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13th June - The Sage Gateshead , Jesmond

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Conductor Tim Reynish, Soloist  Emma Johnson MBE
Delius	Brigg Fair
Mozart	Clarinet Concerto
Will Todd	Jazz Concerto for Clarinet
Elgar	Enigma Variations

30th January - St. George's Jesmond, Newcastle
31sh January - Gala Theatre, Durham

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Conductor Philippe Bach, Soloist Andrew Watkinson
Mahler	Symphony No. 1
Tchaikovsky	Violin Concerto

11th Oct - St George's Church, Jesmond
10th Oct - Durham Cathedral, Durham

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Conductor John Wilson, Soloist  Warren Zielinski
Borodin	Prince Igor Overture
Glazunov	Violin Concerto in A Minor Op.82
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 4 in F Minor Op.36

16th May - Church of St Anne's, Battlefield, Newcastle
15th May - Durham Cathedral, Durham

Jeremy Silver - Geoffrey Silver (violin)
Mendelssohn	Violin Concerto
Beethoven	Leonora No.2
Sibelius	Symphony No. 2 in D, Op 43

11th January - Gala Theatre, Durham

James Burton - Gulsin Onay (piano)
Greig	Piano Concerto
Weber	Freischutz Overture
Brahms	Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

12th October - St George's Church, Jesmond

Timothy Reynish - Alexander Baillie ('cello)
Dvorak	'Cello Concerto
Rachmaninov	Symphony No. 2

11th October - Durham Cathedral

Timothy Reynish - Alexander Baillie ('cello)
Beethoven	Egmont Overture
Dvorak	'Cello Concerto
Rachmaninov	Symphony No. 2

26th April - Durham Cathedral

Timothy Reynish - Geoffrey Silver (violin)
Mendelssohn	Ruy Blas Overture
Bruch	Violin Concerto
Dvorák	Symphony No. 9 "New World"

13th October - Durham Cathedral

Stephen Bell - Alexander Somov ('cello)
Mendelssohn	Overture: The Hebrides
Elgar	'Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 5

19th May - Durham Cathedral

Philippe Bach - Geoffrey Silver (violin)
Butterworth Shropshire Lad	Overture: The Hebrides
Sibelius	Violin Concerto
Bartok	Concerto for Orchestra

21st January - Gala Theatre, Durham

Jamie Burton - Gulsin Onay (piano)
Borodin	Prince Igor Overture
Rachmaninov	Piano Concerto No. 3
Sibelius	Symphony No. 5

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14th October - Durham Cathedral

Baldur Brönniman - Gina McCormack (violin) - Durham Singers
Vaughan-Williams	Serenade to Music
Brahms	Violin Concerto
Shostakovich	Symphony No. 5

6th May - Durham Cathedral

Philippe Bach - Chris Houlding (trombone)
Vaughan-Williams	Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Bourgeois	Trombone Concerto
Elgar	Symphony No. 1

22nd January - Gala Theatre, Durham

Jamie Burton - Andrew Watkinson (violin)
Dvorak	Serenade for Wind
Stravinsky	Pulcinella Suite
Beethoven	Violin Concerto

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8th October - Durham Cathedral

Baldur Brönniman - Elisabeth Wingfield (mezzo-soprano)
Wagner	Flying Dutchman Overture
Strauss	Four Last Songs
Brahms	Symphony No. 1

18th June - The Sage Gateshead

Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society
Stanford	Songs of the Fleet
Vaughan-Williams	A Sea Symphony

22nd January - Gala Theatre, Durham

Timothy Reynish - Venera Bojkova (piano)
Mozart	Overture to Don Giovanni
Mozart	Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488
Dvorak	Symphony No. 7

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9th October - Durham Cathedral

Simon Wright - Iona Brown (violin)
Dvorak	Carnival Overture
Barber	Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 6

3rd April - Civic Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society
Poulenc	Gloria
Jenkins	The Armed Man

22nd January - Gala Theatre, Durham

Simon Wright - Peter Francombe (horn)
Copland	Appalachian Spring
Mozart	Horn concerto No. 4
Mozart	Horn Koncert Rondo
Beethoven	Symphony No. 5

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11th October - Durham Cathedral

Baldur Brönniman - David Murray (piano)
Parry	Blessed Pair of Sirens
Rachmaninov	Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvorak	Symphony No. 7

