BPO Rehearsal Information

We usually rehearse on Tuesdays 7.45-9.45 pm and Sundays 2.30-5.00 pm with a 15 minute break, plus at 2.00 pm on the concert day at the concert venue.  The rehearsal schedule is below.  Rehearsals are for full orchestra unless otherwise specified.  We have the hall booked for 30 minutes before the rehearsals to set up and 15 minutes afterwards to be out of the hall and the car park.

The Rehearsal location will be advised for each concert..

Please bring a music stand to rehearsals and to the concert

Hard copies of the music (with string parts bowed) will be distributed at the first rehearsal for the relevant concert if not distributed beforehand. To prepare for the rehearsals you may however wish to download your part (where available and out of copyright) for free from www.imslp.org.  This site has scores and separate instrumental parts for thousands of works though you do need to check on the site whether they are out of copyright in the UK (same rules as for the EU).  Leonard Bernstein's marked scores and parts for many works are available for study on archives.nyphil.org. Can be useful for string fingerings.

The 2024/25 subscription for players is £90 for the year with single concert subscriptions of £30. No subscription is payable for those under 25, full-time students and those on benefits (we have a minimum age requirement of 18). For UK tax payers, subscriptions are eligible for GiftAid (please complete a GiftAid declaration for BPO if you haven't already done so and give it to our treasurer). New players do not pay for their first BPO concert.

Concert dress for all concerts unless otherwise specified is all black (no jackets or ties)

Saturday 18 October 2025

Rehearsals:

Tuesday 16 September

Tuesday 23 September 

Sunday 28 September (Strings only) 

Tuesday 30 September (Strings only)

Sunday 5 October 

Tuesday 7 October 

Sunday 12 October 

Tuesday 14 October 

Saturday 18 October 2.00 pm rehearsal and 7.00 pm CONCERT

Saturday 7 February 2026

Sunday 11 January 2026

Tuesday 13 January 

Sunday 18 January (Strings only)

Tuesday 20 January (Strings only)

Sunday 27 January 

Tuesday 29 January 

Sunday 1 February 

Tuesday 3 February 

Saturday 7 February 2.00 pm rehearsal and 7.00 pm CONCERT

Saturday 16 May 2026

Tuesday 14 April

Sunday 19 April

Tuesday 21 April (Strings only)

Sunday 26 April (Strings only)

Tuesday 28 April

Tuesday 5 May

Sunday 10 May

Tuesday 12 May

Saturday 16 May 2.00 pm rehearsal and 7.00 pm CONCERT