Upcoming Concerts
Our next concert will be our Spring Concert 2025. This will take place on Saturday 24th May 2025 at 7:30pm in Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh.
Some previous concerts
Saturday 30th November 2024
Beethoven: Zur Namensfeier, Op. 115
Mortimer: Tam O'Shanter - featuring Jack Harris (bass-baritone) and Brigid Maclean (violin)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor (Scottish) Op. 56
Saturday 22nd June 2024 - Joint concert with the Oregon Arts Orchestra
Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn: Overture in C
John Glenesk Mortimer: The St Andrew Concerto
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Saturday 11th May 2024
Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn: Overture in C
John Glenesk Mortimer: The St Andrew Concerto (World Premiere)
Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D major
Saturday 2nd December 2023
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1, Op.138
Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder (Orchestrated by Felix Mottl and Wagner) - soloist Sarah Moore
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor "Tragic", D417
Saturday 13th May 2023
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor K. 466 - soloist Natsuko MacArthur
Sibelius: Symphony no. 3 in C Major, Op. 52
Saturday 26th November 2022
Fauré: Dolly Suite (orchestrated by John Glenesk Mortimer)
Mortimer: Cantata "Rain in Summer" - soloist Barbara Scott
Berlioz: Le spectre de la rose - soloist Barbara Scott
Cilea: Aria "Acerba voluttà" from Adriana Lecouvreur - soloist Barbara Scott
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Saturday 14th May 2022
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra - soloists Sheena Jardine & Frank Glynn
Mortimer: Serenade for Solo Flute and Orchestra - soloist Emma Bull
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (reduced orchestration by John Glenesk Mortimer)
Covid-19 Pandemic
The St Andrew Orchestra, like every other music group in the UK, had to cease rehearsals in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We cancelled the planned concert due to take place in May 2020 and, due to ongoing restrictions, we did not perform in concert in Winter 2020, Spring 2021 and Winter 2021.
Saturday 30th November 2019
Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques Op. 112
Strauss: Concerto in D Major for Oboe and Small Orchestra - soloist Freya Linea Obijon
Bizet: Symphony in C
Saturday 11th May 2019
Haydn: Te Deum with the Edinburgh Bach Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 with the Edinburgh Bach Choir - soloists Beatrix Milan, Barbara Scott, Mike Towers & Douglas Nairne
Saturday 1st December 2018
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri Overture
Gregson: Variations (Premiere)
Mortimer: Concerto Lirico for Double Bass and Orchestra (Premiere) - soloist Margaret Graham
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
Saturday 12th May 2018
Strauss: Overture, Der Zigeunerbaron
Mortimer: Tam O'Shanter - soloists Tom Marshall & Sheena Jardine
Dvorak: Symphony No.7
Saturday 2nd December 2017
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - soloist Julian Asal
Saturday 6th May 2017
Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3
Puccini & Verdi arias - soloist Magdalena Durant
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Saturday 3rd December 2016
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte Overture
Mortimer: Viola Concerto (Premiere) - soloist Brian Schiele
Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D minor
Saturday 21st May 2016
Weber: Der Freischütz Overture
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition (orchestrated by John Glenesk Mortimer)
Sibelius: Violin Concerto - soloist Anne Luisa Kramb
Sunday 29th November 2015
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Dvorak: Cello Concerto - soloist Laura Sergeant
Saturday 2nd May 2015 (also 9th/10th May in Switzerland)
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Beethoven: Violin Romance in F - soloist Noémie Nénert.
Brahms: Schicksalslied with Ensemble Vocal d'Erguël and their conductor Philippe Krüttli
Mortimer: Stabat Mater
Saturday 29th November 2014
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture
Rossini: Aria "Di piacer mi balza il cor" from La Gazza Ladra - soloist Pauline Krüttli
Morimer: Andalucía
Morimer: Tres poemas de Ferderico Garcia Lorca - soprano Pauline Krüttli
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Saturday 10th May 2014
Mozart: Flute Concerto No.1 in G Major - soloist Kate Wake
Mortimer: Five Dances - soloist Kate Wake
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64
Saturday 7th December 2013
Mortimer: Edinburgh Overture (Premiere)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto - soloist Sheena Jardine.
Brahms: Hungarian Dances No. 1, 5, 6 & 7.
