The orchestra presents one concert in Michaelmas term and one in Lent term each year. Details of future concerts will appear on this page when repertoire, conductors and soloists have been selected. Full rehearsal schedules for upcoming concerts are sent out by e-mail and published on the "Rehearsal schedules" page.
2016/2017 season
Lent Concert
The Dome, Murray Edwards
Saturday 4th March 2017, 19:30
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
Soloists: Jonathan Lee and Christopher Leighton
Conductors: Anna Bennett and Joanna Ward
Tickets £10, £5 concessions, £3 students, available on the door
Michaelmas Concert
Fitzwilliam College Auditorium
Sunday 20th November 2016, 19:30
Strauss: Serenade for Winds
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.5
Beethoven: Symphony No.1
2015/2016 season
Easter Concert
Churchill College Chapel
Saturday 11th June 2016, 19:30
Bach: B minor mass extracts and other works, performed by Churchill College Chapel Choir and The St Faiths Singers
Tickets £10, £5 concessions, £3 students, from https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/may-week-concert/ and available on the door (subject to availability)
'Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude' from Cantata BWV 147
Viola da gamba Sonata no. 2 in D major BWV 1028
Brandenburg Concerto no. 4, first movement
B minor mass extracts
Lent Concert
The Dome, Murray Edwards
Saturday 27th February 2016, 19:30
Crusell: Clarinet Concerto in F minor
Clarinet: Phoebe McFarlane
Bach: Double Violin Concerto in D minor Violin: Jonathan Lee and Hannah Roper
Warlock: Capriol Suite
Respighi: "The Dove" from "The Birds"
Conductors: Tom Ainge, Anna Thomas, James Martin
Tickets £10, £5 concessions, £3 students, available on the door
Michaelmas Concert
Fitzwilliam College Auditorium
Saturday 21st November 2015, 19:30
Handel: Messiah
Conductor: Mark Gotham
The Orchestra on the Hill will perform Handel's Messiah with the St. Faith's Singers
Tickets £10, £5 concessions, £3 students, available on the door
2014/2015 season
Lent Concert
The Dome, Murray Edwards
Saturday 28th February 2015, 19:30
Tchaikovsky: Miniature Overture from the Nutcracker Suite
Conductor: Jonathan Lee
Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor
Conductor: David Rice
Sibelius: Valse Triste
Conductor: Jasper Lee
Haydn: Missa in Angustiis
Soloists: Anna Lush (soprano), Giverny McAndry (alto), Jonathan Schranz (tenor), Ben Chapple (bass). With singers from Churchill Chorus, Murray Edwards Choir, and Fitzwilliam Chapel ChoirConductor: Tom Ainge
Michaelmas Concert
Churchill College Chapel
Saturday 22nd November 2014, 19:30
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Conductor: Jonathan Lee
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 1
Horn: Jasper LeeConductor: Richard 'Miffy' Mifsud
Rameau: Suite from La temple de la Gloire
Conductor: Edward Lilley
Bach: Magnificat
Conductor: Mark Gotham
2013/2014 season
Lent Concert
The Dome, Murray Edwards
Saturday 1st March 2013, 19:30
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Conductor: Kate Massey
Shostakovich Cello concerto in Eb Major
Soloist: Raphael Colman Conductor: Giverny McAndry
Beethoven: Symphony No.4
Conductor: Jon Schranz
Michaelmas Concert

Churchill College Chapel
Saturday 16th November 2013, 19:30
Rossini: Overture to La Cenerentola
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Handel: Part I of The Messiah
Conductors: Kate Massey, Matt Swanson, and Jon Schranz
Soprano - Bethany Partridge
Alto - Chloe Allison
Tenor - Will Hann
Bass - Jonathan Pacey
Continuo: Edward Lilley
2012/2013 season
Michaelmas Concerts

Film Music Concert
Auditorium, Fitzwilliam College
Saturday 3rd November 2012, 18:00
A selection of music from the movies, including Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Star Wars
Saint-Saëns Concert
The Chapel, Churchill College
Sunday 18th November 2012, 14:30
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3, "Organ"
Soloist: Edward Lilley
Conductor: Sophie Fennerty
Lent Concert
The Dome, Murray Edwards
Saturday 2nd March 2013, 19:30
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Conductor: Sophie Fennerty
Vaughan Williams: Mystical Songs
Soloist: Adrian Ball
Conductor: Joe Donlan
Bizet: L'Arl&esienne Suite No. 1
Conductor: Sophie Fennerty
Schubert: Symphony No.8 (Unfinished)
Conductor: Sophie Fennerty
2011/2012 season

Michaelmas Concert
Dining Hall, Churchill College
Saturday 19th November 2011, 19:30
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Conductor: Sophie Fennerty
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Violin: Lydia
Conductor: Sophie Fennerty
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
Conductor: Mark Miller
Lent Concert
The Dome, Murray Edwards
Saturday 3rd March 2012, 19:30
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Conductor: Yarden Brody
Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Conductor: Joe Donlan
Ivan Moody: Linnunlaulu Piano Concerto
Soloist: Lliam Paterson
Conductor: Francis Knights
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3
Conductor: Sophie Fennerty
2010/2011 season
Michaelmas Concert

