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Milton Keynes Sinfonia's List of Past Concerts and Events
Chamber Concert 2026
Guest Conductor: Catherine Rose
For its 9th May 2026 chamber concert, the Milton Keynes Sinfonia is pleased to welcome Catherine Rose to rehearse and conduct the orchestra.
Catherine has worked as a tutor and conductor for youth and amateur orchestras for her entire professional life,
alongside her work as an arts education consultant, writer and teacher.
She studied conducting at Bristol University with Kenneth Mobbs and Derek Bourgeois, and then at Canford Summer School with George Hurst and Michael Rose,
and others including Denise Ham, Robert Houlihan and Rudolfo Saglimbeni.
As a horn player, she studied with leading professionals including James Beck, Colin Horton, Tim Brown and Julian Baker, and studied hand-horn with Tony Halstead.
She is proud to have been a member of MK Sinfonia’s horn section for around 35 years.
She had a long association with the Bedfordshire Music Service and the Bedfordshire Music Trust, and has conducted orchestras and ensembles locally and further afield,
including the Buckinghamshire Chamber Orchestra, Milton Keynes Sinfonia, the Djanogly Community Orchestra and the Newton Ensemble.
She runs a rehearsal orchestra in her home town of Olney. She also conducts the Weston Underwood Singers, the Guild Singers and the MK University of the Third Age Choir.
She conducted the Open University Orchestra from 2017-24,
including Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto with Dame Evelyn Glennie as soloist for the OU’s 40th anniversary gala.
She appears as a guest conductor with Alina Orchestra for their annual I Am Woman concert, celebrating International Women’s Day.
In March 2026, she premiered Pioneer Sketches, a new work by Cheryl Frances-Hoad,
celebrating women in science, which was commissioned specially for Catherine and Alina Orchestra.
- Handel:
- Water Music: Suite No. 1 (selections)
- CPE Bach:
- Symphony in Eb, Wq. 183/2
- JS Bach:
- Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1607 - Solo flute
- Haydn:
- Symphony No. 55 in Eb, "The Schoolmaster"
- Albinoni-Giazotto:
-
Adagio for Organ and Strings
Soloist: William Thallon
- Ravel:
- Bolero
- Pierre-Philippe Bauzin:
- Poeme (saxophone concerto)
- Soloist: Dominic Childs
- Ravel:
- Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Debussy:
- La Mer
2 performances
Saturday
2.00 ˜ 3.15pm
4.30 ˜ 5.45pm
13th December 2025
- Briggs:
- The Snowman (projected on screen)
- Pieces for choir and orchestra
Autumn Concert 2025 - 'Russia'
Guest Conductor: Paul Hilliam
For its 29th November 2025 concert, the Milton Keynes Sinfonia is pleased to welcome Paul Hilliam to rehearse and conduct the orchestra.
Paul is originally from Canterbury. Following studies in London he worked as an oboist, but was also drawn to conducting having received tuition from George Hurst.
He gained initial conducting experience in London and subsequently throughout the south east of England.
A move to the midlands led to the formation of the Heart of England Orchestra and other engagements in the region as well as concerts in Europe and the USA.
Paul has also enjoyed an on-going association with a number of excellent amateur orchestras and has been the Music Director of the Rutland Sinfonia since 2007.
As a regular conductor for the Bardi Symphony Orchestra in Leicester he has conducted their annual Young Soloists Concerts.
