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The following list contains the programmes from all TOPS concerts since our inception in 1993. All works, unless otherwise indicated, were conducted by Mal Hewitt.


2009
2 Nov 2009
State Sports Centre, Homebush
Handel: The King Shall Rejoice (Coronation Anthem)
Handel: Fireworks Music (excerpts)
Haydn: The Heavens are Telling from The Creation
Mendelssohn: He Watching over Israel (Elijah)
Mendelssohn: Wedding March
Sculthorpe: Requiem (excerpt)
ABBA: Medley (arr. George Torbay)
30 Aug 2009
Macquarie University
Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal
Kevin Puts: Marimba Concerto
Marimba: Claire Edwardes
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
21 Jun 2009
The Joan Sutherland Centre, Penrith

Erkel: Hunyadi Laszlo Overture
Dohnanyi: Ruralia Hungarica
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
9-10th May 2009
Port Macquarie, NSW

Haydn: Nelson Mass (with Hastings Choristers)
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Trumpet: Jason Heise
Haydn: Symphony No. 102 (The "London")
15th Mar 2009
Parramatta Town Hall
Bushfire Benefit Concert
Ravel: The Fairy Garden from Mother Goose Suite 
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Narrator: Justine Clarke
Tchaikowsky: Waltz of the Flowers, Dance of the Flutes & Russian Dance from Nutcracker Ballet
Songs for Children with Justine Clarke, her band, and TOPS.
2008
25-26th Oct 2008
Armidale, NSW

Combined Primary Schools Choir:
A Sea Change & Brolga Dance (Ian Jefferson), Sea Chant (Sculthorpe), Find the Way Home (Paul Jarman),
Dreams of the Never Never
(Stephen Leek), The Kangaroo (Peter Maddox), The Wind (Lyn Williams),
Homeward Bound (Marta Keen)
Conductors:Leanne Roobol & Rowena Tall
Accompanist: Wendy Huddleston

Combined Secondary Schools Choir and Celebration Concert Symphony Orchestra:
Verdi: Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore
Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco
Howard: Gospel Song Medley
ABBA: Medley (arr. George Torbay)
Conductor: Stuart Pavel
24th Aug 2008
Burradoo
Vulpius: Es is Ros Entsprungen (Brass Ensemble)
Conductor:   Kevin Mercer
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D Major
Conductor:   Steven Hillinger
R Strauss: Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, Op. 7
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Holst: 1st Suite in E flat for Military Band (trans. Gordon Jacob)
1st Jun 2008
Macquarie University
R Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
 13th Apr 2008
Singleton
Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture
Mozart: Flute Concerto in G
Flute: Jane Cavanagh
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"
9th Mar 2008
Parramatta Town Hall
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Copland: Rodeo
Britten: Young Persons' Guide to the Orchestra
Conductor: Sarah-Grace Williams
Joe Wolfe: Sydney Sketches
Kohne: Powerhouse
Berlioz: Hungarian March
2007
28th Oct 2007
Sydney Town Hall
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum
Mussorgsky: Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov
Wagner: Final Scene from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
All with Bass: James Homann
Puccini: Final Scene from Turandot
Wagner: Prelude to Act 3 from Lohengrin
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
Bizet: Toreador’s Song from Carmen
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
Bass: James Homann
Peter Allen: Boy from Oz Medley (arr. Howard)

14th Sep 2007
Joan Sutherland Centre, Penrith
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Beethoven: Triple Concerto Op. 56
Violin: Maria Lindsay
Piano: Daniel Herscovitch
Cello: Thomas Tsai (The Apollo Trio)
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor
Conductor: Steven Hillinger

26th Aug 2007
Sydney Town Hall
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
Sculthorpe: Earth Cry
Didgeridoo: William Barton
Howard: Earth, the Bringer of Life
Conductor: Graham Howard
Howard: Cape York
Conductor: Graham Howard
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (Berceuse and Finale)
Conductor: Sarah-Grace Williams
17th Jun 2007
Australian Film and Television School
A Place By the Sea soundtrack recording
3rd Jun 2007
Macquarie University
Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Violin: Richard Pulley
Conductor: Brendan Cooper
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
11th Mar 2007
Parramatta Town Hall
Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Rossini: Una Voce Poco Fa from The Barber of Seville
Rossini: Cruda Sorte! from The Italian Girl in Algiers
Delibes: The Flower Duet from Lakmé
Bizet: Suite and arias from Carmen
All conducted by: Sarah-Grace Williams
Purcell: Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas
Handel: Verdi Prati from Alcina
Mozart: Voi Che Sapete, Non So Piu & Dove Sono from Le nozze di Figaro
Humperdinck: Sandman’s Song, Duet and Dream Pantomime from Hänsel and Gretel
Saint-Saëns: Softly Wakes my Heart from Samson and Delilah
Puccini: Un Bel Di from Madama Butterfly
Mezzo-soprano: Sally-Anne Russell

