Rehearsals
Rehearsals are held on Sundays, 2:30pm–5:30pm at:
King Solomon Academy, Penfold Street, London NW1 6RX
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(TFL)
Please bring a music stand.
Dress code for indoor concerts: Women, long black; Men, black shirt and trousers, no tie, jacket optional.
2025–26 Season Schedule
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Concert 1 — , St Giles Cripplegate
| Poulenc — Les Biches | 16 min | 2+1 2+1 2+1 3/1 : 4331 : T 2P |
| Gregson — Tuba Concerto (soloist: Andrew Kershaw) | 18 min | 2222 : 4230 : T 2P Str |
| Sibelius — En Saga | 18 min | 2/1 222 : 4331 : T 3P Str |
| Stravinsky — Firebird Suite | 21 min | 2/1 2/1 22 : 4231 : T 3P Hp Pf Cel Str |
| Full rehearsal |
| Strings only |
| Full rehearsal |
| Full rehearsal |
| Full rehearsal |
| Dress rehearsal 2:30–5:30pm; Concert 7:30pm |
Concert 2 — , St John’s Waterloo
| Coleridge-Taylor — The Bamboula | 9 min | 2+1 222 : 4231 : T 2P Str |
| Rachmaninoff — Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (soloist: Agnieszka Pluta) | 26 min | 2+1 2+1 22 : 4231 : T 3P Hp Str |
| Vaughan Williams — Job: A Masque for Dancing | 48 min | 3/1 2+1 3/1 A-Sax 2+1 : 4331 : T P 2Hp Org |
| Full rehearsal |
| Strings only |
| Full rehearsal |
| Full rehearsal |
| Full rehearsal |
| Dress rehearsal 2:30–5:30pm; Concert 7:30pm |
Concert 3 — , St John’s Waterloo
| Holst — Ballet from The Perfect Fool | 11 min | 2+1 2+1 2+1 2+1 : 4331 : T 3P Cel Hp Str |
| Korngold — Violin Concerto (soloist: Charlie Lovell-Jones) | 23 min | 2/1 2/1 2+1 2/1 : 4210 : T 2P Hp Str |
| George Lloyd — Symphony No. 4 | 65 min | 3343 : 4331 : T 2P Hp Cel Str |
| Full rehearsal |
| Strings only |
| Full rehearsal |
| Full rehearsal |
| Full rehearsal |
| Dress rehearsal 2:30–5:30pm; Concert 7:30pm |
Concert 4 — , St Giles Cripplegate
| Lili Boulanger — D’un Matin de Printemps | 5 min | 3333 : 4331 : 2P Cel Hp Str |
| Bantock — Russian Scenes | 14 min | 2222 : 2330 : T P 2Hp Str |
| Gipps — Oboe Concerto (soloist: Ewan Millar) | 21 min | 2022 : 2100 : T 2P Str |
| Elgar — Symphony No. 1 | 51 min | 3/1 2+1 2+1 2+1 : 4331 : T 2P 2Hp Str |
| Full rehearsal |
| Strings only |
| Full rehearsal |
| Full rehearsal |
| Full rehearsal |
| Dress rehearsal 2:30–5:30pm; Concert 7:30pm |
Concert 5 — , Langton’s Lakeside, Havering
Programme to be confirmed.
| Sessions 10:30am–1:30pm and 2:30–5:30pm |
| Dress rehearsal 10:30am–1:30pm; Concert 3:00pm |