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For a history of the orchestra and concert programmes 1953-2002, please see the History page.
History

Sunday 5th March 2023
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Photos by Julian Wang

Sunday 20th November 2022
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​Photos by Pavan Bangalore

Sunday 11th May 2022

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Photos by Fraser Band
​www.fraserband.co.uk

Poster from a painting by Ans Critchley

Saturday 13th Nov 2021

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After an absence of 21 months, PSO returns with its first (socially-distant) post-pandemic concert.


Photos by Jeff Gunnell

Saturday 14th Feb 2020
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Surfing ahead of the gathering storm, more than 200 performers from ​PSO, PYO and P&K Schools Choir assemble on stage together. 
3 weeks later, the country enters lockdown. 

​Photos by Jeff Gunnell
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November 9th 2019
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Photos by Jeff Gunnell


2nd March 2019
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Photos by Jeff Gunnell.

10th November 2018

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​Photos by Jeff Gunnell

21st April 2018
(Postponed from the snowed-off concert, scheduled 3rd March)
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​Photos by Jeff Gunnell

11th November 2017
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​Photos by Jeff Gunnell
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4th March 2017
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Photos by Jeff Gunnell

12th November 2016

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Photos by Jeff Gunnell

27th February 2016

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After the interval, PSO was joined by PYO to perform
John Williams: Music from Star Wars 
John Powell: Music from How to Train Your Dragon
Arturo Márquez: Danzón no.2 
Ronan Hardiman: Lord of the Dance



​Photos by Jeff Gunnell

14th November 2015



​Photos by Jeff Gunnell

28th February 2015
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​Photos by Mike Bell

15th November 2014
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Photos by Mike Bell

1st March 2014
60th Anniversary Concert

The concert was announced on Classic FM, prompting Perth Symphony Orchestra Western Australia to send a birthday message! Thanks PSO Oz!

Programme:

Fanfare for the Common Man - Copland
Perthshire Suite - commissioned for the occasion by the Royal Conservatoire Scotland
An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise - Maxwell Davies (Piper - Finn Moore)
Scottish Dances - Arnold
Tahiti Trot - Shostakovich
Blue Danube, Thunder & Lightening Polka - Strauss
Satchmo! - A Tribute to Louis Armstrong (arr Ted Ricket)
Photos by Mike Bell

17th Feb 2013
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After the interval:
Salute to the Cinema - Various, arr Strommen
Williams (arr. Brubaker) - Harry Potter Symphonic Suite
Schonberg (arr. Lowden) - Selections from Les Mis
Shore (arr. Whitney) - Suite From Lord of the Rings
Various (arr. Custer) - Themes from 007
Photos by Mike Bell

10th November 2012

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​Photos by Mike Bell

26th February 2012
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​Photos by Mike Bell

19th Nov 2011
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Photos by Mike Bell

19th Feb 2011
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    Photos by Mike Bell

20th November 2010
St Ninian's Cathedral 

Handel = Music for the Royal Fireworks

Barber=Knoxville = Summer of 2015 Soprano Soloist Natalie Montakhab

Schubert - Symphony no. 4



​Photos by Mike Bell

27th February 2010

PSO performing with a Children's Chorus from Viewlands Primary and the Queen Symphony Chorus

Robert W. Smith - The Inferno and Purgatorio
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Tolga Kashif - The Queen Symphony



​Photos by Mike Bell

rd November 2009

Dvorak - Carnival Overture
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings
Borodin - Symphony No 2






​Photos by Mike Bell


28th February 2009
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​Photos by Mike Bell

23rd November 2008
with Michael O'Donnell, oboe
  
Verdi - Overture Nabucco
Butterworth - Rhapsody 'A Shropshire Lad'
Marcello - Concerto in D minor for Oboe & Strings
Beethoven - Symphony 3 "Eroica"




Photos by Mike Bell

23rd November 2008
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Photos by Mike Bell

17th Nov 2007
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​Photos by Mike Bell

25th February 2007
compere Neil Metcalfe, Lorna McGovern violin
Rossini William Tell Overture (theme to the Lone Ranger), Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite,
Hans Zimmer 
Themes from Gladiator
John Williams Theme from Shindler's list featuring violin soloist Lorna McGovern
Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan,
​Harry Potter Symphonic Suite
James Bond Medley arr. Lopez  
Tribute to Mancini arr. Custer 
Photos by Mike Bell

18th Nov 2006
Kimberley Boyle, Flute
Mendelssohn - Overture The Hebrides
Mozart Flute - Concerto #1 in G
Shostakovich - Symphony #5 in D min




Photos by Mike Bell

25th Feb 2006
with David O'Connell, Cello
Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
Elgar - Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky - Sumphony No 2 'Little Russian'




Photos by Mike Bell

27th Nov 2005
with Linda Merrick, Clarinet
and Alasdair Beatson, Piano
Sibelius - Finlandia
John McLeod - Clarinet Concerto
Bizet - Suite from the Fair Maid of Perth
Greig - Piano Concerto
Brahms - Hungarian Dances Ns 3 & 6
Photos by Mike Bell

6th March 2005 
with Philip Alexander, Clarinet
Weber - Overture 'Der Freischutz'
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Britten - Soirees Musicales
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Photo by Mike Bell

14th November 2004
with Kennedy Leitch, Cello
Rossini - Thieving Magpie Overture
Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 5
Brahms - Symphony No 1 in C minor



Photos by Mike Bell

28th February 2004  Mediterranean Magic
with The Edinburgh Guitar Quartet
Verdi - Overture 'The Force of Destiny'
Rodrigo - Concierto Andaluz for four guitars
Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
Chabrier - Espana
Rodrigo - Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez
Elgar - Sevillana
Ravel - Bolero





Photos by Mike Bell

9th November 2003  50th Anniversary Concert
with John Wallace, Trumpet
Elaine Stewart - Fanfare
Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Hummel - Trumpet Concerto
Shostakovich - Romance from The Gadfly
Jerome Moross - The Big Country
Leroy Anderson - Bugler's Holiday
Scott Skinner arr. Dalby - Cradle Song
Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings Suite
Eric Coates - The Dam Busters March


Photos by Louis Flood

February 2003 
Opera and Ballet Music 
with special guests Donald Maxwell and Linda Ormiston
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Mozart - La Ci Darem la Mano (Don Giovanni)
Mozart - Voi che sapete (Marriage of Figaro)
Kalman - Komm mit Nach Varasdin (Grafin Maritza)
Massenet - Ballet Suite from Le Cid (extracts)
J Strauss - Overture 'Die Fledermaus'
Gilbert and Sullivan - Am I alone? : Sad that is a woman's lot: So go to him (Patience)
Verdi - Quartet (Rigoletto)
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Ballet Suite: Introduction, Dance of the Swans, Waltz 

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November 2002
Handel - Overture from the music for the Royal Fireworks
Elgar - Wand of Youth Suite No. 1
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance March 4
Holst - The Planets

23rd Feb 2002 
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​Photos by Mike Bell

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