Programme for 2025/2026
11 October 2025 at St Michael and All Angels W4 [5 rehearsals from 9 Sept]
- Brahms: Tragic Overture [3(1.2.p) 2 2 2 / 4231 / T stgs]
- Poulenc: Organ Concerto [stgs & T]
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 [3(1.2.3/p) 2 2 2 / 4231 / T stgs]
Concerts with Kate Bush tribute band ‘Cloudbusting’ [4 rehearsals from 14 October]
Rehearsal venue: 14 and 21 October at HGBC; 28 October and 4 November at St Barnabas
- 8 November 2025 at Cadogan Hall
- 13 November 2025 at Birmingham Town Hall
- 14 November 2025 at The Anvil, Basingstoke
Sunday 7 December 2025 at St Michael and All Angels W4
- Christmas concert – programme tba
14 February 2026 at St Barnabas Pitshanger Lane W5 [6 rehearsals from 6 Feb]
- Bizet: Carmen [2(1/p.2/p) 2(1.2/ca) 2 2 / 4231 / T 4p Hp stgs]
- De Falla: El Amor Brujo Ballet Suite [2(1.2/p) 1/ca 2 1 / 2200 / T 1p pno Mezzo Solo stgs]
- Rimsky Korsakov: [Capriccio Espagnol3(1.2.p) 2(1/ca.2) 2 2 / 4231 / T 5p Hp stgs]
- Ravel: Bolero [3(1.2.p) 3(1.2/ob d’am.ca) 5(1.2/Eb.bcl + ssx.tsx) 3(1.2.cfg) / 4431 / T 4p Hp cel stgs]
21 March 2026 at St Barnabas Pitshanger Lane W5 [5 rehearsals from 17 Feb]
- Mahler: Symphony no. 2 [4(1/p.2/p.3/p.4/p) 4(1.2.3/ca.4/ca) 5(1.2.3/bcl.4/Eb.Eb) 4(1.2.3.4/cfg) / 10 8 4 1 / 3T 4p 2Hps org / solo S & A Chorus stgs]
1st-3rd May 2026 Marcq-en-Baroeul [1 rehearsal on 28 April]
- Brahms: Tragic Overture [3(1.2.p) 2 2 2 / 4231 / T stgs]
- Dvorak: Romance for violin & orchestra [2 2 2 2 / 2000 stgs]
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 [3(1.2.3/p) 2 2 2 / 4231 / T stgs]
16 May 2026 St Anne’s Kew TW9 [4 rehearsals from 14 April, excepting 28 April]
- Brahms: Serenade in D2 2 2 2 / 4200
- Prokofiev: Sinfonietta2 2 2 2 / 4200
27 June 2026 at St Barnabas Pitshanger Lane W5 [6 rehearsals from19 May]
- Shostakovich: Festival Overture [3(1.2.p) 3 3 3(1.2.cfg) / 4331 / T p stgs]
- Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 2 [3(1.2.p) 2 2 2 / 4000 / T p stgs]
- Shostakovich: Symphony no.7 [3(1.2/afl.3/p) 3(1.2.ca) 4(1.2.3/Eb.bcl) 3(1.2.cfg) / 8661 / T 5[7]p 2Hp pno stgs]
