CONCERTS

Here are some of our future and recent concerts. Click to read reviews or browse photos of the events. There's also a full Orchestra Calendar of concerts, rehearsals and more available here.

Future Concerts

Come and Sing! Verdi Requiem

Sunday 6th September

Innerleithen Memorial Hall

A day of singing! Rehearse Verdi's Requiem in the morning and afternoon, then perform the work with professional soloists and Peebles Orchestra in a concert at 6.30pm.

Autumn 2026 Concert

Saturday 14th November 2026, 7.30pm

Burgh Hall, Peebles
Esther Swift, composer and harp

Ross Gunning, conductor

Judith Buttars, leader

Programme:

New, commissioned work for harp and orchestra
composed and performed by Esther Swift
Additional works for harp and orchestra by Esther Swift
McCunn: Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Vaughan Williams' London Symphony

Previous Concerts

Jubilee Concert

Saturday 23rd May 2026, 7.30pm

Burgh Hall, Peebles

Colin Scobie, violin
Graham Coe, composer

Monty Milner, conductor

Judith Buttars, leader

Programme:

New, commissioned work composed by Graham Coe
Brahms Violin Concerto - Soloist Colin Scobie
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Beethoven Symphony No. 1

Orchestra For All 2026

A short series of four rehearsals and a concert of well-known classical tunes, free of charge and open to all players of any ability and experience.

Saturday the 28th of February in the Burgh hall Peebles, free.

The programme includes well-known music from film, theatre, TV and concert hall:

Ride of the Valkyries from Wagner's The Ring opera
How to Train Your Dragon selection from the films
Florence Price's Symphony No. 1 3rd movement
Mambo from West Side Story by Bernstein
Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain
Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams
Grasswalk from Plants vs Zombies (game)
Finlandia by Sibelius

Autumn 2025 Concert

A Night at the Musicals

Two wonderful concerts at which we played music from famous films and musicals together with local choir InChorus, musical group Stardust and a full band. We played from My Fair Lady, Jurassic park, Matilda and even the Pirates of the Caribbean!

Spring 2025 Concert

Weber: Preciosa Overture
Mozart: Minuet in C
Haydn: Piano Concerto No. 11
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

Orchestra For All

A short series of four rehearsals and a concert of well-known classical tunes, free of charge and open to all players of any ability and experience.

Saturday 1 March 2025, 2.00pm, Peebles Burgh Hall.

Star Wars (selection, arranged)
Mars from Holst's The Planets
Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World", 2nd movement (Hovis TV advert)
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5
Doctor Who TV theme
The Firebird (Finale) by Stravinsky
Habanera and Toreador's Song from Bizet's Carmen

Autumn Concert 2024: Beethoven's 5th

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Krommer: Concerto No. 2 for two clarinets
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Schubert: Overture in B flat

Come and Sing! Brahms Requiem

A day of singing! Rehearse Brahms' "Ein Deutsches Requiem" in the morning and afternoon, then perform the work with professional soloists and Peebles Orchestra in a concert at 6.30pm.

Spring Concert 2024