Past concerts

This page lists the programmes of all previous GCO concerts that we have records of.
Click on the season to see the concert programmes:
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2006 - 2007: 50^th Anniversary Season

Saturday 9^thJune 2007, 7.30 pm, St. Silas Church

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Chrisitne Smith (Horn), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Part of Glasgow's West End Festival

Mendelssohn - Overture Fair Melusina
Strauss - Horn Concerto No.2
Brahms - Symphony No.4

Sunday 27^th May 2007, 7 pm, Glasgow City Halls

Christopher Bell (Conductor), Rachel Redmond (Soprano), Douglas Nairne (Baritone)

Organised by Come and Sing Scotland choir

Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem

Saturday 10^th March 2007, 8 pm, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Alison McNeill (Soprano), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Concert sponsored by the Alliance Française de Glasgow

Rossini - Overture L'Italiana in Algeri
Canteloube - Chants d'Auvergne
Fauré - Pavane
Poulenc - Sinfonietta

Friday 8^th December 2006
CLIC Sargent Christmas Concert, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Christmas carols with conductor Ian McCrorie, special guest Nicola Benedetti, Jonathan Thomson (Trumpet), Glasgow Hospitals' Choir, Dalreoch Primary School Choir and the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra. Proceeds from the evening will go to CLIC Sargent (previously Sargent Cancer Care for Children and Cancer & Leukaemia in Childhood), which support children and young people diagnosed with cancer and their families.
Arnold - The Holly and the Ivy (Conductor Peter Cynfryn Jones)

Saturday 2^nd December 2006
Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Jill Morton (Piano), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Copland - Quiet City
Stravinsky - Suites No.1 and 2 for small orchestra
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No.2
Beethoven - Symphony No.1

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2005 - 2006 Season

Saturday 3^rd June 2006, Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church, Pollokshields, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Laura Husbands (Guitar), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Berkeley - Divertimento
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Kodály - Dances of Marosszek
Schubert - Symphony No.4

Sunday 23^rd April 2006, Sherbrooke St. Gilbert’s Church, Pollokshields, Glasgow
Concert with Eastwood Choral Society

John Gormley (Conductor)

Handel - The Messiah

Saturday 25^th March 2006, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Eszter Krulik (Violin), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Nielsen - Helios Overture
Sibelius - Violin Concerto
Dvorák - Symphony No.8

Sunday 19^th March 2006, Ardgowan Parish Church, Greenock
Concert with the Greenock Philharmonic Society

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Catriona Holt (Soprano), Rowan Hellier (Mezzo-soprano), Luis Garcia (Tenor), Orlando Mason (Bass), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Puccini - Messa di Gloria
Rossini - Stabat Mater

Friday 9^th December 2005, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
CLIC Sargent Christmas Concert

Christmas carols with conductor Ian McCrorie, Jonathan Thomson (Trumpet), Glasgow Hospitals' Choir, St Joseph's Primary School Choir and the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra. Proceeds from the evening went to CLIC Sargent (previously Sargent Cancer Care for Children and Cancer & Leukaemia in Childhood), which support children and young people diagnosed with cancer and their families.
Mozart - Overture Le Nozze di Figaro (Conductor Peter Cynfryn Jones)

Saturday 3^rd December 2005, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Graeme McNaught (Piano), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Mozart - Overture Le Nozze di Figaro
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15
Haydn - Symphony No.103

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2004 - 2005 Season

Saturday 4^th June 2005, Renfield St Stephens Parish Church, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Rudi de Groote (Cello), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Glinka - Overture Ruslan and Ludmilla
Prokofiev - A Summer Day Op.65
Tchaikovsky - Rococo variations for cello and orchestra Op.33
Tchaikovsky - Second Symphony 'Little Russian' Op.17

Sunday 24^th April 2005, Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church, Pollokshields, Glasgow
Concert with the Eastwood Choral Society

John Gormley (Conductor), Wilma MacDougall (Soprano), Christopher Breckenridge (Baritone), Stuart Campbell (Organ)

Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem Op.45
Brahms - Chorale Prelude 'O Gott, du frommer Gott' Op.122 No.7 (Organ)
Brahms - Chorale Prelude 'Herzlich tut mich verlangen' Op.122 No.10 (Organ)

Saturday 12^th March 2005, Adelaide's, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Lawrence Gill (Clarinet), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Von Weber - Clarinet Concerto No 1
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
McGuire - Symphonies of Trains
Delius - On hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring
Delius - Summer-night on the river

Friday 10^th December 2004, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Malcolm Sargent Cancer Care Scotland Christmas concert

Christmas carols with conductor Ian McCrorie, Glasgow Hospitals' Choir, Lenzie Academy, Overton Primary School Choirs, and the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra.
Strauss - Ouverture Die Fledermaus

Saturday 4^th December 2004, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow
Winter Classics

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Strauss - Ouverture Die Fledermaus
Delius - Sleigh Ride
Humperdinck - Hänsel & Gretel Prelude
Tchaikovsky - Excerpts from Ballet Suites Swan Lake and Nutcracker

Saturday 25^th September 2004, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Orchestral Manoeuvres, part of BBC Listen Up! Festival of Orchestras 2004

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, RSAMD Youthworks and Glasgow Chamber Orchestra
Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor)

McGuire - The Caledonian Muse: A Symphonic Rhapsody
Chilcott - Tandem for two orchestras, performed by BBC SSO and GCO

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2003 - 2004 Season

Saturday 6^th June 2004, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Prague Spring

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Joe Houghton (Oboe), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Smetana - Overture The Bartered Bride
Strauss - Oboe Concerto
Dvorák - Symphony No.5

Saturday 24^th April 2004, Hamilton College School Hall, Hamilton
Concert with Strathaven Choral Society

Aidan Broadbridge (Conductor), Eilidh McEwan (Soprano), Colette Ruddy (Contralto), Matthew Bridle (Tenor), Nick Jones (Bass)

Beethoven - Mass in C
Mozart - Requiem

Saturday 3^rd April 2004, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Feargus Hetherington (Violin), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Beethoven - Overture Coriolan
Brahms - Violin concerto
Schubert - Symphony No.5
McGuire - The Caledonian Muse

Saturday 30^th November 2003, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Javier Negrín (Piano), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Mozart - Symphony No.31 'Paris'
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No.3 'Eroica'

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2002 - 2003 Season

Sunday 18^th May 2003, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Concert with The City of Glasgow Chorus

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Anthony Alcock (Double Bass), Rosalind Sutherland (Soprano), Clare Shearer (Mezzo), Stephen Robertson (Tenor), Julian Tovey (Bass), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Beethoven - Overture Leonora III
Bottessini - Concerto No.2 for Double Bass and Strings
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 'Choral'

Saturday 8^th March 2003, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Anthony Alcock (Double Bass), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Arnold - Serenade Op.24
Bottessini - Concerto No.2 for Double Bass and Strings
Kodály - Dances of Galánta
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Mendelssohn - Symphony No.3 'Scottish'

Saturday 7^th December 2002, Glasgow City Halls

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Anne Lorne Gillies (Narrator), Bob Nelson (Leader)
The High School of Glasgow Junior 6 Choir

Rossini - Overture La Cenerentola
Blake - The Snowman
Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye
Prokofiev - Symphony No.1 'Classical'

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2001 - 2002 Season

Saturday 8^th June 2002, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Rudi de Groote (Cello), Bob Nelson (Leader)

von Weber - Overture Der Freischütz
Schumann - Cello Concerto
Brahms - Symphony No.1

Saturday 17^th March 2002, Matt Thomson Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Mackenzie - Overture The Cricket on the Hearth
Wiren - Sinfonietta
Geddes - A Caledonian Pageant
Larsson - Pastoralsvit

Saturday 1^st December 2001, Matt Thomson Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Javier Negrín (Piano), Bob Nelson (Leader)

J.C. Bach - Sinfonia
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 'Emperor'
Boyce - Symphony No.5
Haydn - Symphony No.99

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2000 - 2001 Season

Saturday 9^th June 2001, Matt Thomson Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Elisabeth Layton (Violin), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Tchaikovsky - Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Brahms - Symphony No.2

Saturday 12^th May 2001, Dunblane Cathedral
Concert with Stirling University Choir

Mendelssohn - Elijah

Saturday 3^rd March 2001, Matt Thomson Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Josephine Knight (Cello), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Debussy - Petite Suite
Ravel - Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Poulenc - Sinfonietta

Saturday 9^th December 2000, Matt Thomson Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Schubert - Overture in D 'In the Italian Style'
Prokofiev - Sinfonietta
Sibelius - Suite 'Pelléas et Mélisande
Beethoven - Symhpony No.8

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1999 - 2000 Season

Saturday 3^rd June 2000, Matt Thomson Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Yann Ghiro (Clarinet), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Sibelius - Symphony No.1

