Last season featured three more show-stopping performances at Warwick Hall:

On 16 October, we welcomed classical guitarist Xuefei Yang as the soloist, alongside conductor Michael Collins at the ‘Neoclassic’ concert. Xuefei performed the principal concerto - Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuz – with the evening also featuring some of our Foundation music ensembles perform before and during the interval of the concert.

On 8 February, 14 of our most talented musicians had the fantastic experience of performing side-by-side with the professional Swan Orchestra at the ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ concert, which also featured the gifted Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, with Michael Collins returning as conductor. Jeneba performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, while our pupils performed Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite fantastically alongside the Swan players.

The final concert of the season was on 28 June, as we welcomed Roderick Williams OBE, one of the UK’s most sought-after baritones, alongside conductor Rebecca Miller. The concert featured Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde); Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, Puccini’s Crisantemi and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550, and was the perfect way to end the season.

All three concerts were truly fantastic, with Warwick Hall serving as the perfect venue for such breath-taking performances.

We are delighted to be offering four more concerts at Warwick Hall for the upcoming season; representing the continuation of a unique and valuable orchestral experience here at Warwick Schools Foundation.

The 2024-25 season

This year, Orchestra of the Swan will be performing four more concerts at Warwick Hall, with a 10% discount if you buy book tickets three concerts.

• Stories and Dreams – Thursday, 10 October 2024 at 19:30  

• A Beautiful Thread - Sunday, 26 January at 15:00

• Elements – Thursday, 20 March 2024 at 19:30 

• Interstellar – Thursday 19 June 2025 at 19:30 

The first concert of the season, Stories and Dreams, features Narrator Anton Lesser and Conductor Rebecca Miller.

Rimsky-Korsakov’s dazzling symphonic suite Scheherazade is interspersed with text from Yasmine Seale’s beautiful translation of Tales from 1001 Nights.

A late nineteenth century work steeped in Orientalism, Scheherazade also highlights issues of imperialism and female power.

The performance opens with Edvard Grieg’s radiant Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 and includes readings from Henrik Ibsen’s drama, read by Swan Associate Artist Anton Lesser.

This is sure to be another outstanding orchestral experience – get your tickets now via the link below: