Past Concerts

2024-2025 Season

Sunday 1st June 2025 at 2.30pm - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University Conductor: Robert Guy Leader: Craig Clewley WSO Proms Piazzolla arr. Pratt: Libertango Badelt/ Zimmer arr. Ricketts: Pirates of the Caribbean Mancini arr. Phillippe: The Pink Panther Bellini: Casta Diva from Norma Dvořák: Song to the Moon from Rusalka Bizet: Habanera from Carmen Anderson: Serenata Márquez: Danzón No. 2 Gray arr. Lansom: Thunderbirds March Williams: Jurassic Park Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 Parry arr. Elgar: Jerusalem Hughes arr. Lansom: Calon Lân Arne arr. Burndrett: Rule Britannia UK National Anthem Welsh National Anthem Saturday 3rd May 2025 at 7.30pm - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Soloist: Kiana Chan Symphonic Steps Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances Sunday 23rd February 2025 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University Conductor: Stephen Threlfall Leader: Mark Lansom Soloist: Elizaveta Saul East meets West Lutoslawski: Little Suite Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Copland: El Salón México Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from ‘On the Town’ Copland: Four Dance Episodes from ‘Rodeo’ Sunday 8th December 2024 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University Conductor: Bedwyn Lloyd Phillips Leader: Mark Lansom Narrator: Amanda Northwood Christmas with WSO Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Sunday 17th November 2024 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Double Bass: Leon Bosch Strings and Shadows Paul Benyon: Symphony (World Premiere) de Hartmann: Double Bass Concerto Stravinsky: Petrushka

2023-2024 Season

Saturday 20th July 2024 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University Conductor: Katherine Stonham Leader: Craig Clewley Music from Home (a musical journey around the British Isles) Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture Grace Williams: Penillion Ethel Smyth: ‘The Wreckers’ Overture Morfydd Llwyn Owen: Morfa Rhuddlan Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry (‘Danny Boy’) Malcolm Arnold: Scottish Dances Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches Nos 2 & 4. Saturday 4th May 2024 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University Conductor: Leon Bosch Leader: Mark Lansom Cello: Richard Harwood Bohemian Nights Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 Dvorak: Cello Concerto Sunday 25th February 2024 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University Conductor: Robert Guy Leader: Mark Lansom Soprano: Erin Gwyn Rossington Italy and the Eternal City Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro (from ‘Gianni Schicchi’) Puccini: Si mi chiamano Mimi (from ‘La Boheme’) Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from ‘Madama Butterfly’) Zimmer: Gladiator Puccini: Quando M’en vo (from ‘La Boheme’) Puccini: In quelle trine morbide (from ‘Manon Lescaut’) Puccini: Senza Mamma (from ‘Suor Angelica’) Respighi: Pines of Rome Sunday 10th December 2023 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Readers: Jacqui Blore, John Wylde Christmas with WSO Anderson: A Christmas Festival Warlock arr. Lane: Bethlehem Down Philip Lane: Wassail Dance Ben Thomas: A Trumpeter’s Christmas Carol (World Premiere) Carol “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” Williams: Raiders March (from “Raiders Of The Lost Ark”) Gordon Thornett: The Joy Of Christmas Carol “O Come All Ye Faithful” Silvestri/Ballard arr. Brubaker - Suite from “The Polar Express” Anderson-Lopez/Lopez arr. Krogstad: Music from “Frozen” Anderson: Sleigh Ride Sunday 12th November 2023 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham University Conductor: Bedwyn Lloyd Phillips Leader: Mark Lansom Cello: Urszula Krukowska-Byzdra Beyond Borders Martinů: Memorial to Lidice Elgar: Cello Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