Saturday 11^th March 2000, Matt Thomson Concert Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Paul Boyes (Bassoon), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Rossini - Overture The Silken Ladder
Von Weber - Bassoon Concerto
Bassoon Song - Arr Paul Boyes
Beethoven - Symphony No.2

Saturday 4^th December 1999, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Anthony Alcock (Double Bass), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Mozart - Overture Don Giovanni
Vanhal - Double Bass Concerto
Rossini - Overture The Italian Girl in Algiers
Mendelssohn - Symphony No.4 'Italian'

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1998 - 1999 Season

Saturday 12^th June 1999, City Hall, Candleriggs, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Barbara Brodie (Mezzo-Soprano), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
Elgar - Sea Pictures
MacRae - Sinfonia
Haydn - Symphony No.104 'London'

Saturday 13^th March 1999, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Barbara Brodie (Mezzo-Soprano), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Tchaikovsky - Nutcraker Suite
Debussy - Prélude à l'Après-Midi d'un Faune
De Falla - El Amor Brujo
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite
Shostakovich - Tea for Two
Strauss - The Blue Danube
Borodin - Polovtsian Dances

Saturday 5^th December 1998, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Mark O'Keeffe (Trumpet), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Copland - Appalachian Spring
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in D
Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Delius - Summer Night on the River
Mozart - Symphony No.40

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1997 - 1998 Season

Saturday 13^th June 1998, City Hall, Candleriggs, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Geoffrey Trabichoff (Violin), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mendelssohn - Overture 'The Hebrides'
Bruch - Scottish Fantasie
Debussy - Marche Ecossaise
Beamish - The Caledonian Road (commissioned by the GCO, Glasgow Caledonian University with subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council)
Arnold - Four Scottish Dances

Saturday 28^th March 1998, City Hall, Candleriggs, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Graeme McNaught (Piano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Sibelius - Karelia Suite
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Sibelius - Symphony No.3

Saturday 22^nd November 1997, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Stella McCracken (Oboe), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Fauré - Masques et Bergamasques
Strauss - Oboe Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No.7

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1996 - 1997 Season

Saturday 7^th June 1997, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Paul Boyes (Bassoon), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Respighi - Suite 'The Birds'
Mozart - Bassoon Concerto
Geddes - A Caledonian Pageant (commissioned by the GCO, Glasgow Caledonian University with subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council)
Weill - Suite 'The Threepenny Opera'

Saturday 10^th May 1997, Dunblane Cathedral
Concert with the Stirling University Choir

Bach - St John's Passion

Saturday 22^nd February 1997, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Jill Morton (Piano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Gershwin - Overture 'Girl Crazy'
Copland - Quiet City
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Dvorák - Symphony No.9 'From the New World'

Saturday 23^rd November 1996, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), John Hallam (Guitar), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Rossini - Overture 'The Italian Girl in Algiers
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Mozart - Symphony No.31 'Paris'
Kodály - Dances of Galánta

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1995 - 1996 Season

Saturday 8^th June 1996, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Neil Johnstone (Cello), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Overture 'Così fan Tutte'
Elgar - Cello Concerto
McGuire - The Caledonian Muse (commissioned by the GCO, Glasgow Caledonian University with subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council)
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony

Saturday 24^th February 1996, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Sandra Hawkins (Mezzo-Soprano), Jonathan Hawkins (Bass-Baritone), Campbell Russell (Tenor), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Humperdinck - Overture 'Hänsel and Gretel
Bizet - Orchestral Excerpts from 'Carmen'
Britten - Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes'

Operatic Arias:
Donizetti - 'Come paride vezzoso' from 'L'Elisir d'Amore'
Donizetti - 'Venti scudi' from 'L'Elisir d'Amore'
Händel - 'Lascia qu'io pianga' from 'Rinaldo'
Puccini - 'Che gelida manina' from 'La Bohème'
Puccini - 'O Mimi, tu piùnon torni' from 'La Bohème'
Saint-Saëns - 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' from 'Samson et Delila'
Sullivan - 'Take a pair of sparkling eyes' from 'Gondoliers'
Sullivan - 'We're called Gondolieri' from 'Gondoliers'
Schönberg - 'I dreamed a dream' from 'Les Miserables'
Lloyd Webber - 'All I ask of you' from 'Phantom of the Opera
Bizet - 'Au fond du temple saint' from 'Pearl Fishers'

