Last Night of the Proms

Popular Classics from Stage and Screen

Saturday 25th September 2010

7.30pm Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Conductor        Darrell Davison

Piano             Masa Tayama
Soprano        Susan Parkes

Vivace            Chorus

A colourful evening of Pomp and Circumstance, with classics from stage and screen.

Besides prom favourites Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory, the concert features such choral favourites as Fantasia on British Sea Songs, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves and Grand March from Aida.

Stage and Screen is represented by favourites such as Rhapsody in Blue, Star Trek, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Bolero, Dambusters, 'From Broadway to Hollywood' and a salute to Richard Rogers.

This concert is raising funds for St Christoher's Hospice Charity

Tickets from Fairfield Hall Box Office (020 8688 9291):- £8, £16.50 and £19

Arthur Davison Family Concert
The Sleeping Beauty

Saturday 4th December 2010
 11:00am- Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Conductor        Darrell Davison
Organ                    TBA

   Narrator              Nerys Hughes
With young soloists from the Yehudi Menuhin School

A festive Christmas concert featuring the wonderful story of The Sleeping Beauty as well as Toy Symphony, a sleigh ride for Santa, a Children's Overture, a Feather Dance and the lively Can-Can. We are also performing some special carols which have been composed by local children as well as traditional carols for the audience.

Tickets from Fairfield Hall Box Office (020 8688 9291): Adults £9, Children £7.50,

Family Prices: £8 and £6 (for a family of 4 or more).

Classics of Love & Romance

Saturday 12th February 2011

7.30pm- Fairfield Hall, Croydon

Conductor                   Darrell Davison

Piano                           Madalina Rusu

  Soprano                    Dorothea Herbert

Candide Overture                                  Bernstein

Romeo and Juliet- Love Scene                Prokofiev

Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes                      Prokofiev

Piano Concerto In A Minor                     Grieg

Don Juan                                              Strauss

Love Songs                                              Puccini
 Sleeping Beauty Suite                              Tchaikovsky

Bartered Bride (Dance of the Comedians)               Smethna

Orpheus in the Underworld Overture      Offenbach

Tickets: £10, £15

Tickets from Linda Penn (Ticket Secretary):- 020 8680 2639, or the Fairfield Hall Box Office

Arthur Davison Family Concert
Tubby The Tuba & The 1812 Overture
Saturday 26th March 2011
 11:00am- Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Conductor        Darrell Davison
Narrator        David Leonard

Violin              Joo Yeon Sir
 

Come with us while we travel around the world in 80 minutes to exotic locations. We will visit a Bohemian Carnival, a Javanese Temple, a Brazilian Sambadrome, a New York Jazz Club and a Russian Toy Factory!

Tubby the Tuba takes us on a voyage around the orchestra with the help of a bullfrog, while the concert ends with a bang from the explosive 1812 Overture, featuring a Napoleonic style cannon.

Tickets from Fairfield Hall Box Office (020 8688 9291): Adults £9, Children £7.50,

Family Prices: £8 and £6 (for a family of 4 or more).