The Archive
Friends of the Lancashire Student Symphony Orchestras - Reg. Charity No. 511059
Past Programmes
There is now a large collection of past programmes available to view on-line from 1977
onwards: Visit the Programme Archive
LYSO perform at MfY National Festival 2011
The LYSO played at the Music for Youth National Festival at Birmingham Symphony Hall
on Saturday 9th July 2011.
They performed the Waltz and Adagio the Sleeping Beauty Ballet Suite by Tchaikovsky
and “(Baba Yaga’s) Hut on Hen’s Legs” and “The Great Gate of Kiev” from Mussorgsky’s
Pictures at an Exhibition.
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LYSO play at Birmingham Symphony Hall - 2010
The LYSO again performed in the National Festival of Music for Youth at Symphony Hall, Birmingham
on Saturday July 10th 2010.
They played Jurassic Park by John Williams and the Peterloo Overture by Malcolm Arnold
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The Wreck of the Titanic!
This concert involved the LYSO at Preston Guild Hall on Friday 2 July 2010 at 7.30pm.
For more details click here.
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Music for Youth (MfY) Regional Festival, Rochdale 2010
The LYSO performed the Peterloo Overture by Malcolm Arnold at Rochdale on 21st
March 2010.
The Mentors' remarks from the event were extremely encouraging. There were so many
positives that I can't include them all so here is a selection (apologies for any errors
interpreting the handwriting!):
"A full, sonorous opening sound that blends warm strings with well judged
wind backing.
The cross-fade of the march-like percussion is judged very well.
Wind and Horns work hard to articulate rhythms. Trumpets shine through
...
A complex score ... you listen very well to bring it to life bravely.
Spirited, determined playing. There are dark brooding moments here and
you interpret them with conviction.
A majestic final section. Well played."
"Beautiful, lyrical phrasing. Violins so together - a wonderful sound.
Well done percussion ... dynamically so effective.
Excellent Brass ... you are so painting the horror of this work.
I love the concentration and listening of all sections.
You have worked so hard ... to achieve the drama.
This is a seriously good orchestra with terrific section leaders.
A most enjoyable performance. SPELLBINDING!!"
LYSO play at Birmingham Symphony Hall - 2009
The LYSO performed in the National Festival of Music for Youth at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on
Saturday July 11th 2009.
They played Tchaikovsky' Symphony No.5, 2nd Movement and Finlandia by Sibelius.
The adjudicators made lots of positive comments about the orchestra and the LYSO can be justifiably
proud of their performance alongside five other experienced youth orchestras.
LYSO (or LSSO back then!) vinyl records
These are 3 albums from 1974, 1977 and 1985. Click on them to find out more or click here.
LYSO Tours
The highlight each year for many members of the Lancashire Student Symphony Orchestra is
a tour where the orchestra plays concerts at venues based in different countries around the
world. These tours first started in 1973 and have continued for most years. The following is a
list of the countries on which the tours have been based.
1973
Denmark
1974
Eastern States of the USA
1975
Sweden
1976
Great Britain
1977
England - Southern Counties
1978
Austria
1979
Sweden
1980
Argentina
1981
France
1982
Scandinavia
1983
France
1984
Malaysia & Singapore
1985
Paris & East Anglia
1986
Germany, Holland & France
1987
Austria, Hungary & Germany
1989
Romania
1990
France
1992
Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia & France
1993
France
1994
Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium & France
1995
Catalonia & France
1996
Tuscany
1997
Belgium, Germany & France
1998
Czech Republic & Slovakia
1999
Tuscany
2001
France & Germany
2002
Strasbourg & The Black Forest
2003
Berlin
2004
Poland
2005
Northern Spain
2006
Poland & Germany
2007
Rome
In 2000, rather than go on tour the Orchestra went to the BBC recording studios to record on
CD a repertoire of their music.
