CONCERT PROGRAMME DETAILS
From 24th September 1995 to 21st May 2005

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

24.09.1995 Study Day. Cancelled. [ p ]

02.12.1995 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Cappricio brillante on the Jota Aragonesa - Glinka; Symphonie Espagnole - Lalo;
Incidental Music to ‘The Valencian Widow’ - Khachaturian; Excerpts from 'Carmen' - Bizet.
Elizabeth Layton - violin. [ c p r ]

09.03.1996 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Prince Igor' - Borodín; Trumpet Conc. - Arutyunian; 'The Gadfly' - Shostakovich.
Peter Lawrence - trumpet. [ p r ]

18.05.1996 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Sokol Ceremonial March - Suk; Three Dances from 'Lachian Dances' - Janácek; 'Poem' - Fibich; 'Vltava' - Smetana; Symph. No.9, B178, 'New World' - Dvorák. [ p ]

29.09.1996 Study Day. Town Hall, Kendal.
Cecelia Weston ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.7 Beethoven. [ p ]

30.11.1996 Scottish Evening. Parish Church, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'The Land of the Mountain and the Flood' - MacCunn; Scottish Fantasy - Bruch; Four Scottish Dances - Arnold; Symph. No.3, 'Scottish' - Mendelssohn.
Lorraine McAslan - violin. [c p ]

08.03.1997 MWWMF. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Peter Dyer ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' - Nicolai; Horn Conc. No.1 - Strauss; Hungarian Dances - Brahms; Suite for Orchestra on Hungarian Folk Dances - Weiner.
David Pyatt - horn. [ c p r ]

17.05.1997 Westmorland Plays 'Westmorland' Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'The Yeomen of the Guard' - Sullivan; Symph. No.3, 'Westmorland' - Gibbs; 'Kendal Clock' - Arthur Butterworth; 'The Perfect Fool' - Holst; 'Coronation Scot' - Ellis; London Suite - Coates. [ c p r ]

28.09.1997 Study Day. Town Hall, Kendal.
Cecelia Weston ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Brahms' Piano Quartet - arr. Schoenberg. [ p ]

06.12.1997 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes - Shostakovich; Violin Conc. - Brahms; Symph. No.8, 'Unfinished' - Schubert; Academic Festival Overture - Brahms.
Marat Bisengaliev - violin. [ c p r ]

14.03.1998 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Candide' - Bernstein; 'Les Biches' - Poulenc; 'Mont Juic' - Berkley & Britten; Symph. No.3 - Schumann. [ c p r ]

16.05.1998 Barry Sharkey's Silver Jubilee Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Semiramide' - Rossini; Piano Conc. No.19, K459 - Mozart; Symph. No.2 - Rachmaninov.
Anthony Goldstone - piano. [ c p r ]

19.09.1998 Study Day.
With NFMS Northern Region. Ullswater Community College, Penrith.
Mark Fitz-Gerald ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.4 - Mahler. [ p ]

05.12.1998 'America' Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Variations on 'America' - Ives; Piano Conc. in F - Gershwin; 'Florida' Suite - Delius; March: 'Stars and Stripes Forever' - Sousa.
Sam Haywood - piano. [ c p r ]

13.03.1999 MWWMF. Russian Evening. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Coronation March for Czar Alexander III - Tchaikovsky; Piano Conc. No.2 - Shostakovich; 'The Ball' from 'War and Peace' - Prokofiev; Symph. No.4 - Tchaikovsky.
Elizaveta Kopelman - piano. [ c p r ]

15.05.1999 Scandinavian Evening. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Helios' - Nielsen; Piano Conc. - Grieg; Symph. No.2 - Sibelius.
Graham Scott - piano. [ c p r ]

18.09.1999 Study Day.
With NFMS Northern Region. Ullswater Community College, Penrith.
Mark Fitz-Gerald ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.10 - Shostakovitch. [ - ]

04.12.1999 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: Leonora No.3 - Beethoven; Violin Conc. No.2 - Wieniawski; Symph. No.1 - Brahms.
Marat Bisengaliev - violin. [ c p r ]

18.03.2000 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Roman Carnival' - Berlioz; Violin Conc. - Korngold; Symph. No.6, B112 - Dvorák.
Leland Chen - violin. [ c p r ]

20.05.2000 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'The Force of Destiny' - Verdi; Ballet Music from 'Faust' - Gounod; Finale of Act I, 'La Bohème' - Puccini; Duo: 'Do you not hear the Nightingale' -
Tchaikovsky; Music from 'Romeo and Juliet' - Prokofiev.
Nicola Howard - soprano, David Newman - tenor. [ c p r ]

24.09.2000 Study Day. Powell Hall, Sedbergh School, Sedbergh.
Christopher Fifield ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.3 - Elgar. [ p ]

