November 2024

'Dvorak -

'Cello Concerto in D' and more.

Saturday 30th November, 3.30pm.

Grimsby Minster


The GSO's final concert of the year, on November 30th at 3.30pm at the Minster, happens to be both a celebration of a relatively new local talent and a commemoration of an older international one. 

Forty years ago the distinguished French 'cellist Paul Tortelier was the soloist in Antonin Dvorak's 'Cello Concerto in D with the GSO under the baton of Neville Turner; this year the same concerto will feature local 'cellist Katharine Ley, with Susan Grant conducting.

There are further connections - Daisy Turner, ('cellist and Neville's wife) who played in that concert in 1984 is still a member of the orchestra, as are most of the  (now superannuated) 'cello section - Jane Powell, Joan Date and Martyn Pidgen - as well as Deirdre Perry and Anne Lawson (both violas).

The concert's other pieces are ever-popular and recognisable choices:

Giacchino Rossins's lively overture 'The Barber of Seville' will open the programme and the first half will be completed by Franz Shubert's Symphony no. 8 ('The Unfinished'), both tuneful and lively compositions that never fail to please.

Paul Tortelier in rehearsals with the Grimsby Symphony Orchestra.

Grimsby Symphony Orchestra

performs two concerts per year at:

 Grimsby Minster (Pictured Above)

St. James Court

Freshney Place

Grimsby

DN31 1ED


Tickets for our next concert 30th November 2024 are on sale from Monday 4th November.

(See the ways to book below.)


FRONT NAVE: £12

REAR NAVE: £10

SIDE AISLES: £10

Tickets are available on the door on the day of the concert.



You can visit the Minster and buy at the Cafe,

which is open

Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am to 2.30pm

Lastly,

You can buy tickets by visiting

www.eventbright.com

Click below to take you to the Eventbright website to book your tickets.

Get your tickets here!

Previous Concerts

'Invitation to the Dance'

Saturday 18th May, 3.30pm.

Grimsby Minster


We got a 'Spring' in our step and played music by:-

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite (all movements, except no 4)

Delibes - Prelude et Les Chasseresses, From 'Sylvia'

Brahms - Hungarian Dances, 5 & 6

Strauss II - Voices of Spring

Strauss II & Strauss Josef - Pizzicato Polka

Saint-Saens - Symphony no 3 (Organ) Adagio and Maestoso, Finale


The concert was

SOLD OUT!


Julian Aistrop, (Pictured far left), started playing the organ at 13 and at 14 filled a vacancy as organist and choirmaster at his local church in Doncaster.  Julian is now a full time organist at Grimsby Minster.




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Our Last Concert:-

'Was The Season'...

to listen to some great music!
Saturday 2nd December 2023.   

Our introduction to the Festive Season was:

Leroy Anderson selection

Garbriel Faure's 'Berceuse' from the Dolly Suite

Handel 'The Trumpet Shall Sound' (Stephen Holloway)

Waldteufel 'Skaters' Waltz'

Tchaikovsky A selection from 'The Nutcracker Suite 1'

Telemann 'Recorder Concerto in F' - (Clare O'Connell)

Delius 'Sleigh Ride'

Sterndale Bennett 'The Carol Singers' (Stephen Holloway)

Jessel 'Parade of the Tin Soldiers'

Anderson 'A Christmas Festival'

Our last concert at Grimsby Minster was sold out!

Here, on the left, are our two soloists,

Clare O'Connell and  Stephen Holloway.

In the centre is Joan Date, the guest Conductor.

13th May 2023 - Cancelled




'Stars and Stripes'- CANCELLED

Unfortunately, our concert, which should have taken part on Saturday 13th May, was cancelled.

This is due to illness of key players within the orchestra. Please contact the Grimsby Minster or Eventbright to get a reimbursement if you bought a ticket.

Thank you for your support and we hope to see you at our next concert on 2nd December!

This was to be an exciting mix of pieces from our friends across the 'pond'.

Appalachian Spring, Suite for full Orchestra - Aaron Copland

Symphony in E minor "Gaelic" - Amy Beach

Candide. Overture for Orchestra - Leonard Bernstein 


19th November 2022

Katherine Lay (Below)
Our Guest Soloist  performed the Haydn Cello Concerto in C.


Our Last Concert:-

'Classical Allsorts'

Saturday 19th November, 3.30pm.

Grimsby Minster

This was an exciting mix of well-known pieces from Composers such as Haydn, Bizet, Saint-Saens, Khachaturian and Puccini. 


Biography – Katharine Ley, Cellist

British Cellist, Katharine Ley  graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with a First Class Bachelor of Music with Honours and is now studying privately with world-renowned Cellist Raphael Wallfisch in London. Katharine presently lives in North Lincolnshire and freelances professionally in the UK.

Katharine plays on a Betts School Cello (c. 1790) paired with a John Clutterbuck bow.

Saturday 21st May 2022   3.30pm

Spring Concert 

 This was an afternoon of great music with the GSO!

