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5 May 2008
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2001 Concert Season

Leader: Gerald Hopkin

Saturday, January 13th 7.30pm

New Year Concert

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

Music Director: Paul Payton
Master of Ceremonies: John Matthias

Saturday, February 10th 7.30pm

Bolton Sinfonietta
Bolton School Arts Centre

Music Director: Robert Chasey
(Principal second violin, BBC Philharmonic and Music Director Lancashire Chamber Orchestra)
Soloist: Elizabeth Fletcher

Schubert: Rosamunde, Overture D.644:
Schubert: Rosamunde, Entr'acte 3 in B flat D.797
Tchaikovsky: Ballet music 2 in G Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in Gm K550

Sunday, March 18th 7.30 pm

Bolton Symphony Orchestra
The Albert Hall, Bolton

Music Director: Baldur Bronnimann (Young Conductor in Association with the Northern Sinfonia)
Soloist: Leland Chen (sponsored by David E. Vernon Violins)

Berlioz: Carnaval Romain
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Op.61
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in Em Op.64

Saturday, June 30th 7.30pm

A Summer Prom

Bolton Symphony Orchestra
Music Director: Paul Witkiewicz (winner of the British Reserve Insurance Conducting Prize 1999)
Soloist: Nicholas Rimmer (BBC Young Musician Keyboard finalist 2000)

Tchaikovsky: Cappriccio Italien Op. 45
Schumann: Piano Concerto in Am Op. 54
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)

Saturday, October 6th 7.30pm

Bolton Sinfonietta
Bolton School Arts Centre

Music Director and soloist: Nicholas Jones (Head of Strings, Chethams School of Music)

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture
Strauss: Romanze
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Hob. 7b:5
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Op. 90 'Italian'

Sunday, November 11th 7.30pm

Concert for Armistice Day

Bolton Symphony Orchestra
The Albert Hall, Bolton

The Music Director: Stephen Threlfall (Director of Music, Chethams School of Music)
Soloist: A pupil of Chethams School of Music

Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op.90
("A time there was…")
Elgar: Concerto for cello in Em Op.85
Brahms: Symphony NO. 2 in D Op. 73

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