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 - 2000 to 2009
2009
Saturday 12 December 2009
Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Rossini :
Overture ‘The Italian Girl in Algiers’
Mozart :
Symphony No 35 ‘Haffner’
Dvorak :
Czech Suite
Haydn :
Symphony No 99
Saturday 13 June 2009
Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Gershwin : Cuban Overture
Barber :
Violin Concerto - Tony Moffat
Gershwin:
An American in Paris
Copland :
Billy the Kid Suite
Sunday 26 April 2009
Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church, Glasgow
Conductor – John Gormley
Mendelssohn :
Elijah
- the Eastwood Choral Society
Saturday 7 March 2009
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Brahms :
St Anthony Variations
Mozart :
Exsultate Jubilate
– Clare Tucker
Beethoven : Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’
2008
Saturday 29 November 2008
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
V Williams :Overture ‘The Wasps’
Dvorak :
Cello Concerto – Rudi de Groote
Elgar :
Enigma Variations
Saturday 24 May 2008
Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Bach :
Sinfonia No 2 in B flat
Haydn :
Trumpet Concerto
– Brian McGinley
Delius :
Hassan Intermezzo & Serenade
Delius :
Fennimore & Gerda Intermezzo
Mendelssohn :
Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’
Saturday 8 March 2008
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Faure :
Masques & Bergamasques
Ibert :
Flute Concerto – Richard Craig
Ravel :
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Saint-Saens :
Symphony No 2
2007
Sunday 2 December 2007
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Borodin :
Prince Igor Overture
Bartok :
Viola Concerto
– Veronika Toth
Tchaikovsky :
Symphony No 5
Saturday 9 June 2007
St Silas Church, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Mendelssohn :
The Fair Melusina Overture
Strauss :
Horn Concerto No 2
– Christine Smith
Brahms :
Symphony No 4
Sunday 27 May 2007
City Halls, Glasgow
Conductor – Christopher Bell
Brahms :
Ein Deutsches Requiem
- the Come and Sing Scotland choir
Saturday 10 March 2007
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Rossini :
The Italian Girl in Algiers Overture
Canteloube :
Songs of the Auvergne
– Alison McNeill
Faure :
Pavane
Poulenc :
Sinfonietta
2006
Saturday 2 December 2006
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Stravinsky : Suites 1 & 2 for small orchestra
Shostakovich :
Piano Concerto No 2
– Jill Morton
Copland :
Quiet City
Beethoven :
Symphony No 1
Saturday 3 June 2006
Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Berkeley :
Divertimento in B flat
Rodrigo :
Concierto de Aranjuez
– Laura Husbands
Kodaly :
Dances of Marosszek
Schubert :
Symphony No 4 ‘Tragic’
Sunday 23 April 2006
Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church, Glasgow
Conductor – John Gormley
Handel :
Messiah
- the Eastwood Choral Society
Saturday 25 March 2006
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Nielsen :
Helios Overture
Sibelius :
Violin Concerto – Eszter Krulik
Dvorak :
Symphony No 8
Sunday 19 March 2006
Ardgowan Parish Church, Greenock
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Puccini :
Messa di Gloria
Rossini :
Stabat Mater
- the Greenock Philharmonic Society
2005
Saturday 3 December 2005
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama,
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Mozart :
Marriage of Figaro overture
Haydn :
Symphony No 103 ‘Drum Roll’
Brahms :
Piano Concerto No 1
– Graeme McNaught
Saturday 4 June 2005
Renfield St Stephens church, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Glinka :
Russlan & Ludmilla overture
Tchaikovsky : Cello Variations on a Rococo Theme
- Rudi de Groote
Prokofiev : A Summer Day suite
Tchaikovsky : Symphony No 2 ‘Little Russian’
Sunday 24 April 2005
Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church, Glasgow
Conductor – John Gormley
Brahms :
Choral Preludes
- Stuart Campbell (organ)
Brahms :
Ein Deutsches Requiem
- the Eastwood Choral Society
Saturday 12 March 2005
Adelaides, Bath Street, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
McGuire :
Symphonies of Trains
Weber :
Clarinet Concerto No 1
- Soloist - Lawrence Gill
Delius :
On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring
Delius :
Summer night on the river
Beethoven : Symphony No 5
2004
Saturday 4 December 2004
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Strauss :
Die Fledermaus overture
Delius :
Sleigh Ride
Tchaikovsky : Swan Lake Suite
Humperdinck : Hansel & Gretel overture
Tchaikovsky : Nutcracker Suite
Saturday 25 September 2004
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
McGuire :
The Caledonian Muse
Chilcott :
Tandem for Two Orchestras
performed by the BBC SSO and GCO combined,
as part of the BBC Listen Up! Festival of Orchestras
Saturday 6 June 2004
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Smetana :
Bartered Bride overture
Strauss :
Oboe Concerto – Joe Houghton
Dvorak :
Symphony No 5
Saturday 24 April 2004
Hamilton College School Hall, Hamilton
Conductor - Aidan Broadbridge
Beethoven :
Mass in C
Mozart :
Requiem
- the Strathaven Choral Society
Saturday 3 April 2004
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Beethoven :
Coriolan overture
Brahms :
Violin Concerto
- Feargus Hetherington
McGuire :
The Caledonian Muse
Schubert :
Symphony No 5
2003
Saturday 30 November 2003
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Mozart :
Symphony No 31 ‘Paris’
Grieg :
Piano Concerto – Javier Negrin
Beethoven :
Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’
Sunday 18 May 2003
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Beethoven :
Leonora III overture
Bottesini :
Double Bass Concerto No 2
- Anthony Alcock
Beethoven :
Symphony No 9 ‘Choral’
- the City of Glasgow Chorus
Saturday 8 March 2003
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Cynfryn Jones
Arnold :
Serenade
Bottesini :
Double Bass Concerto No 2
- Anthony Alcock
Kodaly :
Dances of Galanta
Wagner :
Siegfried Idyll
Mendelssohn : Symphony No 3 ‘Scottish’
2002
Saturday 7 December 2002
City Hall, Glasgow
Conductor – Peter Jones
Rossini :
La Cenerentola overture
Blake :
The Snowman – Anne Lorne Gilles
Ravel :
Mother Goose Suite
Prokofiev :
Symphony No 1 ‘Classical’
Saturday 8 June 2002
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Jones
Weber :
Der Freischutz overture
Schumann :
Cello Concerto – Rudi de Groote
Brahms :
Symphony No 1
Saturday 17 March 2002
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Jones
Mackenzie :
Cricket on the Hearth overture
Wiren :
Sinfonietta
Geddes :
A Caledonian Pageant
Larsson :
Pastoralsuit
2001
Saturday 1 December 2001
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Jones
Bach :
Sinfonia
Beethoven :
Piano Concerto No 5 ‘Emperor’
- Javier Negrin
Boyce :
Symphony No 5
Haydn :
Symphony No 99
Saturday 9 June 2001
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Jones
Tchaikovsky : Romeo & Juliet overture
Mendelssohn :Violin Concerto
- Elizabeth Layton
Brahms :
Symphony No 2
Saturday 12 May 2001
Dunblane Cathedral, Dunblane
Mendelssohn :
Elijah
- the Stirling University Choir
Saturday 3 March 2001
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Jones
Debussy :
Petite Suite
Ravel :
Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Saint-Saens : Cello Concerto No 1
– Josephine Knight
Ravel :
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Poulenc :
Sinfonietta
2000
Saturday 9 December 2000
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Jones
Schubert :
Overture in the Italian Style
Prokofiev :
Sinfonietta
Sibelius :
Pelleas & Melisande Suite
Beethoven :
Symphony No 8
Saturday 3 June 2000
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Jones
Grieg :
Peer Gynt Suites No 1 & 2
Mozart :
Clarinet Concerto
- Yann Ghiro
Sibelius :
Symphony No 1
Saturday 11 March 2000
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama
Conductor – Peter Jones
Rossini :
Silken Ladder overture
Weber :
Bassoon Concerto
- Paul Boyes
Beethoven :
Symphony No 2
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