International Orchestral Series 2004/05

A Night in Vienna

Saturday 21st August 2004 7:30 pm - MKCO

On the Beautiful Blue Danube J. Strauss Jnr.
Light Cavalry Overture Suppe 
Radetsky March J. Strauss Snr.
Vilja from The Merry Widow Lehar

Soloist Rebecca Bottone 
Conductor Hilary Davan Wetton 

Conductor sponsored by Baker Tilly - 

There is a glittering start to the season with favourite music from the greatest of all musical cities.  Glamorous soprano Rebecca Bottone makes her first appearance in Milton Keynes and is sure to become a great favourite with all opera lovers.

Tchaikovsky meets Puccini

Sunday 26th September 2004 7:30 pm - CBSO

Overture Hansel & Gretel Humperdinck
Highlights from Tosca Puccini
Symphony no. 5 Tchaikovsky

Soloists Claire Rutter & Andrew Rees
Conductor Sakari Oramo

The CBSO make their inaugural appearance at Milton Keynes Theatre under their dynamic Musical director Sakari Oramo. His programme brings together an exciting mix of opera and romantic classical music.

Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in the auditorium.

Music for Heroes

Sunday 17th October 2004  7:30pm - MKCO

Violin Concerto in D major Brahms
Symphony no. 3 Eroica Beethoven
Overture Hebrides Mendelssohn

Soloist So-Ock Kim 
Conductor Hilary Davan Wetton 

Conductor sponsored by Baker Tilly - 

Fingal, the legendary Celtic hero, and Napoleon, the dedicatee of Beethoven’s Eroica symphony provide the inspiration for this concert of favourite works from the Romantic era. Violinist So-Ock Kim makes a welcome return to Milton Keynes to play one of the most demanding, and yet one of the most popular, concertos ever written.

Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in the auditorium.

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30th Birthday Treat

Saturday 29th January 2005 7:30pm - MKCO

 
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Rachmaninov
Firebird Suite Stravinsky
Béatrice and Bénédict Berlioz

Soloist Nikolai Demidenko
Conductor Hilary Davan Wetton 

Sponsored by DRS

Conductor sponsored by Baker Tilly - 

Thirty years ago Hilary Davan Wetton had a dream of creating a top quality professional orchestra in the newly created Milton Keynes. The MKCO quickly established itself as a group that could be favourably compared with any other orchestra in the country. In this birthday concert, Wetton conducts three of the great showpieces for orchestra from the past two hundred years. Nikolai Demidenko has a strong following in the region and is sure to bring his brilliant insight to what is one of the greatest piano concertos ever written.

Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in the auditorium.

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The Magic of Mozart

Sunday 27th February 2005 7:30pm - European Union Chamber Orchestra

Symphony no 29 Mozart
Piano concerto no 12 in A major Mozart
Adagio in B flat Mozart
Eine kleine Nachtmusik Mozart

Soloist John Lill
Conductor Mathias Wollong
Introduced by John Suchet

John Suchet joins Europe’s leading chamber orchestra as narrator in this exciting evening of Mozart’s music. They are joined by one of Britain’s premier pianists, John Lill, along with conductor Mathias Wollong.

Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in the auditorium.

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St John Passion 

3rd April 2005 7:30pm - MKCO

St. John Passion Bach 
Milton Keynes Chorale

Soloists:-

Thomas Walker Evangelist
Andrew Ashwin Christus
Kim Sheehan Soprano
Richard Scott Counter Tenor
Sean Clayton Tenor
Dawid Kimberg Baritone



Conductor Hilary Davan Wetton 

Conductor sponsored by Baker Tilly - 

For Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week, the MKCO and Milton Keynes Chorale join together in one of the greatest of all works inspired by religion. Bach’s setting of St. John’s transcendent story of the first Holy Week. In this performance the drama of the passion story will be enhanced by a semi-staged presentation which will add an extra dimension to an unforgettable experience.

Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in the auditorium.

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Classical Masterpieces

Sunday 17th April 7:30pm - CBSO 

Mother Goose Suite Ravel
Piano concerto in G major Ravel
Pictures at an Exhibition Mussorgsky

Soloist Peter Jablonski
Conductor Suzanna Malkki

The CBSO return with two of Finland’s finest musicians. Conductor Suzanna Malkki directs Mussorksky’s magnificent Pictures from an Exhibition and is joined by pianist Peter Jablonski performing Ravel’s glittering, jazz-infused G major piano concerto.

Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in the auditorium.

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West meets East

Saturday 30th April 2005 7:30pm - MKCO

Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin 
Suite: Fancy Free Bernstein
Symphony no. 5 Shostakovitch
Soloist Peter Seivewright
Conductor Sian Edwards 

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The MKCO’s recently appointed chief guest conductor, Sian Edwards, is becoming a firm favourite with Milton Keynes audiences. Her magnificent conducting of Shostakovich’s First Symphony last season brought demands for more. In this concert Shostakovich’s most popular work is paired with two of the finest works to come out of America’s Broadway tradition.

Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in the auditorium.

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Here Come The Classics 

Sunday 5th June 2005 7:30pm - RPO

William Tell Overture Rossini
Adagio for Strings Barber
Peer Gynt Grieg
O Sole Mio Di Capua
Nimrod Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March Elgar
Gayaneh-Sabre Dance Khachaturian
Nessun Dorma from Turandot Puccini
Bolero Ravel

Guest soloists
Conductor Philip Ellis

‘Conducting Here Come The Classics concerts is a particular pleasure for me. It never ceases to strike me just how brilliant, powerful and moving these works are. It’s no accident that they have achieved classic status. Generations of concertgoers can’t be wrong – these are great works!’ – 
Conductor Philip Ellis

Celebrating Summer

Friday 1st July 2005 7:30pm - MKCO

Symphony No.7 in A major Beethoven
Piano Concerto in A minor Schumann
Overture The Impresario Mozart

Soloist Lucy Parham
Conductor Sian Edwards 

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To end this exciting season, Sian Edwards returns to conduct a concert of scintillating brilliance. Beethoven’s most approachable symphony is coupled with Schumann’s ever-popular piano concerto, and Mozart’s overture to the operatic tongue-in-cheek exposure of money-grubbing theatre managers everywhere!

Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in the auditorium.

There will be a pre-concert talk at 6.30 p.m. before each performance with the exception of 21st August 2004 and 5th June 2005.

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