UCPO Concert Recordings

These are MP3 files of live recordings of recent UCPO concerts.

Lent term 2009

Dukas - Fanfare pour précéder La Péri (3 Mb)
Conductor: Nik Myers

Rachmaninov - Piano concerto No. 3
I. Allegro ma non troppo (24 Mb)
II. Intermezzo, adagio (13 Mb)
III. Finale alla breve (21 Mb)
Piano: Sunil Manohar
Conductor: Nik Myers

Sibelius - Symphony No. 3
I. Allegro moderato (14 Mb)
II. Andantino con moto quasi allegretto (11 Mb)
III. Moderato, allegro ma non tanto (13 Mb)
Conductor: James Henshaw

Michaelmas term 2008

Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia (9 Mb)
Conductor: Nik Myers

Bruch - Violin concerto No. 1 in G minor
I. Vorspiel, allegro moderato (11 Mb)
II. Adagio (11 Mb)
III. Finale, allegro energico (11 Mb)
Violin: Rowan Bell
Conductor: James Henshaw

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
I. Andante sostenuto, moderato con anima, moderato assai (26 Mb)
II. Andantino in modo di canzona (12 Mb)
III. Scherzo pizzicato ostinato (8 Mb)
IV. Finale allegro con fuoco (14 Mb)
Conductor: Louisa Denby

Easter term 2008

Unfortunately, this concert was not recorded as it was outdoors.

Lent term 2008

Unfortunately, this concert was not recorded, as our wonderful recordist wasn't available.

Michaelmas term 2007

Wagner - Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg (15 Mb)
Conductor: Nik Myers

Gershwin - Piano concerto
I. Allegro (20 Mb)
II. Adagio, Andante con moto (16 Mb)
III. Allegro agitato (10 Mb)
Piano: Matthew Edmonds
Conductor: Sam Hogarth

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5
I. Andante, Allegro (20 Mb)
II. Andante, Moderato, Andante, Allegro, Tempo I (16 Mb)
III. Valse, Allegro moderato (8.5 Mb)
IV. Finale, Andante, Allegro molto vivace, Moderato, Presto (19 Mb)
Conductor: Emily Taylor

Easter term 2007

Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor

I. Allegro molto appassionato (18 Mb)
II. Andante (10 Mb)
III. Allegretto non troppo, Allegro molto vivace (9.4 Mb)

Violin: Charles Siem
Conductor: Mark Galtrey

Unfortunately the other works from this programme were not recorded due to copyright issues.

Lent term 2007

Sibelius - Finlandia (13 Mb)
Sibelius - Karelia Suite (7.4 Mb)
Conductor: Mark Galtrey

David - Trombone concertino

I. Allegro maestoso (8 Mb)
II. Andante, marcia funebre (12 Mb)

Trombone: Edward Sanjana
Conductor: Emily Taylor

Brahms - Piano concerto No. 2

I. Allegro non troppo (26 Mb)
II. Allegro appassionato (13 Mb)
III. Andante (16 Mb)
IV. Allegretto grazioso (13 Mb)

Piano: James Sherlock
Conductor: Emily Taylor

Michaelmas term 2006

Shostakovich - Festive Overture (10 Mb)
Conductor: Emily Taylor

Tchaikovsky - Piano concerto No. 1

I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (31 Mb)
II. Andantino semplice (11 Mb)
III. Allegro con fuoco (11 Mb)

Piano: Christopher Weston
Conductor: Mark Galtrey

Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 (New World)

I. Adagio, Allegro molto (18 Mb)
II. Largo (15 Mb)
III. Molto vivace (12 Mb)
IV. Allegro con fuoco (18 Mb)

Conductor: Katharine Hubbard

Easter Term 2006

Chabrier - Espana (12 Mb)
Conductor: Stephen Lawrence

Mahler - Kindertotenlieder
I. Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n (6.3 Mb)
II. Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen (6.3 Mb)
III. Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur tur Herein (6.2 Mb)
IV. Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (3.6 Mb)
V. In diesem Wetter! (9.2 Mb)

Mezzo soprano: Emma Brown
Conductor: Stephen Lawrence

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 (Little Russian)
I. Andante sostenuto, Allegro vivo (17 Mb)
II. Andantino marziale quasi moderato (13 Mb)
III. Scherzo, Allegro molto vivace (9.1 Mb)
IV. Finale, Moderato assai (18 Mb)

Conductor: Katharine Hubbard

Lent Term 2006

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Michaelmas Term 2005

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Easter Term 2005

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Lent Term 2005

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Easter Term 2004

Borodin - Polovetsian Dances - No. 17 (19 Mb)
Conductor: Daniel Francis

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (25 Mb)
Piano: Richard Owen
Conductor: Katharine Hubbard

Walton - Suite from Henry V
- No. 1: Overture: The Globe Playhouse (4 Mb)
- No. 2: Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff (3.5 Mb)
- No. 3: Charge and Battle (9 Mb)
- No. 4: 'Touch her soft lips and part' (2.5 Mb)
- No. 5: Agincourt Song (4 Mb)
Conductor: George Corbett

Lent Term 2004

Delius - The Walk to the Paradise Garden (13.8 Mb)
Conductor: Stephen Lawrence

Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1
- I. Allegro moderato (11.8 Mb)
- II. Adagio (12.3 Mb)
- III. Finale (allegro energico) (11.8 Mb)
Soloist: Gabi Maas
Conductor: Stephen Lawrence

Nielsen - Symphony No. 5
- I. Tempo giusto - Adagio non troppo (27.4 Mb)
- II. Allegro - Presto - Andante - Allegro (26.5 Mb)
Conductor: Mark Galtrey

There is also a recording of extracts from several 1999-2000 concerts available on CD (if we can just work out who has a copy), which may become available online in the future. Enjoy the sounds of 'old-school' WCSO . . .