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2024-25 SEASON Instrumentation List

Programme 1 — Sunday 6th October 2024 ‘Autumn Classics’

 

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 [14’]

https://youtu.be/_0pz7zkKcA0 (music with score)

https://youtu.be/pd9oOLAyevA (music with video)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Leonora_Overture_No.3,_Op.72b_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van)

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,
4 horns, 3 trumpets (one off-stage), 3 trombones,
timpani, strings

 

Ansel Chaloner-Hughes: Florestan (New Work) [7’]

 

Rossini: Bassoon Concerto (Siping Guo) 

https://youtu.be/ysLnXEzEZPo (music with piano reduction score)

https://youtu.be/R9TB3lqEXVw (music with video)

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bassoon (orchestral),
2 horns, 2 trumpets,
timpani, string 

 

Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 [35’] 

https://youtu.be/6O6Nme3fw5k  (music with score)

https://youtu.be/q_F96qv4zvg (music with video)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._8_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)

2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (1st doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (in A and Bâ™­), 
2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, and strings.

 

Programme 2 — Sunday 24th November 2024 ‘Orchestral Transformations’


Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919) [22’]

https://youtu.be/HDqR1qHLKEc (music with score)

https://youtu.be/RA5xvkh6VIg (music with video)

https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Firebird_(suite)%2C_K010_(Stravinsky%2C_Igor)

piccolo (?), 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 (A) clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, side drum, tambourine, triangle, xylophone), harp, piano, strings

 

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 [20’] (with Ekaterina Grabova)

https://youtu.be/xm_m4pBxxk8 (music with score)

https://youtu.be/Dv97R_BPzAo (music with video)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No.1,_S.124_(Liszt,_Franz)

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,
2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones,
timpani, triangle, cymbals, strings

 

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra [40’] 

https://youtu.be/9uwpuyc7nS4 (music with score)

https://youtu.be/pG26BMDVR9E (music with video)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Concerto_for_Orchestra%2C_Sz.116_(Bart%C3%B3k%2C_B%C3%A9la)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto_for_Orchestra_(Bart%C3%B3k)#Instrumentation

3 flutes (one doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (one doubling cor anglais), 3 clarinets (one doubling bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon),
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba,
timpani, side drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tam-tam,
Violins I, II, Violas, Cellos, Double basses, 2 harps

 

Programme 3 — Sunday 15th December 2024 A Fairy Tale Christmas / A Christmas Carol [Programme TBC] 

 

 

Programme 4 — Sunday 9th February 2025‘Symphonies and Serenades’

 

Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 [29’]

https://youtu.be/2ZST63q-vGM (music with score)

https://youtu.be/wg5-lNMgq6c (music with video)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.3,_Op.52_(Sibelius,_Jean)

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings


Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (Magnus Walker, Tenor | John Peskett, Horn) [25’] 

https://youtu.be/PQ0ITqRBaE0 (music)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenade_for_Tenor,_Horn_and_Strings

tenor, solo horn and a string orchestra

 

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 [42’] 

https://youtu.be/_Xldfaf4NGw (music with score)

https://youtu.be/VMTBLuMzvs0 (music with video)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.4,_Op.36_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba,
timpani, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, strings

 

Programme 5 — Sunday 23rd March 2025‘Symphonic Dances’ 

 

Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier [25’]

https://youtu.be/1yXvoJEOpCc (music with score)

https://youtu.be/p2LreBJ1JX0 (music with video)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Der_Rosenkavalier,_suite,_TrV_227d_(Strauss,_Richard)

3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd also English horn), Eâ™­ clarinet,
2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (3rd also contrabassoon),
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba,
timpani, triangle, side drum, rattle, cymbal, bass drum,
celesta, 2 harps, strings

 

Graham Fitkin: Concerto for Recorder and Orchestra (Daniel Swani) [20’] 

https://youtu.be/CMUcrcQBrjU (music with video)

https://fitkin.com/product/ring-cycle/

3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 
3 (?) horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba,

vibraphone, gong, timpani, strings, harp

 

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances [40’] 

https://youtu.be/WYp3lSuH3yo (music with score   

https://youtu.be/xfAh0CMgYT0 (music with video)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphonic_Dances_(Rachmaninoff)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphonic_Dances,_Op.45_(Rachmaninoff,_Sergei)

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon,
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 
timpani, triangle, tambourine, side drum, cymbals, bass drum, tam-tam, xylophone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, harp, piano, and strings.

 

Brighton16 Collaboration — Saturday 5th April 2025 Venue — St. George’s Church, Worthing 

 

Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor (Choir Only)

 

Howells: Elegy for String Orchestra

 

Duruflé: Requiem Mass 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_(Durufl%C3%A9)

The reduced-orchestra version is scored for 3 trumpets, timpani, harp, organ, and strings (violins, violas, cellos, and double basses). The organ part used in the reduced version is different from the organ part used in the version for choir and organ.

 

Programme 6 — Saturday 7th June 2025 (Worthing Festival Concert) [Programme TBC]

Beethoven: Egmont Overture

 https://imslp.org/wiki/Egmont,_Op.84_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van)

2 flutes (2nd also play picc), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings

 

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Julian Chan)

https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No.1%2C_Op.23_(Tchaikovsky%2C_Pyotr)

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,

4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings

 

Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major

https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.2%2C_Op.61_(Schumann%2C_Robert)
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings

Notes: the above links to YouTube are provided for convenience and do not necessary imply endorsement of any particular performance.

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