Armidale Symphony Orchestra
The following are the details of many past concerts.
2011
15 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
With the Armidale Choral Society
The Creation.
Haydn
Soprano: Bethany Shepherd
Tenor: Thomas Moran
Bass: Mitchell Riley
program
13,14 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
With the Armidale Drama and Musical  Society
Another Night at the Opera
Choruses, arias, ensembles and orchestral selections from a selection of operas.
program
4 December
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Graham Maddox
Overture La Clemenza di Tito. Mozart
Violin Concerto in D. Brahms
Soloist Richard Pulley
Symphony No. 7.
Beethoven
program
2010
16 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
Overture to Prince Igor. Borodin.
Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54.  
Schumann.
Soloist Deidre Rickards.
Symphony No. 3 in C major (Sinfonie Singulière).
Berwald.
program  
15 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Graham Maddox
Espana. Chabrier.
Piano Concerto No. 20 K466
. Mozart.
Soloist James Maddox.
Rhapsody in B minor op 79, No. 1. Brahms
James Maddox.
Symphony No. 5.
Dvorak
program
5 September
Old Teachers College Auditorium
Conductor:
Laurie Pulley
Kids Proms Concert.
Overture to The Impresario
. Mozart.
Gopak. Khachaturian.
Dance of the Clowns. Mendelssohn..
Ram Sam Sam (Moroccan Song).
Sleigh Ride (German Dance K605/3)
. Mozart.
We're Going on a Bear Hunt.
I'm a Little teapot.
Shake and Stop.
Goodbye Song.
Stars and Stripes Forever .
Sousa.
program
5 December
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
"The Food of Love"
Music inspired by the words of William Shakespeare
Serenade to Music.
Vaughan Williams.
Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario.
Walton.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Closing Sequence.
Britten.
program
2009
10 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston   
Rosamunde Overture. Schubert.
Kindertotenlieder. Mahler.
Soloist Inge Southcott
Spirituals from A Child of Our Time.
Tippett.
With Fiori Musicali.
In the Steppes of Central Asia.
Borodin.
Three Dances from On the Town. Bernstein.
program  
8 and 9 August
Ex-Services Club
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
With the Armidale Drama and Musical Society
A Night at the Opera
Choruses, arias, ensembles and orchestral selections from a selection of operas.
program
6 December
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Graham Maddox
With Fiori Musicali (Director Wendy Huddleston)
Summer-night on the River.
Delius.
To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water I and II. Delius.
(Fiori Musicali)
Flute Concerto (Spirits of the Mask).
Bruce Edward Miller.
Soloist Gerard Larkins.
Six Songs to be Sung Outdoors Op. 59 Nos. IV, V and VI.
Mendelssohn.
(Fiori Musicali)
Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral).
Beethoven.
program
19 December
Conductor Ian Slater
Centro Shopping Centre
Christmas Carols Program
2008
4 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor: Peter Maddox
Joyeuse Marche. Chabrier.
Blood and Carnations.
Maddox.
Symphony No. 3 (Irish).
Stanford.
program
17 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Graham Howard
English Folk Song Suite. Vaughan-Williams.
Irish Tune from County Derry.
Grainger.
Spin Cycle.
Steve Thorneycroft. World premiere.
Soloists Steve Thorneycroft (guitar),  Steve Tafra (guitar), Murray Winton (marimba).
Symphony No. 5 (Reformation).
Mendelssohn.
Shepherd's Hey.
Grainger
program
6 and 7 December
Lazenby Hall
Conductor: Bruce Menzies
With Armidale Drama and Musical Society.
God's Drawing Board.
Music Elena Kats-Chernin. Libretto and Illustrations Ralph Steadman.
World premiere.
program
2007
6 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor: David Gee
The Last Night of the Proms. in Armidale.
Symphony No.2.
Brahms.
Three arias:
Voce di donna from La Gioconda. Poncielli.
Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix from Samson and Delilah.
Saint Saens
(Softly Awakes My Heart)
Where Corals Lie from Sea Pictures.
Elgar
Soloist Inge Southcott (Mezzo-soprano)
Pomp and Circumstance March No.1.
Elgar.
A bicentennial collection of Australian tunes.
Naval flourish.
Taylor
Hornpipe. Traditional
Rule Britannia.
Arne
Jerusalem. Parry
Home sweet home. Trad. arranged Taylor
Soloist Rowena Moon.
program
18 and 19 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductors: Stuart Pavel and Wendy
Huddleston
Trumpet Concerto. Haydn.
Soloist John Kellaway.
Jazz Suite No. 2.
Shostakovich.
Mass of the Children. Rutter.
With the Armidale Choral Society and the New England Conservatorium Choirs New
England Singers and Cantalina.
