The Kelvin Ensemble

Upcoming Events

25th February 2012- Bute Hall - Conductor: Chris Swaffer
  • Sibelius - Finlandia
  • Nielsen - Seven Dances from Aladdin
  • Sibelius - Symphony No.2
  • Details of rehearsals and social events can be found on the members' page.

    Past Concerts

    Sunday 27th November 2011 - Glasgow University Chapel - Conductor: Oliver Rundell

  • MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood
  • Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture, ("Fingals Cave")
  • Arnold - Tam O'Shanter Overture
  • Mendelssohn - Symphony No.3, ("The Scottish Symphony")
  • Saturday 26th February 2011 - Bute Hall - 20th Annivesary Concert - Conductor: Chris Swaffer

  • Stravinsky - Greeting Prelude
  • Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto (Soloist: Tamas Fejes)
  • Holst - The Planets Suite
  • November 2010 - Bute Hall - Conductor: Tommy Fowler

  • Humperdinck - Prelude from "Hansel and Gretel"
  • Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
  • Ravel - Mother Goose
  • Prokofiev - "Troika" from "Lieutenant Kije"
  • Delius - Sleigh Ride
  • Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite
  • February 2010 - Bute Hall - Conductor: Chris Swaffer

  • Pre-concert talk by Howard Blake with a first performance of "Speiltrieb", performed by the Edinburgh Quartet
  • John Adams - Lollapalooza
  • Howard Blake - Diversions: Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra (Soloist:Heather Corbett)
  • Prokofiev - Symphony No.5
  • November 2009 - Glasgow University Chapel - Conductor: Gareth John

  • Shostakovich - Festive Overture
  • Borodin - Polovtsian Dances
  • Borodin - Steppes in Central Asia
  • Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel) - Pictures at an Exhibition
  • 21st February 2009 - Bute Hall - Conductor: Justin Fung

  • Mark Davis - Beginnings
  • Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite
  • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4
  • 2 December 2008 - Bute Hall - Conductor: Chris Swaffer

  • Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • Shore - Lord of the Rings
  • Blake - The Snowman (with Juliet Cadzow)
  • Williams - ET Main Theme
  • Williams - Jurassic Park
  • Williams - Harry Potter
  • orch. Willcocks - Five Christmas Carols
  • Anderson - Sleigh Ride
  • November 2008 - Conductor: Gareth John

  • Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Copland - Hoe Down from Rodeo
  • Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (soloist Jennifer MacRitchie
  • Dvorak - New World Symphony
  • February 23rd 2008 - Conductor: Kenneth Woods

  • Wagner - Overture to Rienzi
  • Bloch - Schelmo (soloist Barbara Misiewicz)
  • Sibelius - Symphony No.2
  • 2nd December 2007 - Glasgow University Choral Society Concert - Conductor: Marjory Rycroft - Bute Hall

  • Haydn - the Creation
  • 17th November 2007 - Conductors: Gareth John

  • Elgar - Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra
  • Strauss - Suite for 13 Winds in B flat major
  • Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
  • Haydn - Symphony No.104 in D Major
  • 18th March 2007 - Thomas Coates Memorial Concert - Thomas Coates Memorial Church, Paisley - Conductor: Gordon Munro

  • Sibelius - Finlandia
  • Sibelius - The Captive Queen
  • Elgar - Te Deum & Benedictus
  • Schubert - Mass No.5 in Ab
  • 2nd March 2007 - Bute Hall and 3rd March 2007 - Greyfriars Kirk (Edinburgh) with Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: William Conway

  • Martin Suckling - Mosaic
  • Elgar - Sea Pictures (soloist: Susan Boyd)
  • Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  • 2nd December 2006 - Bute Hall - Conductor: Kenneth Woods

  • Tommy Fowler - 15th Anniversary Commission
  • Walton - Viola Concerto (soloist: Veronika Toth)
  • Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
  • 19th March 2006 - Thomas Coates Memorial Concert - Thomas Coates Memorial Church, Paisley - Conductor: Myra Soutar

  • Verdi - Stabat Mater (from "Four Sacred Pieces")
  • Brahms - A German Requiem
  • 11th March 2006 - Mozart 250th Anniversary Concert - Glasgow University Chapel - Conductor: Marjory Rycroft

  • Mozart - Church Sonata No.12 in C
  • Mozart - Church Sonata No.14 in C
  • Mozart - Mass in C minor
  • 18th February 2006 - Glasgow University Memorial Chapel - Conductor: John Moore

  • Beethoven - Egmont Overture
  • Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor (piano: Jennifer MacRitchie)
  • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.5 in E minor
  • 4th December 2005 - Glasgow University Chapel - Conductor: James Grossmith

  • Dohnanyi - Szeged Mass (Scottish Premiere)
  • Vaughan Williams - Job, A Masque for Dancing
  • 20th March 2005 - Thomas Coates Concert - Thomas Coates Memorial Church, Paisley

  • Dvorak - Te Deum
  • Jean Sharrock - Gloria
  • Mozart - Requiem
  • 11th March 2005 - Glasgow University Music Club 50th Anniversary - Bute Hall - Conductor: Marjory Rycroft

  • Haydn - Symphony No.100 "Military"
  • 4th/5th March - with Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: William Conway - Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh/Bute Hall

  • Stravinsky - Symphonies of Winds
  • Glasunov - Saxophone Concerto (saxophone - Andrew Somerville
  • Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
  • 4th December 2004 - Bute Hall - Conductor: Bashar Lulua

  • Matthew Taylor - The Needles Overture (Scottish Premiere)
  • Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Violin and Viola (Violin - Feargus Hetherington, Viola - Alexa Beattie
  • Brahms - Symphony No.2

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