17th May - Durham Cathedral

Timothy Reynish - Scott Farrell (organ)
Shostakovich	Festival Overture
Albinoni	Adagio for Organ and Strings
Franck	Chorale No. 3 in A minor
Tchaikovsky	"Manfred" Symphony

19th January - Gala Theatre, Durham

Simon Wright - David Haslam (flute)
Rossini	William Tell Overture
Ibert	Flute Concerto
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian"

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12th October - Durham Cathedral

Baldur Brönniman - Catriona McKay (harp) - John Treherne (harpsichord) - David Murray (piano)
Weber	Overture: Der Freischütz
Martin	Petite Symphony Concertante for Harp, Piano and Harpsichord
Berlioz	Symphonie Fantastique

15th June - Durham Cathedral

Baldur Brönniman - Alexander Somov ('cello)
Handel	Zadok the Priest
Tchaikovsky	Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky	Rococo Variations
Walton	Orb and Sceptre
Janácek	Taras Bulba

17th March - City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society
Verdi	Requiem

23rd February - Abbey Centre, Durham

Simon Wright
Weber	Invitation to the Dance
Rossini	Boutique Fantastique
Strauss	Blue Danube & Egyptian March
Kodaly	Dances of Galanta
Delibes	Coppelia Prelude and Mazurka
Tchaikovsky	Sleeping Beauty

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13th October - Durham Cathedral

Andre de Ridder
Brahms	Tragic Overture
Elgar	Enigma Variations

5th May - Durham Cathedral

Andre de Ridder - Christine Cairns (mezzo-soprano)
Mahler	Kindertotenlieder
Schumann	Symphony No. 3
Mahler	Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)

7th April - Civic Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society
Britten	St Nicholas
Schubert	Mass in Ab

1st April - Weardale

Crook and Weardale Choral Society
Handel	The Messiah

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7th October - Durham Cathedral

Sachio Fujioka - Alexander Baillie ('cello) - Durham Singers
Copland	Fanfare for the Common Man
Elgar	'Cello Concerto
Holst	The Planets

6th February - Abbey Centre, Durham

Simon Wright - Durham Singers - Troiani - Hindmarsh
Berlioz	Roman Carnival Overture
Monteverdi	Beatus Vir
Mendelssohn	Italian Symphony
Verdi	Grand March, Hebrew Slaves, Brindisi
Puccini	O Mio Babbino Caro, Che Gelida Manian, Nessun Dorma
Tchaikovsky	Capriccio Italien

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9th October - Durham Cathedral

Sachio Fujioka - Robert Plane (clarinet)
Beethoven	Consecration of the House Overture
Mozart	Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622
Strauss	Also Sprach Zarathustra

15th May - Durham Cathedral

Baldur Brönniman - Iona Brown (violin) - Michael Gerrard (viola)
Brahms	Tragic Overture
Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante K364
Brahms	Symphony No. 2 in D major

6th February - Abbey Centre, Durham

Simon Wright - Durham Singers
Glinka	Rusland and Ludmilla Overture
Franck	Symphony in D minor
Fauré	Pavane
Fauré	St Jean de Racinne
Mendelssohn	Nocturne and Wedding March
Tchaikovsky	Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

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3rd October - Durham Cathedral

Sachio Fujioka
Prokofiev	Selection from "Romeo and Juliet"
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 5

20th May - Durham Cathedral

Benjamin Zander - Alexander Baillie ('cello)
Dvorak	'Cello Concerto in D minor
Shostakovich	Symphony No. 5

21st March - Civic Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society
Brahms	Requiem

31st January - Abbey Centre, Durham

Simon Wright - Durham Singers
Bernstein	Candide Overture
Gershwin	An American in Paris
Copland	Rodeo
Copland	Tender lands
Williams	Star Wards
Williams	Raiders of the Lost Ark

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4th October - Durham Cathedral

Simon Wright - Peter Francombe (horn)
Mozart	Impresario Overture
Strauss	Horn Concerto Op 11
Mahler	Symphony No. 5

17th May - Durham Cathedral

Sachio Fujioka - Bradley Creswick (violin)
Tchaikovsky	Violin Concerto
Sibelius	Symphony No. 1

15th February- Abbey Centre, Durham

Alan Fearon - Michael Higgins (piano)
Handel	Fireworks Music Suite
Elgar	Froissart Overture
Shostakovich	Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 3

