A Concert, A Cocktail and A Canapé

Òran Mór is delighted to welcome back the Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra to this Spring season of A Concert, A Cocktail and A Canape, whilst also providing a platform for its guests, drawn from the ranks of the best of new Scottish musical talent: the RSNO Junior Chorus, the NYCoS, "NYOS Strings" and students from RSAMD. There are established Scottish composers, some neglected Scottish composeres revisited, commissions for new composers and a wide variety of works from the classical repertoire.

Monday Feb. 4th
Sibelius- Andante Festivo
Britten- Simple Symphony
Dvorak- Serenade

Monday Feb. 11th
Royal Scottish Academy Brass
Conductor Bryan Allen
From Classical to Jazz, serious to lunatic,
a diverse programme
from Henry V111 to the Beach Boys

Monday Feb. 18th
Copland- Appalachian Spring
Thomas Wilson- Pas de Quoi
Bach- Violin Concerto in E Maj
Soloist Justine Watts

Monday Feb. 25th
Warlock- Capriol Suite
Charles O’Brien-Barcarolle Op.4
Handel- Concerto Grosso Op.6 no. 3
Dag Wiren- Serenade

Monday Mar. 3rd
Rachmaninov- Vocalise
Albinoni- Oboe Concerto Op.9 no.2
Soloist Stella McCracken
Shostakovich- 8th Quartet

Monday Mar. 10th
J.B. McEwan- Threnody [arr. Rigby]
Alan Baird- New Work
Richard Strauss- Metamorphosen, for 23 solo strings

Monday Mar. 17th
RSNO Junior Chorus
One of the finest upper voice choirs in Scotland sing
Pergolesi- Stabat Mater
Conductor Christopher Bell


Monday Mar. 24th
Bach- Suite no.3 [Air on a G String]
Thomas Butler- New Work
Walton- Sonata for Strings

Monday Mar. 31st
John Adams- Shaker Loops
Kirsty Blackwood- New Work
Bartok- Divertimento

Monday Apr. 7th
"NYOS Strings"
Scotland’s talented youth play music by Buxton Orr
Edward Harper – New Work

Monday Apr. 14th
Skalkottas- 5 Greek Dances
J. Simon van der Walt- New Work
Britten- Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge

Monday Apr. 21st
National Youth Choir of Scotland
The Edinburgh group of NYCoS
A varied programme of choral music
Conductor Mark Evans

Monday Apr. 28th
Vaughan Williams- Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus
Steve Forman- New Work
Ravel- Quartet [Arr. Strings]

Monday May 5th
Dieci
This acapella group from the RSAMD,
directed by Christopher Hann,
perform works by Tallis, Rachmaninov,
Skempton, Whiteacre and Randy Newman.

Monday May 12th
Sibelius-Swan of Tuonela
Elgar- Sea Pictures.
Soloist mezzo Carolyn Dobbin
Walton- Suite from Henry V



Monday May 16th
Carl Orff- Carmina Burana
Sirens of Titan Choir
With percussion of the RSAMD

Monday May 26th
Barber- Adagio for Strings
Edward McGuire- Viola Concerto
Soloist Catherine Marwood
Handel-Concerto Grosso Op.6 no.5

Monday June 2nd
Vaughan Williams- Prelude to 49th Parallel
Bach- Brandenburg Concerto no.6
Alan MacDiarmid-
Holst- Brook Green Suite

Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Peter Cynfryn Jones.
Artistic Director Gordon Rigby.

“The band, under the baton of Peter Cynfryn Jones, is very fine indeed…. it was exhilarating stuff…. no-one has yet run the ‘rush hour’ concert idea with such style.”


Doors open at 5.15pm
Concert begins at 6.15pm.
Running time approx. 1 hour.

Tickets : £10
Includes Cocktail and canapés.

Tickets can be purchased at the door on the evening or via ticket web
www.ticketweb.co.uk or call 08700 600 100