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Bromley Symphony Orchestra Members' Page
The Orchestra rehearses from 7.30 to 10pm on Mondays at
Bickley Primary School, Nightingale Lane, Bromley BR1 2SQ.
We welcome
applications from
prospective new members. We ask new members to complete
this address form and Gift Aid
declaration at their first rehearsal. There is a mailing list for
members with an archive
and
rss feed.
We currently have vacancies
for double basses, a tuba and harps.
(Most other instruments have a waiting list) |
 Please
bring a music stand to all concerts and rehearsals if you can.
Rehearsal Schedule for
24th January 2009
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17th November
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Berlioz
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20:15 Respighi |
21:15 Ravel
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24th November
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Respighi
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21:00 Ravel
All extra wind/brass all evening
(not off-stage brass)
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1st December
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SECTIONALS - (For the wind - 19:30
Ravel and 20:50 Respighi).
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8th December
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Berlioz
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20:10 Ravel (Just with wind/brass required for Berlioz
and Rodrigo) |
21:00 Rodrigo
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5th January
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Respighi (Tutti)
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21:00 Rodrigo
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12th January
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Rodrigo
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20:15 Berlioz |
21:00 Ravel
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19th January
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Respighi
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20:20 Ravel
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21:10 Rodrigo
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24th January
CONCERT DAY
Rehearsal Order
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14:15 Rodrigo
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15:00 Berlioz |
15:30 Respighi
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16:15 Ravel
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Orchestration
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Berlioz
‘Roman Carnival’
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Ravel
‘Rapsodie Espagnole’
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Rodrigo
'Concierto de Aranjuez'
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Resphigi
‘Roman Festivals’
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2(picc) 2(cor) 2 2 - 4 4 3 0 Timps, 4 Perc Strings.
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4(picc) 3(Cor) 3(B.Cl) 4(con) - 4 3 3 1 Timp 6 Perc 2Harps,
Celeste. Strings. |
2(picc) 2(Cor)2 2 - 2 2 0 0 Strings.
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3(picc) 3(cor) 4(Eflat and BCl.) 3(con) 4 4 3 1, 3 extra
Trumpets, Timps, 9 Perc Piano Duet (4 Hands), Organ,
Mandolin, Strings.
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Rehearsal schedule for 2008-9
1st concert: Sep 15, 22, 29 Oct 6, 13, 20 Nov 3, 10
concert 15th = 8 rehearsals
2nd concert: Nov 17, 24 Dec 1, 8 Jan 09 5, 12,
19 concert 24th = 7 rehearsals
3rd concert: Jan 26 Feb 2, 9, 23 Mar 2, 9,
16 concert 21st = 7 rehearsals
4th concert: Mar 23, 30 Apr 20, 27 May 5 (Tuesday),
11 concert 16th = 6 rehearsals
Draft concert dates for 2010: 23rd Jan, 20th March, 22nd May, 13th
Nov
Subscriptions
The annual subscription
for paying members (those who regularly attend rehearsals) for the
2008-9 season is £100 (roughly £3 per rehearsal), due at your first
rehearsal. To encourage prompt payment, the rate for overdue
subscriptions increases by £5 after each concert. Members joining
part way through the season pay £25 per concert, and students and
pensioners get a 50% discount.
If the person who pays your subscription is a UK taxpayer, we ask
you to sign
this Gift Aid
declaration. Check with the treasurer,
Phil McKerracher, if you're not sure whether you
have signed one.
The easiest way to pay
(no paperwork or fees) is to transfer this amount directly from your
bank account to ours: HSBC account 30183792, sort code 40-15-05,
using online banking or a Giro transfer at a
Post Office. Please include your name as a reference, or inform the
treasurer at
so we know who has sent the payment.
You can also pay by cheque, payable to
Bromley Symphony Orchestra, and hand it to the
treasurer at a rehearsal, or post it to 50 Blakehall Road,
Carshalton SM5 3EZ..
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You can click this button to pay
your subscription immediately by credit or debit card (Visa,
Delta, Electron, Mastercard, Eurocard, Switch, Maestro,
American Express or Solo). We are charged a fee of
approximately £3.70 for this convenience - if you can,
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CONCERT |
PROGRAMME |
| 15 November 2008 |
Tchaikovsky
‘Hamlet’ Fantasy Overture
18’ Kalmus Library set.
3(picc) 3(Cor), 2,2 4431 Timp 3 Perc Strings.
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Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No.2
33' Kalmus or Boosey
Soloist Masa Tayama
2222 4231 Timp 2 Perc. Strings |
Rimsky Korsakov
'Scheherazade'
42’, Stoneleigh set
3(picc),2(Cor), 2,2, 4231 Timps 5 Perc Harp. Strings |
| 24 January 2009 |
Berlioz
‘Roman Carnival’
8’, Kalmus library,
2(picc),2(cor),2,2, 4430 Timps, 4 Perc Strings.
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Rodrigo
'Concierto de Aranjuez'
21’ Schott Hire
Soloist Eurico Pereira (Guitar)
2(picc),2(Cor),2,2, 2200 Strings.
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Ravel
‘Rapsodie Espagnole’
15’ Kalmus.
4(picc),3(Cor),3(BCl.),4(con), 4331 Timp 6 Perc 2Harps,
Celeste. Strings.
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Resphigi
‘Roman Festivals’
24’ Ricordi Hire.
3(picc),3(cor),4(Eflat and BCl.),3(con), 4431, 3 extra
Trumpets, Timps, 9 Perc Piano Duet (4 Hands), Organ,
Mandolin, Strings. |
| 21 March 2009 |
Mahler
Symphony No.981' Universal.
5(picc), 4(cor), 5(Eflat and B Cl.), 4(con), 4331 Timps,
3 Perc 1 Harp. Strings.
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| 16 May 2009 |
Schumann
Symphony No.332’, Adrian's set.
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Mozart
Flute Concerto No.1 in G major
25’ Adrian's set.
Soloist Philip Rowson
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Strauss
‘Till Eulenspiegel’
15’ Hire Peters.
4(picc),4(cor),4(Eflat and BCl.),4(con), 4331 Timps, 2
perc. Strings. Optional extra brass not needed.
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Rehearsal and concert locations
Rehearsals are at
Bickley Primary School, Nightingale Lane, Bromley BR1 2SQ.
Concerts are at
The Ravensbourne School, Hayes Lane, Bromley BR2 9EH.
Pictures from Summer Barbecues
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