The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra has been giving concerts since 1967. These pages contain details of all
the main concerts held since that date. Use the buttons below to navigate to each decade.
The GCO Concert Archive
Previous Concerts - 1967 to 1979
1979
Thursday 15 November 1979
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Bach : Violin Concerto in E major - Sam Bor
Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante in E flat
for flute, oboe, bassoon & horn
Sheila Hay, Tom Hay, Barbara Mooney
& Colin Suckling
Faure : Masques et Bergamasques
Milhaud : Saudades do Brazil
Thursday 26 April 1979
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Haydn : Symphony No 96 ‘Miracle’
Mozart : Piano Concerto No 20
- Raymond O’Connell
Schubert : Symphony No 5
Thursday 1 February 1979
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Pachelbel : Canon in D
Vivaldi : Concerto for Two Trumpets
- Robert Jenner & Trevor Green
Mozart : Symphony No 34
Copland : Quiet City
Dvorak : Czech Suite
1978
Thursday 9 November 1978
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Beethoven : Coriolan Overture
Mozart : Violin Concerto No 4 - Sam Bor
Berkeley : Divertimento
Beethoven : Symphony No 8
Thursday 27 April 1978
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Haydn : Symphony No 92 ‘Oxford’
Mozart : Symphony No 35 ‘Haffner’
Beethoven : Symphony No 1
Thursday 9 February 1978
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Cimarosa : The Secret Marriage Overture
Strauss : Oboe Concerto - Robin Miller
Grieg : Two Elegiac Melodies for Strings
Haydn : Symphony No 101 ‘Clock’
1977
Tuesday 29 November 1977
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Bach : Violin Concerto No1 - Sam Bor
Haydn : Symphony No 96
Gounod : Petite Symphonie
Delius : On hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring
Mozart : Symphony No 36
Thursday 14 April 1977
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Boieldieu : Overture The Caliph of Bagdad
Boieldieu : Concerto for Harp - Karen Vaughan
Debussy : Petite Suite
Beethoven : Symphony No 4
Thursday 3 February 1977
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Mozart : Symphony No 31 ‘Paris’
Beethoven : 12 Contratanze
Weber : Bassoon Concerto - Melville Jerome
Skalkottas : Three Greek Dances
Haydn : Symphony No 100 ‘Military’
1976
Thursday 18 November 1976
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Mendelssohn : The Hebrides Overture
Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola
- Dorothie Bor & James Durrant
Schubert : Symphony No 2
Thursday 22 April 1976
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Vivaldi : The Four Seasons - John Tunnell
Beethoven : Symphony No 2
Thursday 19 February 1976
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Mozart : Serenade for Winds
Bellini _ Romanze de Riccardo from ‘I Puritani’
- Gordon Sandison
Copland : Old American Songs
- Gordon Sandison
Haydn : Symphony No 82
1975
Monday 27 October 1975
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Mozart : Symphony No 25
Francaix : L’Horloge de Flore - Philip Hill (oboe)
Handel : Concerto Grosso No 10
Haydn : Symphony No 101 ‘The Clock’
Monday 21 April 1975
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Mozart : Overture ‘Lucio Silla’
Haydn : Cello Concerto - Joan Dickson
Gounod : Petite Symphonie
Beethoven : Symphony No 1
Monday 17 February 1975
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Warlock : Capriol Suite
Mozart : Scena ‘Bella ma fiamma’ &
Aria ‘Resta o caro’
- Patricia Hay (soprano)
Rossini : Aria ‘Una vice poco fa’
- Patricia Hay
Haydn : Symphony No 99
1974
Monday 25 November 1974
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Haydn : Symphony No 53
Strauss : Horn Concerto - Michael Thompson
Mozart : Symphony No 36
Monday 20 May 1974
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Mozart : Overture ‘Lucia Silla’
Mozart : Clarinet Concerto - Janet Hilton
Wilson : Pas de Qoui
Haydn : Symphony No 94 ‘Surprise’
Monday 1 April 1974
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Dorward : Picayune Suite
- (Commissioned by and dedicated to the GCO)
Handel : Concerto Grosso in A minor
Mozart : Concerto for Flute and Harp
- David Nicolson (flute) & Sanchia Pielou (harp)
Haydn : Symphony No 77
1973
Monday 26 November 1973
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Corelli : Concerto Grosso in G minor
Bach : Concerto for Two Violins and Strings
- Sam Bor & Dorothie Bor
Purser : Music for Small orchestra
Haydn : Symphony No 48
Monday 9 April 1973
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductors – Sam Bor & Adrian Secchi
Handel : Concerto Grosso in G
- Maureen Duffy (flute)
Haydn : Symphony No 73
Dvorak : Serenade for Strings
Secchi : Expansions (conducted by the composer)
Monday 29 January 1973
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Bach : Symphony in B flat
Mozart : Ch’io mi scordi di te?
- Margaret Marshall
Mozart : Piano Concerto in A - Julian Dawson
Frame : Three Hebridean Songs
- Margaret Marshall
Suk : Serenade for String orchestra
1972
Monday 20 November 1972
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Sam Bor
Bach : Brandenburg Concerto No 5
Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante
for Violin, Viola & Orchestra
- Sam Bor (violin) & Stephen Shakeshaft (viola)
Telemann : Concerto for viola & string orchestra
- Stephen Shakeshaft
Holst : St Paul’s Suite
Monday 10 April 1972
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Julian Dawson
Mozart : Symphony No 24
Mozart : Serenade in D ‘Haffner’
Dorward : Concerto for Violin & String Orchestra
- Leonard Friedman
Haydn : Symphony No 45
Monday 31 January 1972
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Julian Dawson
Stravinsky : Apollon Musagete
Mozart : Piano Concerto in G - Julian Dawson
Wagner : Siegfried Idyll
Bach : Orchestral Suite No 4
1971
Monday 15 November 1971
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Julian Dawson
Hellendaal : Concerto in Eb for String orchestra
Haydn : Cello Concerto in D - Joan Dickson
Mozart : Symphony No 29
Handel : Music for the Royal Fireworks
Monday 19 April 1971
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Julian Dawson
Bach : Brandenburg Concerto No 5
Cimarosa : Il Maestro di Cappella
- Ronald Morrison
Mozart : Serenade No 9 in D major
Wednesday 10 February 1971
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Julian Dawson
Mozart : Overture ‘Lucio Silla’
Bach : Fuga Ricercata
Mozart : Violin Concerto in G - Miles Baster
Dorward : Ode for Small Orchestra
Mozart : Symphony in D ‘Prague’
1970
Monday 27 April 1970
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Julian Dawson
Hellendaal : Concerto Grosso
Mozart : Oboe Concerto in C - Valerie Taylor
Purser : Commissioned work
Telemann : Oboe Concerto in E minor
- Valerie Taylor
Haydn : Symphony No 73
Monday 23 February 1970
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Julian Dawson
Bach : Brandenburg Concerto No 1
Mozart : Horn Concerto No 1 - Anthony Halstead
Schutz : Motet ‘Du Schalksknecht’
for Tenor, 2 Violas,
2 Cellos, 2 Bassoons & Bass
Elgar : Introduction & Allegro for Strings
Britten : Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
- Clifford Hughes (tenor)
& Anthony Halstead (horn)
Mozart : Symphony No 14
1969
Monday 24 November 1969
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Julian Dawson
Mozart : Serenata Notturna
Pachabel : Chaconne
Mozart : Piano Concerto in D minor
- Julian Dawson
Vivaldi : Concerto in D minor for 2 oboes and Strings -
Charles Dodds & Margaret Kennedy
Haydn : Symphony No 48 ‘Maria Theresa’
Monday 28 April 1969
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Julian Dawson
Handel : Overture to ‘Solomon’
Handel : Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Mozart : Exsultate Jubilate - Helen MacArthur
Bach : Suite in B minor for Flute and Strings
- Maureen Duffy
Britten : Les Illuminations
Mozart : Symphony No 33
1968
Monday 9 December 1968
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Julian Dawson
Purcell : Suite ‘The Old Bachelor’
Handel : Concerto Grosso in A minor
Mozart : Violin Concerto in A - Manough Parikian
Rameau : Suite ‘Castor and Pollux’
Haydn : Symphony No 55
Monday 22 April 1968
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Eoin Hamilton
Handel : Concerto Grosso No 7
Haydn : Cello Concerto in C - Joan Dickson
Bach : Brandenburg Concerto No 3
Bach : Brandenburg Concerto No 4
Warlock : Capriol Suite
Schubert : Symphony No 5
Monday 19 February 1968
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Eoin Hamilton
Handel : Suite from ‘Solomon’
Mozart : Violin Concerto in D - Leonard Friedman
Bach : Brandenburg Concerto in G
Mozart : Symphony No 29
Britten : Sinfonietta
1967
The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra
Monday 20 November 1967
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Eoin Hamilton
Bach : Orchestral Suite No 1
Mozart : Piano Concerto in A - Wight Henderson
Larsson : Divertimento for Small Orchestra
Michael Haydn/Mozart : Symphony No 37 in G
Stanley : Concerto No 3 for String Orchestra
Arnold : Sinfonietta
The Glasgow String Orchestra
Monday 1 May 1967
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor – Eoin Hamilton
Handel : Overture ‘Alexander Severus’
Marcello : Concerto for Oboe and Strings -
Margaret Rennie Moncrieff
Handel : Concerto Grosso in F
Boyce : Overture ‘Pan and Syrinx’
Walton : Two Pieces for Strings
Elgar : Serenade for Strings
Glasgow Chamber Orchestra