2022-2023 Season

Saturday 15th July 2023 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Violin: Callum Smart An Enchanted Summer Evening Delius - A Walk to the Paradise Garden Korngold - Violin Concerto Dvorak - Symphony No. 6 Saturday 6th May 2023 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Piano: Teleri-Siân Gershwin arr. Lansom – Fascinating Rhythm Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 3 Sunday 26th February 2023 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Jonathan Small Leader: Mark Lansom Myths and Legends Arnold - Tam O’Shanter Grieg - Peer Gynt Selection Dvorak - The Water Goblin Bax - Tintagel Sunday 11th December 2022 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Narrator: Jacqui Blore Soloist: Emily Blore Leader: Craig Clewley Leroy Anderson - A Christmas Festival Gordon Thornett - A Children’s Christmas Suite Trad. - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Tchaikovsky - Three movements from “The Nutcracker” Carol “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” Howard Blake - The Snowman Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride Sunday 27th November 2022 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Bedwyn Lloyd Phillips Leader: Mark Lansom Film, TV and Radio concert - “Broadcast Classics” Prokofiev - “Dance of the Knights” from Romeo & Juliet Goodwin - Luftwaffe March (Aces High) Wood - Barwick Green (“The Archers” theme tune) Khachaturian - Adagio from Spartacus Arnold - The Bridge on the River Kwai Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean Gray - Thunderbirds Jarre - Lawrence of Arabia Suite Williams - Jaws Main Title Williams - Jurassic Park Suite Williams - Star Wars: The Force Awakens movts 3 and 5 Giacchino - Star Trek Barry - Out of Africa Main Title (I had a Farm in Africa) Williams - ET Adventures on Earth Williams - Imperial March from “The Empire Strikes Back”

2021-2022 Season

Saturday 16th July 2022 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Trombone: Ellena Newton Leader: Mark Lansom Dukas - Fanfare from La Peri Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture Rimsky-Korsakov - Trombone Concerto Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn Shostakovich - Gadfly Suite Saturday 21st May 2022 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Leon Bosch Violin: Fenella Humphreys Leader: Mark Lansom Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain Glazunov - Violin Concerto Sam Redfern - Awakening (first performance) Mussorgsky arr. Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition Sunday 27th February 2022 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Stephen Threlfall Leader: Mark Lansom Soprano: Rachael Marsh Korngold - The Sea Hawk Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Dvorak - Silent Woods Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 “From The New World” Sunday 12th December 2021 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Soprano: Rachael Marsh Leroy Anderson - A Christmas Festival Adam/Dwight arr. Lansom - O Holy Night Prokofiev - Troika Coleridge-Taylor - Christmas Overture Torme/Wells arr. Lansom - The Christmas Song Sheldon - A Most Wonderful Christmas Silvestri/Ballard arr. Brubaker - Suite from “The Polar Express” Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride

2020-2021 Season

No Concerts - Covid-19 Pandemic

2019-2020 Season

Saturday 29th February 2020 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Piano: Luke Jones Berlioz - Overture “King Lear” Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique Sunday 19th January 2020 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley “A Musical Picture Book” Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture Saint-Saens - Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah Anderson - Belle of the Ball Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien J. Strauss Jr. - The Blue Danube Kander arr. Ricketts - Selections from Chicago Williams - Harry Potter Symphonic Suite Sunday 3rd November 2019 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Russell Gray Leader: Craig Clewley Oboe: Tom Blomfield Violin: Sophie Rosa In conjunction with Classic FM Hall of Fame Supporting Global’s “Make Some Noise” Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries Strauss - Oboe Concerto Elgar - Three movements from “Enigma Variations” Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (first movement) Tchaikovsky - Excerpts from Swan Lake Shore - Lord of the Rings Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending Williams - Star Wars “The Force Awakens”

