Orchestra Rehearsals
Normal reahearsal times and venues:
Tuesday rehearsals: 19.00 – 21.30hrs in the main school hall (Eaton Grove) at Norwich High School, Newmarket Road, Norwich. (NHS in the list below).
Concert venue key: SAH=St Andrew’s Hall. KCEN=King’s Centre NR1 1PH. CATH=Norwich Cathedral. NEC=Norfolk Events Centre, Showground, NR5 0TT
Members are expected to be available for all the relevant dates listed below, unless a special arrangement is made with your section leader (strings and wind: Caroline Shepherd, brass: Laurence Thistlewood, percussion: Andy Newman).
In addition, please inform your section leader if there is a last-minute problem about getting to a rehearsal. Only if you fail to make contact by this method should you try to contact Caroline Shepherd 07792 188354, or Catrina Nixon 07952 468363, or another member known to be coming to the rehearsal.
You can check the instrumentation for all the 2026-27 works at the bottom of this page.
PLEASE NOTE the players required, repertoire and venues may be subject to future changes. Such changes are always posted here as soon as possible after they are announced.
| Date | Venue | Time | Rehearsal/Concert | Players | Details |
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| Rehearsal Schedule last updated 14:30, 30 Sep 2025 | |||||
| Tue 15 Sep | NHS | 19:00 | Repertoire Night | FULL |
Bruckner Symphony No 4 (instrumentation at bottom) |
| Tue 22 Sep | NHS | 19:00 | Britten | FULL | |
| Tue 29 Sep | NHS | 19:00 | Britten | 2 Sectionals: Str, ww+hns | |
| Tue 06 Oct | NHS | 19:00 | Britten | Str, ww, hns | |
| Tue 13 Oct | NHS | 19:00 | Britten | Chamber Orchestra only | |
| Tue 20Oct | NHS | 19:00 | Britten | FULL | |
| Tue 27 Oct | No reh Half Term | ||||
| Tue 03 Nov | tba | 19:00 | Britten | FULL with Choir - venue tba | |
| Fri 06 Nov | SAH | 19:00 | Britten | FULL | |
| Sat 07 Nov | SAH | 14:00 | Britten | FULL | |
| Sat 07 Nov | SAH | 19:30 | CONCERT |
Britten: War Requiem |
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| Tue 10 Nov | NHS | 19:00 | Sibelius, Grieg, Larsson | ||
| Tue 17 Nov | NHS | 19:00 | Sibelius, Grieg, Larsson | FULL | |
| Tue 24 Nov | NHS | 19:00 | Sibelius, Grieg, Larsson | 2 Sectionals: Str, ww+hns | |
| Tue 01 Dec | NHS | 19:15 | Sibelius, Grieg, Larsson | Str, ww, hns | |
| Tue 08 Dec | NHS | 19:15 | Sibelius, Grieg, Larsson | FULL | |
| Fri 11 Dec | NHS | 19:15 | Sibelius, Grieg, Larsson | FULL |
NB NOT at SAH
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| Sat 12 Dec | SAH | 14:00 | Sibelius, Grieg, Larsson | FULL | |
| Sat 12 Dec | SAH | 19:30 | CONCERT |
Sibelius: Finlandia Grieg: Piano Concerto Grieg: Funeral March in Memory of RikardNordraak Lars-Erik Larsson: Symphony No.3 Halvorsen: Entry of the Boyars |
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| Tue 15 Dec | SAH | 19:00 | (Xmas) | FULL | |
| Mon 21 Dec | SAH | 19:15 | (Xmas) | FULL with choir | |
| Tue 22 Dec | SAH | 19:30 | XMAS CONCERT | Programme tbc | |
| Xmas break | |||||
| Tue 05 Jan 2027 | NHS | 19:00 | Chabrier, Ravel, de Falla, Márquez, Huapagno | FULL | |
| Tue 12 Jan | NHS | 19:00 | Chabrier, Ravel, de Falla, Márquez, Huapagno | 2 Sectionals: Str, ww+hns | |
| Tue 19 Jan | NHS | 19:00 | Chabrier, Ravel, de Falla, Márquez, Huapagno | Str, ww, hns | |
| Tue 26 Jan | NHS | 19:00 | Chabrier, Ravel, de Falla, Márquez, Huapagno | FULL | |
| Tue 02 Feb | NHS | 19:00 | Chabrier, Ravel, de Falla, Márquez, Huapagno | FULL | |
| Fri 05 Feb | NHS | 19:00 | Chabrier, Ravel, de Falla, Márquez, Huapagno | FULL |
NB Not SAH
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| Sat 06 Feb | SAH | 14:00 | Chabrier, Ravel, de Falla, Márquez, Huapagno | ||
| Sat 06 Feb | SAH | 19:30 | CONCERT | FULL |
Chabrier: España Márquez: Fandango for Violin + Orchestra José Moncayo: Huapango Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso de Falla: The Three Cornered Hat Suite No. 2 Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole |
| Tue 09 Feb | NHS | 19:00 | Boulanger, Poulenc, Chausson, Fauré | FULL | |
| Tue 16 Feb | NHS | 19:00 | Boulanger, Poulenc, Chausson, Fauré | 2 Sectionals: Str, ww+hns | NB Reh in half term wk (as Mar concert is early) |
