CONCERT PROGRAMME DETAILS
From 3rd December 2005 to 3rd December 2011
MWWMF = Mary Wakefield Westmorland Music Festival concert
( C ) = Conductor(s) ( L ) = Leader

Source Origins:
[ c ] = Pre-concert Press Coverage on file, (excluding Adverts)
[ p ] = Programme on file [ r ] = Concert Press Review(s) on file

03.12.2005 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture ‘Oberon’ - Weber;  Piano Conc. No. 3 - Beethoven;  Symph. No.2 - Borodin.
Anthony Goldstone - piano. [ c p r ]

18.03.2006 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Michael Hancock ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture in G minor - Bruckner;  Violin Conc. No.3 - Saint-Saens;  Symph. No.5 - Dvorak.
Emma Hancock - violin. [ c p r ]

20.05.2006 ‘Once Upon a Time…’ Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Fantasy Overture ‘Romeo and Juliet’ - Tchaikovsky;  ‘Peter and the Wolf’ - Prokofiev;  Hungarian Pictures - Bartok;  Ballet Suite (selection from Nos.1 & 3) - Shostakovich;  Overture ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ - Offenbach.
Taffy Thomas - storyteller. [ c p r ]

14.10.2006 In support of South Lakes Society for the Blind. Wind Ensemble and Pepperpot Players.
St. George’s Church, Castle Street, Kendal. Barry Sharkey (C). [c p]

02.12.2006 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Firebird Suite - Stravinsky;  Cello Conc. - Elgar;  Symph. No.9 - Dvorak.
Alice Neary - cello. [ c p r ]

17.03.2007 MWWMF. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
(Dedicated to the memory of Sidney Lewis)
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture ‘Life for the Tsar’ - Glinka;  Piano Conc. - Grieg;  Symph. No.5 - Beethoven.
Christine Stevenson - piano. [ c p r ]

19.05.07 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture 'Light Cavalry' - Suppé;  Violin Conc. - Sibelius;  Symph. No.2 - Brahms.
Amir Bisengaliev - violin. [ c p r ]

01.12.2007 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Comedy Overture: ‘Beckus the Dandiprat’ - Arnold;  Trumpet Conc. - Arutyunian;  Symph. No.1 - Elgar.
Huw Morgan - trumpet. [ c p r ]

15.03.2008 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture di Ballo - Sullivan;  Piano Conc. No.2 - Saint-Saëns;  ‘Leminkainen’s Return’ - Sibelius;  Symph. No.4 - Schumann.
Chiao-Ying Chang - piano. [ c p r ]

17.05.2008 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Tone Poem: ‘Tintagel’ - Bax;  Violin Conc. - Khachaturian;  ‘Asturias’ - Albéniz (solo violin encore);  Symph. No.2 - Tchaikovsky.
Marat Bisengaliev - violin. [ c p r ]

06.12.2008 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Andrew Penny ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Four Dance Episodes from ‘Rodeo’ - Copland;  Piano Conc. No.4 - Beethoven;  Symphonic Dances - Rachmaninov.
Martin Roscoe - piano. [ c p r ]

14.03.2009 Barry Sharkey’s Farewell Concert. MWWMF. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Spitfire Prelude & Fugue - Walton;  Fantasia & Fugue in C min. - Bach arr. Elgar;  Clarinet Conc. No.2 - Weber;  Suite: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ - Tchaikovsky;  Capriccio Italien - Tchaikovsky;  ‘For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow’ - arr. Dodd Gruar.
Katie Lockhart - clarinet. [ c p r ]

16.05.2009 ‘A Concert for All Seasons’. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Robert Chasey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
‘The Banks of Green Willow’ - G. Butterworth;  Symph. No.1 - Schumann; Swedish Rhapsody No.1 - Alfven;  ‘Autumn’ from ‘The Seasons’ - Glazunov; Waltz: ‘The Skaters’ - Waldteufel. [ c p r ]

05.12.2009 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
David Chatwin ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: ‘The Thieving Magpie’ - Rossini;  Piano Conc. No.2 - Rachmaninov;  Symph. No.7, B141 - Dvořák.
Helen Reid - piano. [ c p r ]

13.03.2010 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Richard Howarth ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: ‘Fidelio’ - Beethoven;  Violin Conc. No.1 - Bruch;  Symph. No.3 - Brahms.
Diana Galvydyte - violin. [ c p ]

15.05.2010 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Sinead Hayes ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: ‘Ruslan and Lyudmila’ - Glinka;  Piano Conc. - Gershwin;  Four Slavonic Dances (Op.72) - Dvořák;  Emperor Waltz - Strauss;  March: ‘Pomp & Circumstance No.4’ - Elgar.
Chiao-Ying Chang - piano. [ c p r ]

04.12.2010 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Richard Howarth ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture ‘Prince Igor’ - Borodin;  Concierto de Aranjuez - Rodrigo;  Symph. No.2 - Sibelius.
Bridget Mermikides - guitar. [ c p r ]

19.03.2011 MWWMF. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Richard Howarth ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture ‘Die Meistersinger’ - Wagner;  Double Concerto - Brahms;  Pictures at an Exhibition - Mussorgsky orch. Ravel;  Three Musicians - Daniel Crompton.
Jiafeng Chen - violin, Mikhail Nemtsov - cello. [c p r ]

21.05.2011 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Richard Howarth ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture ‘Poet and Peasant’ - Suppé; Piano Concerto – Schumann; La Boutique Fantasque – Rossini-Respighi; Waltz and Polonaise from Eugene Onegin – Tchaikovsky.
Jason Gillham – piano.

03.12.2011 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Richard Howarth ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture ‘In the South’ – Elgar; Violin Conc. in E minor – Mendelssohn; A Colour Symphony – Bliss.
Soojin Han – violin.