‘Rising Stars’ tenth anniversary concert, and a world premiere
Posted: March 13, 2013 Filed under: concert | Tags: Beethoven, Martin Leigh, Solihull, Solihull Symphony, world premiere Leave a comment
Saturday 16 March 2013 at 1800
Shirley Methodist Church
Stephen Webster: Three Experiences
(first performance, Solihull Symphony commission)
Debussy: Première rapsodie (Joshua Warhurst)
Sammartini: Recorder Concerto in F (Fazal Shah)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Felix Pong)
Cimarosa: Concerto for two flutes
(Catherine and Sarah O’Connor)
Beethoven: Symphony No 4
Solihull Symphony Orchestra
Martin Leigh, conductor
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Birmingham Chamber Orchestra rehearses in Symphony Hall
Posted: March 11, 2013 Filed under: concert, photographs | Tags: Birmingham, Birmingham Chamber Orchestra, Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem, Martin Leigh, music, symphony, Symphony Hall Leave a comment
A photograph from Saturday afternoon — Birmingham Chamber Orchestra rehearses with Mark Saberton, Derek Wroughton, and massed university choirs.
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Birmingham Chamber Orchestra in Symphony Hall
Posted: February 20, 2013 Filed under: concert | Tags: Birmingham, Birmingham Chamber Orchestra, Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem, Martin Leigh, symphony, Symphony Hall Leave a comment
We are proud to announce Birmingham Chamber Orchestra’s first performance in one of the great concert halls – Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
Saturday 9 March 2013 at 1900
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op.45
As part of the twenty-fifth Annual Cathedrals’ Group Choir Festival, the Orchestra’s first performance in Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Brahms’s remarkable German Requiem a work of huge eloquence, emotional honesty, for all people in every time.
This event is promoted by Newman University College.
Caroline Lester, soprano
Mark Saberton, baritone
Derek Wroughton, conductor
More details and tickets at: http://birminghamchamberorchestra.com/concerts.html
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Birmingham Chamber Orchestra in 2013
Posted: January 14, 2013 Filed under: concert | Tags: Albert Schnelzer, artrix, Beethoven, Birmingham, Birmingham Chamber Orchestra, Brahms, bromsgrove, David Quigley, Haydn, Martin Leigh, Michael Haydn, symphony, Symphony Hall Leave a comment
An exciting New Year for Birmingham Chamber Orchestra, including a first performance in Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
More details at: http://birminghamchamberorchestra.com/concerts.html
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Beethoven, Dvořák, and York with the Halesowen Orchestra
Posted: December 3, 2012 Filed under: concert | Tags: Barbara York, Beethoven, Dvorak, Golden Spinning Wheel, Martin Leigh, symphony, tuba Leave a comment
Saturday 8 December 2012 at 1930
Cornbow Hall, Halesowen
Dvořák: The Golden Spinning Wheel
Barbara York: Concerto for Tuba – first European performance
Beethoven: Two Romances
Beethoven: Symphony no.5
Halesowen Orchestra
Alycia Jewes, violin
Robert Payne, tuba
Martin Leigh, conductor
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Verdi, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky
Posted: November 7, 2012 Filed under: concert | Tags: Aida, Martin Leigh, Richard Wagner, Solihull, Solihull Symphony, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wesendonck lieder Leave a comment
Saturday 24 November 2012 at 1930
Shirley Methodist Church
Verdi: Aïda, Grand March and Ballabile
Wagner (orch. Mottl and Wagner): ‘Wesendonck’ Lieder
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4
Solihull Symphony Orchestra
Caroline Lester, soprano
Martin Leigh, conductor
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A portrait of the conductor
Posted: November 7, 2012 Filed under: photographs | Tags: Birmingham Chamber Orchestra, conductor, Martin Leigh, portrait Leave a comment
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Alexandra Wood plays Brahms’s violin concerto
Posted: September 12, 2012 Filed under: concert | Tags: alexandra wood, artrix, Birmingham Chamber Orchestra, Brahms, bromsgrove, Dvorak, Martin Leigh, symphony, violin concerto Leave a comment
Saturday 20 October at 1500
Artrix, Bromsgrove
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony no.6
Birmingham Chamber Orchestra
Alexandra Wood, violin
Martin Leigh, conductor
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Tickets available online here.
Excellent Development: Star Ya Thange Sand Dam
Posted: July 17, 2012 Filed under: concert | Tags: Excellent Development, sand dam, Star Ya Thange Mega Sand Dam Appeal Leave a comment
Please support Excellent Development’s appeal at justgiving.com. The Star Ya Thange Sand Dam is a wonderful cause, enabling a Kenyan community to help itself.
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Borodin and Dvořák with the Halesowen Orchestra
Posted: July 13, 2012 Filed under: concert | Tags: 'cello, Borodin, Dvorak, Glinka, Halesowen, Martin Leigh, Philip Handy Leave a commentSaturday 14 July 2012 at 1930
Cornbow Hall, Halesowen
Glinka: Overture ‘Russlan and Ludmilla’
Dvořák: ‘Cello Concerto op.104
Borodin: Symphony no.2
Halesowen Orchestra
Philip Handy, ‘cello
Martin Leigh, conductor
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