Archive of previous concerts

Autumn 2011 - A concert for Advent

Saturday, 19th November 2011 at Settle Parish Church
Saturday, 26th November 2011 at Christ Church, Skipton

Featuring Holy Trinity Church Choir and Pinsuti.

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Church Cantata No.140, 'Wachet Auf' ('Wake Up!'), for choir, strings and oboes
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.2, the 'Little Russian'
• Michael Howell: world premiere of The Star Song - a Carol for the King, words by Robert Herrick, for chorus and orchestra
• Georg Philipp Telemann: Cantata, 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland', for choir, strings and trumpets
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols, for baritone, chorus and orchestra (baritone soloist, David Rees-Jones)
• Sergei Prokofiev: 'Troika' from the symphonic suite to Lieutenant Kijé, op.60

Summer 2011

Dates and venues

Programme

Spring 2011 - Dinosaurs and other incredible creatures

Saturday 19th March 2011 at the Richard Whiteley Theatre, Giggleswick

Programme

Autumn 2010

Saturday, 20th November 2010 at Settle College

• Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture
• Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

Saturday, 27th November 2010 at Christ Church, Skipton

• Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture
• Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 (soloist, Lucy McLellan)
• Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2

Summer 2010

Saturday, 19th June 2010 at Settle College
Saturday, 26th June 2010 at Christ Church, Skipton

A programme including:

• Beethoven: Egmont Overture
• Bizet: Symphony in C major
• Beethoven: Concerto for piano, violin and cello

Spring 2010

Saturday, 13th March 2010 at Christ Church, Skipton
Saturday, 20th March 2010 at Settle Parish Church

A programme including works by Schubert and Schumann

Autumn 2009 - Free Halloween concerts for children

Saturday, 31st October 2009 at Skipton Town Hall, 2pm and 5pm

Programme

Autumn 2009

Sunday, 22nd November 2009 at Settle College

A family programme featuring:

• Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
• Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor (1st movement)

and much of the music featured in the Halloween concerts for children.

Summer 2009

Saturday, 20th June 2009 at Christ Church, Skipton
Saturday, 27th June 2009 at Settle Parish Church

A programme that included:

• Rossini: Overture 'Italian Girl in Algiers'
• Grieg: Holberg Suite
• Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4, 'Italian'

The Langcliffe Singers' 25th Anniversary Concert

Saturday, 9th May 2009 at Giggleswick School Sports Hall
Sunday, 10th May 2009 at Christ Church, Skipton

Settle Orchestra accompanied the Langcliffe Singers in a performance of Brahms' German Requiem.

Spring 2009

Thursday, 19th March 2009 at Giggleswick School Sports Hall

A programme including Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, in partnership with Giggleswick Festival Chorus

Autumn 2008

Saturday, 22nd November 2008 at Christ Church, Skipton
Saturday, 29th November 2008 at Settle Parish Church

A programme of concerti that featured local young soloists. The Orchestra also performanced:

• Schubert: Unfinished Symphony
• Weber: Der Freischütz Overture

Summer 2008

Saturday, 21st June 2008 at Skipton Parish Church
Saturday, 28th June 2008 at Settle Parish Church

A programme of music from the British Isles

Spring 2008

Saturday, 8th March 2008 at Skipton Parish Church
Saturday, 15th March 2008 at Settle Parish Church

A classical programme that includes Beethoven's Symphony No.1.

November 2007

Saturday, 17th November 2007 at Christ Church, Skipton
Saturday, 24th November 2007 at Settle Parish Church

An American programme that included:

• Barber: Adagio for Strings
• Bernstein: Candide Overture
• Dvorak: New World Symphony