All rehearsals (unless otherwise announced) are at Applecroft School, Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6JZ, from 7.30pm to 10.00pm.
All concerts (unless otherwise announced) start at 7.30pm and are preceded by a final rehearsal, at the concert venue, 2.30pm-5.30pm.
It is usually possible to remain in the venue between the rehearsal and the concert.
- Rehearsal Schedule 2023/24 Season (156.48KB)
Concert dress all black
Saturday 30th November 2024
Conductor: Anton Kalisch-Smith
with Sir John Lawes Secondary School Chamber Choir
Orchestration
Coleridge Taylor: Christmas Overture
2, 2, 2, 2: 2,2,3,0 timp, perc
Hely-Hutchinson: Carol Symphony
3 (pic), 2 (cor), 3 (bass), 3 (contra): 4,3,3,1 timp, perc (piano)
Sibelius: Finlandia
2, 2, 2, 2: 4,3,3,1 timp, perc
Faure: Cantique De Jean Racine
2, 2, 2, 2: 2,0,0,0 harp (piano)
Date/Time | Venue | Details |
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Thu 14th November 2024 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Thu 21st November 2024 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Thu 28th November 2024 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Sat 30th November 2024 2:30pm - 5:30pm | High Street Methodist Church Harpenden | Concert Day |
Saturday 15th March 2025
Director/Leader: Martin Smith
Orchestration
Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending
2, 2, 2, 2: 2,0,0,0 perc
Mozart: Symphony No 40
1, 2, 2, 2:2,0,0,0
Haydn: Symphony TBC
Barber: Adagio for strings
Wind Octet TBC
Date/Time | Venue | Details |
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Thu 6th February 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Thu 13th February 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Thu 20th February 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | No rehearsal – Half Term |
Thu 27th February 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Thu 6th March 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Thu 13th March 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Sat 15th March 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm | St Mary’s Church Potters Bar | Concert Day |
Saturday 14th June2025
Conductor: Edward Longstaff
Soloist: Milda Daunoraite
Orchestration
Borodin: Prince Igor Overture
2+pic, 2, 2, 2: 4,2,3,1 timp
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1
2, 2, 2, 2: 4,2,3,0 timp
Brahms: Symphony No 2
2, 2, 2, 2: 4,2,3,1 timp
Date/Time | Venue | Details |
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Thu 8th May 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Thu 15th May 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Thu 22nd May 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Thu 29th May 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | No rehearsal – Half Term |
Thu 5th June 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Thu 12th June 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm | Applecroft School Welwyn Garden City | |
Sat 14th June 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm | St Mary’s Church Potters Bar | Concert Day |