Rehearsals

Rehearsals are held on Thursday evenings from 7.30 – 9.45pm. There is also a rehearsal on the Sunday afternoon of the weekend preceding each of our concerts, and on the day of the concert itself.

Our rehearsal venue is Queen Anne's School, Henley Road, Caversham. Directions >>

 

Vacancies

We currently have the following vacancies:​​​

• Cellos.

• Double basses.

• Violins.

For more information, please contact the Co-Chair, Sally Adams, at  chairman@rso.org.uk

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Latest Rehearsal Schedule

 

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Note that this is a provisional schedule and may be subject to change.

Rehearsals are all at Queen Anne's School unless stated.

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Detailed schedule for the next rehearsals:

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Thursday 16th April

Prokofiev - all (with soloist)

Tchaikovsky IV

BREAK

Rautavaara I and III

Tchaikovsky II

 

Sunday 19th April (14:30-17:30)

Prokofiev - all (with soloist)

Rautavaara - all

Tchaikovsky I, II, III

 

Thursday 23rd  April (Trombones + tuba at 20:15)

Tchaikovsky - all

Prokofiev - excerpts

Rautavaara - all

 

Saturday 25th April - Concert day

14:15 - Prokofiev

15:15 - Tchaikovsky IV

15:35 - BREAK

15:55 - Tchaikovsky I, II, III

16:35 - Rautavaara

17:15 - FINISH 

 

CHILDREN’S CONCERT - 9th May

Because Carnival of the Animals is not too difficult, and because many of you have played it before, two full Thursday rehearsals won’t be necessary. 

Therefore, we’ll begin rehearsing our summer programme of Vaughan Williams, Dvořák, and Beethoven on Thursday April 30th, using the last thirty minutes or so to play through the Saint-Saëns for those involved. 

We’ll then work in detail on just the Saint-Saëns with the two pianists on May 7th. 

 

Thursday 30th April

19:30 Summer programme 

21:15 Saint-Saëns

 

Thursday 7th May

Saint-Saëns (with soloists)

 

Saturday 9th May

13:30 - Dress rehearsal 

14:30 - BREAK

15:30 - Concert

16:15 - FINISH