To further our understanding of a musical work by putting it into context with the composer`s life and development, (and compare with work of contemporaries) –and its relevance historically .

To bring to members a wider selection of music and composers than they usually enjoy listening to – and to explore a more adventurous repertoire .

• Elgar -Enigma Variations.
• Mozart - The Magic Flute .
• Morning and Sunrises - Various composers .
• Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique .
• Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition .
• Zoltan Kodaly - Hary Janos Suite + Dances of Galanta .
• Vivaldi - The Four Seasons .
• Richard Strauss- Don Quixote / Til Eulenspiegel.
• Bizet- Symphony in C. Prokofiev - Classical Symphony .

• Part 1 of Handel`s Messiah + Surprise Item .
• Prokovief- Romeo and Juliet.
• Berlioz- Harold in Italy / Corsair .
• Stravinsky - Petrouchka / Rite of Spring .
• Britten - Serenade for Tenor , Horn and Strings ./ V-Williams - Serenade to Music .
• Shostakovich- Symphony 5.
• Malcolm Arnold- Symphony 5 and Concerto for Three Hands on one piano .
• Khatchaturian Violin Concerto - Saint-Saens : Intro + Rondo Cappriccioso.
• Dido and Aeneas - Purcell
• William Walton - Facade Suites and Portsmouth Point Overture .
• Elgar: Falstaff and Sea Pictures .
• Nielsen Symphonies 4 and 5.
• Bruckner Symphony No 7
• Ravel Piano Concertos.
• Hindemith- Mathis Der Maler /Metamorphoses .
• Shostakovich - Jazz Suites / The Bolt .
• Dies Irae - Mozart , Verdi , Britten .
• Love for three oranges + Lieutenant Kije / Prokovofiev.
• Boieldieu- Harp concerto.

• Violin Concerto - Sibelius + Campoli - Kreisler pieces .
• Mahler Symphony No 1 ..
• Mozart - Piano Concertos 20 and 21 .
• Schubert- Quartetsatz and String Quintet
• Respighi- The Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome
• Eric Coates - The Three Elizabeths , The Three Bears etc .
• Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2 in E minor
• Berlioz overtures
• Orff- Carmina Burana/ and Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber .
• Richard Strauss - Death and Transfiguration / Till Eulenspiegel
• Mackeras - Ballet " Pineapple Poll " .
• Dvorak - Symphony No. 7 in D minor
• Frank Martin-Petite Symphonie - Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments
• Mendelssohn - Incidental music to " A Midsummer Night`s Dream "
• William Walton- Overtures and ceremonial marches.
• Sibelius Symphonies 1 and 5.
• Holst -The Planets and The Perfect Fool.
• Light Opera Overtures . Lehar etc .
• Elgar-Symphony No 2 + Cockaigne Overture

Listening recommended during Lockdown :

Sibelius- Violin Concerto
Tchaikowsy - Romeo and Juliet fantasy overture
Brahms - Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Elgar - Overture "Alassio " - In The South
Mendelssohn - Octet
Beethoven symphony no 7
Elgar-The Wand of Youth
The best of Mozart - video
Strauss- Don Juan
Rimsky Korsakov- Scheherezade
Vaughan Williams - English Folksong Suite
Bach - Concerto for Two violins
Rimsky Korsakov - Cappriccio Espagnole
Dvorak- Cello Concerto
Prokovieff -Lieutenant Kije
Mendelssohn- Italian Symphony
Stravinsky- Firebird Suite
Saint-Saens- Second piano concerto
Bruckner- E Minor Mass
Brahms - Symphony No 1
Mozart - Symphony No 29
Brotten - Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra / Peter Grimes 4 Sea Interludes
Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin
Shostakovich - Moscow Cheromushki Suite
Massenet Le Cid
Sibelius Symphony 2
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Chabrier Espana / Dukas Sorceror`s Apprentice

Restarted Meetings

Tchaikovsy Symphony N0 6 / Kodaly Dances of Galanta
Puccini La Boheme - Acts1 and2
Puccini La Boheme Acts 3 and 4
Britten Sinfonia Da Requiem / Four sea interludes from Peter Grimes
Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan
Schubert - Symphony no 5 / John Field - Piano Concerto No 2
Mahler - Symphony No 4 / Strauss Rosenkavalier Suite
Dvorak - Slavonic Dances
Shostakovich - Symphony No 10
Tchaikovsky Symphony 4 / Romeo and Juliet
Vaughan Williams London Symphony / The Wasps
Poulenc - Piano Concerto / Orgagan Cocerto / Les Biches