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Click here for the Summer Term 2013 rehearsal schedule


Autumn term 2013 – 9 rehearsals. Mendlessohn - Ruy Blas, Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 5

18th Sept – AGM/rep/social
25th Sept
2nd Oct
9th Oct
16th Oct
23rd Oct
30th Oct – HALF TERM
6th Nov
13th Nov
20th Nov
27th Nov
CONCERT 30th Nov


Spring term 2014 – 8 rehearsals. Dvorak - Carnival Overture, Brahms - Concerto for Violin and Cello, Dvorak - Symphony no. 7

8th Jan
15th Jan
22nd Jan
29th Jan
5th Feb
12th Feb
19th Feb – HALF TERM
26th Feb
5th Mar
CONCERT 8th Mar
12th Mar – rep or social


Summer term 2014 – 9 rehearsals. Cowboys and Indians/Western. To include The Big Country, William Tell Overture, Rodeo, El Salon Mexico, Estancia, The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Possibly Sinfonia India and some native American composers tbc.

23rd Apr
30th Apr
7th May
14th May
21st May
28th May – HALF TERM
4th Jun
11th Jun
18th Jun
25th Jun
CONCERT 28th June


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Rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings,
7.30 - 9.45pm at Prendergast School (Hilly Fields), Adelaide Avenue, Ladywell, SE4 1LE google map

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Here are the repertoire suggestions we have received. Please vote as it will give the committee some idea of the more popular pieces and helps them to plan. We welcome votes from audience members.
If you would like to add more repertoire to this list, please use the suggestion form.
You may vote once, and for three pieces only.

Walton - Portsmouth Point (Overture)
Walton - Orb & Sceptre March
Debussy - La Mer
Britten - Four Sea Interludes (from 'Peter Grimes')
Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony
Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Dvorak - Carnival Overture
Poulenc - Organ Concerto
Schumann - Symphony No.2
Chabrier - Espana
Finzi - Cello Concerto
Finzi - Eclogue for Piano and Strings.
Borodin - Symphony No.2
Borodin - Prince Igor

Khachaturian - Violin Concerto
Nielsen - Symphony No.4
Elgar - Cockaigne Overture
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7
Shostakovich - Symphony 9
Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin Polonaise
Mussorgsky - Night on the Bare Mountain
Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights
Any one of Honegger's last three symphonies
Honegger - Pastorale d'Eté
Bax - Tintagel
Turina - Canto a Sevilla
Cedric Peachey - Romance for Horn & Orchestra
Resphigi - The Pines of Rome
Mahler - Symphony 5
Elgar: In the South (Alassio) Op. 50




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2013/14 Season Concert Dates


Saturday June 29th 2013
Saturday 30th November 2013
Saturday 8th March 2014
Saturday 28th June 2014