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HISTORY OF PAST PERFORMANCES

2007

March 25th
Joint Concert with Hertfordshire Guitar Orchestra Bushey, Watford. This was our second collaboration with HGO.

June 23rd
Joint Concert with Hampshire Guitar Orchestra St Edwards Church Cambridge.


CGO

HAGO

This was an excellent concert with a good audience and two different styles of repertoire. HAGO present a superb “show” with great humour.


Grub up!

This is Derek the Duck(actually he’s a hen),
and (s)he is about to meet his/her maker!

What tickled them?

When they come to Cambridge, HAGO stay at a nearby hotel.
They are joined after the concert by a number of CGO-ers and a good party ensues.

2006

March 25th
Joint Concert with Hertfordshire Guitar Orchestra Emmanuel United Reform Church Cambridge.

July 8th
Joint Concert with Hampshire Guitar Orchestra in Portsmouth

CGO in Portsmouth
Concert Introduction in splendid surroundings
HAGO in  Portsmouth
HAGO

Derek the Duck struts his stuff

December 10th
Concert in aid of church funds St James Church Cambridge

2005

June 11th

CGO playing at St. James' Church on 11th June 2005

Joint performance with with the HAGO in St. Edwards Church, Cambridge to a completely packed audience (more appropriately referred to as "sardines" as we had to sit people in the church aisles). The HAGO provided a lively and contrasting programme of shorter pieces under the direction of, and with much humour from, Derek Hasted.

The CGO performed pieces from Albeniz, Boellman, Debussy and Metheny arranged and directed by Peter Rueffer.

Being gluttons for punishment the CGO then spent the following day in Holy Trinity Church, Weston recording these pieces for their second CD.


2004

May 16th
The Orchestra performed as part of Cambridge Summer Recitals Series of Spring Concerts in Emmanuel United Reformed Church Cambridge.

10th July
The CGO gave a joint concert with the Havant Area Guitar Orchestra (HAGO) in All Saints Church Portsmouth

2003

March 29th
The Orchestra gave a joint concert with the Cambridge Poetry Society. The combination of alternating orchestra pieces and poetry readings worked extremely well and was very well received!

Saturday June 14th
Following the success of the joint concert with Hago in Portsmouth in 2002, the CGO hosted a similar event with Hago as guests. This was held in St. Edward's Church in the heart of Cambridge. The packed church was treated to music that stretched from the Gothic Suite by Boellman, to The Rythmn of Life and Palladio (Karl Jenkins)!

25th October
CGO and Alegria
Concert and workshop with a Belgian group of young guitarists, Alegria.
The group shared a concert with us and we hosted a day long workshop with them the following day.


2002

April
The CGO gave a joint concert with the Havant Area Guitar Orchestra (HAGO) in the beautiful surroundings of St. Agatha's Church in Portsmouth. The concert featured music from 1571 to 2001 and drew an audience of upwards of 200 people.


CGO conducted by Peter Rueffer

HAGO conducted by Derek Hasted

July 13th
The orchestra gave a concert in St. Edward's Church, Cambridge.

July 14th
The orchestra gave a concert in Godmanchester.

8th December
The orchestra again took part in the National Guitar Orchestra competition held in Kirklees near Leeds. Fourteen orchestras took part in the competition which was adjudicated by Graham Wade, Chris Susans and Lynda Pyatt. The orchestra played Peter Rueffer's arrangement of Suite Gothique by Leon Boellman and was awarded joint second prize. Peter's arrangement won the Arrangers Prize.


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