Saturday 23^rd November 1995, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Jill Morton (Piano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Symphony No.32
Brahms - Variation on a Theme of Haydn
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Dvorák - Symphony No.8

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1994 - 1995 Season

Saturday 4^th June 1995, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), John Grant (Flute), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Geddes - Dances at Threave
Ibert - Flute Concerto
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Saint-Saëns - Symphony No.2

Saturday 12^th March 1995, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Deepani de Alwis (Piano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Bach - Orchestral Suite No.3
Schumann - Piano Concerto
Mozart - Symphony No.35 'Haffner'
Walton - Façade Suite and Special Suite

Saturday 4^th December 1994, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Geoffrey Trabichoff (Violin), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Berkely - Divertimento
Debussy - Petite Suite
Elgar - Violin Concerto

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1993 - 1994 Season

Sunday 5^th June 1994, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), David Flack (Horn), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Overture 'The Magic Flute'
Strauss - Horn Concerto No.1
Beethoven - Symphony No.6

Saturday 19^th March 1994, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Jill Morton (Piano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mendelssohn - Overture 'The Story of the Lovely Melusina'
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No.2
Mendelssohn - Symphony No.3 'Scottish'

Saturday 27^th November 1993, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Neville Garden (Narrator), Sam Murdoch (Leader)
Netherlee Primary School Choir (Conductor - Catherine Fearns)

Copland - Appalachian Spring
Honneger - Pastorale d'Eté
Autumn Songs by Netherlee Primary School Choir
Blake - The Snowman

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1992 - 1993 Season

Sunday 6^th June 1993, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Deirdre Cooper (Cello), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Boyce - Symphony No.1
Dvorák - Cello Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No.5

Saturday 13^th March 1993, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Geoffrey Trabichoff (Violin), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Sibelius - Suite Pelléas et Mésande
Berkeley - Sinfonietta
Beethoven - Violin Concerto

Sunday 29^th November 1992, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Nigel Boddice (Trumpet), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Beethoven - Overture Coriolan
Hummel - Trumpet Concerto
Sibelius - Karelia Suite
Mozart - Symphony No.41 'Jupiter'

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1991 - 1992 Season

Sunday 14^th June 1992, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), George Macilwham (Flute), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Bartok - Seven Rumanian Folk Dances
Macilwham - Ballygeich for Flute and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Mendelssohn - Incidental music to 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Beethoven - Symphony No.3 'Eroica'

Sunday 8^th March 1992, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Irene Drummond (Soprano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Rameau - Overture Dardanus
Canteloube - Chants d'Auvergne
Fauré - Suite Pelléas et Mélisande
Debussy - Prélude à l'Après-Midi d'un Faune
Bizet - First Orchestral Suite from Carmen

Sunday 1^st December 1991, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Geoffrey Trabichoff (Violin), Anne Lorne Gillies (Narrator), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Beethoven - Overture Egmont
Bruch - Violin Concerto No.1
Delius - Sleigh Ride
Bizet - Petite Suite d'Orchestre 'Jeux d'Enfants'
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf

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1990 - 1991 Season

Monday 10^th June 1991, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Lyssa Fergus (Cello), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Von Weber - Overture Der Freischütz
Schumann - Cello Concerto
Brahms - Symphony No.1

Sunday 10^th March 1991, Stevenson Hall, RSAMD, Glasgow

William Kean (Conductor), Geoffrey Allan (Violin), Fiona Mebenton (Mezzo-Soprano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Händel - Music for the Royal Fireworks
De Falla - El Amor Brujo
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye

Thursday 6^th December 1990, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Giulio Romano (Conductor), David McLenaghan (Horn), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Fauré - Masques er Bergamasques
Strauss - Horn Concerto No.1
Brahms - Serenade No.1

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1989 - 1990 Season

Thursday 10^th June 1990, Paisley Abbey

William Kean (Conductor), Gillian Taylor (Soprano), Susan MacKenzie-Park (Mezzo-Soprano), Peter Alexander Wilson (Tenor), Lewis Allan (Bass), Sam Murdoch (Leader)
Kilmarnock & District Choral Union (Augmented)

Mozart - Symphony No.40
Beethoven - Symphony No.9 'Choral'

Sunday 18^th March 1990, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Giulio Romano (Conductor), Pauline Dowse (Cello), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Berkeley - Divertimento
Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto
Stravinksy - Eight Instrumental Miniatures
Beethoven - Symphony No.2

