Concerts

EUSO works towards concerts at the end of each semester. We play a wide variety of music from Handel to Shostakovich and Strauss to Britten and we work with a range of prestigious conductors who help us maintain a very high standard.

Next Concert

Our next concert is going to take place on Saturday 28th November 2026 at the Reid Concert Hall. More info will be announced soon.

Past Concerts

Academic Year	Repertoire
Academic Year	Repertoire
2025 - 2026	`Schubert (arr. Mahler): Death and the Maiden` `Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 Prelude` `Locke: The Tempest: Curtain Tune & Galliard` `Purcell: Fantasia upon one note` `Purcell: Abdelazer: Rondeau` `Joanna Borrett: Clan` `Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge` `Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances: Suite III` `Clyne: Within Her Arms`
2024 - 2025	`C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia V` `Sibelius: Rakastava` `Montgomery: Strum` `Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4` `Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 7 in B flat major` `Caroline Shaw: Entr'acte` `Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra`
2023 - 2024	`Biber: Battalia` `Catriona Price: Saint Sophia` `Mozart: Divertimento in D` `Sibelius: Andante Festivo` `Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout` `Muffat: Sonata da Camera no. V` `Bacewicz: Concerto for Strings` `Puccini: Crisantemi` `Suk: Serenade for Strings`
2022 - 2023	`Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis` `Grace Williams: Sea Sketches` `Dowland (arr. Warlock): Lachrimae` `Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47` `Jessie Montgomery: Starburst` `J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2` `Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances` `Dvořák: Serenade for Strings`
2021 - 2022	`Britten: Simple Symphony` `Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik` `Janáček: Suite for Strings` `Coleridge-Taylor: 4 Novelletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52` `Sufjan Stevens: Suite from 'Run Rabbit Run'` `Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 48` `Sanders: Suite for String Orchestra` `Vare: Three Highland Sketches` `Holst: St. Paul's Suite`
2019 - 2020	`Beethoven: Grosse Fuge, Op. 133` `Bridge: Three Idylls` `Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10`
2018 - 2019	`Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 7` `Bevan-Baker: Rhapsody for Cello and String Orchestra` `Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra`
2017 - 2018	`Purcell: Chacony in G Minor` `Sibelius: Rakastava Mastrantonis Stygian Reflections` `Dvorak: Serenade for Strings` `Holst: St Paul's Suite` `Bach Violin Concerto in A Minor` `Suk: Serenade for Strings`
2016 - 2017	`Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 5` `Britten: Simple Symphony` `Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings` `Grieg: Holberg Suite` `Lobo: The Last Samba in Moscow` `Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 4` `Janacek: Suite for Strings`
2015 - 2016	`Finzi: Eclogue` `Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik` `Stravinsky: Concerto in D` `Elgar: Introduction and Allegro`
2014 - 2015	`Mendelssohn: String Symphony No.12 in G minor` `Pärt: Fratres` `Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op. 10` `Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D minor, RV235` `Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G major, RV413` `Vivaldi: Double Concerto, RV544` `Dvořák: Serenade for Strings`
2013 - 2014	`Bach: "Ich habe genug" for flute and soprano` `Mozart: Adagio and Fugue` `Shostakovich Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a (arr. Barshai)` `Handel: Arias with mezzo-soprano Carole Clarke` `Elgar: Introduction & Allegro` `Elgar: Serenade for Strings` `Stuart Taylor: Against the Current (première)` `Purcell: Four-Part Fantasias`