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Brindabella Orchestra

Amateur orchestra and an activity of the University of the Third Age (U3A) ACT, formerly known as the U3A Orchestra. Members are returning players, late starters, music students and retired musicians; the orchestra presents three public concerts each year, generally in May, August and November.

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What they play

Composers and works from 44 indexed programmes for this ensemble.

Composers

  1. Antonín Dvořák — 12×
  2. Ludwig van Beethoven — 10×
  3. Eric Coates — 8×
  4. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — 8×
  5. Edward Elgar — 7×
  6. Franz Schubert — 7×
  7. Georges Bizet — 7×
  8. Gioachino Rossini — 7×
  9. Johannes Brahms — 7×
  10. Camille Saint-Saëns — 6×
  11. Felix Mendelssohn — 6×
  12. Leroy Anderson — 6×
  13. Ralph Vaughan Williams — 6×
  14. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — 6×
  15. Alexander Borodin — 5×
  16. Benjamin Britten — 5×
  17. Charles Gounod — 5×
  18. Edvard Grieg — 5×
  19. Johann Strauss II — 5×
  20. John Williams — 5×
  21. Andrew Lloyd Webber — 4×
  22. George Frideric Handel — 4×
  23. Jacques Offenbach — 4×
  24. Jean Sibelius — 4×
  25. Johann Strauss I — 4×
  26. Léo Delibes — 4×
  27. Otto Nicolai — 4×
  28. Alan Silvestri — 3×
  29. Albert Ketèlbey — 3×
  30. Arthur Benjamin — 3×
  31. Claude-Michel Schönberg — 3×
  32. Franz Joseph Haydn — 3×
  33. Frederick Loewe — 3×
  34. Gilbert and Sullivan — 3×
  35. Giuseppe Verdi — 3×
  36. Gustav Holst — 3×
  37. Modest Mussorgsky — 3×
  38. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — 3×
  39. Traditional — 3×
  40. William Mathias — 3×
  41. Aaron Copland — 2×
  42. Amilcare Ponchielli — 2×
  43. Anatoly Lyadov — 2×
  44. Aram Khachaturian — 2×
  45. Carl Orff — 2×
  46. Emmanuel Chabrier — 2×
  47. Frank Farago — 2×
  48. Gabriel Fauré — 2×
  49. Giacomo Meyerbeer — 2×
  50. Hector Berlioz — 2×
  51. Henry John Gauntlett — 2×
  52. Henry Mancini — 2×
  53. Henry Purcell — 2×
  54. Jerry Bock — 2×
  55. Klaus Badelt — 2×
  56. Malcolm Arnold — 2×
  57. Ottorino Respighi — 2×
  58. Percy Grainger — 2×
  59. Philip Wilkinson — 2×
  60. Richard Rodgers — 2×
  61. Various — 2×
  62. A. J. Smith — 1×
  63. Alec Rowley — 1×
  64. Alice Mary Smith — 1×
  65. Arthur Sullivan — 1×
  66. Arturo Márquez — 1×
  67. Bedrich Smetana — 1×
  68. Béla Bartók — 1×
  69. Bill Holcombe — 1×
  70. Carl Maria von Weber — 1×
  71. Engelbert Humperdinck — 1×
  72. Ennio Morricone — 1×
  73. Erroll Garner — 1×
  74. Eugène Bozza — 1×
  75. F. S. Kelly — 1×
  76. Ferdinand Hérold — 1×
  77. Georg Philipp Telemann — 1×
  78. George Butterworth — 1×
  79. George Gershwin — 1×
  80. Hansen — 1×
  81. Heinrich Biber — 1×
  82. Howard Shore — 1×
  83. Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane — 1×
  84. Ivor Gurney — 1×
  85. Johan Halvorsen — 1×
  86. Johann Sebastian Bach — 1×
  87. John Barry — 1×
  88. John Dankworth — 1×
  89. John Kander — 1×
  90. John Rutter — 1×
  91. Joseph Winner — 1×
  92. Jules Massenet — 1×
  93. Kenneth Alford — 1×
  94. Larry Clark — 1×
  95. Léon Jessel — 1×
  96. Les Smith — 1×
  97. Marc-Antoine Charpentier — 1×
  98. Maurice Ravel — 1×
  99. Max Bruch — 1×
  100. Michael Dooley — 1×
  101. Miriam Hyde — 1×
  102. Patrick Roszell — 1×
  103. Paul Simon — 1×
  104. Pietro Mascagni — 1×
  105. R. L. de Pearsall — 1×
  106. Ralph Ford — 1×
  107. Richard Wagner — 1×
  108. Robert Sheldon — 1×
  109. Samuel Barber — 1×
  110. Sergei Prokofiev — 1×
  111. Steve Marshall — 1×
  112. The Beatles — 1×
  113. Unknown — 1×
  114. Vangelis — 1×
  115. Zoltán Kodály — 1×

