Previous concerts

Sunday 15th July2018

On Flanders Fields - In Remembrance of the Great War 1914-18
at Matlock County Hall

Beautiful music and poetry to help us remember;
The Banks of Green Willow by Butterworth, selections from Holst's Planets suite,
Elgar's Nimrod and some inspiring 21st century compositions for a reflective stance on the Great War.

Saturday 24th March 2018

Classic Favourites
at Staveley Speedwell Rooms

Overture Coriolan Op.62 - Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 - Felix Mendelsshon 
Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op.92 - Ludwig van Beethoven

Sunday 10th December 2017

Around the world in 80 minutes (to Christmas)
at Winding Wheel, Chesterfield

Featuring Bizet, Grieg, Granger, Marquez, Bernstein and more.
An evening of classical and more recent works, a
tour of the globe through music.

Sunday 16th July 2017
A Night at the Opera

At Matlock County Hall. A rich programme of opera and ballet music including selections from Le Cid (Massenet), Coppelia (Delibes), Romeo & Juliet (Prokofiev), Overture to La Forza del Destino (Verdi), Nessun Dorma (Puccini) and The Barber of Seville (Rossini).

Soloists Verity Quarmby and Peter Cain receiving gifts at the end of the concert.

Jack Grime thanking Edward Boothroyd at the end of the concert as he steps down from the role of leader after 21 years.

Saturday 3rd June 2017
With Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir

20th Annual Choral Day at Central Methodist Church, Saltergate, Chesterfield.
An Informal Concert featuring extracts from Mass in C Minor - Mozart. Conductor: Steven Roberts

Saturday 25th March 2017
Captivating Classics

At The Crossing, Worksop. Including Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, Brahms’ Symphony No 2 and
Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, played by distinguished soloist,
and friend to Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra, Julian Clef.

Sunday 4th December 2016
Winter Concert

Festive Fun at the Winding Wheel, a light-hearted selection of catchy tunes from all corners of the globe plus a goodbye to our outgoing conductor Andrew Hodkinson and a welcome to his replacement Jack Grime.

Saturday 9th July 2016
Summer Concert

Scandinavian Splendour was the theme of our summer concert at County Hall, Matlock. We enjoyed the dramatic themes of Sibelius’ Second Symphony and his renowned Finlandia work and also Norwegian composer, Grieg, in his Peer Gynt Suite, which included In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Sunday 20th March 2016
Spring Concert

Our Spring Concert celebrated English composers and included Delius’ Walk to the Paradise Garden and his Florida Suite, Walton’s stately Orb & Sceptre march, Arnold’s English Dances and to round it all off, Elgar’s rousing Pomp and Circumstance march.

Sunday 6th December 2015
Winter Concert

Our winter concert was 'A Night to Remember' at The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield.
An evening of evocative melodies and toe-tapping dance tunes including the melodic theme from The Mission (Gabriel’s Oboe by Ennio Morricone); the drama of Prokofiev’s Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet; the mystery of Khachaturian’s Masquerade Suite; and the Latin-American vibe of Danzon No. 2 by Márquez, plus the uplifting Chariots of Fire theme and beautiful music from The Lord of the Rings

Saturday 11th July 2015
Summer Concert

at The Crossing, Worksop our Summer concert included Borodin's In the steppes of Central Asia, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2. (Soloist Julian Clef) and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 4

Saturday 21st March 2015
Spring Concert

at County Hall, Matlock our Spring concert included Schubert's Symphony no.8 in B minor (‘Unfinished’), Brahms' St Antoni Variations op 56a, Dvorak's Scherzo from Symphony no.7
Mozart's Rondo from Horn Concerto no.4 and Bizet's Carmen Suite no.1.
The conductor for this concert was George Morton.

Sunday 7 December 2014
December Concert