- Liadov:
- Eight Russian Folk Songs
- Shostakovich:
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in F
- Soloist: Yazdi Madon
- Prokofiev:
- Symphony No. 5 in Bb, Op. 100
- Britten:
- Four Sea Interludes
- Korngold:
- Violin Concerto
- Soloist: Emmanuel Bach
- Geoffrey Allan Taylor:
- Nostos - Homeric Journey (world premiere performance)
- Shostakovich:
- Symphony No. 9 in Eb, Op. 70
- Krommer:
- Octet-Partita, Op 57
- Suk:
- Serenade for Strings
- Dvorak:
- Nocturne for Strings in B
- Dvorak:
- Wind Serenade
- Rossini:
- The Thieving Magpie Overture
- Mozart:
- Clarinet Concerto in A
- Soloist: Poppy Beddoe
- Beethoven:
- 'Pastoral' Symphony No.6 in F, Op. 68
- Dvorak:
- Othello
- Sibelius:
- Tempest Suite No. 1
- Delius:
- The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- Bernstein:
- West Side Story Symphonic Dances
- Elgar:
- The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2
- Bruch:
- Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
- Soloist: Jess Price
- Rachmaninov:
- Symphony No. 3 in A minor
- Mozart:
- Symphony No. 1 in Eb major
- Bach:
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major
- Vivaldi:
- Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor RV 531 : Soloists - James Jarvis, Jane Wheeler
- Haydn:
- Symphony No. 100 in G major, 'Military'
- Mozart:
- Don Giovanni Overture
- Mozart:
- Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, 'Elvira Madigan'
- Soloist: Rebecca Holt
- Tchaikovsky:
- Manfred Symphony, Op. 58
2 performances
Saturday
2.00 ˜ 3.15pm
Saturday
4.30 ˜ 5.45pm
16th December 2023
- Briggs:
- The Snowman (projected on screen)
- Extracts from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcraker, Anderson's Sleigh Ride and children's choir pieces
- Tchaikovsky:
- Nutcracker Suite
- Delibes:
- Coppélia : Prelude, Valse and Mazurka
- Stravinsky:
- Petrushka (1947)
Summer Concert *
- Butterworth:
- A Shropshire Lad
- Finzi:
-
Dies Natalis
Soloist: Simon Berridge
- Carwithen:
- Suffolk Suite
- EJ Moeran:
- Symphony in G Minor
* (This concert is generously supported by a grant from the Finzi Friends)
Chamber Concert
- Boyce:
- Symphony No. 1 in Bb major
- Handel:
- Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 2 in Bb major
- Handel:
-
Organ Concerto in F No. 13 in F major, 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'
Soloist: William Thallon
- Bach:
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major
Spring Concert
- Beethoven:
- Egmont Overture
- Weber:
-
Bassoon Concerto
Soloist: Iona Griffiths
- Brahms:
- Symphony No. 2
Autumn Concert
- John Williams:
- Adventures on Earth (from ET)
- Prokofiev:
- Lieutenant Kijé Suite Op. 60
- John Williams:
- Jurassic Park
- Ravel:
- Mother Goose Suite
- John Williams:
- Star Wars (suite)
'Dance'
- Humperdinck:
- Hansel and Gretel overture
- Massenet:
- Le Cid, ballet suit
- Chabrier:
- España, rhapsody for orchestra
- Copland:
- Appalachian Spring concert suite
- Dvorak:
- The Noon Witch
- Lysenko:
- Taras Bulba overture
'Theme and Variations'
- Brahms:
- Variations on a Theme of Haydn
- Hindemith:
- Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
- Sibelius:
- The Swan of Tuonela
- Britten:
- Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
'MKS 50th Birthday concert'
- Tippett:
- Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles (1948)
- Saint-Saëns:
-
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61
Soloist: Cristian Grajner Desa
- Sibelius:
- Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
'Beethoven 250th'
- Beethoven:
- Fidelio overture, Op. 72
- Beethoven:
-
Piano Concerto 'Emperor' No. 5 in Eb, Op. 73
Soloist: Alexander Karpeyev
- Beethoven:
- Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Saturday 7.45pm
30th November 2019
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Tchaikovsky:
- The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a
- Brahms:
- Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op. 68
- Vaughan Williams:
-
Five Mystical Songs
Soloist: Jonathan de Garis (baritone)
Saturday 7.45pm
6th July 2019
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
‘London’
- Coates:
- 'London' Suite
- Ireland:
- 'London' Overture
- Elgar:
- 'Cockaigne' Overture (In London Town), Op. 40
- Elgar:
-
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61
Soloist: Cristian Grajner Desa
‘Leipzig’
- Telemann:
- Don Quixote Suite
- Bach:
- Brandenburg Concerto No 3
- Mendelssohn:
- String Symphony No 10 in B minor
- Bach:
- Brandenburg Concerto No 5
‘Paris’
- Gershwin:
- 'An American in Paris'
- Saint-Saëns:
-
Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor
Soloist: Alexander Karpeyev
- Berlioz:
- Symphonie Fantastique
‘Vienna’
- Lehár:
- Overture: ‘The Merry Widow’
- Mahler:
-
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
Soloist: Andrew Hamilton
- Mahler:
- Symphony No. 1 in D major
- Copland:
