Concert season 2022 – 2023
Saturday 22nd October 2022
Hervey Benham Young Soloists Concert
Full details will be added soon but the concert will include music by Bach, Offenbach, Chopin
and
Krommer’s Clarinet Concerto in Eb Major
Bruch’s Violin Concerto
Tickets: £13.00 (concessions £11.00, students £5.00 on the door)
Tickets available online from Red Lion Books website here
Saturday 4th March 2023
Gala Concert
Full details will be added soon but the concert will include music by Brahms, Sarasate and Faure
and featured soloists will be
Melinda Blackman Violin
James Greenfield Cello
Gala concert Tickets: £15.00 (no concessions)
Saturday 13th May 2023
Full details will be added soon but the concert will include the Arturian Trumpet Concerto
and featured soloists will include
David Rowland Trumpet
Tickets: £13.00 (concessions £11.00, students £5.00 on the door)
If you fancy attending all these concerts, perhaps you would consider becoming a Friend of the society. You would receive a ticket-price discount across the year and a reserved seat at every concert!
Past concerts:
Concert Season 2021 -2022
Our planned Christmas Concert was sadly cancelled at the last minute due to rising covid cases once again but we are looking forward to presenting some great music again during 2022. We begin with a wonderful Beethoven double bill for our March Gala Concert. For this concert we welcome Noriko Ogawa and Philip Smith back to Colchester. These acclaimed pianists have a long association with SBMS orchestra and we are delighted to be working with them once again.
Concert 1
Saturday 12th March 2022
Beethoven Gala Concert
Egmont Overture
Piano Concerto No. 3
Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor
Noriko Ogawa Piano
Philip Smith Piano
SBMS Orchestra leader Jessica Bobby
Jonathan Abbott Conductor
Gala Concert Tickets: £15.00 (no concessions)
Concert 2
Saturday 7th May 2022
Brahms selected Hungarian Dances
Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn
Dvorak Cello Concerto
Rebecca Welham Cello
SBMS Orchestra leader Jessica Bobby
Jonathan Abbott Conductor
Tickets: £13.00 (concessions £11.00, students £5.00 on the door)
Concert 3
Saturday 9th July 2022
Schubert Rosamunde Overture
Mozart Piano concerto No 23
Haydn Symphony No 99
George Ireland
SBMS Orchestra leader Jessica Bobby
Jonathan Abbott Conductor
Tickets: £13.00 (concessions £11.00, students £5.00 on the door)
If you fancy attending all these concerts, perhaps you would consider becoming a Friend of the society. You would receive a ticket-price discount across the year and a reserved seat at every concert!