Information for players

Summer 2026

Sunday 28 June 2026 at 4:00 pm at St Edburg's, Bicester
Conductor: Sam Laughton

Mendelssohn - Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang) Op.52

Sopranos - Helen Swift, Becky Ramsurn
Tenor - Jacob Cole

Choral workshop director: Helen Swift

Come and sing! See this page for how to join the chorus for this concert.

Mendelssohn 2222 4230 T organ SSATTB

Rehearsals:

• Thursday 4 June 7:30-10pm: tutti (complete run through)
• Thursday 11 June 7:30-10pm: strings only, Church Hall
• Thursday 18 June 7:30-10pm: tutti (tpts leave at break)
• Thursday 25 June 7:30-10pm: strings/WW/horns (and tenor/sop2 soloists)
• Sunday 28 June 1-3pm: rehearsal, then concert at 4pm; finished by 6pm

Autumn 2026

Sunday 15 November 2026 at 4:00 pm at St Edburg's, Bicester
Conductor: Sam Laughton

Humperdinck - Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
Ian Stephens - Pinocchio Suite (narrated version)
Coates - Cinderella
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Suite

Humperdinck - 2+pc22/ca2 4231 T 2perc 10'
Stephens - 3333 4331 T 3perc hp 20'
Coates - 2121 2230 T perc hp 15'
Tchaikovsky - 2+pc2+ca22 42+2cnt31 T 3perc hp 20'

Rehearsals:

• Thursday 15 October 7:30-10:00pm: complete run through, Emmanuel Church
• Thursday 22 October May 7:30-10:00pm: strings only, Emmanuel Church
• Thursday 5 November 7:30-10:00pm: tutti, St Edburg's
• Thursday 12 November 7:30-10:00pm: tutti, St Edburg's
• Sunday 15 November 1-3:00pm: rehearsal, then concert at 4pm; finished by 6pm

Winter 2027

Sunday 7 February 2027 at 4:00 pm at St Edburg's, Bicester
Conductor: Joe Davies

Louise Farrenc - Overture No. 1 in E minor
Fauré - Masques et bergamasques
Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral"

Farrenc - 2222 4320 T 7'
Fauré - 2222 2200 T hp 14'
Vaughan Williams - 3/pc2+cor3/bc2 4331 T 2perc celesta hp soprano 35'

Rehearsals:

• Thursday 14 January 7:30-10pm - St. Edburgs
• Thursday 21 January 7:30-10pm: strings only - Emmanuel Church
• Thursday 28 January 7:30pm-10pm: Emmanuel Church
• Thursday 4 February 7:30pm-10pm: St. Edburgs
• Sunday 7 February 1-3pm: rehearsal, then concert at 4pm; finished by 6pm

Spring 2027

Sunday 2 May 2027 at 4:00 pm at St Edburg's, Bicester
Conductor: Benedict Goodall

Holst - The Planets
Rest of programme to be announced

Holst - 43+ca3+bc3+cb 643+eu1 2T perc 2hp celesta 50'

Rehearsals:

• Thursday 8 April 7:30-10pm: complete run through - St Edburg's
• Thursday 15 April 7:30-10pm: strings only - Emmanuel Church
• Thursday 22 April 7:30-10:00pm: tutti - St Edburg's
• Thursday 29 April 7:30-10pm: tutti - St Edburg's
• Sunday 2 May 1-3pm: rehearsal, then concert at 4pm; finished by 6pm

Summer 2027

Sunday 27 June 2027 at 4:00 pm at St Edburg's, Bicester
Conductor: Sam Laughton

Programme to be announced

 

Rehearsals:

• Thursday 3 June 7:30-10pm: complete run through, St Edburg's
• Thursday 10 June 7:30-10pm: strings only, St Edburg's Church Hall
• Thursday 17 June 7:30-10pm: tutti, St Edburg's
• Thursday 24 June 7:30-10pm: tutti, St Edburg's
• Sunday 27 June 1-3pm: rehearsal, then concert at 4pm; finished by 6pm

Autumn 2027

Sunday 17 October 2027 at 4:00 pm at St Edburg's, Bicester
Conductor: Sam Laughton

Programme to be announced

 

Rehearsals:

• Thursday 23 September 7:30-10:00pm: complete run through, Emmanuel Church
• Thursday 30 September 7:30-10:00pm: strings only, Emmanuel Church
• Thursday 7 October 7:30-10:00pm: tutti, St Edburg's
• Thursday 14 October 7:30-10:00pm: tutti, St Edburg's
• Sunday 17 October 1-3:00pm: rehearsal, then concert at 4pm; finished by 6pm