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For a history of the orchestra and concert programmes 1953-2002, please see the History page.
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Saturday 2nd March 2024
Photos by Jeff Gunnell |
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Saturday 11th Nov 2023
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Choir Director was Zoe Perman; Compère was Joe Whiteman.
Programme included: Sibelius: Finlandia; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Mars & Jupiter from Holst: Planet Suite; Hans Zimmer: Earth; Offenbach: Allegro from Orpheus; Moross: The Big Country Theme; Morricone: Gabriel's Oboe; Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven; Lloyd Webber: A Concert Celebration; Lin-Manuel Miranda: Suite from Hamilton; Williams: Dry your tears, Afrika.
Programme included: Sibelius: Finlandia; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Mars & Jupiter from Holst: Planet Suite; Hans Zimmer: Earth; Offenbach: Allegro from Orpheus; Moross: The Big Country Theme; Morricone: Gabriel's Oboe; Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven; Lloyd Webber: A Concert Celebration; Lin-Manuel Miranda: Suite from Hamilton; Williams: Dry your tears, Afrika.
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Sunday 5th March 2023
Photos by Julian Wang |
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Sunday 20th November 2022
Photos by Pavan Bangalore
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Sunday 11th May 2022
Photos by Fraser Band
www.fraserband.co.uk Poster from a painting by Ans Critchley |
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Saturday 13th Nov 2021
After an absence of 21 months, PSO returns with its first (socially-distant) post-pandemic concert.
Photos by Jeff Gunnell |
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Saturday 29th Feb 2020
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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2nd March 2019
Photos by Jeff Gunnell. |
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10th November 2018
Photos by Jeff Gunnell |
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21st April 2018
(Postponed from the snowed-off concert, scheduled 3rd March) 
Photos by Jeff Gunnell |
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11th November 2017
Photos by Jeff Gunnell |
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4th March 2017
Photos by Jeff Gunnell |
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12th November 2016
Photos by Jeff Gunnell |
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27th February 2016
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 2015Photos by Jeff Gunnell |
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28th February 2015
Photos by Mike Bell |
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15th November 2014
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Photos by Mike Bell
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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
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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
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10th November 2012
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Photos by Mike Bell |
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26th February 2012
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Photos by Mike Bell
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19th Nov 2011
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Photos by Mike Bell
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19th Feb 2011
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Photos by Mike Bell
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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 |
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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 Tolga Kashif - The Queen Symphony |
Photos by Mike Bell |
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rd November 2009
Dvorak - Carnival Overture Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings Borodin - Symphony No 2 Photos by Mike Bell |
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28th February 2009
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Photos by Mike Bell |
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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 |
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23rd November 2008
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Photos by Mike Bell
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17th Nov 2007
Photos by Mike Bell |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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23rd Feb 2002
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Photos by Mike Bell |
