I'm glad to say that the sight of these lists has inspired one or two people to join us, If you have an instrument in the cupboard and would like to re-start playing, you could be next !
Wolverton Light Orchestra
has had several names over the years but started in the 30s, when it gave regular concerts in the town. These days only a few of its members live in Wolverton as Milton Keynes has been built all around and the population of the district has increased greatly.
Since I joined in about 1980 I have played all the following music, most of which is in the orchestra's extensive library.
WLO MUSIC Title Alphabetical , revised May2007, again December 2009
| Academic Festival Overture |
Brahms |
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| A Children's Overture |
Quilter |
nursery rhymes medley |
| A Christmas Festival |
Leroy Anderson |
Carols medley - a favourite |
| An American in Paris |
Gershwin |
Tricky syncopation. Horns play at taxis |
| Andante for Flute |
Mozart K 315 |
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| Annenpolka |
J.Strauss |
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| A Nutcracker Holiday |
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travesty of Tchaikovski |
| Anvil Chorus |
Verdi |
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| A salute to the Big Apple |
Custer (arr) |
Songs from NY medley |
| Auf Der Jagd |
J.Strauss * |
hunting polka - fast, fairly easy |
| A Vaughan-Williams Christmas |
Luigini |
Travesty of V-W. |
| Ballet Egyptien |
Fletcher |
One of my old favourites |
| Bal Masque' |
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| Barber of Seville |
Rossini |
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| Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann) |
Offenbach |
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| Bat, see Die Fledermaus |
J.Strauss |
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| Beauty and the Beast |
Meaken |
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| Belle of the Ball |
Leroy Anderson |
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| Bellingrath Gardens |
Ford |
American march with odd rhythms |
| Bells Across The Meadows |
Keteleby |
Another old favourite, seldom played now |
| Berceuse, Firebird |
Stravinski |
Nice to play |
| Blaenwen |
arr Crofts |
Welsh hymn for tuning up |
| Blue Tango |
Leroy Anderson |
Well worn favourite with audiences |
| Bolero |
Ravel |
Needs great control. |
| Brazil |
Gold |
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| Broadway Showstoppers |
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Medley |
| Caisse Noisette |
Tchaikowski |
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| Calif of Baghdad |
Boiledieu |
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| Calling All Workers |
Coates |
The "Workers Playtime" sig. tune |
| Camelot |
Lerner & Loewe |
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| Capriol Suite |
Warlock |
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| Caractacus March |
Elgar |
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| Carmen Suite no.l |
Bizet |
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| Carmen, selection |
Bizet |
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| Carnival of the Animals, |
Saint Saens |
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| Carnival Overture |
Dvorak |
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| Carols (Hark/O Little One/It Came)etc. |
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| Carousel Waltz, The |
Rodgers |
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| Caucasian Sketches- Procession of the Sirdar |
Ippolitov Ivanov |
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| Cavalliera Rusticana |
Mascagni |
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| Chanson de Matin |
Elgar |
both nice to play. |
| Chanson de Nuit |
Elgar |
.. |
| Chattanooga Choo-Choo |
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| Chorus of The Hebrew Slaves |
Verdi |
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| Christ The King |
Harold Nutt |
Written by a former conductor of ours. A regular favourite at Christmas |
| Christmas Rocks at the Pops |
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Awful! |
| Chu Chin Chow |
Fletcher/Norton |
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| Cinderella |
Coates |
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| Clarinet Concerto |
Weber |
Tricky stuff for a good clarinettist |
| Clog Dance (La Fille Mal Gardee) |
Herold |
Played far too often, but good |
| Concerto for Flute |
Chaminade |
Only did this once with visiting soloist, it's a nice piece. |
| Creatures of Prometheus, Ov. |
Beethoven |
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| Crown Imperial |
Walton |
Splendid. lots of brass. |
| Dance of the Tumblers |
Rimsky Korsakov |
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| 3 Dances from Henry VIII |
German |
In awkward keys for us horn players. |
| Dances With Wolves |
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tunes from the film. |
| Danny Boy(Londonderry Air) |
Baynes |
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| Danza Delle Ore, La Gioconda. |
Ponchielli |
We all know the words! |
| Desert Song |
Romberg |
another show medley |
| Die Fledermaus overture |
J.Strauss |
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| Diversions on a theme of Paganini |
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| Don Giovanni, Catalogue aria |
arr. D.K-A |
