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We are an ensemble of committed and experienced amateur, student and professional musicians, playing under the expert guidance of conductor David Curtis. We play a huge variety of classical pieces throughout the year in various venues in and around Gloucestershire.

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Autumn concerts

Our Sunday afternoon concert Three Romantics is on 21 October at 3pm in the Pittville Pump Room. Our concert in support of FOAG is in Pershore Abbey on 1 December.

2019 concerts

The theme for our spring 2019 Cheltenham series is The Grand Tour. This will include a performance on 18 May of Romain Bornes‘ Picric Acid, the winning work in our Young Composers’ Competition 2018. And our 50th anniversary concert in June 2019 in Cheltenham Town Hall will feature the Mozart piano concerto that was played by our founder Douglas Smith at our first concert in 1969.

Concert Dates 2018-19

  • September
  • October
  • December
  • February
  • March
  • May
  • June

  • Holst's The Planets

    Saturday 22 September 7.00pm, Gloucester Cathedral GL1 2LX

    Conductor: Adrian Partington
    Nazrin Rashidova, violin

    Elgar: Cockaigne Overture
    Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
    Holst: The Planets
    with the Girl Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral

    Tickets: £13-£36, from 01452 768928 (Mon-Fri 10am-4pm), the Cathedral Gift Shop, the Three Choirs Festival and at the door

  • Three Romantics

    Sunday 21 October 3pm, Pittville Pump Room GL52 3JE

    Conductor: David Curtis

    Rossini: Overture The Italian Girl in Algiers
    Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 in A major, Italian
    Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Eugene Onegin
    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite No. 1

    Tickets: £17 reserved, £14 unreserved. Students 50%, children 15 and under free. From Town Hall Box Office (0844 576 2210) and at the door

  • The FOAG Concert

    Saturday 1 December 7.30pm, Pershore Abbey WR10 1BB

    Conductor: David Curtis
    Hannah Brooks-Hughes, violin

    Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite
    Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 4 in D major, K218
    Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Eugene Onegin
    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite No. 1

    Tickets: £16, including free drink. Students £8, children 15 and under free. From eventbrite.co.uk, the FOAG office (01886 853295) and info@foag.org

  • The Grand Tour I

    Saturday 9 February 7.30pm, Pittville Pump Room GL52 3JE

    Conductor: David Curtis
    April Fredrick, soprano

    Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C major, Jupiter
    Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
    Strauss: Four Last Songs

    Tickets: £17 reserved, £14 unreserved. Students 50%, children 15 and under free. From Town Hall Box Office (0844 576 2210) and at the door

  • The Grand Tour II

    Saturday 16 March 7.30pm, Pittville Pump Room GL52 3JE

    Conductor: David Curtis
    Adam Heron, piano

    Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music, K477
    Beethoven: Piano concerto no. 5 in Eb major, Emperor
    Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B minor, Pathétique

    Tickets: £17 reserved, £14 unreserved. Students 50%, children 15 and under free. From Town Hall Box Office (0844 576 2210) and at the door

  • The Grand Tour III

    Saturday 18 May 7.30pm, Pittville Pump Room GL52 3JE

    Conductor: David Curtis
    Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, piano

    Dvořák: Carnival Overture
    Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major, K503
    Romain Bornes: Picric Acid
    Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D major

    Tickets: £17 reserved, £14 unreserved. Students 50%, children 15 and under free. From Town Hall Box Office (0844 576 2210) and at the door

  • 50th Anniversary Concert

    Saturday 29 June 7.30pm, Cheltenham Town Hall, GL50 1QA

    Conductor: David Curtis
    Daniel Lebhardt, piano

    Wagner: Prelude to Act 1, Lohengrin
    Mozart: Piano concerto no. 19 in F major, K459
    Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2 in E minor

    Tickets: £17 reserved, £14 unreserved. Students 50%, children 15 and under free. From Town Hall Box Office (0844 576 2210) and at the door

Next concert

Three Romantics
Sunday 21 October 3pm, Pittville Pump Room
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