EVENTS
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Tomintoul Hall, Friday 26th April 2024
at 7:30pm
Tradition and Tale
Join Cairngorms Orchestra for a family-friendly concert of music full of storytelling and imagination. Scottish tunes and music inspired by our landscape will combine with a selection of Dvorak’s toe-tapping Slavonic Dances in the first half. After the interval, we will then play in its entirety Prokofiev’s much-loved “symphonic tale for children”, Peter and the Wolf –
a fantastic and colourful introduction to the instruments of the orchestra!
PROGRAMME
Roberton, arr. Gaw: A Taste of the Isles
Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness
Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” Overture
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances selection: op.72 no.3, op.72 no.6, op.46 no.2, op.46 no. 8
INTERVAL
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (Narrator: Alison Bardgett)
Tickets payable at the door are £10 Adult, £5 concession, Children free
at 7:30pm
Tradition and Tale
Join Cairngorms Orchestra for a family-friendly concert of music full of storytelling and imagination. Scottish tunes and music inspired by our landscape will combine with a selection of Dvorak’s toe-tapping Slavonic Dances in the first half. After the interval, we will then play in its entirety Prokofiev’s much-loved “symphonic tale for children”, Peter and the Wolf –
a fantastic and colourful introduction to the instruments of the orchestra!
PROGRAMME
Roberton, arr. Gaw: A Taste of the Isles
Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness
Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” Overture
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances selection: op.72 no.3, op.72 no.6, op.46 no.2, op.46 no. 8
INTERVAL
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (Narrator: Alison Bardgett)
Tickets payable at the door are £10 Adult, £5 concession, Children free
Nethy Hall, 26th June 2024
Summer Seas and Forest Murmurs time TBC For our annual summer concert, Cairngorms Orchestra presents a programme of music inspired by nature and the outdoors. Prokofiev’s colourful forest tale, Peter and the Wolf, features alongside evocative pieces by British composers Arnold Bax and Percy Whitlock, and the evening culminates in four of Dvorak’s superb orchestral dances which reflect the sounds and peoples of his homelands. PROGRAMME Whitlock: Ballet of the Wood Creatures Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (Narrator: Alison Bardgett) INTERVAL Roberton, arr. Gaw: A Taste of the Isles Bax: Summer Music Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: op.72 no.3, op.72 no.6, op.46 no.2, op.46 no.8 Tickets payable at the door are £10 Adult, £5 concession, Children free |
PAST EVENTS
A Winter Miscellany
Cairngorm Orchestra’s winter concert includes music by Coleridge-Taylor, Delius, and Mozart, and features Bartok’s evocative and colourful suite Hungarian Pictures. And we are especially thrilled to be joined by Strathspey’s much-loved community choir “Belle Voce” for festive music and carols in the second half.
The concert is on Saturday 2nd December at 7pm in Boat of Garten Community Hall.
Tickets are pay at the door, £10 adults, £5 concession and under 18s free of charge.
Cairngorm Orchestra’s winter concert includes music by Coleridge-Taylor, Delius, and Mozart, and features Bartok’s evocative and colourful suite Hungarian Pictures. And we are especially thrilled to be joined by Strathspey’s much-loved community choir “Belle Voce” for festive music and carols in the second half.
The concert is on Saturday 2nd December at 7pm in Boat of Garten Community Hall.
Tickets are pay at the door, £10 adults, £5 concession and under 18s free of charge.
Music from Town and Country
Saturday 25th March 2023 - 7:30 pm
Newtonmore Village Hall
Tickets – Adult £10, Students and concessions £5, Under 18 free
Bring in the spring with Cairngorms Orchestra!
Featuring a town and country theme, our March concert combines Haydn’s “London” Symphony no.104 and Copland’s peaceful music from the 1940 film Our Town with a suite of sunny rural gems by Emmanuel Chabrier and the twinkling Libertango from Astor Piazzolla.
Saturday 25th March 2023 - 7:30 pm
Newtonmore Village Hall
Tickets – Adult £10, Students and concessions £5, Under 18 free
Bring in the spring with Cairngorms Orchestra!