Soloists Elizabeth  Ellis (soprano) and Sam Payne (baritone).
program
2 September
Old Teachers College
(two performances)
Conductor:
Laurie Pulley
Childrens Proms Concert.
March from Little Suite for Orchestra No. 1.
 Arnold.
Hungarian Dance No. 6. Brahms.
In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt).
Grieg.
Bananas in Pyjamas.
Sleigh Ride (German Dance K605/3).
Mozart.
Farandole from L'Arlesienne. Bizet.
Tommy O'Flynn. Traditional.
I'm a Little Teapot. Traditional.
Stars and Stripes Forever.
Souza.
program
2 December
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
Footsteps At Four Creeks. Howard.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major. Liszt.
Soloist Deidre Rickards..
Symphony No. 5.
Shostakovich..
program
2006
7 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
Music for Mothers Day.
Hansel and Gretel Overture.
Humperdinck.
Piano Concerto in C Minor K491.
Mozart.
Soloist Robyn Bradley.
Symphony No. 7.
Dvorak.
program
30 July
Bellingen Memorial Hall
6 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Graham Maddox
With the Armidale Choral Society and  North Coast Camerata choir and orchestra.
Mass in B minor.
J S Bach.
Soloists: Sopranos, Bernadette Fisher, Sara Saint-Saens, Kate Cameron.
Alto, Elizabeth Smith.
Tenor, Kent McIntosh.
Bass, Brian Tredinnick.
19 and 20 August
Ex Services Club
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
With the Armidale Musical Society.
The Magic of Gilbert and Sullivan.
program
20 November
St. Mary's Cathedral
Conductors:
David Gee and
Bruce Menzies
With the Armidale Choral Society.
Leonora No. 3 Overture.
Beethoven. Conductor David Gee.
Concerto for two mandolins.
Vivaldi.
Soloists Steve Tafra and Steve Thornycroft. Conductor Bruce Menzies.
Mass in C.
Beethoven.
Soloists Ireni Utley (soprano), Inge Southcott (mezzo-soprano). Sam Sakker (tenor), Leon
Warnock (bass). Conductor David Gee
program
2005
3 April
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
David Gee
Prelude to The Afternoon of a Fawn. Debussy.
Solo flute Geoff Derrin.
Cello Concerto in B minor.
Dvorak.
Soloist Janis Laurs.
Symphony No.3 (Eroica).
Beethoven.
program
21 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Mal Hewitt
4 September
Sydney Town Hall
Conductor:
Mal Hewitt
Concert with T.O.P.S. orchestra  Sydney
Mahler Symphony No. 2  (Resurrection)
program
20 November
St. Mary's Cathedral
Conductors:
Bruce Menzies and
Wendy Huddleston
Oboe Concerto. Richard Peter Maddox. First performance.
Soloist Graham Maddox.
Motets.
Bruckner.
Chandos Anthem No. 6.
Handel.
Enigma Variations.
Elgar.
program
2004
9 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
David Gee
The Last Night of the Proms. in Armidale.
Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld.
Offenbach.
Symphony No.5.
Beethoven.
Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra. Rossini.
Soloist Richard Tierney.
Pomp and Circumstance March No.1.
Elgar.
A bicentennial collection of Australian tunes.
Naval flourish.
Taylor
Hornpipe. Traditional
Rule Britannia.
Arne
Jerusalem. Parry
Home sweet home. Trad. arranged Taylor
Soloist Rowena Moon.
program
7 August
Ex-Services Club Auditorium
8 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
With the Armidale Musical Society.
A Night on Broadway with Peter Cousens.
Including music from Oklahoma, West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Les Miserables.
31 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Richard Peter Maddox
Brahms Variations on a theme of Haydn.
Sprung Recorder Concerto.
Thorn  (World premiere).
Soloist Erin Thornton.
Serenade for Strings.
Richard Peter Maddox.
Haydn Symphony No. 1 "The Military"
program
2003
4 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) Overture. Otto Nicolai.
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1.
Saint-Saens.
Soloist Nick Metcalfe.
Symphony No. 2.
Villem Kapp.
program
17 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Graham Maddox
From Bohemia's meadows and forests (a movement of Ma Vlast (My Country)).  Bedrich
Smetana
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488. Mozart  
Soloist Renate Turrini.
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68.
Brahms
program
16 November
St. Mary's Cathedral
Conductors:
Bruce Menzies and
Wendy Huddleston
Marriage of Figaro Overture. Mozart
Requiem Mozart (with Armidale Choral Society)
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Violin and Viola.
