Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra

JOIN Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra and play in our exciting Myths, Legends and Legacy Summer Concert for Ukraine at Cheltenham Town Hall on Sunday afternoon 26 June.

Contact chair Viv Hargreaves on , or visit our Facebook Page or website:https://www.gloucestershiresymphony.org.uk/contact/

(Rehearsals take place on Tuesday evenings (7.30-9.30pm) in term time at Elmbridge Primary School GL2 0PE.)

Our summer family concert, starting at 3.30pm, will feature top county oboist Louise Sprekelsen playing Navarro’s concerto Legacy, together with dancers choreographed by Peter Anderson.

Another major highlight will be Ukrainian singers Nadia Postolatii and Ala Postolatii performing folk songs from their home country, accompanied by a cello ensemble.

And Rachel Bowen‘s Cheltenham Youth Choir will be singing popular themes from La La Land and Slumdog Millionaire, while GSO, under Glyn Oxley’s baton, will be performing Stravinky’s The Firebird Suite and Bizet’s Carmen Suite No1.

Tickets at £15 adults, £5 children from https://www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/

The retiring collection will be for the locally-based refugee charity GARAS (Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), who are currently involved with helping Ukrainian refugees who have just arrived in our county.

Gloucestershire singer Ellie Neate gave a breathtaking performance, with encore, at Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra’s Spring Concert.

She sang the romantic Songs of the Auvergne (Canteloube) filling the fantastic acoustic of Gloucester’s St Barnabas’ Church with sensational sound.

Also making his debut with the orchestra, was guest conductor Ashok Gupta with his thrilling opening of the concert featuring Finnish composer Sibelius’s powerful nationalistic work Finlandia (opposing Russian oppression at the time).

And steering the orchestra with dynamism throughout the evening, and with the trickiest of symphonies, Sibelius No 3, was GSO’s musical director Glyn Oxley.

Special guests included the Mayor of Gloucester Councillor Collette Finnegan, who was full of praise for the event, which raised funds for award-winning charity Gloucestershire Bundles helping needy families, including refugees. Also attending were Ukrainian singers Nadia Postolatii and her mother Ala Postolatii, who were applauded as representatives of a their country in its current plight. Both will be performing at GSO’s ambitious Summer concert at Cheltenham Town Hall on Sunday June 26, when superb oboist Louise Sprekelsen, as well as dancers will feature on the programme.

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Love is in the air this Spring with stunning county soprano Ellie Neate performing Songs of the Auvergne with the Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra. The beautiful French folk songs, arranged by Joseph Canteloube, will feature in GSO’s concert on April 9 at 7.30pm in St Barnabas’ Church, Gloucester.

But there is also a topicality to the programme which features Finnish composer Sibelius’s famous Finlandia – written as a veiled protest again Russian censorship.

Tickets at £12, with under-18s free, can be obtained through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/…/spring-concert-tickets…

The retiring collection is for award-winning charity Gloucestershire Bundles in Quedgeley, which provides young families, immigrants and refugees with essentials – from nappies, to pushchairs, to Easter/Christmas gifts.