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Thu 22 Jan: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Lighthouse, Poole, England
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Concert date: 15 December 2008 (Monday)
Venue: St. Martin's Church,Castleton, Rochdale UK

Inaugural Concert of the Rochdale Light Orchestra (founded April 2008) to be given in the presence of the Mayor and Mayoress of Rochdale. Includes first peformances of Mayoral Procession and March: Butterworth's New Beginning orchestrated by the composer. Admission Free. Retiring Collection in aid of the Church and Orchestra. Interval Refreshments.

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Strauss, Sousa, Gershwin, Delius, Debussy, Marshall, Gounod, Easthope Martin, Dvorak

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