The Music Society Orchestra is going from strength-to-strength and plays a large selection of repertoire. In this academic year, the orchestral director is Rob Thompson.
Rehearsals – Fridays 7:30pm – 9:30pm in PJ Hall
This semester’s Programme:
Peter Flinn – The Clowns from Cinema Suite
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite #1
Hans Zimmer – Music from Gladiator
Benjamin Britten – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Past Repetoire:
Hilary Tann – Reibo
Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings
Mendelssohn – Overture to Ruy Blas
Barber – Serenade for Strings
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Beethoven – Symphonies and Overtures (Creatures of Prometheus, Egmont)
Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Elgar – 3 Bavarian Dances
Faure – Requiem
Hans Zimmer – Pirates of the Carribean
Khachaturian – Suite
Mendelssohn – ‘Scherzo’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
