August 9, 2026
The NCO returns to the Lake District for the Summer Music Festival Finale, featuring the opera Cavalleria Rusticana
October 3, 2026
Impressions of Italy
Director Sarah Brandwood-Spencer
Rossini - Overture to the Barber of Seville
Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Respighi - Gli Uccelli (The Birds)
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 (‘Italian’)
November 7, 2026
Fire and Brilliance
NCO Soloists
Director Zoë Beyers
Shostakovich - Two pieces for String Octet
Nicholas Simpson - Octet (world premiere)
Mendelssohn - Octet
December 4, 2026
Christmas at Tatton Park
Celebrate Christmas with the NCO as we return to Tatton Park for a festive concert full of warmth and Christmas cheer.
December 5, 2026
Mainly Baroque
Viola Alex Mitchell
Director Sarah Brandwood-Spencer
Vivaldi - Concerto for Strings in G minor
Telemann - Viola Concerto
Caroline Shaw - Plan & Elevation
Stravinsky - Concerto in E flat major ('Dumbarton Oaks')
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
January 16, 2027
British Landscapes
Oboe Kenny Sturgeon
Director Sarah Brandwood-Spencer
Holst - St Paul's Suite
Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto
Ruth Gibbs - Cringlemire Garden
Elgar - Introduction and Allegro for Strings
February 13, 2027
Russian Romanticism
Horn Naomi Atherton
Director Zoë Beyers
Anton Arensky - Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky
Alexander Glazunov - Idyll for horn and strings
Stravinsky - Concerto in D ('Basle')
Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence
March 13, 2027
The World of Beethoven
NCO Soloists
Director Sarah Brandwood-Spencer
Holst - Sextet
Beethoven - Septet
April 3, 2027
Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross
Narrator David Threlfall
Conductor Stephen Threlfall
Leader Zoë Beyers
Haydn - Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross
May 1, 2027
Die Wiener Klassik
Violin and Director Zoë Beyers
Anna Clyne - Breathing Statues
Mozart - Violin Concerto in A major ("Turkish")
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
