Dunblane Chamber Orchestra

Sunday November 17th 2019

Victoria Halls, Dunblane

Conductor: Robert Baxter

Leader: Carolyn Sparey

Soloist: Jess McFarlane - Trumpet

Beethoven Coriolan Overture

Neruda Trumpet Concerto

Witt Nonet for winds and double bass

Beethoven Symphony No.1

Sunday 6th October 2019

Victoria Halls, Dunblane

Community Play Day

This event was supported by the Co-Op and Stirling Council

Sunday 26th May 2019

Victoria Halls, Dunblane

Conductor: Robert Baxter

Leader: Carolyn Sparey

Soloists: Teresa Romāo & Konrad Fiszer

Mozart Overture La clemenza di Tito

Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp

A wind piece

Schubert Symphony No. 3

Sunday 19th November 2017
Dunblane High School
Conductors: Robert Baxter, Matthew Brown
Leader: Lois Stewart
Handel Water Music
Schubert Mass in G
Thompson Alleluia
Beethoven Symphony no 8

Sunday 18th November, 2018

Victoria Halls, Dunblane

Conductor: Robert Baxter

Leader: Carolyn Sparey

Soloist: Peter Alexander

Mozart Don Giovanni overture

Bizet Carmen Suite for winds

Mendelssohn Aria from 'Elijah'

Haydn Aria from 'The Creation'

Mozart Aria from 'Don Giovanni'

Rossini Aria from 'The Barber of Seville'

Haydn Symphony No. 103

10th Anniversary Concert 27th May 2018

Victoria Halls, Dunblane

Conductor: Robert Baxter

Leader: Carolyn Sparey

Soloist: Ayman Jarjour

Boyce Symphony no 5

Winds

Roderigo Concierto de Aranjuez

Sparey Comharrachadh

Arriaga Symphony

Sunday 28th May 2017

Dunblane High School,

Conductor: Robert Baxter

Soloist: David Breingan & Lorna Holl

Leader: Carolyn Sparey

Dvorak Czech Suite

Krommer Concerto for two clarinets

Dvorak Nocturne in B major

Rosetti Symphony in D major

Sunday, 29th May 2016

Victoria Halls, Dunblane

Conductor: Robert Baxter

Soloist: Mark Wilson, Violin

Leader: Carolyn Sparey

Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style

Puccini: Chrysathemums

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

Gouvy: Petite Suite Gauloise

Schubert: Symphony no 2

13th November 2016

Dunblane High School

Conductor: Robert Baxter

Leader: Carolyn Sparey

Schubert - Entr’actes from Rosamunde

Mozart - Overture Der Schauspieldirektor for Wind Octet

Beethoven - Overture Leonora No.3

MacCunn - The Land of the Mountain and Flood

Bor - Eine Kleine bricht Moonlicht Nicht Musik for Strings

Scots Songs

Sunday November 15th 2015, Dunblane cathedral

Conductor: John McGonigle

Leader: Carolyn Sparey

Soloist: Kevin Duggan

Delibes: Le roi s'amuse

Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Timps and Strings

Faure: Pavane

Saint Saens: Suite for Orchestra op 49

Sunday, May 31st, 2015 7pm

Victoria Halls,

Conductor: Robert Baxter

Leader: Carolyn Sparey

Soloist: Peter Wesley, Bassoon

Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 12

Raff Sinfonietta for winds

Vivaldi Concerto for Bassoon in A minor

Ruth Gipps ‘Leviathan’ for Contrabassoon

Haydn Symphony No. 99 in Eflat

Sunday, May 25th, 2014

19:00, Victoria Halls

Conductor: Mark Wilson,

Chris Sergeant, Double bass

Programme:

Mendelssohn: "Hebrides" Overture

Grieg: Holberg Suite

Bottesini: Bass Concerto

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Mozart: Symphony No. 38 "Prague"

Sunday, November 16th, 2014, 19:00

Dunblane High School

Conductor: Mark WIlson

Leader: Gail Digney

Soloist: Lynne Bulmer, Flute

Programme including:

Beethoven: Overture "Coriolan"

Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus (selection)

Mozart: Flute Concerto

Arensky: Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky

Sunday, June 2nd, 2013: 19:00.

Dunblane High School.