2018-2019 Season

Saturday 20th July 2019 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Violin: Sophie Rosa Shostakovich - Festive Overture Sibelius - Violin Concerto Holst - The Planets Saturday 8th June 2019 - The British Ironwork Centre, Oswestry Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Soprano: Rachael Marsh Proms in the Park Shostakovich - Festive Overture Bliss - March from Things to Come Holst - The Planets – Mars, Venus and Jupiter Walton - Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Farnon arr. Dunk - We’ll Meet Again Kent/Burton arr Barry Booth - White Cliffs of Dover Goodwin - Aces High Sherwin/Maschwitz arr. Dunk - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Williams - Hymn to the Fallen Walford Davies - RAF March Past Gray - Thunderbirds Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean Barry - Dance with Wolves Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 Williams - Superman Williams - The Force Awakens. March of the Resistance, Rey’s Theme and Scherzo for X-Wings Williams - Star Wars Saturday 4th May 2019 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Piano: Vicky Yannoula Stravinsky - Firebird Suite Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 Rimsky Korsakov - Scheherazade Saturday 23rd February 2019 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University In collaboration with Welsh National Opera Conductor: Leon Bosch Leader: Mark Lansom Mezzo Soprano: Rebecca Afonwy Jones Beethoven - Overture “Egmont” Elgar - Sea Pictures Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5 Saturday 24th November 2018 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University In collaboration with the Royal British Legion Conductor: Stephen Threlfall Leader: Mark Lansom Viola: Rhiannon Collins Williams - Dartmoor 1912 from “War Horse” Hindemith - Trauermusik Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin Elgar - Sospiri Elgar - Nimrod from “Enigma Variations” National Anthems Panufnik - Sinfonia Sacra Walton - Spitfire Prelude and Fugue Saturday 15th September 2018 - The British Ironwork Centre, Oswestry Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Louie McIver Proms in the Park Dvorak - Carnival Dukas - Sorcerer’s Apprentice Prokofiev - Montagues and Capulets from “Romeo and Juliet” Puccini - Love duet from Act 1 of “La Boheme” J Strauss II - Czardas from “Die Fledermaus” Puccini - Nessun Dorma from “Turandot” Tchaikovsky - Overture "1812" Coates - Dambusters March Goodwin - 633 Squadron Williams - ET Flying Theme Elgar - Nimrod from “Enigma Variations” Arne - Rule Britannia Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance No. 1 Parry - Jerusalem National Anthems

2017-2018 Season

Saturday 14th July 2018 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Nic Fallowfield Leader: Craig Clewley Violin: Fenella Humphreys Liadov - Kikimora Liadov - Baba Yaga Tchaikovsky - Violin concerto Dvorak - In Nature’s Realm Dvorak - Carnival Dvorak - Othello Saturday 19th May 2018 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Sponsored by Cobalz Mahler Charitable Concert Series Mahler - Symphony No. 9 Saturday 24th February 2018 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Russell Gray Leader: Mark Lansom North Wales Opera Studio A Gala Celebration Concert in association with Glyndwr University A night at the opera Verdi - Prelude from “La Traviata” Verdi - Brindisi from “La Traviata” Mozart - Trio from Act 1 of “The Magic Flute” Puccini - Love duet from Act 1 of “Madame Butterfly” Mozart - Terzettino from “Cosi fan tutte” Puccini - Love duet from Act 1 of “La Boheme” Bizet - Prelude to “Carmen” Bizet - Le Toreador from “Carmen” Puccini - Love duet from Act 1 of “Tosca” J Strauss II - Czardas from “Die Fledermaus” J Strauss II - Bruderlein from “Die Fledermaus” Lehar - Lippen schweigen from “The Merry Widow” Puccini - Nessun Dorma from “Turandot” Sunday 14th January 2018 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Russell Gray Leader: Craig Clewley An afternoon at the ballet Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite Khachaturian - Adagio from “Spartacus” Delibes - Mazurka from “Coppelia” Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker (extended suite) Sunday 5th November 2017 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Louie McIver Guitar: Achille Jones Piano: Luke Jones Classics at the Movies Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra (opening) - “2001 A Space Odyssey” Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21, second movement - “Elvira Madigan” Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez, second movement - “Brassed Off” Dukas - Sorcerer’s Apprentice – “Fantasia” E. Bernstein arr. Richards - Magnificent Seven Elfman arr. Wasson - Spiderman Zimmer arr. Wasson - Gladiator Barry - Dances With Wolves Rosza - Prelude, Burning Desert and Parade of the Charioteers from “Ben-Hur” Silvestri - Back to the Future Suite Williams - ET Flying Theme