Sunday 19^th November 1989, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

William Kean (Conductor), Anne Lorne Gillies (Narrator), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Killermont Young Singers (Conductor Diane Levey)
Bach - Air on the G String
Haydn - Symphony No.87
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite
Blake - The Snowman

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1988 - 1989 Season

Saturday 20^th May 1989, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

William Kean (Conductor), Sheila Rae (Voice), Robert Harvey (Voice), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Symphony No.38 'Prague'
Berlioz - Les Nuits d'Eté
Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony
Debussy - Petite Suite

Sunday 19^th March 1989, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Giulio Romano (Conductor), Clare Johnson (Oboe), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mendelssohn - Overture The Hebrides
Fauré - Pavane
Cimarosa - Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Rachmaninoff - Vocalise
Haydn - Symphony No.104 'London'

Saturday 26^th November 1988, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Wiliam Kean (Conductor), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Beethoven - Overture Coriolan
Händel - Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op.6 No.4
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven - Symphony No.7

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1987 - 1988 Season

Sunday 5^th June 1988, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Charles Floyd (Conductor), Timothy Walden (Cello), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Schubert - Overture in Italian Style
Gounod - Petite Symphonie
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No.1
Holst - St. Paul's Suite
Haydn - Symphony No.101 'The Clock'

Sunday 28^th February 1988, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Charles Floyd (Conductor), John Cushing (Clarinet), Josef Pacewicz (Clarinet), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Symphony No.31 'Paris'
Krommer - Concerto for Two Clarinets and Orchestra
Rossini - Overture La Cenerentola
Arriaga - Sinfonia a Gran Orquestra

Sunday 22^nd November 1987, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Charles Floyd (Conductor), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Overture Nozze di Figaro
Wiren - Serenade for Strings
Jacob - Old Wine in New Bottles
Mendelssohn - Symphony No.4 'Italian'

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1986 - 1987 Season

Sunday 7^th June 1987, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Charles Floyd (Conductor), Lawrence Rodgers (Horn), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Overture 'Der Schauspieldirektor'
Mozart - Horn Concerto No.2
Beethoven - Octet for Winds
Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Beethoven - Symphony No.8

Friday 28^th November 1986, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Peter Mountain (Conductor), Lawrence Gill (Clarinet), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Beethoven - Symphony No.4
Von Weber - Clarinet Concerto No.1
Haydn - Symphony No.96 'The Miracle'

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1985 - 1986 Season

Sunday 1^st June 1986, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Graham Griffiths (Conductor), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Rossini - Overture The Barber of Seville
Britten - Simple Symphony
Copland - Appalachian Spring (Original version)
Vorísek - Symphony in D

Sunday 23^th March 1986, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Graham Griffiths (Conductor), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Schubert - Symphony No.3
Fauré - Pavane
Strauss - Serenade for Winds Op.7
Mendelssohn - Symphony No.3 'Scottish'

Thursday 12^th December 1985, City Hall, Glasgow
Concert with Clydebank Lyric Choir

Nairn Young (Conductor), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Händel - Messiah

Sunday 17^th November 1985, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Graham Griffiths (Conductor), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Symphony No.36 'Linz'
Barber - Adagio for Strings
Dvorák - Serenade for Winds Op.44
Beethoven - Symphony No.1

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1984 - 1985 Season

Sunday 19^th May 1985, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Graham Griffiths (Conductor), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Grieg - Holberg Suite
Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Nielsen - Little Suite for Strings
Mozart - Symphony No.29

Saturday 16^th March 1985, Glasgow Cathedral
Sunday 17^th March 1985, West Kirk, Helensburgh

William Webb (Conductor), John Turner (Organ), Nigel Capps (Leader)

Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV547 (Organ)
Poulenc - Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Haydn - Symphony No.99

Sunday 18^th November 1984, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

William Webb (Conductor), Robert Russell (Clarinet), Nigel Capps (Leader)

Rossini - Overture The Thieving Magpie
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony No.6 'Pastoral'

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1983 - 1984 Season

Sunday 3^rd June 1984, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

William Webb (Conductor), Richard Orlando Thompson (Piano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Symphony No.39
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.1
Händel - Music for the Royal Fireworks
Ravel - Bolero

Saturday 10^th and Sunday 11^th March 1984, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow
Concert with augmented orchestra, the Glasgow Cathedral Choir, SNO Youth Choir and the New Glasgow Singers

