Past Events
Saturday 26th October 2024, 7.30pm, Thaxted Church
Holst – Perfect Fool
Foulds – Mantra of Bliss and Celestial Avataras
Holst – The Planets
Saturday 29th June 2024, 7.30pm, Saffron Hall
Joint concert with the Saffron Walden Choral Society
Foulds – April – England
Saint-Saens – Le Rouet d’Omphale
Parry – Blest Pair of Sirens
Parry – I was Glad
Poulenc – Stabat Mater
Sunday 12th May 2024, 3pm, Saffron Hall
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Glazunov – Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Soloist, Charlotte Treadaway
Saint-Saëns’ – Symphony No3 in C minor, Op78, Organ, Richard Carr
Sunday 11th February 2024, 3pm, Saffron Hall
Music from the Silver Screen Dances With Wolves Suite – John Barry
The Magnificent Seven – Elmer Bernstein
Apollo 13 – James Horner
El Cid – Miklos Rozsa
Gone With the Wind – Max Steiner
Dr. Zhivago – Maurice Jarre
E.T. – John Williams
Sunday 26th November 2023, 3pm, Saffron Hall
Mussorgsky – A Night on a Bare Mountain
Moeran – In the Mountain Country
MacCunn – Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Hovhaness – Symphony No. 50 ‘Mount St. Helens’
Sunday 24th September 2023, 3pm, Saffron Hall
James Mayhew concert – Stories from Stage and Screen
Rossini – The Thieving Magpie Overture
Humperdinck – Hansel and Gretel Overture
Delibes – Pizzicato from Sylvia
Ponchielli – Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite
Sunday 2nd July 2023, 3.00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Mendelssohn – Ruy Blas
Hindemith – Mathis Der Maler
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4
Sunday 21st May 2023, 3.00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Foulds – Mirage
Arnold – Clarinet Concerto No.2 (Steph Godwin)
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Sunday 26th February 2023, 3.00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Prokofiev – Romeo & Juliet Suite No.2
Adams – The Chairman Dances
Arnold – English Dances
Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Sunday 4th December 2022, 3.00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Korngold – Violin Concerto (Alex Redington, soloist)
Vaughan Williams – In the Fen Country
Shostakovich – Symphony No.12
Saturday 15th October 2022, 7.30pm – Thaxted Church
Film Music – including the music of the legendary composer John Williams and many other favourites
Sunday 25th September 2022, 3.00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
James Mayhew Children’s Concert – Once Upon a Tune: Spooky Stories, featuring music from Saint-Saens, Sibelius, Humperdinck and Wagner
Sunday 3rd July 2022, 3.00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Aaron Copland – An Outdoor Overture
George Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F (Jill Morton soloist)
Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No 9 – “New World Symphony”
Sunday 8th May 2022, 3.00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Lewis Edmunds – Cinematic Variations (New Commission)
Sergei Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paginini (Alex Reid piano solo)
Pyotir llyichTchaikovsky – Symphony No 2 – “Little Russian”
Saturday 5th February 2022, 7.30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Film Music
Saturday 27th November 2021, 7.30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Jacob Bride – Der Trommler (new commission)
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2 (Stephen Smithers)
Glass – Symphony No. 4 “Heroes”
Saturday 2nd October 2021, 3:00pm – St Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden
Children’s Concert – Hughes – ‘Not Now, Bernard!’ and ‘Isabel’s Noisy Tummy’.
Sunday 9th February 2020, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Film music concert – programme including scores from Psycho, The Third Man, Conan the Barbarian, Tom and Jerry, The Patriot, Superman and The Simpsons.
Sunday 17 November 2019, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Sunday 6 October 2019, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Family concert: Heroes and Villains, featuring illustrator and narrator James Mayhew. The programme will include:
Sunday 30 June 2019, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Film music concert – programme including the music of legendary composer John Williams and many other favourites
Sunday 10 February 2019, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
American Classics
Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Hanson: Symphony No.2, “Romantic”
Sunday 11 November 2018, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
World War I memorial concert, in association with the United Nations
Stephan: Musik für Orchester
Kelly: Elegy for Strings
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony
Saturday 13 October 2018, 7:30pm – Thaxted Church, Thaxted
Gardiner: Comedy Overture
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending – Jake Walker, violin
Holst: The Planets
Sunday 30 September 2018, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Words in Walden Festival, Children’s concert, narrated by James Mayhew
Saturday 7 July, 2018 – SWSO strings (Ensemble Zaffrano), Clavering Church
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik serenade
Elgar – Serenade for Strings
Holst – Brook Green Suite
Grieg – Holberg Suite
Sunday 17 June, 2018, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (SWSO)
Tippett – Spirituals from A Child of Our Time (SWCS, conductor James Davey)
Walton – Belshazzar’s Feast (SWSO and SWCS; Paul Carey Jones, bass-baritone)
Saturday 14 April, 2018, 7:30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Rimsky Korsakov – Russian Easter Festival overture
Tchaikovsky – ‘Rococo’ Variations – soloist Jamal Aliyev
Prokofiev – Symphony No.7
Sunday 11 February, 2018, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Film music concert, programme including Ben Hur Overture, Lord of the Rings Suite, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Out of Africa, Up!, Braveheart, Wallace and Gromit, Pink Panther and Gladiator.
Sunday 26 November, 2017, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Nielsen – ‘Maskarade’ overture
Sibelius – Violin Concerto, soloist Alex Redington
Rachmaninov – Symphony No.2
Sunday 1 October, 2017, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Family concert with narrator James Mayhew – ‘Around the World in 60 Minutes’
Saturday 17 June, 2017, 7:30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Sibelius – Lemminkainen’s Return
Beethoven – Emperor Concerto
Tubin – Symphony No.3
Saturday 22nd April 2017, 7:30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Vaughan Williams – Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
Elgar – Sospiri
Moeran – Lonely Waters
Delius – Walk to the Paradise Garden
Elgar – “Enigma” Variations
Sunday 26th February 2017, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Wagner – Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
Chopin – Piano Concerto No.1 – soloist Sam Haywood
Sibelius – Symphony No.1
Sunday 27th November 2016, 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Joanna Ive – Evolutionary Notes – narrator Frank Burnet
Holst – The Planets
Sunday September 25, 2016, 3pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Words in Walden Festival, Children’s concert – ‘Once Upon a Tune’, narrated by James Mayhew
Saturday June 18, 2016, 7:30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Saint-Saens – Bacchanale
Beethoven – Triple Concerto – Alex Redington, John Myerscough, Siu-Chui Li
Martinu – Symphony No.3
Saturday April 23, 2016, 7:30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto – Soloist Yume Fujise
Beethoven – Symphony No.3 “Eroica”
Sunday February 7, 2016, 3pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
A selection of film music such as: Apollo 13, Raiders of the Lost Ark, James Bond, Shawshank Redemption, Da Vinci Code, Predator, etc.
Sunday November 29, 2015, 3pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Borodin – Polovtsian Dances
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2. – Soloist Sam Haywood
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.6
Sunday October 18, 2015, 3pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Words in Walden Festival – Children’s concert, narrated by James Mayhew
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
Sunday June 27, 2015 at 7.30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Dvorak – Carnival Overture
Greig – Piano Concerto – Soloist Jill Morton
Saturday May 2, 2015, 7:30pm – Mayor’s Charity Gala Concert, in aid of St. John Ambulance – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Well-loved pieces from Die Fledermaus, Rusalka, Rigoletto, Madame Butterfly, Don Giovanni and Carmen, as well as music theatre and jazz favourites.
Saturday April 18, 2015, 7:30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Elgar – Violin concerto – soloist Alex Redington
Dvorak – Symphony No. 8
Sunday February 8, 2015 at 3:00pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Film Music, including selection from:
E.T., Pirates of the Caribbean, Dr Zhivago, Gone with the Wind, Harry Potter, Skyfall, Gladiator, James Bond, The Mission, El Cid, Exodus.
Saturday November 22, 2014 at 7.30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Panufnik – Sinfonia Sacra
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
Saturday October 19, 2014 at 3pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
– Saffron Literary Festival ‘Words in Walden’ family concert with local artist and narrator James Mayhew.
See the short video clip by HNE Media on YouTube, and James’ review of the concert here.
