Past Events 2025

Sun, 20 Jul 2025

Bury Friendly Orchestra is delighted to return to The Apex for an exciting programme celebrating dance music.

Come and join us on a toe-tapping journey around the world and through time.

Our concert will feature familiar tunes and rhythms; including an exuberant Mazurka from Delibes’ Ballet Coppélia, and the Farandole from Bizet’s L’Arlésienne Suite no 2; which contrast with the grandeur of Fauré’s Pavane, and the magnificent Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. There will also be fiery Cuban music by Márquez and the captivating African-American rhythms of Florence Price’s Juba Dance.

The concert wouldn’t be complete without fabulous baroque minuets from Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks; plus a pasa doble, a cha cha and a tango; and we’ll dip into 20th Century jive too. Something for everyone!

Conductor: Chris Parsons
Leader: Stephen Calder

Programme:
Arturo Márquez – Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Gabriel Fauré – Pavane
Lawrence Yates – Dance Suite
Florence Beatrice Price – Juba Dance from Symphony no 1 in E minor
Igor Stravinsky – Finale from The Firebird
Leo Delibes – Mazurka from Coppélia

Interval

Georges Bizet – Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite no 2
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky – Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
Ben Mulholland & Mulholland Jive – Kryptonite
Emmanuel Chabrier – Habanera
George Frederic Handel – Minuets from Music for the Royal Fireworks
Johann Strauss ll – Unter Donner und Blitz Polka (Thunder and Lightning)

Sun, 23 Mar 2025

'Film and Fire'

Venue - Ashlar House, Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7AB

Conductor: Chris Parsons
Leader: Stephen Calder

Programme:
Theme from ET - John Williams
James Bond Medley - David Sims - Featuring soprano soloist Charlotte Senior
Lord of the Rings - Howard Shore
Pirates of the Carribean - Klaus Badelt
The Firebird - Igor Stravinsky
Lowry Suite - Lawrence Yates (World Premiere)
Congo del Fuego - Arturo Marquez