Cheltenham Philharmonic Orchestra
Cheltenham based amateur orchestra est. 1895
Thank you to all our players and the wonderful audience who came to our Spring Concert on Sunday 3rd April. We hope you all enjoyed the afternoon. A special thanks to our horn section for their musical solidarity with and to our
The Phil are delighted to present a programme of music by Russian composers. Firm favourites the Overture to Prince Igor and the Polovtsian Dances by Borodin will be teamed with Rachmaninov’s Fantasie for Orchestra: The Rock and a rarely performed gem : Symphony Number 1
The Phil are proud to present the final concert of our 2014/15 Season featuring the fantastic Joanna MacGregor who joins the orchestra to play the Britten Piano Concerto. The concert also features Britten’s : Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes and the Gloucestershire
The orchestra was devastated to hear the news of the death of one of our long serving players Sally Preece. Sally was taking part in a charity bike ride when she was involved in a tragic crash. Sally played violin with the
The Phil are delighted to announce their 2014 summer concert. It is an exciting end to our season featuring a French Horn extravaganza in the form of Schumanns : Concertstück. Tickets are on sale via the Town Hall website or will be
The Phil are proud to present their Spring Concert for 2014 featuring the music of Sibelius. The programme includes the stirring tone poem ‘Finlandia’ and his famous fifth symphony with it’s ending to end all endings. The Phil are delighted to welcome
We are delighted to welcome trumpeter Peter Medland who will be playing with us in our concert on Sunday 26th January. Peter started playing the cornet at the age of seven with a brass band in Swindon. Taking lessons at school, he soon
The orchestra will be celebrating Christmas at the Royal Oak in Prestbury on Thursday 19th December. Contact one of the committee to book your place. Click here for more details.
The Cheltenham Philharmonic helped launch the 2013 Poppy Appeal for the Winchcombe Branch of the Royal British Legion on Saturday 26th October in a concert at Winchcombe School. The evening featured music from Titanic, Oklahoma and Carmen. We were delighted to be
Summer is over and rehearsals start again for the 2013/14 season on Wednesday 11th September, 7.30pm at the Highbury Congregational Church. If you would like to join us please contact us. We have an exciting year of music planned.