BPO Rehearsal Information

We usually rehearse on Tuesdays 7.30-9.30 pm (please note slightly earlier time than for previous concerts) 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.
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 2025/26 subscription for players is £30 per concert.  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 16 May 2026

7.00 pm

St Thomas's Church
St Thomas Road
Brentwood CM14 4DF

Conductor	Julia Wilson-James
Soprano Bra-vissima Ladies Choir	Catherine Hobday
Joseph Cantaloube	Songs of the Auvergne   32220; 2100; Timp, Tambour de Basque, Piano, Strings
Franz Schubert	Mass in G.                            0220; 0200; Timp, Strings
Augusta Holmės	La Nuit et l'Amour              Picc, 2 2 2 2; 4200; Timp, 2 harps, Strings
Claude Debussy	Nocturnes                            2 2+cor 2 3; 4331; 2 harps, Timps, Cymbals, military drum, Strings

Rehearsals will (other than on concert day) be in Brentwood Preparatory School CM15 8BD.

Tuesday 21 April  7.30-9.30

Sunday 26 April (Strings only)  2.15-5.00

Tuesday 28 April 7.30-9.30

Tuesday 5 May  7.30-9.30

Sunday 10 May 2.15-5.00

Tuesday 12 May 7.30-9.30

Saturday 16 May 2.00 pm rehearsal in the concert venue and 7.00 pm CONCERT