02.12.2000 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Cockaigne' - Elgar; Triple Conc. for Violin, Cello and Piano - Beethoven; Symph. No.7 - Prokofiev; March from 'The Love of Three Oranges' - Prokofiev.
The Kungsbacka Piano Trio. [ c p r ]

17.03.2001 MWWMF. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
'Things to Come' - Bliss; Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini - Rachmaninoff;
Symph. in D Min. - Franck.
Martin Roscoe - piano. [ c p r ]

19.05.2001 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
'Siegfried's Rhine Journey' - Wagner; Piano Conc. No.1 - Chopin; Suite in F# Min. - Dohnányi; Prelude to 'Lohengrin' Act III - Wagner.
Sam Haywood - piano. [ c p r ]

07.10.2001 Study Day. Powell Hall, Sedbergh School, Sedbergh.
Christopher Fifield ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Symph. No.1 - Walton. [ p ]

01.12.2001 Westm'd Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
'Capriccio Espagnol' - Rimsky-Korsakov; Cello Conc. - Dvorák; Symph. No.1 - Shostakovich.
Thomas Carroll - cello. [ c p r ]

16.03.2002 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Prometheus' - Beethoven; Piano Conc. - Paderewski; Symph. No.6, 'Pathetique' - Tchaikovsky.
Anthony Goldstone - piano. [ c p r ]

18.05.2002 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Hansel and Gretel' - Humperdinck; 'Tzigane' - Ravel; 'L'Arlésienne' - Bizet; Overture: 'The Wasps' - Vaughan Williams; 'The Lark Ascending' - Vaughan Williams; 'Masquerade' - Khachaturian.
Emma Hancock - violin. [ c p r ]

06.10.2002 Study Day. Powell Hall, Sedbergh School, Sedbergh.
Christopher Fifield ( C ) John Upson ( L )
'Concerto for Orchestra' - Bartók. [ p ]

30.11.2002 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Johannesburg Festival Overture - Walton; Piano Conc. No.5, 'Emperor' - Beethoven; 'Scheherazade' - Rimsky-Korsakov.
Graham Scott - piano. [ c p r ]

15.03.2003 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
'Finlandia' - Sibelius; Symph. No.2 - Taneyev; Piano Conc. No.1 - Brahms.
Martin Roscoe - piano. [ c p r ]

17.05.2003 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Rossini on Ilkla' Moor' - Fenby; 'Walk to the Paradise Garden' - Delius; 'The Three Elizabeths' - Coates; Symph. No.8, B163 - Dvorák. [ c p r ]

05.10.2003 Study Day. Powell Hall, Sedbergh School, Sedbergh.
Gerry Cornelius ( C ) John Upson ( L )
'Symphonic Dances' - Rachmaninov. [ p ]

06.12.2003 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Bartered Bride' - Smetana; Piano Conc. No.3 - Prokofiev; Symph. No.1 - Rachmaninov.
Faith Leadbetter - piano. [ c p r ]

13.03.2004 Dvorák Centenary Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
'Hussite' Overture, Violin Conc., Scherzo Capriccioso, Symphonic Variations.
Lorraine McAslan - violin. [ c p r ]

15.05.2004 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'William Shakespeare' - Kuhlau; Violin Conc. No.1 - Paganini; 'Les Deux Pigeons' - Messager; Overture 'Maskarade' - Nielsen; 'Zigeunerweisen' - Sarasate; 'Karelia' Suite - Sibelius.
Marat Bisengaliev - violin. [ c p r ]

04.12.2004 Diamond Jubilee Concert. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Fanfare for 'The Westmorland' - Lawrence; Night on Bare Mountain - Musorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov; Piano Conc. No.1 - Tchaikovsky; Suite for String Orchestra 'Dale and Fell' - Armstrong Gibbs; 'Enigma Variations' - Elgar.
Martin Roscoe - piano. [c p r ]

12.03.2005 MWWMF. Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
Overture: 'Egmont' - Beethoven; Piano Conc. No.5 (L’Incendie par L’Orage) - Field; Symph. No.4 - Mahler.
Benjamin Frith - piano; Gillian Ramm - soprano. [ c p r ]

21.05.2005 Westmorland Hall, Kendal.
Barry Sharkey ( C ) John Upson ( L )
'A Grand Grand Festival Overture' - Arnold; Violin Conc. No.1 - Prokofiev; 3 Pieces from 'Ruralia Hungarica' - Dohnanyi; 3 Dances from 'The Three-cornered Hat' - de Falla; 'The Swan of Tuonela' - Sibelius; Overture: 'Britannia' - Mackenzie.
Yuri Zhislin - violin; The Quartetto Domestico. [ c p r ]