Works

  1. London Suite — 5×Eric Coates
  2. Carmen, suite for orchestra from the opera — 5×Georges Bizet
  3. In the Steppes of Central Asia — 4×Alexander Borodin
  4. 8 Slavonic Dances, B.78, op. 46 — 4×Antonín Dvořák
  5. The Hebrides: Overture in B minor, op. 26, "Fingal's Cave" — 4×Felix Mendelssohn
  6. La gazza ladra — 4×Gioachino Rossini
  7. Finlandia, op. 26 — 4×Jean Sibelius
  8. Radetzky March — 4×Johann Strauss I
  9. The Merry Wives of Windsor — 4×Otto Nicolai
  10. English Folk Song Suite, for military band — 4×Ralph Vaughan Williams
  11. Symphonic Variations on 'I am a Fiddler', B.70, op. 78 — 3×Antonín Dvořák
  12. Jamaican Rumba — 3×Arthur Benjamin
  13. Funeral March of a Marionette in D minor — 3×Charles Gounod
  14. Enigma Variations, op. 36 — 3×Edward Elgar
  15. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 — 3×Edward Elgar
  16. The Dam Busters March — 3×Eric Coates
  17. My Fair Lady (medley) — 3×Frederick Loewe
  18. Il barbiere di Siviglia — 3×Gioachino Rossini
  19. Aida — 3×Giuseppe Verdi
  20. Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 — 3×Johannes Brahms
  21. Sleigh Ride — 3×Leroy Anderson
  22. Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68, "Pastoral" — 3×Ludwig van Beethoven
  23. Pictures at an Exhibition — 3×Modest Mussorgsky
  24. Nutcracker, op. 71a — 3×Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  25. The Swan Lake, op. 20a — 3×Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  26. Serenade, Op. 18 — 3×William Mathias
  27. Down a Country Lane — 2×Aaron Copland
  28. Forrest Gump Suite — 2×Alan Silvestri
  29. Wedgwood Blue (Intermezzo) — 2×Albert Ketèlbey
  30. Dance of the Hours — 2×Amilcare Ponchielli
  31. Eight Russian Folk Songs, Op. 58 — 2×Anatoly Lyadov
  32. The Phantom of the Opera — 2×Andrew Lloyd Webber
  33. Suite in A (American) — 2×Antonín Dvořák
  34. Spartacus — 2×Aram Khachaturian
  35. Courtly Dances from Gloriana — 2×Benjamin Britten
  36. Soirées Musicales — 2×Benjamin Britten
  37. Carnival of the Animals — 2×Camille Saint-Saëns
  38. Marche Militaire Française — 2×Camille Saint-Saëns
  39. Carmina Burana — 2×Carl Orff
  40. Ballet music from Faust — 2×Charles Gounod
  41. Csárdás — 2×Frank Farago
  42. Four Waltzes — 2×Franz Schubert
  43. Symphony No. 6 in C major — 2×Franz Schubert
  44. Coronation March from The Prophet — 2×Giacomo Meyerbeer
  45. First Suite in E♭ — 2×Gustav Holst
  46. Once in Royal David's City — 2×Henry John Gauntlett
  47. Orphée aux Enfers — 2×Jacques Offenbach
  48. Symphonic Dances from Fiddler on the Roof — 2×Jerry Bock
  49. Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 — 2×Johann Strauss II
  50. Variations on a Theme of Haydn, op. 56a — 2×Johannes Brahms
  51. Le Roi s'amuse, 6 airs de danse dans le style ancien — 2×Léo Delibes
  52. Blue Tango — 2×Leroy Anderson
  53. Egmont, op. 84 — 2×Ludwig van Beethoven
  54. Little Suite No. 1 — 2×Malcolm Arnold
  55. The Young Prince and the Young Princess (from Scheherazade) — 2×Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  56. Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 3, P.172 — 2×Ottorino Respighi
  57. Irish Tune from County Derry — 2×Percy Grainger
  58. Miniature Symphony — 2×Philip Wilkinson
  59. Slavonic March, op. 31 — 2×Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  60. Symphony no. 25 in G minor, K.183 — 2×Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  61. The ANZAC Marseillaise — 1×A. J. Smith
  62. Variations on a Quaker Melody (from Appalachian Spring) — 1×Aaron Copland
  63. Forrest Gump (medley) — 1×Alan Silvestri
  64. Wedgwood Blue — 1×Albert Ketèlbey
  65. Miniature Piano Concerto — 1×Alec Rowley
  66. Polovtsian Dances — 1×Alexander Borodin
  67. Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra — 1×Alice Mary Smith
  68. Jesus Christ Superstar (medley) — 1×Andrew Lloyd Webber
