Enjoy the Magic of Classical Music with Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra
Join us for unforgettable performances of timeless masterpieces
Family Concert Sunday 23rd November 2025
Spa Centre Leamington
Concerts
Our next Concert
Family Concert: Winter Wonderland
3.00 pm - 23rd November, Spa Centre, Leamington
To include
Troika
Walking in the Air
Frosty the Snowman
Winter (4 seasons)
Polar Express
Sleigh Ride
Let it go ( Frozen)
and much, much, more early festive fun
Our Conductor
Principal Conductor - Roger Coull
Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra 's Principal Conductor is Roger Coull
Roger Coull’s route into conducting has come very much from the eyes and ears of a performer. As a string quartet leader of international standing he has always been used to interpreting music and every aspect of the process of turning a vision into performance.
Associate Conductor - Paul Leddington Wright
Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra's Associate Conductor is Paul Leddington Wright
Paul started conducting at the age of 15 He won an organ scholarship to study at Cambridge and continued his conducting alongside his studies.
Following university, he started a career in Musical Theatre. Work in the West End and provincial theatre lasted until he moved to Coventry to take up the position of sub-organist then musical director at the Cathedral (a position he retired from recently)
Winter - Antonio Vivaldi, from The Four Seasons, Op. 8 (pictured)
Antonio Vivaldi was a dazzling violin virtuoso. He became a teacher at a school writing many of his instrumental works for the pupils there. The Four Seasons is in effect a set of four violin concertos each following the three-movement formula of two fast movements with a slower one in the middle.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas J Horner, arr. Brubaker
The music is taken from the film based on the Dr. Seuss book of 1957.
A mean, green Grinch does not like Christmas, and tries to ruin it for everyone, but after several adventures everything works out right in the end.
Polar Express arr. Brubaker
It is Christmas Eve and the story takes us to the North Pole where friendship, bravery and the true spirit of Christmas are found. During a party with Santa, a bell flies off a reindeers harness, and is lost.
Troika - Sergei Prokofiev (pictured)
Troika is the fourth of five pieces in the Symphonic Suite Lieutenant Kije. The sleigh portrayed here is a traditional Russian one, with 3 horses side by side, making it a very fast ride. Listen for the sleigh bells as the troika goes through the snow, watch out for the violins and violas doing dramatic pizzicato playing.
Skater’s Waltz Emile Waldteufel: Skaters' Waltz, Op.183
This waltz, is part of the tradition of popular dances, made most famous by the Strauss family, The Skaters Waltz, Waldteufels best-known piece, was written in 1882.
It begins with some sliding sounds – perhaps slipping on the ice? The horn then introduces the ‘big tune’ and the violins take it over.
Let it go (Frozen) Lopez
The music from this film is dramatic and includes several memorable songs.
Let It Go is a powerful song with a rousing chorus. The orchestra builds the sound, and the song has a very short, but memorable three note motif for the words ‘Let It Go’.
Bringing classical music to life: WSO in concert
