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Old season ends, new season starts! Our
2026-27 brochure.
is here. Browse and book. Tickets for most 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.
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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
Tickets & information (No booking fee!)
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
Tickets & information (No booking fee!)
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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Beethoven Symphony no.9
In March 2027 CSO collaborates with Gloucester Choral Society to give two performances of Beethoven’s ninth symphony. Programme, soloists, chorus and orchestra will be the same for both events.
Claire Wild, soprano
Olivia Ray, mezzo soprano
Robyn Lyn Evans, tenor
Aidan Smith, bass
Gloucester Choral Society
Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region
Beethoven: Symphony no.9
Saturday 13 March 7.30
Cheltenham Town Hall GL50 1QA
Conductor, David Curtis
Tickets & information (No booking fee!)
Saturday 20 March 7.30
Gloucester Cathedral GL1 2LX
Conductor, Adrian Partington
Tickets TBA
Saturday 8 May 7.30
Cirencester Parish Church GL7 2NX
Conductor, David Curtis
Shaped by Destiny
Verdi: Overture Force of Destiny
Richard Strauss: Suite Der Rosenkavalier
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5
Tickets & information (No booking fee!)
Saturday 19 June 7.30
Pershore Abbey WR10 1DT
Conductor, David Curtis
Laura Sheppard, Kelly Haines, Tom Kane, Helen Merrett, horns
Rivers of Grandeur
in support of FOAG
Smetana: Vltava
Schumann: Konzertstück for four horns
Brahms: Symphony no.4
Tickets TBA
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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