Tue30Sep2025

Tutti rehearsal at Queen's Gate House

Queen’s Gate House

Rehearsal order

6.30 Shchedrin
7.30 Martinů
8.50 Stravinsky (no additional players)
9.30 Finish

Conductor

Russell Keable

Programme

Rodion Shchedrin: Concerto for Orchestra No.1 ‘Naughty Limericks’
2+1 2+1 3/1 2+1 : 4 4 4 0 : T P : Hp Pf : str

Bohuslav Martinů: Les fresques de Piero della Francesca [21′]
3+1 3/1 3 3 : 4 3 3 1 : T P : Hp : str

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete ballet) [45′]
3/1+1 3+1 3/Eflat+1 3/1+1 : 4+4WT 6 3 1 : 3Hp Pf Cel : str

“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