Welcome Concerts Membership About ESO ESO Friends Links Contact
Back to Concerts Page Back to ESO History

ESO Past Programmes


To search for works the ESO have performed in the last 20 years Click HERE
For newspaper reviews of previous concerts Click HERE
For an account of our work with children - concerts and support Click HERE



17th November 2001 Christ Church Chelmsford

Butterworth

A Shropshire Lad

Vaughan Williams

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Elgar

Symphony No. 2

2nd March 2002 Christ Church Chelmsford

Mendelssohn

Hebrides Overture

Strauss

Horn Concerto No. 2

Beethoven

Symphony No 3

4th May 2002 Thaxted Church Essex Musical Association

Elgar

The Music Makers

Poulenc

Gloria

6th July 2002 Joint Concert with the Essex Police Band Christ Church Chelmsford
(also special band only items not listed.)

Offenbach

Overture Orpheus in the Underworld

Elgar

Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin

Holst

Suite in E flat

Shostakovitch

Festival Overture

Tchaikowsky

1812 Overture

Strauss

Radetsky March.

16th November 2002 Christ Church Chelmsford

Schubert

Overture in the Italian Style

Brahms

Violin Concerto

Mendelssohn

Scottish Symphony

8th March 2003 Christ Church Chelmsford

Humperdinck

Overture Hansel and Gretel

Khachaturian

Masquerade Suite

Haydn

Trumpet Concerto

Dvorák

New World Symphony (No. 9)

5th July 2003 Cressing Temple Barn (Near Braintree)

Bruckner

Te Deum

Beethoven

Choral Symphony (No.9)

15th November

2003 Christ Church Chelmsford

Beethoven

Overture Coriolan

Copland

Overture Our Town

Schumann

Piano Concerto

Haydn

Symphony No.104 'The London'

6th March

2004 Christ Church Chelmsford

Sullivan

Overture Di Ballo

Saint-Saens

Excerpts from opera Samson et Delila

Berlioz

Symphonie Fantastique

1st May 2004 Thaxted Church Essex Musical Association
Conductors Nick Sherwood & Patrick McCarthy

Bruckner

Te Deum

Brahms

A German Requiem

3rd July 2004 Christ Church Chelmsford

Beethoven

Overture Egmont

Mozart

Oboe Concerto

Grieg

Two Elegiac Melodies

Bizet

Symphony in C

20th November 2004 Christ Church Chelmsford

Tchaikovsy

Swan Lake Suite

Jane Wells

Playing the Game

Rachmaninov

Symphony No. 2

18th December 2004 Chelmsford Cathedral

Haydn

Creation

5th March 2005 Christ Church Chelmsford
Conductor Patrick McCarthy

Nicolai

Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Delibes

Suite: Coppélia

Brahms

Symphony No. 2

30th April 2005 Thaxted Church Essex Musical Association
Conductor: Antoine Mitchell

Gonoud

St Cecilia Mass

Fauré

Requiem

2nd July 2005 Christ Church Chelmsford
Conductor: Stephen Hope

Beethoven

Overture Prometheus

Violin Concerto: Soloist Ruth Palmer

Symphony No. 8

15th October 2005 Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Conductor: Justin Doyle

Prokofiev

Romeo and Juliet Ballet Suite No 2

Tchaikovsy

Variations on a Rococo Theme for 'Cello and Orchestra
Soloist Oliver Coates

Tchaikovsy

Symphony No. 2

17th December 2005 The Meadows Precinct, Chelmsford
Conductor: Justin Doyle. Soloist: Bibi Heal soprano

A Variety of Composers

Popular works and excerpts from Bizet, Brahms, Copland, Handel, Strauss' I & II & Tchaikovsky

Christmas Specials

Christmas Concerto by Corelli, Sleigh Ride by Anderson and a Christmas medley arranged by Justin Doyle. Carol Silent Night sung by the Orchestra unaccompanied.

4th March 2006 Christ Church Chelmsford
Conductor: Justin Doyle

Elgar

Cockaigne Overture

Finzi

Clarinet Concerto (Soloist Elaine Cocks)

Elgar

Enigma Variations

6th May 2006 Thaxted Church. Essex Musical Association Centenary Concert with Massed Choirs
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey

Vaughan-Williams

Serenade to Music

Bryan Barnes

Thaxted Te Deum

Carl Orff

Carmina Burana

24th June 2006 Christ Church Chelmsford
Conductor: Justin Doyle

Rossini

Italian Girl in Algiers

Max Bruch

Violin Concerto (Soloist Siân Philipps)

Mendelssohn

Italian Symphony

11th November 2006 Christ Church Chelmsford
Conductor: Justin Doyle

Schubert

Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 10

Mayor's Charity Concert, 15th December 2006 The Meadows Precinct, Chelmsford
Conductor: Justin Doyle. Soloist: Sena Larard, soprano

A Variety of Composers

Popular works and excerpts from Puccini, Strauss, Offenbach, Humperdinck, Vivaldi, Blake

Christmas Specials

White Christmas by Irving Berlin, A Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson, Little Road to Bethlehem by Head and a Christmas medley arranged by Justin Doyle. Carol Silent Night sung by the Orchestra unaccompanied.

10th March 2007 Christ Church Chelmsford
Conductor: Justin Doyle. Soloist:Tom Barber

Dvorák

Slavonic Dances

Martinu

Oboe Concerto(Tom Barber)

Sibelius

Symphony No. 5

5th May 2007 Thaxted Church Essex Musical Association
Conductor: Robin Page

Simon Milton

Fanfare for Verdi Brass

Verdi

Requiem

30th June 2007 Christ Church Chelmsford
Conductor: Justin Doyle.Violin solo: Keith Gurry.

Humperdinck

Overture 'Hansel and Gretel'

Mozart

Adagio in E major

Watkins

Anthem

Dvorák

Symphony No. 8

17th November 2007 Christ Church Chelmsford
Conductor: Justin Doyle.

Debussy

Nocturnes

Stravinsky

Firebird Suite (Berceuse and Finale)

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4.

1st March 2008 Christ Church Chelmsford
Conductor: Justin Doyle. Violin soloist: Harriet Mackenzie.

Gershwin

An American in Paris

Barber

Violin Concerto

Copland

Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

Bernstein

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

3rd May 2008 Chelmsford Cathedral, Essex Musical Association
Conductor: Keith Orrell. Oboe Soloist: Tamas Balla.

Elgar

Te Deum and Berceuse

Alessandro Marcello

Oboe Concerto

Bruckner

Mass No. 3

128th June 2008 Christ Church Chelmsford
Conductor: Justin Doyle.

Haydn

Symphony No. 99

Saint-Saëns

'Cello Concerto No.1.

Brahms

Symphony No.1.



Back to Concerts Page Back to ESO History
Welcome Concerts Membership About ESO ESO Friends Links Contact