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5th October - Durham Cathedral

Simon Wright - James Lancelot (organ)
Gabrielli	Brass Pieces
Brahms	Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Barber	Adagio
Saint Saens	Organ Symphony No. 3 in E minor, Op. 78

27th April - Abbey Centre, Durham

Alan Fearon - Richard Martin (trumpet)
Verdi	Forza del Destino Overture
Chabrier	Suite Pastorale
Carter	Benedicite
Brahms	Symphony No. 3

23rd March - St George's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society
Rutter	Magnificat
Vaughan-Williams	In Windsor Forest
Carter	Benedicite

3rd February - Sunderland University

Simon Wright - Martin Jones (piano)
Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue
Grainger	Pieces
Rachmaninov	Symphony No. 2

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14th October - Durham Cathedral

Simon Wright
Mahler	Symphony No. 3

15th July - Wallington Hall, Northumberland

Strauss

"Strauss Waltzes"

10th June - Chesters

"Fireworks Night"

13th May - Durham Cathedral

Philip Gibson - Peter Francombe (horn)
Elgar	3 Bavarian Dances
Strauss	Horn Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 6

1st April - St George's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society
Mendelssohn	Elijah

11th February - Abbey Centre, Durham

Simon Wright - Lorraine McAslan (violin)
Brahms	Academic Festival Overture
Bruch	Scottish Fantasy
Ravel	Pavane
Borodin	Symphony No. 2

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19th November - St George's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Len Young
Mozart	Requiem

22nd October - City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Benjamin Luxon
	"Last Night of the Proms"

15th October - Durham Cathedral

Sachio Fujioka - Alexander Baillie ('cello)
Britten	Russian Funeral Music
Taverner	The Protecting Veil
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 4

8th October - Durham Cathedral

Voices for Hospices
Handel	The Messiah

14th May - St George's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Timothy Reynish - Andrew Watkinson (violin)
Strauss	Death and Transfiguration
Elgar	Violin Concerto

12th March - St George's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Verdi

Requiem

20th February - Durham Castle

Andrew Constantine - Martin Roscoe (piano)
Haydn	Symphony No. 44
Beethoven	Piano Concerto No. 4
Mendelssohn	'Scottish Symphony

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16th October - City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Benjamin Luxon
	"Last Night of the Proms"

9th October - Durham Cathedral

Simon Wright
Mahler	Symphony No. 2

15th May - Durham Cathedral

Sachio Fujioka - Lorraine McAslan (violin)
Wagner	Tannhauser Overture
Bruch	Violin Concerto
Brahms	Symphony No. 2

20th March - St George's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Alexander Baillie ('cello/conductor)
Bach	Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky	Rococo Variations
Fauré	Elegy
Debussy	Petite Suite
Schubert	Symphony No. 4

14th March - St George's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society
Elgar	Dream of Gerontius

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17th October - Durham Cathedral

Bramwell Tovey - Bradley Creswick (violin)
Smetena	From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
Smetena	The Moldau
Mussorgsky	Pictures at an Exhibition
Beethoven	Violin Concerto

10th October - City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Benjamin Luxon
	"Last Night of the Proms"

17th May - Ampleforth, North Yorks

Simon Wright - John Wallace (trumpet)
Johnson	Dawn Call
Dvorak	Czech Suite
Arutunian	Trumpet Concerto
Sibelius	Symphony No. 5

16th May - Durham Cathedral

Simon Wright - John Wallace (trumpet)
Johnson	Dawn Call (first performance)
Dvorak	Czech Suite
Haydn	Trumpet Concerto
Sibelius	Symphony No. 5

2nd February - Van Mildert College, Durham

En Shao - Martin Roscoe (piano)
Bach	Third Suite
Kodaly	Dances of Galanta
Brahms	Piano Concerto No. 1

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19th October - Durham Cathedral

Paul Watkins - Tim Hugh ('cello)
Beethoven	Consecration of the House Overture
Elgar	'Cello Concerto
Dvorak	Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'

6th October - City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Len Young
	"Last Night of the Proms"

4th May - Durham Cathedral

En Shao
Vaughan Williams	Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Bruckner	Symphony No. 7, E major

16th March - Newcastle Cathedral

Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society
Mozart	Requiem
Mozart	Solemn Vespers

