Concerts 2024
6pm, Saturday 16 March 2024
Reigate Park Church
Conductor: John Beswick
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Strauss: Oboe Concerto (Fergus McReady, oboe)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
6 January 2024
Winter Workshop 2024
Reigate Park Church
Conductor: John Beswick
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Concerts 2023
6pm, Saturday 18 November 2023
Reigate Park Church
Conductor: John Beswick
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto no. 1 (Ruwan Dias, cello)
Cesar Franck: Symphony in D minor
6pm, Saturday 1 July 2023
St Mary's Church, Reigate
Conductor: John Beswick
Milhaud: Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto (Hannah Hever, Clarinet)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
6pm, Saturday 18 March 2023
Reigate Park Church
Conductor: John Beswick
Walton: Prelude to Richard III
Elgar: Sospiri
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Elgar: Violin Concerto (Michael Foyle, Violin)
7 January 2023
Winter Workshop 2023
Reigate Park Church
Conductor: John Beswick
Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Concerts 2022
November 2022
Conductor: John Beswick
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bald Mountain
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite
June 2022
Conductor: John Beswick
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (Fiona Harrison, Guitar)
Dvorak:Symphony No. 6
March 2022
Conductor: John Beswick
Elgar: Froissart Overture
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Piano: Ivana Gavric)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
Concerts 2021
June 2021
Conductor: John Beswick
Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture
Mendelssohn: Die Schöne Melusine
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
November 2021
Conductor: John Beswick
Weber: Der Freischütz Overture
Reinecke: Flute Concerto (Flute: Lynn Myall)
Sibelius: Symphony no. 3
Concerts 2019
November 2019
Conductor: John Beswick
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsoldy Op. 11 No. 1
Debussy: Prelude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune
Ravel: Shéhérazade (Soprano: Susan Gritton)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
June 2019
Conductor: John Beswick
Copland: Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra
Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye Suite (Mother Goose)
Debussy: La Petite Suite
March 2019
Conductor: John Beswick
Weber: Oberon Overture
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (Soloist: Nazrin Rashidova)
Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major
Concerts 2018
December 2018
Conductor: John Beswick
Nielsen: Helios Overture
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (Soloist: Michael Foyle)
Sibelius: Symphone No. 2 in D Major
March 2018
Conductor: John Beswick
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Milhaud: Saxophone concerto Scaramouche (Anthony Brown, saxophone)
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite
Concerts 2017
November 2017
Conductor: John Beswick
Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor (Tim Posner, cello)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
March 2017
Conductor: John Beswick
Chowne: Morning Chatter – Overture for Strings (world premiere)
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Honegger: Pacific 231
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Concerts 2016
March 2016
Conductor: John Beswick
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto (Ivana Gavric, piano)
Nielsen: Symphony No.4 (The Inextinguishable)
June 2016
Conductor: John Beswick
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Mozart: Symphony No.35 (Haffner)
November 2016
Conductors: Peter Farrant and John Beswick
Remembrance Classics with Reigate and Redhill Choral Society
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Sir Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man
Carr: Prayer of St Francis (World Premiere)
Concerts 2015
November 2015
Conductor: John Beswick
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto (Stephen Calow, tuba)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
July 2015
Conductor: John Beswick
Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin
James Francis Brown: Clarinet Concerto
Clarinet Soloist: Catriona Scott
Faure: Pavane
Poulenc: Sinfonietta
March 2015
Conductor: John Beswick
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.2
Piano soloist: Alexander Ullman
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Concerts 2014
November 2014
Conductor: John Beswick
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante
Soloists: Sarah Willcock, Kathy Bucknill, Phil Gwilt, Mark Welling
Beethoven: Ah Perfido
Soloist: Alice Bishop
Steve Chowne: Rosetta (World Premiere)
Brahms: Haydn Variations
October 2014
Conductor: John Beswick
Schubert Symphony No 9
Beethoven: Symphony No 9
with the English Arts Chorale
June 2014
Conductor: John Beswick
Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Vaughan-Williams: Oboe Concerto
Oboe soloist: Fiona Myall
Bizet: Symphony No 1
April 2014
Conductor: Leslie Olive
Elgar: Dream of Gerontius
with the English Arts Chorale
March 2014
Conductor: John Beswick
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Violin: David Burton, Cello: Julian Gillett, Piano: Noriko Shorney
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2
Concerts 2013
November 2013
Conductor: John Beswick
Holst: Perfect Fool (Ballet Music)
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 “Organ Symphony”
Organist: Geoff Lloyd
June 2013
Conductor: John Beswick
Elgar: In the South (Alassio) overture
Paule Maurice: Tableaux de Provence
Saxophone soloist: Anthony Brown
Copland: Rodeo Suite
April 2013
Conductor: Matthew Willis
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts
with the Epworth Choir, Godalming Choral Society and Woking Symphony Orchestra
March 2013
Conductor: John Beswick
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony (No 1)
Schubert: Symphony No 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor)
Piano soloist: Ivana Gavric
Concerts 2012
November 2012
Conductor: John Beswick
Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Faure: Prelude to Penelope
Saint-Saens: Havanaise for violin and orch
Violin soloist: Sean Dunn
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2
September 2012
Conductor: John Beswick
Mozart: Serenade for 13 wind instruments
June 2012
Conductor: John Beswick
Mendelssohn: Hebrides overture
Mozart: Bassoon concerto
Bassoon soloist: Ashley Myall
Beethoven: Symphony No 2
March 2012
Conductor: Chris Braime
Rimsky-Korskov: Overture on Russian Themes
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No 3
Violin soloist: Kai Gleusteen
Brahms: Symphony No 4
Concerts 2011
November 2011
Conductor: John Andrews
Weber: Freischutz overture
Gliere: Harp Concerto
Harp soloist: Keziah Thomas
Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Sibelius: Symphony No 5
July 2011
Conductor: Peter Farrant
Dvorak: New World symphony
Vaughan-Williams: Sea Symphony
Soloists: Alison Pearce & Jozif Koc
June 2011
Conductor: John Beswick
Sponsored “open access” event including Beethoven symphonies
March 2011
Conductor: Damian Penfold
Brahms: Tragic overture
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Soprano: Susan Gritton
Mahler: Symphony No 4
Concerts 2010
November 2010
Conductor: Matthew Willis
Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody
Elgar: Cello concerto
Cello soloist: Gerald Peregrine
Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No 5