FORTHCOMING CONCERT

SATURDAY
5th April 2025 7pm

Duke’s Hall
Royal Academy of Music
Conducted by Rebecca Miller
with Amy Harman (bassoon)

Elgar Overture ‘In the South’ (Alassio)
Maconchy Concertino for bassoon and strings
Holst  The Planets

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2024/2025 SEASON

Welcome to the this season with Rebecca Miller as our principal conductor.  As an amateur orchestra, we are very aware of the need to balance our performances with well known international soloists and new emerging talent.  Sophie Kauer (the cellist from TAR) is our soloist in Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no.1, Amy Harman plays the bassoon concertino by Elizabeth Maconchy, and Ben Nabarro plays the wonderful Violin Concerto by Sibelius. We are also doing the Planets and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances among other exciting pieces.  The list of the concerts is HERE. Please support us by coming to the concerts.

JOIN US

The orchestra plays to a high standard and is a mixture of conservatoire students and excellent amateurs. We normally perform 3 concerts per season in St John’s Smith Square or in the Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music.  We have also performed three times in the Cadogan Hall.  We meet for 4-5 rehearsals in central London during the three weeks leading up to each concert.

We have worked with top soloists including Boris Giltburg, Alina Ibragimova, Thomas Gould, Lawrence Power, Tim Hugh, Piers Lane, Janice Watson, Dimitry Sitkovetsky and Benjamin Grosvenor.

There is a waiting list for most of the sections, but we welcome guests and new players even if you may not be able to play in all the concerts. Double basses and Violas are particularly welcome!!

To apply to join our friendly and sociable orchestra, please click on ‘Join us’ above or email joinroyalorchsoc@gmail.com

 

For our 150th anniversary celebration in 2021 we produced a brochure detailing the history of the orchestra, which may be viewed by clicking on the picture above

Alternatively a hard copy is available by post for £5 + £5 P & P
Please click HERE
 for a link to the order form


READ ABOUT OUR SOLOISTS

Amy Harman

Ben Nabarro

Jem Lowther

PROGRAMME REQUESTS

We would like to invite suggestions from all who play in or come to our concerts for any piece you would like us to include in future programmes.
All suggestions will be considered, but will have to depend on the orchestration and the costs of performing.

Please email your suggestions to the_cellist@hotmail.com

 

HISTORY

The Royal Orchestral society has a rich and eventful history, including concerts with Henry Wood, Edward Elgar, Arthur Sullivan, Fritz Kreisler and Pablo Casals. Read more.

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WAR REQUIEM

Our performance on 30 November 2014 at Cadogan Hall has been described as triumph. The soloists were Geraldine McGreevy, James Gilchrist and Ashley Riches, and the children’s choir were from the Church of St John the Divine, Kennington.

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Flute Photo

COMMUNITY

Why not introduce your children to musical instrument by bringing them to one of our friendly and fun kids concerts?

 

REVIEW OF OUR JUNE 2024 CONCERT

  by Bernard Hughes from the Arts DeskSaturday 16th June 2024

SHOWCASING TWO UKRAINIAN COMPOSERS
Conducted by Rebecca Miller with Ben Goldscheider (horn)

Havrylets Chorale  –  Glière Horn Concerto  –  Shostakovich Symphony no.5