14 December 2025
Gloucester Guildhall
Christmas Cracker Concert with MidLife ChoirSis
| Mark Hayes | Christmas in the Great Hall |
| Dorothy Parke | Short fantasia on Christmas carols |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | extracts from the Nutcracker Suite |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson | A Carol Symphony |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | Hansel and Gretel Overture |
| Traditional carols |
3 December 2025
Gloucester Cathedral
Christmas Charity Concert
| Mark Hayes | Christmas in the Great Hall |
| Dorothy Parke | Short fantasia on Christmas carols |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | extracts from the Nutcracker Suite |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson | A Carol Symphony |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | Hansel and Gretel Overture |
| Traditional carols |
23 November 2025
Cheltenham College, Big Classical
Sebastian Taylor, Gloucestershire Young Musician 2025, winner’s concert.
| Giuseppe Verdi | Force of Destiny Overture |
| Max Bruch | Fantasy on Scottish Airs Violin: Sebastian Taylor |
| Zoltán Kodály | Variations on a Hungarian Folksong (The Peacock) |
| Bedřich Smetana | Vltava (The Moldau) |
21 June 2025
Tewkesbury Abbey
Joint concert with Stroud Symphony Orchestra
| Gustav Mahler | Symphony No 6 |
5 April 2025
Gloucester Cathedral
A life in music – celebrating the life and legacy of Quentin Haslam
| Aaron Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man |
| Benjamin Britten/Gioachino Rossini | Soirées musicales |
| Joseph Haydn | Bassoon Surprise symphony |
| Franz Schubert | Song Wind Arrangement |
| Ralph Vaughn Williams | Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus |
| Lucy Long | Godfrey |
| Richard Strauss | Four Last Songs Soprano: Ellie Neate |
17 November 2024
Cheltenham College, Big Classical
James Li, Gloucestershire Young Musician 2024, winner’s concert.
| Alexander Borodin | In the Steppes of Central Asia |
| Jean Sibelius | Violin Concerto in D Minor Violin: James Li |
| Jean Sibelius | Symphony No 5 |
15 June 2024
Family Play Along Concert
St Laurence Church, Stroud
| Klaus Badelt | Pirates of the Caribbean |
| John Adams | Short Ride in a Fast Machine |
| John Williams | Jurassic Park |
| Adelina de Lara | The March of the Gnomes (from ‘In The Forest’) |
| John Dankworth | Tom Sawyer’s Saturday Narrator: Lydia Kenny |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Baba Yaga and The Great Gate of Kiev (from ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’) |
24 March 2024
Gloucester Guildhall
| Modest Mussorgsky | A Night on a Bare Mountain |
| Antonín Dvořák | The Water Goblin |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Symphony No 2 |
17 December 2023
Christmas Cracker Concert
Cheltenham Town Hall
| Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | Christmas Overture |
| Ferdinand Hérold | Music from the Ballet Suite ‘La Fille Mal Gardée’ |
| Zoltán Kodály | Háry János Suite |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake Ballet Suite |
19 November 2023
St Barnabas Church, Stroud Road, Gloucester
Isaac Williams, Gloucestershire Young Musician 2023, winner’s concert.
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Coriolan Overture |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Violin concerto in E minor Violin: Isaac Williams |
| Igor Stravinsky | Suite de Pulcinella |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No 35 ‘The Haffner’ |
17 June 2023
St Barnabas Church, Stroud Road, Gloucester
| Elizabeth Maconchy | Overture ‘Proud Thames’ |
| Aaron Copland | Clarinet Concerto Clarinet: Katy Wenham |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No 5 |
18 March 2023
A Celebration of Local Composers
St Barnabas Church, Stroud Road, Gloucester
| Michael Gryspeerdt | Goodbye to All That |
| Tony Hewitt-Jones | Five Pieces |
| Edward Elgar | Enigma Variations |
18 December 2022
Christmas Cracker Concert
Cheltenham Town Hall
Joint concert with Mandy Godding’s Theatre Arts dancers, Cheltenham Youth Choirs conducted by Rachel Bowen, MidLife ChoirSis and Gloucestershire Boys’ Choir, conducted by Ben Sawyer.
| Johanne Strauss | Overture to Die Fledermaus |
| Jonathan Dove | Fast Car |
| Alexander L’Estrange | While Shepherds Watched (Three Ways) |
| Ferdinand Herold | Music from La Fille Mal Gardée ballet suite |
| James Pierpont | Nutcracker Jingles |
| Roy Rashbrook | The Angels’ Song |
| Karl Jenkins | Lullaby |
| Arthur Wilkinson | Beatlecracker Suite |
| Pete Seeger, arr Brumfield | Starlight, Starbright |
| Earlene Rentz | Gaudeamus Hodie |
| Benjamin Britten | This Little Babe from Ceremony of Carols |
| Tallis, arr Andy Beck | Winter Canon |
| Adolphe Adam | O Holy Night |
20 November 2022
Cheltenham Town Hall
Kimmy Kwok, Gloucestershire Young Musician 2022, winner’s concert
| Mozart | Magic Flute Overture |
| Bruch | Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Opus 26 Violin: Kimmy Kwok |
| Dvořák | Symphony No 8 in G major, Opus 88 |
26 June 2022
Cheltenham Town Hall
With oboist Louise Sprekelsen and Cheltenham Dancers choreographed by Peter Anderson.
Also Singers Ala and Nadia Postolatii with GAM cello ensemble; and Cheltenham Youth Choir
conducted by Rachel Bowen
| Georges Bizet | Carmen Suite No 1 |
| Óscar Navarro | ‘Legacy’ Concerto for Oboe and Symphony Orchestra Oboe: Louise Sprekelsen |
Myroslav Skoryk Denis Bonkovsky Tara Shevchenko Anon | Ukrainian Folk Songs: Melody Handzya The Mighty Dnieper Deep Well |
| Hurwitz, Pasek & Paul Rahman, Gulzar, Shah Schwartz arr. Snyder | City of Stars from La La Land Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire When You Believe from The Prince of Egypt |
| Igor Stravinsky | The Firebird Suite |
9 April 2022
St Barnabas Church, Stroud Road, Gloucester
| Sibelius | Finlandia |
| Canteloube | Songs of the Auvergne Soprano: Ellie Neate |
| Sibelius | Symphony No 3 |
19 December 2021
Christmas Cracker Concert
Cheltenham Town Hall
Joint concert with Mandy Godding’s Theatre Arts dancers, Cheltenham Youth Choir conducted by Rachel Bowen, MidLife ChoirSis and Gloucestershire Boys’ Choir, conducted by Ben Sawyer.
| Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet Suite |
| Delibes | Coppelia Ballet Suite |
| Christopher Boodle | Christmas Sleigh Ride |
| Peter Maxwell Davies | An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise Bagpipes: David Boggon |
21 November 2021
Cheltenham Town Hall
Darcy Beck, Gloucestershire Young Musician 2020, winner’s concert
| Emmanuel Séjourné | Concerto for Marimba and Strings Marimba: Darcy Beck |
| Richard Wagner | Siegfried Idyll |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 7 in A |
17 July 2021
St Barnabas Church, Stroud Road, Gloucester
| Mozart | Overture to Don Giovanni |
| Rodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuez Guitar: Chris Roberts |
| Prokofiev | Symphony No 1 |
22 December 2019
Christmas Cracker Concert
Cheltenham Town Hall
Joint concert with Mandy Godding’s Theatre Arts dancers, Cheltenham Youth Choir conducted by Rachel Bowen, MidLife ChoirSis and Gloucestershire Boys’ Choir, conducted by Ben Sawyer.
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Christmas Eve Suite |
| Glazunov | The Seasons (Autumn and Winter) |
| Adolphe | O Holy Night |
| Various composers | Christmas carols |
17 November 2019
Pittville Pump Rooms, Cheltenham
Bill Ko Tsz Hin, Gloucestershire Young Musician 2019, winner’s concert
| William Walton | Viola Concerto Viola: Bill Ko Tsz Hin |
| Antonin Dvořák | The Noon Witch |
| Jean Sibelius | Symphony No 1 |
22 June 2019
St Catharine’s Church, London Road, Gloucester
| Haydn | Cello Concerto in C Major Cello: Rebecca McNaught |
| Mozart | Overture to Marriage of Figaro |
| Mendelssohn | Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’ |
23 March 2019
St Barnabas Church, Stroud Road, Gloucester
Celebration of Suzanne Blewett’s 40 years as the orchestra’s principal woodwind player
| John Rutter | Suite Antique Flute: Suzanne Blewett |
| Borodin | Overture to Prince Igor |
| Brahms | Symphony No 1 |
16 December 2018
Christmas Cracker Concert
Cheltenham Town Hall
Joint concert with Mandy Godding’s Theatre Arts dancers, Cheltenham Youth Choir conducted by Rachel Bowen, MidLife ChoirSis and Gloucestershire Boys’ Choir, conducted by Ben Sawyer.
| Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty Suite |
| Traditional | 12 days of Christmas |
| Leroy Anderson | Sleigh Ride |
Carols and festive music with Cheltenham Youth Choir and MidLife ChoirSis
18 November 2018
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
Lydia Kenny, Gloucestershire Young Musician 2018, winner’s concert
| Schulhoff | Hot Sonate Saxophone: Lydia Kenny |
| Beethoven | Egmont Overture |
| Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition |
11 October 2018
Gloucester Cathedral
Joint concert with Gloucestershire Male Voice Choir and the D-Day Darlings.
Speakers included Kate Adie; compered by Steve Knibbs.
| Vaughan Williams | Lark Ascending Violin: Shulah Oliver |
| Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
30 June 2018
Tewkesbury Abbey
Joint concert with The Oriel Singers, St Cecilia Singers and Cheltenham Youth Choir
Tenor: James Gilchrist
| Jonathan Dove | To an Unknown Soldier |
| Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
| Alissa Firsova | Stabat Mater |
| Hubert Parry | ‘I Know My Soul Hath Power’ and ‘At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners’ from ‘Songs of Farewell’ |
| Jonathan Dove | Friday Afternoons |
13 May 2018
Stroud Subscription Rooms
| Dahl/Patterson | Little Red Riding Hood (‘The Big Bad Wolf’) Narrator: Lydia Kenny |
See a video on the page of Children’s concerts.
24 March 2018
St Barnabas Church, Gloucester
| Delius | On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring |
| Copland | Appalachian Spring |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 6 |
3 December 2017
Christmas Cracker Concert
Cheltenham Town Hall
Joint concert with Mandy Godding’s Theatre Arts dancers, Cheltenham Youth Choir, MidLife ChoirSis and Gloucestershire Academy of Music Cello Ensemble
| Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake |
| Prokofiev | Lieutenant Kije Suite Narrator: Lydia Kenny |
| Philip Lane | Wassail Dances |
Carols and festive music with Cheltenham Youth Choir and MidLife ChoirSis and Gloucestershire Academy of Music Cello Ensemble
12 November 2017
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
Hannah Brooks-Hughes, Gloucestershire Young Musician 2017, winner’s concert
| Shostakovich | Festival Overture |
| Bruch | Violin Concerto in G Minor Violin: Hannah Brookes-Hughes |
| Shostakovich | Symphony No 12 in the Year 1917 |
22 July 2017
Somme 100 Film and music by Laura Rossi
15 July 2017
| Elgar | Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 and Land of Hope and Glory |
| William Walton | Crown Imperial |
| Wood | Fantasia on British Sea-Songs |
| Arne | Rule Britannia |
| Parry | Jerusalem and God Save the Queen |
25 June 2017
Stroud Subscription Rooms
| John Williams | Harry Potter |
| Dahl/Patterson | Three Little Pigs Narrator: Lydia Kenny |
| Nielsen | Festival March from Aladdin suite |
| Bizet | Carmen Suite Toreadors March |
See a video on the page of Children’s concerts.
18 March 2017
| Bruckner | Symphony No 4 |
| Rachmaninov | Isle of the Dead |
| D’Angelo | The Angel of the Flowing Light |
18 December 2016
Cheltenham Town Hall
Choral Society and MidLife ChoirSis
The Snowman
13 November 2016
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
Adam Heron, Gloucestershire Young Musician 2016, winner’s concert
| Mozart | Piano Concerto K.467 in C major (‘Elvira Madigan’) Piano: Adam Heron |
| Beethoven | Eroica |
| Mendelssohn | Hebrides Overture |
26 July 2016
Joint concert with the Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra
| Elgar | Serenade for Strings |
| Butterworth | On the Banks of the Green Willow |
21 May 2016
Gloucester Guildhall
| Dankworth | Tom Sawyer’s Saturday |
| Saint-Saens | Carnival of the Animals |
| Mussorgsky | ‘Gopak’ from the opera ‘The Fair at Sorochinsk’ |
Music from the films ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’
See a video on the page of Children’s concerts.
6 February 2016
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade |
| Holst | Beni Mora |
| Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
14 November 2015
Rebecca McNaught: Gloucestershire Young Musician 2015
| Wagner | Funeral music from Gotterdammerung |
| Elgar | Cello Concerto Cello: Rebecca McNaught |
| Mahler | Symphony No 1 |
17 May 2015
| Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf Narrator: Richard Atkins |
| Edvard Grieg | ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ from ‘Peer Gynt’ |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 5, 1st movement |
| Mussorgsky | Night on the Bare Mountain |
| Gustav Holst | ‘Mars’ from ‘The Planet Suite’ |
31 January 2015
Joint concert with Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra and Cheltenham Bach Choir
| Vaughan Williams | The Wasps |
| Vic Carnall | Cheltone Rhapsody World Premiere |
| Colin Decio | Piano Concerto World Premiere Piano: Colin Decio |
| Gustav Holst | The Planets |
15 November 2014
| Glazunov | The Seasons (ballet music) |
| Borodin | The Steppes of Central Asia |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No 5 |
14 June 2014
| Jean Sibelius | Symphony No 5 |
| Gustav Holst | Somerset Rhapsody |
| Charles Ives | Symphony No 3 |
15 March 2014
| Sibelius | Overture ‘Finlandia’ |
| Dvořák | Symphony No 9 ‘from the New World’ |
| Smetana | Ma Vlast |
12 March 2014
Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra will be supporting Rendcomb College with a performance of the Faure requiem and more…
16 November 2013
| Tony Hewitt-Jones | Divertimento for Orchestra |
| Massenet | Under the Lime Trees |
| Prokofiev | Violin Concerto no 2 in G minor Violin: Bartosz Woroch |
| Nielsen | Overture ‘Maskarade’ |
| Elgar | Enigma Variations |
21 April 2012
Pate’s School, Cheltenham
| Grieg | Lyric Suite |
| Schubert | Symphony No. 8 in B minor ‘Unfinished’ |
| Nicholas Spencer | Days of Wild Roses (première), |
| Rachmaninov | Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Piano: Samantha Ward |
5 February 2012
Stroud Subscription Rooms
| Stravinsky | Pulcinella – ballet suite |
| Bruch | Violin Concerto in G minor Violin: Elin White |
| Brahms | Hungarian Dance No 1 |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 1 in C |
25 June 2011
Wind Serendade at Wycliffe College Chapel
Members of the GSO wind section played a light and varied programme.
