https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk The Wantage Orchestra news en_GB Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss virtualCMS webmaster@wantageorchestra.org.uk webmaster@wantageorchestra.org.uk https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=108037 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=108037 Jill Cooper With sadness that we learnt of Jill Cooper’s death at the beginning of April 2025. Jill, together with her husband, was instrumental in a group who founded the ... Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=108037 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=76120 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=76120 On 27 January 2024 wind members from the Orchestra met for a Wind Playing Day, under the coaching of Paul Harris. Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=76120 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70603 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70603 On Sunday 2 July 2023, James Longstaffe was our guest conductor, when we performed this programme: Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Walton Cello Concerto Schumann Symphony no 3 We were delighted that ... Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70603 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70635 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70635 Wantage Orchestra are thrilled to accompany the Oxfordshire soloist Julia Hollander (mezzo soprano) for a performance of Elgar’s Sea Pictures; a work based on poems by five different authors. It ... Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70635 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70636 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70636 Behold, the sea itself! Vaughan Williams wrote A Sea Symphony, a piece extolling the virtues of the sea, with text by Walt Whitman. It is a major piece for choir ... Sat, 03 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70636 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70637 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70637 Our Summer concert features a ballet music suite by a woman composer, a trumpet concerto, and a well-loved symphony. Cécile Chaminade Callirhoë Suite Haydn Trumpet Concerto Borodin Symphony no 2 ... Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=70637 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=55130 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=55130 Wantage Orchestra Summer Concert Sunday 4 July 2021 7 pm Dvorak Symphony no. 9 in E minor Op.95 From the ‘New World' Handel Concerto Grosso op.6. no.6 - string ... Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=55130 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=46876 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=46876 From November 2020 we have switched back to virtual rehearsals in response to the latest government regulations. We do hope to be able to resume in-person rehearsals before too long. Sun, 08 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=46876 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=46219 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=46219 Since August our committee has focused on designing a method of meeting, which complies with regulations: COVID-19 secure, and offers a risk assessment which our venues can agree to, and ... Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=46219 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=46218 https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=46218 Like so many music groups, we abruptly ceased rehearsals in March. A planned String Playing Day was abandoned. We commenced rehearsals on a virtual basis in April. This has been ... Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wantageorchestra.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=46218