- Hoe-Down from Four Dance Episodes (Hoe-Down is part of BBC Ten Pieces III) from ‘Rodeo’
- Finzi:
-
Cello Concerto, Op. 40
Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
- Dvorak:
- Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op. 70
Saturday 7.30pm
28th April 2018
Chamber Concert -
St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford
- Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges:
- Symphony No.1 in G major, Op.11 (part of BBC Ten Pieces III) (1st Movt. only)
- Haydn:
- Symphony No. 83 in G minor - 'The Hen'
- R. Strauss:
-
Romance for Cello and Orchestra in F
Soloist: James Jarvis
- Mozart:
-
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major
Soloist: Lizzie Molloy
- Fauré:
- Masques et Bergamasques, suite, Op.112
Saturday 7.30pm
10th March 2018
The Venue MK, (Walton), MK7 7WH
- Rossini:
- William Tell Overture
- Mendelssohn:
- Symphony No.3, Op. 56 ‘Scottish’
- Tchaikovsky:
-
Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op 23
Soloist: Ilya Kondratiev
Saturday 7.30pm
9th December 2017
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Sibelius:
- Finlandia, Op. 26 (part of BBC Ten Pieces III)
- Sibelius:
-
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Soloist: Charlotte Moseley
- Tchaikovsky:
- Symphony No.5, Op. 64
Saturday 7.30pm
1st July 2017
The Venue MK, (Walton), MK7 7WH
- Berlioz:
- Benvenuto Cellini Overture
- Shostakovich:
-
Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor
Soloist: Ilya Kondratiev
- Beethoven:
- Symphony No.3 in E-flat ‘Eroica’
Saturday 7.30pm
13th May 2017
Chamber Concert - St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford
- Bach:
- Brandenburg Concerto No.6
- Schubert:
- Symphony No 5 in B-flat major
- Stravinksy:
- Danses Concertantes
Saturday 7.30pm
18th March 2017
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Bliss:
- Checkmate: Concert Suite from Ballet
- Elgar:
-
Sea Pictures
Soloist: Emma Wheeler
- Walton:
- Symphony No.1 in B-flat minor
- Bartok:
- Dance Suite
- Ginastera:
-
Harp Concerto
Soloist: Gwenllian Llyr
- Dvorak:
- Symphony No 8 in G major
Orchestral Workshop - NOT concert
- Mahler:
- Symphony No.6
Saturday 7.30pm
2nd July 2016
St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford
- Canteloube:
-
Songs of the Auvergne
Soloist: Lottie Greenhow
- Poulenc :
- Organ Concerto
- Saint-Saëns:
-
Symphony No 3 in C, Op 78. Organ Symphony
Soloist: William Thallon
Saturday 7.30pm
30th April 2016
Chamber Concert - Newport Pagnell St Peter & St Paul Church, MK16 8AR
- J C Bach:
- Symphony No. 4 in D, Op.18
- Haydn:
- Symphony No.31 ‘The Horn Signal’
- Michael Haydn:
-
Double Horn Concerto
Soloists: Tom Molloy and Kate Knight
- Haydn:
- Symphony No.69 in C ‘Laudon’
Saturday 7.45pm
12th March 2016
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Khachaturian:
- Suite from ‘Spartacus’
- Prokofiev:
-
Piano Concerto No.1 in D-flat major
Soloist: Ilya Kondratiev
- Shostakovich:
- Symphony No.10 in E minor
Saturday 7.45pm
21st November 2015
St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford
- Schubert:
- Unfinished Symphony ( No.8 ) in B minor
- Sibelius:
- Symphony No.7 in C major
- Dvorak:
-
Cello Concerto in B minor
Soloist: Corinne Morris
Saturday 7.45pm
4th July 2015
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Gershwin:
- Cuban Overture
- Adams:
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine
- Copland:
- Quiet City
- Peaslee:
-
Arrows of Time
Soloist: Carol Jarvis (trombone)
- Dvorak:
- Symphony No 9, From the New World
Saturday 7.30pm
25th April 2015
Chamber Concert - Newport Pagnell St Peter & St Paul Church, MK16 8AR
- Brahms:
- Variations on a theme of Haydn (wind)
- Holst:
- St Pauls Suite
- Mozart:
- Symphony No 40 in G minor
Saturday 7.45pm
14th March 2015
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Rimsky Korsakov:
- Capriccio Espagnol, Op 34
- Kodaly:
- Peacock Variations
- Rachmaninov:
-
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Soloist: Craig Greene
- Sibelius:
- Symphony No.6 in D minor
Sunday 10.00am - 4.00pm
25th January 2015
Hub Theatre, The OU, MK7 6AA
Orchestral Workshop - NOT concert
- Bernstein:
- Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
- Richard Strauss:
- Der Rosenkavalier Suite
- Beethoven:
-
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15
Soloist: Elton Lin
- Brahms:
- Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98
- Dvorak:
- The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
- Bruch:
-
Violin Concerto
Soloist: Cristian Grajner Desa
- Debussy:
- La Mer
- Beethoven:
- Symphony No.7
- Mozart:
- Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra
- Templeman:
- Concerto for String Orchestra
Sunday 10.00am - 4.00pm
30th March 2014
Hub Theatre, The OU, MK7 6AA
Orchestral Workshop - NOT concert
- Janacek:
- Sinfonietta
Shakespear Concert
- Vaughn Williams:
-
Serenade to Music
Choir: Polymnia
- Elgar:
- Falstaff Overture
- Prokofiev:
- Romeo and Juliet
- Tchaikovsky:
- Hamlet Overture
Saturday
23rd November 2013
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Holst:
- Ballet music to The Perfect Fool
- Elgar:
-
Cello Concerto
Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
- Britten:
- Sinfonia da Requiem
- Britten:
- Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
- Debussy:
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
- Brahms:
-
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major
Soloist: Craig Greene
- Bartók:
- Concerto for Orchestra
Saturday
16th March 2013
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Elgar:
- Overture 'In the South (Alassio)'
- Walton:
-
Viola Concerto
Soloist: Emma Sheppard
- Vaughan Williams:
- A London Symphony (No 2)
- Haydn:
-
Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major
Soloists: Jan Kaznowski, James Jarvis, Emma Miller, Ian Every
- Bruckner:
- Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major
Saturday
7th July 2012
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Tchaikovsky:
- Capriccio Italien
- Rodrigo:
-
Concierto de Aranjuez
Soloist: Tom McLauchlan
- Rachmaninov:
- Symphonic Dances
- Britten:
- Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
- Tchaikovsky:
-
Violin Concerto
Soloist: Peter Bussereau
- Elgar:
- Enigma Variations
- Mozart:
- Serenade in Bb K 361 “Gran Partita”
- Beethoven:
-
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G. Op.58
Soloist: Tim Short
- Vaughan Williams:
- Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
- Stravinsky:
- Suite from ‘The Firebird” 1919
- Kodály:
- Dances of Galánta
- Rachmaninov:
-
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op.30
Soloist: Tallis Barker
- Brahms:
- Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op.90
- Sibelius:
- Tone Poem En Saga
- Mahler:
-
Symphony No. 4
Soloist: Zoe South
- Wagner:
-
Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Soloist: Zoe South
- Grieg:
- Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
- Miaskovsky:
-
Cello Concerto
Soloist: Julian Metzger
- Tchaikovsky:
- Symphony No. 6
- Brahms:
- Academic Festival Overture
- Beethoven:
-
Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor
Soloist: Mei Yi Foo
- Dvorak:
- Symphony No 6 in D major
- Mahler:
- Symphony No 5
- Mozart:
-
Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K.299
Soloists: Abigail Burrows, Flute; Daniel de Fry, Harp
- Rachmaninov:
- Isle of the Dead (symphonic poem)
- Prokofiev:
-
Violin Concerto No 1 in D major
Soloist: Robert Bishop
- Sibelius:
- Symphony No 1 in E minor
- Saint-Saens:
- Danse macabre
- Lalo:
-
Cello Concerto
Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
- Berlioz:
- Symphonie fantastique
- Engelbert Humperdinck:
- Hansel and Gretel Overture
- Nielsen:
-
Flute Concerto
Soloist: Abigail Burrows
- Rachmaninov:
- Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
Saturday
15th November 2008
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Vaughn Williams:
- Symphony No.6
- Vaughn Williams:
- Variations on Dives and Lazurus
- R Straus:
-
Four Last Songs
Soloist: Zoe South
- R Straus:
- Serenade for Wind
Saturday
22nd June 2008
Ampthill Parish Church
In conjunction with Ampthill Festival Choir
(Director: Alan Richardson)
(Director: Alan Richardson)
- Finzi:
- Clarinet Concerto
- Bach:
- Brandenburg Concerto No.2
- Haydn:
- Mass
Saturday
21st June 2008
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Dvorak:
- Wind Serenade in D minor
- Finzi:
- Clarinet Concerto
- Mendelssohn:
- Italian Symphony (No. 4)
Saturday
29th March 2008
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Berlioz:
- Les francs-juges Overture
- Bruch:
-
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor
Soloist: Peter Bussereau
- Tchaikovsky:
- Symphony No. 4 in F Minor
Saturday
3rd November 2007
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Delius:
- La Calinda
- Ravel:
-
Piano Concerto in G
Soloist: Tim Short
- Elgar:
- Symphony in A Flat (No. 1)
Saturday
1st July 2007
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Gounod:
- Petite Symphonie for Wind
- Schumann:
-
Cello Concerto
Soloist: Jacqui Johnson
- Elgar:
- Serenade for Strings
- Wagner:
- Siegried Idyll
Saturday
27th May 2007
St Mary's Church, Cowes, IOW
Entrance by programme at the Church
- Boyce:
- Symphony No. 5
- Gounod:
- Petite Symphonie for Wind
- Mozart:
-
Andante in C for Flute and Orchestra
Soloist: Janelle Phillips
- Elgar:
- Serenade for Strings
- Haydn:
- Symphony No 103 in E flat "The Drumroll"
Saturday
10th March 2007
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Rossini:
- Semiramide
- Brahms:
- Double Concerto for Violin and Cello Op102
Saturday
18th November 2006
Church of Christ the Cornerstone
- Glinka:
- Overture 'Ruslan and Ludmilla'
- Sibelius:
-
Violin Concerto
Soloist: Balint Szkeleky
- Shostakovich:
- Symphony No.9