Featuring a town and country theme, our March concert combines Haydn’s “London” Symphony no.104 and Copland’s peaceful music from the 1940 film Our Town with a suite of sunny rural gems by Emmanuel Chabrier and the twinkling Libertango from Astor Piazzolla.
Saturday 26 November 2022
Boat of Garten Community Hall
7.30pm
Orchestral fireworks!
Join Cairngorms Orchestra for a family-friendly programme of upbeat tunes from the Classical period to the present day, featuring Beethoven’s titanic Symphony No.1, Angerer’s twinkling Toy Symphony, and film music from Disney favourites and Star Wars. The concert will conclude with some festive items to mark the start of the Advent season.
Tickets (on the door) – Adult £10
Students and concessions £5
Under 18 free
Boat of Garten Community Hall
7.30pm
Orchestral fireworks!
Join Cairngorms Orchestra for a family-friendly programme of upbeat tunes from the Classical period to the present day, featuring Beethoven’s titanic Symphony No.1, Angerer’s twinkling Toy Symphony, and film music from Disney favourites and Star Wars. The concert will conclude with some festive items to mark the start of the Advent season.
Tickets (on the door) – Adult £10
Students and concessions £5
Under 18 free
Saturday 11 April 2020
Aberdeen Music Hall The orchestra was due to perform with Paul Anderson "Hielan’ Ways Symphony" Cancelled due to the pandemic aberdeenperformingarts.com |
Thursday 7 May 2020
Badenoch Centre, Kingussie - 7pm "Invitation to the Dance" We were so looking forward to this event, but...... Cancelled due to the pandemic Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance (arr. Berlioz) Dvorak: Slavonic Dance, op.46 no.7 Malcolm Arnold: 4 Scottish Dances Johann Strauss II: Bitte schön Polka INTERVAL Beethoven: Minuets WoO 7, nos.1, 7, 11 Leroy Anderson: Blue Tango Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake: No.1 Scene No.3 Danse des cygnes No.5 Czardas Act 3 No.21 Spanish Dance Johann Strauss II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube |
6 December 2019
Inverallan Church, Grantown - 7pm Christmas Concert Join Cairngorms Orchestra for our annual Christmas concert of festive classics - Les Patineurs " The Skaters's Waltz" by Emile Waldteufel Troika by Sergi Prokofiev Christmas Overture by S. Coleridge-Taylor Old Christmas Music arranged by Philip Lane Cowboy Carol by Malcolm Sargent - joined by Grantown Primary School Soundstart Traditional Christmas Carols to sing along to Tickets £8 on the door, children free Festive refreshments will be served |
8 December 2019
Badenoch Centre, Spey Street KINGUSSIE PH21 1EH - 3pm Christmas Concert 2 Join Cairngorms Orchestra for our annual Christmas concert of festive classics - Les Patineurs " The Skaters's Waltz" by Emile Waldteufel Troika by Sergi Prokofiev Christmas Overture by S. Coleridge-Taylor Old Christmas Music arranged by Philip Lane Cowboy Carol by Malcolm Sargent - joined by Aviemore Primary School Choir Traditional Christmas Carols to sing along to Tickets £8 on the door, children free Festive refreshments will be served |
Fiddler of Strathspey Festival
Friday 20 Sept 2019 Boat of Garten Community Hall 7pm The orchestra will play Paul Anderson’s remarkable Hielan’ Ways Symphony More info and tickets (£15) at fiddlerofstrathspey.co.uk Sunday 22 Sept 2019 Marquee on the Square - Grantown 3pm |
Friday 24 May 2019
À Paris Cairngorms Orchestra will be joined by cellist Katy Bell for a Parisian celebration, featuring music written about or inspired by the French capital. Programme - Petite Suite Claude Debussy (orch. Henri Büsser) Élégie Gabriel Fauré Allegro Appassionato Camille Saint-Saëns INTERVAL Symphony No.31 “Paris” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Paris Suite Haydn Wood Boat of Garten Community Hall 7.30pm. Tickets £8 |