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.
2009/10
Music Director: Robin Browning Assistant Conductor: Harriet Oughton Leader: Alice Plant President: Katherine Hattersley5th / 6th December 2009: Turner Sims Concert Hall Elgar: In the South Elgar: Cello Concerto (Soloist: John Myerscough) Nielsen: Aladdin Suite Sibelius: Symphony no.1
6th / 7th March 2010: Romsey Abby, Romsey / St. Mary's Church, Southampton Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments Mahler: Symphony no. 9
5th / 6th June 2010: Turner Sims Concert Hall Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 Shostakovich: Jazz Suite no.2 Borodin: Polovtsian Dances Kachaturian: Waltz from Masquerade Suite
2008/9
Music Director: Robin Browning Assistant Conductor: Adam Crane Leader: Alice Plant President: Amelia Thurston5th / 6th December 2008: Turner Sims Concert Hall Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso Lalo: Symphonie Espagnol (Soloist: Tania Goldberg) Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter Glinka: Russian & Ludmilla Overture Debussy: Iberia
7th / 8th March 2009: St. Mary's Church, Southampton / King Alfred Hall, Winchester Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead Shostakovich: Symphony no. 10
6th / 7th June 2009: Turner Sims Concert Hall Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite Stravinsky: Petrushka Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet
2007/8
Music Director: Robin Browning Assistant Conductor: Dominic Harries Leader: Rachel Butterworth President: Mark Bamping1st / 2nd December 2007: Turner Sims Concert Hall
8th / 9th March 2008: Romsey Abby, Romsey / St. Mary's Church, Southampton (Soloist: Felicity Vine)
6th / 7th June 2008: Turner Sims Concert Hall Arnold: English Dances Suite 1 Bizet: Carmen Suites 1 & 2 Ravel: Bolero Zimmer: Music from Gladiator Shostakovich: Symphony no. 6
2006/7
Music Director: Robin Browning Assistant Conductor: Leader: President:2005/6
Music Director: Robin Browning Assistant Conductor: Tom Horn Leader: Tom Horn President: Lyndsay Gillot3rd / 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 2006: 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 Ireson2nd / 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 Smith13th / 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: Symphony No. 2 Inner Light, a composition by former Southampton University student Fung Lam Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme by Paganini (soloist: Paul Gardner)
2001/2
Music Director: Robin Browning Assistant Conductor: Marcus Reeves Leader: Colin Reynolds President: Jane Bevan8th / 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 Bishop8th / 9th December 2000: Turner Sims Concert Hall Wagner: Rienzi Overture 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 Meers27th / 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 Hampton28th / 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 Cox28th / 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 Thomas23rd / 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 1997: 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 Hayes8th / 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 Hayes3rd December 1994: Turner Sims Concert Hall Elgar: Chanson de Nuit Chanson de Matin Copland: Appalachian Spring Mahler: Symphony no. 1