Rehearsal Venue

 

We rehearse in the sanctuary of Ealing Green Church, Ealing Green, W5 5QT, from 1935 (doors open 1920) to 2205; entrance by the main front door. Ealing Broadway and South Ealing underground stations are quite close, and parking is legal in Grange Road from 1930. No parking at the church, but quick unloading is OK if there’s room.
The usual pub afterwards is the King’s Arms in The Grove (Red Lion in St Mary’s Road in summer).
Please contact us for details of how to join.

Rehearsal Schedule

 

2024-25

All programmes subject to modification, and planned rehearsal schedule may have to be adjusted.

Main concert dates unlikely to change

For Saturday 23 November 2024 (St Barnabas):
DEBUSSY: La Mer 3*.3*.2.4*: 4.5.3.1: T.3: 2 harps: Stgs
Paul CARR: Saxophone Concerto (Rob Burton) Stgs
George LLOYD: Symphony No. 5
3.3.3.3: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Harp: Celeste: Stgs

Thursday 10 October (Ealing Green Hall): Debussy, Lloyd, Carr II

Thursday 17 October (Ealing Green Hall): TBA
A. Debussy III
B. Lloyd V

Thursday 24 October (Ealing Green Hall):
A. Lloyd V
B. Debussy I, III

Thursday 31 October (Ealing Green Hall):
A. Debussy I, II, Lloyd I, Debussy II
B. Debussy II, Lloyd I, III

Thursday 7 November: TBA

Thursday 14 November: TBA

Thursday 21 November (Ealing Green): TBA

Saturday 23 November CONCERT (St Barnabas)

Thursday 28 November: Rehearsal including AGM 2100

Thursday 5 December: TBA

Thursday 12 December: Christmas party?

Thursday 9 January 2025: First after Christmas

Saturday 22 February 2025: CONCERT (St Barnabas)
Ruth GIPPS: Symphony No. 2 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T+2: Harp: Stgs
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Erna Vala) 2.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.1: Stgs
BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.3.3.1: T.1: 2 harps: Stgs

Saturday 22 March 2025: CHAMBER CONCERT (St Mary’s Perivale)

Saturday 26 April 2025: possible St Albans / Wormser Kantorei concert

Saturday 10 May 2025: CONCERT (St Barnabas): note change from 17 May
Bernstein West Side Story, Angela Luq electric violin commission, Bliss Colour Symphony

Thursday 22 May: Joint rehearsal for RAH with Ealing Youth Orchestra

Friday 6 June: Joint rehearsal for RAH with Ealing Youth Orchestra

Saturday 14 June 2026, 0830-1700: All-day rehearsal at Ealing Christian Centre, Northfield Avenue

Tuesday 24 June 2025: CONCERT (Royal Albert Hall)

Saturday 26 July 2025: CONCERT (Latvia?)

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PAST CONCERTS

2024-25

Saturday-Sunday 24-25 August: JAUNT (Shepperton)

Saturday 5 October 2024 St Barnabas was:
STANFORD: Irish Rhapsody No. 1 2*.2*.3*.3*: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
Lowell LIEBERMANN Flute Concerto (Peter Robertson) 2*.2*.2*.2*: 2.2.0.0: T.1: Harp: Piano: Stgs
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 3*.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Stgs

2023-24

Saturday-Sunday 2-3 September 2023: JAUNT (Great Haseley)

7 October 2023 St Barnabas was:
SIBELIUS: Finlandia 2.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.3?(Tr.Cy.BD): Stgs
BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy (David Way) 2.2.2.4: 4.4.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
KALINNIKOV: Symphony No. 1 3.3.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.1: Harp: Stgs

25 November 2023 St Barnabas was:
RAVEL: La Valse 3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.3.3.1: T.6(BD.SD.Cy.Tr.Tamb.Tam-tam.Guiro.Glock): 2 harps: Stgs
RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (Reuben Moisey)
3*.3*.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.3?(Tr.SD.Cy.BD.Glock): Harp: Stgs
George LLOYD: Symphony No. 4 3.3.4.3: 4.3.3.1: T.2: 2 harps: Celeste: Stgs