2016-2017 Season

Saturday 1st July 2017 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Violin: Lily Whitehurst Glinka - Overture “Ruslan & Ludmilla” McIver - Arenig (World Premiere) Saint-Saens - Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Gershwin - An American in Paris Sibelius - Symphony No. 1 Saturday 10th June 2017, The British Ironwork Centre, Oswestry Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Violin: Lily Whitehurst Choir (and opening act): Clwyd Clippers Proms in the Park Glinka - Overture “Ruslan & Ludmilla” Saint-Saens - Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Gershwin - An American in Paris Grieg - “Morning” & “Hall of the Mountain King” from “Peer Gynt” Gray - Thunderbirds March Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean Williams - Theme from Schindler’s List Williams - Theme from Jaws Williams - Raiders March Williams - Star Wars: Imperial March, Throne Room & Exit Elgar - Nimrod from “Enigma Variations” Arne - Rule Britannia Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance No. 1 Parry - Jerusalem Encore: Williams - Star Wars theme Saturday 6th May 2017 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Jonathan Small Leader: Mark Lansom Piano: William Bracken Liadov –The Enchanted Lake Tchaikovsky –Piano Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 3 Saturday 25th February 2017 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Music from the North and South. Elgar – In the South Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Bizet - Suite from “Carmen” Nielsen – Symphony No. 3 “Sinfonia espansiva” Saturday 26th November 2016 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Nic Fallowfield Cello: Timothy Gill (principal cellist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) Mendelssohn - Overture “Ruy Blas” Schumann - Cello Concerto Brahms - Symphony No. 1

2015-2016 Season

Sunday 3rd July 2016 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Mahler – Symphony No. 5 WSO/ COBALZ Ltd Mahler Project Saturday 7th May 2016 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Nicholas Simpson Leader: Mark Lansom Piano: Teleri-Siân Sibelius – Pohjola’s Daughter Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 Sunday 28th February 2016 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Music from Stage and Screen. Sullivan – “Yeomen of the Guard” Overture Gershwin arr. Lansom – Fascinating Rhythm (World Premiere) Rodgers & Hammerstein arr. W Paul - Selection from “Carousel” Bernstein arr. Mason – West Side Story Sondheim arr. Good – Send in the clowns Schönberg arr. Lowden - Selection from “Les Misérables” Moross – The Big Country Shore - Lord of the Rings Goodwin - 633 Squadron Goodwin - Where Eagles Dare Williams – Jaws Suite Williams – E.T. Adventures On Earth Williams – Raiders March from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Williams - Harry Potter Symphonic Suite Saturday 21st November 2015 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Jonathan Small Leader: Mark Lansom Piano: William Bracken Rachmaninoff – Isle of the Dead Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 1 Elgar – Enigma Variations

2014-2015 Season

Saturday 4th July 2015 – William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Piano: Joseph Durnin Bernstein - Candide Overture Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No. 1 Coates - The Three Elizabeths Suite Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 "From The New World" Saturday 30th May 2015 - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Soprano: April Fredrick Alto: Rebecca Afonwy-Jones Chorus Master: Jill Hederson-Wild Offstage band: Brass players and percussionists from the Royal Northern College of Music Altrincham Choral Society Buxton Musical Society Manchester Chorale Sirenian Singers Mahler - Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” Sponsored by Betrinac Supporting Alzheimer’s charities Saturday 2nd May 2015 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Violin: Sara Wolstenholme Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito Overture Beethoven - Violin Concerto Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (movements 2 & 3) Grieg - Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite Saturday 28th February 2015 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Cello: Lucy Arch Wagner - Prelude and Liebestod (from "Tristan und Isolde") Dvorak - Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" Saturday 22nd November 2014 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Nic Fallowfield Leader: Craig Clewley Violin: Tom Bowes Mozart - Overture "The Magic Flute" Brahms - Violin Concerto Brahms - Symphony No. 3

2013-2014 Season

Saturday 5th July 2014 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Kenneth Woods Leader: Mark Lansom Piano: Mark Bebbington Soprano: April Fredrick McIver - Fantasia on a theme by Glenys Pearce Grieg - Piano Concerto Mahler - Symphony No. 4 Sponsored by Betrinac Supporting The Alzheimer’s Society Sapphire Anniversary Concert Saturday 3rd May 2014 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Violin: Bethan Allmand Music from the Movies Spiegl - Radio 4 UK Theme Coates - Calling All Workers Wood - Barwick Green from "My Native Heath" White - Puffin' Billy Coates - By The Sleepy Lagoon Strachey - In Party Mood Gounod - Funeral March for a Marionette Ashworth - Barnacle Bill Gray - Thunderbirds Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean Herrmann - Psycho Suite Barry - Dances With Wolves Williams - Far and Away Williams - Schindler's List Williams - Star Wars Williams - Superman Saturday 8th March 2014 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Kenneth Woods Leader: Mark Lansom Mahler - Symphony No. 7 Sponsored by Betrinac Supporting The Alzheimer’s Society Saturday 23rd November 2013 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Adamson Leader: Craig Clewley Narrator: Steven Pinder Shakespeare in Music Berlioz - Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture Mendelssohn - Movements from A Midsummer Night's Dream Tchaikovsky - The Tempest Walton - Henry V Suite

