Concerts

Fun for the horn section (and everyone else) in Weber, fun for triangle (and everyone else) in Brahms, and a lesser-known violin concerto featuring the return of Shulah Oliver-Smith, who recently played Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending with LCO.

Sunday 23rd March 2025, 3.30pm, Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington Spa CV32 5RE

Carl Maria von Weber, overture to Der Freischütz

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Concerto for violin

Johannes Brahms, Symphony no. 4

Violin: Shulah Oliver

Conductor: Richard Laing

Tickets available on the door, priced £16. Payment by cash or card accepted. Tea and cake will be served in the interval.

2024/25 season

17th November 2024, 3.30pm, Holy Trinity Leamington Spa

Gioachino Rossini, overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers

Bohuslav Martinů, Toccata e due canzoni

Manuel de Falla, music from El Amor Brujo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, symphony no. 35, “Haffner”

Conductor: Richard Laing

23rd March 2025, 3.30pm, Holy Trinity Leamington Spa

Carl Maria von Weber, overture to Der Freischutz

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Concerto for violin

Johannes Brahms, symphony no. 4

Violin: Shulah Oliver

Conductor: Richard Laing

29th June 2025, 3.30pm, Holy Trinity Leamington Spa

Mily Balakirev, Overture on a Russian Theme

Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Rae, Pictures at an Exhibition

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony no. 6, “Pastoral”

Conductor: Richard Laing

For details of past concerts, click here.

(Nearly) complete archive of past performances now available – we are keen to hear from anyone who played with or listened to the orchestra in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, as there are a few gaps.