A time for music A time for music
A Time for Music
The Orchestra’s Spring concert for 2023
Saturday 22nd April, 2023 at 7.30pm
The Methodist Church
The Square, Dunstable LU6 3SN

Musical Director Stephen Bradley    Leader Melody Pryce    Organist Nigel Steele

From the dramatic overtures and marches of Franz Lehar (Merry Widow) and Fucik (Entry of the gladiators – you'll know it if you hear it!) to hits from much-loved musicals (Oklahoma!) and much more, this exciting concert celebrated the best of light music. The concert also celebrated the return of the Orchestra to its regular concerts after the enforced break from the Covid pandemic and was the first concert to be conducted by Stephen Bradley who was appointed just before the start of the Pandemic. The concert also included solo pieces on the organ.

Programme
Luton Concert Orchestra
Overture to The Merry Widow
Franz Lehar
Selections from Oklahoma
Richard Rodgers
Organ solo
Extracts from Water Music
Handel
Luton Concert Orchestra
Triumphal March from Caractacus
Edward Elgar
Interval (Refreshments were available)
Luton Concert Orchestra
Burt Bacharach Medley
Bert Bacharach arr. Richard Ling
A Salute to the Big Apple
arr. Calvin Custer
Organ solos
Offertoire’ and ‘Elevation’ from Messe pour les Convents
Francois Couperin
Cortege
Louis Vierne
Luton Concert Orchestra
Entry of the Gladiators
Julius Fucik
Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Edward Elgar

Concert poster