1980 to 1989
25th November 1989
Conductor: Alan Gardner. Leader: Lance Oliver.
Sinfonia Concertante for Wind - Mozart Soloists Lisa Perfect - oboe, Tracey Bridgeman - clarinet, Oliver Smith - French horn, Kenneth Steward - bassoon. Entry of the Gods into Valhalla - Wagner; Symphony No. 2 - Sibelius.
8th July 1989
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Stephen Weal
Overture: Benvenuto Cellini - Berlioz; Piano Concerto in G - Ravel Soloist Carolyn Kotok; Symphony No.3 'Organ' - Saint-Saëns Organ: Denny Lyster
11th March 1989
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Thomas Geradine
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 - Bach Soloists: Mark Greensill, violin, Joanna Parker & Barbara Southward flutes; Suite Jeux d'Enfants - Bizet; Simple Symphony - Britten; Symphony No. 3 in D - Schubert
19th November 1988 Charity Orchestral Concert in aid of Southend Scanner Appeal.
Conductor: Christopher Wood Leader: Thomas Geradine.
Dances of Galanta - Kodaly; Wesendonck Lieder - Wagner Soloist Christine Johnson; Symphony No. 4 - Beethoven.
9th September 1988
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Thomas Geradine
Carnival Overture - Dvorák; Symphony No. 4 in A 'Italian' - Mendelssohn; Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Rachmaninov Soloist Philip Fowke (Last minute replacement for John Ogden)
9th July 1988
Conductor: Christopher Wood Leader: Thomas Geradine.
Overture: Beatrice and Benedict - Berlioz; Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished' - Schubert; Cello Concerto in B minor - Dvorák Soloist Gregory Walmsley
12th March 1988
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Thomas Geradine
Overture: The Hebrides - Mendelssohn; Two Elegiac Melodies - Grieg; Mother Goose Suite - Ravel; Symphony in C - Bizet.
21st November 1987
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Thomas Geradine
Tragic Overture - Brahms; Pavane - Fauré; Concerto for Two Violins - Bach Soloists Stephen Weale & Lance Oliver Symphony No. 5 - Vaughan-Williams
11th July 1987
Conductor: Christopher Wood Leader: Thomas Geradine.
Overture: 'The Magic Flute' - Mozart; Holberg Suite - Grieg; Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - Mendelssohn; Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' - Beethoven.
16th May 1987 In Priory Park as part of Southend's Spring Festival.
Conductor: Christopher Wood Leader: Thomas Geradine.
With the Fidelio Singers Conductor Margaret Cozens
Overture: Die Fledermaus - Johann Strauss; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel; Choral dance from 'Prince Igor' - Borodin; Selection from Faust - Gounod Soloists Rosemary King, Hilary Pell, Les Davis, Nigel Collins; Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Grieg; Overture: Portsmouth Point - William Walton; Hungarian March - Berlioz; Duet from 'Lakme' - Delibes Soloists Phyl Compton & Pat Rose; 'Song to the Moon' - Dvorák Soloist Christine Johnson; 'Easter Hymn' from 'Cavalleria Rusticana' - Mascagni; Overture: 1812 - Tchaikovsky
14th March 1987
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Stephen Weale
Symphony No. 35 'Haffner' - Mozart; Sinfonietta - Britten; Violin Concerto in D - Brahms Soloist Thomas Geradine.
22nd November 1986
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Thomas Geradine.
A Song before Sunrise - Delius; On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring; Summer Night on the River - Delius; A Song before Sunrise - Delius; Clarinet Concerto in C minor - Finzi Soloist Michael Collins; Symphony No. 7 in A - Beethoven
1st November 1986 For the Rotary Club of Dunmow.
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Thomas Geradine On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Delius; Clarinet Concerto in C minor - Finzi Soloist Robert Bramley; Symphony No. 7 in A - Beethoven
12th July 1986
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Thomas Geradine.
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis - Vaughan-Williams; Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra - Mozart Soloists David Willison & Christopher Wood; Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' - Beethoven.
15th March 1986
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Thomas Geradine
Overture: 'Les Francs Juges' - Berlioz; Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings - Poulenc Soloist: Michael Crabb; Symphony No. 2 in D - Brahms
18th November 1985
Conductor: Christopher Wood Leader: Thomas Geradine. With combined Choirs
'Messiah' - Handel. Soloists: Vivienne Bellos - Soprano; Margaret Cozens - Contralto; Roger Lawrence - Tenor; Brindley Sherratt - Bass.
26th October 1985
Conductor: Christopher Wood Leader: Thomas Geradine.
