Worthing Symphony Orchestra
The Professional Orchestra of West Sussex
Sun 18th Sept - 2.45pm - Going For Gold
Sun 9th Oct - 2.45pm - Winning Gold
Sun 13th Nov - 2.45pm -Remembrance Sunday
Sun 4th Dec - 2.45pm - Christmas in Vienna
Sun 8th Jan - 2.45pm - Family Film and Sport
Sun 12th Feb - 2.45pm -
Worthing Youth Prom
Sun 4th March - 2.45pm -
Homage to the Great Masters
Sunday 22nd April - 2.45pm -
Classic Heroes
Saturday 26th May - 7.30pm -
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee





Worthing Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: John Gibbons****Soloist : Idil Biret (piano)
****Mozart - Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Major (Emperor)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major
Pehkonen - Concert Overture Playing with Fire
Dramatic film moments are often encapsulated in stirring music and the climactic speech
given by George VI (played by Colin Firth) in The King’s Speech is brilliantly supported by
the powerful music of Beethoven’s seventh symphony, while the slow movement of the
Emperor piano concerto brings beauty and poignancy to the end of the film. Mozart’s
fizzing overture to a matrimonial ‘day in the life‘ is balanced by Elis Pehkonen’s infectious
Playing with Fire concert overture which begins our musical journey.
We are delighted to welcome back Turkish superstar pianist Idil Biret whose legendary
discography on the Naxos label includes all the major piano concertos and concert
repertoires of the great classical masters.
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Sunday 9th Oct - 2.45pm - Winning Gold
Winner of the First Sussex ‘International Piano Competition’
Worthing Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: John Gibbons Soloist : Arta Arnicane (piano)
****Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 (Little Russian)
Weber - Konzertstück in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra
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Sunday 13th Nov - 2.45pm - Remembrance Sunday
Worthing Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: John Gibbons Soloist : Lara Melda* (piano)
****Grieg - Piano Concerto in A Minor
Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
Alwyn - Marches: Desert Victory and The True Glory
Ungar - Ashokan Farewell
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* - Winner BBC Musician of the Year (2010)
Sunday 4th Dec - 2.45pm - Christmas in Vienna
The Alassio Concert Orchestra
Conductor : Marcus Martin
Soloist : Jacquelyn Fugelle (soprano)
** Suppé - Overture Poet and Peasant
Mozart - Exsultate, Jubilate
Schubert - Rosamunde Ballet Music
Vienna is the birthplace of the waltz and operetta. It is the home and workplace for
more composers and musicians than any other city with religious music, operas, concerts and theatrical performances having played a major part in Viennese life for centuries.
The versatile Alassio Concert Orchestra is joined by soprano Jacquelyn Fugelle for a
seasonal selection of tuneful music associated with the Imperial City including vocal
and orchestral music by Franz Lehar, Robert Stolz and the Strauss family.
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Sunday 8th Jan - 2.45pm - Family Film and Sport
with special guest, Julian Lloyd Webber
Worthing Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: John Gibbons Soloist : Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
Guest Presenter - John Inverdale
John Williams - Harry Potter
Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean
Rossini - William Tell Overture
Delius - Cello Concerto
Britten - Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Waldteufel - Skaters’ Waltz
Franz Lehar - Gold and Silver Waltz
Johann Strauss II - Jockey Fast Galop
Stoller - Match of the Day
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot arr. Morton Gould
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Sunday 12th Feb - 2.45pm - Worthing Youth Prom
A celebration of the music of Karl Jenkins
West Sussex Youth Orchestra
Conductor: David Bennett
Guest Conductor : John Gibbons - Singers from West Sussex schools
Karl Jenkins - Requiem
Karl Jenkins - Palladio
Karl Jenkins - Adiemus
In 2005 John Gibbons conducted the Sussex premiere of Requiem in Lancing College
Chapel and in 2010 led over 900 schoolchildren in an electrifying performance at the
Symphony Hall, Birmingham. This afternoon’s concert presents Requiem with young
singers and players from across West Sussex in a programme which celebrates the
enduring hope and optimism young people bring to classical music.
Tickets : All tickets £10 ; Students & U/16s - £6
Sunday 4th March - 2.45pm - Homage to the Great Composers
Two Pianos - Four Hands
Worthing Symphony Orchestra
Conductor : John Gibbons
Soloists : Louise-Andrée Baril (piano) & Yuki Negishi (piano)
Schubert - Symphony No. 8 (The Unfinished)
Poulenc - Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor
Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony
An afternoon of popular pieces filled with witty inventions, delicious turns of phrase and sparkling orchestration which promises to uplift the most leaden of souls.
Prokofiev’s modernisation of the Classical Symphony is acclaimed for its vibrant tunes and energy whilst Poulenc’s charming concerto for two pianos pays homage to his favourite composer, Mozart.
Schubert’s symphony is one of his finest and most beloved works with glorious melodies befitting the master of song. Finally the joyous delights of Saint-Saëns’ tongue-in-cheek entertainment is a humourous take-off of well-loved classics by Offenbach, Berlioz and Mendelssohn and includes the beautiful cello solo The Swan.
Two Blüthner grand pianos kindly provided by the Blüthner Piano Centre
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Saturday 26th May - 7.30pm - Queen’s Golden Jubilee
An Evening of Celebration
Worthing Symphony Orchestra
Conductor : John Gibbons
Soloists : Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Ian Fountain (piano)
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Walton - Crown Imperial
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1
Bruch - Kol Nidrei
Antony Collins - Festival Royal Overture
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Sunday 22nd April - 2.45pm - Classic Heroes
Young Clarinet sensation !
Worthing Symphony Orchestra
Conductor : John Gibbons Soloist : Julian Bliss (clarinet)
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Mendelssohn - Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A Major
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
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Sunday 18th Sept - 2.45pm - Going for Gold
Music from ‘The King’s Speech’
Please note advance bookings include a £2 administration charge for telephone transactions
and £1.50 for purchases online. These fees include postage and apply irrespective of the
number of concerts booked. Any tickets purchased within four working days of an event are
held by Worthing Theatres and available from the box office one hour prior to performance.
In person: at the Connaught and Pavilion box offices daily or Assembly Hall box office from
45 minutes before performances.
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