Soprano: Samantha Cobcroft
2006
29th Oct 2006
Sydney Town Hall
Mozart: Requiem K.626
Shostakovich: The Gadfly Suite Op.97a (excerpts)
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
Elgar: Coronation Ode Op. 44
Sondheim: Bring in the Clowns
Traditional: La Bamba
3rd Sep 2006
Oxley College,
Bowral
Beethoven: Triple Concerto Op. 56
Violin: Maria Lindsay
Piano: Daniel Herscovitch
Cello: Thomas Tsai (The Apollo Trio)
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Conductor: Sarah-Grace Williams
30th Jul 2006
TOPS Strings
Uniting Church,
Carrington Ave Strathfield
Bach: Concertos for 1, 2 and 3 violins
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins
Fonsny: A work for strings
Violins: Margaret Howard, Heloise Pyne, Martin Lee, Dorothy Sercombe, Rebecca Foulcher
25th Jun 2006
Macquarie University
Sibelius: Finlandia
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
Baritone: Leon Warnock
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
28th May 2006
Lismore, NSW
Orff: Carmina Burana
29th Apr 2006
State Sports Centre
Homebush
A night of Armenian music and dance with 
Ara Gevorgian
26th Mar 2006
Parramatta Town Hall
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor K466
Piano: Julie Owens
Tchaikowsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Howard: Footprints At Four Creeks
Conductor: Graham Howard
Ravel: Bolero
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Piano: Chris Marshall
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Lerner & Loewe: Selections from My Fair Lady
2005
20th Nov 2005
Joe Ciantar Studio,
Chatswood
A conducting masterclass with John Curro.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