Saturday 6th July 2013 in Wurzburg, Germany
Beethoven: Prometheus Overture
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor - soloist Florian Meierott
Saint -Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso - soloist Florian Meierott
Saturday 4th May 2013
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 - soloist Emily Walker
Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D Major
Saturday 8th December 2012
Greig: Peer Gynt Suite No.1
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - soloist Sheena Jardine
Mortimer: Tam o'Shanter (Premiere) - soloists Olivia Mortimer & Sheena Jardine
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor (Scottish)
Saturday 5th May 2012
Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F major
Gregson: Scherzo (premiere)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor - soloist Florian Meierott
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso - soloist Florian Meierott
Saturday 3rd December 2011
Strauss II: Overture to 'Die Fledermaus'
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto - soloist Elliot Longworth
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Saturday 30th April 2011
Verdi: Overture Force of Destiny
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 - soloist Ken Knox
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
The winter of 2010...
The St Andrew Orchestra, like many other groups, had to cancel the planned concert of December 2010 due to the prolonged period of snow and arctic conditions in Edinburgh. We had planned to play the Elgar Serenade for Strings, Mozart Symphony No. 40, and Mortimer Divertimento for Wind Instruments. This was the first time (to our knowledge) that the orchestra missed a concert since the Great War!
Saturday 1st May 2010
Beethoven: Symphony No 3, 'Eroica'
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - soloist Liam Lynch.
Saturday 5th December 2009
Rossini: 'Barber of Seville' Overture
Sarasate: 'Carmen Fantasy' - soloist Florian Meierott
Mortimer: 'Caledonian Concerto' for Violin
Haydn: Symphony No 101 in D Major, 'The Clock'
Meierott: Traubenwalzer for violin and orchestra
May 2009
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1 - soloist Marion Kirton
Dvořák: Symphony No 9
December 2008
Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers Overture
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins – soloists from the orchestra
Mortimer: Percussionissimo – soloists from the Edinburgh Concert Band
Mortimer: Balkan Impressions
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony
May 2008
Chabrier: España
Berlioz: Nuits d’été – soloist Ann Heavens
Franck: Symphony
December 2007
Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture
Mortimer: Contrabassissimo
Monti: Csardas – soloist Margaret Graham
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
May 2007
Rossini: Tancredi Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 – soloist John Willmet
Brahms: Symphony No 1
December 2006
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto – soloist John Peacock
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
............and many more.
Beethoven: Zur Namensfeier, Op. 115
Mortimer: Tam O'Shanter - featuring Jack Harris (bass-baritone) and Brigid Maclean (violin)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor (Scottish) Op. 56
Saturday 22nd June 2024 - Joint concert with the Oregon Arts Orchestra
Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn: Overture in C
John Glenesk Mortimer: The St Andrew Concerto
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Saturday 11th May 2024
Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn: Overture in C
John Glenesk Mortimer: The St Andrew Concerto (World Premiere)
Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D major
Saturday 2nd December 2023
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1, Op.138
Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder (Orchestrated by Felix Mottl and Wagner) - soloist Sarah Moore
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor "Tragic", D417
Saturday 13th May 2023
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor K. 466 - soloist Natsuko MacArthur
Sibelius: Symphony no. 3 in C Major, Op. 52
Saturday 26th November 2022
Fauré: Dolly Suite (orchestrated by John Glenesk Mortimer)
Mortimer: Cantata "Rain in Summer" - soloist Barbara Scott
Berlioz: Le spectre de la rose - soloist Barbara Scott
Cilea: Aria "Acerba voluttà" from Adriana Lecouvreur - soloist Barbara Scott
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Saturday 14th May 2022
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra - soloists Sheena Jardine & Frank Glynn
Mortimer: Serenade for Solo Flute and Orchestra - soloist Emma Bull
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (reduced orchestration by John Glenesk Mortimer)
Covid-19 Pandemic
The St Andrew Orchestra, like every other music group in the UK, had to cease rehearsals in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We cancelled the planned concert due to take place in May 2020 and, due to ongoing restrictions, we did not perform in concert in Winter 2020, Spring 2021 and Winter 2021.