Mozart
Soloists Errol Russell and Dan Williams.
program
28 and 30 December
Woodford Folk Festival
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
The Plague and the Moonflower
Richard Harvey and Ralph Steadman
program
2002
13 April
Old Teachers College
Conductor:
Richard Peter Maddox
Serenade for Strings  Richard Peter Maddox.
Karelia Suite.
Sibelius.
Kubla Kahn.
Richard Peter Maddox. (World premiere)
Soprano: Samantha Cobcroft.
Symphony No. 2.
Tchaikovsky.
program
17 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
David Gee
Overture to Hansel and Gretel. Engelbert Humperdinck.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4.
Beethoven
Soloist Keith Power.
Symphony No. 3 (The Scottish).
Mendelssohn.
program
27 and 28 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
The Plague and the Moonflower.
Richard Harvey and Ralph Steadman
program
2001
13 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
David Gee
Last Night of the Proms.
Excerpts from Carmen.
Bizet
Symphony No.5. Tchaikovsky
Pomp and Circumstance March No.1. Elgar
A bicentennial collection of Australian tunes.
Naval flourish.
Taylor
Hornpipe. Traditional
Rule Britannia.
Arne
Jerusalem. Parry
Home sweet home. Trad. arranged Taylor
19 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
Sun Music III.  Sculthorpe.
Fantasia on Scottish Folk Tunes. Bruch.
Soloist Errol Russell.
Symphony No. 2.
Borodin.
program
28 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Greg MacPhan
Symphony in E major for two orchestras. J.C. Bach.
Fingal's Cave. Mendelssohn.
Symphony No. 4. Beethoven.
program
2000
14 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
Festive Overture. Shostakovich
Cello Concerto. Kabalevsky.
Soloist Fiona Menzies.
Symphony No.3
Nielsen
13 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Graham Maddox
Fantasia on a Theme of Handel. Tippet.
Piano Concerto No. 25 K.503. Mozart.
Soloist James Maddox.
Symphony No. 6.
Dvorak.
program
29 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
Americana theme.
Overture Candide.
Bernstein.
Concerto for Double Bass. Koussevitsky.
Soloist Jill Griffiths.
Adagio for Strings.
Barber.
Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo. Copland.
program
18 November
C.A.E. Auditorium
Conductor:
Graham Maddox
With the Armidale Choral Society
Requiem.
Brahms.
Soloists Samantha Smith, Laurie Pulley.
1999
22 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Richard Peter Maddox
Overture Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Mozart
Serenade for Strings (World Premiere).
Maddox
Blood and Carnations (World Premiere). Maddox
Soloist Nadia Piave.
Rustic Wedding Symphony.
Goldmark
5 September
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
With the Armidale Choral Society
The Rio Grande.
Constant Lambert
Cantus in Memoriam of Benjamin Britten. Arvo Part
Chacony in G major. Purcell
Te Deum Laudamus. Purcell
Song of Talitnama. Sculthorpe
Soloist Samantha Smith.
1998
3 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
Espana. Chabrier
Antarctica. Westlake
Soloist Stephen Tafra.
Symphony No.9 "From the New World".
Dvorak
10 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductors:
Hiroshi Kimura and
Laurie Pulley
Overture to Oberon.  von Weber.
Concerto in E minor. Mendelssohn.
Soloist Richard Pulley.
Symphony No. 3.
Brahms.
Yagibushi. Yuzo Toyama
(Concert with Niiza Symphony Orchestra)
25 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Terry Norman
Vienna - Music from a Great City
Overture to Fidelio.
Beethoven
Das Knaben Wunderhorn. Mahler
Soloist Rowena Moon.
Mathis der Mahler.
Hindemith
1997
4 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
David Gee
The Last Night of the Proms.
Leonora Overture No.3.
Beethoven.
Corral Nocturne from Rodeo. Coplan.d
Concerto for trumpet and orchestra. Aruturian.
Soloist Wayne Elliott
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for violin and orchestra.
Saint Saens.
Soloist Judith Gee
Pomp and Circumstance March No.1.
Elgar.
A bicentennial collection of Australian tunes.
Naval flourish.
Taylor.
Hornpipe. Traditional
Rule Britannia.
Arne.
Jerusalem. Parry.
Home sweet home. Trad. arranged Taylor.
Soloist Elizabeth Henderson.
3 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
Danish Folk Music Suite.  Percy Grainger.
Sea Pictures. Elgar.
Soloist Helen Swan.
Symphony No. 8.
Dvorak.
22 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Errol Russell
Youth on Parade.
Concerto for four violin.
Vivald.i
Soloists Alice Rickards, Paddy Lawson, Sarah Jones and Hugh Driscoll.
Concertino for piano and orchestra.
Soloist Anna Bailey.
Clarinet concerto No.2.
Weber.
Soloist Isabella Ellis.
Kol Nedrei.
Bruch.
Soloist Isabella Ellis.
Suite in B minor for flute.
Bach.
Soloist Samantha Brady.
Trombone concerto.
Rimsky Korsakov.
Soloist Ossie Jellyman.
1996
5 May
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
A Walk to the Paradise Garden. Delius.
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467.
Mozart.
Soloist Keith Power.
Symphony No. 5 in D major.
Vaughan Williams.
4 August
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
Microsymphony. Carl Vine.
Concierto de Arajuez. Rodrigo.
Soloist Stephen Thorneycroft.
A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Mendelssohn.
Narrator Fran Curtis.
27 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
JoAnn Griffiths
Fanfare for the Common Man. Copland.
A Lincoln Portrait. Copland.
Narrator Bill Driscoll.
Organ concerto for solo organ, timpani, percussion and strings.
Paulus.
Australian premiere.
Soloist Terry Norman.
1995
5 May
New England Art Museum
7 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
La Forza del Destino  Overture. Verdi.
Cello Concerto in C. Haydn.
Soloist Gina Driscoll.
Pictures at an Exhibition.
Mussorgsky.
Solist Keith Power.
6 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
David Gee
Carnival Overture. Dvorak.
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra. Poulenc.
Soloists Heidi Jones and Jeff Brady.
Symphony No. 1.
Brahms.
22 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Laurie Pulley
With the Armidale Youth Orchestra.
The Royal Fireworks Suite.
Handel.
Symphony No. 85.
Haydn.
Somerset Rhapsody.
Holst.
Suite No. 2 from Carmen.
Bizet.
Stars and Stripes Forever.
Sousa.
20 November
St. Mary and St. Joseph's Cathedral
Conductor:
Terry Norman
With the Armidale Choral Society and the New England Children's Choir.
Five Mystical Songs.
Vaughan Williams.
Soloist Jeffrey Warnock.
Messe Basse.
Faure.
Soloists Cath Ellis, Robyn Reid, Meredith Norman, Keith Power (organ)
Requiem.
Faure.
Soloist Jeffrey Warnock.
1994
8 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Dukas.
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Dvorak..
Soloist Derek Brotherson.
A London Symphony.
Vaughan Williams.
6 and 7 August
Armidale Town Hall
Conductor:
Errol Russell
A Scandinavian Experience
Finlandia.
Sibeliu.s
Flute Concerto. Nielsen.
Soloist Timothy Nott.
Symphony No.2.
Sibelius.
23 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Deidre Rickards
Four Weddings and a Symphony Orchestra
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro.
Mozart.
Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2. Prokofiev.
To a Nordic Princess. Grainger.
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise. Davies.
1993
2 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
Movements from Spartacus. Khachaturian.
Concerto for Clarinet and Strings. Copland.
Soloist David Griffiths.
Symphony No.5
Shostakovich.
1 August
Conductor:
David Gee
With the Armidale Choral Society (Chorus Direction Deidre Rickards)
Tragic Overture.
Brahms.
A German Requiem. Brahms.
Soloists  Sandra Partridge and Jeffrey Warnock.
24 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Armidale Symphony Orchestra
Overture to The Mastersingers.
Wagner.
Concert Rondo. Mozart.
Soloist Margaret Duncan.
Concerto for Viola and Strings.
Russell.
Soloist Errol Russell.
Symphony No.1 "Titan".
Mahler.
1992
2 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Laurie Pulley
Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor. Nicolai.
Violin Concerto. Tchaikovsky.
Soloist Richard Pulley.
Symphony No.2.
Schumann.
2 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
Soirees Musicales. Rossini/Britten.
Cello Concerto. Elgar.
Soloist Chris Metcalfe.
Symphony No.7.
Dvorak.
25 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
Overture Candide. Bernstein.
Piano Concerto No.2. Rachmaninov.
Soloist Deidre Rickards.
Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes by von Weber.
Hindemith.
1991
5 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Mike Irik
Egmont Overture. Beethoven.
Piano Concerto.
Badings.
Soloist Robyn Driscoll.
Trombone Concerto.
Irik.
Soloist Andrew Taylor.
Les Preludes.
Liszt.
4 August
Lazenby Hall
11 August
Holy Trinity Church, Inverell
Conductor:
Laurie Pulley
With the Armidale Youth Orchestra
Overture to Don Giovanni.
Mozart.
Suite from Swan Lake. Tchaikovsky.
Prelude to Act 3 Lohengrin. Wagner.
Brandenburg Concerto No.4. Bach.
Soloists Neil Buckland and Elizabeth Pearce.
Finlandia.
Sibelius..
