Past Concerts

Step into the glamour of Hollywood and celebrate the opening of the GSO’s “American Season” with Opening Night: Hollywood Retrospective! Music Director Lee Mills takes the stage with iconic music from legendary films, including Ben Hur, Casablanca, Star Wars, Beauty and the Beast, and more.

Step into the glamour of Hollywood and celebrate the opening of the GSO’s “American Season” with Opening Night: Hollywood Retrospective! Music Director Lee Mills takes the stage with iconic music from legendary films, including Ben Hur, Casablanca, Star Wars, Beauty and the Beast, and more.

Join us for two nights at the O2 Apollo Manchester to experience Wainwright’s signature showmanship in some of his greatest ever work, and lose yourself in an unforgettable night of spectacular symphonic pop.

Join us for two nights at the O2 Apollo Manchester to experience Wainwright’s signature showmanship in some of his greatest ever work, and lose yourself in an unforgettable night of spectacular symphonic pop.

More than twenty years after the release of his iconic albums Want One and Want Two, baroque-pop luminary Rufus Wainwright returns with a bold, symphonic reimagining of these landmark works.

More than twenty years after the release of his iconic albums Want One and Want Two, baroque-pop luminary Rufus Wainwright returns with a bold, symphonic reimagining of these landmark works.

PROGRAM Gioachino Rossini – Overture to The Barber of Seville Manuel de Falla – Nights in the Gardens of Spain Franz Liszt/orch. Ferruccio Busoni – Rhapsody Espagnole Maurice Ravel – Bolero

PROGRAM Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major Henri Casadesus: Concerto in C minor in the Style of J.C. Bach for Viola and Strings Camargo Guarnieri: Concerto para cordas e percussão Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite

PROGRAM Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major Henri Casadesus: Concerto in C minor in the Style of J.C. Bach for Viola and Strings Camargo Guarnieri: Concerto para cordas e percussão Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite

PROGRAM Jessie Montgomery: Starburst João Guilherme Ripper: Cinco Poemas de Vinicius de Moraes Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, “Pastoral”

PROGRAM Jessie Montgomery: Starburst João Guilherme Ripper: Cinco Poemas de Vinicius de Moraes Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, “Pastoral”

PROGRAM Max Bruch: The Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major Amy Beach: Symphony in E minor, “Gaelic”

PROGRAM Max Bruch: The Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major Amy Beach: Symphony in E minor, “Gaelic”

Mary Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite for orchestra Mason Bates: Liquid Interface Duke Ellington: Suite from “The River”

Mary Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite for orchestra Mason Bates: Liquid Interface Duke Ellington: Suite from “The River”

The Marriage of Figaro is arguably one of the first true romantic comedies, beginning with its iconic and energetic overture. With a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, this story is an Enlightenment-era social commentary with lots of laughs thrown in.

The Marriage of Figaro is arguably one of the first true romantic comedies, beginning with its iconic and energetic overture. With a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, this story is an Enlightenment-era social commentary with lots of laughs thrown in.

"Opera is my religion," says Rufus Wainwright. From the mouth of a different singer-songwriter, that might sound posturing, but Wainwright is in a class of his own. His "richly orchestrated, warm pop songs of sometimes cathedral-like size" (NRC) demand the accompaniment of a large orchestra.