
A Night at the Oscars
Saturday 9th July 2022 - 7.30pm
St Mary's Church, Hitchin SG5 1HP
Music from Oscar-nominated films including:
La La Land
Pirates of the Caribbean
Star Wars
Skyfall
The Mission
...and many more!
Past Concerts

The Silver Chain of Sound
Saturday 19th March 2022
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Warlock: Capriol Suite
Holst: A Moorside Suite
Christmas... and all that jazz!
Saturday 18th December 2021
Corelli: Christmas Concerto
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Traditional: Carols (and Christmas schmaltz!)


Before the Romance
Saturday 16th November 2019
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Haydn: Symphony No. 8 - Le Soire
Beethoven: Romance in F
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue (Strings only)
CPE Bach: Symphony in E minor, WQ178
Schubert: Entr'Acte No. 5 from Rosamunde, D797
A Festival of English Music
Saturday 13th July 2019
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
John Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
Malcolm Arnold: Flute Concerto No. 1 (With soloist Emma Halnan)
Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Gerald Finzi: Preludein F minor


From Russia with Love
Saturday 23rd March 2019
Town Hall, Hitchin
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky: Adagio from Souvenir de Florence
Scriabin: Adante
Kalinnikov: Serenade
Shostakovich: Romance from the Gadfly
Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto
Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Family Christmas Concert
Saturday 15th December 2018
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
An hour of festive music with special guests, The Choirs of The Priory School.


Concertos by Candlelight
Saturday 10th November 2018
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Bach: Suite No. 2 BVW 1067 for Flute and Strings
Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C minor
Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor for Four Violins
Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for Two Cellos
Wilhelmine Von Bayreuth: Harpsichord Concerto in G minor
Summer Jazz Concert
Saturday 23rd June 2018
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Quincy Jones: Soul Bossa Nova and Quintessence
Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
Sade/Ray St John: Smooth Operator
Gershwin/DuBose Heyward: Summertime
Zequinha de Abreu: Tico Tico
Nacio Herb Brown: Temptation


Spring Concert
Saturday 17th March 2018
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.8
Telemann: Horn Concerto in D TWV 51:D8
Dvorak: Waltzes Op.54 (Nos.1 & 4)
Walton: Two Pieces for Strings from Henry 5th Suite: Passacaglia - Death of Falstaff; Touch Her Soft Lips and Part
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (Soloists: Ben Goldscheider (Horn) and Andrew Sutherland (Tenor))
Autumn Concert
Saturday 4th November 2017
Town Hall, Hitchin
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings (Two movements)
Dag Wiren: Serenade for Strings
Finzi: Romance for String Orchestra


Bach by Candlelight
Saturday 8th July 2017
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D, BWV 1058
J.S. Bach: Cantata for Soprano, Oboe, Strings and Continuo, BWV 84
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G, BWV 1048
J.S. Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Music for Strings and Harp
Saturday 8th July 2017
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No.5
Vaughan Williams: Dives and Lazarus
Holst: St Paul's Suite
Debussy: Danses Sacrée and Profane
Leroy Anderson: Fiddle Faddle
Giovanni Dettori: Lady Gaga Fugue


Spring Concert
Saturday 25th March 2017
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Britten: Simple Symphony Op.4
W. A. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Badelt Arr. Ricketts: Pirates of the Caribbean
Karl Jenkins: Palladio (1st movement)
Paul Lewis: Rosa Mundi
Piazzolla Arr. Kazik: Libertango
Kuchler: Concertino in D Op.15
Trad. Arr. Julie Lyonn Liebermann: Celtic Butterfly
Strauss: Pizzicato Polka
Autumn Concert
Saturday 12th November 2016
Town Hall, Hitchin
Popper: Requiem for Three Cellos
John Williams: Theme from Schindler's List
Vaughan Williams: Charterhouse Suite
John Rutter: Suite for Strings
Purcell: Chacony


Summer Concert
Saturday 9th July 2016
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 7
Bartok: Romanian Dances
Spring Concert
Saturday 5th March 2016
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Corelli: Christmas Concerto
J.S. Bach: Brandenberg Concerto No.4
Ireland: Minuet from the Downland Suite
Suk: Serenade for Strings
Jeffes: Perpetuum Mobile (Penguin Cafe)


Autumn Concert
Saturday 7th November 2015
St Mary's Church, Hitchin
Grieg: Elegiac Melodies
Vivaldi: Autumn from the Four Seasons
Boyce: Symphony No.4 in F
Warlock: Capriol Suite
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Grainger: Molly On The Shore
Inaugural Concert
Sunday 12th July 2015
Tilehouse Baptist Church, Hitchin
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Boyce: Symphony No.1 in B flat
Mozart: Divertimento in F
Corelli: Concerto Grosso No.4 in D
Vivaldi: Concerto for four violins and cello in B minor (Op.3 No.10)

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