24 February 2024 St Barnabas was:
MAHLER: Symphony No. 3
4*.4*.5=.4*: 8.4.4 inc posthorn.1: 2T.5: 2 harps: Stgs. Alto solo. Boys’ chorus. Women’s chorus

Saturday 18 May 2024 St Barnabas was:
JANÁČEK: Sinfonietta 4.2.3.2: 4.12.4.1: 2 bass tpt: 2 tenor tba: T.1: Harp: Stgs
STRAUSS: Four Last Songs (Anna Gorbachyova) 4**.3*.3*.3*: 4.3.3.1: T.0: Harp: Celeste: Stgs
Trad, arr. Martin JONES: Chi Chi Bud Oh (in memory of Keel Watson) 1.0.2.2: 0.1.3.0: Perc: Stgs: Voices from orch
SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 3 4*.4*.4*.4*: 8.5.3.1: T.2: 2 harps: Stgs

Saturday 13 July 2024 St Barnabas was:
Morfydd Llwyn OWEN: Nocturne 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.1: Harp: Stgs
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G (Firoze Madon) 2*.2*.2+.2: 2.1.1.0: T.3: Harp: Stgs
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade 3**.2*2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.5: Harp: Stgs

Sunday 21 July 2024 Hull Minster was:
Doreen CARWITHEN: Overture ‘Bishop Rock’ 3.3.3.3: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
William ALWYN: Ship’s Waltz and Rumba (‘The Castaways’)
Igor SHAMO: Accordion Concerto (Miloš Milivojević) Stgs
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade 3**.2*2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.5: Harp: Stgs

2022-23

Sunday-Monday 28-29 August: JAUNT (Great Haseley)

8 October 2022 St Barnabas was:
ARNOLD: Homage to the Queen 2.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Celeste: Harp: Stgs
ARNOLD: Trumpet Concerto (Nick Budd) 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Harp: Stgs
ARNOLD: Divertimento No. 2 3.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Harp: Stgs
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique 2*.2*.2+.4: 4.4.3.2: 4T.2: 2 harps: Stgs

Thursday 20 October 2022: UKRAINE CONCERT
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, Duke St, W1K 5BQ
Eric COATES: Covent Garden
ARNOLD: Divertimento No. 2 3.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Harp: Stgs
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Dona Nobis Pacem 3.2.2.3*: 4.4(2 opt).5(2 opt).1: T.?(BD.TD.Cy.Tam-tam.Tamb.Tr.Glock.Bell): Harp:Organ(opt): Stgs
DVOŘÁK: Rusalka: Song to the Moon
LEHAR: Gold and Silver Waltz
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures: Great Gate of Kiev
FAURÉ: Requiem: in Paradisum

26 November 2022 St Barnabas was:
STRAUSS: Don Juan 3*.3*.2.3*: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
Martin JONES: Arctic Adventure Suite 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Harp: Stgs
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A London Symphony (No. 2)
3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.4.3.1: T.4: Harps: Stgs (3rd wind & 2 tpts optional)

17 December 2022 Christmas concert Ealing Green, included:
HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

11 February 2023 St Barnabas was
George LLOYD: Symphony No. 3 2.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
ELGAR: Sea Pictures (Harriet Williams) 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T2: Harp: Organ: Stgs
Sheldon BAIR: The Homefront 1944 (Harriet Williams) Orch?
RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances 3*.3*.3*.3*:.Alto sax: 4.3.3.1: T.5: Harp: Piano: Stgs

18 March 2023 St Barnabas was:
Laura ROSSI: Jailhouse Graffiti 2*.2*.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Stgs
BEETHOVEN; Violin Concerto (Peter Nall) 1.2.2.2: 2.2.0.0: T.0: Stgs
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) 3*.2*.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.1-2 (Tr.Cy): Stgs