2012-2013 Season

Saturday 6th July 2013 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Craig Clewley Oboe: Tom Blomfield Violin: Bethan Allmand Tchaikovsky - Suite "The Sleeping Beauty" Françaix - L'Horloge de Flore Respighi - Pines of Rome Bruch - Romance Tchaikovsky - Overture "1812" Saturday 18th May 2013 - St. Oswald's Church, Malpas Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Violin: Bethan Allmand WSO play Malfest Mendelssohn - Overture "The Hebrides" Vivaldi - Spring from "The Four Seasons" Schubert - Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" Brahms - Symphony No. 2 Saturday 4th May 2013 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Jonathan Small Leader: Mark Lansom Piano: Ian Buckle Mussorgsky - Prelude (from "Khovanshchina") Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10 in E minor Saturday 2nd March 2013 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Cello: Kenneth Woods Dvorak - Noon Witch Walton - Cello Concerto Brahms - Symphony No. 2 Saturday 24th November 2012 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Kenneth Woods Leader: Mark Lansom Alto: Rebecca Afonwy-Jones Lleisiau Clywedog Ladies Wrexham County Schools Senior Choir The Queen’s School Chamber Choir Mahler - Symphony No. 3 Sponsored by Betrinac Supporting The Alzheimer’s Society

2011-2012 Season

Sunday 8th July 2012 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Cello: Lucy Arch Vaughan Williams - Overture "The Wasps" Elgar - Cello Concerto Vaughan Williams - Job - a Masque for Dancing Saturday 5th May 2012 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Nic Fallowfield Leader: Craig Clewley Violin: Tom Bowes Wrexham Arts Festival Elgar - Cockaigne Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony" Saturday 10th March 2012 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Kenneth Woods Leader: Mark Lansom Dvorak - The Water Goblin Bruckner - Symphony No. 5 Saturday 26th November 2011 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Bethan Allmand Trumpet: Russell Gray Humperdinck - Overture "Hansel & Gretel" Arutunian - Trumpet Concerto Tchaikovsky - Waltz from "Sleeping Beauty" Prokofiev - Cinderella Suite No. 1 Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

2011-2012 Season

Saturday 2nd July 2011 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Cello: Misha Nemtzov Dvorak - In Nature's Realm Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto in A minor Brahms - Symphony No. 4 Saturday 21st May 2011 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductors: Mark Lansom, Peter Litman Leader: Craig Clewley Soprano: Anne Munding Alto: Ann Atkinson Tenor: Paul Badley Bass: Oliver Sammons Glyndŵr University Community Choir with WSO Wrexham Arts Festival Schubert - Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" Mozart - Requiem Saturday 7th May 2011 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Soloist: Llyr Williams Wrexham Arts Festival Mendelssohn - Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 Saturday 26th February 2011 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Kenneth Woods Leader: Mark Lansom Mahler - Symphony No. 6 “Tragic” Sponsored by Cobalz Supporting The Alzheimer’s Society Saturday 27th November 2010 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Bethan Allmand Violin: Steven Wilkie Shostakovich - Festival Overture Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2

2010-2011 Season

2009-2010 Season

Saturday 3rd July 2010 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Russell Gray Leader: Hiroshi Amako Violin: Sam Aylward Verdi - Overture "The Force of Destiny" Wieniawski - Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor Mahler - Symphony No. 1 "Titan" Supporting The Alzheimer’s Society Saturday 8th May 2010 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Laurence Perkins Leader: Mark Lansom Soprano: Cecilia Smiga Mezzo-Soprano: Rebecca Afonwy-Jones Tenor: John Pierce Bass: Oliver Sammons Sirenian Singers Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 "Choral" Saturday 27th February 2010 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Kenneth Woods Leader: Mark Lansom Haydn - Symphony No. 100 "Military" Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" Saturday 28th November 2009 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Mark Lansom Violin: Jiafeng Chen Elgar - Violin Concerto Dvorak - Symphony No. 7