 Bruch - Violin Concert No. 1 - Caroline Siriwardena soloist 
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8 in G Major
Dvorak - Slavonic Dances
Caroline Siriwardena

Over the past three decades, Caroline Siriwardena has led a number of Lincolnshire orchestras and currently leads Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, Lincolnshire Philharmonia, Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra and Lincoln Pro Musica.  Sha also teaches and does freelancing with Sinfonia Viva, Opera North and the Orchestra of the Swan.  As a soloist with various orchestras, she has performed the Lark Ascending, Beethoven Romances and the violin concertos of Bach, Vivaldi (including the Four Seasons), Mozart (including the Sinfonia Concertante), Mendelssohn, Bruch, Brahms (and Brahms Double), Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Korngold.  Caroline plays a violin made by Eugenio Degani of Venice in 1874.

When she is not playing, Caroline enjoys her family, walking her dog Millie, travelling and gardening.
Susan Grant - Our Musical Director putting the GSO through their paces!

Saturday 27th November 2021  - 2.30pm

Find the GSO, together

 with the Holy Trinity Parish at

6 Machray Place
Cleethorpes in.... 

A Seasonal Mood. .

A good time was had by all.

The GSO raised £127.20 for Holy Trinity Parish.   




17th November 2019 -
'Music for the Stage'
Sunday 17th November, 3pm.
Grimsby Central Hall
This was an exciting mix of pieces from well-known Musicals, Opera and Ballet.
This featured local vocal soloists Zoe Everatt and Charles Maxson.

Bernstein - West Side Story Suite
Delibes - Mazurka from Coppelia
Mozart - Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen from The Magic Flute
Puccini - One Fine Day from Madame Butterfly
Chase- The Broadway Tonight
Lloyd Webber - Phantom of the Opera
Saint-Saens - Bacchanale from Samson and Delila
Sondheim - A Little Priest from Sweeney Todd
Sondheim - Send in the Clowns
Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor
Grieg - Arabian Dance and Dance in the Hall of the Mountain King

Click here for the full Press Release.

ZOE EVERATT
Zoe has recently returned to the area and is now working full time as a self-employed peripatetic vocal coach, travelling to different schools and offering a range of whole-class and one-to-one music lessons on a variety of instruments including the voice, ukulele and woodwind. Zoe is very grateful to Grimsby Symphony Orchestra for supporting her and providing the opportunity to perform with the Orchestra.

CHARLIE MAXSON
Charles Maxson started singing at the age of seven and is a member of the Choir of Grimsby Minster and The Minster Singers.  He passed ABRSM Grade 8 with distinction and is working towards the ARSM diploma.  Charlie is a student at Franklin Sixth Form College who takes a keen interest in politics, which he plans to study at university.

May 2019

Strictly Airs and Dances-

A great concert, especially listening to Michael Matthew's truly beautiful, natural musical perception on the classical guitar! Click here to see the Concert notes.
Raspighi Antiche Danze Ed Arie - Allegro

Rodrigo Fantasia para un gentilhombre
(Soloist Michael Matthews, Guitar)

Bizet Symphony in C

Delibes Le roi s'amuse

Born in the UK and raised in Argentina, France and the UK, Michael Matthew’s flamboyant and expressive performances are placing him at the forefront of the new generation of classical guitarists.
Visit Michael's website here.
As ever, a lot of behind-the-scenes organisation is needed to put on a GSO concert!
All the members of the committee work tirelessly and we thank the Central Hall box office staff. 
 Nov 2018

Film Music

All Enjoyed An Afternoon At the Cinema!
Click here to see the concert review by Ian Maxwell.     
Jerome Moross - The Big Country
Dmitri Shostakovich - Waltz No. 2 From 'Suite For Variety Orchestra'
Modest Mussorgsky - Night On a Bald Mountain
John Williams - Jurassic Park
Johann Strauss - The Blue Danube
Bernard Herrmann - Psycho Suite
Camille Saint-Saens - Maestoso And Finale from Symphony No. 3 - The 'Organ Symphony'.


#Youth Voices (Above) - Conductor Caroline Maasdam-Gooch
#Youth voices is part of MAPAS (North East Lincs Music and Performing Arts Service) and welcomes young singers of 8 and above.
Songbirds (Left) - Conductor Susan Booth
MAPAS Choir for children aged 4- 8 years.

The Choirs sang a variety of songs from Walt Disney's 'Mary Poppins' and 'Frozen'.

May 2018

Concert au Printemps

An Evening of French and Russian Music.
Eleanor Turner - Harp with Susan Grant - Conductor
and Martin Priestley - Leader
Mikhail Glinka - Valse-Fantaisie in B minor
Camille Saint-Saens - Morceau de Concert, op 154, for Harp and Orchestra (Soloist Eleanor Turner)
Deborah Henson-Conant - Sonando en Espanol for electric harp (Soloist Eleanor Turner)
Gabriel Faure - Dolly Suite
Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No. 1 in D major (The Classical)






Eleanor is a harpist and composer whose passionate performances have brought her worldwide acclaim.
She is a member of the contemporary folk band Ranagri and is Head of Harp at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Find out more about Eleanor here.
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