  69. The Phantom of the Opera (medley) — 1×Andrew Lloyd Webber
  70. American Suite in A major, Op. 98b — 1×Antonín Dvořák
  71. Rondo in G minor, for cello and orchestra, op. 94 — 1×Antonín Dvořák
  72. Suite in A, Op. 98a (American Suite) — 1×Antonín Dvořák
  73. Waltz in B♭ — 1×Antonín Dvořák
  74. Waltz in F — 1×Antonín Dvořák
  75. Yeoman of the Guard Overture — 1×Arthur Sullivan
  76. Danzón No. 2 — 1×Arturo Márquez
  77. Má vlast, JB 1:112 — 1×Bedrich Smetana
  78. Six Little Pieces — 1×Béla Bartók
  79. Soirées Musicales, op. 9, "Rossini Suite no. 1" — 1×Benjamin Britten
  80. An Evening at Pops (medley) — 1×Bill Holcombe
  81. Danse Bacchanale — 1×Camille Saint-Saëns
  82. Tarantelle, Op. 6 — 1×Camille Saint-Saëns
  83. Invitation to the Dance, op. 65 — 1×Carl Maria von Weber
  84. Les Misérables — 1×Claude-Michel Schönberg
  85. Les Misérables (medley) — 1×Claude-Michel Schönberg
  86. Les Misérables selection — 1×Claude-Michel Schönberg
  87. Homage March — 1×Edvard Grieg
  88. Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46 — 1×Edvard Grieg
  89. Peer Gynt, op. 23 — 1×Edvard Grieg
  90. Symphonic Dance — 1×Edvard Grieg
  91. Two Lyric Pieces — 1×Edvard Grieg
  92. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 — 1×Edward Elgar
  93. España — 1×Emmanuel Chabrier
  94. Joyeuse marche — 1×Emmanuel Chabrier
  95. Hänsel and Gretel — 1×Engelbert Humperdinck
  96. Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) — 1×Ennio Morricone
  97. Misty — 1×Erroll Garner
  98. Pour une Musique de Nuit — 1×Eugène Bozza
  99. Elegy for Strings — 1×F. S. Kelly
  100. A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61 — 1×Felix Mendelssohn
  101. Introduction and Fugue — 1×Felix Mendelssohn
  102. Overture: Zampa, ou La Fiancée de marbre — 1×Ferdinand Hérold
  103. Divertimento in D — 1×Franz Joseph Haydn
  104. Symphony No. 104 (London) — 1×Franz Joseph Haydn
  105. Trumpet Concerto — 1×Franz Joseph Haydn
  106. Overture to Rosamunde — 1×Franz Schubert
  107. Rosamunde (excerpts) — 1×Franz Schubert
  108. Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D.759, "Unfinished" — 1×Franz Schubert
  109. Élégie — 1×Gabriel Fauré
  110. Pavane — 1×Gabriel Fauré
  111. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra — 1×Georg Philipp Telemann
  112. The Banks of Green Willow — 1×George Butterworth
  113. Faithful Shepherd Suite — 1×George Frideric Handel
  114. Prelude from the Royal Fireworks Suite — 1×George Frideric Handel
  115. Royal Fireworks Music — 1×George Frideric Handel
  116. Suite No. 6 — 1×George Frideric Handel
  117. Gershwin in Concert (medley) — 1×George Gershwin
  118. L' Arlésienne Suite no. 1 — 1×Georges Bizet
  119. L' Arlésienne Suite no. 2 — 1×Georges Bizet
  120. Gilbert and Sullivan Medley — 1×Gilbert and Sullivan
  121. Gilbert and Sullivan selection — 1×Gilbert and Sullivan
  122. Gilbert and Sullivan Selections — 1×Gilbert and Sullivan
  123. Marching Song — 1×Gustav Holst
  124. Norwegian Suite — 1×Hansen
  125. March to the Scaffold — 1×Hector Berlioz
  126. Serenade — 1×Hector Berlioz
  127. Sonata 'pro tabula' — 1×Heinrich Biber
  128. A Tribute to Henry Mancini — 1×Henry Mancini
  129. The Pink Panther — 1×Henry Mancini
  130. Three Pieces from The Fairy Queen — 1×Henry Purcell
  131. Trumpet Tune and Air, for keyboard — 1×Henry Purcell
  132. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (medley) — 1×Howard Shore
  133. Holiday Mash-Up — 1×Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
  134. By a Bierside — 1×Ivor Gurney
  135. Intermezzo and Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann — 1×Jacques Offenbach
  136. Tales of Hoffmann — 1×Jacques Offenbach
  137. Entry of the Boyars — 1×Johan Halvorsen
  138. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (excerpts) — 1×Johann Sebastian Bach
