Soloists

Working with St Giles Orchestra

We draw soloists from a wide range of players and singers, from local amateurs to music students and established professionals. As well as inviting back soloists who have performed with us before, we also provide career-launching opportunities for music college students and aspiring professionals. Previous soloists have included several finalists in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, including Ursula Smith, cello, Neil Farrow, oboe, and Katharine O'Kane, cello. Jonathan Barrett, who played regularly with us when young, including Mozart's 4th Horn Concerto as soloist, went on to become Principal Horn with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. SGO is fortunate to have performed several times with the world-renowned guitarist Raymond Burley, international violin virtuoso Irmina Trynkos, and USA-based soprano Yukiko Ishida.

Please note that we plan our future programmes several years in advance, and so solo opportunites may not be available for several years. From 2017, the orchestra's members voted to reduce the number of concerts containing concertos or solo works from three to two. At that point we hade over 50 soloists on our waiting list. Also from 2017, members now decide on concert and solo repertoire themselves (as opposed to using ideas suggested by soloists), and then we commission soloists for the chosen piece. To be realistic, there will be relatively few solo opprtunities going forward, at a rate of two per year. However, occasionally we may need to fill a cancellation, so don't let this deter you from contacting us.

If you are interested in working with us, please let us know (or attach a CV/biography summaring):

What piece(s) you would like to perform with us
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List of past soloists

For further details of the concerts in which the following soloists played, please see our list of previous concerts. You can click on a table heading to sort the table by that column, and click again to sort in reverse order.

