St Andrews Chamber Orchestra schedule

2026/27 programmes

Semester one

Programme one: full orchestra

Dvorak - Wind Serenade

Schubert – Unfinished Symphony

Britten – Serenade for tenor, horn and strings

              Ross Donaldson (horn), James Gilchrist (tenor)

Rehearsals

  • Sunday 13 September 6pm-9pm tutti playthrough
  • Friday 2 October 7pm-10pm
  • Saturday 3 October 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm
  • Sunday 4 October 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm
  • Friday 9 October 7pm-10pm
  • Saturday 10 October 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm
  • Sunday 11 October 2pm rehearsal, 4pm CONCERT

Programme two: reduced orchestra TBC

Sally Beamish – Prospero for brass and percussion

Rory Boyle – Farnaby and Byrd Revisited

Paul Max Edlin – Sounds and Sweet Ayres

  • Friday 30 October 7pm-10pm tutti
  • Sunday 8 November 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm tutti
  • Wednesday 11 November 1pm CONCERT

Semester two

Fanny Mendelssohn – Overture in C

Schumann – Cello Concerto

              Rhona Pryce (cello)

Dvorak – Symphony No. 8

  • Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 January, The Burn Residential Weekend
  • Sunday 7 February 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm
  • Friday 12 February 7pm-10pm
  • Saturday 13 February 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm
  • Sunday 14 February 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm
  • Friday 19 February 7pm-10pm
  • Saturday 20 February 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm
  • Sunday 21 February 2pm rehearsal, 4pm concert

Saturday 20 March and Sunday 21 March 2027: Rachmaninoff concertos no. 3 and no. 4