| Tue 23 Feb | NHS | 19:00 | Boulanger, Poulenc, Chausson, Fauré | ||
| Tue 02 Mar | NHS | 19:00 | Boulanger, Poulenc, Chausson, Fauré | Str, ww+hns | |
| Tue 09 Mar | NHS | 19:00 | Boulanger, Poulenc, Chausson, Fauré | FULL | |
| Fri 12 Mar | SAH | 19:00 | Boulanger, Poulenc, Chausson, Fauré | FULL with choir | |
| Sat 13 Mar | SAH | 14:00 | Boulanger, Poulenc, Chausson, Fauré | FULL | |
| Sat 13 Mar | SAH | 19:30 | CONCERT | FULL |
Lili Boulanger:D'un matin de printemps Poulenc: Gloria Chausson: Viviane Fauré: Requiem |
| Tue 16 Mar | NHS | 19:00 | (Kids) | FULL | |
| Fri 19 Mar | NHS | 19:00 | (Kids) | FULL | |
| Sat 20 Mar | KCEN | 10:30am | (Kids) | FULL | |
| Sat 20 Mar | KCEN | 13:30 and 15:30 | CHILDREN'S CONCERTS | FULL |
Programme to include |
| Easter | |||||
| Tue 06 Apr | NHS | 19:00 | Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Berio | ||
| Tue 13 Apr | NHS | 19:00 | Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Berio | ||
| Tue 20 Apr | NHS | 19:00 | Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Berio | ||
| Tue 27 Apr | NHS | 19:00 | Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Berio | ||
| Tue 04 May | NHS | 19:00 | Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Berio | ||
| Fri 07 May | TBA | 19:00 | Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Berio | NB Not at SAH | |
| Sat 08 May | SAH | 14:00 | Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Berio | FULL with choir | |
| Sat 08May | SAH | 19:30 | CONCERT with Koblenz Choir | FULL |
Haydn: Motet Insanae et vanae Schubert: Symphony No. 8 The Unfinished Schubert-Berio: Rendering, Mozart: Coronation Mass, K.317 |
Instrumentation for 2026-27 works
| Concert | Works | Instrumentation |
| Tuesday 15 September, Repertoire Night | Bruckner Symphony No.4 | 2222/4331/T/Str |
| Saturday 7 November | Britten War Requiem - 71' | 4444/7431/T5P/Hp/Pf.Harm.Org/Str/SATB.BoysChoir.SoloSTB |
| St Andrew's Hall | (NB forces include symphony orchestra and chamber orchestra, 2 conductors -chamber orchestra only forces are: 1111/1000/1P/Hp/Str5tet (9 players)) | |
| Saturday 12 December, Northern Lights | Sibelius: Finlandia - 8' | 2222/4331/T1P/Str |
| St Andrew's Hall |
Grieg: Piano Concerto - 30' (with Rupert Egerton-Smith) |
2222/4200/T/Str |
| Lars-Erik Larsson: Symphony No.3 - 36' | 2222/4231/T/Str | |
| Grieg: Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak - 8' | 3222/4231/T?P/Str | |
| Halvorsen: Entry of the Boyars - 5' | 2222/4231/3P/Str | |
| Tuesday 22 December, Xmas Concert | Repertoire tbc | tbc |
| St Andrew's Hall | ||
| Saturday 6 February, Fiesta! | Chabrier: España - 7' | 3222/4331/T4P/2Hps/Str |
| St Andrew's Hall |
Marquez Fandango for Violin and Orchestra (UK premiere) - 30' (with Hannah Perowne) |
3222/4031/T4P/Hp/Str |
| José Moncayo: Huapango - 8' | 3232/4331/T2P/Hp/Str | |
| Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso - 9' | 3323/4231/T6P/2Hp/Str | |
| De Falla: The Three Cornered Hat Suite No.2 - 12' | 3322/4331/T5P/Hp.Cel.Pf/Str | |
| Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole - 16' | 4334/4331/T6P/2Hp.Cel/Str | |
| Saturday 13 March, French Connections | Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps - 5' | 3333/4331/2P/Hp.Cel/Str |
| St Andrew's Hall | Poulenc: Gloria - 28' | 3333/4331/T/Hp/Str/SATB/solo soprano |
| Chausson: Viviane - 11' | 3223/4231/T2P/2Hp/Str | |
| Fauré: Requiem - 36' | 2022/4230/T/Hp.Org/Str/SATB.SoloSB | |
| Saturday 20 March, Children's Concert | Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf | 1111/3110/T1P/Str/Narrator |
| King's Centre | (other repertoire tbc) | |
| Saturday 8 May, with Koblenz Choir | Schubert-Berio: Rendering - 25' | 2222/2230/T/Cel/Str |
| St Andrew's Hall | Haydn: Motet Insanae et vanae curae - 6'30" | 2202/2020/T/Str |
| Schubert: Symphony No.8 The Unfinished - 25' | 2222/2230 /T/Str | |
| Mozart: Coronation Mass, K.317 - 24' | 0201/2230/T/Str(no va)/SATB.SoloSATB | |
Dates for the 2027-2028 season concert dates have not yet been finalised. They will be posted here in due course.