D.K-A was the singer too. |
| Down Channel, Overture |
Rowley |
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| Down The Mall |
Belton |
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| Duke Ellington Medley |
Ellington arr. |
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| Egmont Overture |
arranged from Beethoven |
"Egmont Lite" |
| Eine Kleine Nachtmusik |
Mozart (arr) |
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| Ein Morgen, Ein Mittag, Ein Abend In Wien, |
Von Suppe |
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| Elizabethan Serenade |
Binge |
Goes on and on, and on. |
| Eljen Rakoczy, Hungarian March. |
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| Enfants D'un Reve |
Elgar |
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| English Folk Song Suite |
Vaughan Williams |
regular favourite. hardly need the music. |
| Entry of the Boyars |
Halversen |
splendid piece should be played more |
| Entry of the Gladiators |
Fucik |
the circus music |
| Espana, waltz |
Waldteufel |
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| Exhumeresque = Christmas March |
Arr. Mike Crofts |
A try-out by Mike. not repeated |
| Façade, 4 Dances |
Walton |
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| Fame And Glory |
Matt |
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| Fantasia on a Nursery Song |
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| Fantasia on British Sea Songs |
Wood/Zalva |
Last Night of Proms favourite |
| Fantasia On Christmas Carols |
Vaughan Williams |
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| Faust, Ballet Music |
Gounoud |
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| Fiddler on the Roof |
Bock |
show medley |
| Fifth Symphony |
Schubert |
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| Five Courtly Dances, Gloriana. |
Britten |
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| Fingal’s Cave |
Mendelssohn |
works well, not too difficult |
| First Day of Spring |
Leroy Anderson |
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| Fireworks Suite |
Handel/ arr Stone |
a bit high for the horns but good |
| Four Dances from Facade |
Wa Iton |
excellent piece |
| Frolic for Trombones |
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what it says on the tin! |
| From Meadow to Mayfair |
Coates |
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| Gabriel's Oboe |
Morricone |
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| God Save The King |
Elgar arr. 3&4 |
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| Gold and Silver Waltz |
Lehar |
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| Gondoliers, The |
Sullivan |
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| Gopak |
Moussorgski |
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| Go West |
Ford |
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| Granada |
arr. Sayre |
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| Grasshoppers' Dance |
Bucalossi |
from the past - not played for years |
| Hallelujah |
Handel/Prout arr. Binding |
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| Harry Potter & the chamber of Secrets |
John Williams |
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| Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas. |
Martin |
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| H.M.S.Pinafore |
Sullivan |
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| Holiday Waltzes |
Phillippe |
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| Humoreske |
Dvorak |
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| Hungarian March |
Berlioz |
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| I’ll Be There For You |
Cerulli |
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| Im Krapfenwald (Cuckoo Polka) |
J.Strauss |
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| In A Persian Market |
Keteleby |
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| In A Monastery Garden |
Keteleby |
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| In Malaga, Spanish Suite |
Curzon |
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| In the Bleak Midwinter |
Holst |
Arrangement of the carol |
| In the Steppes of Central Asia |
Borodin |
A favourite of mine. |
| Iolanthe, Overture |
Sullivan |
Sullivan's best, probably. |
| Jamaican Rumba |
Benjamin |
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| James Bond Theme |
Arr Cerulli |
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| Jerusalem |
Parry / Elgar |
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| Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
J.S..Bach |
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| Karelia Suite |
Sibelius |
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| Karneval/Carnival Ov. |
Dvorak |
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| King's Rhapsody |
Novello |
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| Kismet |
Forrest, based on Borodin |
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| Kriegsmarch der Priester, |
Mendelssohn |
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| L'Arlesienne, suite, No1. |
Bizet |
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| ditto No.2 |
Bizet |
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| La Calinda |
Delius |
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| La Cenerentola excerpt |
arr D.K-Ashmore |
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| La Ciquantaine |
Gabriel Marie |
