Following our first (and highly successful) concert in St John’s
Renfield church, our final orchestral concert of the 2024-25
season returns to the familiar setting of Sherbrooke Mosspark
Church, on Sunday 25 May.
The concert opens with Schubert’s delightful Overture in the
Italian Style. Written in 1817, when Vienna was in the grip of
a Rossini music craze, this was Schubert’s take on the style.
Light, tuneful and melodic, it makes a great start to our
summer concert.
Arriaga was a Spanish composer in the classical style. He was
born in 1806 but sadly died too soon, of tuberculosis, just
before his 20th birthday. He was lauded at the Spanish
conservatoire as the “Spanish Mozart”, but such was his short
life that his potential was never realised. His Symphony in D
has been compared to Mozart’s 40th. Here’s your chance to
see what you think!
Closing our summer concert is summer music personified. Mendelssohn’s Italian symphony
stemmed from a Grand Tour of Italy in 1830. It has been described as “blue sky in A major”, and
Mendelssohn himself described it as the happiest music I have ever written. Enjoy!
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!
Join the GCO !
Support the GCO !
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.
Welcome !
Photos courtesy of Neil Stuchbury (@what_stuch_saw)
Rehearsal Update
Choral Concerts
GCO Summer Concert
Rehearsals continue on Tuesday
evenings in the Balshagray Centre.
Following the EGM on Tuesday, the decision has been taken to move to Sherbrooke Mosspark church for our rehearsals as from September 2025.A full rehearsal schedule can be
found by clicking the button below.
The GCO continues to be in great demand, accompaning local choirs in their choral concerts. So
far, in 2025, we have accompanied the Coats Choral Choir in their spring concert, which featured
Poulenc’s Gloria and the Faure Requiem, and the Greenock Philharmonic Choir, in their
performance of Brahms’ A German Requiem.
The orchestra is greatly indebted to all the players who have given up their time to play in these
events, which are additions to our normal concert season programme.
Our final role as choral accompanists will be in May, when we will be
accompanying the Kelvin Choir in their summer concert, featuring a
lesser known version of Vivaldi’s Gloria and a Sunrise Mass by Ola Gjeilo.
This takes place on Saturday 10 May in St John’s Renfield church at
7.30pm. Tickets can be purchased at the door on the night.
Tickets - Adults - £15 Concessions - £10 Children (under 18yrs) - £5
Click on the button to go to our online
booking agent to book your tickets now!
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
Following our first (and
highly successful)
concert in St John’s
Renfield church, our
final orchestral concert
of the 2024-25 season
returns to the familiar
setting of Sherbrooke
Mosspark Church, on
Sunday 25 May.
The concert opens with Schubert’s delightful
Overture in the Italian Style. Written in
1817, when Vienna was in the grip of a
Rossini music craze, this was Schubert’s take
on the style. Light, tuneful and melodic, it
makes a great start to our summer concert.
Arriaga was a Spanish composer in the
classical style. He was born in 1806 but sadly
died too soon, of tuberculosis, just before his
20th birthday. He was lauded at the Spanish
conservatoire as the “Spanish Mozart”, but
such was his short life that his potential was
never realised. His Symphony in D has been
compared to Mozart’s 40th. Here’s your
chance to see what you think!
Closing our summer concert is summer music
personified. Mendelssohn’s Italian symphony
stemmed from a Grand Tour of Italy in 1830.
It has been described as “blue sky in A
major”, and Mendelssohn himself described it
as the happiest music I have ever written.
Enjoy!
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)
The GCO continues to be in great demand,
accompaning local choirs in their choral
concerts. So far, in 2025, we have
accompanied the Coats Choral Choir in
their spring concert, which featured
Poulenc’s Gloria and the Faure Requiem,
and the Greenock Philharmonic Choir, in
their performance of Brahms’ A German
Requiem.
The orchestra is greatly indebted to all the
players who have given up their time to
play in these events, which are additions
to our normal concert season programme.
Rehearsals continue on Tuesday evenings in
the Balshagray Centre.
Following the EGM on Tuesday, the decision has been taken to move to Sherbrooke Mosspark church for our rehearsals as from September 2025.A full rehearsal schedule can be found by
clicking the button below.
Rehearsal Update
The GCO is a charity registered in Scotland No SC022256
Our final role as choral
accompanists will be in
May, when we will be
accompanying the
Kelvin Choir in their
summer concert,
featuring a lesser
known version of
Vivaldi’s Gloria and a
Sunrise Mass by Ola
Gjeilo. This takes place on Saturday 10
May in St John’s Renfield church at
7.30pm. Tickets can be purchased at the
door on the night.
Click on the button below to go to our online
booking agent to book your tickets now!
Tickets
Adults - £15
Concessions - £10
Children (under 18yrs) - £5