3rd February - Van Mildert College, Durham

Simon Wright - Bradley Creswick (violin) - Harry Cawood (violin)
Bach	Concerto for 2 Violins, D minor, BWV 1043
Wienawski	Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 22
Dvorak	Symphony No. 1, C minor

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20th October - City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Benjamin Luxon
	"Last Night of the Proms"

13th October - Durham Cathedral

Simon Wright - John Anderson (oboe)
Wagner	Meistersingers Overture
Strauss	Oboe Concerto
Mahler	Symphony No. 1 in D major

19th May - Durham Cathedral

Timothy Reynish - David Horne (piano)
Berlioz	The Corsair Overture
Rachmaninov	Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Sibelius	Symphony No. 1 in E minor

17th February - Durham Cathedral

Len Young - Newcastle Choral Society
Bach	B minor Mass

3rd February - Van Mildert College, Durham

John Forster - Alexander Baillie ('cello)
Beethoven	Egmont Overture
Bruch	Kol Nidrei
Schumann	'Cello Concerto in A minor
Dvorak	Symphony No. 7 in D minor

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2nd December - Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland

David Shippey - Bishopwearmouth Choral Society
Britten	St. Nicolas Cantata

14th October - Durham Cathedral

Bramwell Tovey - Jack Brymer (clarinet)
Mozart	Don Giovanni Overture
Mozart	Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622
Bruckner	Symphony No. 4 in Eb major

25th June - Durham School

John Forster - ENON horns (Robert Ashworth + 3)
Mendelssohn	Ruy Blas Overture
Schumann	Konzertstuck for 4 horns
Brahms	Symphony No. 4, E minor

20th May - Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland

David Shippey - Bishopwearmouth Choral Society
Poulenc	Gloria
Mozart	Mass in C minor

22nd April - Durham Cathedral

Timothy Reynish - John Wallace (trumpet)
Mendelssohn	Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde Overture
Hummel	Trumpet Concerto in E major
Beethoven	Symphony No. 7 in A major

11th March - Durham Cathedral

James Lancelot - Durham University Choral Society
Handel	Israel in Egypt

24th February - St Nicolas' Church, Durham

Fraser Goulding - Hilary Andre - Caroline Sparey-Gillies
Cherubini	Anacreon Overture
Berlioz	Nuits d'Ete
Berlioz	Harold in Italy

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8th October - Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland

John Forster - David Haslam (flute)
Mozart	Symphony No. 32 in G major, K.318
Mozart	Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K.314
Rachmaninov	Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

16th May - Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland

David Shippey - Bishopwearmouth Choral Society
Bizet	Te Deum
Rossini	Stabat Mater

7th May - Durham Cathedral

John Forster - Andrew Watkinson (violin) - Alexander Baillie ('cello)
Elgar	Froissart Overture
Brahms	Double Concerto in A minor
Schubert	Symphony No. 9 in C major

1st April - Hartlepool

Marco Romano - William Rushton
Prokofiev	Peter and the Wolf

12th March - Durham Cathedral

Haydn

The Creation

13th February - St Nicolas' Church, Durham

Fraser Goulding - Michael Thompson (horn)
Dvorak	Serenade, D minor, Op. 44
Strauss	Horn Concerto No. 1, B-flat major, Op. 11
Schumann	Symphony No. 1, B-flat major, Op. 38

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5th December - Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland

David Shippey - Bishopwearmouth Choral Society
Mendelssohn	Elijah

10th October - Durham Cathedral

John Forster - Alexander Baillie ('cello)
Mozart	Magic Flute Overture
Dvorak	'Cello Concerto in B minor
Sibelius	Symphony No. 2 in D major

3rd July - New College, Durham

Malcolm Layfield (violin) - Prunella Pacey (viola)
Elgar	Serenade for Strings
Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major
Schubert	Symphony No. 5 in Bb major

1st April - Hartlepool

Marco Romano - Richard Baker
	"Warrior concert"

6th March - St Nicolas' Church, Durham

John Forster - Andrew Watkinson (violin)
Brahms	Tragic Overture
Mendelssohn	Violin Concerto in E minor , Op 64
Dvorak	Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

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4th October - Durham Cathedral

Fraser Goulding - James Lancelot (organ)
Saint Saens	Organ Symphony No. 3 in E minor, Op. 78
Mahler	Symphony No. 4 in G major

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