| Saturday 20 March 2010, 7.30 pm | |
| Nicolson Square Methodist Church, Nicolson Square (map), Edinburgh | Conductor: Tim Paxton |
| Charles O'Brien | Overture “Ellangowan” |
| John McLeod | Guitar Concerto |
| Solo guitar: Ian Watt | |
| Joint commission by New Edinburgh Orchestra, Aberdeen Sinfonietta and Glasgow Chamber Orchestra - first performance |
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| Nielsen | Symphony No. 3 “Sinfonia Espansiva” |
| Saturday 5 December 2009, 7.30 pm | |
| Nicolson Square Methodist Church, Nicolson Square (map), Edinburgh | Conductor: Tim Paxton |
| Martinů | Memorial to Lidice |
| Debussy | Marche Ecossaise |
| Elgar | Sea Pictures |
| Solo mezzo-soprano: Julie Martin-Carter | |
| Sibelius | Symphony No. 1 |
| Saturday 13 June 2009, 7.30pm | |
| Nicolson Square Methodist Church, Nicolson Square (map), Edinburgh | Conductor: Tim Paxton |
| Gounod | Symphony No. 1 in D Major |
| Jennifer Martin | Seeing Sounds (NEO commission 2003) |
| Prokofiev | Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 63 |
| Solo violin: Kirsty Orton | |
| Brahms | Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90 |
| Saturday 14 March 2009, 7.30pm | |
| Nicolson Square Methodist Church, Nicolson Square (map), Edinburgh | Conductor: Tim Paxton |
| Dvořák | Symphonic Variations Op. 78 |
| Bruno Clifton | In the jars, dark liquid (NEO commission, first performance) |
| Debussy | Danse Sacreé et Danse Profane |
| Solo harp: Helen MacLeod | |
| Sibelius | Symphony No. 6 in D minor Op. 104 |
| Saturday 6 December 2008, 7.30pm | |
| Nicolson Square Methodist Church, Nicolson Square (map), Edinburgh | Conductor: Tim Paxton |
| Michael Garrett | Symphony No. 12 “Le Retour du Printemps” (NEO commission, first performance) |
| Stravinsky | Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Op. 1 |
| Finzi | Cello Concerto Op. 40 |
| Solo cello: Philip Higham | |
| Saturday 14 June 2008 | |
| Guest Leader: Salyen Latter | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Mozart | Serenade for Winds in C minor K. 388 |
| Edward McGuire | Junk Shop Blues (Scottish Première) |
| Shostakovich | Cello Concerto No. 1 Op. 107 |
| Solo cello: Kirsty Alexander | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 1 in C major Op. 21 |
| Saturday 8 March 2008 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Mozart | Divertimento in F major K. 138 |
| Tommy Fowler | Good Wine and Sweet (NEO commission 2003) |
| Schumann | Konzertstück for 4 Horns and Orchestra |
| Solo french horns: Andrew Saunders, Ian Kille, Marian Kirton, Fiona Elliott | |
| Nielsen | Symphony No. 1 in G minor Op. 7 |
| Saturday 8 December 2007 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Elgar | Overture “Froissart” Op. 19 |
| Alina Savanenkovaite | Through the Palanga Boulevards (NEO commission, first performance) |
| Berlioz | Les Nuits d'Eté |
| Solo mezzo-soprano: Judy Brown | |
| Dvořák | Symphony No. 6 in D major |
| Saturday 9 June 2007 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Mozart | Overture “Don Giovanni” |
| Robert Crawford | Bagatelles Op.3 (new orchestral version for the NEO - first performance) |
| Samuel Barber | Cello Concerto Op. 22 |
| Solo cello: Betsy Taylor | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No.7 in A major Op. 92 |
| Saturday 10 March 2007 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Dvořák | Symphonic Poem “The Watersprite” Op. 107 |
| Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 |
| Solo violin: Kirsty Orton | |
| Brahms | Symphony No.2 in D major |
| Saturday 9 December 2006 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Wagner | Overture “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” |
| Iain Matheson | Kaleidoscope - NEO commission, first performance |
| Ethel Smyth | Concerto for Violin and French Horn |
| Solo violin: Alistair Savage | |
| Solo french horn: Andrew Saunders | |
| César Franck | Symphony in D minor |
| Saturday 10 June 2006 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Mozart | Flute Concerto No.1 in G K313 |
| Solo flute: Sharon Dowsett | |
| Martin Suckling | Mosaic (NEO commission as part of the Making Music Adopt-A-Composer scheme) |
| Malcolm Arnold | Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet Op. 115 |
| Solo clarinet: Hannah McCabe | |
| Sibelius | Symphony No. 3 |
| Saturday 11 March 2006 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Cecil Coles | Overture “The Comedy of Errors” |
| Richard Michael | Three Shetland Tunes |
| Tchaikovsky | Variations on a Rococo Theme |
| Solo cello: Donald Gillan | |
| Dvořák | Symphony No.5 in F |
| Saturday 10 December 2005 | |
| Guest Conductor: Andrew Lees | |
| Boieldieu | Overture “La Dame Blanche” |
| Vaughan Williams | Symphony No. 5 |
| Beethoven | Violin Concerto |
| Solo violin: Hector Scott | |
| Saturday 11 June 2005 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| J.S.Bach | Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins |
| Solo violins: Joanna Michael and Maggie Chapman | |
| Neil Munro | Songs and Dances (written for the NEO - first performance) |
| Malcolm Arnold | Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra |
| Solo viola: Louise Fotheringham | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 4 in B flat |
| Saturday 12 March 2005 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Mendelssohn | Overture Ruy Blas |
| Elgar | Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra |
| Solo bassoon: Amy Isard | |
| Lyell Cresswell | Cantilena Stampita |
| Koussevitsky | Concerto for Double Bass |
| Solo double bass: Margaret Graham | |
| Shostakovich | Symphony No. 9 in E flat |
