Autumn Concert

Sunday 6 November 2011, 7.30 pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham

Conductor: Lee Armstrong

Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel Overture
Geoff Cummings-Knight - Piano Concerto
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8

CEE Concerto Competition Prize Concert

Sunday 26 June 2011, Adrian Boult Hall (Chamberlain Square, Birmingham), 7.30 p.m.

Soloist: Soh-Yon Kim
Conductor: Anthony Bradbury

Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
Bush - Symphonic Dances

(We are exceptionally grateful to Soh-Yon Kim for replacing competition winner Martyn Johannesberg, who was unfortunately indisposed.)

Strings in the Springtime

Sunday 15 May 2011, 7.30 pm
Ladywood ARC

Conductor: Lee Armstrong

Greig - Holberg Suite (Prelude)
Liadov (arr. Armstrong) - Prelude Op. 11 no 1
Tchaikovsky - Waltz, from Serenade for Strings
Pachelbel - Canon
Barber - Adagio for Strings
Debussy (arr. Armstrong) - Cathédrale engloutie
Brahms (arr. Armstrong) - Movement for Strings
Warlock - Capriol Suite

St George's Day Concert 2011

Saturday 23 April 2011, 4-5 pm
Chamberlain Square

Conductor: Anthony Bradbury
Leader: Anna Downes

Walton: 'Spitfire' Prelude & Fugue
 Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4
 Richard Francis: The Splendour of England - world premiere!
Parry: Jerusalem 
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 

Glories of the New German School

Sunday 20 February 2011, 7.30 pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham

Conductor: David Trippett
Leader: Anna Downes
Bassoon: Theodor Valentin Iliescu

Wagner - Meistersinger Overture
John Robson - Bassoon Concerto
Liszt - Orpheus
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) available from ceemusic@hotmail.com
or by calling 07734 256268, or on the door.
Click here for the full-size poster.

Wednesbury Art Gallery Music Club Concert

Wednesday 8 December 2010, 7.45 pm
Wednesbury Art Gallery

Dvorak - Humoresque
Pachelbel - Chaconne
Downes - Songs of Love
Debussy - Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Handel - Messiah Excerpts
Corelli - Christmas Concerto

Concerto Competition Final

Sunday 3 October, 6 pm
Birmingham Conservatoire

Music Director: Anthony Bradbury

Tatiana Dardykina: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (movt 1)
Gamal Khamis: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 (movt 1)
Magdalena Wajdzik: Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 (movt 1)
Martyn Johannesberg: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (movt 1)

A German Requiem

CEE with Birmingham Festival Choral Sociey
Sunday 28 November

Conductor: Patrick Larley

Brahms - A German Requiem
(Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift, Op. 45)

Downes Piano Concerto

Saturday 26 June 2010
Coventry Cathedral

Music Director: Anthony Bradbury
Soloist: Duncan Honeybourne

Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5
Walton - Henry V Suite
Downes - Piano Concerto

Strings in the Springtime

Saturday 1 May 2010
St George's Church, Edgbaston, 7.30 pm

Conductor: Lee Armstrong
Soloist: Paula Downes
Leader: Anna Downes

Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
Downes: Songs of Love
Finzi: Romance Op. 10
Glière: Octet Op. 5

Tickets £8 (£6 concessions) available from ceemusic@hotmail.com,
by calling 07734 256268, or on the door

New Beginnings: A Russian Spring

Sunday 21 February 2010 , 7.30 pm
Artrix Theatre, Bromsgrove

Conductor: Anthony Bradbury
Soloist: Tony Bridgewater
Leader: Anna Downes

Shostakovich - Festive Overture
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
Tony Bridgewater - Piano Concerto No. 2

Tickets £10 (£8 concessions).

An Evening of Gilbert and Sullivan

Charity Concert for Birmingham Children's Hospital, presented by CEE with Sarah Cotterill and Friends
Sunday 4 October, 7.30 pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham

Conductor: Anthony Bradbury

Featuring Favourites from The Mikado, Ruddigore, HMS Pinafore and Iolanthe

Tickets £12.50 (£10 concessions). Book in advance from merciamusicians@mail.com or by calling 07967 728588, or buy your tickets at the door.

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CEE Concerto Competition Prizewinner's Concert

Sunday 28 June 2009, 7.30 pm
Kidderminster Town Hall

Conductor: Anthony Bradbury
Soloist: Sarah Sew

Elgar - Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5

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Spring Concert

Saturday 2 May 2009, 7.30 pm
St George's Church, Edgbaston

Conductor: Peter Marks

Dvorak - Scherzo Capriccioso
Bridgewater - String Quartet
Martinu - Oboe Concerto (soloist - Lesley Knowles)
Brahms - Sympony No. 1

St George's Day 2009

Saturday 25 April 2009, 1.30 pm
Victoria Square, Birmingham

Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 (From The New World)

Town Hall Connections

Sunday 1st March 2009, 7.30 pm
Birmingham Town Hall

Soloist: Duncan Honeybourne

Sibelius - Finlandia
Downes - Piano Concerto No. 1 - World Premiere
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 (From The New World)

ADVENT AWAKE! A Festival Concert
for Advent Sunday

Pastoral Moods

Sunday 22nd June 2008, 7.30 pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham

Conductor: James Cunningham
Leader: Anna Downes

Delius - Brigg Fair
Simon Pratt - Transformations
Arnold - Tam O'Shanter (Overture)
Walton - Orb and Sceptre
Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'

If you are interested in sponsoring a future CEE concert, please call 07734 256268 or e-mail info@centralenglandensemble.org.uk

Strings in the Springtime

Awakenings: First Love

Sunday 24th February 2008
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham

Life's Journey

A Concert in Support of Cruse Bereavement Care

Sunday 4th November 2007, 7.30 pm
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham