Concert Season
For directions see this map of Bicester.
Admission to our regular concerts is only £12 (reduced price for under 16's) - do come along. Discounted tickets can be purchased in advance from Coles Books (22 Crown Walk, Bicester OX26 6HY) or email tickets@trinitycamerata.org.
We welcome children of all ages to our concerts. Please feel free to sit as close to the front as possible so that children can get a good view of the musicians. We would ask parents of younger children to ensure that any noise that might be distracting to either the performers or audience members is kept to a minimum.
Players: please see the players page for rehearsal information and to check our repertoire/come and play dates.
Autumn 2024
Sunday 13 October 2024 at 4:00 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture
Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (narrator: Charlie Ross)
How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
007: Through the Years (arr. Stephen Bulla)
Jurassic Park (John Williams)
July 2024 Beethoven 9
Sunday 14 July 2024 at 4:00 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
A performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, to commemorate 200 years since its first performance (Vienna, 1824)
Soprano - Katherine Crompton
Mezzo-soprano - Anna Boucher
Tenor - John Upperton
Bass-Baritone - Edward Grint
Choral workshop director: Helen Swift
Summer 2024
Sunday 23 June 2024 at 4:00 pm
Conductor: Andrew Gray
Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major
Haydn - Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major (soloist Gerard Flotats)
Mozart - Symphony No. 36 (Linz)
April 2024 Phoenix Singers
Saturday 20 April 2024 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Justin Lavender
Mendelssohn - Elijah
In collaboration with the Phoenix Singers
March 2024 Towcester Choral Society
Saturday 23 March 2024 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Helen Swift
Mendelssohn - Elijah
In collaboration with the Towcester Choral Society
Spring 2024
Sunday 3 March 2024 at 4:00 pm
Conductor: Geoff Bushell
Thomas - Overture from Mignon
Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenska - Breath of Life
Coleridge-Taylor - Ballade in A Minor
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
Autumn 2023
Sunday 8 October 2023 at 4:00 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
A journey-themed concert for all the family
Rossini - Overture: The Journey to Reims
Ian Stephens - We're going on a Bear Hunt (Narrator: Lynn Farleigh)
John Williams - Adventures on Earth (from ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’)
Gershwin - An American in Paris
Summer 2023
Sunday 14 May 2023 at 4:00 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Elgar - Wand of Youth Suite No. 2
Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 1
Sibelius - Symphony No. 1
March 2023 Phoenix Singers
Saturday 25 March 2023 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Justin Lavender
Puccini - Messa di Gloria
Mozart - Piano Concert No. 23 in A Major K.488
In collaboration with the Phoenix Singers
Spring 2023
Sunday 19 March 2023 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Joshua Asokan
Beethoven - Namensfeier (“Nameday”) Overture
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Brahms - Symphony No.1 in C minor
Autumn 2022
Sunday 20 November 2022 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Around the World in 60 minutes!