16th Oct 2005
Sydney Town Hall
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (mvts 4 & 5)
Soprano: Samantha Cobcroft
Mezzo-soprano: Sally-Anne Russell
Tippett: Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Boublil and Schonberg: Medley from Les Miserables
Conductor: Scott Copeman
4th Sep 2005
Sydney Town Hall
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Soprano: Leanne Kenneally
Mezzo-soprano: Sally-Anne Russell
Offstage Conductor: Graham Howard
Tippett: Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time
Soprano: Leanne Kenneally
21st Aug 2005
U.N.E, Armidale
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Soprano: Samantha Cobcroft
Mezzo-soprano: Sally-Anne Russell
19th Jun 2005
Macquarie University
R Strauss: Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, Op. 7
Elgar: In the South Op. 50 (Alassio)
Koetsier: Concertino for Tuba and Strings
Tuba: Oliver Harris
R Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Op. 59
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
10th Apr 2005
TOPS Wind
Singleton Sisters of
Mercy Chapel
Dvorák: Serenade in D minor Op. 44 for Winds, Cello and Double Bass
R Strauss: Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, Op. 7
Mozart: Serenade No 11 in Eb, K375
Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Wind
13th Mar 2005
Sydney Town Hall
Sculthorpe: Kakadu
Didgeridoo: William Barton
Holst: Mars, Venus and Jupiter from The Planets
Howard: Earth, the Bringer of Life
Conductor: Graham Howard
Howard: Spirit of the Pilliga
Conductor: Graham Howard
Boy soprano: Keegan Joyce
2004
17th Oct 2004
Sydney Town Hall
Celebration Concert
Handel: Messiah Choruses
Wagner: "Entry of the Guests" from Tannhäuser
Respighi: Pines of Rome (excerpts)
Conductor: Sarah-Grace Williams
Lennon & McCartney: Medley (arr. Howard)
29th Aug 2004
Macquarie University
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
Piano: Daniel Herscovitch
Irik: Music for Orchestra
Conductor: Michiel Irik
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Conductor: Sarah-Grace Williams
15th Aug 2004
Strathfield Uniting Church
Strings and Harp
Elgar: Serenade
Debussy: Dances Sacred and Profane
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves &
Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus
Mahler: "Adagietto" from 5th Symphony
Delius: Two Aquarelles
20th Jun 2004
Macquarie University
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
R Strauss: Four Last Songs
Soprano: Leanne Kenneally
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
21st Mar 2004
Granville Town Hall
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D
Conductor: Brendan Cooper
Violin: Carolyn Watson
Berlioz: Hungarian March
Conductor: Brendan Cooper
Grainger: English Waltz from Youthful Suite & Irish Tune from County Derry
Tchaikowsky: Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
2003
19th Oct 2003
Sydney Town Hall
Celebration Concert
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Verdi: Grand March from Aida
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No 3 (Organ Symphony): Finale
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Organ: Sarah Kim
Howard: Gospel Song Medley
24th,31st Aug 2003
Macquarie University
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Conductors: Mal Hewitt (mvts 1,5-6) and Steven Hillinger (mvts 2-4)
Mezzo-soprano: Christine Logan
Female Choir: Cheltenham Girls High School Choir
Boys Choir: North Sydney Boys' Choir
27th Jun 2003
Clubbe Hall, Mittagong
Chamber Orchestra
Mozart: Symphonie Concertante for Violin and Viola
Violin: Elizabeth Gormley
Viola: Luke Spicer
Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Wind
Conductor: Sarah-Grace Williams
Howard: Quartet for Chamber Orchestra
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 (The London)
Conductor: Sarah-Grace Williams
11th May 2003
North Sydney Boys’ High
Vaughan Williams: Songs Of Travel
Baritone: Leon Warnock Puccini: Mi Chiamano Mimi and Donde Lieta from La Boheme
O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi
Soprano: Leanne Kenneally
Leoncavallo: E allor perche and Stridono Lassu from Pagliacci
Soprano: Leanne Kenneally
Baritone: Leon Warnock
Tchaikowsky: Scene, Waltz and Hungarian Dance from Swan Lake; Excerpts from Nutcracker Suite
Conductor: Emery Schubert
2002
20th Oct 2002
Sydney Town Hall
Celebration Concert
Berlioz: Te Deum, Fiat Super Nos and Tibi Omnes from Te Deum
Tchaikowsky: 1812 Overture
Peter Allen: Boy from Oz Medley (arr. Howard)
1st Sep 2002
Parramatta Town Hall
Opera Highlights (Bizet, Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Saint-Saëns,
Verdi, Gounod, Bernstein
and G&S)
Conductors: Mal Hewitt and Steven Hillinger
Soloists: Rowena Michael, Christine Logan, Marcus Rivera,James Homann.
7th Jul 2002
Macquarie University
Delius: Walk to the Paradise Garden
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Conductor: Martin Hardy
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Ravel: Bolero
12th May 2002
Granville Town Hall
Wagner: Prelude from Tannhäuser
Wagner: Entry of the Guests from Tannhäuser
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Wagner: Preludes to Act 1 and 3 from Lohengrin
Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Wagner: Siegfried's Death from Götterdämmerung
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2001
21st Oct 2001
Sydney Town Hall
Celebration Concert
Orff: Carmina Burana
Koehne: Powerhouse
Conductor: Martin Hardy
Boublil and Schonberg: Medley from Les Miserables
9th Sep 2001
Mt Carmel High School,
Campbelltown