| Saturday 4 December 2004 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Ravel | Le Tombeau de Couperin |
| Sally Beamish | The Caledonian Road |
| Bruch | Kol Nidrei |
| Solo cello: Shelagh Fuller | |
| Dvořák | Symphony No.4 in D minor |
| Saturday 5 June 2004 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Edward Harper | Intrada after Monteverdi |
| Gounod | Petite Symphonie for Wind |
| Saint-Saëns | Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso pour violon |
| Solo violin: Claire Docherty | |
| Haydn | Symphony No. 102 in B flat |
| Saturday 6 March 2004 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Kenneth Leighton | Festive Overture |
| Dvořák | Cello concerto |
| Solo cello: Robin Michael | |
| Schumann | Symphony No.3 in E flat “Rhenish” |
| Saturday 29 November 2003 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Mozart | Overture “The Impresario” K.468 |
| John Macleod | Hebridean Dances |
| Mozart | Exultate Jubilate K.165 |
| Solo soprano: Elizabeth Traill | |
| Schubert | Symphony No.3 in D |
| Saturday 7 June 2003 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Mendelssohn | Overture “The Hebrides” (Fingal's Cave) |
| Tommy Fowler | Good Wine and Sweet (NEO commission, première) |
| Bach | Concerto for Oboe and Violin BWV 1060 |
| Solo oboe: Julian Appleyard | |
| Solo violin: Joanna Michael | |
| Mozart | Symphony No.31 in D Major “Paris” |
| Saturday 8 March 2003 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Jennifer Martin | Seeing Sounds (Written for the NEO - première) |
| Bruch | Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor |
| Solo violin: Hector Scott | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No.5 |
| Saturday 30 November 2002 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Iain Matheson | The Shape of Things (première) |
| Prokofiev | Concertino for Cello and Orchestra Op.132 |
| Solo cello: Catriona Hetherington | |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.2 “Little Russian” |
| Saturday 8 June 2002 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Debussy | Petite Suite |
| Mozart | Concerto for Flute and Harp K299 |
| Solo flute: Duncan Smith | |
| Solo harp: Michelle Weallens | |
| Haydn | Symphony No. 100 in G “Military” |
| Saturday 9 March 2002 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Mackenzie | Benedictus |
| Sibelius | Valse Triste |
| Dvořák | Serenade for Winds, Cello and Bass Op. 44 |
| Brahms | Violin Concerto |
| Solo violin: Claire Docherty | |
| Saturday 1 December 2001 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Elgar | Serenade for Strings |
| Jennifer Martin | Hearing Pictures (NEO commission through Scottish Arts Council Lottery Funding - first performance) |
| Mendelssohn | Symphony No. 4 “Italian” |
| Saturday 19 May 2001 in Nicolson Square Methodist Church, Edinburgh | |
| Sunday 20 May 2001 in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Dalkeith | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Keith Murphy | Different Perspectives (first performance) |
| Mozart | Oboe concerto |
| Solo oboe: Joanna Senior | |
| Prokofiev | Sinfonietta |
| Saturday 10 March 2001 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Hamish MacCunn | Ballad Overture “The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow” |
| Elgar | Cello concerto |
| Solo cello: Kim Bak Dinitzen | |
| Dvořák | Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World” |
| Saturday 2 December 2000 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Fauré | Suite Masques et Bergamasques |
| Berlioz | Nuits D'Été |
| Solo soprano: Shuna Sendall | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 2 in D |
| Saturday 20 May 2000 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Brahms | Serenade No. 1 in D |
| Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto |
| Solo violin: Claire Docherty | |
| Saturday 11 March 2000 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| John Bevan-Baker | Fidach (Messages in Stone) |
| Mozart | Flute Concerto |
| Solo flute: Duncan Smith | |
| Dvořák | Czech Suite |
| Saturday 4 December 1999 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Fauré | Pavane |
| Bizet | Suite: Jeux d'Enfants |
| Richard Strauss | Wind Serenade Opus 7 |
| Schubert | Symphony No. 5 |
| Saturday 22 May 1999 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Kenneth Leighton | Festive Overture |
| Tchaikovsky | Variations on a Rococo Theme |
| Solo cello: Robin Michael | |
| Dvořák | Symphony No. 8 in G |
| Saturday 13 March 1999 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Beethoven | Overture “Egmont” |
| Elgar | Serenade for Strings |
| Conductor: Harriet Johnson | |
| Samuel Barber | Knoxville, Summer of 1915 |
| Solo soprano: Shuna Sendall | |
| Haydn | Symphony No. 104 in D “London” |
| Saturday 28 November 1998 | |
| Conductor: Tim Paxton | |
| Hamish MacCunn | Overture “Land of the Mountain and the Flood” |
| Rodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuez |
| Solo guitar: Allan Neave | |
| Mendelssohn | Scottish Symphony (op. 56 in A minor) |
| Saturday 23 May 1998 | |
| Conductor: Steve King | |
| Grieg | Peer Gynt |
| Conductor: Harriet Johnson | |
| Britten | Six Metamorphoses from Ovid |
| Solo oboe: Heather Wade | |
| Walton | Two Pieces for strings from Henry V |
| Bach | First Orchestral Suite |
| Saturday 14 March 1998 | |
| Conductor: Steve King | |
| Mozart | Symphony no. 39 |
| Elgar | Four Dances for Wind Quintet |
| King | A Place of Welcome |
| Solo soprano: Mairi Campbell | |
| Saturday 29 November 1997 | |
| Conductor: Steve King | |
| Handel | Music for the Royal Fireworks |
| Sweeney | Seann Orain |
| Mozart | Symphony no. 40 |
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