Southampton University Symphony Orchestra


Designed and Created by James Cheek 2007

Southampton University Symphony Orchestra History

compiled by Lyndsay Gillot

 

If you have anything to add to the history of SUSO please email website@suso.org.uk

 

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�s 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