Summer Concert:

"Invitation to the Dance"

Lorna Holl, Clarinet

Mark Wilson, Conductor

Carolyn Sparey, Leader

Programme to include:

Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes

Bartok: Romanian Dances

Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 (Soloist: Lorna Holl)

Mozart: Symphony No. 39

Sunday, Nov 24th, 2013

7pm

Victoria Halls, Dunblane

Dunblane Chamber Orchestra

Mark Wilson: Conductor and violin soloist

"Of canons, clocks and concertos"

Programme:

Beethoven: Overture "Prometheus"

Faure: Pavane

Bach: Concerto E Major (played and directed by Mark Wilson)

Pachelbel: Canon

Haydn: Symphony No. 101: The Clock

May 27th, 2012, 19:00:

Victoria Halls, Dunblane

"On wings of Song"

Gordon Wilson, Tenor
Mark Wilson, violin and Conductor
Ian Wilson Conductor (the Lark Ascending)

Vaughan- Williams' "Fantasia on Greensleeves",
Elgar's "Chanson de Matin",
Vaughan- Williams' "The Lark ascending"
*World Premieres* songs for Tenor and Chamber orchestra by the composers Ian Wilson and Michael Csanyi- Wills, with lyrics from A.E Houseman's "A Shropshire Lad".

Saturday August 18th, 2012. 19:30
Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church,
Albert Place, Stirling FK8 2RG

Nina Kopparhed, soprano

Mark Wilson, Conductor

Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No. 2

Elgar, Serenade for Strings
Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate
Mozart: Selections from "the Magic flute" Arr. Heidenreich for wind ensemble
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Arr A. Campbell for wind ensemble
L. van Beethoven: Octet for wind instruments in Eb, Op. 103

Sunday, November 18th, 2012. 19:00
Queen Victoria School,Dunblane.

Peter Alexander, Piano

Mark Wilson, Conductor

Carolyn Sparey, Leader

Haydn "Military" Symphony*
Mozart: Piano concerto No. 17
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Music from "Schindler's List
Highland Cathedral*

*featuring pipers from the Victoria School, Dunblane

Part of the proceeds from this concert will go to Help for Heroes

May 29th, 2011: Victoria Halls, Dunblane
"Masters of Music"
Mark Wilson, Conductor

Schubert: Overture in Italian Style

Mozart: Magic Flute Suite

Warlock: Capriol Suite

Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major

November 27th, 2011, 19:00: Victoria Halls, Dunblane.

"An Austrian in Paris"

Martin Murphy, French Horn
Nina Kopparhed, soprano
Mark Wilson, Conductor

Mozart: Horn Concerto

Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate

Mozart: Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

music by Lennox Berkeley.

June 20th, 2010: Victoria Halls, Dunblane.

Laura Sergeant, cello
Mark Wilson, Conductor

Delius: Two pieces for small orchestra
Haydn: Cello concerto D Major
Suk: Meditation on an old Bohemian Chorale,
Mozart: Symphony No. 40

November 21st, 2010: Victoria Halls, Dunblane

Carolyn Sparey, Viola
Mark Wilson, Conductor

Beethoven: Wind Octet
Britten: Lachrymae
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 1 in C
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 (London)

June 28th, 2009: Victoria Halls, Dunblane

"Midsummer Fantasy"
with Grant Golding trumpet
Alistair Warwick conductor

Mozart: Divertimento in D K136
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D
Copland: Quiet City
Haydn: Symphony No 85 in B flat "La Reine"

September 20th, 2009: Victoria Halls, Dunblane.

"Mainly Mozart"

Martin Davies, piano

Conductor: Mark Wilson

Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 1
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, K488
Holst: St Paul's Suite
Mozart: Symphony No. 35: "Haffner"

June 22nd 2008 Dunblane Cathedral Hall
Conductor Alistair Warwick
Soloist Simon Rendell

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mozart
Gabriel's Oboe Morricone
Serenade for Strings Elgar
Oboe Concerto Pergolesi
Simple Symphony Britten

November 9th, 2008: Victoria Halls, Dunblane
"Nocturnes for an Autumn Evening"
with Carron Shankland clarinet
Alistair Warwick conductor

Grieg: Holberg Suite

Mackenzie: Benedictus
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Mozart: Serenade in C minor
Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat

Blowing our own trumpet!

Dunblane Chamber Orchestra was formed in 2008 and is made up of experienced players from Dunblane and the surrounding area.

The orchestra gives two concerts a year in May and November, performing familiar and lesser known works to an appreciative audience.

Building on the 2020/21 successful winter zoom rehearsals and followed by small ensembles during the summer of 2021, we look forward to more "Miniature" sessions for DCO players to getogether in 2022 outside of the two main concerts.

We held our first Community Play Day for adults in 2019 and then sadly the events scheduled for 2020 and 2021 had to be cancelled due to Covid.

The next Community Play Day is in October 2022.

Our programmes can be viewed on the Concerts page and there is a complete list of works played to date on the Repertoire page.

Players subscription - £20 per concert, free to students and first time players.

If you are interested in joining the orchestra phone/text 07535 143936

To make a donation/legacy phone/text the Treasurer 07718 926619

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