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Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra – Rehearsal and Concert Schedule 2017/18
Please check the website www.erso.london and our Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra Facebook page for updates to this schedule.
All rehearsals are at Camden School for Girls, Sandall Road, Camden, except for those on the day of the concert which will be at the concert venue. Venue addresses and details appear at the end of this schedule.
Concert dress is all black.
Please remember to bring a stand to all rehearsals.
Concert 1 – Sunday 8 October 2017 – St John’s Waterloo – 6.30pm
Conductor: Sam Burstin – Soloist: Ana Sinkovec
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3 (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, strings and solo piano)
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 (3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam (ad libitum) and strings.)
Rehearsals (all Sundays):
17 September 2–5pm
24 September 10am-1pm and 2–5pm
1 October 2–5pm
8 October 2.30–5.30pm
Concerts 2 & 3 – Children’s concerts – Conductor Chris Stark
Sunday 19 Nov – Camden Girls School, 4pm
Sunday 26 November 2017 – St Annes Church, Kew Green, 4.30pm
Ives The Unanswered question (2.1.1.0-0.1.0.0 strings) 6 mins
Ravel Mother Goose Suite (2*.*2.2.2*-2.0.0.0, harp, percussion (celeste in final movement), strings 20 mins
Milhaud Le boeuf sur le toit op. 58 (2*.1.2.1-2.2.1.0 + perc [guiro, tambourine, bass drum, cymbals] + strings) 16 mins
Rehearsals (all Sundays):
5 November 2-5pm
12 November 2–5pm
19 November 12-3pm followed by concert at 4pm at CSG
26 November 1 – 4pm followed by concert at 4.30 pm at St Annes
Concert 4 – Sunday 11 February 2018 – St John’s Waterloo – 6:30pm
Conductor: Peter Stark
Soloist – Winner of ERSO Soloist of the Year
Walton – Portsmouth Point ( picc, 2 fl (II+picc), 2 ob, ca, 3 cl (III+bcl), 3 bn (III+cbn), 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3-4 perc, str Percussion: clash cym, sus cym, tam, tri, cast, xylo, SD, BD, tamb)
Concerto to be played by winner of ERSO Soloist of the Year, 2018 – concerto TBA
Vaughan Williams – 2nd Symphony (A London Symphony) (3*.2+1.2+1.2+1 4.4. [2 trumpets + 2 cornets] 3.1 T+4 Hp Str (44 mins)
Rehearsals (all Sundays):
21 January 10am-1pm: Semi-final ERSO Soloist of the Year
2-5pm: rehearsal Walton & Vaughan Williams
28 January 10am-1pm and 2-5pm
4 February 2-5pm
11 February 2.30–5.30pm
Concert 5 – Sunday 18 March 2018 – Family Concert
Conductor: Tom Hammond
Programme TBA
Rehearsals (all Sundays):
4 March 10am-1pm and 2-5pm
11 March 2-5pm
18 March Concert
Concert 6 – Sunday 20 May 2018 – St John’s Waterloo – 6:30pm
ERSO Young Conductors Concert – “Behind the Baton”
Programme TBA
Rehearsals (all Sundays):
22 April 2-5pm
29 April 2-5pm
13 May 10am-1pm and 2-5pm
20 May 2.30–5.30pm
Venues:
St John’s Church, Waterloo Road, Waterloo, SE1 8TY
Nearest Tube: Waterloo
Parking very difficult even at weekends
The Parish Church of St Anne, Kew Green, Richmond, TW9 3AA
Nearest Tube: Kew Gardens (District Line and North London Link) ½ mile walk or take 391 bus
Nearest mainline station: Kew Bridge ½ mile walk or take 65 or 391 bus
By car: St Anne’s on the left as you approach Kew Bridge from the south. There is usually parking available on Kew Green, either to the W or E of Kew Road
St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, Elsworthy Road, NW3 3DJ
Nearest Tube: Chalk Farm, Swiss Cottage: Bus: 31 or C11
Camden School for Girls, Sandall Road (off Camden Road), NW5 2DB
Nearest Tube: Camden Town or Camden Road (mainline)
