NYOS 2026 Programmes Unveiled

Featuring meditations on identity and memory, cosmic wonder and earthly life, our 2026 NYOS orchestras concerts are not to be missed.

After a year of outstanding orchestral achievements, from NYOS Development’s triumphant Tchaikovsky No. 5 in Dundee to the NYOS orchestra’s roof-raising Berlin performance and award-winning Capperauld commission, we couldn’t be more excited to announce our orchestral programming for 2026! 

In 2026, our orchestras will perform vibrant works by the likes of Gustav Holst, Henriette Bosmans and Peter Maxwell Davies at venues across Scotland, including very special pop-up performances at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. 

Explore our 2026 orchestral programmes below.  

NYOS 2026 Programme 

What happens when a wedding party stretches into the morning on a remote Scottish island? Find out this spring when the NYOS orchestra performs Peter Maxwell Davies’ Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise, featuring a glorious bagpipe solo. The spring programme will be complimented by Sarah Lianne Lewis’ Creatures of Dust and Dreams and Vaughan Williams’ metropolitan tribute, A London Symphony. 

In summer, expect futuristic electronics and dazzling soundscapes as NYOS ventures into the cosmos! Our young musicians will perform Holst’s The Planets, Camille Pépin’s Laniakea and Iris ter Schiphorst’s Gravitational Waves. Edinburgh audiences will also be treated to unmissable pop-up performances at Dynamic Earth on Saturday 11 July, featuring selected movements from The Planets. 

NYOS Development 2026 Programme 

NYOS Development  makes its debut at Glasgow City Halls in April 2026, joined by acclaimed cellist and NYOS alumnus Finn Mannion, to perform Henriette Bosmans’ evocative Poème for cello and orchestra.The orchestra will travel back in time to explore the diverse musical legacy of post-WWI Europe, capturing “The Crazy Years” of 1920s France and the spirit of revolutionary Croatia. Featuring music from Dora Pejačević, Francis Poulenc and Maurice Ravel. 

In July 2026, NYOS Development celebrates British orchestral voices, with the intricately crafted Penillion by Welsh composer Grace Williams featuring in the summer programme at the Perth Concert Hall. Expect wizarding mischief from Holst’s The Perfect Fool and soaring melodies in Elgar’s iconic Enigma Variations. 

From beloved classics to cutting edge compositions, next year’s programming promises to offer audiences enthralling concert experiences. Tickets will go on sale in the new year – we look forward to seeing you there! 

NYOS Spring Concerts 2026 

Sarah Lianne Lewis Creatures of Dust and Dreams 
Peter Maxwell Davis Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise 
Vaughan Williams A London Symphony 

Friday 10 April, Perth Concert Hall 

Saturday 11 April, City Halls, Glasgow 

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NYOS Summer Concerts 2026 

Iris ter Schiphorst – Gravitational Waves 
Camille Pepin – Laniakea 
Gustav Holst – The Planets 

Friday 10 July, Perth Concert Hall 

Saturday 11 July, Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 

Sunday 12 July, Usher Hall, Edinburgh 

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NYOS Development Spring Concert 2026 

Dora Pejačević – Overture in D Minor 
Henriette Bosmans – Poème for cello and orchestra 
Francis Poulenc – Les Biches 
Maurice Ravel – Bolero 

Saturday 18 April, City Halls, Glasgow 

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NYOS Development Summer Concert 2026 

Gustav Holst – The Perfect Fool 
Grace Williams – Penillion 
Elgar – Enigma Variations 

Saturday 25 July, Perth Concert Hall