2008-2009 Season

Saturday 11th July 2009 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductors: Mark Lansom, Greg Williams Leader: Craig Clewley 40th Anniversary Concert Bryn Williams - Welsh Folk Song Suite Khachaturian - Spartacus Suite No. 2 Holst - The Planets Saturday 2nd May 2009 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Piano: Llyr Williams Wrexham Arts Festival Wagner - Prelude to Act I (from "Lohengrin") Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 Debussy - Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune Gershwin - An American in Paris Saturday 28th February 2009 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Richard Adamson Leader: Mark Lansom Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man Barber - Adagio for Strings Copland - Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 "From The New World" Saturday 13th December 2008 - William Aston Hall, Glyndŵr University Conductor: Kenneth Woods Leader: Mark Lansom Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 1

2007-2008 Season

Saturday 12th July 2008 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Laurence Perkins Leader: Mark Lansom Violin: Sam Aylward Alto: Rebecca Afonwy-Jones Summer Nights Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad Berlioz - Nuits d'ete Delius - La Calinda (from "Koanga") Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending Strauss - Tales from the Vienna Woods Ravel - Bolero Sunday 27th April 2008 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite Tchaikovsky - Manfred Symphony Saturday 23rd February 2008 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 Saturday 8th December 2007 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Russell Gray Leader: Mark Lansom Tuba: James Gourlay Herold - Overture "Zampa" Vaughan Williams - Tuba Concerto Liszt - Les Preludes Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade

2006-2007 Season

Saturday 14th July 2007 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Saxophone: Caroline Tate-Lovery Wrexham Symphony Chorus Verdi - Overture “Nabucco” Milhaud - “Scaramouche” for Saxophone and Orchestra Andrew McCaddon - Llangollen to Carrog Ian Morgan-Williams - When I Wake Up, Dancing Verdi - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from “Nabucco” Tchaikovsky - Waltz from “Eugene Onegin” Verdi - Anvil Chorus from “Il trovatore” Borodin - Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor” Supporting The Alzheimer’s Society Saturday 21st April 2007 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Kenneth Woods Leader: Mark Lansom Violin: Bethan Morgan-Williams Khachaturian - Violin Concerto Elgar - Symphony No. 1 in A flat major Supporting The Mayor’s Charity Fund Saturday 27th January 2007 - Parish church of St. Giles, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Soprano: Eleanor Jones Alto: Leigh Mason Tenor: Malcolm Williams Bass: Oliver Sammons Trumpet: Russell Gray Organ/Continuo: Ben Saul Handel - Messiah Supporting St Giles Parish Church Saturday 2nd December 2006 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Russell Gray Leader: Mark Lansom Trombone: Runar Valheim Værnes Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Lars-Erik Larsson - Trombone Concertino (Encore - Arne Nordheim - The Hunting of the Snark) Sibelius - Finlandia Supporting BBC Children in Need

2005-2006 Season

Saturday 8th July 2006 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Laurence Perkins Leader: Mark Lansom Violin: Elizabeth Cooney Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite Supporting Wrexham Hospital League of Friends Saturday 1st April 2006 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Matthew Wood Leader: Mark Lansom Cello: Nathaniel Boyd Shostakovich - Symphonic Poem 'October' Op 131 Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique Saturday 3rd December 2005 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Violin: Sam Aylward Schnittke - (K)ein sommernachtstraum Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto Prokofiev - Dreams Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919) Supporting B-Positive Appeal, Countess of Chester Hospital