William Webb (Conductor), Rosalind Taylor (Soprano), Christine Cairns (Mezzo-Soprano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mahler - Symphony No.2 'Resurrection'

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1982 - 1983 Season

Sunday 29^th May 1983, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

William Webb (Conductor), Anne Lorne Gillies (Soprano), Raymond Tennant (Tuba), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Vaughan Williams - Tuba Concerto
Canteloube - Chants d'Auvergne
Beethoven - Symphony No.7

Sunday 27^th February 1983, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

William Webb (Conductor), Margareth Murray McLeod (Piano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Schubert - Symphony No.8 'Unfinished'
Smetana - Vitava from 'Ma Vlast'
Kabalevsky - Piano Concerto No.3
Coates - The Three Bears, A Phantasy

Sunday 7^th November 1982, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

William Webb (Conductor), Sam Murdoch (Leader), Sheila Reid (Flute), Charles Dodds (Oboe), Barbara Mooney (Bassoon), Mark Calder (Trumpet), Christine Wilson (Harp)

Arnold - Four Scottish Dances
Burgon - Brideshead Variations for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Trumpet, Harp and Orchestra
Dvorák - Symphony No.8

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1981 - 1982 Season

Thursday 29^th April 1982, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

William Webb (Conductor), Sam Murdoch (Leader), Sheila Reid (Flute), Rona Pollard (Oboe), Lawrence Gill (Clarinet), Alison Green (Bassoon), Kenneth Blackwood (Horn), Arthur Fairlie (Trumpet), Marion Mathieson (Trombone), Ruth Innes (Timpani), Nicholas Russell and Yvonne McAulay (Percussion)

Mendelssohn - Overture The Hebrides
Beethoven - Symphony No.8
Martin - Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and Strings

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1980 - 1981 Season

Thursday 30^th April 1981, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Edwin Paling (Violin), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Beethoven - Overture Coriolan
Mozart - Violin Concerto in A major K219
Beethoven - Romance in F major for Violin and Orchestra Op.50
Mozart - Symphony No.40 K550

Thursday 5^th February 1981, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Carolyn Sparey (Viola), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Haydn - Symphony No.97
Telemann - Concerto in G for Viola and Strings
Hindemith - Trauermusik (Funeral Music) for Viola and Strings
Mozart - Symphony No.35 'Haffner'

Thursday 13^th November 1980, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor and Violin), Sheila Hay (Oboe), Lorna Cook (Clarinet), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Warlock - Capriol Suite
Bach - Concerto in D minor for Violin and Oboe
Von Weber - Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra
Respighi - Suite 'The Birds'
Rossini - Overture 'The Italian Girl in Algiers'

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1979 - 1980 Season

Thursday 15^th November 1979, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor and Violin), Sam Murdoch (Leader), Sheila Hay (Oboe), Tom Hay (Clarinet), Barbara Mooney (Bassoon), Colin Suckling (Horn)

Bach - Violin Concerto in E major BWV1042
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K297b
Fauré - Masques et Bergamasques
Milhaud - Saudades do Brazil

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1978 - 1979 Season

Thursday 26^th April 1979, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Raymond O'Connell (Piano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Haydn - Symphony No.96 'The Miracle'
Schubert - Symphony No.5
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.20 K466

Thursday 1^st February 1979, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Robert Jenner (Trumpet), Trevor Green (Trumpet), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Pachelbel - Canon in D
Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Trumpets
Mozart - Symphony No.34 K338
Copland - Quiet City
Dvorák - Czech Suite in D Op.39

Thursday 9^th November 1978, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor and Violin), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Beethoven - Overture Coriolan
Mozart - Violin Concerto No.4 in D major K218
Berkeley - Divertimento
Beethoven - Symphony No.8

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1977 - 1978 Season

Thursday 27^th April 1978, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Haydn - Symphony No.92 'Oxford'
Mozart - Symphony No.35 'Haffner'
Beethoven - Symphony No.1

Thursday 9^th February 1978, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Robin Miller (Oboe), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Cimarosa - Overture 'The Secret Marriage'
Strauss - Oboe Concerto
Grieg - Two Elegiac Melodies for Strings
Haydn - Symphony No.101 'The Clock'

Tuesday 29^th November 1977, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor and Violin), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Bach - Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor
Haydn - Symphony No.96
Gounod - Petite Symphonie
Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Mozart - Symphony No.36 K425