Overture: Rosamunde - Schubert; Violin Concerto Op. 27 - Sibelius. Soloist Alexander Stewart; Enigma Variations - Elgar.
13th July 1985
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Thomas Geradine.
Overture: Don Giovanni - Mozart; Dumbarton Oaks - Stravinsky; Rococo Variations - Tchaikovsky Soloist: Leonard Stehn; Elegie - Fauré Symphony No. 5 - Schubert
23rd March 1985
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock.
Carnival Overture - Dvorák; Ritual Dances from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - Tippett; (To mark the 80th birthday of Sir Michael Tippett, O.M. C.H.C.B.E.) Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor'- Beethoven Soloist: Edward Parker
24th November 1984
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock
Overture: Die Fledermaus - J. Strauss; Sleigh Ride - Delius; Invitation to the Dance - Weber; Symphony No. 4 - Mahler Soloist Vivienne Hellos. (Timpanist: Student Evelyn Glennie)
14th July 1984
Conductor: Christopher Wood Leader: Joseph Lock.
Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mendelssohn; Piano Concerto No. 21 in C K467- Mozart Soloist Christopher Wood; Symphony No. 8 in F - Beethoven.
31st March 1984 St John's Smith Square
Conductor Christopher Wood Leader: Joseph Lock.
Overture: Helios - Nielson Piano Concerto No 2 - Liszt Soloist John Ogden; Symphony No. 1 - Sibelius.
17th March 1984
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock.
Overture: Helios - Nielson; Piano Concerto No. 2 - Liszt Soloist Stephen Robbings; Symphony No. 1 - Sibelius
12th November 1983
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock.
Siegfried Idyll - Wagner; Appalachian Spring - Copeland; Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor - Brahms, Soloist Ronald Meachen
25th June 1983
Conductor: Christopher Wood Leader: Joseph Lock.
Chacony in G minor - Purcell/Britten; Symphony No.104 in D - Haydn; St. Paul's Suite - Holst; Violin Concerto No 1 - Bruch Soloist: Alexander Stewart
19th March 1983
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock.
Overture: The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart; Little Music for Strings - Tippett; 'Schelomo' for Cello and Orchestra - Bloch Soloist Leonard Stehn Enigma Variations - Elgar
27th November 1982 St James's Church Piccadilly
Conductor: Christopher Wood Leader: Joseph Lock.
Overture: Fidelio - Beethoven Violin Concerto in D - Beethoven Soloist Tang Yun; Symphony No. 5 in C minor - Beethoven
22nd November 1982 Southend Music Club 40th Anniversary.
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock.
Overture: Fidelio; - Beethoven; Violin concerto in D - Beethoven Soloist Tang Yun; Symphony No. 5 in C minor - Beethoven.
19th June 1982
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock
Overture: Tannhauser - Wagner; Symphony No 40 in G minor k 550 - Mozart; Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor - Rachmaninov Soloist: Edward Parker.
20th March 1982
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock
Fanfare No.1 - Tippett; Clarinet Concerto K 662 - Mozart Soloist Robert Bramley; Symphony No. 2 in E minor - Rachmaninov.
14th November 1981
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock.
Overture: 'The Magic Flute' - Mozart; Nuits D'Ete - Berlioz Soloist: Vivienne Bellos; Symphony No. 3 in Eb Opus 10 - Dvorák.
20th June 1981
Conductor: Christopher Wood Leader: Joseph Lock
Overture: 'Oberon' - Weber; Holberg Suite - Grieg; Symphony No. 9 'The Great' - Schubert.
21st March 1981
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock
'Pulcinella' Suite - Stravinsky; Concerto for Flute and Harp - Mozart Soloists: Nicholas Crabb & Jeffrey Dyball; Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' - Beethoven.
15th November 1980
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock;
Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles (Suite in D) - Tippett; Piano Concerto in C minor K491 - Mozart Soloist George Mowatt; Symphony No. 1 in E minor Opus 39 - Sibelius.
21st June 1980
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock.
Overture: Prometheus - Beethoven; On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Delius; A Song before Sunrise - Delius; Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra - César Frank Symphony Soloist: Ronald Meachen; Symphony No. 4 in A, 'Italian' - Mendelssohn
1st March 1980
Conductor: Christopher Wood. Leader: Joseph Lock
Overture: The Hebrides - Mendelssohn; Suite: le Tombeau de Couperin - Ravel; Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in D minor - Bach Soloists Joseph Lock & Richard Brittain; Symphony No. 1 in C major, Opus 21 - Beethoven.