Chabrier - España
Badelt (arr. Ricketts) - Pirates of the Caribbean
Coates - Knightsbridge March
Rodgers - The Sound of Music (selection)
Bernstein - West Side Story (selection)
MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Dvorak - Slavonic Dances Op.72
Summer 2022
Sunday 3 July 2022 at 4:30 pm
Conductor: Joshua Asokan
Sibelius - Karelia Suite
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending (soloist: Eleanor Corr)
Scriabin - Symphony No. 2
April 2022 Phoenix Singers
Saturday 2 April 2022 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Justin Lavender
Bach - St. John Passion
Evangelist: Daniel Gray Bell
Christ: Ross Fettes
He Ming Li, Louise Crane, Dominic Bevan and Charles Baigent
In collaboration with the Phoenix Singers
Spring 2022
Sunday 27 March 2022 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra - the opening from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
John Williams - Harry Potter Symphonic Suite
Alan Menken - Highlights from Beauty and the Beast
Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Symphonic Suite
John Williams - Star Wars Suite
Nov 2021 Phoenix Singers
Saturday 13 November 2021 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Justin Lavender
Mozart: Mass in C minor
In collaboration with the Phoenix Singers
Soprano soloists: Rebecca Bottone, Elizabeth Bottone
Tenor: Richard James
Bass: Wesley Biggs
Autumn 2021
Sunday 3 October 2021 at 4:00 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture
Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture
Beethoven - Symphony No. 2
Summer 2021
Sunday 4 July 2021 at 3:00 pm
Music Unlocked - Banish the lock-down blues and celebrate the return of live music with a short concert for wind and brass
Music for brass quintet, horn quartet, and oboe/bassoon performed by players from the Trinity Camerata
Spring 2021
Sunday 21 March 2021 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Sadly, this concert did not take place due to government restrictions
Original programme:
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Elgar: Sea Pictures (soloist Morag Boyle - contralto)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
Autumn 2020
Sunday 18 October 2020 at 3:00 pm
This concert will not take place as originally programmed. Instead, there will be a performance by Winchendon Brass (a brass quintet with players from Trinity Camerata).
Then and now - music from the Renaissance to the modern day, re-imagined for brass quintet
Summer 2020
Sunday 28 June 2020 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Chloe Rooke
Sadly, due to lock-down, this concert has been cancelled.
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, soloists Erik Fauss (viola) and Sydney Mariano (violin)
Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad
Bruch - Symphony No. 3
Spring 2020
Sunday 9 February 2020 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Mozart: Idomeneo - Ballet Music
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo theme (Cello soloist: Indira Grier)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
Christmas Trees 2019
Friday 6 December 2019 at 7:30 pm
An informal concert amongst eighty beautiful Christmas trees, with ensemble and chamber music from Trinity Camerata players.
Autumn 2019
Sunday 13 October 2019 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Moross: The Big Country
Copland: Appalachian Spring; with narration by Tom Seligman - narrator Lynn Farleigh
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Berlioz: Trojan March
Williams: Devil's Galop
Sibelius: Lemminkainen’s Return
Summer 2019
Sunday 30 June 2019 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: James Ham
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Reinecke: Flute concerto (soloist Emma Halnan)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 "Italian"
April 2019 Phoenix Singers
Saturday 6 April 2019 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Justin Lavender
Handel: Messiah
In collaboration with the Phoenix Singers
Spring 2019
Sunday 31 March 2019 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Strauss, Johann: Die Fledermaus: Overture
Brahms: Violin concerto (soloist: Alexandra Lomeiko)
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 ("Spring")
Christmas Trees 2018
Friday 7 December 2018 at 7:30 pm
An informal concert amongst eighty beautiful Christmas trees, with ensemble and chamber music from:
Trinity Camerata Players
Winchendon Brass
December 2018 BCOS
Saturday 1 December 2018 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Martin Quinn
Haydn - The Seasons (with Bicester Choral and Operatic Society)
Autumn 2018
Sunday 14 October 2018 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Chabrier: Joyeuse Marche
Kleinsinger: Tubby the Tuba (narrator: Lynn Farleigh)
Bratton: The Teddy Bear’s picnic
Haydn: Toy Symphony
Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance - Overture
Coates: The Three Bears (narrator: Lynn Farleigh)
Spiegl: The Radio 4 UK Theme
Summer 2018
Sunday 1 July 2018 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: James Ham
Rameau: Overture from Les Indes Galantes
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"
April 2018 Phoenix Singers
Saturday 21 April 2018 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Justin Lavender
Handel: Dixit Dominus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major
Beethoven: Fantasia in C (Choral Fantasy) - piano soloist Peter McMullin
In collaboration with the Phoenix Singers
Spring 2018
Sunday 4 February 2018 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 & 7
Beethoven: Violin Concerto (soloist Emily Sun)
Nielsen: Helios Overture
Smetana: Vltava (from Ma Vlast)
Sibelius: Finlandia
December 2017 BCOS
Saturday 16 December 2017 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Martin Quinn
“Noël, Noël” - a Christmas celebration (with Bicester Choral and Operatic Society)
A selection of carols, readings and musical items including:
Handel - Overture from Messiah
Vaughan Williams - Fantasy on Christmas Carols
Holst - Christmas Day
Christmas Trees 2017
Friday 8 December 2017 at 7:30 pm
An informal concert amongst eighty beautiful Christmas trees, with ensemble and chamber music from:
Trinity Camerata Players
Winchendon Brass
Autumn 2017
Sunday 15 October 2017 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Mancini: The Pink Panther
Poulenc: Babar the Elephant (narrator Lynn Farleigh)
Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 "La Poule" - first movement
Saints-Saens: Carnival of the Animals (selection)
Summer 2017
Sunday 2 July 2017 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op.46 Nos. 4, 7 and 8
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - soloist Michael Foyle
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
April 2017 Phoenix Singers
Saturday 29 April 2017 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Justin Lavender
Mozart: Requiem (Soloists: Rachel Bowdem, Elouise Waterhouse, Robert Tilson, Wesley Biggs)
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G Major
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
In collaboration with the Phoenix Singers
Spring 2017
Sunday 19 March 2017 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Sullivan: Iolanthe - Overture
Mendelssohn: Overture and Incidental Music to ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
Autumn 2016
Sunday 9 October 2016 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Bliss: Fanfare for Heroes
Ellis: Coronation Scot
Herbert Chappell: Paddington Bear’s First Concert (narrator Lynn Farleigh)
Haydn: The Representation of Chaos (from The Creation)
Schubert: Symphony No.8 (Unfinished)
White: Puffin’ Billy
Summer 2016
Sunday 12 June 2016 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Tom Horn
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
Rodrigo: Guitar concerto (Soloist: Manus Noble)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Spring 2016
Sunday 13 March 2016 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusina - Overture
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C major (Soloist: Maddy Aldis-Evans)
Klughardt: Konzertstück for Oboe and Orchestra, Op.18
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 (London)
Autumn 2015
Sunday 29 November 2015 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Prokofiev: Troika (from 'Lieutenant Kije: Suite')
Howard Blake: The Snowman (Narrator: Lynn Farleigh)
Dukas: Fanfare pour precedere La Peri
Vivaldi: Winter (from 'The Four Seasons')
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite No. 1
Summer 2015
Sunday 21 June 2015 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Verdi: Nabucco - Overture
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Soloist: Joo Yeon Sir)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6
Spring 2015
Sunday 1 March 2015 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Fauré: Masques et bergamasques
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1 (soloist: Yvonne-Marie Parsons)
Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes
Mozart: Symphony No.35 K385 (‘Haffner’)
Autumn 2014
Sunday 16 November 2014 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Rossini: La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
Stephens: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (Narrator: Lynn Farleigh)
Grieg: Peer Gynt
Bizet: Jeux d’enfants (Petite Suite)
Summer 2014
Sunday 22 June 2014 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Op. 64 (Soloist: Adelia Myslov)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Spring 2014
Sunday 23 March 2014 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 (soloist: Mandy Burvill)
Elgar: Dream Children
Schubert: Symphony No.4 'Tragic'
November 2013 Witchert
Saturday 16 November 2013 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: David Quinn
Bach: Magnificat in D
Bach: Sanctus in C
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Sibelius: Suite Mignonne
Boyce: Symphony No. 5
and other choral works
Autumn 2013
Sunday 13 October 2013 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Sam Laughton
Rossini: The Italian Girl in Algiers - Overture
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus
Sibelius: Suite Mignonne
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (narrator: Lynn Farleigh)
Summer 2013
Sunday 16 June 2013 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Jerry Lanning
Parry: Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 (Soloist: Adi Tal - cello)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major Op.73
Spring 2013
Sunday 17 March 2013 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Jerry Lanning
Handel: Water Music (Suite No. 2 in D major)
Weber: Bassoon Concerto Op.75 (Soloist: Glyn Williams - bassoon)
Telemann: Concerto for 3 trumpets and 2 oboes in D major TWV 54:D3 - Soloists: Edward Paine, Chris Cox, Eric Wilson (trumpets); Joanna Rhind-Tutt, Amanda Barton (oboes)
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)
Autumn 2012
Sunday 14 October 2012 at 8:45 am
Conductor: Jerry Lanning
Elgar: Froissart Overture
Coates: Saxo-Rhapsody
Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto Op.109
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
with Hayley Lambert - saxophone
July 2012 Elijah
Sunday 15 July 2012 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Richard Heason (final concert of Aylesbury Festival)
Mendelssohn: Elijah Op.70 - excerpts
Aylett: The Chilterns
Strauss: Radetsky March
Handel: Aria
Handel: Hallelujah chorus (from Messiah)
Arne: Rule, Britannia!