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1976 - 1977 Season

Thursday 14^th April 1977, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Karen Vaughan (Harp), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Boieldieu - Overture 'The Caliph of Bagdad'
Boieldieu - Concerto for Harp
Debussy - Petite Suite
Beethoven - Symphony No.4

Thursday 3^rd February 1977, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Melville Jerome (Bassoon), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Symphony No.31 K297 'Paris'
Beethoven - 12 Contratanze Op.141
Von Weber - Bassoon Concerto
Skalkottas - Three Greek Dances
Haydn - Symphony No.100 'Military'

Thursday 18^th November 1976, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Dorthie Bor (Violin), James Durrant (Viola), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mendelssohn - Overture 'The Hebrides'
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Violin and Viola K364
Schubert - Symphony No.2 in E flat major D125

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1975 - 1976 Season

Thursday 22^nd April 1976, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), John Tunnell (Violin), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Beethoven - Symphony No.2

Thursday 19^th February 1976, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Gordon Sandison (Bass), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Serenade for Winds in C minor K388
Bellini - Romanze di Riccardo from 'I Puritani'
Copland - Old American Songs
Haydn - Symphony No.82

Monday 27^th October 1975, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Philip Hill (Oboe), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Symphony No.25 in G minor K183
Françaix - L'Horloge de Flore
Händel - Concerto Grosso No.10 in G minor
Haydn - Symphony No.101 'The Clock'

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1974 - 1975 Season

Monday 21^st April 1975, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Joan Dickson (Cello), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Overture 'Lucio Silla'
Haydn - Cello Concerto in D
Gounod - Petite Symphonie
Beethoven - Symphony No.1

Monday 17^th February 1975, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Patricia Hay (Soprano), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Warlock - Capriol Suite
Mozart - Scena 'Bella ma fiamma' and Aria 'Resta o caro' K528
Rossini - Aria 'Una voce poco fa' from The Barber of Seville
Haydn - Symphony No.99

Monday 25^th November 1974, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Michael Thompson (Horn), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Haydn - Symphony No.53 in D major
Strauss - Horn Concerto No.1
Mozart - Symphony No.36 in C major K425

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1973 - 1974 Season

Monday 20^th May 1974, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Janet Hilton (Clarinet), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Mozart - Overture Lucia Silla K135
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Wilson - Pas de Qoui
Haydn - Symphony No.94 'The Surprise'

Monday 1^st April 1974, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), David Nicholson (Flute), Sanchia Pielou (Harp), Sam Murdoch (Leader)

Dorward - Picayune Suite (commissioned by and dedicated to the GCO)
Händel - Concerto Grosso in A minor Op.6 No.4
Mozart - Concerto for Flute and Harp
Haydn - Symphony No.77

Monday 26^th November 1973, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor and Violin), Dorothie Bor (Violin), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Corelli - Concerto Grosso in G minor Op.6 No.8
Bach - Concerto fro Two Violins and Strings in D minor
Purser - Music for Small Orchestra
Haydn - Symphony No.48

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1972 - 1973 Season

Monday 9^th April 1973, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Adrian Secchi (Guest Conductor), Maureen Duffy (Flute), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Händel - Concerto Grosso in G Op.3 No.3 (Solo Flute - Maureen Duffy)
Haydn - Symphony No.73
Dvorák - Serenade for Strings Op.22
Secchi - Expansions (Conducted by the comoposer)

Monday 29^th January 1973, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor), Margaret Marshall (Soprano), Julian Dawson (Piano), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

J.C. Bach - Symphony in B flat Op.3 No.4
Mozart - Ch'io mi scordi di te? ... Non temer, amato bene K505
Mozart - Piano Concerto in A K414
Frame (Orch) - Three Hebridean Songs
Suk - Serenade for String Orchestra in A flat major Op.6

Monday 20^th November 1972, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Sam Bor (Conductor and Violin), Maureen Duffy (Flute), Stephen Shakeshaft (Viola), Julian Dawson (Piano), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra K364
Telemann - Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra
Walton - Two Pieces for Strings
Holst - St Paul's Suite

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1971 - 1972 Season

Monday 10^th April 1972, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Julian Dawson (Conductor), Leonard Friedman (Violin), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Mozart - Symphony No.24 in B flat K184
Mozart - Serenade in D K250 'Haffner'
Dorward - Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra
Haydn - Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor

Monday 31^st January 1972, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Julian Dawson (Conductor and Piano), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Stravinsky - Apollon Musagete
Mozart - Piano Concerto in G K453
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Bach - Orchestral Suite No.4 in D

