Saturday 16th March 2019 at 19:45

Richard StraussBook nowElgar Cockaigne Overture Speaker symbol

Reed Symphony for Strings 

Strauss Ein Heldenleben  Speaker symbol

Elgar’s rollicking recreation of Edwardian London leads into the tuneful Symphony for Strings by his friend, the long-term LSO leader and Bromley Symphony conductor William (‘Billy’) Reed.  Ein Heldenleben, Strauss’ autobiographical, lavishly romantic and richly-textured tone poem, showcases our own leader, Andrew Laing, in the second half.

Saturday 18th May 2019 at 19:45

Centenary FinaleBeethovenBook now

National Anthem (arr. Britten)

Parry Blest Pair of Sirens

Muilwijk Europa  
(The winning work in our Centenary Composers' Competition)

Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor Speaker symbol
with The BYMT Adult Choir
Soloists Janice Watson, John Upperton, Tristan Hambleton, Nicola Ihnatowicz  

The winning work in our Centenary Composers Competition and Beethoven’s tumultuous and transcendent final symphony bring our Centenary season to a glorious end.

Provisional concert dates for future seasons will be shown here when known

Speaker icon Click the speaker symbols above to hear samples from commercial recordings.

Centenary Chamber Music Events

Come and hear BSO musicians in different surroundings and in lighter repertoire. Socialise over interval drinks with BSO players and enjoy a different musical experience. Mark your diaries and make our Centenary part of your own celebrations!

Bromley Symphony Players

Saturday, 13 October 2018, 7.30
St Mary’s Church, College Road, Bromley, BR1 3QG

An elegant chamber orchestra programme including Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence

Bromley Symphony Wind Soloists

Saturday, 16 February 2019, 7.30
St George’s Church, Bickley Park Road, BR1 2BE

An enticingly varied concert, Mozart’s Serenade in Bb K361 and Richard Strauss’ Suite Op.4

Bromley Symphony Soloists

Sunday, 7 April 2019, 4.00
Christ Church, Tudor Way, Petts Wood, BR5 1LH

Rich and enthralling chamber music, from Mendelssohn to Elgar

Bromley Symphony Players

Saturday, 11 May 2019, 7.30
St Mary’s Church, College Road, Bromley, BR1 3QG

An attractive chamber orchestra compilation, including Bridge’s Suite for Strings

Bromley Symphony Soloists

Sunday, 16 June 2019, 4.00
Christ Church, Tudor Way, Petts Wood, BR5 1LH

Help us to wrap up our Centenary year with a feather-light cream-tea-and-chamber-music concert, interval on the lawn!

Tickets on the door: Patrons may request two complimentary tickets for one concert.

Vacancies

Empty seatsWe have a vacancy for a co-principal trombone. Rehearsals are on Monday evenings in Bromley. Positions like these with an excellent non-professional orchestra don't come up very often so please tell your trombone playing friends and contact us if interested.

We also have vacancies for harps. Most other instruments have a waiting list.

Composition Competition

Composing with quillThe winner of our competition competition is:

Europa by Marco Muilwijk

This work will be performed as part of our May 2019 concert. We are very grateful to our adjudicator Paul Patterson for the many hours he donated to this project. 

The orchestra members voted for Bacchanal by James Maunders and we hope to give this work a public performance in the near future as well. We received more than 30 entries, thank you! We are very grateful for the considerable time and effort that has gone into preparing them.

The other shortlisted works were:

  • Proem by John Senter
  • Bromleag by Robert Ely
  • Kent Invicta by Philip Steel

The rehearsal recordings made of each of the finalist’s works are below.

Europa by Marco Muilwijk

Bacchanal by James Maunders

Proem by John Senter

Bromleag by Robert Ely

Kent Invicta by Philip Steel

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