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Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
Pines of Rome (1923–4)
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I. The Pines of the Villa Borghese: Allegretto vivace –
II. Pines Near a Catacomb: Lento –
III. The Pines of the Janiculum Hill: Lento –
IV. The Pines of the Appian Way: Tempo di marcia

Conductor: Roberto González-Monjas

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Violin I
First half:
Harry Kneeshaw*
Yeva Volkava
Pak Ho Hong
Maria Reinon
Ivelina Ivanova
Eliza Burkitt
Flora Yeung
Sofia Muñiz Mejuto
Leon Human
Ludwika Borowska
Damian Dimitrov
Ho Chun Yuen
Kayla Nicol
Tanya Perez Jovetic

Second half:
Harry Kneeshaw*
Yeva Volkava
Paula Guerra Collar
Victor MacAbiès
Ola Lenkiewicz
Evan Lawrence
Seren Nickson
Rowan Dymott
Malena Benavent
Anna Brown
Maria Jimenez Valles
Colby Chu
Camille Said
Gwyneth Nelmes

Violin II
First half:
Benedict Wong*
Pedro Rodrigues
Paula Guerra Collar
Victor MacAbiès
Ola Lenkiewicz
Evan Lawrence
Seren Nickson
Rowan Dymott
Malena Benavent
Anna Brown
Maria Jimenez Valles
Colby Chu
Camille Said
Gwyneth Nelmes

Second half:
Benedict Wong*
Pedro Rodrigues
Pak Ho Hong
Maria Reinon
Ivelina Ivanova
Eliza Burkitt
Flora Yeung
Sofia Muñiz Mejuto
Leon Human
Ludwika Borowska
Damian Dimitrov
Ho Chun Yuen
Kayla Nicol
Tanya Perez Jovetic

Viola
Teresa Macedo Ferreira*
Sean Lee
Ami-Louise Johnsson
Georgia Russell
Izzy Doncaster
Kelvin Chan
Young Two Cheung
Hugo Haag
Gavin Marnoch
Sirma Baramova
Josh Law

Cello
Kosta Popovic*
Nathanael Horton
Nia Williams
Alex Acomb
Eryna Kisumba
William Lui
Wilbert Chan
Joe Barker
Vasco Ferrão
Lina Videnova

Double Bass
Gabriel Maciel Rodrigues*
Strahinja Mitrovic
Cynthia Garduño Meneses
Aaron Aguayo Juarez
Tom Mahoney
Izzy Nisbett
Caetano Fernandes Oliveira
Georgia Lloyd

Flute
First half:
Tamsin Reed*
Cyrus Lam
Pauline Delamotte (piccolo)

Second half:
Alex Ho*
Jess McNulty
Isabelle Harris (piccolo)

Oboe
First half:
Stefani Trendafilova*
Elly Barlow
Charis Lai (cor anglais)

Second half:
Maria Rojas Cruz*
Theo Chapple
Daisy Lihoreau (cor anglais)

Clarinet
First half:
Kosuke Shirai*
Kathryn Titcomb
Beñat Erro Díez (bass)

Second half:
Lily Payne*
Emily Degg
Jonny Ainscough (bass)
Kathryn Titcomb (E-flat)

Bassoon
First half:
Thaïs Bordes*
Maria O’Dea (contra)
Izzy Cave (contra)

Second half:
Amelia Cody-Byfield*
Paddy Kearney
Lily Wang (contra)

Horn
First half:
Cath Nuta*
Isabella Ward Ackland
Sarah Pennington
Jack Reilly
Freya Campbell

Second half:
George Strivens*
Sarah Pennington
Kate King
Niamh Rodgers
Dan Hibbert

Trumpet
First half:
Immy Timmins*
Luke Lane
Nina Tyrrell
Freya Mallinson

First half offstage:
Samuel Tarlton* (flugel)
Florence Wilson-Toy (flugel)
Alex Smith (flugel)
Amelia Stuart (flugel)

Second half:
Sam Balchin*
Eloise Yates
Seb Carpenter
Noah Bailis
Luke Lane

Second half offstage:
Parker Bruce*
Alice Newbould
Freya Mallinson
Nina Tyrrell*
Henry So
Jess Malone

Trombone
First half:
Ollie Bartlett*
Max Lawrence

First half offstage:
Felix Rockhill* (baritone)
Sam Cox (euphonium)

Second half:
Jamie Reid*
Ollie Plant
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Bass Trombone
First half:
Jonathan Hooper

Second half:
Alex Froggatt

Tuba
First half:
Ramon Branch

Second half:
Matthew Lait

Timpani
First half:
Bogdan Skrypka

Second half:
Tom Hodgson

Percussion
First half:
Cláudia Costa Gonçalves*
Tom Hodgson
Jovi Lo
Beier Li
Lauren Bye

Second half:
Jovi Lo*
Cláudia Costa Gonçalves
Beier Li
Bogdan Skrypka
Lauren Bye
Jing Wen
Ava Kinninmonth
Reuben Hesser
Kevin Ng

Harp
Pines of Rome:
Heather Brooks

Mandolin
Ralph Porrett

Piano
First half:
Ryan Yip

Second half:
Donglai Shi
Ryan Yip

Celeste
First half:
Donglai Shi

Second half:
Ryan Yip

Organ
Gavin Roberts
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*Section Principal

Ensembles, Programming
& Instrument Manager
Phil Sizer

Orchestra Librarian
Anthony Wilson

Music Stage, Logistics & Instrument Manager
Kevin Elwick

Music Stage Supervisors
Shakeel Mohammed
Louis Baily