Concerts Archive
These are select examples of programmes for symphony orchestra curated and conducted by Michael Graham.
For an updated diary, please see the current list of upcoming concerts and events.
Saturday 23rd May 2026
St Andrew Orchestra, Edinburgh
Stockbridge Parish Church
Carl Nielsen - Helios Overture, Opus 11
Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (Guitar: Eric Yin Yu)
Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 1 "Spring"
Sunday 10th May 2026
Falkirk Tryst Orchestra
Falkirk Trinity Church
Franz von Suppé - Poet and Peasant Overture
Johann Strauss II - Blumenfest Polka
Antonín DvoÅ™ák - Romance for Violin and Orchestra (Violin: Glen Mouat)
Friedrich Smetana - Polka from The Two Widows
DvoÅ™ák - Sousedeska: No. 4 from Slavonic Dances, Op. 46
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5​
Saturday 7th March 2026
Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra (Guest Conductor)
Greyfriars Kirk
Richard Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Frédéric Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor (Piano: Rhea Fitzgerald)
Robert Schumann - Symphony No 3 "Rhenish"
Saturday 6th December 2025
St Andrew Orchestra, Edinburgh
Stockbridge Parish Church
Edvard Grieg - In Autumn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Concerto (Clarinet: Ken Knox)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 1 "Winter Daydreams"
Sunday 5th October 2025
Falkirk Tryst Orchestra
Falkirk Trinity Church
Musical Landscapes: fundraising concert for Erskine Charity
Johann Strauss II – Egyptian March
Modest Mussorgsky – The Old Castle from Pictures at an Exhibition
Tom Cunningham – Edinburgh Suite
Antonín DvoÅ™ák – Largo: 2nd movement from Symphony No 9 “From the New World”
George Gershwin – An American in Paris Suite
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Seventeen Come Sunday from English Folk Song Suite
John Barry – Main Theme from Out of Africa
John Ansell – Music for Silent Film
Vaughan Williams – Folk Songs from Somerset from English Folk Song Suite
Saturday 9th August 2025
The Really Terrible Orchestra
St Cuthbert’s Parish Church
Edinburgh Fringe Festival Concert 2025: RTO’s 30th Birthday Party
John W. Bratton – The Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Ludwig van Beethoven – Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
Guiseppe Verdi – Brandisi from La Traviata
Andrew Lloyd Weber – Jesu Pie from Requiem
Williamson – The Flour of Scotland
Douglas Mackay – A Tea Time Suite
Scott Joplin – Maple Syrup Rag
With apologies to Lionel Bart – Food, Terrible Food
Saturday 24th May 2025
St Andrew Orchestra, Edinburgh
Stockbridge Parish Church
Emily Mayer – Faust Overture
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (Violin: Serena Whitmarsh)
Antonín DvoÅ™ák – Symphony No. 8
Sunday 18th May 2025
Falkirk Tryst Orchestra
Falkirk Trinity Church
Ludwig van Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3
Johann Strauss II – Tales of Vienna Woods
Vincenzo Bellini – Oboe Concerto in E-flat (Oboe: Esther Kallow)
Schubert – Symphony No. 7 in B minor “Unfinished”
Bellini – Symphony in D