Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra CONCERT SEASON 2019-2020

Including our spring series of three concerts:  A Voyage around Europe  Northern Lights – Grieg, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky Mediterranean Sunshine – De Falla, Rodrigo, Chabrier Voices from the East – Kodály, Smetana also Brahms: Double concerto for violin and cello Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto and symphony no. 4

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CSO Registered Charity No. 1165359 The Virtuoso Violin Pump Room Saturday 12 October 2019, 7.30pm GL52 3JE

Weber Overture: Der Freischütz Tchaikovsky Violin concerto soloist: Michael Foyle Brahms Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90

Tickets £17 reserved, £14 unreserved. Full-time students 50%; age 18 and under are free. From the Town Hall box office (0844 576 2210), www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk and at the door.

In support of Farmers Overseas Action Group (www.foag.org)

Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Pershore Abbey Saturday 30 November 2019, 7.30pm Pershore WR10 1BB

Grieg Peer Gynt Suite no. 1 Glazunov Concerto for saxophone soloist: Lydia Kenny Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 in B minor: Pathétique

Tickets £16, including free drink. Students £8, children 15 and under are free. From the FOAG office (01886 853295) and from [email protected].

A Voyage around Europe: Northern Lights Saturday 25 January 2020, 7.30pm Cheltenham GL52 3JE

Grieg Peer Gynt Suite no. 1 Sibelius Symphony no. 7 in C major Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 1: Winter Dreams

Tickets £17 reserved, £14 unreserved. Full-time students 50%; age 18 and under are free. From the Town Hall box office (0844 576 2210), www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk and at the door.

A Voyage around Europe: Mediterranean Sunshine Saturday 14 March 2020, 7.30pm Pittville Pump Room Cheltenham GL52 3JE

De Falla Ritual Fire Dance Chabrier España Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez guitarist: Craig Ogden Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol

Tickets £17 reserved, £14 unreserved. Full-time students 50%; age 18 and under are free. From the Town Hall box office (0844 576 2210), www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk and at the door.

A Voyage around Europe: Voices from the East Pittville Pump Room Saturday 9 May 2020, 7.30pm Cheltenham GL52 3JE

Brahms Hungarian Dances nos. 1-4 Kodály Dances of Galánta Smetana Má Vlast nos. 1-4

Tickets £17 reserved, £14 unreserved. Full-time students 50%; age 18 and under are free. From the Town Hall box office (0844 576 2210), www.cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk and at the door.

Classical Masterworks Cheltenham Town Hall Saturday 27 June 2020, 7.30pm Cheltenham GL50 1QA

Beethoven Overture: Egmont Brahms Double concerto soloists: Benjamin Baker (violin) Michael Petrov (cello) Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36

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