Last update:
5 May 2008
© 2004-8 BSO

2004 Concert Season

Artistic Director &
Principal Conductor:
Robert Chasey

Saturday 31 January 7:30pm

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

Conductor: Robert Chasey

A traditional New Year concert

Saturday 20 March 7:30pm

Bolton Symphony Orchestra
The Albert Hall, Bolton

Conductor: Robert Chasey
Soloists: Peter Dixon - Principal Cello, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
and Alex Fletcher - Viola

Richard Strauss: Op. 1 Festival March
Richard Strauss: Wind Serenade
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote

Sunday 28 March 2:30pm

Bolton Sinfonietta
Royal Northern College of Music
British Association of Symphonic Bands & Wind Ensembles (BASBWE) International Conference

Conductors: Mark Heron and Tim Reynish

Chris Marshall: L'homme arme: Variations for Wind Ensemble - UK Premiere
Scott McAllister: Black Dog - UK Premiere - Soloist Linda Merrick (RNCM Head of Wind)
Richard Rodney Bennett: Variations on a 16th Century Hymn Tune
Jukka-Pekka Lehto: Sinfonietta - UK Premiere

Ticket information available from the RNCM

Saturday 24 April 7:30pm

Bolton Sinfonietta
Bolton School Arts Centre

Conductor: David Greed, Leader of the Orchestra, Opera North

Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending
Bizet: Symphony in C

Saturday 10 July 7:30pm

Bolton Symphony Orchestra
Victoria Hall, Knowsley Street, Bolton
Concert in aid of Bolton Hospice

Conductor: Robert Chasey
Soloist: Helen Francis

Bernstein: Candide Overture
Stravinsky: Circus Polka
Schubert: March Militaire (Durand Ed)
Elgar: Last movement of Sea Pictures
Delius: On hearing the first cuckoo of spring
Goodwin: 633 Squadron
Walton: Orb & Sceptre
Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Wood: Sea Songs & Rule Britannia (arr Zalva)
Parry: Jerusalem (arr Elgar)
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance No. 1

Tickets for this concert are £12 (£10 concessions)

Saturday 2 October 7:30pm

Bolton Sinfonietta with New Century Strings
Bolton School Arts Centre

Conductor: Robert Chasey

Finzi: Entract
Elgar: Carissima
Elgar: Coutrasts
Elgar: Mazurka
Elgar: Rosemary
Elgar: 3 Bavarian Dances
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Elgar: Salut D`Amour
Finzi: Introit op 6
Finzi: Nocturne for Strings
Ireland: Lament for Strings (Threnody)
Bridge: Lament for Strings

Saturday 6 November 7:30pm

Bolton Symphony Orchestra
The Albert Hall, Bolton

Conductor: Robert Chasey

Janacek: Sinfonietta
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

working in partnership with Bolton Music Service