{"id":14,"date":"2017-05-25T20:14:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T20:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorsetcountyorchestra.org.uk\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-06-28T11:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:50:03","slug":"programmes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dorsetcountyorchestra.org.uk\/index.php\/programmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

June 2026 Swanage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mendelssohn \u00a0– Hebrides Overture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glazunov \u00a0– The Sea, \u00a0Fantasy for Orchestra<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mendelssohn – \u00a0Scottish Symphony<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2026 Wimborne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tchaikovsky \u2013 Romeo and Juliet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tchaikovsky \u2013 Capriccio Italien<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tchaikovsky \u2013 Violin Concerto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 2025, Dorchester<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dvo\u0159\u00e1k \u2013 Overture Carnival  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smetana \u2013 Vltava  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chaminade \u2013 Flute Concertino <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dvor\u00e1k \u2013 American Suite <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bizet  Carmen Suite No. 2  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2025 Swanage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Wagner – The Flying Dutchman Overture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max Bruch – Kol Nidrei – soloist Hugo Svedberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antonin Dvorak Symphony No 8 in G Major<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2025  Wimborne Minster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto – soloist Sam Hanson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mussorsgky Pictures at an Exhibition <\/p>\n\n\n

November 2024 Dorchester<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wagner \u2013 Rienzi Overture<\/p>\n

Mozart \u2013 Clarinet Concerto (soloist Ivan Rogachev)<\/p>\n

Tchaikovsky \u2013 4th Symphony<\/p>\n

June 2024, Swanage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rossini \u2013 La Gazza Ladra Overture<\/p>\n

Beethoven \u2013 Romanze No 2 in F Major (soloist\u00a0B\u00e4rbel Glaser)<\/p>\n

Borodin \u2013 Polovtsian Dances<\/p>\n

March 2024, Wimborne Minster<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brahms – Academic Festival Overture<\/p>\n

Coates – Three Elizabeths Suite<\/p>\n

Saint-Saens – Organ Symphony<\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2023, Dorchester<\/strong><\/p>\n

Strauss – <\/strong>Die Fledermaus Overture<\/p>\n

\u00a0Schubert \u2013 <\/strong>Symphony no 8<\/p>\n

Faur\u00e9 \u2013 <\/strong>Masques et Bergamasques<\/p>\n

Tchaikovsky \u2013 <\/strong>Swan Lake Suite<\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2023, Swanage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colin Dance<\/strong>\u00a0– Symphony of Somerset<\/p>\n

Brahms<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>– Hungarian Dances<\/p>\n

Cesar Franck<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>– Symphony in D Minor<\/p>\n

Sibelius<\/strong>\u00a0– Finlandia<\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2023, Sherborne<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glinka<\/strong>\u00a0– Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla<\/p>\n

Beethoven<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>– Emperor Piano Concerto (soloist Ana Laura Manero)<\/p>\n

Sibelius<\/strong>\u00a0– Symphony No 1<\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n

Nov 2022, Dorchester<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wagner<\/strong> – Meistersingers Overture<\/p>\n

Tchaikovsky<\/b> <\/b>– Nutcracker Suite (excerpts)<\/p>\n

Brahms<\/strong> – Symphony No 2<\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2022, Swanage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rossini<\/strong> – Overture to The Barber of Seville<\/em><\/p>\n

Aaron Copland<\/b> <\/b>– Suite Rodeo
1. <\/span>Buckaroo Holiday
2. Corral Nocturne
3. Saturday Night Waltz
4. Hoe-Down
<\/b><\/p>\n

Dvorak – \u00a0<\/b><\/strong>Symphony from the New World<\/em><\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2022, Sherborne<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mozart<\/strong> – Overture to The Marriage of Figaro<\/em><\/p>\n

Dvo<\/b>\u0159ak <\/b>– Cello concerto (soloist – Arturo Serna)
<\/b><\/p>\n

Schumann<\/strong> – Symphony no. 3 (Rhenish)<\/em><\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2021, Dorchester<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mozart<\/strong> – Overture to La Clemenza de Tito<\/em><\/p>\n

Grieg<\/strong> – Peer Gynt<\/em> Suite 2<\/p>\n

Sibelius<\/strong> – Karelia Suite<\/p>\n

Tchaikovsky<\/strong> – Symphony no. 2 (Little Russian)<\/em><\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2021, Durweston <\/strong>(video and outside audience only)<\/p>\n

Strings: <\/strong>Holst St. Paul’s Suite & Dvorak Serenade (movements 1 & 3)<\/p>\n

Wind: <\/strong>Raff Sinfonietta<\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2020, Blandford<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte Overture – Mendelssohn Two Concert pieces for Clarinet and Basset Horn (Op 113\/114) – Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique<\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor.\u00a0 <\/em>Russel Shipley & Nigel Salmon – Clarinet & Basset Horn<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2019, Dorchester<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beethoven Creatures of Prometheus Overture – Saint Saens Violin concerto No 3 – Brahms symphony No 3<\/p>\n

Arturo Serna – Conductor. Piotr Kopec – Violin<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2019, Swanage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brahms Tragic Overture – Beethoven Emperor Piano Concerto – Tchaikovsky 3rd Symphony, ‘The Polish Symphony’
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Rosemary Tuck – Piano<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2019, Wimborne<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elgar ‘In the South’ – Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major – Bruckner 4th Symphony ‘The Romantic’
Martin Henderson – Conductor. Laura Vane – Bassoon.<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2018, Dorchester<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saint-Saens Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah – Haydn C Major cello Concerto – Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Arturo Serna – Conductor. Joe Pritchard – Cello<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2018, Swanage
<\/strong>Mozart – Magic Flute Overture – Elgar Cello Concerto – Dvorak symphony No 6 in D Major
Ian Pillow – Conductor. George Owen – Cello<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2018, Corfe Mullen<\/strong>
Ravel – Mother Goose Suite; Bartok – Romanian Folk Dances; Saint-Sa\u00ebns \u2013 Danse Macabre; Brahms \u2013 Symphony No. 1
Martin Henderson – Conductor. B\u00e4rbel Gl\u00e4ser \u2013 Violin<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2017, Dorchester<\/strong>
Weber – Der Freisch\u00fctz Overture; Haydn – Cello Concerto No.2; Beethoven – Symphony No.5
Arturo Serna – Cello\/Conductor<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2017, Swanage<\/strong>
Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No.1; Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No.2; Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Valerie Tsoi – Piano<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2017,\u00a0Wimborne Minster<\/strong>
Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2;\u00a0Dvo\u0159\u00e1k – Symphony No. 7
Martin Henderson – Conductor. Duncan Honeybourne – Piano<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2016, Dorchester<\/strong>
Nicolai – The Merry Wives of Windsor; Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major; Shostakovich – The Ball at the Palace (from Hamlet); Walton – Henry V Suite; Tchaikovsky – Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Catrin Win Morgan – Violin<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2016, Swanage<\/strong>
Brown – The Launching of the Boat; Beethoven – Triple Concerto; Vaughan Williams – London Symphony
Ian Pillow – Conductor. The Halyson Trio<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2016, Corfe Mullen<\/strong>
Borodin – Polovtsian Dances; Beethoven – Concerto for Violin and Oboe; Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4
Martin Henderson – Conductor. B\u00e4rbel Gl\u00e4ser – Violin; Helen Simpson – Oboe<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2015, Dorchester<\/strong>
Mozart – Magic Flute Overture; Brahms – Concerto for Violin and Cello; Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture; Elgar – Enigma Variations
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Patrick Curlett – Violin; Rosalie Curlett – Cello<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2015, Swanage<\/strong>
Sibelius – Sc\u00e8nes Historiques; Grieg – Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 (“Path\u00e9tique”)
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Duncan Honeybourne – Piano<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2015, Wimborne Minster<\/strong>
Debussy – Pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 l’Apr\u00e8s-Midi d’un Faune; Elgar – Cello Concerto; Dvo\u0159\u00e1k – Symphony No. 6
Martin Henderson – Conductor. Benjamin Birtle – Cello<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2014, Dorchester<\/strong>
Elgar – Wand of Youth Suite No. 1; Sibelius – Piano Valse Triste; Debussy – Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”)
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Russel Shipley – Clarinet<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2014, Swanage 2014<\/strong>
Shostakovich – Jazz Suite No. 2; Ireland – Piano Concerto; Dvo\u0159\u00e1k – Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Duncan Honeybourne – Piano<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2014, Wimborne Minster<\/strong>
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod; Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto; Brahms – Symphony No. 4
Martin Henderson – Conductor. Piotr Kopec – Violin<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2013, Dorchester<\/strong>
Britten – Courtly Dances from Gloriana; Vaughan Williams – Oboe Concerto; Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 2 (“Little Russian”)
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Helen Simpson – Oboe<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2013, Swanage<\/strong>
Elgar – Imperial March No 32; Dvo\u0159\u00e1k – Cello Concerto; Butterworth – A Shropshire Lad; Tchaikovsky – Overture Romeo & Juliet
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Janet Coles – Cello<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2013, Wimborne Minster<\/strong>
Borodin – Overture from Prince Igor; Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 3; Brahms – Symphony No 2
Martin Henderson – Conductor. <\/em>Olga Jegunova – Piano<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2012, Dorchester<\/strong>
Sibelius – Karelia Suite; Ernest Tomlinson – Trumpet Concerto (British Premi\u00e8re); Beethoven – Symphony No 7
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Katharine Curlett – Trumpet<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2012, Swanage<\/strong>
Handel – Concerto Grosso Op 6 in G minor; Ian Pillow – Sinfonia Concertante (Premi\u00e8re); Saint-Saens – “Organ” Symphony No 3
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Nathalie Green-Buckley – Viola; James Buckle – Bass Trombone<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2012, Wimborne Minster<\/strong>
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia; Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs; Antonin Dvo\u0159\u00e1k – Symphony No 8
Martin Henderson – Conductor. Anna Gregory – Soprano<\/em><\/p>\n

November 2011, Dorchester<\/strong>
Dvo\u0159\u00e1k – Slavonic Dances 6, 7 & 8; Franck – Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra; Elgar – Enigma Variations
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Freya Jones – Piano<\/em><\/p>\n

June 2011, Swanage<\/strong>
Delius – In a Summer Garden; Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Beethoven – Symphony No 6 (Pastoral)
Ian Pillow – Conductor. Sam Hanson – Piano<\/em><\/p>\n

March 2011, Wimborne Minster<\/strong>
Shostakovich – Festive Overture; Vaughan Williams – Norfolk Rhapsody; Mozart – Oboe Concerto in C; Tchaikovsky – Symphony No 1 – Winter Daydreams
Martin Henderson – Conductor. Sarah Shore – Oboe<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 2026 Swanage Mendelssohn \u00a0– Hebrides Overture Glazunov \u00a0– The Sea, \u00a0Fantasy for Orchestra Mendelssohn – \u00a0Scottish Symphony March 2026 Wimborne Tchaikovsky \u2013 Romeo and Juliet Tchaikovsky \u2013 Capriccio Italien […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorsetcountyorchestra.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorsetcountyorchestra.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorsetcountyorchestra.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorsetcountyorchestra.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorsetcountyorchestra.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/dorsetcountyorchestra.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1497,"href":"https:\/\/dorsetcountyorchestra.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/1497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorsetcountyorchestra.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}