Past Tours

Croatia, August 2011

Tour repertoire:

Walton - Suite from Richard III
Britten - Soirées Musicales
Malcolm Arnold - Little Suite No. 2
Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite
Milhaud - Le boeuf sur le toit
Stephen Dodgson - Trumpet Concerto (Imogen Hancock, trumpet) (World premiere)
R. Strauss - Oboe Concerto (Catherine Hancock, oboe)

Notable dates:

Saturday 27th August - concert in Labin town hall square

Sunday 28th August - visit to Roman town of Pula; visit to town and island of Krk; concert in Vrbnik

Monday 29th August - trip to world-famous Postojna caves in Slovenia; concert at the Hotel Kvarner in Opatija

Tuesday 30th August - boat trip along the coastline around Opatija; swing band gig at Grand Hotel Kempinski in Umag

Spain, August 2010

Tour repertoire:

Britten - Soirées Musicales
Malcolm Arnold - Clarinet Concerto No.2 (Georgina Feary, clarinet)
Milhaud - Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit
Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite
Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue (Patrick Milne, piano)
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony

Tour itinerary:

Depart: Tuesday August 24th 2010, 12.30pm from Birkenhead Avenue, Kingston

Wednesday August 25th - arrive in Roses, Costa Brava

Thursday August 26th - Day in Barcelona; concert at Sant Gaieta Church

Friday August 27th - Trip to Girona; Jazz concert at Placa Cataluyna, Roses

Saturday August 28th - Trip to St Pere Rodes Monastery; Concert at Sant Pere Pescador

Sunday August 29th - Visit to 'Dali Triangle'; concert at Castello Empuries

Monday August 30th - Departure from Roses

Tuesday August 31st - Arrival in Kingston

Czech Republic, July/August 2009

Tour repertoire:

Britten - Soirées Musicales
Stephen Dodgson - Concerto for Flute and Strings (Mayuko Tanno, flute)
Copland - Appalachian Spring
Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll

Tour itinerary:

Depart: Monday July 27th 2009, 5.45pm from Birkenhead Avenue, Kingston

Tuesday July 28th - arrive in Marianske Lazne, Western Bohemia

Wednesday July 28th - visit to Karlovy Vary; concert in Frantiskovy Lanze

Thursday July 30th - Concert in Maraianske Lazne; transfer to Prague

Friday July 31st - Free day in Prague with walking tour and dinner cruise on the River Vltava

Saturday August 1st - Concert in St Saviour's Church, Prague

Sunday August 2nd - depart

Monday August 3rd - arrive in Kingston

Concert Tour to Moselle Valley, Germany

In April 2007 the orchestra made a concert tour to the Rhineland region of Germany. Three concerts were given, including one at the Marble Hall at Bad Ems (pictured opposite), nineteenth century recital venue for, among others, Franz Liszt, Clara Schumann and Jaques Offenbach. The programme was as follows:

Beethoven - Coriolan Overture
Schubert - "Unfinished" Symphony
Mendelssohn - "Reformation" Symphony