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- 16/11/09
- Rembrance Sunday
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FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE
The annual Remembrance Sunday concert was held last... (more)
- 06/02/08
- Mega Watts!
- Last Sunday in Kings College Chapel proved that we in Taunton do not have to travel far af... (more)
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We have a Patron!
Charles Hazlewood, international conductor and “the face of classical music” (Daily Tele... read more
Subscription Scheme
Subscription Scheme OrchestraWest's Subscription Scheme is backed by our Patron, Ch... read more
Notes on the programme for February 3rd 2008
Overture Cockaigne: Edward Elgar Edward Elgar composed the Cockaigne Overture in 1901, the year of ... read more
Singers Wanted! All Voices!
Are you too young to remember the Somerset Summer Chorus? Or are you perhaps experienced enough to... read more
Classical Star to play at Patron's concert
Having been in the audience at OrchestraWest’s concert on February 3rd (see review) on his fir... read more
All for One!
The Crilly family of Pitminster and Bishopswood has become the first three-generation purchaser of a... read more
Programme notes for May 10th 2008
The original Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) was a German composer best known for his fairytale op... read more
Remembrance Sunday
Soloists announced for Remembrance Sunday 8th November at Kings College are Lorna Anderson, Mary Mor... read more
Orchestra West Lives
A complete collapse of our public funding and a great reduction in private funding has necessitated ... read more
Reviews
Wake Up, Taunton!
Doesn't this town realise it's got a top-class symphony orchestra? A disappointingly small audience ... read more
Full House for Northern Lights
Saturday 23rd. June 2007. “Northern Lights”, conducted by John Cole at Queens Hall. by ... read more
Capacity audience, and a concert to remember
Music-lovers from across the county converged on St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Taunton on Good F... read more
Charles Hazlewood comments
Charles Hazlewood was in the audience at the February 3rd 2008 concert, the first time he had heard ... read more
Little Short of Miraculous
The concert on Saturday given by Orchestra West consisted of three popular ‘Romantic’ wo... read more
Beethoven Nine shows playing of the highest order
Over 100 singers, 4 international soloists (seated front), conductor John Cole and... read more
THRILLING AT QUARTZ
Rustom Pomeroy, formerly a star violin pupil at Queens College, and now an emerging force in the wor... read more
Hazlewood, Cashell and OW
Musicians walk out during concert! ... read more
Featured Instrument
Sound the Trumpets!
The Trumpet, a Brief History ... read more
Reed this...
Anthony McColl, former Chairman of the Double Reed Society and former oboist with the Royal Opera Ho... read more
Piano or Fortepiano?
Quite a lot of people are puzzled when they see ‘fortepiano’ when they expect ‘p... read more
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