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 - 2020 onwards
Saturday 14 March 2020
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Gerard Doherty
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Fanny Medelssohn:
Overture in C
Shostakovich:
Piano Concerto No 2
- Jill Morton
Felix Medelssohn:
Symphony No3 Scottish
Orchestra playthrough
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Lynne Bulmer (flute)
Piazzolla : Tango Etude No 3 (from Six Tango Etudes)
Tansy Hammarton (violin)
Shostakovich : Elegie & Romanze (from the Gadfly Suite)
Jan Anderson (piano)
Ibert : Le Petit Ane Blanc
Richard Payne (French Horn)
Schubert : Adagio from the Arpeggione Sonata
(arranged for horn & piano by Oscar Franz)
Tom Barrie (violin)
Abreu : Tico-tico no Fuba
Debbie Mosson (flute)
Debussy : Syrinx
Orchestra playthrough
Dvorak : Symphony No 7 (fourth movement)
Programme
Wind & horns playthrough
Gounod - Petite Symphonie (4th Movement Finale, Allegretto)
Tansy Hammarton (violin)
Bach : Sonata in A minor (first movement)
Susie Gibson (bassoon)
Besozzi : Allegro from Sonata for Bassoon & Piano
Phil Coulter - Home away from home
(accompanist - Douglas Gibson)
Tom Barrie (violin)
Drigo - Valse Bluette
(accompanist - Jan Anderson)
Lynne Bulmer (flute)
Honneger - Danse de la Chevre
Strings playthrough
Suk : Serenade for Strings (first movement)
David Hay (clarinet)
Bela Kovacs : Hommage a Manuel de Falla
Jan Anderson (piano)
Janacek : The Barn Owl has not flown away
Gabriel Doucet (violin)
Maria Theresia Von Paradis (attrib) - Sicilienne in E flat
Orchestra playthrough
Schumann : Symphony No 1 (first movement)
Programme
Tom Barrie (violin)
Bach : Allemande from Partita in D Minor
Gabriel Doucet (violin)
Bach : Largo from Sonata No 3
Lynne Bulmer (flute)
Katherine Hoover - Winter Spirits
David Rycroft (violin)
& Marjorie Rycroft (cello)
Lewis Borghi - Allegro from Duetto 1 for violin & cello
Tansy Hammarton (violin)
Bach : Andante & Allegro from Sonata No 2 in A Minor
Kirsten Thomson (violin)
Festive Piece
Hazel McDonald (violin)
Dvorak : Slavonic Dance No 2
Jan Anderson (piano)
Grieg - Papillon Opus 43
Stephen Webster (saxophone)
Mystery Piece for Saxophone
Richard Payne (french horn)
Glazunov : Reverie Opus 24
Orchestra playthrough
Beethoven : Symphony No 1
The Klezmer Kretschmers
(trumpet, viola & double bass)
Dance Pieces
Winter Session - 2020
Summer Mini Concert - Tuesday 8 June 2021
Held over Zoom
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Programme
Tuesday 23 March 2021
Mini Concert held over Zoom
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Summer Session - 2021
Rehearsal Repertoire
Full Orchestra
Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Full Orchestra
Dvorak
Symphony No 7
Spring Session - 2021
Rehearsal Repertoire
Wind & Horns
Gounod
Petite Symphonie
Strings
Suk
Serenade for Strings
Full Orchestra
Schumann
Symphony No 1
Spring Mini Concert - Tuesday 23 March 2021
Held over Zoom
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Rehearsal Repertoire
Full Orchestra
Weber
Oberon Overture
Full Orchestra
Beethoven
Symphony No 1
Winter Mini Concert - Tuesday 8 December 2020
Held over Zoom
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Sunday 28 November 2021
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Mozart:
Overture to La Cemenza di Tito
Gounod:
Petite Symphonie
Suk:
Serenade for Strings
Mendelssohn:
Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’
Sunday 13 March 2022
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Beethoven:
Symphony No 1
Richard Strauss:
Oboe Concerto in D major
- Peter Dykes
Dvorak:
Czech Suite
Sunday 29 May 2022
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Mozart:
Overture to The Magic Flute
Haydn:
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
- Soloist - Euan Scott
Schumann:
Symphony No 2
Sunday 27 November 2022
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Mendelssohn:
Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave)
Prokofiev:
Classical Symphony in D major
Beethoven:
Symphony No 7 in A major
Sunday 28 May 2023
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Boieldieu:
Overture to The Caliph of Bagdad
R Strauss:
Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb
Soloist - Gabi Rodriguez
Martin Suckling:
Meditiation (After Donne)
Kodaly:
Dances of Galanta
Saturday 11 March 2023
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Faure:
Suite Masques et Bergamasques
Ibert:
Flute Concerto
Soloist - Katherine Bryan
Rossini:
Overture to Italian Girl in Algiers
Mozart:
Symphony No 31 Paris
Date :
Sunday 26 November 2023
Venue : Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Glinka
Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture
Schumann
Cello Concerto
(Soloist - David Palazzo)
Brahms
Symphony No 1 in C minor
Date :
Saturday 9 March 2024 at 7.30pm
Venue : Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Mozart -
Symphony No 35 in D major ‘Haffner’
Copland -
Quiet City
for trumpet, cor anglais and strings
Soloists - Megan Bousfield and Wendy Dougan
Bizet -
Symphony in C
Date :
Saturday 25 May 2024 at 7.30pm
Venue : Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
J C Bach -
Sinfonia in Bb
Brahms -
Variation on a Theme of Haydn
Vivaldi -
Concerto for two Trumpets
Soloists - Mark Elwis & Chris Liddell
Haydn -
Symphony No 101 ‘Clock’
Date :
Sunday 25 November 2024
Venue : Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Brahms
Violin Concerto
(Soloist - Victor Pevernagie)
Brahms
Symphony No 4
Date :
Sunday 9 March 2025
Venue : St John’s Renfield Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Mozart
Marriage of Figaro Overture
Krommer
Concerto No1 for Two Clarinets
(Soloists - David Hay & Stephen Webster)
Eva Smeddle
A Nightmare in Argentina
(A GCO Commission)
Beethoven
Symphony No 8
Date :
Sunday 25 May 2025
Venue : Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Schubert
Overture in the Italian Style
Arriaga
Symphony in D major
Mendelssohn
Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’
Date :
Sunday 23 November 2025
Venue : Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Schubert
Symphony No 8 Unfinished
Stollery
Un Pensamiento Triste que se Baila
for viola and orchestra
Soloist - Louise Fotheringham
Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite
The GCO Concert Archive
The Glasgow Chamber Orchestra has been
giving concerts since 1967. These pages
contain contains details of all the main
concerts held since that date. Use the
buttons below to navigate to each decade.
Saturday 14 March 2020
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Gerard Doherty
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Fanny Medelssohn:
Overture in C
Shostakovich:
Piano Concerto No 2
- Jill Morton
Felix Medelssohn:
Symphony No3 ‘Scottish’
Previous Concerts - 2020 onwards
Orchestra playthrough
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Lynne Bulmer (flute)
Piazzolla : Tango Etude No 3
(from Six Tango Etudes)
Tansy Hammarton (violin)
Shostakovich : Elegie & Romanze
(from the Gadfly Suite)
Jan Anderson (piano)
Ibert : Le Petit Ane Blanc
Richard Payne (French
Horn)
Schubert : Adagio from the
Arpeggione Sonata
(arranged for horn & piano by
Oscar Franz)
Tom Barrie (violin)
Abreu : Tico-tico no Fuba
Debbie Mosson (flute)
Debussy : Syrinx
Orchestra playthrough
Dvorak : Symphony No 7
(fourth Movement)
Wind & horns
playthrough
Gounod - Petite Symphonie
(4th Movement Finale, Allegretto)
Tansy Hammarton
(violin)
Bach : Sonata in A minor
( first movement)
Susie Gibson (bassoon)
Besozzi : Allegro from Sonata for
Bassoon & Piano
Phil Coulter - Home away from
home
(accompanist - Douglas Gibson)
Tom Barrie (violin)
Drigo - Valse Bluette
(accompanist - Jan Anderson)
Lynne Bulmer (flute)
Honneger - Danse de la Chevre
Strings playthrough
Suk : Serenade for Strings
(first movement)
David Hay (clarinet)
Bela Kovacs : Hommage a Manuel
de Falla
Jan Anderson (piano)
Janacek : The Barn Owl has not
flown away
Gabriel Doucet (violin)
Maria Theresia Von Paradis (attrib)
- Sicilienne in E flat
Orchestra playthrough
Schumann : Symphony No 1
(first Movement)
Programme
Tom Barrie (violin)
Bach : Allemande from Partita in D
Minor
Gabriel Doucet (violin)
Bach : Largo from Sonata No 3
Lynne Bulmer (flute)
Katherine Hoover - Winter Spirits
David Rycroft (violin)
& Marjorie Rycroft
(cello)
Lewis Borghi - Allegro from Duetto 1
for violin & cello
Tansy Hammarton
(violin)
Bach : Andante & Allegro from Sonata
No 2 in A Minor
Kirsten Thomson
(violin)
Festive Piece
Hazel McDonald (violin)
Dvorak : Slavonic Dance No 2
Jan Anderson (piano)
Grieg - Papillon Opus 43
Stephen Webster
(saxophone)
Mystery Piece for Saxophone
Richard Payne
(french horn)
Glazunov : Reverie Opus 24
Orchestra playthrough
Beethoven : Symphony No 1
The Klezmer
Kretschmers (trumpet,
viola & double bass)
Dance Pieces
Rehearsal Repertoire
Full Orchestra
Weber
Oberon Overture
Full Orchestra
Beethoven
Symphony No 1
Winter Session - 2020
Sunday 28 November 2021
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Mozart:
Overture to La Cemenza di Tito
Gounod:
Petite Symphonie
Suk:
Serenade for Strings
Mendelssohn:
Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’
Sunday 13 March 2022
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Beethoven:
Symphony No 1
Richard Strauss:
Oboe Concerto in D
- Peter Dykes
Dvorak:
Czech Suite
Sunday 29 May 2022
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Mozart:
Overture to The Magic Flute
Haydn:
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
- Euan Scott
Schumann:
Symphony No 2
Sunday 27 November 2022
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Mendelssohn:
Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave)
Prokofiev:
Classical Symphony in D major
Beethoven:
Symphony No 7 in A major
Tuesday 8 December 2020
Mini Concert held over Zoom
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Tuesday 23 March 2021
Mini Concert held over Zoom
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Programme
Spring Session - 2021
Rehearsal Repertoire
Wind & Horns
Gounod
Petite Symphonie
Strings
Suk
Serenade for Strings
Full Orchestra
Schumann
Symphony No 1
Tuesday 8 June 2021
Mini Concert held over Zoom
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Programme
Rehearsal Repertoire
Full Orchestra
Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Full Orchestra
Dvorak
Symphony No 7
Summer Session - 2021
Saturday 11 March 2023
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Faure:
Suite Masques et Bergamasques
Ibert:
Flute Concerto
Soloist - Katherine Bryan
Rossini:
Overture to Italian Girl in Algiers
Mozart:
Symphony No 31 Paris
Sunday 28 May 2023
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor : Robert Baxter
Leader : Hazel McDonald
Boieldieu:
Overture to The Caliph of Bagdad
R Strauss:
Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb
Soloist - Gabi Rodriguez
Martin Suckling:
Meditation (After Donne)
Kodaly:
Dances of Galanta
Sunday 26 November 2023
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Glinka - Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture
Schumann - Cello Concerto
(Soloist - David Palazzo)
Brahms - Symphony No 1 in C minor
Saturday 9 March 2024
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Mozart -
Symphony No 35 in D major ‘Haffner’
Copland -
Quiet City for trumpet, cor anglais
and strings
Soloists Megan Bousfield & Wendy Dougan
Bizet -
Symphony in C major
Saturday 25 May 2024
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
JC Bach -
Sinfonia in Bb
Brahms -
Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Vivaldi -
Concerto for two Trumpets
Soloists Mark Elwis & Chris Liddell
Haydn -
Symphony No 101 ‘Clock’
Sunday 25 November 2024
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
Brahms - Violin Concerto
(Soloist - Victor Pevernagie)
Brahms - Symphony No 4
Sunday 9 March 2025
St John’s Renfield Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture
Krommer - Clarinet Concerto for 2 Clarinets
(Soloists - David Hay & Stephen Webster)
Eva Smeddle - A Nightmare in Argentina
(A GCO Commission)
Beethoven - Symphony No 8
Sunday 25 May 2025
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Schubert - Overture in the Italian Style
Arriaga - Symphony in D major
Mendelssohn - Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’
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Sunday 23 November 2025
Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, Glasgow
Conductor - Robert Baxter
Leader - Hazel McDonald
Schubert - Symphony No 8 Unfinished
Stollery - Un Pensamiento Triste que se Baila
for viola and orchestra
Soloist - Louise Fotheringham
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite
