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Saturday 15th November 2025, 7.30pm.
Autumn Concert
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
The Concert Hall, Reading Town Hall, RG1 1QH
Bach/Elgar - Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
Strauss - Four Last Songs
Soprano Soloist: Nadine Benjamin
Brahms - Symphony No.4
Tickets: £18 adults; £6 students and under-18s
Saturday 14th February 2026, 7.30pm.
Valentine's Day Concert
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
Great Hall, Reading University, London Road, RG1 5AQ
Wagner - Die Meistersinger Prelude
Korngold - Violin Concerto
Violin Soloist: Charlie Lovell-Jones
Holst - The Perfect Fool Ballet Music
Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Tickets: £18 adults; £7.50 students and under-18s
(booking fee applies to online ticket purchases)
Saturday 25th April 2026, 7.30pm.
Arctic Concert
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
Great Hall, Reading University, London Road, RG1 5AQ
Rautavaara - Cantus arcticus
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.3
Piano Soloist: Yazdi Madon
(winner of RSO's Young Musicians' Competition 2025)
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.1
Tickets: £18 adults; £7.50 students and under-18s
(booking fee applies to online ticket purchases)
Saturday 9th May 2026, 3.30pm
Children's Concert
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
Reading Minster, St Mary's Butts, RG1 2LG
Saint-Saëns - The Carnival of the Animals
with poems by Dominic Lopez-Real
Tickets: £15 adults; Free for under-18s
Saturday 27th June 2026, 7.30pm
Summer Concert
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
The Concert Hall, Reading Town Hall, RG1 1QH
Vaughan Williams - Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
Dvořák - Cello Concerto
Cello Soloist: Leo Popplewell
Beethoven - Symphony No.6 (Pastoral)
Tickets: Prices to be announced
Saturday 18th July 2026, 7.30pm.
Sinfonietta Concert
Conductor: Cathal Garvey
All Saints Church, Downshire Square, Reading, RG1 6NN
Mendelssohn - Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Haydn - Symphony No.103 (‘Drum roll’)
Tickets: Prices to be announced