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2024 Concert poster
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2023 ​​Poster for the concert
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2022 Concert programme

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2020 The programme

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2019  Concert programme

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2018
  • Beethoven: Military March (concert band)
  • Verdi: Nabucco overture
  • Puccini: Crisantemi
  • Muffat: Sonata da Camera No. 5 (Passacaglia Grave)
  • Haydn: Cello Concerto No 1 in C major (1st movement); soloist Bethany Angus
  • Anthony Ritchie: Te Moana (concert band)
  • Dvořák: Symphony No 8
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2017
  • Otto Nicolai:  Overture from Merry Wives of Windsor
  • Merlin Callister: Portraits of Lamlash Bay (world premiere)
  • Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor (1st & 2nd movements); soloist Finn Bodkin
  • Suk: Serenade (1st movement)
  • Janacek: Suite for strings (3rd movement)
  • Jacob de Haan: Oregon (concert band)
  • Strauss:  Emperor waltzes
  • Khachaturian:  Spartacus suite No. 2
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2016
  • Dukas:  Fanfare from La Peri
  • Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
  • Mozart: Divertimento in D major K 136
  • Elgar: Romance for bassoon and orchestra; soloist Rebecca Brimble
  • Vaughan Williams Folk Song Suite (concert band)
  • Delius: The walk to the Paradise Garden
  • Schubert:  Symphony No 8 ("Unfinished")
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​2015
  • Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
  • MacCunn:  Land of the Mountain and the Flood overture. 
  • Mendelssohn:  Violin Concerto first movement; soloist: Laura Barton
  • Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 9 No 6
  • Mussorgsky: Night on Bare Mountain for Concert Band
  • Lilburn:  Symphony No 2
  • Smetana:  The Moldau
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2014
  • Tchaikovsky:  Romeo and Juliet overture. 
  • Schumann: Symphony No 4. 
  • Prokofiev: Violin Concerto 1 Op 19; soloist: Kate Oswin
  • Mozart: Eine Kleine Nacht Musik. 
  • Morey Calvert: Suite on Canadian Folk Songs for Concert Band
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2013
  • Marquez:  Danzon No. 2
  • Bach:  Keyboard concerto in D minor BWV1052
  • Jacob:  William Byrd suite
  • Forde:  Agnus Dei
  • Mendelssohn:  String symphony No. 10 in B minor
  • Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 6
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2012
  • Liszt:  Les Préludes
  • Grainger:  Lincolnshire Posie
  • Mozart:  Symphonia concertante; soloists Sarah Claman and John Roxburgh
  • Warlock:  Capriol suite
  • Elgar:  Enigma variations
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2011
  • Dukas:  Fanfare 'La Peri'
  • Lilburn:  Overture:  Aotearoa
  • Sibelius:  Impromptu for string orchestra
  • Grieg:  Norwegian melodies
  • Peter Adams: Taiaroa Head for Concert Band
  • Bruch:  Violin Concerto No. 1; soloist Lauren Bennett
  • Dvořák:  Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
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2010
  • Brahms: Tragic Overture
  • Gershwin: The Symphonic Gershwin (medley arranged for concert band)
  • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (arranged for concert band)
  • Barber: Adagio for Strings
  • Britten: Simple Symphony
  • Bruckner: Drei Equale
  • Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
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2009
  • Peter Adams: Jubilate!
  • Grainger: Handel in the Strand
  • Suk: Serenade for Strings
  • Bechet: Petite Fleur
  • Schubert: Rosamunde Overture
  • Weber: Concertino for Clarinet; soloist Marcus Norman
  • Franck: Symphony in D minor
  • Philip Norman: Peter Pan Overture to Act 3
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2008
  • Kate Oswin: Fanfare (specially commissioned for the camp)
  • Grieg: Holberg Suite
  • R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb major; soloist Alex Morton
  • Bernstein: from West Side Story - 'Cha Cha' and 'Cool (Fugue)'
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7 in C# minor
  • Verdi: Nabucco Overture
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2007
  • Boyce: Minuetto
  • Elgar: Serenade for Strings
  • Praetorius: Courante
  • Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor; soloist Alexandra Partridge
  • Kate Oswin: Naval Suite (specially commissioned for the camp)
  • Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg Overture
  • Dvořák: Symphony No. 4 in D minor
The programme from the concert
2006
  • Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Dvořák: Serenade for Strings
  • Holst: St Paul's Suite
  • Kate Oswin: Waitaki Suite (specially commissioned for the camp)
  • Jacob: An Original Suite for Military Band
  • Shostakovich: Festive Overture
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major
The programme from the concert
2005
  • Holst: Second suite for Military Band
  • Richard Oswin: II
  • Dag Wiren: Serenade for Strings
  • Schubert: Symphony No. 9
  • Verdi: Overture to the Opera - the Force of Destiny
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2004
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
  • Anon: Sonata from Die Bänkelsängerlieder
  • Hummel: Partita in E flat
  • John Ritchie: Suite No. 1 for String Orchestra
The programme from the concert
2003
  • Tilman Susato: Three Dances
  • Vivaldi:  Double Flute Concerto; soloists Samantha Dench and Karin Oswin
  • Richard Strauss: Serenade Opus 7
  • Haydn: Cello Concerto in C (1st movement); soloist Carolyn Blackmore
  • Mendelssohn:  Sinfonia No. 9 in C
  • Gregory Hill: Die Automusik
  • Mozart: Magic Flute Overture
  • Alfred Hill: Symphony in E minor
The programme from the concert
2002
  • Copland:  Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Tchaikovsky:  Serenade for Strings (movements 3 & 4)
  • Holst:  The Planets (Mars & Jupiter)
  • Handel:  Music for the Royal Fireworks
  • W Francis McBeth:  Drayton Hall Esprit
  • Vaughan-Williams:  The Lark Ascending; soloist Sydney Manowitz
  • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 - From the New World (movements 2 & 4)
The programme from the concert
2001
  • Rossini: Thieving Magpie Overture
  • Lilburn: Allegro for Strings
  • Galopede: Drowsy Magpie (Junior Ensemble)
  • Bernstein:  West Side Story Medley
  • Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
The programme from the concert
2000
  • John Ritchie: Papanui Road Overture
  • Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 5 (first movement)
  • Beethoven:  Violin concerto; soloist Claire Macfarlane
  • Bach:  Brandenberg Concerto No. 3
  • Mussorgsky:  Pictures at an Exhibition (Promenade & Great gate of Kiev)
  • Holst:  Suite No. 1 for Military Band
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1999
  • Anthony Ritchie:  Symphony No. 1 "Boum"
  • Dvořák:  Czech Suite
  • Warlock:  Capriol suite
  • Holst:  Suite No. 2 for Military Band (movements 1, 2 & 4)
The programme from the concert
1998
  • Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 2
  • Mendelssohn:  Hebrides Overture
  • Britten:  Simple symphony (strings)
  • Grieg:  Holberg suite (strings)
  • Trad (arr Iveson):  Frere Jacques (brass ensemble)
  • Thomas Lowe:  Suite of dances (wind)
1997 (The first one!)
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C
  • Elgar:  Serenade for Strings
  • Ian MacDonald: Sea sketches (brass ensemble)
  • Brahms: Hungarian Dances
  • Ronald Hanmer:  Suite for seven (1973) (wind ensemble)