2004-2005 Season

Saturday 16th July 2005 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Jerome Morross - The Big Country (Main Title) Max Steiner - Gone With The Wind Suite Ron Goodwin - 633 Squadron Miklos Rosza - Ben-Hur Love Theme Miklos Rosza - Ben-Hur Parade of the Charioteers Eric Coates - The Dam Busters March Bernard Herrmann - Psycho Suite John Barry - Dances With Wolves (John Dunbar Theme) John Williams - E.T. Flying Theme John Williams - Harry Potter Symphonic Suite John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV "A New Hope" Suite Supporting The Alzheimer’s Society Saturday 16th April 2005 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Robin Newton Leader: Mark Lansom Soprano: Gillian Ramm Tenor: Blake Fischer “A Night at the Opera” Verdi - Overture Forza del destino Verdi - ‘Parigi, o cara’, Act III, Traviata Mascagni - Intermezzo, Cavalleria Rusticana Donizetti - Una furtiva lagrima, L’Elisir d’amore Donizetti - ‘Prendi, per me sei libero’, Act II, L’Elisir d’amore Rossini - Overture Semiramide Mozart - ‘Ach, ich fühl’s’, Zauberflöte Mozart - ‘Dies Bildnis’, Zauberflöte Bizet - ‘Parle-moi de ma mère’, Carmen Tchaikovsky - Polonaise, Eugene Onegin Lehar - Love Unspoken, Merry Widow Johann Strauss II - Czardas, Fledermaus Johann Strauss II - Champagne Chorus, Fledermaus Supporting Clwyd Special Riding Centre Saturday 29th January 2005 - All Saints Parish Church, Gresford, Wrexham Conductors: Ian Jones (Wind), Mark Lansom (Strings) Leader: Giulia de Rosa Richard Strauss - Serenade for Wind in E flat major Dvořák - Serenade for Wind in D minor Warlock - Capriol Suite Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3 Supporting Asian Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund Saturday 27th November 2004 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Giulia de Rosa James James arr. Mark Lansom - Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Gareth Wood - Festivities Overture Grace Williams - Penillion Alun Hoddinott - Welsh Dances Suite No. 2 Daniel Jones - Dance Fantasy William Mathias - Serenade for Orchestra William Mathias - Celtic Dances Grace Williams - Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes Supporting Hope House Children’s Hospice

2003-2004 Season

Saturday 3rd July 2004 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Laurence Perkins Leader: Mark Lansom Violin: Emma Hancock Beethoven - Violin Concerto Mahler - Symphony No. 1 “Titan” Supporting Nightingale House Saturday 27th March 2004 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Strauss - Overture ‘Die Fledermaus’ Dvorak - Noon Witch Chabrier - Espana Sibelius - Symphony No. 1 in E minor Supporting The Hospice of the Good Shepherd Saturday 29th November 2003 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Wagner - Prelude and Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde” Copland - Appalachian Spring Elgar - Enigma Variations Supporting Home Start / Family Friends

2002-2003 Season

Saturday 5th July 2003 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Trombone: Nige Hughes Mendelssohn - Overture ‘Hebrides’ Paul Creston - Fantasy for Trombone Sibelius - Finlandia Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite Ravel - Bolero Supporting Hope House Children’s Hospice Saturday 22nd March 2003 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Robin Newton Leader: Sam Aylward Dvorak - Scherzo Capriccioso Arnold - English Dances Set No. 1 Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 Supporting Nightingale House Saturday 30th November 2002 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Guitar: Achille Jones Shostakovich - Festival Overture Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Guitar Concerto Smetana - Vltava Mussorgsky arr. Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition Supporting Operation Christmas Child

2001-2002 Season

Saturday 29th June 2002 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Laurence Perkins Leader: Mark Lansom Cello: Yoohong Lee Mussorgsky orch. Rimsky-Korsakov - Prelude to 'Khovanshchina' Schubert - 'Rosamunde': Entr'acte Music No.2 and Ballet Music No.2 Elgar - 'The Wand of Youth' Suite No.1 Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B minor Supporting Cancer Research UK Saturday 13th April 2002 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Piano: Ruth Fennell Brahms - Academic Festival Overture Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini Berlioz - Hungarian March (from “Damnation of Faust”) Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” Supporting Cancer Research UK Saturday 1st December 2001 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Ian Morgan-Williams Leader: Mark Lansom Trumpet: Aidan Hassan Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre Hummel - Trumpet Concerto in E flat Bach arr. Walton - Suite “The Wise Virgins” Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” Offenbach - Overture “La Belle Hélène” (encore)

