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The opening of Humperdinck's Hansel & Gretel, with its famous horn lullaby.
Tchaikovsky's Garland Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
2023 concerts
'Winter Magic - A Spellbinding Afternoon of Orchestral Music', performed on Sunday 10th December at the Performing Arts Centre.The Concert started with “Ballade in A Minor” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a talented composer, born to an English mother and father from Sierra Leone, who was to die tragically young at the age of 37. He is best known for “Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast”. Samuel made three successful tours of the USA in the early 1900s and was referred to as “The African Mahler”. He was valued by luminaries of English Classical Music such as Parry, Stanford, Vaughan -Williams and Elgar. This piece was premiered at the Three Choirs Festival at the suggestion of Elgar. Amidst furious sections, a ravishing gentle melody appears several times.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas will forever be associated with the Walt Disney animated film “Fantasia”. “Be careful what you turn on, but don’t know how to turn off” is the moral of the tale. The capacity of Bassoons to create a humorous quirky atmosphere is amply demonstrated in this piece.
Next came arrangements of music by two Titans of the American Music and musicals of the twenties and thirties. Firstly, a selection of music from “Showboat” by Jerome Kern. Famous tunes such as “Ol’ Man River” , Only Make-Believe! and “Can’t help lovin’ that man o’ mine” are featured. “Gershwin by George” is an arrangement by Jerry Brubaker which features “Strike up the Band”, “I got rhythm”, “Embraceable You”, “ an American in Paris” , “Summertime” and “Rhapsody in Blue”. Coincidentally Gershwin also died prematurely, aged 37.
Festive music had to feature at this time of year – so “Sleigh Ride” by Delius kicked off this section of the Programme. Leroy Anderson was a very well-regarded composer of light music who worked extensively with the Boston Pops Orchestra. “A Christmas Festival” contains a delightful medley of Christmas carols, hymns and tunes. It was composed in 1950 and premiered by the Orchestra that year. The concert finished with “A most Wonderful Christmas” - also full of well-known and popular Christmas tunes. An enthusiastic audience sang along with the last two items.
2010-2022
27 November 2022 - An Afternoon at the Opera: Carmen Suite, Flower Duet, Phantom of the Opera Suite, Song to the Moon, Hansel & Gretel Overture, Anvil Chorus, Barcarolle, Barber of Seville Overture.
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9 July 2022 - Rienzi Overture, Capuzzi concerto for Double Bass, Finlandia, Dvorak Symphony no. 8
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8 May 2022 - Milford on Sea music festival, All Saints Church. Mozart Marriage of Figaro overture, Grieg Peer Gynt (Morning from Suite 1, Ingrid's Lament, Homecoming and Solveig's Song from Suite 2), Vaughan Williams Prelude to 49th Parallel, Morricone Gabriel's Oboe, Mancini Moon River, Binge Elizabethan Serenade, Coates By the Sleepy Lagoon, Bizet L'Arlesienne Suite 1 (nos 1, 2 & 4).
5 December 2021 - Sunday Serenade: Elgar Serenade for Strings, Strauss Serenade for Wind, Eine Kleine Nachmusik, Serenade in C Minor for wind, Haydn Symphony no. 104
3 April 2021 - Landscapes & Melodramas: Marriage of Figaro Overture, Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, L'Arlesienne Suite no. 1, Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
7 December 2019 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Nutcracker Suite, Mozart Exultate Jubilate, Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols, A Musicological Journey through the 12 Days of Christmas, Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Tumblers. With Total Voice Chamber Choir.
14 July 2019 - New Forest Orchestra performance at Milford on Sea Music and Arts Festival. All Saints' Church, Milford on Sea. Including music in tribute to the Moon Landing of 1969.
29 June 2019 - Summer Concert, St Thomas' Church, Lymington. Including: Warlock's Capriol Suite, Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, Beethoven's Symphony No 6 (Pastoral).
30 March 2019 - "Mainly Schubert" at All Saints', Milford on Sea: Included Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and incidental music, Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Smetana's Vltava and Mendelssohn's Hebrides.