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.1
Parry: Jerusalem
Trad: National Anthem
July 2012 Prom
Saturday 7 July 2012 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Stuart Hubble
Eddie Palmer Memorial Jubilee Concert (with Brackley Choral and Operatic Society)
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Britten: Courtly Dances from "Gloriana"
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Handel: The King shall Rejoice
Elgar: Chanson de nuit/Chanson de matin
Handel: Hallelujah chorus (from Messiah)
Stanford: Songs of the Sea
Planas: Jehanne d’Arc Suite No. 2
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 in D
Arne: Rule, Britannia!
Parry: Jerusalem
Trad: The National Anthem
Summer 2012
Sunday 17 June 2012 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Tom Molloy
Weber: Oberon Overture
Stanford: Clarinet Concerto Op.80 (Soloist: Daniel Broncano - Clarinet)
Suk: Pohadka (Fairy Tale) Op.16
Spring 2012
Sunday 25 March 2012 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Tom Molloy
Boyce: Symphony No. 5 in D major
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major K.417 (Soloist: Julian Faultless - french horn)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major Op.92
Autumn 2011
Sunday 16 October 2011 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Tom Molloy
Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow
Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77 (Soloist: Tanya Sweiry - Violin)
Brahms: Serenade No.1 in D major
Summer 2011
Sunday 19 June 2011 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Jerry Lanning
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Elgar: Sea Pictures (Soloist: Mae Heydorn - Mezzo-soprano)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
May 2011 Warriner
Saturday 21 May 2011 at 7:30 pm
Conductor: Martin Quinn
Bizet: Carmen (concert performance for the Warriner Choral Society)
April 2011 BCOS
Saturday 30 April 2011 at 7:45 pm
Bach: St. John Passion (with Bicester Choral and Operatic Society)
Spring 2011
Sunday 27 March 2011 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: John Lubbock
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations (Soloist: Michael Ghia - Cello)
Stravinsky: Pulcinella (note programme change)
Autumn 2010
Sunday 17 October 2010 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Jonathan Timms
Weber: Der Freischutz Overture
Bruch: Violin Concerto (Soloist: Eloisa-Fleur Thom - Violin)
Franck: Symphony in D minor
Summer 2010
Sunday 20 June 2010 at 3:45 pm
Conductor: Tom Molloy
Mozart: Magic Flute overture
Bach: Brandenburg 4 (Soloists: Nancy Roberts, violin; Anna Le Hair, harpsichord; Sue and Phoebe Butler, recorders)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Spring 2010
Saturday 24 April 2010 at 7:45 pm
Conductor: Paul Searle-Barnes
Dvorak: Czech suite arr. for wind decet
Bottesini: Concerto for Double Bass and Strings in B minor
Elgar: Chanson de Matin/Chanson de Nuit
Bach: Suite No. 3 in D major