Saturday 30th November 2019
Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques Op. 112
Strauss: Concerto in D Major for Oboe and Small Orchestra - soloist Freya Linea Obijon
Bizet: Symphony in C
Saturday 11th May 2019
Haydn: Te Deum with the Edinburgh Bach Choir
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 with the Edinburgh Bach Choir - soloists Beatrix Milan, Barbara Scott, Mike Towers & Douglas Nairne
Saturday 1st December 2018
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri Overture
Gregson: Variations (Premiere)
Mortimer: Concerto Lirico for Double Bass and Orchestra (Premiere) - soloist Margaret Graham
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
Saturday 12th May 2018
Strauss: Overture, Der Zigeunerbaron
Mortimer: Tam O'Shanter - soloists Tom Marshall & Sheena Jardine
Dvorak: Symphony No.7
Saturday 2nd December 2017
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - soloist Julian Asal
Saturday 6th May 2017
Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3
Puccini & Verdi arias - soloist Magdalena Durant
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Saturday 3rd December 2016
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte Overture
Mortimer: Viola Concerto (Premiere) - soloist Brian Schiele
Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D minor
Saturday 21st May 2016
Weber: Der Freischütz Overture
Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition (orchestrated by John Glenesk Mortimer)
Sibelius: Violin Concerto - soloist Anne Luisa Kramb
Sunday 29th November 2015
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Dvorak: Cello Concerto - soloist Laura Sergeant
Saturday 2nd May 2015 (also 9th/10th May in Switzerland)
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Beethoven: Violin Romance in F - soloist Noémie Nénert.
Brahms: Schicksalslied with Ensemble Vocal d'Erguël and their conductor Philippe Krüttli
Mortimer: Stabat Mater
Saturday 29th November 2014
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture
Rossini: Aria "Di piacer mi balza il cor" from La Gazza Ladra - soloist Pauline Krüttli
Morimer: Andalucía
Morimer: Tres poemas de Ferderico Garcia Lorca - soprano Pauline Krüttli
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Saturday 10th May 2014
Mozart: Flute Concerto No.1 in G Major - soloist Kate Wake
Mortimer: Five Dances - soloist Kate Wake
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64
Saturday 7th December 2013
Mortimer: Edinburgh Overture (Premiere)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto - soloist Sheena Jardine.
Brahms: Hungarian Dances No. 1, 5, 6 & 7.
Saturday 6th July 2013 in Wurzburg, Germany
Beethoven: Prometheus Overture
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor - soloist Florian Meierott
Saint -Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso - soloist Florian Meierott
Saturday 4th May 2013
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 - soloist Emily Walker
Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D Major
Saturday 8th December 2012
Greig: Peer Gynt Suite No.1
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - soloist Sheena Jardine
Mortimer: Tam o'Shanter (Premiere) - soloists Olivia Mortimer & Sheena Jardine
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor (Scottish)
Saturday 5th May 2012
Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F major
Gregson: Scherzo (premiere)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor - soloist Florian Meierott
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso - soloist Florian Meierott
Saturday 3rd December 2011
Strauss II: Overture to 'Die Fledermaus'
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto - soloist Elliot Longworth
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Saturday 30th April 2011
Verdi: Overture Force of Destiny
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 - soloist Ken Knox
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
The winter of 2010...
The St Andrew Orchestra, like many other groups, had to cancel the planned concert of December 2010 due to the prolonged period of snow and arctic conditions in Edinburgh. We had planned to play the Elgar Serenade for Strings, Mozart Symphony No. 40, and Mortimer Divertimento for Wind Instruments. This was the first time (to our knowledge) that the orchestra missed a concert since the Great War!
Saturday 1st May 2010
Beethoven: Symphony No 3, 'Eroica'
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - soloist Liam Lynch.
Saturday 5th December 2009
Rossini: 'Barber of Seville' Overture
Sarasate: 'Carmen Fantasy' - soloist Florian Meierott
Mortimer: 'Caledonian Concerto' for Violin
Haydn: Symphony No 101 in D Major, 'The Clock'
Meierott: Traubenwalzer for violin and orchestra
May 2009
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1 - soloist Marion Kirton
Dvořák: Symphony No 9
December 2008
Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers Overture
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins – soloists from the orchestra
Mortimer: Percussionissimo – soloists from the Edinburgh Concert Band
Mortimer: Balkan Impressions
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony
May 2008
Chabrier: España
Berlioz: Nuits d’été – soloist Ann Heavens
Franck: Symphony
December 2007
Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture
Mortimer: Contrabassissimo
Monti: Csardas – soloist Margaret Graham
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
May 2007
Rossini: Tancredi Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 – soloist John Willmet
Brahms: Symphony No 1
December 2006
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto – soloist John Peacock
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances
............and many more.
