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Old season ends, new season starts! Our 2026-27 brochure. is here. Browse and book. Tickets for the first three concerts are available, with no booking fee!

Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, said to have been written in three days, opens with sparkling energy, exuberant fanfares, and jubilant tone. James Willshire then joins us for Grieg’s beloved piano concerto, with its striking drama, poetic beauty, virtuosic brilliance and deeply expressive nordic lyricism. After the interval, the orchestra expands into the lush emotional world of Rachmaninov’s second symphony, a masterpiece of soaring melodies and rich orchestral colour, bringing the evening to a powerful and deeply moving close.

Concert Dates

  • October
  • December
  • January

  • Saturday 10 October 2026 7.30

    Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, GL52 3AG

    Conductor, David Curtis

    James Willshire, piano

    Northern Lights & Russian Sights

    Shostakovich: Festive Overture

    Grieg: Piano concerto

    Rachmaninov: Symphony no.2

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  • Sunday 6 December, 3pm

    Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, GL52 3AG

    Conductor, David Curtis

    Edward Derbyshire, narrator

    Musical Tales at Christmas

    Tchaikovsky: Suite: Nutcracker

    Philip Lane: Three Christmas Pictures

    Samuel Coleridge Taylor: Christmas Overture

    Roald Dahl/Paul Patterson: The Three Little Pigs

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  • Saturday 23 January 2027 7.30

    Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, GL52 3AG

    Conductor, David Curtis

    Tales of Tempest & Triumph

    Malcolm Arnold: Overture Tam o'Shanter

    Michael Omer: Rages of the Ages

    Edward Elgar: Symphony no.2

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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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