Festival Overture. Brumby
27 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla. Glinka.
Piano Concerto No.2 Shostakovich.
Soloist Ann Ghandar.
Symphony No.2
Borodin.
Polovtsian Dances. Borodin.
5 December
Conductors:
Bruce Menzies
Graham Maddox
Concert on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the death of Mozart.
Overture to the Magic Flute.
Piano Concerto No. 23 (K 488).
Soloist Keith Power.
Operatic Excerpts from
Cosi fan Tutti and The Marriage of Figaro.
Soloists Roger Pitcher, Elizabet Teather, and Jeff and Jenny Warnock.
Vesperae solennes de confessore.
1990
8 April
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Wendy  Huddleston
L'Arlesienne Suite No.4. Bizet.
Violin Concerto. Brahms.
Soloist Errol Russell.
Oboe Concertino.
Brumby.
Soloist Graham Maddox.
Three Dances from The Three Cornered Hat Suite.
da Falla.
7 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Errol Russell
Overture to La Gaza Ladra. Rossini.
Folk Songs of the Four Seasons. Vaughan Williams.
Concerto Op.6 No.7. Correlli.
Triple Concerto. Beethoven.
Soloists Darling Downs Trio.
4 November
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
Overture to Carnival Romain. Berlioz.
Chante d'Auvergne. Canteloube.
Symphony No.3 (Organ). Saint Saens.
1989
7 May
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Deidre Rickards
Concerto Grosso No.4. Handel
Haunted Hills. Sutherland.
Symphony No.8. Beethoven.
6 August
Lazenby Hall
Conmductor:
Laurie Pulley
With the Armidale Youth Orchestra.
Overture to Schaupieldirektor (The Impresario).
Mozart.
Nutcrracker Suite. Tchaikovsky.
Danse Macabre. Saint-Saens
The Adventures of Sebastian the Fox.
Dreyfus.
Narrator Niki Arnold
A Little Suite.
Arnold.
29 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Mike Irik
With the Armidale Choral Society.
Carmina Burana.
Orff.
Soloists Jeff Warnock (baritone), Elizabeth Teather (soprano), Phil Oxley (tenor).
Sun Music III.
Sculthorpe.
Suite for Treble Recorder and Strings. Jacob.
Soloist Jenny McInnes.
1988
20 March
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Andrew Lorenz
Carnival of the Animals. Saint Saens.
Narrator Robert Ketton
Pianists Wendy Lorenz and Deidre Rickards
Cello Concerto in B minor.
Dvorak.
Soloist Gary Williams.
18 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Graham Maddox
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Overture. Mendelssohn.
The Creation. Haydn.
Variations on St Antoni Chorale. Brahms.
Motet Exsultate Jubilate. Mozart.
Soloist Elizabeth Teather.
23 October
Inverell
Conductor:
Graham Maddox
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Overture. Mendelssohn.
Variations on St Antoni Chorale. Brahms.
Motet Exsultate Jubilate. Mozart.
Soloist Elizabeth Teather.
Symphony No.39.
Mozart.
1987
4 April
Tamworth Town Hall
Conductor Derek Taylor
10 April
Guyra
11 April
Armidale Town Hall
An Evening in Vienna.
A program of the music of Strauss.
14 June
Inverell Town Hall
21 June
University Hall
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
Don Giovanni Overture. Mozart.
Clarinet Concerto No.1. Weber.
Soloist Philip Stephenson.
Symphony No. 9.
Dvorak.
1 September
University Hall
Conductor:
Errol Russell
Symphony in D major K.504 Mozart.
Cantata Phaedra. Britten.
Soloist Elizabeth Teather.
Dances of Galanta.
Kodaly.
18 October
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Edward Miller
With the Armidale Choral Society
Des Knaben Wunderhorn.
Mahler.
Soloists Dorothy Williams and Jeffrey Warnock.
Mass in C major Op.86.
Beethoven.
Soloists Judith Brown, Jenny Warnock, Roger Pitcher, Laurie Pulley.
1986
22 March
Tamworth
24 March
University Hall
Conductor:
Errol Russell
Music for Orchestr 111. Irik.
Piano Concerto No.5. Beethoven.
Soloist Pamela Le Nevez
Symphony No.3
Beethoven.
22 June
University Hall
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Water Music Suite No.2. Handel.
Violin Concerto in G minor. Bruch.
Peter and the Wolf. Prokofiev.
Narrator Jim Graham.
Finlandia.
Sibelius.
3 August
Lazenby Hall
Conductor:
Peter Sanders
Bolero. Ravel.
Symphonie Concertante. Mozart.
Soloists David Sholl and Peter Sholl.
Symphony No.6 (Pathetique).
Tchaikovsky..