Instr / voice	Soloist	Composer	Piece	Date
Violin	Tabitha Appel	Mendelssohn	Violin Concerto	11-11-23
Violin	Hannah Roper	Bruch	Violin Concerto no 1	05-11-22
Piano	Fionnuala Ward	Gershwin	Piano Concerto in F	25-01-20
Cello	Jacqueline Johnson	Elgar	Cello Concerto	30-06-19
Tenor	Oliver Johnston	Elgar	The Dream of Gerontius	27-04-19
Mezzo-sop	Claire Barnett-Jones	Elgar	The Dream of Gerontius	27-04-19
Baritone	Benjamin Bevan	Elgar	The Dream of Gerontius	27-04-19
Piano	Olga Jegunova	Grieg	Piano Concerto	30-06-18
Piano	Bethe Levvy	Litolff	Concerto Symphonique: Scherzo and Adagio Religioso	21-04-18
Piano	Bethe Levvy	Addinsell	Warsaw Concerto "Dangerous Moonlight"	21-04-18
Violin	Irmina Trynkos	Sibelius	Violin Concerto	20-01-18
Oboe	Matthias Winkel	Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante, K297b	01-07-17
Clarinet	Jackie Bushell	Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante, K297b	01-07-17
Horn	Steve Guard	Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante, K297b	01-07-17
Bassoon	Jonathan Ross	Mozart	Sinfonia Concertante, K297b	01-07-17
Soprano	Mary Pope	Wagner	Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla	29-04-17
Soprano	Mary Pope	Wagner	Gotterdammerung: Brunhilde's Immolation Scene and Finale	29-04-17
Violin	Irmina Trynkos	Brahms	Violin Concerto	29-01-17
Cello	Jacqueline Johnson	Bruch	Canzone	18-06-16
Cello	Jacqueline Johnson	Tchaikovsky	Rococo Variations	18-06-16
Piano	Bethe Levvy	Brahms	Piano Concerto 1	16-04-16
Violin	Leo Appel	Korngold	Violin Concerto	23-01-16
Soprano	Emma Griffiths	Grieg	Seven Songs	20-06-15
Soprano	Emma Griffiths	Rachmaninov	Vocalise	20-06-15
Cello	Rebecca Herman	Schumann	Cello Concerto	18-04-15
Clarinet	Radovan Cavallin	Stanford	Clarinet Concerto	17-01-15
Clarinet	Radovan Cavallin	Kovacs	Shalom Aleichem rov Feidman	17-01-15
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Gliere	Concerto for Coloratura Soprano	14-06-14
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Bernstein	Candide: Glitter and Be Gay	14-06-14
Soprano	Karen Richmond	Verdi	Requiem	05-04-14
Mezzo-sop	Jeanette Ager	Verdi	Requiem	05-04-14
Tenor	Martin Quinn	Verdi	Requiem	05-04-14
Bass	Laurence Williams	Verdi	Requiem	05-04-14
Bassoon	Shelly Organ	Gliere	Horn Concerto in Bb arr.	18-01-14
Violin	Olivier Bonnici	Chausson	Poeme	15-06-13
Violin	Olivier Bonnici	Saint Saens	Violin Concerto 3	15-06-13
Violin	Katy Smith	Glazunov	Violin Concerto	13-04-13
Tuba	Mark Probert	Vaughan Williams	Tuba Concerto	19-01-13
Piano	Jonathan Dornborough	Beethoven	Piano Concerto 5	30-06-12
Trumpet	Vere Smyth	Arutunian	Trumpet Concerto	21-04-12
Violin	Charles Mutter	Saint Saens	La muse et le poete	21-01-12
Cello	Katharine O'Kane	Saint Saens	La muse et le poete	21-01-12
Violin	Charles Mutter	Delius	Double Concerto	21-01-12
Cello	Katharine O'Kane	Delius	Double Concerto	21-01-12
Violin	Vaughan Jones	Beethoven	Violin Concerto	25-06-11
Bassoon	Shelly Organ	Hummel	Grand Concerto for Bassoon	22-01-11
Bassoon	Shelly Organ	Elgar	Romance for Bassoon	22-01-11
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Elgar	Sea Pictures	07-11-10
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Elgar	Sea Pictures	06-11-10
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Alabiev	The Nightingale	19-06-10
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Saint Saens	The Nightingale and the Rose	19-06-10
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Granados	The Maiden and the Nightingale	19-06-10
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Bushell	The Nightingale	19-06-10
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Strauss, J II	Voices of Spring	19-06-10
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Sherwin/Bushell	Nightingale Sang Berkeley Square	19-06-10
Violin	Caroline Duffner	Tchaikovsky	Violin Concerto	24-04-10
Piano	Bethe Levvy	Brahms	Piano Concerto 2	23-01-10
Double bass	Edmund Hartzell	Bottesini	Double Bass Concerto 2	27-06-09
Oboe	Estevan Ellul	Mozart	Oboe Concerto	25-04-09
Violin	Charles Mutter	Brahms	Double Concerto	17-01-09
Cello	Katharine O'Kane	Brahms	Double Concerto	17-01-09
Violin	Olivier Bonnici	Stenhammar	Two Sentimental Romances	28-06-08
Violin	Olivier Bonnici	Saint Saens	Havanaise	28-06-08
Violin	Olivier Bonnici	Saint Saens	Intoduction & Rondo Cappricioso	28-06-08
Cello	William Bass	Dvorak	Cello Concerto	12-04-08
Clarinet	Jackie Bushell	Bruch	Clarinet & Viola Concerto	19-01-08
Viola	Monica Cuneo	Bruch	Clarinet & Viola Concerto	19-01-08
Violin	Jennifer Holt	Bruch	Violin Concerto no 1	18-10-07
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Mozart	Canzonetta sull'aria	16-06-07
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Mozart	Canzonetta sull'aria	16-06-07
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Puccini	O mio babbino caro	16-06-07
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Delibes	Flower Duet	16-06-07
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Delibes	Flower Duet	16-06-07
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Dvorak	Song to the Moon	16-06-07
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Bushell	Envoi	16-06-07
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Bushell	Envoi	16-06-07
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Grieg	Solveig's Lullaby	16-06-07
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Strauss J	Laughing Song	16-06-07
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Humperdinck	End of Act 2	16-06-07
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Humperdinck	End of Act 2	16-06-07
Baritone	Henry Herford	Soderman	King Heimer & Aslog	21-04-07
Baritone	Henry Herford	Aulin	At Sea	21-04-07
Baritone	Henry Herford	Alfvén	Skogen Sover	21-04-07
Baritone	Henry Herford	Bushell	The Forest Sleeps	21-04-07
Baritone	Henry Herford	Stenhammar	Florez & Blanzeflor	21-04-07
Flute	Ruth Sunderland	Saint Saens	Romance in Db	28-10-06
Flute	Ruth Sunderland	Bushell	Cantilene, op 31	28-10-06
Flute	Ruth Sunderland	Chaminade	Concertino	28-10-06
Piano	Ben Andrew	Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue	08-07-06
Flute	Caroline Brett	Reinecke	Flute Concerto	22-04-06
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Delibes	Lakmé Bell Song	14-01-06
Soprano	Yukiko Ishida	Glière	Concerto for Coloratura Soprano	14-01-06
Oboe	Neil Farrow	Mozart	Oboe Concerto	22-10-05
Cello	Katharine O'Kane	Haydn	Cello Concerto in D	02-07-05
Cello	Katharine O'Kane	Dvorak	Silent Woods	02-07-05
Mezzo-sop	Mary Moore	Elgar	Sea Pictures	23-04-05
Piano	Jonathan Darnborough	Tchaikovsky	Piano Concerto 1	22-01-05
Conductor	Robert Legg	Handel	Messiah	27-11-04
Soprano	Pippa Goss	Handel	Messiah	27-11-04
Alto	Owen Willetts	Handel	Messiah	27-11-04
Tenor	Jonathan Bungard	Handel	Messiah	27-11-04
Bass	David Salmon	Handel	Messiah	27-11-04
Guitar	Raymond Burley	Rodrigo	Concierto de Aranjuez	09-10-04
Cello	Katharine O'Kane	Elgar	Cello Concerto	03-07-04
Trombone	Ali Harris	David	Trombone Concerto	24-04-04
Violin	Erika Eisele	Barber	Violin Concerto	17-01-04
Recorder	Anoushka Morse	Sammartini	Recorder Concerto	25-10-03
Horn	Geoffrey Bushell	Glazunov	Reverie	10-05-03
Horn	Geoffrey Bushell	Bushell	Sommar i Sverige	10-05-03
Conductor	Robert Legg	Britten	Rejoice in the Lamb	10-05-03
Conductor	Robert Legg	Coleridge Taylor	Hiawatha's Wedding Feast	10-05-03
Piano	Jonathan Darnborough	Grieg	Piano Concerto	12-04-03
Horn	Lorna Dick	Strauss R	Horn Concerto no 2	18-01-03
Cor anglais	Alexandra Hewitt	Sibelius	The Swan of Tuonela	29-06-02
Violin	Erika Eisele	Mendelssohn	Violin Concerto	20-04-02
Cello	Sarah Holt	Bruch	Kol Nidrei	17-01-02
Cello	Sarah Holt	Bushell	Forest Idyll	17-01-02
Piano	Emily Ormerod	Beethoven	Piano Concerto no 1	29-09-01
Guitar	Raymond Burley	Rodrigo	Fantasia para un gentilhombre	30-06-01
Tenor	David Revels	Mozart	Aria from The Magic Flute	28-04-01
Tenor	David Revels	Sullivan	Take a pair of sparkling eyes	28-04-01
Mezzo-sop	Anna Boucher	Poulenc	Gloria	28-04-01
Tenor	Adrian Thompson	Puccini	Boheme: Che Gelida Manina	24-03-01
Mezzo-sop	Anna Boucher	Poulenc	Gloria	24-03-01
Piano	Jonathan Darnborough	Rachmaninov	Piano Concerto no 2	13-01-01
Horn	Steve Guard	Glière	Horn Concerto	17-06-00
Soprano	Elinor Carter	Duruflé	Requiem	20-11-99
Conductor	Robert Webb	Duruflé	Requiem	20-11-99
Baritone	David Salmon	Duruflé	Requiem	20-11-99
Conductor	Robert Webb	Fauré	Cantique de Jean Racine	20-11-99
Oboe	Neil Farrow	Strauss R	Oboe Concerto	03-07-99
Organ	Robert Webb	Saint Saens	Symphony no 3 "Organ"	17-04-99
Conductor	Robert Webb	Orff	Carmina Burana	26-03-99
Guitar	Raymond Burley	Rodrigo	Concierto de Aranjuez	16-01-99
Piano	Emily Ormerod	Beethoven	Piano Concerto no 1	13-06-98
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Berlioz	Les Nuits d'ete	04-04-98
Violin	Jennifer Thorn	Bruch	Violin Concerto no 1	05-07-97
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Brahms	Alto Rhapsody	25-01-97
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Grieg	Solveig's Song and Lullaby	06-07-96
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Bushell	The Forest Sleeps	06-07-96
Organ	David Andrew	Poulenc	Organ Concerto	29-04-95
Violin	David Ormerod	Beethoven	Violin Romance in F	21-01-95
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Elgar	Sea Pictures	23-04-94
Flute	Judith Jerome	Chaminade	Flute Concertino	26-02-94
Tenor	Ian Barratt	Puccini	Boheme: Che Gelida Manina	26-04-94
Tenor	Ian Barratt	Mozart	Magic Flute: Dies Bildnis	26-04-94
Tenor	Ian Barratt	Sullivan	Take a pair of sparkling eyes	26-04-94
Flute	Judith Jerome	Chaminade	Flute Concertino	22-01-94
Trumpet	Sarah Bunting	Haydn	Trumpet Concerto	26-06-93
Horn	Richard Wainwright	Strauss R	Horn Concerto no 1	24-04-93
Soprano	Mary Pope	Rachmaninov	Vocalise	23-01-93
Soprano	Mary Pope	Tchaikovsky	Romeo & Juliet Duo	23-01-93
Tenor	Ian Barratt	Tchaikovsky	Romeo & Juliet Duo	23-01-93
Tuba	Sam Elliott	Vaughan Williams	Tuba Concerto	27-06-92
Cello	Sarah Bailey	Saint Saens	Cello Concerto no 1	25-04-92
Clarinet	Jackie Bushell	Stamitz	Clarinet Concerto no 3	18-01-92
Soprano	Mary Pope	Wagner	Wesendonck Lieder	22-06-91
Horn	Tom Brett	Mozart	Horn Concerto no 2	22-06-91
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Wagner	Wesendonck Lieder	19-01-91
Violin	Emily Ormerod	Beethoven	Violin Romances in F & G	28-04-90
Soprano	Mary Pope	Strauss R	Four Last Songs	13-01-90
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Handel	I know that my Redeemer liveth	16-07-89
Violin	Emily Ormerod	Svendsen	Violin Romance	16-07-89
Violin	Helen Cass	Saint Saens	Violin Concerto no 3	22-04-89
Conductor	Mervyn Keeble	Humperdinck	Hansel & Gretel Overture	21-01-89
Horn	Andy Feist	Mozart	Horn Concerto no 3	02-07-88
Violin	Harry Crooks	Delius	Violin Suite	16-04-88
Conductor	Sally Collings	Beethoven	Overture: Egmont	16-01-88
Piano	John Oxlade	Mozart	Piano Concerto no 21	16-01-88
Oboe	Mervyn Keeble	Mozart	Oboe Concerto	12-07-87
Oboe	Lara Taylor	Mozart	Oboe Concerto	05-07-87
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Wagner	Tristan & Isolde: Liebestod	04-04-87
Mezzo-sop	Anne Andrew	Grieg	Solveig's Song	04-04-87
Flute	Emma D'Cruz	Reinecke	Flute Concerto	04-04-87
Bassoon	Pat Goddard	Weber	Bassoon Concerto	06-12-86
Cello	Ursula Smith	Elgar	Cello Concerto	15-03-86
Clarinet	Mark Etherton	Mozart	Clarinet Concerto	14-12-85
Horn	Marshall Stoneham	Mozart	Horn Concerto no 4	27-07-85
Horn	Jonathan Barrett	Mozart	Horn Concerto no 4	13-07-85
Violin	Helen Cass	Beethoven	Violin Concerto	23-03-85
Harp	Maria Beattie	Handel	Harp Concerto in Bb	24-11-84
Bassoon	Chris Grovenor	Mozart	Bassoon Concerto	23-06-84
Cello	Jo Parker	Bruch	Kol Nidrei	23-06-84
Bass	Marc Roald-Eliot	Bassani	Nascere, nascere	05-12-81
Bass	Marc Roald-Eliot	Mozart	Un Baccio de Mano	05-12-81
Guitar	Nicholas Hooper	Vivaldi	Guitar Concerto in D	27-06-81
Piccolo	Lucy Cartledge	Vivaldi	Piccolo Concerto in C	28-06-80