18 Nov 2018 - "Lest we Forget" at St Michael's , Lyndhurst : Included Butterworth's "Banks of Green Willow" and Ivor Gurney's "War Elegy (courtesy of the Gurney Society)
3 Nov 2018 - NFO participated in "Pack up your Troubles" - New Milton's tribute to the centenary of the end of the First World War
7 July 2018 - La Belle Epoque : Offenbach : Orfee en Enfers, Faure, Franck, Chabrier and Bizet's L'Arlesienne - Incidental music at St Thomas' , Lymington
​1 Apr 2018 - Wagner: Rienzi Overture, Grieg: Peer Gynt, Tchaikovsky: Second Symphony (Little Russian) St Saviour's Church , Brockenhurst
25 Nov 2017 - Weber: Oberon Overture, Bruckner: Four Little Pieces ,Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Schubert Symphony No 3 All Saints' Church, Milford on Sea
8 July 2017 - Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Sibelius: Finlandia, Smetana: Vltava, Borodin: Polovtsian Dances, Dvorak : Te Deum Concert with Total Voice at St Thomas', Lymington
6 May 2017 - “Something Old, Something New , Something Borrowed" Beethoven:Egmont, Sibelius: Karelia, Matesky: Paganini Variations, Britten: Matinees Musicales, St Michael's Lyndhurst.
3 Dec 2016 - Weber: Peter Schmoll, Brahms: St Anthony Variations, Beethoven Symphony no 8, Jarnefeld Praeludium St Mary's Church, Bransgore
9 July 2016 - "From these Isles" - MacCunn: Land of Mountain and Flood, Warlock: Capriol Suit Elgar : Nimrod , Parry: Jerusalem Sullivan : from Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore Concert at St Thomas' Lymington with Total Voice Chamber Choir
11 June 2016 - Concert at Forest Arts Centre as part of the New Forest Arts Festival
12 Mar 2016 - Wagner: Rienzi Overture, Mozart Violin Concerto in D ( soloist Frances Attwood) and Dvorak 8th Symphony All Saints' Church, Milford
5 Dec 2015 - Schubert Unfinished Symphony Bruckner Symphony No 7 - St Ambrose , Westbourne Joint concert with Westbourne Orchestra
11 July 2015 - Gala Concert at St Thomas' Church , Lymington Thieving Magpie Overture Opera Extracts, Fantasia on British Sea Songs
17 May 2015 - Lest we Forget at St Michael's Church, Lyndhurst
21 Feb 2015 - Invitation to the Dance at Brockenhurst Village Hall Dance Music from the Ballet and Concert Hall
15 Nov 2014 - Zadok the Priest and Hallelujah Chorus, Faure Requiem With Total Voice Chamber Choir at All Saint's Milford
27 July 2014 - Milford on Sea Arts Festival
12 & 19 July - Joint Concert with Westbourne Orchestra: Romeo and Juliet , Rodrigo Guitar Concierto di Aranjuez , Rachmaninov 2nd Symphony
4 May 2014 - "May the Fourth be with you!" Children’s Concert at St Michael's Lyndhurst
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14 Dec 2013 - Wagner, Vaughan Williams , Sibelius First Symphony at St Mary Magdalene, New Milton
29 June 2013 - "Music for a Summer’s Evening" at All Saint's Milford: Leonore 3, Carmen and L'Arlesienne Suites
11 May 2013 - Rossini, Bizet, Capuzzi, Dvorak Symphony No 6 at St Thomas', Lymington
15 Dec 2012 - "Marriage of Figaro Overture" and Haffner Symphony at St Mary the Virgin, Bransgore
7 July 2012 - "Proms Favourites" at St Thomas', Lymington, Haydn's London Symphony, Crown Imperial, Dambusters March etc!
28th April 2012 - Rossini "Barber of Seville Overture and Borodin Symphony No 2 at All Saint's Milford
3rd Dec 2011 - Mozart Sinfonia Concertante and Schubert 8th Symphony at St Thomas, Lymington
July 2011 - "Magical Music" – Charity Concert for Naomi House at All Saint's Milford
12 Dec 2010 - "Classical Favourites" at Brockenhurst Village Hall