with Fisher's Ghost Youth Orchestra.
de Falla: 3 dances from the Three Cornered Hat
Conductor: Sarah-Grace Williams
Delius: A Walk to the Paradise Garden
Koehne: Powerhouse
1st Jul 2001
Granville Town Hall
Humperdinck: Prelude and Forest Scene from Hänsel and Gretel
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Soloists: Christine Logan and Lynne Murray
R Strauss: Four Last Songs
Soprano: Lynne Murray
Tchaikowsky: Nutcracker Ballet excerpts
2000
12th Nov 2000
Sydney Opera House
Celebration Concert
Bach: B Minor Mass (excerpts)
Borodin: Polotsvian Dances
Lloyd-Webber: Phantom of the Opera
3rd Sep 2000
Campbelltown
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Janacek: Prophecy and Death from Taras Bulba
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Conductor: Martin Hardy
28th May 2000
Macquarie University
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
Conductor: Noel Annett
Schumann: Conzertstuck for 4 Horns
Horns: Graham Nichols, Julia Zeltzer, Steven Hillinger and Noel Annett
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
1999
7th Nov 1999
Sydney Opera House
Celebration Concert
Parry: Blessed pair of sirens 
Vivaldi: Gloria
Conductor: Wendy Huddleston
Bernstein: West Side Story suite
Conductor: Martin Hardy
19th Sep 1999
University of Western Sydney
Wagner: Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Irik: Apocalypse for solo Trumpet and Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Trumpet: Adam Tonkins
Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung
Conductor: Richard Pulley
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Conductor: Sarah-Grace Williams
30 May 1999
Macquarie University
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Conductor: Warwick Pulley
Elgar: Sea Pictures
Mezzo-Soprano: Christine Logan
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8
Conductor: Martin Hardy
R Strauss: Selected Lieder
Mezzo-Soprano: Christine Logan
21st Mar 1999
Pittwater High School
Wagner: Overture from Rienzi
Conductor: Andrew del Riccio
Forsyth: Trombone Concerto
Conductor: Andrew del Riccio
Trombone: Gregory van der Struik
Tchaikowsky: Symphony No. 5 (movements 1, 2, 4)
Conductor: Sarah-Grace Williams
1998
8th Nov 1998
Sydney Opera House
Celebration Concert
Operatic excerpts.

Verdi: Overture to Nabucco
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Procession of the nobles from Mlada
Conductor: Wendy Huddleston
Wagner: Hans Sach's Aria from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Baritone: Leon Warnock
12th Sep 1998
Sydney Opera House
Instrumental Festival
Sibelius: Finlandia
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
Tchaikowsky: 1812 Overture
With Northern Beaches Concert Band
Conductor: Martin Hardy
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance No. 4
With Combined Primary School recorder ensemble
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
31st May 1998
Macquarie University
Wagner: Prelude from Tannhäuser
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C
Cello: Sarah Lowry
Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 "New World"
Conductor: Richard Pulley
29 March 1998
Hornsby Girls High School
Dvorák: Carnival Overture
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
Irik: Apocalypse for solo Trumpet and Orchestra
Trumpet: Adam Tonkins
Conductor: Michiel Irik
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (movements 3 and 4)
Conductor: Martin Hardy
Tchaikowsky: 1812 Overture
Conductor: Martin Hardy
1997
9th Nov 1997
Sydney Opera House
Celebration Concert
Basler: Missa Kenya
Brahms: A German Requiem (excerpts)
Conductor: Wendy Huddleston
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
Conductor: Martin Hardy
Gershwin: Medley from Porgy and Bess
21 Sep 1997
Macquarie University
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor
Violin: Richard Pulley
Tchaikowsky: Symphony No. 5 (finale)
Conductor: Steven Hillinger
Mahler: Symphony No. 3: finale (excerpts)
1993-1996
2nd Nov 1996
Sydney Opera House
Celebration Concert
Mozart: Requiem
Soprano: Katie Johnston
Conductor: Wendy Huddleston
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast (excerpt)
Baritone: Leon Warnock
Holst: Mars & Jupiter from The Planets
Boublil & Schoenberg: Medley from Les Miserables
Soloists: Katie Johnston, Leon Warnock, Neville Knight, Samantha Brady, Catherine Haining
29th Oct 1995
Sydney Town Hall
Celebration Concert
Handel: Messiah Choruses
Conductor: Helen Lowry
Berlioz: Te Deum, Fiat Super Nos and Tibi Omnes from Te Deum
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No 3 (Organ Symphony): Finale
Conductor: Steve Williams
Organ: Alex Negrin
Bernstein: Suite from West Side Story
Soloists: John James, Fiona Warnock, Samantha Brady
Rutter: Now Thank We All Our God
16th Oct 1994
Sydney Opera House
Celebration Concert
Shostakovich: Festival Overture
Conductor: William Kempster
Tippett: 5 Spirituals from A Child of our Time
Soloist: Celeste Lazarenko
R Strauss: Festival Prelude
Organ: Alex Negrin
Vaughan Williams: Towards the Unknown Region
Vaughan Williams: The Old Hundreth Psalm Tune (arrangement)
Rutter: Gloria
14th Nov 1993
Sydney Opera House
Celebration Concert
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Parry: I Was Glad
Orff: excerpts from Carmina Burana
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 - Finale (excerpts)
Bach: Dona Nobis Pacem from Mass in B minor