ballymena chamber orchestra

Chairman's Report

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Rebekah Durston

 

Past Engagements

14th October 2006 Concert By Candlelight, St. Patrick's Church of Ireland
23rd December 2006 Music for Christmas, St. Patrick's Church of Ireland
12th May 2007 Serenades & Symphonies for Spring, Adair Arms Hotel
23rd May 2007 Clotworthy House, Antrim
7th July 2007 Prom in the People's Park, People's Park, Ballymena
22nd December 2007 Christmas Concert by Candlelight, St. Patrick's Church of Ireland
4th April 2008 Ballymena Arts Festival, The Braid, Ballymena
5th July 2008 Prom in the Park, High Kirk Church Hall
20th December 2008 Christmas Concert by Candlelight, St. Patrick's Church of Ireland
24th March 2009 Ballymena Arts Festival, The Braid, Ballymena
4th July 2009 Prom in the Park, High Kirk Church Hall
19th December 2009 Concert by Candlelight, Wellington Presbyterian Church
3rd April 2010 Ballymena Arts Festival, The Braid, Ballymena

Our repertoire at these events has included:

  • Bach, Cantata No. 140
  • Bach, Excerpts from Orchestral Suite No. 3
  • Boyce, Symphony No. 5
  • Boyce, Symphony No. 7
  • Beethoven, Romance in F for Violin
  • Coombes, Ting Tang the Elephant
  • Corelli, Christmas Concerto
  • Handel, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
  • Handel, Excepts from Messiah
  • Haydn, Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise")
  • Haydn, Symphony No. 104, 'The Clock'
  • Holst, Excerpts from The Planets
  • Mozart, Serenade No. 6 in D major
  • Pachelbel, Canon
  • Prokofiev, Sleigh Ride from Lieutenant Kijéís Suite
  • Rutter, Gloria
  • Ungar arr. Gormley, Ashokan Farewell
  • Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin and Cello
  • Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
  • Vivaldi, Gloria
  • Music from our wind and brass quintets
  • Salute to The Big Apple
  • Jingle Bells Forever
  • Gershwin, film music, Vaughan-Williams, Christmas favourites, and much, much more...

Other events

Ballymena Chamber Orchestra has also held or been involved in a number of other events including:

  • our annual table quiz, most recently held on 27th November 2009.  BCO continues to be most grateful to Montgomery's for their generous support of this event.
  • busking around Christmas in Ballymena town centre.
  • our string quartet featuring on Concentia's debut album Sleep, and at Northern Ireland Holocaust Memorial Day.