Saturday June 7, 2014 at 7.30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Wagner – ‘Flying Dutchman’ Overture
Dvořak -
Cello Concerto – soloist John Myerscough
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.5
Saturday April 5, 2014 at 7.30pm – Rhodes Arts Complex, Bishop’s Stortford
Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini
Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italienne
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Verdi – Sicilian Vespers
Saturday February 8, 2014 at 7.30pm – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
Stravinsky – Symphony in C
Liszt – Piano Concerto No.1 – soloist George Harliono
Brahms – Symphony No.2
Saffron Hall Open Day, Sunday December 1, 2013 at 12pm and 4.30pm
Celebrating the opening of Saffron Hall, with Saffron Walden Choral Society and Granta Chorale
Mozart – Overture, “The Magic Flute”
Handel – Zadok the Priest
Mozart – Dies Irae from the Requiem
Faure –
Pavane (Faure) Rutter –
New Year Carol
Parry – Jerusalem
Sunday October 20, 2013 – ‘Spooky Tunes’, Friends School, Saffron Walden
Illustrator / Narrator – James Mayhew
Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns)
Swan of Tuonela (Sibelius)
Baba Yaga (Liadov)
Night on a Bare Mountain (Mussorgsky)
Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Dukas)
Saturday June 8, 2013 – Town Hall, Saffron Walden
Violin: Alex Redington
Overture “Force of Destiny” (Verdi)
Violin Concerto (Britten)
Symphony No.6 (Dvořák)
Saturday April 27, 2013 – Town Hall, Saffron Walden
Cello: Kristiana Ignatjeva
‘Tragic’ Overture (Brahms)
Cello Concerto (Elgar)
Symphony No.9 (Shostakovich)
Saturday February 9, 2013 – Town Hall, Saffron Walden
Horn – Kate King
Symphony no.8 (Unfinished) (Schubert)
Horn Concerto No.4 (Mozart)
Symphony No.5 (Vaughan Williams)
Sunday October 14, 2012 – Friends School, Saffron Walden
Illustrator / Narrator – James Mayhew
Carnival of the Animals (excerpts) (Saint-Saëns)
Carnival of the Animals (excerpts) (Arnold)
Overture to The Thieving Magpie (Rossini)
The Wand of Youth (excerpts) (Elgar)
Overture to Die Fledermaus (Strauss)
Saturday June 30, 2012 – Town Hall, Saffron Walden
Piano: Stephen Smithers
Overture “Ruy Blas” (Mendelssohn)
Piano Concerto No.2 (Shostakovich)
Symphony No.1 (Brahms)
Saturday April 28, 2012 – St. Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden
Organ: Bryn Jones
Overture “Der Freischütz” (Weber)
Organ Concerto (Poulenc)
Symphony No.3 (Bruckner)
Saturday February 4, 2012 – St. Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden
Baritone: James Priest
Sinfonietta (Rudland)
Songs from “A Shropshire Lad” (Butterworth)
Egdon Heath (Holst)
A London Symphony (Vaughan Williams)
Sunday October 16, 2011 – Friends School, Saffron Walden
Illustrator / Narrator: James Mayhew
Programme including:
Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev)
Excerpts from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)
Rebecca (Patterson)
Jeux d’Enfants (Bizet)
Saturday June 26, 2010 – Town Hall, Saffron Walden
Clarinet: Sarah Whitworth
Overture “The Bartered Bride” (Smetana)
Clarinet Concerto (Mozart)
Symphony No.7 (Dvorak)
Saturday March 27, 2010 – Town Hall, Saffron Walden
Overture “The Barber of Seville” (Rossini)
Violin Concerto No.1 (Bruch) – soloist Leonid Plashinov-Johnson
Symphony No.4 (Brahms)
Saturday December 12, 2009 – Friends’ School, Saffron Walden
Overture “Hansel and Gretel” (Humperdinck)
Siegfried Idyll (Wagner)
Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky)
The Skaters’ Waltz (Waldteufel)
A Christmas Carol Symphony (Hely-Hutchinson)
Saturday October 3, 2009 – St. Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden
Mezzo Soprano: Yvonne Howard
Les Preludes (Liszt)
Sea Pictures (Elgar)
Symphony No.6 (Tchaikovsky)