4 June 2011
Gloucester Cathedral
Joint concert with Gloucester Choral Society
| Dvořák | Te Deum |
| Elgar | ‘Nimrod’, Var. IX from ‘Enigma Variations’ |
| Elgar | Give unto the Lord |
| Elgar | Pomp & Circumstance No 4 |
| Vaughan Williams | O Clap your Hands |
| Saint-Saëns | Organ Symphony, 2nd movement |
| Parry | Jerusalem |
30 April 2011
Parish Church, Cirencester
| Weber | |
| Tchaikovsky | Variations on a Rococo Theme Cello: Philip Higham |
| Glinka | Kamarinskaya |
| Brahms |
13 February 2011
Stroud Subscription Rooms
| Delibes | Le Roi s’amuse |
| Mozart | Sinfonia Concertante Violins: Claire Piper and David Lloyd |
| Elgar | Sospiri |
| Poulenc | Sinfonietta |
6 November 2010
Pate’s School, Cheltenham
| Shostakovich | Festival Overture |
| Scriabin | Piano Concerto Piano: Simon Buck |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No 4 |
20 June 2009
Deep in the Clearwell Caves, Forest of Dean
Joint concert with Forest of Dean children’s Choir
| Dvořák | In Nature’s Realm |
| Hayley Savage | Luna Nueva |
| Elgar | Selection from ‘Wand of Youth’ |
| Dukas | The Sorcerer’s Apprentice |
9 May 2009
Stroud Subscription Rooms
| Mozart | Overture, ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ |
| Stravinsky | Suites Nos 1 and 2 |
| Strauss | Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat Horn: Emma Whitney |
| Yoshimatsu | And Birds are Still (strings) |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 8 in F |
7 March 2009
Cheltenham Town Hall
Soloists: Soprano, Ruth Kerr and Tenor, Paul Badley
| Giacomo Puccini | O Mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi |
| Antonín Dvořák | Song to the Moon from Russalka |
| Georges Bizet | Flower Song from Carmen |
| Giacomo Puccini | Un bel di from Madame Butterfly |
| Giacomo Puccini | Nessun Dorma from Turandot |
| Giuseppe Verdi | La Donna e mobile from Rigoletto |
| Leonard Bernstein | Balcony Scene from West Side Story |
| Georges Bizet | Ton Coeur n’as pas compris from Pearl Fishers |
| Giacomo Puccini | Closing scene from Act 1 from La Boheme |
18 October 2008
Tewkesbury Abbey
Joint concert with the Oriel Singers
| Vaughan Williams | Mass in G minor (unaccompanied choir) |
| Vaughan Williams | Serenade to Music (Choir + orchestra) |
| Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis |
| Vaughan Williams | Symphony No 3 ‘A Pastoral Symphony’ |
7 June 2008
Gloucester Cathedral
| Adams | A Short Ride in a Fast Machine |
| Strauss | Four Last Songs Soloist: Lesley Jane Rogers |
| Decio | The Gloucester Symphony World premiere |
8 March 2008
Stroud Subscription Rooms
| Gryspeerdt | ‘Goodbye To All That’ |
| Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue Piano: Russell Harrold |
| Arnold | Serenade for Orchestra |
| Mozart | Symphony No 38 in D, ‘Prague’ |
26 January 2008
Cheltenham Ladies’ College
| Elgar | Concert Overture, Cockaigne |
| Glazunov | Violin Concerto in A minor Violin: Emil Huckle-Kleve |
| Walton | Symphony No 1 in B flat minor |
4 August 2007
Three Choirs Festival: Cheltenham Ladies’ College
| Elgar/Payne | Pomp and Circumstance No 6 |
| Delius | Dance Rhapsody No 2 |
| Howells | Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra Cello: Emma Denton |
| Gurney | War Elegy |
| Bridge | The Sea |
20 May 2007
Stroud Subscription Rooms
| Rossini | Overture, The Thieving Magpie |
| Debussy | Petite Suite |
| Ravel | Piano Concerto in G Piano: Malcolm Peckham |
| Beethoven | Symphony No 4 in B flat |
24 March 2007
Tewkesbury Abbey
| Kodály | Peacock Variations |
| Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto Violin: Kenyi Wang |
| Brahms | Symphony No 3 |
11 February 2007
Cheltenham Town Hall
An Afternoon of Film Music including musical highlights from Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, ET, Schindler’s List, Out of Africa, West Side Story and James Bond.
11 November 2006
All Saints Church, Pittville, Cheltenham
| Holst | Oriental Suite, Beni Mora |
| Mozart | Clarinet Concerto Clarinet: Katy Wenham |
| Finzi | Farewell to Arms Soloist: Iain MacLeod-Jones |
| Haydn | Symphony No 99 in E flat |
23 April 2006
Stroud Subscription Rooms
| Mendelssohn | Overture, A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
| Britten | Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Tenor: James Atherton |
| Delius | Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda |
| Jacob | Old Wine in New Bottles |
| Haydn | Symphony No 104 ‘London’ |
5 March 2006
Cheltenham Town Hall
| Wagner | Prelude, Tristan and Isolde |
| Canteloube | Songs of the Auvergne Soprano: Rachel Skinner |
| Sibelius | Swan of Tuonela |
| Tchaikovsky | Nutcracker Suite |