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| Land of the Mountain and the Flood |
McCunn |
A great piece we should play often |
| Largo |
Handel |
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| Le Cid |
Massenet |
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| Le Roi S'Amuse |
Delibes |
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| Les Miserables |
G.M.Schomberg |
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| Les Patineurs |
Waldteufel |
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| Light Cavalry Overture |
von Suppe |
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| London Suite |
Coates |
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| Love Changes Everything |
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| Macarthur Park |
Webb |
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| March, Jazz Suite |
Schostakovitch |
Not difficult and very effective |
| March to the Scaffold |
Berlioz |
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| Marriage of Figaro Ov. |
Mozart |
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| Mary Poppins |
Sherman |
from the film music |
| Masquerade Waltz |
Khachachurian |
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| Melody On The Move |
Richardson |
forgettable |
| Merrie England |
German |
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| Mikado, The |
Sullivan |
boring unless you know the songs from the show |
| Military Symphony 11 |
Haydn |
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| Merrymakers, The. Ov. |
Coates |
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| Miss Saigon |
Schonber |
Show medley. Some sudden changes of tempo/mood |
| Misty |
arr Sayre |
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| Montmartre March |
Wood |
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| Moon River |
Mancini |
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| My Fair Lady |
Loewe |
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| Nabucco, Overture |
Verdi |
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| Nessun Dorma |
Verdi |
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| Night and Day |
Cole Porter |
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| Nutcracker |
Tchaikovski |
arranged, not the original |
| Oberon, Overture |
von Weber |
scary moment for horn at the start but good piece |
| Occasional Overture |
Handel |
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| Oklahomah ! |
Rodgers |
yet another show medley |
| Orphee aux Enfers |
Offenbach |
used to be a favourite |
| Ouverture de Demophon |
J.C.Vogel |
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| Pas Des Fleurs |
Delibes |
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| Pavanne |
Faure |
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| Peer Gynt Suite 1 |
Grieg |
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| Perpetuum Mobile |
Winter |
a favourite from 50 years ago |
| Peter and the Wolf |
Prokoviev, arr Swift |
much abridged version |
| Petite Suite de Concert |
Coleridge Taylor |
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| Pique Dame |
Von Suppe |
tunes from "The Queen of Spades" |
| Pirates of Penzance Ov. |
Sullivan |
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| Pineapple Poll |
Sullivan arr. |
Sullivan improved for a ballet. some tricky moments |
| Pizzicato Polka |
J.Strauss |
strings only |
| Plymouth Hoe |
Ansell |
rousing evocation of the sea |
| Poet and Peasant Ov. |
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| Pomp & Circumstance, No1+2 |
Elgar |
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| Pomp & Cicumstance No4. |
Elgar |
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| Pomp & Circumstance no.5 |
Elgar |
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| Portrait of a Flirt |
Farnon |
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| Prayer for Peace |
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| Procession of the Sirdar |
Ippolitov-Ivanov |
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| Puffin' Billy |
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jolly piece, not too hard |
| Radetsky March |
J.Strauss |
regular favourite |
| Rosamunde (entr'acte) |
Schubert |
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| RAF March Past |
Walford Davies |
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| Robin Hood |
Curzon |
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| Rogers & Hart selection |
Pemberton arr. |
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| Rule Britannia |
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| Ruy Blas Overture |
Mendelssohn |
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| St Anthony Chorale, Variations on, |
Brahms |
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| Sailing By |
Binge |
the shipping forecast music. effective |
| Saints (When the -) |
arr. M.Crofts |
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| Salut D'Amour |
Elgar |
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| Salute to the Big Apple |
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medley |
| Salute to the Cinema |
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medley |
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| Sandpaper Ballet |
Leroy Anderson |
very much a period piece - 1930? |
| Schwanda The Bagpiper, Polka. |
Weinburger |
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| Scottish Dances |
Alwyn |
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| Sea Songs, quick March |
