GLASGOW CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Est 1956

Glasgow Chamber Orchestra

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Past concerts

Programmes of GCO concerts from 2004 - 2009

2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009

( All Concerts from 1966-2003)

 

2008 - 2009 Season

Sunday 26 April 2009, Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church, Glasgow

John Gormley (Conductor), Emily Mitchell (Soprano), Lynda Jane Workman (Alto), Chris Hann (Tenor), Douglas Nairne (Bass), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Joint concert with the Eastwood Choral Society
Mendelssohn - Elijah

Tuesday 17 March 2009, Renfield St Stephen's Church, Glasgow

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

Dvorák - Cello concerto

Saturday 7 March 2009, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Clare Tucker (Soprano), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Brahms - St Anthony Variations
Mozart - Exsultate, Jubilate
Beethoven - Symphony No.3 'Eroica'

Friday 5 December 2008, CLIC Sargent Christmas Concert, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Christmas carols with conductor Ian McCrorie, Glasgow Hospitals' Choir and the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra. Proceeds from the evening will go to CLIC Sargent, which supports children and young people diagnosed with cancer and their families.
Vaughan Williams - Overture 'The Wasps' (conductor Peter Cynfryn Jones)

Saturday 29 November 2008, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD

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

Vaughan Williams - Overture 'The Wasps'
Elgar - Enigma Variations

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2007 - 2008 Season

Saturday 24 May 2008, Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church,  Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Brian McGinley (Trumpet), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Haydn - Trumpet Concerto
J.C. Bach - Symphonia no.2 in B flat
Delius - Intermezzos from Fennimore & Gerda, and Hassan
Mendelssohn - Symphony no.4 Italian

Saturday 8 March 2008, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Richard Craig (Flute), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Ravel - Tombeau de Couperin
Fauré - Suite Masques et Bergamasques
Saint-Saëns - Second Symphony
Ibert – Flute Concerto

Friday 7 December 2007, CLIC Sargent Christmas Concert, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Christmas carols with conductor Ian McCrorie, special guest Julian Lloyd Webber, Glasgow Hospitals' Choir and the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra. Proceeds from the evening will go to CLIC Sargent, which supports children and young people diagnosed with cancer and their families.
Tchaikowsky - Andante cantabile from Symphony No.5 (Conductor Peter Cynfryn Jones)

Sunday 2 December 2007, Academy Concert Hall, RSAMD

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Veronika Toth (Viola), Bob Nelson (Leader)

Borodin - Overture Prince Igor
Bartók - Viola Concerto
Tchaikowsky - Symphony No.5

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2006 - 2007: 50th Anniversary Season

Saturday 9 June 2007, St. Silas Church, Glasgow

Peter Cynfryn Jones (Conductor), Christine 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 May 2007, 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 March 2007, 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 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 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 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 April 2006, Sherbrooke St. Gilbert’s Church, Pollokshields, Glasgow
Concert with Eastwood Choral Society

John Gormley (Conductor)

Handel - The Messiah

Saturday 25 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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