The Orchestra on the Hill

The Orchestra on the Hill brings together musicians from Churchill, Fitzwilliam, Murray Edwards, Magdalene, Girton, Robinson, St Edmund's and Lucy Cavendish, and performs one or two concerts each term at a variety of venues in the colleges. It is performs standard concert repertory but also some lesser known or neglected works.

The orchestra is non-audition, but usually achieves a high standard. It's run by a committee of representatives from the hill college music societies, and opportunities exist for students to conduct and perform concertos with the orchestra.

OOTH always welcomes new members - if you are interested in taking part in the orchestra as a conductor, soloist or organiser, please contact the Churchill Music President, or any Churchill OOTH Representative, for more information.

Recent performances have included Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite, Ivan Moody's Linnunlaulu Piano Concerto and Mendelssohn's Symphony No.3.

In 2006-2007, our repertoire included:

Haydn, Symphony no. 104 (London),
Stravinsky, Pulcinella Suite
Fauré, Masques et Bergamasques
Bach, Concerto for two violins
Weber, Bassoon concerto
Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro overture
Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre
Mozart, Flute and Harp concerto
Schubert, Symphony no. 3

And in 2005-2006:

Dvorak - Hussite Overture
Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite
Beethoven - Symphony no. 7
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Corelli - Christmas Concerto
Sibelius - Karelia Suite
Arnold - Little Suite no. 2
Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto
Nielsen - Aladdin Suite

For more information, visit the orchestra webpage!