Repertoire days

The orchestra meets several times a year to play through new repertoire. This is also an opportunity for new players to come (please contact our fixers if you are interested).

Upcoming dates

Unless otherwise indicated all take place at 19:30 at St. Edburg's, Bicester (please arrive promptly). We request a £10 contribution towards music costs.

Thursday 7 November 2024 (conductor Jan Kaznowski)

Suk - Serenade for Strings

Previous dates and repertoire

Thursday 12 September 2024 (conductor: Ben Goodall)

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 ("Reformation") 2222+cbn/serpent 2230 T 33'
plus Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture 2/pc2/cor22 42+2cnts30 T 3perc 10'

Thursday 9 November 2023 (conductor: Geoff Bushell)

Bruch Symphony No. 3 2222 4331 T 32'
Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenska - A Breath of Life 2222 4231 T 2perc hp 5'

cancelled

Thursday 2 February 2023 (conductor: Andrew Gray)

Kalinnikov Symphony No.1 in G minor 2+pc2+ca22 4231 T hp triangle 35'

Thursday 13 October 2022 (conductor: Andrew Gray)

Sibelius Symphony No. 2 2222 4331 T 42'

Thursday 25 August 2022 (conductor: Rich Sands)

Gershwin - An American in Paris 3/pc2ca2bc23sax 4331 T perc celesta 20'

Thursday 14 October 2021 (conductor: Hannah Schneider)

Nielsen Symphony No.1 2+pc222 4230 33'

Thursday 9 September 2021 (conductor: Sam Laughton)

Elgar Enigma Variations 2222+cb 4331 32'

Thursday 15 October 2020 (conductor: Sam Laughton)

Beethoven Leonora No.1 2222 4200 13'
Schubert Symphony No. 4 2222 4200 30'

Thursday 21 May 2020 (conductor: Hannah Schneider)

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 2+pc222 4231 T perc 42'
cancelled due to coronavirus

Previous dates and repertoire

Thursday 7 November 2019 (conductor: Josh Asokan)

Scriabin - Symphony No. 2 3/pc232 4331 T tam-tam 50'
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol 2+pc222 4231 hp T perc 16'

Thursday 7 February 2019 (conductor: Chloe Rooke)

Ravel - Mother Goose Suite 2222 2000 16'
Beethoven - Symphony No.4 2222 2200 30'

Thursday 22 November 2018 (conductor: Ted Smyth)

Chabrier - España: 2+pc224 42+2ct31 2hp T perc 7'
Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad: 2332 4231 T hp 10'
Elgar - Coronation March: 3333 4331 org 2hp T perc 11'

Thursday 9 November 2017 (conductor: James Ham)

Beethoven - Symphony No.7: 2222 2200 T 42'
Mozart - Symphony No.36: 0202 2200 T 36'

Thursday 4 May 2017 (conductor: James Ham)

Beethoven - Symphony No.1: 2222 2200 T str

Thursday 10 November 2016 (conductor: James Ham)

Dvorak - Symphony No. 8: 2/picc 2/cor 22 4231 T str

April 2016 (conductor: Tom Horn)

Glinka - A life for the Tzar - 2222 4230 T
John Williams - Star Wars
Borodin - Symphony No. 2 - 2222 4230 T

October 2015 (Jonathan Timms)

Dukas - Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Dvorak - Carnival Overture

September 2015 (Jonathan Timms) - strings only

Bach - Violin and Oboe Concerto
Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Mendelssohn - String Symphony

April 2015 (Tom Horn)

Saint-Saens - Danse-Macabre

September 2014 (Sam Laughton)

Gade - Echoes of Ossian overture, Op. 1
Berwald - Symphony No. 3 (Singulière)

May 2014 (Tom Horn)

Beethoven - Symphony No. 4

November 2013 (Sam Laughton)

Rossini - William Tell
Dvorak - Symphony No. 7

January 2013 (Jerry Lanning)

Prokofiev Symphony No. 1
Mendelssohn -Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
cancelled bad weather

September 2012 (Jerry Lanning)

Schumann - Symphony No. 3
Sibelius - Karelia Suite
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker

January 2012 (Jerry Lanning)

Elgar - Froissart
Brahms - Symphony No.2
Tchaikowsky - Romeo and Juliet