Rehearsals

Rehearsals are held on Sundays, 2:30pm–5:30pm at:

King Solomon Academy, Penfold Street, London NW1 6RX  (map)  (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 Biches16 min2+1 2+1 2+1 3/1 : 4331 : T 2P
Gregson — Tuba Concerto (soloist: Andrew Kershaw) 18 min2222 : 4230 : T 2P Str
Sibelius — En Saga18 min2/1 222 : 4331 : T 3P Str
Stravinsky — Firebird Suite21 min2/1 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 Bamboula9 min2+1 222 : 4231 : T 2P Str
Rachmaninoff — Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (soloist: Agnieszka Pluta) 26 min2+1 2+1 22 : 4231 : T 3P Hp Str
Vaughan Williams — Job: A Masque for Dancing48 min3/1 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 Fool11 min2+1 2+1 2+1 2+1 : 4331 : T 3P Cel Hp Str
Korngold — Violin Concerto (soloist: Charlie Lovell-Jones)23 min2/1 2/1 2+1 2/1 : 4210 : T 2P Hp Str
George Lloyd — Symphony No. 465 min3343 : 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 Printemps5 min3333 : 4331 : 2P Cel Hp Str
Bantock — Russian Scenes14 min2222 : 2330 : T P 2Hp Str
Gipps — Oboe Concerto (soloist: Ewan Millar) 21 min2022 : 2100 : T 2P Str
Elgar — Symphony No. 151 min3/1 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