1985
10 March
Madgwick Hall
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Beethoven Concert
Coriolan Overture
Violin Concerto
Soloist Errol Russell.
Symphony No.5
23 April
University Hall
Conductor:
Peter Sanders
With the Armidale Choral Society.
Juditha.
Vivaldi.
Soloists Elizabeth Teather, Alpha Gregory, Ray Day, Laurie Pulley and Jeff Warnock.
4 August
Tamworth
11 August
University Hall
15 September
Inverell
Conductor:
Errol Russell
Mike Irik
Prelude for Orchestra. Irik.
Peer Gynt Suite No.1. Grieg.
Concerto for two violins. Bach (Tamworth)
Soloists Joanne Green and Michael Green.
Viola Concerto in G.
Telemann  (Inverell and Armidale)
Soloist Peter Sholl.
Coppelia Suite.
Delibes.
Symphony No.8 (Unfinished). Schubert.
29 October
Lazenby Hal
Conductors:
Peter Sanders
Overture The Barber of Seville. Rossini.
Violin Concerto in G minor. Bruch.
Soloist Richard Pulley.
Piano Concerto No.1.
Brahms..
Soloist James Maddox.
1984
7 April
University Hall
Conductor:
Peter Sanders
Beethoven Concert
Coriolan Overture
Violin Concerto
Soloist Errol Russell.
Symphony No.5
12 August
University Hall
Conductor:
Errol Russell
With the Armidale Choral Society
Fingal's Cave Overture.
Mendelssohn.
Concerto for Flute K313. Mozart.
Soloist Michale Elphinstone.
Norwegian Dances Op.35 Nos. 2 and 4.
Grieg.
Theresa Mass. Haydn.
Soloists Elizabeth Teather, Jenny Warnock, Philip Oxley, Jeff Warnock.
25 November
Inverell Town Hall
1 December
Oxley High School Auditorium, Tamworth
Conductors:
Peter Sanders, Errol Russell
Overture Russian and Ludmilla. Glinka.
Motet Exsultate Jubilate. Mozart.
Soloist Daphne Campbell.
Symphony No.94 (Surprise).
Haydn.
Violin Concerto in D major. Beethoven.
Soloist Errol Russell.
2 December
University Hall
Conductors:
Deidre Rickards, Errol Russell
Overture Russian and Ludmilla. Glinka.
Motet Exsultate Jubilate. Mozart.
Soloist Daphne Campbell.
Symphony No.94 (Surprise).
Haydn.
Christmas Overture. Coleridge-Taylor.
Five Australian Christmas Carols. James.
1983
30 March
University Hall
Conductor:
Graham Maddox
With the Armidale Choral Society.
Messiah.
Handel.
Soloists Marion Hayes (soprano), Jenny Warnock (contralto), Richard Barnard (tenor),
Laurie Pulley (bass), Robert Harris (trumpet).
19 June
University Hall
Conductor:
Jenny Rosenthal
Fidelio Overture. Beethoven.
Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre. Rodrigo.
Soloist Stephen Saffra.
Iambus (premiere).
Barkl.
Symphony No.36 (Linz). Mozart.
30 October
C.A.E. Auditorium
Conductors:
Peter Sanders and Peter Maddox
In the Steppes of  Central Asia. Borodin.
Concerto in D major. Haydn.
Soloist Sue-Ellen Paulsen.
Dettingen Te Deum.
Handel.
Soloists Jan Backhouse, Roger Pitcher, Laurie Pulley.
1982
3 April
Inverell Town Hall
4 April
University Hall
18 April
Langford, Walcha
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Overture to Don Giovanni. Mozart.
Flute Concerto in D major K. 314. Mozart.
Soloist Jayne Burton.
Clarinet Concerto K. 622.
Mozart.
Soloist James Renwick.
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2.
Bizet.
Porgy and Bess Suite. Gershwin.
29 June
C.A.E. Auditorium
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Overture to Egmont. Beethoven.
Symphony No. 85 (La Reine). Haydn.
Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor). Beethoven.
Soloist Richard Parncutt.
29 September
University Hall
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Music of Brahms, with the New England Ensemble and the Armidale Choral Society.
Trio in E flat for violin, horn and piano, Op. 40.
German Requiem.
1981
3 May
University Hall
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Festival. Carr-Boyd.
Concerto in A minor. Schumann.
Soloist Margaret Duncan.
Symphony No.9 (New World).
Dvorak.
20 June
University Hall
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Solo Violin Partita. Bach.
Soloist Geoffrey Michaels.
Sonata for Violin and Cello.
Ravel.
Soloists Geoffrey Michaels and Janis Laurs
Violin Concerto in E minor.
Mendelssohn.
