History
Southampton University Symphony Orchestra History compiled by Lyndsay Gillot. If you have anything to add to the history of SUSO please email the Webmaster.
2005/6
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor: Tom Horn
Leader: Tom Horn
President: Lyndsay Gillot
3rd / 4th December 2005: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Sibelius: Tapiola
Adams: The Chairman Dances
Bernstein: On the Waterfront
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4: The Inextinguishable
18th / 19th March 2006: St. Mary's Church, Southampton / Thornden Hall, Chandler's Ford
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 11 The Year 1905
10th / 11th June: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Mussorgsky: Night on Bare Mountain
Khachaturian: Concert Suite from Masquerade & Gayanneh
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
2004/5
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor: Kathryn Chesworth
Leader: Tom Horn
President: Jonny Ireson
2nd / 3rd December 2004: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Sibelius: Tapiola
Adams: The Chairman Dances
Bernstein: On the Waterfront
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 The Inextinguishable
12th / 13th March 2005: Romsey Abbey, Romsey / Thornden Hall, Chandler's Ford
Britten: Four Sea Interludes
Mahler: Symphony no. 6 'Tragic'
10th / 11th June 2005: St. Mary's Church, Southampton / Turner Sims Concert Hall
Sibelius: Finlandia
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 9
Shostakovich: Jazz Suite no. 2
R. Strauss: Don Juan
2003/4
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor: Jo Mattock
Leader: Tom Nelson
President: Dave Smith
13th / 14th March 2004 - Thornden hall, Chandler's Ford / St. Mary's Church, Southampton
Glinka: ?
Rachmaninov: ?
Shostakovich: ?
2002/3
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor: ?
Leader: ?
President: ?
Wagner: Rienzi Overture
Brahms: Second Symphony
Inner Light, a composition by former Southampton University student Fung Lam
Rachmaninov's Variations on a Theme by Paganini with soloist Paul Gardner.
2001/2
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor: Marcus Reeves
Leader: Colin Reynolds
President: Jane Bevan
8th / 9th December 2001: Tuner Sims Concert Hall
Nielsen: Helios Overture
Lutoslawski: Livre pour Orchestre
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite no. 2
Holst: The Planets
22nd March 2002: Southampton Guildhall
Evan Jolly: New Work (World premiere)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C minor 'Ressurrection'
25th / 26th May 2002 Portsmouth Cathedral / Turner Sims Concert Hall
Maxwell Davies: An Orkeny Wedding with Sunrise
Khachaturian: Gayanneh
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Sibelius: Symphony no. 5
2000/1
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor: David Smith
Leader: Elizabeth Spencer
President: Chris Bishop
8th / 9th December 2000: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Wagner: Overture: Rienzi
Britten: The Young Perons's Guide to the Orchestra
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
9th / 10th March 2001: St. Mary's Church, Southampton / Romsey Abbey, Romsey
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Saint-Saens: Symphony no. 3 Organ
12th / 13th May 2001: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Shostakovich: Festival Overture
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique'
1999/2000
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor: Jonathan Payne
Leader: Elizabeth Spencer
President: Steven Meers
27th / 28th November 1999
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain
Sibelius: Symphony no. 6
Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suites 1 & 2 excepts
23rd / 25th February 2000: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Field: Voce (world premiere)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Soloist : Phillip Jacobs)
J. Williams: Symphonic Suite from 'Star Wars'
Dvorak: Symphony no. 7
12th / 13th May 2000: Turner Sims Concert Hall / St. Peter's Church, Bournemouth
Chabrier: Espana
Elgar: Sospiri
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 12 'The Year 1917'
1998/9
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor:
Leader: Christine Woodward
President: Aaron Hampton
28th / 29th November 1998: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Wagner: Tannhauser Overture
Sibelius: En Saga
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4
27th / 28th February 1999 New Hall, Winchester / Turner Sims Concert Hall
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Francaix: L'Horloge de Flore
Debussy: La Mer
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
7th / 9th May 1999: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sceherazade
1997/8
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor: Leigh Aspin
Leader: Fiona Richards
President: Mark Cox
28th / 30th November 1997: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
28th / 7th March 1998: Turner Sims Concert Hall / Romsey Abbey, Romsey
Mahler: Blumine
Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Sibelius: Symphony no. 7
Mahler: Symphony no. 1
8th May / 9th May 1998 Turner Sims Concert Hall / City Hall, Salisbury
Britten: Russian Funeral Fanfare
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Arvo Part: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures from an Exhibition
1996/7
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor: Paul Ingram
Leader: Fiona Richards
President: Steve Thomas
23rd / 24th November 1996
Wagner: Overture Die Meistersinger
Strauss: Horn Concerto no. 1 (Soloist: Richard Bayliss)
Mahler: Symphony no. 5
28th February 1997: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Holst: The Planets Suite
9th / 10th May - St. Peter's Church, Bournemouth / Turner Sims Concert Hall
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Schubert: Symphony no. 8 'Unfinished'
Brhams: Symphony no. 2
30th July 1997: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Smetana: Vltava (Ma Vlast)
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Dvorak: Symphony no. 8
1995/6
Music Director: Robin Browning
Assistant Conductor: Paul Ingram
Leader: Tom Smith & Stephan Krautwald
President: Kathryn Hayes
8th / 10th December 1995: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Barber: First Essay for Orchestra
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Dvorak: Symphony no. 9 From the New World
9th / 10th March 1996
Neilsen: Helios Overture
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Britten: Four Sea Interludes
Sibelius: Symphony no. 2
1994/5
Music Director: Antony Dennant
Assistant Conductor:
Leader: Adrian Shaw
President Kathryn Hayes?
3rd December 1994: Turner Sims Concert Hall
Elgar: Chanson de Nuit
Chanson de Matin
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Mahler: Symphony no. 1