CANCELLED - The Silver Chain of Sound

Saturday 21 March 2020
Hitchin Town Hall

• Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Soloist - Sofia Kolupov)
• Warlock: Capriol Suite
• Holst: A Moorside Suite
• Gershwin: Lullaby

Before the Romance

Saturday 16 November 2019
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• Haydn: Symphony No. 8 - Le Soire
• Beethoven: Romance in F
• Mozart: Adagio and Fugue (Strings only)
• CPE Bach: Symphony in E minor, WQ178
• Schubert: Entr'Acte No. 5 from Rosamunde, D797

A Festival of English Music

Saturday 13 July 2019
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
• John Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
• Malcolm Arnold: Flute Concerto No. 1 (With soloist Emma Halnan)
• Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings
• Gerald Finzi: Preludein F minor

From Russia with Love

Saturday 23 March 2019
Town Hall, Hitchin

• Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Serenade for Strings
• Tchaikovsky: Adagio from Souvenir de Florence
• Scriabin: Adante
• Kalinnikov: Serenade
• Shostakovich: Romance from the Gadfly
• Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto
• Rachmaninov: Vocalise

Family Christmas Concert

Saturday 15 December 2018
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

Concertos by Candlelight

Saturday 10 November 2018
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• Bach: Suite No. 2 BVW 1067 for Flute and Strings
• Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C minor
• Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor for Four Violins
• Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for Two Cellos
• Wilhelmine Von Bayreuth: Harpsichord Concerto in G minor

Summer Jazz Concert

Saturday 23 June 2018
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• Quincy Jones: Soul Bossa Nova and Quintessence
• Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
• Sade/Ray St John: Smooth Operator
• Gershwin/DuBose Heyward: Summertime
• Zequinha de Abreu: Tico Tico
• Nacio Herb Brown: Temptation

Spring Concert

Saturday 17 March 2018
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• Handel: Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.8
• Telemann: Horn Concerto in D TWV 51:D8
• Dvorak: Waltzes Op.54 (Nos.1 & 4)
• Walton: Two Pieces for Strings from Henry 5th Suite: Passacaglia - Death of Falstaff; Touch Her Soft Lips and Part
• Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (Soloists: Ben Goldscheider (Horn) and Andrew Sutherland (Tenor))

Autumn Concert

Saturday 04 November 2017
Town Hall, Hitchin

• Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
• Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings (Two movements)
• Dag Wiren: Serenade for Strings
• Finzi: Romance for String Orchestra

Evening Concert - Bach by Candlelight

Saturday 08 July 2017
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D, BWV 1058
• J.S. Bach: Cantata for Soprano, Oboe, Strings and Continuo, BWV 84
• J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G, BWV 1048
• J.S. Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Afternoon Concert - Music for Strings and Harp

Saturday 08 July 2017
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No.5
• Vaughan Williams: Dives and Lazarus
• Holst: St Paul's Suite
• Debussy: Danses Sacrée and Profane
• Leroy Anderson: Fiddle Faddle
• Giovanni Dettori: Lady Gaga Fugue

Spring Concert

Saturday 25 March 2017
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• Britten: Simple Symphony Op.4
• W. A. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
• Badelt Arr. Ricketts: Pirates of the Caribbean
• Karl Jenkins: Palladio (1st movement)
• Paul Lewis: Rosa Mundi
• Piazzolla Arr. Kazik: Libertango
• Kuchler: Concertino in D Op.15
• Trad. Arr. Julie Lyonn Liebermann: Celtic Butterfly
• Strauss: Pizzicato Polka

Autumn Concert

Saturday 12 November 2016
Town Hall, Hitchin

• Popper: Requiem for Three Cellos
• John Williams: Theme from Schindler's List
• Vaughan Williams: Charterhouse Suite
• John Rutter: Suite for Strings
• Purcell: Chacony

Summer Concert

Saturday 09 July 2016
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• Sibelius: Andante Festivo
• Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani
• Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 7
• Bartok: Romanian Dances

Spring Concert

Saturday 05 March 2016
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• Corelli: Christmas Concerto
• J.S. Bach: Brandenberg Concerto No.4
• Ireland: Minuet from the Downland Suite
• Suk: Serenade for Strings
• Jeffes: Perpetuum Mobile (Penguin Cafe)

Autumn Concert

Saturday 07 November 2015
St Mary's Church, Hitchin

• Grieg: Elegiac Melodies
• Vivaldi: Autumn from the Four Seasons
• Boyce: Symphony No.4 in F
• Warlock: Capriol Suite
• Elgar: Serenade for Strings
• Grainger: Molly On The Shore

Inaugural Concert

Sunday 12 July 2015
Tilehouse Baptist Church, Hitchin

• Grieg: Holberg Suite
• Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
• Boyce: Symphony No.1 in B flat
• Mozart: Divertimento in F
• Corelli: Concerto Grosso No.4 in D
• Vivaldi: Concerto for four violins and cello in B minor (Op.3 No.10)