20 May 2023 St Barnabas was:
William WORDSWORTH: Divertimento 2*.2.2.2*: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Stgs
PROKOFIEV: 1st Piano Concerto (Reuben Moisey) 2*.3*.2.2*: 4.3.3.1: T+2?: Harp: Stgs
LUTOSŁAWSKI: Variations on a theme of Paganini (Reuben Moisey) 3*.2.2.3*: 4.2.3.1: T.1: Stgs
SUK: Fairy Tale Suite 3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Harp: Stgs

3 June 2023 Holy Trinity Church, Worms was:
MENDELSSOHN: Wir glauben all an einem Gott

DVOŘÁK: Hussite Overture 3*.2*.2.2:  4.2.3.1: T.2: Opt harp: Stgs
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on the Old 104th
Pēteris VASKS: Da pacem, Domine (2016)
BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasia

8 July 2023 St Barnabas was:
DVOŘÁK: Hussite Overture 3*.2*.2.2:  4.2.3.1: T.2: Opt harp: Stgs
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Maria Marchant) 3*.2.2.2:  2.2.3.1: T.1: Stgs
WALTON: Symphony No. 1 2*.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.2: Stgs

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2021-22

Sat/Sun 28-29 August 2021: JAUNT (Shepperton)

9 October 2021 was:
NIELSEN: Helios Overture 3*.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: T.0: Stgs
ARNOLD: Viola Concerto 1.2.2.2: 2.0.0.0: Stgs (Meghan Cassidy)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 3*.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.0: Stgs

27 November 2021 was:
SCRIABIN / David Matthews: Vers la flamme 3.3.3.3: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Stgs (Dinara Klinton)
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 4*.3*.3*.3*: 4.4.3.1: T.5: Piano: Celeste: 2 harps: Stgs

Saturday 11 December 2021: Christmas concert (Ealing Green Church)

Thursday 16 December 2021: Christmas party

12 February 2022 for EMFF was:
BAX: Tintagel 3*.3*.3*.2: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
WAGNER: Tristan & Isolde, Act II 3*.3*.3*3: 4.3.3.1: T.2(Tr.Cy): Harp: Stgs

26 March 2022 was:
TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini 3*.3*.2.2: 4.4.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs
Grace WILLIAMS: Violin Concerto 2*.2*.2.2: 4.2.3.0: T.?: Harp: Stgs (Fenella Humphreys)
César FRANCK: Symphony in D minor 2.3*.3*.2: 4.4.3.1: T.0: Harp: Stgs

14 May 2022 was:
DEBUSSY: Images: Iberia 4*.3*.3.4*: 4.3.3.1: T.4: Celeste: 2 harps: Stgs
de FALLA: El Amor Brujo - Ritual Fire Dance 2*.1.2.1: 2.2.0.0: T.0: Piano: Stgs
MONCAYO: Huapango 3*.2: 3=.2: 4.3.3.1: T.3/4
Silvestre REVUELTAS: Sensemayá 3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.4.3.1: T.2: Piano
de FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain 3*.3*.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.2: Harp: Celeste: Stgs
CHABRIER: España (3*.2.2.4: 4.4.3.1: T.4: 2 harps: Stgs

Sunday 5 June 2022: JUBILEE CONCERT for LBE (Walpole Park)

9 July 2022 was:
George LLOYD: Symphony No. 2 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.0: T.0: Stgs
Paul LEWIS: Seaside Organ concerto 2*.1.1.1. 2.1.1.0 T.1 (Cy. Sus Cy. SD BD. Tr. Wd Blk.Tam-tam. Glock. Vibes): Stgs
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1945) 2*.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.3: Piano: Harp: Stgs
ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4 3*.3*.3*.3*: 4.3.3.1: T.3: Harp: Stgs

23 July 2022 Beverley Minster was:
ARNOLD: Scottish Dances 2*.2.2.2: 4.2.3.0: T.?: Harp: Stgs
George LLOYD: Symphony No. 2 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.0: T.0: Stgs
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: T.0: Stgs

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