We play an enormous variety of music, from baroque to 20th century, and the orchestra has its own extensive library of orchestral sets.
We welcome requests for music to be played, and we can hire from music libraries if we don’t have it ourselves.
The standard of playing is fairly good overall, but it’s more about the fun of making music than about achieving perfection. We have a number of professional players in the orchestra, as well as some who are in the early (or late) stages of their musical development!
If you are interested in joining the orchestra you should be at least Grade 6 standard for strings, and Grade 7 for woodwind and brass. Click here for details of how to apply.
Here’s what we played in 2017:
Saturday evening
Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture – Glinka
Beethoven’s Second Symphony
Perpetuum Mobile – Johann Strauss
Sunday Morning
Italian Girl in Algiers Overture – Rossini
Beethoven’s Second Symphony (movements 3 & 4)
Vlatava – Smetana
Prelude to Lohengrin – Wagner
La Calinda – Delius
Turkish March – Mozart
Sunday Evening
Sonata in F – Handel
Brahms’ First Symphony
Monday Morning
Ruy Blass Overture – Mendelssohn
Petite Suite – Debussy
Dvorak’s Eighth Symphony (movement 1 only)
Monday Evening
Poet and Peasant Overture – Suppé
Dvorak’s Eighth Symphony (movements 2 – 4)
Folk Song Suite – Vaughn Williams
March of the Tin Soldiers – Leon Jessel
Tuesday Morning
The Secret Marriage Overture – Cimarosa
Mahler’s First Symphony (movements 1 – 3)
Flute Concerto in G – Mozart
Tuesday Evening
Romeo & Juliet Overture – Tchaikovsky
Mozart’s 35th Symphony
Children’s Overture – Roger Quilter
Wednesday Evening
William Tell Overture – Rossini
Brahms’ First Symphony
In the Camp of the Ancient Britons (cut short!) – Ketelby
Thursday Morning
Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture – Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony
Ballet Egyptiene – Alexandre Luigini
The Grass Hopper’s Dance – Bucalossi
Violin Concerto in E Minor – Bach
Thursday Evening
The Light Cavalry Overture – Suppé
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb for Winds – Mozart
Nursery Suite – Elgar
Friday Morning
Egmont Overture – Beethoven
Vlatava – Smetana
Dvorak’s Eighth Symphony (movements 3 & 4)
Waltz from Der Rosenkavalier – Richard Strauss
Haydn’s 101st Symphony (the Clock) (movements 1 – 3)
Friday Evening
Hebrides Overture – Mendelssohn
Colonel Bogey March – Alford
Mendelssohn’s 3rd Symphony (the Scottish) (movements 1, 2 and 4)
The Thistle – Myddleton
For previous years’ repertoires, have a look below.