Programme Information

Programme for the 2007-2008 Season

Details may be subject to change.

All concerts are conducted by Philip Hesketh and begin at 7.30


13th October 2007

Venue: St John's Church, Mattock Lane W13

  • Mozart: "Little" G minor Symphony (no 25)
  • Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in E minor Soloist Liz Hesketh
  • Haydn: Trumpet Concerto Soloist Barry Yardley
  • Schumann: Symphony no 3 "Rhenish"


1st December 2007

Venue: St Johns Church, Mattock Lane W13

  • Schubert: Symphony no 8 "Unfinished"
  • Mahler: Symphony no 5


9th February 2008

Venue: St Barnabas' Church, Pitshanger Lane W5

  • Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
  • Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto Soloist Emma Tingey
  • Holst: The Planets


15th March 2008

Venue: St Michaels Church, Sutton Court, Elmwood Rd W4

  • Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
  • Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2 Soloist Viv McLean
  • Brahms: Symphony no 2


26th April 2008

Venue: St Mary's Perivale, Perivale Lane UB6

Chamber Music concert

  • Schumann: Piano Quintet (1st and 2nd movements)
    Shireen Kassam, Piano; Lydia Stevens, Violin; Francoise
    Henthorn, Violin; David Bramley, Viola; Philip Sheldon, Cello
  • Bernard Krol: Laudatio for horn solo Natalie Cole, Horn
  • Mozart: String trio from Divertimento in E flat KV 563
    Sachiko Isono, Violin; Hiroaki Isono, Viola; Philip
    Sheldon, Cello
  • Poulenc: Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone
    Natalie Cole, horn; Ben Parnell, trumpet; Denis Cahill, trombone



7th June 2008

Venue: St Matthew's Church, North Common Road W5

  • Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (concert performance);
    In Russian with English surtitles


12th July 2008 [please note change of date]

Venue: St Johns, Smith Square SW1

Programme to include

  • Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto no 3 Soloist Tamsin Waley-Cohen
  • Brahms: Symphony no 2