Monday 15^th November 1971, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Julian Dawson (Conductor), Joan Dickson (Cello), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Hellendaal - Concerto in E flat for String Orchestra Op.3 No.4
Haydn - Cello Concerto in D
Mozart - Symphony No.29 in A K201
Händel - Music for the Royal Fireworks

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1970 - 1971 Season

Monday 19^th April 1971, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Julian Dawson (Conductor), Ronald Morrison (Voice), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D
Cimarosa - Il Maestro di Cappella
Mozart - Serenade No.9 in D major K320

Wednesday 10^th February 1971, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Julian Dawson (Conductor), Miles Baster (Violin), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Mozart - Overture Lucio Silla K135
Bach - Fuga Ricercata
Mozart - Violin Concerto in G K216
Dorward - Ode for Small Orchestra
Mozart - Symphony in D K504 'Prague'

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1969 - 1970 Season

Monday 27^th April 1970, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Julian Dawson (Conductor), Valerie Taylor (Oboe), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Hellendaal - Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.5
Mozart - Oboe Concerto in C K314
John Purser - [commissioned work]
Telemann - Oboe Concerto in E minor
Haydn - Symphony No.73

Monday 23^rd February 1970, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Julian Dawson (Conductor), Clifford Hughes (Tenor), Athony Halstead (Horn), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F
Mozart - Horn Concerto No.1 in D K412
Schütz - Motet 'Du Schalksknecht' for Tenor, 2 Violas, 2 Cellos, 2 Bassons and Bass
Elgar - Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Mozart - Symphony No.14 in A K114

Monday 24^th November 1969, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Julian Dawson (Conductor and Piano), Charles Dodds(Oboe), Margaret Kennedy (Oboe), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Mozart - Serenata Notturna K239
Pachelbel - Chaconne
Mozart - Piano Concerto in D minor K466
Vivaldi - Concerto in D minor for Two Oboes and Strings
Haydn - Symphony No.48 in C 'Maria Theresa'

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1968 - 1969 Season

Monday 28^th April 1969, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Julian Dawson (Conductor), Helen MacArthur (Soprano), Maureen Duffy (Flute), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Händel - Overture to 'Solomon'
Händel - 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' from 'Solomon'
Mozart - Exsultate Jubilate K165
Bach - Suite in B minor for Flute and Strings
Britten - Les Illuminations
Mozart - Symphony No.33 in B flat K319

Monday 9^th December 1968, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Julian Dawson (Conductor), Manough Parikian (Violin), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Purcell - Suite 'The Old Bachelor'
Händel - Concerto Grosso in A minor Op.6 No.4
Mozart - Violin Concerto in A K219
Rameau - Suite 'Castor and Pollux'
Haydn - Symphony No.55 in E flat

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1967 - 1968 Season

Monday 22^th April 1968, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Eoin Hamilton (Conductor), Joan Dickson (Cello), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Händel - Concerto Grosso No.7
Haydn - Cello Concerto in C
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.4
Warlock - Capriol Suite
Schubert - Symphony No.5 in B flat

Monday 19^th February 1968, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Eoin Hamilton (Conductor), Leonard Friedman (Violin), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Händel - Suite from 'Solomon'
Mozart - Violin Concerto in D
Bach - Brandenbrug Concerto in G
Mozart - Symphony No.29 in A
Britten - Sinfonietta

Monday 20^th November 1967, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Eoin Hamilton (Conductor), Wight Henderson (Piano), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Bach - Orchestral Suite No.1
Mozart - Piano Concerto in A K414
Larsson - Divertimento Op.15 for Small Orchestra
Michael Haydn / Mozart - Symphony No.37 in G K444
Stanley - Concerto No.3 in G for String Orchestra
Arnold - Sinfonietta

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1966 - 1967 Season
The Glasgow String Orchestra
Conductor Adrian Secchi

Monday 1^st May 1967, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow

Eoin Hamilton (Conductor), Margaret Rennie Moncrieff (Oboe), Morrison Dunbar (Leader)

Händel - Overture Alexander Severus
Marcello - Concerto in C major for Oboe and Strings
Händel - Concerto Grosso in F Op.6 No.2
Boyce - Overture Pan and Syrinx
Walton - Two Pieces for Strings
Elgar - Serenade for Strings

Unfortunately for the period 1956-1967 we do not have the programmes in our archive anymore...

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