The GCO is always on the look-out
for new players. We currently have
vacancies for violas, cellos and
basses. Details on how to join the
orchestra can be found by clicking
the link below.
Details have now been released on our NEW
Support the GCO programme! Click on the
button below to find out more about how YOU
can support your favourite chamber orchestra!
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The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra is an amateur orchestra based in Glasgow, and has been making music here for over 50
years. We give 3 main concerts each year, usually in March, May and November. You can find out lots more about the
orchestra and its music in the pages of this web-site. Hopefully, you will be encouraged to come along to a concert, or if
you are a musician, you may be interested in joining us.
We invite you to browse through the site, and if you need more information, there is a Contacts Page so that you can
get in touch.
Follow the GCO on
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Instagram!
Welcome !
Rehearsal Update
Winter Concert
Tickets for this concert are now available online from our booking
agent Trybooking, by clicking the button below, or by using your
smartphone on the QR code shown here.
Ticket prices are:
Adults
£15
Concessions (students & unwaged)
£10
Children under 18
£5
Holiday over! Rehearsals resume on Tuesday 21 October at
Sherbrooke Mosspark church. Concert date is only a month
away now, so please attend every rehearsal from now on,
if you possibly can.
Our full rehearsal schedule to the end of 2025 can be found on the Members’ page by clicking the button below.
Our winter concert will take place on Sunday
23 November at 7.30pm in our new rehearsal
home of Sherbrooke Mosspark church.
Opening the programme is Schubert’s
Unfinished Symphony No 8 in B minor.
Written in 1822, Schubert completed only 2
movements, and since then, scholars have
debated the reasons for leaving it unfinished.
Despite this, it is still one of the most
familiar and popular symphonies in the
classical repertoire.
In complete contrast, our second piece is
almost brand new. Written for the joint
forces of the Inverurie and Learig Orchestras,
composer Peter Stollery has created a joyous
work which captures different styles of tango music over the years. The solo
viola reflects his own interest in playing the instrument as an amateur in the
Inverurie Orchestra. Expect Latin American dance rhythms, homages to
Piazzolla, and percussive effects on the violins. The title of the piece
translates as “A sad thought danced”.
The second half of the programme is pure romance, with the enchanting
melodies of Tchaikowsky’s ballet, Swan Lake, including the Hungarian Dance,
Waltz and the full Finale. A glorious end to the evening!
The GCO will once again be supporting the Glasgow
Hospitals Choir at their annual Christmas Concert in aid of
Young Lives Versus Cancer, at the Glasgow Royal Concert
Hall, on Friday 5 December. This is always a great night
of celebration for a very worthy cause, so put the date in
your diary now! Tickets can be booked by clicking the
button below.
YLVC Christmas Concert
The GCO is always on the look-out for new
players. We currently have vacancies for
violas, cellos and basses. Details on how to
join the orchestra can be found by clicking
the link below.
Details have now been released on our NEW
Support the GCO programme! Click on the
button below to find out more about how
YOU can support your favourite chamber
orchestra!
Welcome !
Glasgow Chamber Orchestra
The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra is an amateur
orchestra based in Glasgow, and has been making
music here for over 50 years. We give 3 main
concerts each year, usually in March, May and
November. You can find out lots more about the
orchestra and its music in the pages of this web-
site. Hopefully, you will be encouraged to come
along to a concert, or if you are a musician, you
may be interested in joining us.
We invite you to browse through the site, and if
you need more information, there is a Contacts
Page so that you can get in touch.
Photo courtesy of Neil Stuchbury (@what_stuch_saw)
Holiday over! Rehearsals resume on Tuesday
21 October at Sherbrooke Mosspark church.
Concert date is only a month away now, so
please attend every rehearsal from now on, if
you possibly can.
Our full rehearsal schedule to the end of 2025 can be found on the Members’ page by clicking the button below.Rehearsal Update
Winter Concert
The GCO will once again be supporting the
Glasgow Hospitals Choir at their annual
Christmas Concert in aid of Young Lives
Versus Cancer, at the Glasgow Royal Concert
Hall, on Friday 5 December. This is always a
great night of celebration for a very worthy
cause, so put the date in your diary now!
Tickets can be booked by clicking the button
below.
YLVC Christmas Concert
Follow the GCO on
Facebook and Instagram !
Our winter concert
will take place on
Sunday 23
November at
7.30pm in our new
rehearsal home of
Sherbrooke
Mosspark church.
Opening the
programme is
Schubert’s
Unfinished
Symphony No 8 in B
minor. Written in 1822, Schubert completed
only 2 movements, and since then, scholars
have debated the reasons for leaving it
unfinished. Despite this, it is still one of the
most familiar and popular symphonies in the
classical repertoire.
In complete contrast, our second piece is
almost brand new. Written for the joint
forces of the Inverurie and Learig Orchestras,
composer Peter Stollery has created a joyous
work which captures different styles of tango
music over the years. The solo viola reflects
his own interest in playing the instrument as
an amateur in the Inverurie Orchestra.
Expect Latin American dance rhythms,
homages to Piazzolla, and percussive effects
on the violins. The title of the piece
translates as “A sad thought danced”.
The second half of the programme is pure
romance, with the enchanting melodies of
Tchaikowsky’s ballet, Swan Lake, including
the Hungarian Dance, Waltz and the full
Finale. A glorious end to the evening!
Tickets for this concert are now available
online from our booking agent Trybooking,
by clicking the button below.
Ticket prices are:
£15 - Adults
£10 - Concessions (students & unwaged)
£5 - Children under 18