Soloist Geoffrey Michaels.
11 October
University Hall
conductors:
Janis Laurs,
Graham Maddox
With the Armidale Choral Society
Choral Fantasia.
Beethoven.
Piano: Naomi Sanders.
New Love-Song Waltzes Nos. 1,2,7,8.
Brahms.
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra. Brahms.
Soloists Andrew Lorenz and Janis Laurs
Piano Concerto op.11.
Chopin.
Soloist Wendy Lorenz.
1980
30 March
University Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
Little Suite for Orches.tra. Arnold.
Pavane Op.50. Faure
King Christian Suite. Sibelius.
Piano Concerto in A minor. Grieg.
Soloist Deidre Rickards.
21 June
Inverell
22 June
University Hall
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Suite No.2 from The Water Music. Handel.
Vioin Concerto in G minor. Bruch.
Soloist Peter Sanders.
Piano Concerto in A minor.
Grieg (Inverell)
Soloist Deidre Rickards.
Peter and the Wolf.
Prokofiev.
Narrator Jim Graham.
Finlandia.
Sibelius.
September 24,25,27,28
Arts Theatre
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
With the Armidale Musical Society
River. A folk opera by Jim Graham and David Reeves.
15 November
Armidale C.A.E.
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
With the Armidale City Band
Fanfare to the Common Man
March
Intermezzo from Hary Janos.
Kodaly.
The Oasis Suite. Ball.
Joe 90
L'Arlesienne Suite No.1.
Bizet.
1979
19 March
Madgwick Hall
Conductor:
Toni Bonetti
Overture to Midsummer Night's Dream. Mozart.
Symphony No.38 (The Prague). Mozart.
Bassoon Concerto. Vivaldi.
Soloist John Cran
26 May
Inverell
27 May
University Hall
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
Overture "The Thieving Magpie". Rossini.
Symphony No.94. (The Surprise).
Haydn.
English Folk Song Suite. Vaughan Williams.
28 July
T.A.S. Hall
Schools concert.
29 July
C.A.E. Auditorium
Conductor:
Bruce Menzies
With the Armidale Choral Society
Magic Flute Overture.
Mozart.
Nocturnes. Mozart.
Suite "The Birds". Respighi.
Choral fantasia. Beethoven.
Piano soloist Wendy Huddleston.
13 October
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Leonora Overture. Beethoven.
Havanaise. Saint Saens.
Soloist Andrew Lorenz.
Andante e Rondo Ingarese.
Weber.
Soloist Robert Harris.
Symphony No.5.
Schubert.
1978
23 April
C.A.E. Auditorium
Conductors:
Janis Laurs
Bruce Menzies
Overture Fingal's Cave. Mendelssohn.
Cello Concerto. Elgar
Soloist Janis Laurs.
Symphony No.7.
Beethoven.
25 June
University Hall
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Flute Concerto No.1. Mozart.
Soloist Neville Fletcher.
Symphony No.8.
Dvorak.
August 9,10,12
T.A.S. Memorial Hall
Conductor:
David Reeves
Producer:
Jim Graham
With The Armidale School
The Pirates of Penzance.
Gilbert and Sullivan
29 September
University Hall
Conductors:
Janis Laurs
Robert Harris
Overture Armidale. Arthur (first performance)
Triple Concerto.
Beethoven
Soloists Wendy Lorenz, Andrew Lorenz, Janis Laurs.
Symphony in C major.
Bizet.
12 November
St. Mary's Cathedral
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
Tragic Overture. Brahms.
Romance in F major. Beethoven.
Soloist Peter Sanders.
Capriccio Italien.
Tchaikovsky.
1977
15 April
St. Mary's Cathedral
Conductors:
Janis Laurs, Neville Meale
With the Armidale Choral Society
Coriolan Overture.
Beethoven.
Mass in C.
Beethoven.
Soloists: Ruth Sainsbury, Clare Keoghan, Laurie Pulley, Geoff Warnock
11,13 August
T.A.S. Memorial Hall
Conductor:
David O'Neill
Producer:
Jim Graham
With The Armidale School and Presbyterian Ladies' College.
Iolanthe.
Gilbert and Sullivan.
7 October
University Hall
Conductor:
Neville Meale
The Creation. Haydn.
Soloists Ruth Sainsbury, Jeffrey Warnock, Laurie Pulley.
1976
Date and Venue?
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
The Barber of Seville Overture. Rossini.
Peer Gynt Suite. Greig.
Items by the UNE Madrigal Group (Conductor Bruce Menzies).
Violin Concerto.
Beethoven.
Soloist Andrew Lorenz.
