Recent Performances
Our most popular repertoire
We have a tradition of innovative concert programming that encompasses many areas of the repertoire, such as:
classical overtures, concertos and symphonies;
works for smaller orchestra from the 19th and 20th centuries;
neglected works by well known composers;
new works specially commissioned by the orchestra
The "word cloud" to the right shows the composers that we have performed most often.
KCO Virtual Concert Series
The Kingston Chamber Orchestra Virtual Concert Series was our antidote to COVID isolation! Each player downloaded the music for their instrument, and recorded it on a mobile phone or laptop. Our conductor, Andy Meyers, then edited the individual performances and combined them into a short video.
You can find our virtual performances on YouTube and Vimeo using the links below.
Admission
Admission to our virtual performances is free, but if you would like to make a donation to to support the orchestra please visit our Donations page.
Kodaly: Dances of Galánta
Carl Reinecke: Flute Concerto in D major (soloist Daniel Shao)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor
November 2025
October 2025
This was a charity concert at St James, Hampton on the Hill in aid of NSPCC. You can donate to the NSPCC here.
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Delius: Summer Night on the River
Mendelssohn: Overture, The Hebrides
Amy Beach arr Meyers: Romance for Solo Violin (soloist Emily Earl)
Joplin arr Meyers: 3 Ragtime Pieces
Meyers: Around the Island
June 2025
Oscar Price: The Battle (first performance)
Krommer: Concerto No. 2 for Two Clarinets Op.91 (soloists Stephen Willis and Clare McEvoy)
Meyers: Tattercoats (narrator Tim Mylechreest)
Lewiston Sharpe: Stone of the Seven Kings
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 ‘Classical’
Other Online Performances
You can find some other online performances on YouTube:
Our conductor, Andy Meyers, arranged the traditional carol The Holly and the Ivy to help get everyone into the Christmas mood!
The KCO’s most ambitious performance yet is The Overture to The Impresario, a comic opera written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1786.
“I originally wrote The Brittany Bounce for recorder and piano during a holiday in France - hence the title,” says Andy. “I thought it would make a good piece for orchestra as there is plenty of scope for the wind players to show off their individual skill.”
Andy’s first virtual composition for the KCO was Around the Island.