Spring 2025
Dates
1st rehearsal – 17th Jan
1/2 term break – 21st Feb
last rehearsal – 28th March
Repertoire
- Rachmaninoff – string quartet no 1
- Handel – concerto grosso op 6 no 5 (Box 1)
- Hans Gal – Serenade for String Orchestra (Benslow)
- Tchaikovsky – slow movement of string quartet (Benslow)
- Percy Grainger – Mock Morris (Benslow)
- Last mvt from Joseph Jongen string quartet no 1 to be played in a single session (music to be supplied by David Morris)
- Bach – double violin concerto
Summer 2025
Dates
1st rehearsal – 25th April
Half Term break – Friday 30th May
Last rehearsal – 4th July 2025
Repertoire
- Elgar. String Serenade
- Bridge. Waltz Intermezzo
- Corelli. Concerto Grosso in D major No1
- Sibelius Andante festivo
- Suk. Meditation on an Old Czech Chorale
Autumn 2025
Dates
1st rehearsal – Sept 26th
Playday – Oct 25th
Half term break – Oct 31st
No rehearsal – Nov 28th
Last rehearsal – Dec 12th
Repertoire
- Telemann Concerto for two violas
- Mozart. Divertimento in F K138
- Beethoven. String Quartet. Opus 95
- Rachmaninov. String quartet No.1(to be continued)
- Bridge. Four Pieces. (continue with Waltz Intermezzo and possibly try another)
Spring 2026
Dates
1st rehearsal – Jan 16th
NO REHEARSAL – March 20th
Last rehearsal – Mar 27th
PLEASE NOTE: there is no half-term break
Repertoire
- Mendelssohn Octet
- Suk Serenade
- Handel. Concerto Grosso
- Other TBD
Summer 2026
Dates
1st rehearsal – April 24th
NO REHEARSAL – May 29th
Last rehearsal – July 3rd
Repertoire
- Mendelssohn: String Symphony no.12
- Telemann: Overture des Nations Anciens et Modernes
- Svendsen: Last Year I Tended The Goats
- Lutoslawski: Five Folk Melodies
- Purcell: Abdelazer
Autumn 2026
Dates
1st rehearsal – September 18th
NO REHEARSAL – October 30th
Last rehearsal – November 27th
Repertoire
- Bartok – Rumanian Folk Dances
- Brahms – Sextet No.1 in B flat major, op.18
- Britten – Simple Symphony
- Corelli – Concerto Grosso No.3 in C Minor