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.