York Guildhall Orchestra

This is the Web Site of the York Guildhall Orchestra, one of the leading orchestral ensembles in the North of England.

York’s renowned Guildhall Orchestra is much more than just an orchestra, it is an exceptionally fine and very large symphony orchestra, regularly working with top class international soloists and capable of giving high-quality performances of some of the most demanding large-scale works in the orchestral repertoire.

We all greatly enjoy the making of music and take great pleasure in presenting concerts to discerning listeners, be they experienced in concert going, or be they new to orchestral concerts.

A great concert last Saturday - thanks to all the members of the orchestra and audience for making it such a memorable event.  Simon paid tribute to the orchestra for their phenomenal achievement in concluding the epic journey through all of Mahler’s symphonies - there are very few musicians who can claim to have played all ten!

Plans are developing for the next season so keep visiting to find out what the are.  Some advance notice - we are delighted to be able to announce that the superlative pianist, Alessandro Taverna will be making a return visit.  He will be playing Prokofiev’s third piano concerto in our concert next October - something definitely not to be missed!

Tickets for our concerts will be on sale at the Barbican box office - either call in or go on line.  Further details on our Concerts page.

This web site gives just a flavour of the orchestra, its players and its achievements, which for an amateur music group in the truest sense, is of the highest quality - don’t take our word for it, read some of the reviews!

See a complete history of past concerts.  Although not entirely complete for all concerts, we try to include a word for word copy of the concert reviews - warts and all!