Sat29Mar2025

General rehearsal at Fairfield Halls

Fairfield Halls

Rehearsal order

1.30 Foulds
1.45 Holst: Venus / Mercury / Saturn / Uranus
2.30 Break
2.45 Mars / Jupiter (with KSO scholars)
3.30 Holst: Neptune + Epiphoni
3.45 Vaughan Williams
4.15 Finish

Programme

FOULDS April-England
3/1 2+1 2+1 2+1 : 4 3 3 1 : TP Hp Cel [7’]

VAUGHAN Williams Serenade to Music
2/1 1+1 2 2 : 4 2 3 1 : T 1P Hp [14’]

HOLST The Planets
4/(2+afl) 3/bass ob+1 3+1 3+1 : 6 4 3 1+1 : 2T 3P 2Hp Cel Org [47’]

“One of the very best amateur groups in the country”

Classical Music Magazine

“The most professional-sounding of non-professional orchestras”

The Sunday Telegraph

“KSO once again scores over most professional orchestras”

Classical Source

Formed in 1956, Kensington Symphony Orchestra (registered charity number 1069620) enjoys an enviable reputation as one of the finest non-professional orchestras in the UK. Its founding aim is to provide amateurs with an opportunity to perform concerts at the highest possible level