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Concerts in the past twelve months

15/04/23 : April Concert 2023

Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini op. 32 (1876)

1996 recording. First half of Tom F's Concert programme.

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (1901-02)

On DVD. 1972 recording of performance in the Vienna Musikverein. Video direction: Humphrey Burton. Second half of Tom F's Concert programme.

14/01/23 : January Concert 2023

Franck: Psyché (Symphonic Poem for Orchestra and Chorus, 1887)

Éamon's first-half contribution to Concert programme. 1994 Chandos recording.

Florent Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé op. 50 (1907/1910)

Jim's first item in second part of Concert programme. 2010 ATMA Classique recording.

Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast (1931)

Jim's second item in second part of Concert programme. 1992 RCA Red Seal recording.

12/11/22 : November Concert 2022

Bruckner: Mass in D minor

David W's first-half contribution to Concert programme. From Hyperion CD recorded in 1993.

Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1 in E major

Ken's second-half contribution to Concert programme. YouTube video recorded on 13th April 2018 in the Auditorium of the Maison de la Radio in Paris.

30/07/22 : July Concert 2022

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings op. 31 (1943)

Dermot's first item in first part of Concert programme. YouTube video. Recorded during the Festival Musica sull’ Acqua in Colico, Italy (date unknown).

Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F major op. 75 (1811)

Dermot's second item in first part of Concert programme. YouTube video. Concert dates from 11th January 2005.

Weber: 'Der Freischütz' op. 77 : Huntsmen’s Chorus from Act III of Opera

Dermot's third item in first part of Concert programme. YouTube video. Recorded in 1968.

Stenhammar: Serenade in F major op. 31 (1911-13, revised 1919)

Jim's (second-half) contribution to Concert programme. Recorded at public performances at the Gothenburg Concert Hall in June 2014. BIS recording, released in November 2018. 7th February 2021 was the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. 8th July was Herbert Blomstedt's 95th birthday.