Wolfson Hall, Churchill College
Sunday 21st November 2010, 19:30
Vivaldi: Winter
Violin: Tanya Goldhaber
Conductor: Anthony Ridge
Delius: Sleigh Ride
Conductor: Joe Donlan
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Conductor: Dominic Wyse
Bach: Excerpts, Christmas Oratorio
Conductor: Alexander Shannon

Lent Concert

The Dome, Murray Edwards
Saturday 5th March 2011, 19:30
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Conductor: Sophie Fennerty
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor
Soloist: Morwenna Del Mar
Conductor: Dominic Wyse
Beethoven: Symphony No.3
Conductor: Dominic Wyse
2009/2010 season

Freshers' Concert
Fitzwilliam College Auditorium
Saturday 31st October 2009, 20:00
Rossini: William Tell Overture
Conductor: Yarden Brody
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Piano: Helena Dukić
Conductor: Nia Llewelyn
Schubert: Symphony No 5
Conductor: Dominic Wyse
Michaelmas Concert
Wolfson Hall, Churchill
Wednesday 25th November 2009, 20:00
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Conductor: Daniel Tse
Beethoven: Symphony no. 8
Conductor: James Brady
Smetena: Vltava
Conductor: Jamie Conway
Lent Concert
The Dome, Murray Edwards
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances
Conductor: Peter Nickalls
Grieg: Peer Gynt
Conductor: Anthony Ridge
2008/2009 season

Freshers' Concert
Fitzwilliam College Auditorium
Wednesday 29th October 2008, 20:00
Verdi: Overture from La Forza del Destino
Conductor: Peter Nickalls
Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor
Piano: Daniel Tse
Conductor: Alex West
Haydn: Symphony no. 45 'Farewell'
Conductor: Dominic Wyse
Michaelmas Concert
Wolfson Hall, Churchill
Tuesday 2nd December 2008, 20:00
Mendelssohn: 'The Hebrides' Overture
Conductor: Jamie Conway
Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 1 in F minor
Clarinet: Emma Dyer
Conductor: Dominic Wyse
Tchaikovsky: 'Nutcracker' Suite
Conductor: Peter Nickalls
Lent Concert

The Dome, Murray Edwards
Saturday 21st February 2008, 20:00
Mozart: Requiem
2007/2008 season
Michaelmas Start-of-Term Concert
Wolfson Hall, Churchill College
Saturday 27th October 2007, 20:00
Sibelius: Valse Triste
Conductor: Alex West
Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 2
French Horn: Catherine White
Conductor: David Burgoyne
Ravel: Pavane pour une infant défunte
Conductor: Carl Fulbrook
Bartók: Hungarian Pictures
Conductor: Carl Fulbrook
Michaelmas End-of-Term Concert
Fitzwilliam College Auditorium
Monday 26th November 2007, 20:00
Arnold: Little Suite for Orchestra no. 1
Conductor: Jamie Conway
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2
Piano: David Burgoyne
Conductor: Carl Fulbrook
Brahms: 2nd Serenade
Conductor: Madeline de Berrié
Lent Term Choral Concert
The Dome, New Hall
Saturday 9th February 2008, 20:00
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Conductor: James Brady
Graham Waterhouse: Cello Concerto (British première)
Cello: Graham Waterhouse
Conductor: Dominic Wyse
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Conductor: Michael Downes
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Conductor: Fergus Macleod
2006/2007 season
Michaelmas Start-of-Term Concert
Fitzwilliam College Auditorium
Saturday 21st October 2006, 20:00
Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques
J.S. Bach: Concerto in D minor for Two Violins
Violins: Carl Fulbrook and Ryan Mark
Stravinsky: 'Pulcinella' Suite
Michaelmas End-of-Term Concert
Fitzwilliam College Auditorium
Wednesday 22nd November 2006, 20:00
Mozart: The Magic Flute overture
Conductor: Rebecca Lowe
Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F minor
Bassoon: Andrew Robertson
Conductor: Michael Downes
Haydn: Symphony no. 104, 'London'
Conductor: Carl Fulbrook
Lent Term Concert
The Dome, New Hall
Saturday 10th March 2007, 20:00
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Violin: Carl Fulbrook
Conductor: Christopher Eberhardt
Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto
Flute: Laura Sheldon
Harp: Alice Reed
Conductor: Fergus MacLeod
Schubert: Symphony no. 3 in D Major
Conductor: Danyal Dhondy
2005/2006 season
Michaelmas Start-of-Term Concert
Fitzwilliam College Auditorium
Saturday 15th October 2005, 20:00
Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite
Conductor: Ellie Goodfield
Dvorak: Hussite Overture
Conductor: Jon Lewis
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A Major
Conductor: Danyal Dhondy
Michaelmas End-of-Term Concert
Wolfson Hall, Churchill College
Saturday 26th November 2005, 20:00
Corelli: Concerto grosso no. 8, 'Christmas'
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Clarinet: Richard Dawson
Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Lent Term Concert
The Dome, New Hall
Thursday 16th March 2006, 20:00
Programme including works by Nielsen, Saint-Saens and Arnold