South Cheshire RMS News
The following are recent programmes presented at SCRMS
| "Edward
Elgar" presented by Roger Fisher on 02 September 2008 |
| 1 | Overture, Wand of Youth Suite no 1 - opus 1a, | London Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Elgar -1928 |
| 2 | Ave verum corpus (opus 2), | Worcester Cathedral Choir, Robinson, |
| 3 | Salut d'Amour (opus 12,) | New Symphony Orchestra,Cond. Elgar -1929 |
| 4 | Overture:Froissart (opus 19) | Chester Orchestral Society, Cond. Fisher |
| 5 | Organ Sonata in G major (opus 28) | Roger Fisher, Port Elizabeth Cathedral |
| 6 | Enigma Variations (opus 36) Theme & Variations 8 & 9 | Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Cond. Elgar -1926 |
| 7 | Enigma Variations (opus 36) Variations 10 & 11, | Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Cond. Dutoit 1990 |
| 8 | Enigma Variations (opus 36) Finale | Royal Philharmonic, Beecham |
| 9 | Pomp and Circumstance March no 2 in A minor (opus 39) | Royal Albert Hall Orchestra - Cond. Elgar -1926 |
| 10 | Gerontius excerpt from Part II - opus 38, | Janet Baker, Halle, Barbirolli |
| 11 | Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor - opus 68 | Montreal symphony Orchestra - Dutoit |
| 12 | In the South Concert Overture, opus 50 | BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. Noseda |
| 13 | Symphony no 2 in E flat major - opus 63 - ending | London Symphony Orchestra - Cond. Colin Davis |
| 14 | Symphony no 2 in E flat major - opus 63 - opening | London Symphony Orchestra - Cond. Elgar -1927 |
| 15 | Symphony no 2 in E flat major - opus 63 - opening | London Symphony Orchestra - Cond. Colin Davis |
| 16 | Dream of Gerontius - excerpt from part 1- opus 38 | Heddle Nash, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult |
| 17 | Gerontius - "Praise to the Holiest" | Halle Chorus, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus & The Ambrosian Singers - Halle, Barbirolli |
| 18 | Gerontius -'The Judgement | Janet
Baker, Richard Lewis, KimBorg & The Ambrosian Singers, Halle Orchestra, Barbirolli) |
| 19 | Gerontius - "Softly & Gently" | Janet Baker, Halle Chorus, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus & The Ambrosian Singers - Halle Orchestra, Barbirolli |
|
"War
and Peace" presented by Rita Davies on 16 September 2008 |
| 1 | Tchaikovsky | 1812 Overture, | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Solti |
| 2 | Beethoven | Symphony No 3 in E Flat op 55, Eroica, 3rd movement Scherzo | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur |
| 3 | Mendelssohn | Kyrie eleison for double choir, | Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra with Matthew Best |
| 4 | Butterworth | On the Banks of Green Willow" | English String Orchestra with William Boughton |
| 5 | Vaughan Williams | Symphony No 3 Pastoral 4th movement, | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Alison Barlow, Soprano |
| 6 | Holst | The Planet Suite, Mars and Venus, nos. 1 and 2 | BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier |
| 7 | Shostakovich | Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, 4th movement, Allegro non troppo, | Halle Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski |
| 8 | Bernstein | West Side Story, "Quintet" | Original sound track recording |
| 9 | Britten | War Requiem Part 4 "Benedictus" | The City of Birmingham Chorus and Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle Soloist Elisabeth Soderstrom |
| 10 | Karl Jenkins |
The Armed Man, "The Armed Man" & "Better is Peace", |
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"The
Actress and the Bishop" presented by John Fuller on 07 October 2008 |
1 | Mussorgsky | Boris Godonuv - Coronation Scene |
| 2 | Richard Strauss | Salome - Salome's Dance |
| 3 | Puccini | Suor Angelica - Aria Senza Mama |
| 4 | Prokofiev | Betrothal in a Monastery' - Prelude, Serenade, Dance |
| 5 | Puccini | Tosca - Aria Recondita Armonia' - The Te Deum |
| 6 | Handel | The Resurrection of our Father, Jesus Christ - Angels Aria |
| 7 | Verdi | La Forza del Destino - Act II Finale |
| 8 | Saint-Saens | Samson and Delilah - Aria 'Mon coeur s'ouvre a to voix' |
| 9 | Poulenc | Les Dialogues des Carmelites - Final scene. |