CONCERT PROGRAMME DETAILS
from 7th December 1985 to 20th May 1995

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

07.12.1985 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Hansel and Gretel' - Humperdinck; Piano Conc. - Grieg; Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia - Khachaturian; 'The Three Bears' - Coates; 'Sleigh Ride' - Delius; 'Nutcracker Suite' - Tchaikovsky; 'Thunder and Lightning' Polka - Joh. Strauss II.
Christine Stevenson - piano. [ p r ]

22.03.1986 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture; 'Ruslan and Lyudmila' - Glinka; Piano Conc. No.2 - Rachmaninov; Symph. No.2 - Tchaikovsky; 'In the Steppes of Central Asia' - Borodín.
Sally Ann Bottomley - piano. [ p r ]

17.05.1986 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Rosamunde' - Schubert; Piano Conc. No.23, K488 - Mozart; 5 Songs by The Kendal Youth Singers; Overture: 'The Gipsy Baron' - Joh. Strauss II.; Pizzicato Polka - Joh. II & Jos. Strauss; 'Bahn Frei' - E. Strauss; 'Music of the Spheres' - Jos. Strauss; 'Cuckoo' Polka & 'Blue Danube' - Joh. Strauss II.; 'Radetsky' March - Joh. Strauss I.
Allan Schiller - piano, The Kendal Youth Singers. [ p r ]

06.12.1986 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Jonathan Del Mar ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Leonora No.3' - Beethoven; Piano Conc. No.1 - Beethoven; 'Præludium' - Järnfelt; 'The Fairy's Kiss' - Stravinsky; Scherzo from Conc. Symphonique No.4 - Litolff; 'Lohengrin' - Prelude to Act 3 - Wagner.
Peter Seivewright - piano. [ p r ]

14.03.1987 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Tone Poem - 'Tintagel' - Bax; Clarinet Conc. No.2 - Crusell; Horn Conc. No.4, K495 - Mozart; Capriccio Italien - Tchaikovsky.
Janet Hilton - clarinet, Naomi Atherton - horn. [ p r ]

02.05.1987 Organ Restoration Appeal Concert. Parish Church, Kendal.
Sidney Lewis ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture; 'The Secret Marriage' - Cimarosa; Conc. for Flute and Harp K299 - Mozart; Adagio for Strings and Organ - Albinoni/Giazotto; Sinfonia a Gran Orquesta - Arriaga.
Caroline Franklyn - flute, Sioned Williams - harp, William Snowley - organ. [ p r ]

04.10.1987 Study Day. Town Hall, Kendal.
Arthur Butterworth ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Symph. No.6, 'Pathetique' - Tchaikovsky. [ letter ]

05.12.1987 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Welsh Rhapsody - German; Violin Conc. - Bruch; 'Crown Imperial' - Walton; 'Wand of Youth' Suite No.2 - Elgar; 'Pineapple Poll' - Sullivan arr. Mackeras.
Alan Brind - violin. [ p r ]

19.03.1988 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'Der Freischütz' - Weber; 'Sinfonia Concertante' for Violin & Viola K364 - Mozart; Symph. No.9, B178 'New World' - Dvorák.
Nora Chastain - violin, Paul Coletti - viola. [ p r ]

14.05.1988 Reginald Stead 80th Birthday Charity Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
Overture: 'The Force of Destiny' - Verdi; Nights in the Garden of Spain - de Falla; 'Scheherazade' - Rimsky-Korsakov.
Christine Stevenson - piano. [ c p r ]

10.09.1988 Westmorland Summer Orchestra, Last Night of the Gathering Proms Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Christopher Tinker ( C ) Reginald Stead ( L )
A London Overture - Ireland; Trumpet Conc. - Haydn; March: 'The Dam Busters' - Coates; Prince Charles Birthday Suite - Tippett; 'Sea Pictures' - Elgar; 'Pomp and Circumstance' No.1 - Elgar; 'Rule, Britannia!' - Arne.
Louise Winter - mezzo soprano, Stella Fitzgerald - trumpet. [ p r ]

02.10.1988 Study Day. Town Hall, Kendal.
Denis McCaldin ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.4 - Mahler. [ - ]

03.12.1988 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Beckus The Dandipratt' - Arnold; Cello Conc. - Dvorák; 'Mother Goose' Suite - Ravel; 'The Adoration of the Magi' - Respighi; 'Carmen' - Suite No.1 - Bizet.
Alexander Baillie - cello. [ p r ]

04.03.1989 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Festival Overture - Shostakovich; 'Peter and the Wolf' - Prokofiev; Symph. No.2 - Rachmaninov.
Christopher Taylor - narrator. [ p r ]

06.05.1989 Parish Church, Kendal.
Jonathan Del Mar ( C ) John Upson ( L )
'Le Tombeau de Couperin' - Ravel; Violin Conc. - Tchaikovsky; Symph. No.4 - Schubert. Leland Chen - violin (for Elizabeth Layton). [ p r ]

09.09.1989 Westmorland Summer Orchestra, Special Kendal Gathering Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Christopher Tinker ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Die Meistersinger' - Wagner; Piano Conc. - Grieg; 'Kendal Clock' - A. Butterworth; 'Pomp and Circumstance' No.1 - Elgar; Fantasia on British Sea Songs - Wood; 'Rule, Britannia!' - Arne; 'Jerusalem' - Parry.
Christine Stevenson - piano, Hazel Sumsion - mezzo soprano. [ p r ]

