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Tickets for the 9th of July are now available from Medina Theatre. Get yours early to ensure a seat for the final concert in the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra’s current season, which includes Beethoven’s Leonora No. 3 Overture and Brahms’ 1st Symphony. Also in the performance will be Arias, Duet and 3 Dances from […]

The May concert by the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra will take place on Saturday 21st May in the Medina Theatre.  This is a welcome return to the Orchestra for Alexander Sitkovetsky, who performed the Beethoven Violin Concerto to much acclaim in November 2009 – on this occasion he will be performing the much loved […]

May the 21st sees the penultimate concert in the IWSO’s busy season, and it should be a great night’s music, with violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor. The evening begins with Respighi’s Symphonic Poem “The Fountains of Rome”, and concludes with Edward Elgar’s 1st Symphony. If you’d like to help publicise […]

This Saturday sees the next concert in the IWSO’s 2010/2011 season, featuring Schumann’s Manfred Overture, Kodaly’s Summer Evening, Sibelius’ Finlandia and Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B minor. Tickets are still available from the Medina Theatre Box Office on 01983 527020.

Tickets are still available for the first IWSO concert of 2011, taking place this coming Saturday (22nd) at Medina Theatre, at 7.30pm. If you’ve not already booked tickets, here’s what you could be enjoying on a dark winter’s night: Soloists Christopher Guild (Piano) Eddie Maxwell (Trumpet) Programme Overture der Freischutz – Weber Serenade in Eb […]

As announced at the rehearsal on Wednesday, there will be a rehearsal next week (on the 15th December). However, it will not be at Wootton. The venue will be St Thomas of Canterbury Newport Church Hall (otherwise known as Holyrood Hall), located at the top of the High Street in Newport, opposite the Toyshop, Cafe […]

Tickets are already available for the next concert (on Saturday January 22nd) from Medina Theatre box office on 01983 527020. It’s still not too late to purchase Season Tickets for the remainder of the current season – if you’re interested, please contact Tim Isard via seasontickets@iwso.info. If you’d like to help publicise the upcoming concert, […]

Don’t forget – tonight is the first concert in the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra’s new season! 7.30pm at Medina Theatre, Newport for an evening of top-quality music. Beginning with Britten’s Soirées Musicales and followed by Walton’s Siesta, the first half is completed by Paderewski’s Piano Concerto, performed by soloist Agnieszka Pluta. The second half […]

A flier (in Adobe PDF format) for the upcoming concert is now available for download from this site – please feel free to print it out and display it wherever you can. Also, the last item on the posters (and until recently this web site) was actually wrong – the Circus Polka by Stravinsky will […]

Tickets are now available for purchase from Medina Theatre (01983 527020) for the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of the 2010-2011 season. The opening concert of the season, on the 20th November will include Stravinsky’s Petrushka Ballet, Paderewski’s Piano Concert in A minor and more. For more details, and to see the rest […]