Finchley Chamber Orchestra in association with
the North London Festival of Music, Dance and Drama at

** Muswell Hill United Reformed Church, Tetherdown, N10 1NB **
Kodály:  Dances of Galánta
Schumann:  Piano Concerto (soloist: Asagi Nakata)
Beethoven:  Symphony No 7

Saturday 11th July 2015
Finchley Chamber Orchestra at Trinity Church
 A Gala Night at the Opera
including:

Verdi: Grand March (Aïda)
Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)
Verdi: Force of Destiny Overture
Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (with chorus)
with guest soprano 
Nicole Frances Galtié
and 
 Last Night of the Proms Favourites
including:

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
(Land of Hope and Glory)
Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Arne: Rule Britannia
Parry: Jerusalem

with the traditional audience participation

Saturday 14th November 2015
Finchley Chamber Orchestra 
Beethoven:  Overture: Leonora No. 3
Tchaikovsky:  Violin Concerto  (soloist: Anny Chen)
 (D'Addario String Prizewinner: North London Festival of Music, Drama & Dance)
Brahms:  Symphony No. 3

Saturday 21st November 2015
Finchley Chamber Choir 
Victoria:  Requiem
JS Bach:  Singet dem Herrn
Tallis:  Lamentations of Jeremiah
Byrd:  Mass in Five Parts
with settings of the Crucifixus by Lotti

Saturday 12th December 2015
Finchley Chamber Choir and Orchestra
The Glory of Christmas -
 Music for all the family, including:
Handel:  Zadok the Priest
Vivaldi:  Gloria (excerpts)
Berlioz:  The Shepherds' Farewell
Waldteufel:  The Skaters' Waltz

Pachelbel:  Canon

with music by Adam, JS Bach, Mascagni & Rutter
  and favourite carols for all to sing.

Saturday 5th March 2016
Finchley Chamber Choir with Finchley Wind Ensemble 
Bruckner:  Mass No. 2 in E minor
Stravinsky:  Mass for Choir and Wind
Brahms:  Motets

Saturday 12th March 2016
Finchley Chamber Orchestra 
Elgar:  In the South
Butterworth:  A Shropshire Lad
Vaughan Williams:  The Lark Ascending  (soloist: George Mattar)
Vaughan Williams:  Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)

Saturday 14th May 2016
Finchley Chamber Choir 
Round Britain in Song -
Vaughan Williams:  English Folk Songs
Holst:  Folk Song Settings
Moeran:  Songs of Springtime
Britten:  Choral Dances from Gloriana
with music by Elgar, Delius, Grainger and others 

Saturday 21st May 2016
Finchley Chamber Orchestra 
De Falla:  El Amor Brujo
Schumann:  Cello Concerto (soloist: Ariana Kashefi)
 (Prizewinner: 2013 Making Music Awards for Young Concert Artists)
Beethoven:  Symphony No 3 (Eroica)


Saturday 9th July 2016
Finchley Chamber Choir and
  Finchley Chamber Orchestra 


Haydn:  The Creation 


Programmes and artists are subject to change without notice


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