01.10.1989 Study Day. Town Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.5 - Shostakovich. [ - ]

02.12.1989 Children's Teddy Bear Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Children's Overture - Quilter; Variations on a Nursery Song - Dohnányi; Suite from 'Lieutenant Kijé' - Prokofiev; 'Swan of Tuonela' - Sibelius; Phantasy 'The Three Bears' - Coates.
Allan Schiller - piano. [ p r ]

10.03.1990 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Suite 'Appalachian Spring' - Copland; 'Le Cid' Ballet Music - Massenet; Piano Conc. No.2 - Brahms.
Anthony Goldstone - piano. [ p r ]

12.05.1990 with Westmorland Orchestra Chorus. Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Requiem - Verdi.
Jane Carpenter - soprano, Regina Hanley - mezzo soprano, Gareth Lloyd - tenor, Stephen Gadd - bass. [ p r ]

07.10.1990 Study Day. Town Hall, Kendal.
Jonathan Del Mar ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.1 - Brahms. [ - ]

01.12.1990 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
An Outdoor Overture - Copland; Conc. for Violin and Cello - Brahms; 'Brigg Fair' - Delius; Suite from 'Mlada' - Rimsky-Korsakov.
Miranda Dale - violin, Caroline Dale - cello. [ p r ]

09.03.1991 Beethoven Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture 'Egmont', Violin Conc., Symph. No.6.
Leland Chen - violin. [ p r ]

04.05.1991 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Serenade for Strings - Wirén; Clarinet Conc. No.1 - Weber; Symph. No.4 - Brahms.
Jack Brymer - clarinet. [ p r ]

06.10.1991 Study Day. Town Hall, Kendal.
Simon Wright ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.1 - Mahler. [ - ]

07.12.1991 Children's Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
4 Cornish Dances - Arnold; Piano Conc. No.2 - Saint-Saëns; Overture; 'The Magic Flute' - Mozart; Wellington's Victory - Beethoven; Dances from 'The Bartered Bride' - Smetana; The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Dukas.
Margaret Fingerhut - piano. [ p r ]

07.03.1992 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Ruslan & Lyudmila' - Glinka; Piano Conc. No.1 - Tchaikovsky; Symph. No.1 - Kalinnikov.
Amanda Hurton - piano. [ p r ]

16.05.1992 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Concertino for Flute & Orch. - Chaminade; Masques et Bergamasques - Fauré; Flut Conc in D. K314 - Mozart; Symph. No.8, B163 - Dvorák.
Wissam Boustany - flute. [ p r ]

27.09.1992 Study Day. Town Hall, Kendal.
Arthur Butterworth ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.1 - Elgar. [ - ]

05.12.1992 with Westmorland Orchestra Chorus. Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
‘God Save the Queen’ - arr. Britten; 'Enigma' Variations - Elgar; Te Deum - Berlioz. Roger Cann - tenor, Adrian Self - organ. [ p r ]

13.03.1993 Barry Sharkey's 20th Anniversary Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
'Polovtsian Dances' - Borodín; Violin Conc. - Glazunov; Symph. No.5 - Tchaikovsky.
Leland Chen - violin. [ p r ]

15.05.1993 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Carnival' - Dvorák; Piano Conc. No.2 - Rachmaninov; Symph. No.1 - Sibelius.
Anthony Goldstone - piano. [ p r ]

03.10.1993 Study Day. Town Hall, Kendal.
Richard Dickins ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.4 - Bruckner. [ List of players ]

04.12.1993 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Four Dance Episodes from 'Rodeo' - Copland; Piano Conc. No.1 - Liszt; Serenade No.1 - Brahms.
Philip Martin - piano. [ p r ]

12.03.1994 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Peter Dyer ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Variations on a theme of Haydn - Brahms; Symph. No.7, B141 - Dvorák.
Peter Francombe booked for Strauss Horn Conc. No.1 but failed to arrive. [ p r ]

14.05.1994 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Euryanthe' - Weber; Cello Conc. - Elgar; Two Pieces for Small Orch. - Bax; Theme and Variations, (Finale, Suite No.3) - Tchaikovsky.
Emma Ferrand - cello. [ p r ]

25.09.1994 Study Day. Town Hall, Kendal.
Jonathan Del Mar ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.5 - Glazunov. [ p ]

03.12.1994 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Marche Militaire Française - Saint-Saëns; Conc. for Flute and Orchestra - Ibert; Rhapsody - 'España' - Chabrier; An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise - Maxwell Davies; 'Greensleeves' - Vaughan Williams; March Slav - Tchaikovsky.
Wissam Boustany - flute, Pipe Major J.M.Banks - bagpipes. [ c p r ]

11.03.1995 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Russian Easter Festival Overture - Rimsky-Korsakov; Piano Conc. No.3 - Prokofiev; Symph. No.2 - Brahms.
Amanda Hurton - piano. [ c.p.r.]

20.05.1995 Golden Jubilee Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture for Westmorland - Martin; 'Namensfeier' Overture - Beethoven; Clarinet Conc. K622 - Mozart; The Blue Danube - Joh. Strauss II; Aria: 'Porgi Amor' -
Mozart; Künstler - Quadrille - Joh. Strauss II; Aria: 'Parto, parto' - Mozart; Overture: 'Die Fledermaus' - Joh. Strauss II.
Katherine Spencer - clarinet, Jennifer Morris - soprano. [ c p r ]