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5 May 2008
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1998 Concert Season

Music Director: Paul Payton

Saturday, January 10th 7.30 pm

New Year Concert

Bolton Symphony Orchestra with Opera'74
The Albert Hall, Bolton

Sunday, March 15th 7.30pm

A Russian Festival

Rimsky Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture Op. 36
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Op. 35
(Soloist: Sarah Duckworth)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 Op. 47

Saturday, July 4th 7.30pm

'The Peer Gynt Project'
(Supported by The National Lottery)

The exciting culmination of a music education project involving BSO and 4 Bolton LEA primary schools.

Programme includes music composed and performed by young people from each school alongside:

Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suit No. 1 Op. 46
Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34
Gilere: Horn Concerto in B flat Maj. Op. 91
(Soloist: Mark Almond)
Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Saturday, November 21st 7.30pm

The British Muse III

Vaughn Williams: Overture 'The Wasps'
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
(Soloist: Mr Ernest Hall OBE)
Vaughn Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D Major

Saturday, April 25th 7.30pm

Bolton Sinfonietta

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major Op. 21
E.J. Moeran: 'Wythorne's Shadow'
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op. 92

Saturday, May 30th 7.30pm

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major Op. 36
Holst: Fugal Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Strings Op. 40 No. 2
(David Greenlaugh - Flute; Rebecca Stevens - Oboe)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major Op. 60

Saturday, August 29th 7.30pm

Bolton Festival Orchestra & Chorus
The Albert Hall, Town Hall, Bolton

Handel: Zadok the Priest
Vaughn Williams: Serenade to Music
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Holst: The Planets

Saturday, October 3rd 7.30pm

Lambert: 'Aubade Heroique'
Beethoven: Aria 'Ah! Perfiod' op. 65
Soloist: Jane Hyde - Soprano
Walton: 'Siesta'
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major Op. 55

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