  139. Künstlerleben (Artists' Life) Waltzes — 1×Johann Strauss II
  140. Morgenblätter, Op. 279 — 1×Johann Strauss II
  141. Overture: Die Fledermaus — 1×Johann Strauss II
  142. The Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314 — 1×Johann Strauss II
  143. Hungarian Dance No. 5 — 1×Johannes Brahms
  144. Hungarian Dances — 1×Johannes Brahms
  145. Themes from 007 — 1×John Barry
  146. Tom Sawyer's Birthday — 1×John Dankworth
  147. Chicago — 1×John Kander
  148. For the Glory of the Earth — 1×John Rutter
  149. Harry Potter medley — 1×John Williams
  150. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — 1×John Williams
  151. Theme from E.T. — 1×John Williams
  152. Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial — 1×John Williams
  153. Young Person's Guide to John Williams — 1×John Williams
  154. Jazzy Little Brown Jug — 1×Joseph Winner
  155. Méditation from Thaïs — 1×Jules Massenet
  156. Voice of the Guns — 1×Kenneth Alford
  157. Pirates of the Caribbean (medley) — 1×Klaus Badelt
  158. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — 1×Klaus Badelt
  159. Alliance — 1×Larry Clark
  160. Coppélia — 1×Léo Delibes
  161. Four Dances from Coppélia — 1×Léo Delibes
  162. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers — 1×Léon Jessel
  163. The Typewriter — 1×Leroy Anderson
  164. Grace at Eventide — 1×Les Smith
  165. Coriolan, op. 62 — 1×Ludwig van Beethoven
  166. Fidelio Overture, op. 72c — 1×Ludwig van Beethoven
  167. Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92 — 1×Ludwig van Beethoven
  168. The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43 — 1×Ludwig van Beethoven
  169. Turkish March — 1×Ludwig van Beethoven
  170. Rondo from Te Deum — 1×Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  171. Pavane pour une infante défunte — 1×Maurice Ravel
  172. Kol Nidrei: Adagio on Hebrew Melodies, for cello and orchestra, op. 47 — 1×Max Bruch
  173. The Old Man who loved to sing — 1×Michael Dooley
  174. Village Fair ballet suite — 1×Miriam Hyde
  175. Dance of the Tumblers — 1×Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  176. Holiday Mash-up — 1×Patrick Roszell
  177. Bridge Over Troubled Water — 1×Paul Simon
  178. Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana — 1×Pietro Mascagni
  179. Suite no. 1, in D minor, op. 43 — 1×Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  180. Symphony No. 6 — 1×Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  181. In Dulci Jubilo — 1×R. L. de Pearsall
  182. Go West! — 1×Ralph Ford
  183. Fantasia on Greensleeves — 1×Ralph Vaughan Williams
  184. Two Shakespeare Sketches — 1×Ralph Vaughan Williams
  185. The Sound of Music (arrangement) — 1×Richard Rodgers
  186. The Sound of Music (selections) — 1×Richard Rodgers
  187. Ride of the Valkyries — 1×Richard Wagner
  188. A Most Wonderful Christmas — 1×Robert Sheldon
  189. Adagio for Strings — 1×Samuel Barber
  190. Lieutenant Kijé, op. 60 — 1×Sergei Prokofiev
  191. Major Pipework Tango — 1×Steve Marshall
  192. Best of the Beatles — 1×The Beatles
  193. Amazing Grace & Scottish Medley — 1×Traditional
  194. Carols Down Under — 1×Traditional
  195. Tunes from the Trenches (medley) — 1×Traditional
  196. Just the Way You Are — 1×Unknown
  197. Chariots of Fire — 1×Vangelis
  198. A Muppets Medley — 1×Various
  199. A Sixties Time Capsule — 1×Various
  200. Symphony No. 36 (Linz) — 1×Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  201. The Magic Flute, K.620 — 1×Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  202. The Marriage of Figaro, K.492 — 1×Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  203. Wind Serenade (Gran Partita) — 1×Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  204. Four Dances from Gyermektáncok — 1×Zoltán Kodály

Previous concerts

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