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 - 1980 to 1989
1989
Sunday 19 November 1989
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – William Kean
Bach : Air on the G String
Haydn : Symphony No.87
Ravel : Le Tombeau de Couperin
Tchaikovsky : Nutcracker Suite
Blake : The Snowman – Anne Lorne-Gillies
Saturday 20 May 1989
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – William Kean
Mozart : Symphony No.38 'Prague'
Berlioz : Les Nuits d'Eté – Sheila Rae & Robert Harvey
Delius : On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Prokofiev : Classical Symphony
Debussy : Petite Suite
Sunday 19 March 1989
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Guilio Romano
Mendelssohn : The Hebrides Overture ‘Fingal’s Cave’
Fauré : Pavane
Cimarosa : Concerto for Oboe and Strings
– Clare Johnson
Rachmaninoff : Vocalise
Haydn : Symphony No.104 'London'
1988
Saturday 26 November 1988
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – William Kean
Beethoven : Coriolan Overture
Händel: Concerto Grosso in A minor
Wagner : Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven : Symphony No.7
Sunday 5 June 1988
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Charles Floyd
Schubert : Overture in D ‘In the Italian Style’
Gounod : Petite Symphonie
Shostakovich : Cello Concerto No.1
– Timothy Walden
Holst : St. Paul's Suite
Haydn : Symphony No.101 'The Clock'
Sunday 28 February 1988
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Charles Floyd
Mozart : Symphony No.31 'Paris'
Krommer : Concerto for Two Clarinets and Orchestra
- John Cushing & Josef Pacewicz
Rossini : Overture La Cenerentola
Arriaga : Sinfonia a Gran Orquestra
1987
Sunday 22 November 1987
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Charles Floyd
Mozart : The Marriage of Figaro Overture
Wiren : Serenade for Strings
Jacob : Old Wine in New Bottles
Mendelssohn : Symphony No.4 'Italian'
Sunday 7 June 1987
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Charles Floyd
Mozart : Overture 'Der Schauspieldirektor'
Mozart : Horn Concerto No.2
- Lawrence Rodgers
Beethoven : Octet for Winds
Mozart : Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Beethoven : Symphony No.8
1986
Friday 28 November 1986
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Mountain
Haydn : Symphony No.96 'The Miracle'
Weber : Clarinet Concerto No.1
- Lawrence Gill
Beethoven : Symphony No.4
Sunday 1 June 1986
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Graham Griffiths
Rossini : The Barber of Seville Overture
Britten : Simple Symphony
Copland : Appalachian Spring
Vorísek : Symphony in D
Sunday 23 March 1986
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Graham Griffiths
Schubert : Symphony No.3
Fauré : Pavane
Strauss : Serenade for Winds Op.7
Mendelssohn : Symphony No.3 'Scottish'
1985
Thursday 12 December 1985
City Hall, Glasgow
Conductor - Nairn Young
Handel : Messiah
- with the Clydebank Lyric Choir
Sunday 17 November 1985
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Graham Griffiths
Mozart : Symphony No.36 'Linz'
Barber : Adagio for Strings
Dvorák : Serenade for Winds Op.44
Beethoven : Symphony No.1
Sunday 19 May 1985
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Graham Griffiths
Grieg : Holberg Suite
Elgar : Serenade for Strings
Nielsen : Little Suite for Strings
Mozart : Symphony No.29
Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 March 1985
Glasgow Cathedral & West Kirk Helensburgh
Conductor - William Webb
Bach : Prelude and Fugue in C major
Poulenc : Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
- John Turner
Wagner : Siegfried Idyll
Haydn : Symphony No.99
1984
Sunday 18 November 1984
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor William Webb
Rossini : Overture The Thieving Magpie
Mozart : Clarinet Concerto
- Robert Russell
Beethoven : Symphony No.6 'Pastoral'
Sunday 3 June 1984
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor William Webb
Mozart : Symphony No.39
Prokofiev : Piano Concerto No.1
Händel : Music for the Royal Fireworks
Ravel : Bolero
Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 March 1984
Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow
Conductor William Webb
Mahler : Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' with
Rosalind Taylor, Christine Cairns,
Glasgow Cathedral Choir,
SNO Youth Choir &New Glasgow Singers
1983
Sunday 29 May 1983
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor William Webb
Vaughan Williams : Tuba Concerto
- Raymond Tennant
Canteloube : Chants d'Auvergne
- Anne Lorne Gillies
Beethoven : Symphony No.7
Sunday 27 February 1983
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor William Webb
Schubert : Symphony No.8 'Unfinished'
Smetana : ‘Vltava’ from 'Ma Vlast'
Kabalevsky : Piano Concerto No.3
- Margaret McLeod
Coates : The Three Bears, A Phantasy
1982
Sunday 7 November 1982
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor William Webb
Arnold : Four Scottish Dances
Burgon : Brideshead Variations for Flute, Oboe,
Bassoon, Trumpet, Harp and orchestra
- Sheila Reid, Charles Dodds,
Barbara Mooney, Mark Calder
& Christine Wilson
Dvorák : Symphony No.8
Thursday 29 April 1982
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor William Webb
Mendelssohn : Overture The Hebrides
Beethoven : Symphony No.8
Martin : Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments,
Timpani, Percussion and Strings
1981
Thursday 30 April 1981
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor Sam Bor
Beethoven : Coriolan Overture
Mozart : Violin Concerto in A major
- Edwin Paling
Beethoven : Romance for Violin and Orchestra
- Edwin Paling
Mozart : Symphony No.40
Thursday 5 February 1981
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor Sam Bor
Haydn : Symphony No.97
Telemann : Concerto in G for Viola and Strings
- Carolyn Sparey
Hindemith : Trauermusik for Viola and Strings
- Carolyn Sparey
Mozart : Symphony No.35 'Haffner'
1980
Thursday 13 November 1980
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Conductor Sam Bor
Warlock : Capriol Suite
Bach : Concerto in D minor for Violin and Oboe
- Sam Bor & Sheila Hay
Weber : Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra
- Lorna Cook
Respighi : Suite 'The Birds'
Rossini : 'The Italian Girl in Algiers' Overture
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