2000-2001 Season

Saturday 7th July 2001 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Clarinet: Katherine Lacy Soprano: Tina Boycott Wrexham County Wind Band Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien Mozart - Clarinet Concerto Malcolm Arnold - English Dances (Set No. 2) Edward Gregson - Prelude for an Occasion (WCWB cond. John Herbert) Attr. Henry VIII, arr. Stephen Roberts - Pastime with Good Company (WCWB cond. John Herbert) Holst - March from Suite No. 2 in F (WCWB cond. David Parsonage) Dvorak - Song to the Moon Rachmaninoff - Vocalise Bizet - Habañera Tchaikovsky - Overture “1812” Supporting Macmillan Cancer Relief Saturday 17th March 2001 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Smetana - Vltava Manuel de Falla - Three Cornered Hat Suite No. 2 Rimsky Korsakov - Symphony No. 3 Supporting Shooting Star Appeal, Hope House and Nightingale House Saturday 25th November 2000 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Patrick Williams Leader: Mark Lansom Clarinet: Joanna Patton Bizet - Carmen Suite Copland - Clarinet Concerto Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 Supporting Multiple Sclerosis Support Centre

1999-2000 Season

Saturday 1st July 2000 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Laurence Perkins Leader: Mark Lansom Bassoon: Rebekah Matthews Bizet - L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 Weber - Bassoon Concerto Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2 Supporting Shooting Star Appeal Saturday 15th April 2000 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Craig Clewley Violin: Phillip Boyden Elgar - Cockaigne Bruch - Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Prokofiev - Symphony No. 7 Supporting The Stroke Association Saturday 27th November 1999 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Huw Gareth Williams Leader: Mark Lansom Piano: Teleri-Sian Rimsky Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 Supporting Operation Christmas Child

1998-1999 Season

Saturday 3rd July 1999 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Patrick Williams Leader: Mark Lansom Cello: Ruth Bingham Humperdinck - Overture “Hansel & Gretel” Elgar - Cello Concerto Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 Supporting Shooting Star Appeal Saturday 17th April 1999 - NEWI William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Mark Lansom Leader: Giulia de Rosa Herold - Overture “Zampa” Khachaturian - Spartacus Suite No. 2 Nielsen - Symphony No. 1 Supporting MS Support Centre, Saltney Saturday 12th December 1998 Conductor: Paul Whittaker Leader: Mike Vellacott Christmas concert - more details needed Saturday 21st November 1998 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Alan Lees Violin: Steven Wilkie Leader: Giulia Derosa Verdi - Overture “Force of Destiny” Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E Minor Franck - Symphony Supporting Clwyd Special Riding Centre

1997-1998 Season

Saturday 4th July 1998 - William Aston Hall, Wrexham Conductor: Laurence Perkins Piano: Colin Graham Leader: Mark Lansom Borodin - In The Steppes of Central Asia Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 Rimsky Korsakov - Scheherazade Supporting Maelor Hospital Millennium Wing Saturday 4th April 1998 Conductor: Paul Whittaker Leader: Mark Lansom Elgar - Cockaigne Sibelius - Valse Triste Grieg - Suite from Peer Gynt Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 Saturday 21st March 1998 - Wallasey Town Hall Conductor: Paul Whittaker Elgar - Cockaigne Tchaikovsky - Waltz from Eugene Onegin Coleridge Taylor - Petits Suite du Concert Waldtuefel - Skaters Waltz Coates - Dambusters March German - Welsh Rhapsody Mascagni - Intermezzo (“Cavalier Rusticana”) Elgar - Salut d’Amor Grieg - Suite from Peer Gynt Coates - March Youth Of England Sibelius - Valse Triste Grace Williams - Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Themes Saturday 13th December 1997 - All Saints Parish Church, Gresford Conductor: Paul Whittaker Leader: Benjamin Lowe Sopranos: Claire Snaith, Karen Davies-Jones Tenor: Rex Hester Suppé - Overture “Light Cavalry” Strauss - Pizzicato Polka Verdi - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (“Nabucco”) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Waldteufel - Skaters Waltz Mozart - Chorus of the Voyagers (“Idomineo”) Unto Us Is Born A Son Tchaikovsky - Waltz (“Eugene Onegin”) Mozart - Toy Symphony Verdi - Brindisi (“La Traviata”) The First Nowell Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 Good King Wenceslas Elgar - Nimrod Borodin - Polotsvian Dances

1996-1997 Season

Saturday 22nd November 1997 - All Saints Parish Church, Gresford Conductor: Garry Walker Leader: Benjamin Lowe Beethoven - Overture “Egmont” Sibelius - Karelia Suite Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite Dvorak - Symphony No. 6