12,14,16 August
T.A.S. Memorial Hall
Conductor:
David O'Neill
Producer:
Jim Graham
With The Armidale School and Presbyterian Ladies' College.
Ruddigore.
Gilbert and Sullivan.
7 October
St Mary's Cathedral
Conductor:
Janis Laurs
With the Armidale Choral Society
Corialanus Overture.
Beethoven.
Symphony No.2. Beethoven.
Mass in C. Beethoven.
17 November
St. Mary's Cathedral
Conductors:
Janis Laurs
Wendy Huddleston
With the Armidale Choral Society
Water Music Suite No.2. Handel
Symphony No.41 (Jupiter) Mozart
Gloria. Vivaldi
Soloists Ruth Sainsbury, Jenny Warnock.
1975
7,9 August
T.A.S. Memorial Hall
Conductor:
I. Brook
Producer:
Jim Graham
With The Armidale School and Presbyterian Ladies' College.
The Gondoliers.
Gilbert and Sullivan.
14,15,17,18 October
Armidale Town Hall
Conductor:
Keith Aubrey
Producer:
Barry Richardson
With the Armidale and District Musical Society
My Fair Lady.
Lerner and Loewe.
1974
12 July
Armidale Teachers' College
Conductor:
Neville Meale
With the Armidale Choral Society
Oratorio, The Seasons.
Haydn.
Soloists: Linda Bowden, Frederick Dore, Ivan Morsley
29 November
St Peter's Cathedral
Conductor:
Wendy Huddleston
A Christmas Concert with the Armidale Choral Society
Don Giovanni Overture.
Mozart.
Three Carols.
Symphony No.85 (La Reine).
Haydn.
Choruses from the Messiah. Handel.
Magnificat in D major. Bach.
Soloists Ruth Sainsbury (soprano), Jenny Warnock (mezzo soprano), Claire Keoghan (alto),
Bob Dunn (tenor), Jeff Warnock (bass).
1973
3 March
Holy Trinity Church of England, Glen
Innes
Conductor:
?
Festival of Music with The St. Nicholas Consort, St. Peter's Cathedral Choir, Evan Lewis
(oboe), David O'Neill (organ)
Armidale Orchestra:
Prelude from L'Arlesienne Suite No.1.
Bizet.
Fantasia on Greensleeves. Vaughan Williams.
Symphony No.1 (First Movement). Beethoven.
26 April
Walcha Parish Hall
28 April
Central Park, Armidale.
Conductor:
David O'Neill
Overture Barber of Seville. Rossini.
Two Pieces from the Magdalena Book. Bach.
Theme and Variation for Strings. Corelli.
Water Music. Handel.
L'Arlesienne Suite. Bizet.
Folk Songs of Four Seasons. Vaughan Williams.
1972
10 July
Conductors:
Cecil Hill and Neville Meale
With the Armidale Choral Society
Overture to Alfonso and Estrella.
Mozart.
Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) Beethoven.
Dido and Aeneas. Purcell.
9,10,12,14 August
T.A.S. Memorial Hall
Conductor:
David O'Neil
Producer:
Jim Graham
With The Armidale School.
The Mikado.
Gilbert and Sullivan
1968
10 July
Armidale Town Hall
Conductor:
Lois Kesteven
25th Anniversary Concert
Overture The Impresario.
Mozart.
Three songs.
L'Arlesienne Suite No.2.
Bizet.
Suite for flute and Strings. Telemann.
Soloist Neville Fletcher.
Symphony No.8.
Schubert.
Three songs.
Eleven Peasant Tunes for Two Violins.
Bartok.
Soloists Lois Kesteven, Chris Bettle.
Spanish Dances.
Moszkowski.
1955
20 July
Armidale Town Hall
Conductor:
Lois Kesteven
Four Pieces from the Suite in D. Bach.
Part Songs:
The Snow.
Elgar.
Jack and Jill. Diack.
St. Ursula's Convent Choir
Concertino for Flute and Piano.
Chaminade.
Bass solos:
Ye Verdant Hills.
Handel.
Love That's True Will Live Forever. Handel.
Soloist Alan McEachern.
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra.
Cimarosa.
Soloist Blair Alldis.
Shepherd's Lottery.
Boyce.
Part Songs - Demonstration School Choir
Sonatina No.3.
Telemann.
Soloist Kathleen Letters.
Suite for Orchestra.
Coates.
Flute solos.
Two pieces for Orchestra:
Dusk.
Gibbes.
Dance of the Ostracised Imp. Curzon.
1945
19 June
Armidale Town Hall
Conductor:
Lois Kesteven
Overure Zanetta. Auber.
Vocal items by Harold Williams.
Vocal items by the New England University Choral Society.
Intermezzi- Suite Dansante.
Rosse.