Vaughan Williams |
regular favourite. not too difficult but effective |
| Send In The Clowns |
Sondheim |
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| Serenade for Jean |
Bourgois |
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| Shepherd 's Hey |
Grainger |
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| Show Boat, selection |
Kern |
Show selection - old man river etc. |
| Sicilienne |
Faure |
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| Skaters Waltz |
Waldteufel |
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| Slavisch Tanze |
Dvorak op46 |
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| Sleepers Awake |
Bach arr. |
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| Sleeping Beauty |
Tchaikovski |
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| Sleigh Ride |
Leroy Anderson |
a Christmas regular |
| Schneewaltzer |
arr. D.K-Ashmore |
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| Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs |
Churchill |
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| Soirees Musicales |
Rossini/Britten |
would like to play this again |
| Solitaire |
arr Crofts |
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| Songs of the Sea |
Stanford |
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| Sounds of Scotland |
arr. Bullock |
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| South Pacific, selection |
Rodgers |
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| Springtime Suite |
Coates |
Coates at his best |
| Stars and Stripes Forever |
Sousa |
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| State Occasion |
Farnon |
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| Suite Algerienne |
Saint Saens |
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| Summer Days |
Coates |
Another nice Coates piece |
| Summer Time |
Gershwin |
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| Surprise Symphony |
Haydn |
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| Symphony 4, The Clock |
Haydn |
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| Symphony 5 |
Schubert |
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| Symphony 6, in G major, The Surprise |
Haydn |
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| Symphony 8 , 1st mvt. |
Dvorak |
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| Symphony 40 |
Mozart |
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| Tales From The Vienna Woods. |
J. Strauss |
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| Tancredi, Overture |
Rossini |
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| Tannhauser Overture |
Wagner |
needs a bigger orchestra |
| The Arcadians, Overture |
Monckton |
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| The Banks of Green Willow |
Butterworth |
couple of tricky horn entries. atmospheric piece |
| The Bartered Bride Ov. |
Smetana |
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| The Boulevardier |
Curzon |
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| The Carousel Waltz |
Rodgers |
music from the film |
| The Clock (Symphony No. 4) |
Haydn |
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| Trumpet Tune and Air |
Purcell |
show piece for trumpet |
| The Blue Danube |
J. Strauss |
scary horn part at start - nice to play |
| The Dam Busters |
Coates |
regular favourite |
| The Diplomat, March |
Sousa |
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| The Drummer's Birthday |
Smith |
not played this in 20 years |
| The Girl With the Flaxen Hair |
Ravel (arr Goldsmith) |
best left to a solo cello |
| The Gondoliers |
Sullivan |
Overture |
| The Gordian Knot Untied |
Purcell arr. Holst |
good but not v. suitable for this orchestra |
| The Greatest Love Of All |
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| The Heavens are Telling |
Handel |
Chorale, Messiah |
| The King And I |
Rodgers |
Another favourite show medley. |
| The Little drummer Boy |
arr. D.K-Ashmore |
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| The Magic Flute, Ov. |
Mozart |
several versions, but they all seem to fit together. |
| The Marriage of Figaro, Ov. |
Mozart |
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| The Merrymakers, Ov. |
Coates |
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| The Merry Widow |
Lehar |
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| The Merry Wives of Windsor |
Nicolai |
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| The Mikado |
Sullivan |
can be boring |
| The Moldau (Vltava) |
Smetana |
great piece. |
| The Parade of the Tin Soldiers |
Jessel |
once a radio favourite in the 1940s |
| The Pink Panther |
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best avoided |
| There's Christmas in the Air |
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medley |
| The Sleigh Ride |
Mozart |
we seem to have lost the music |
| The Syncopated Clock |
Leroy Anderson |
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| The Sound of Music |
Rodgers |
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| The Thievish Magpie Overture |
Rossini |
good to play |
| The Three Elizabeths |
Coates |
dated |
| The Walk to The Paradise Garden |
Delius |
not an easy piece |
| The Wand of Youth Suite |
Elgar |
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| The Washington Post |
Sousa |
rousing. |
| The Water Music,(suite ) |
Handel, arr Harty |
high horn parts |
| The Wedding of the Rose |
Jessel |
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| The Wee McGregor |
Amers |
