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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.
Next concert
Northern Lights no. 2 moves the spotlight to Edvard Grieg: the piano concerto, always popular even though, once upon a time, the notes were not necessarily in the right order. Hear Alexandra Dariescu set all that to rights in the Pittville Pump Room on 28 February and, if you don’t know them already, meet the less familiar Norwegian Dances. We’ll end by continuing our exploration of the Sibelius symphonies with no. 1 in E minor.
Next tour
We’re working with the Cheltenham Twinning Association to plan a concert tour to Göttingen and Mönchengladbach in summer 2015. details
2 for 1 scheme 2015
Don’t miss your opportunity to get two tickets for the price of one to hear Peter Donohoe play Brahms at the Town Hall in November. To take advantage of this, you must buy a ticket for each of the Northern Lights concerts, and the first is on 24 January. details
2015 concerts:
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November
CSO Cheltenham Series
Saturday 24 January 7.30pm, Pittville Pump Room GL52 3JE
Northern Lights 1
Conductor: David Curtis
Sibelius: Finlandia Op. 26
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47 (featuring Associate Artist Tamsin Waley-Cohen)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Op.43
Tickets: £16 reserved. £14 unreserved (students 50%, 15 and under free) from Town Hall Box Office (0844 576 2210) and at the door, or from concert-diary.com
This is a qualifying concert for the 2015 2 for 1 scheme
CSO Cheltenham Series
Saturday 28 February 7.30pm, Pittville Pump Room GL52 3JE
Northern Lights 2
Conductor: David Curtis
Grieg: Norwegian Dances Op. 35
Grieg: Piano concerto in A minor Op. 16 (soloist Alexandra Dariescu)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor Op.39
Tickets: £16 reserved. £14 unreserved (students 50%, 15 and under free) from Town Hall Box Office (0844 576 2210) and at the door, or from concert-diary.com
This is a qualifying concert for the 2015 2 for 1 scheme
CSO Cheltenham Series
Saturday 9 May 7.30pm, Pittville Pump Room GL52 3JE
Northern Lights 3
Conductor: David Curtis
Nielsen: Overture Helios Op. 17
Nielsen: Flute concerto FS 119 (soloist Katherine Bryan)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major Op. 82
Tickets: £16 reserved. £14 unreserved (students 50%, 15 and under free) from Town Hall Box Office (0844 576 2210) and at the door, or from concert-diary.com
This is a qualifying concert for the 2015 2 for 1 scheme
Saturday 23 May 7.30pm, Holy Apostles Church, Cheltenham
with Charlton Kings Choral Society
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Elgar: Scenes from The Bavarian Highlands
Sibelius: Finlandia Op. 26
Tickets: £15, or £10 for under-25s in full-time education, from CKCS Secretary Isabel Hull 01451 822110
Saturday 11 July 7.30pm, Bredon Village Hall GL20 7QN
The Bard at Bredon
Conductor: David Curtis
Finzi: Love's Labours Lost Suite for small orchestra Op. 28
Walton: Death of Falstaff & Touch her soft lips and part from Henry V
Mendelssohn: Selection from incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ole Olson: Trombone Concerto in F Op.48 (soloist Rhiannon Symonds)
Tickets £14 (students £7, children 15 and under free) at the door or from concert-diary.com
The FOAG Concert
In aid of the Farmers Overseas Action Group
Saturday 17 October, Pershore Abbey WR10 1DT
Classics at Pershore
Conductor: David Curtis
Smetana: Overture: The Bartered Bride
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A K.622 (soloist Sally Harrop)
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor Op. 67
Tickets: £15 (students £7, children 15 and under free) from FOAG Office, 01905 570540 or at the door, or from concert-diary.com
CSO Cheltenham Series
Saturday 28 November 7.30pm, Cheltenham Town Hall GL50 1QA
Peter Donohoe
Verdi: Overture The Force of Destiny
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83 (soloist Peter Donohoe)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op.47
Tickets: £18, £15, £12 (students and children 50%) from Town Hall Box Office (0844 576 2210), at the door,
and from concert-diary.com
