Orchestral concert, 3rd April, 2005
St Albans Anglican church, Pembroake St, Epping; 2.30 pm

Conductor:
Brendan Cooper

Guest conductor:
David Mackay

Program:
Borodin: In The Steppes Of Central Asia
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Mussorgsky (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov): Night On Bald Mountain
Tchaikovsky Characteristic Dances from Nutcracker Suite No.1

Recital concert, Sunday 8th May, 2005
Beecroft Bowling Club, 2.30 pm

Soloists:
David Fulcher (Cor Anglais)
Ben Fulcher (Cello)

Program:
Handel – Sonata Op 2 No 8
Margaret Curtis (Harp)
Salzedo – Chanson de la Nuit
String quartet: Martin Lee, Maryam Hobbs (Violin), Kate Hughs (Viola), George Hobbs (Cello)
Dvorak – String Quartet op.96

Scott Joplin – Elite Syncopations

Orchestral concert, 26th June, 2005
St Albans Anglican church, Pembroake St, Epping; 2.30 pm

Conductor:
Brendan Cooper

Guest conductor:
David Mackay

Soloists:
Donald Hazelwood
Fenella Gill

We are delighted to perform this concert with our patron, Donald Hazelwood, former Leader of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for many years, and Fenella Gill, cellist in the SSO, and member of the Australian Trio.

Program:
Muse and the Poet (Saint-Saens)
Light Cavalry overture (Franz Von Suppe)

Pavane for a dead princess (Ravel)

Gymnopedie (Eric Satie)

Symphony No.6 (Pastorale) (Beethoven)

Orchestral concert, 18th September, 2005
Cherrybrook Technical High School

Conductor:
Michael Thrift.

Soloist:
Andrew Cousins

Program:
Old Wine in New Bottles (Gordon Jacob)

Concertino for clarinet (Weber)
Rosamunde ballet suite (Schubert)

Clair de lune (Debussy)

Symphony No.8 (unfinished) (Schubert)

Recital concert, Sunday 23rd October, 2005
Beecroft Bowling Club, 2.30 pm

Players from the Beecroft Orchestra and the Amateur Chamber Music Society present:
Schumann Romances Op94 Ivan Foo (flute) and Judith Maynard (piano)
Mozart “L’Amero” from The Shepherd King K208 & “Dove Sono (Where Am I)” from Marriage of Figaro K492. Rosalie Gibson (soprano), Bill Gibson and John Pinn (violins), Mark Berriman (viola) and Jane Smith (cello)
Taktakishvili Sonata for Flute and Piano, Ewa Motyka (flute) and Ludmila Bielawska (piano)
Weber Quintet for Clarinet & Strings in Bb major Op.34, Andrew Cousins (Clarinet), Martin Lee, Maryam Hobbs (violin), Kate Hughes (Viola), George Hobbs (Cello).
Kim Robertson Celtic Songs
Hasselmans Chanson de Mai
Pearl Chertok Ten Past Two, Margaret Curtis (harp)

Orchestral concert, 11th December, 2005
St Albans Anglican church, Pembroake St, Epping; 2.30 pm

Conductor:
Brendan Cooper

We are delighted to welcome the Joubert Singers and also Raff Wilson from Cantillation, who join us for a concert entitled Christmas in England

Program:
Britten Ceremony of Carols (Joubert Singers, Margaret Curtis—Harp)

Dew in Aprille, 
Balulalow
, This Little Babe, 
Dies Natalis (Gerald Finzi)
Op.8 – Cantata for tenor and string orchestra (Raff Wilson—Tenor)

Gloria from the Messa di Gloria (Puccini)

Symphony No 104 in D Major (“London”) (Haydn)

Joy to the World (arr. Colin Brumby)

Hallelujah Chorus (G.F. Handel)