a "characteristic piece", very scottish |
| Three Dale Dances |
Wood |
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| Three Dances from Henry VIII |
German |
Awkward keys for the horns. |
| Three Irish Pictures |
Ansell |
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| Thunder & Lightning, Polka |
J.Strauss |
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| Thunderbirds theme |
Gray |
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| Toccata |
Frescobaldi, arr.Kindler |
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| Trisch Trasch |
J. Strauss |
polka. typical Strauss |
| Trepak |
Tchaikovskii |
From Nutcracker Suite |
| Troika |
Prokoviev |
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| Trumpet Concerto |
Haydn |
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| Trumpet Tune and Air |
Purcell |
nice trumpet solo |
| Ungarische Tanze 1,3,10 |
Brahms |
not all in friendly keys for horns. fine music |
| ditto 5,6,7 |
Brahms |
ditto |
| Unter Donner & Blitzen |
J.Strauss |
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| Valdres March |
Hanssen |
deserves more playing. |
| Valse des Fleurs |
Tchaikovski |
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| Viennese Memories of Lehar |
H.Hall |
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| Waltz from Jazz Suite no 1 |
Schostakovitch |
Nice to play |
| Wassail |
Bailey |
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| Water Music |
Handel |
edited suite |
| Westminster Waltz, The |
Farnon |
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| White Christmas |
arr. M. Crofts |
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| William Tell, Overture |
Rossini |
Usually only play the well-known bit |
| Wine, Woman and Song |
J.Strauss |
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| Winter Wonderland |
Custer arr. |
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| Woodland Pictures |
Fletcher |
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| Zadock The Priest |
Handel |
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| Zampa |
Herold |
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| Zigeunerbaron (Overture) |
J.Strauss |
from "The Gypsy Baron" light opera |
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The Open University Orchestra
has now been playing for about 2 years. In that time we have played all the pieces listed, most of them in free lunchtime concerts at the O.U.
As the students are far away, "distance learning" being the O.U.s reason to exist, this orchestra consists of a mix of staff and a few friends from outside the University. It's a full symphony orchestra when all are present, but as rehearsals take place during Friday lunchtimes, various people are missing at different times on business.
OPEN UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA MUSIC LIST
In Alphabetical Order (numbers refer to my filing system only)
| 9 |
Christmas carols |
Goodmusic set 1 |
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| 10 |
Christmas carols |
Goodmusic set 2 |
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| 19 |
Classical Symphony op.25 |
Prokofiev |
Great piece, not as difficult as it sounds |
| 18 |
Czech Suite |
Dvorak |
was in our first concert. |
| 23 |
Die Zauberflöte, overture. |
Mozart |
Magic! |
| 17 |
Drum Roll Symphony, No.103 |
Haydn |
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| 7 |
Fantasia on Christmas Carols |
Vaughan-Williams |
With the OU choir and excellent soloist David Kirby-Ashmore, lovely piece |
| 28 |
Finlandia |
Sibelius |
Preparing for our next concert |
| 27 |
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia , Overture |
Rossini |
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| 6 |
Invocation for a New City |
Taylor |
rarity written at the inception of Milton Keynes |
| 24 |
Joyeuse March |
Chabrier |
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| 25 |
La Cenerentola, overture |
Rossini |
Great crescendos! |
| 3 |
London (every day) suite |
Coates |
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| 15 |
On Hearing The First Cuckoo in Spring |
Delius |
difficult, atmospheric |
| 22 |
Pavane |
Faure |
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| 16 |
Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte |
Ravel |
"It's the infanta that's dead, not the Pavane!" |
| 8 |
Piano concerto No. 3 |
Beethoven |
at our very first concert. a good start! |
| 29 |
Piano Concerto |
Grieg |
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| 26 |
Pomp and Circumstance March No.2 |
Elgar |
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| 14 |
Summer Night on the River |
Delius |
only tried this once |
| 13 |
1st Symphony |
Beethoven |
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| 12 |
2nd Symphony |
Beethoven |
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| 4 |
Symphony in C minor |
Alice Mary Smith |
Interesting rarity. The first English woman to write a Symphony, romantic before Mendelssohn |
| 5 |
Tannhaüser, grand March |
Wagner, arr. Winter |
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| 1 |
The Banks of Green Willow |
Butterworth |
Very atmospheric, lovely harp/flute duet |
| 11 |
The Hebrides |
Mendelssohn |
A treat to play |
| 21 |
The Impressario, overture |
Mozart |
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| 2 |
The Swan Lake |
Tchaikovski, arr. Winter |
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| 20 |
Vocalise |
Rachmaninov |
hard to get the timing right |
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