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Players' Information

Rehearsals

The rehearsals for the next Radcliffe concert will take place at 8pm-10pm on Tuesdays and one Monday, in either either St Clements Family Centre (here's how to find the Centre) or Beckley Village Hall*, Sandhills School**, or St Andrews***.at the John Radcliffe Hospital (directions to Tingewick Hall).

The first rehearsal is on Tuesday 27th January 2026, then on the five subsequent Tuesdays followed by one Monday - see below.

There will also be a rehearsal on the afternoon of the day of the concert, Saturday 14th March 2025, starting at 1pm, in St. Andrew's Church.

The rehearsal schedule is as follows:


Location 8:00pm 9:00pm (or as stated)
Tuesday 27 January Beckley Village Hall Rachmaninov
9:15 Gershwin
Tuesday   3 February
Beckley Village Hall Rachmaninov Butterworth
Tuesday 10 February Sandhills School Gershwin (with Sunil) Rachmaninov
Tuesday 17 February Sandhills School Gershwin (with Sunil) Butterworth
Tuesday 24 February Beckley Village Hall Rachmaninov 9:15 Butterworth
Tuesday   3 March Sandhills School Rachmaninov Gershwin (with Sunil), Butterworth
Monday    9 March St. Andrew's Church Gershwin (with Sunil) Rachmaninov, Butterworth

Saturday 14 March St. Andrew's Church 1pm to 4pm approx.

Publicity

Poster: Radcliffe poster (contains information described below)      Flyer: Concert Flyer

*Beckley Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, OX3 9UZ

**Sandhills Community Primary School, Terrett Avenue, Sandhills, OX3 8FN

***St. Andrew's Church, Linton Road. OX2 6UG

Dress Code

Dress code for our concerts is as follows:

Ladies: plain coloured (preferably red, purple, or dark blue) top and black bottoms (long black or short black with black tights)

Gentlemen: DJ with plain coloured (preferably red, purple, or dark blue) shirt and suitably matching bow tie. (If no such colours, black/white tops as fall back!).

A qr code on a white background

Donations

There is no subscription for playing with the orchestra, but we do ask players to consider making a voluntary contribution of £10 or more per concert to help us to cover our costs.

On the right is a QR code for donations which will take you to https://www.hospitalcharity.co.uk/donate/area-of-greatest-need-2023

Please tick ‘Yes’ to add Gift Aid and in the ‘leave a comment’ box put ‘For Radcliffe Orchestra Fund 0307’ (important!). 

Instrumentation

Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad
2.2+1.2+1.2 4.2.3.0 timp, harp, strings
Gershwin Piano Concerto
2+1.2+1.2+1.2 4.3.3.1 timp, 3 perc, strings
Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances
2+1.2+1.2+1.2+1 4.3.3.1 alto sax, timp, perc, harp, strings


Dates of Future concerts

  • Saturday 6th June 2026
  • Saturday 14th November 2026


Rehearsals

The rehearsals for the next Radcliffe concert will take place at 8pm-10pm on Tuesdays and one Monday, in either either St Clements Family Centre (here's how to find the Centre) or Beckley Village Hall, Sandhills School, or St Andrews.at the John Radcliffe Hospital (directions to Tingewick Hall).

The first rehearsal is on Tuesday 26th January 2026, then on the five subsequent Tuesdays followed by one Monday - see below.

There will also be a rehearsal on the afternoon of the day of the concert, Saturday 14th March 2025, starting at 1pm, in St. Andrew's Church.

The rehearsal schedule is as follows:


Location 8:00pm 9:00pm (or as stated)
Tuesday 26 January Beckley Village Hall Rachmaninov
9:15 Gershwin
Tuesday   3 February
Beckley Village Hall Rachmaninov Butterworth
Tuesday 10 February Sandhills School Gershwin (with Sunil) Rachmaninov
Tuesday 17 February Sandhills School Gershwin (with Sunil) Butterworth
Tuesday 24 February Beckley Village Hall Rachmaninov 9:15 Butterworth
Tuesday   3 March Sandhills School Rachmaninov Gershwin (with Sunil), Butterworth
Monday    9 March St. Andrew's Church Gershwin (with Sunil) Rachmaninov, Butterworth

Saturday 14 March St. Andrew's Church 1pm to 4pm approx.

Publicity

Poster: Radcliffe poster (contains information described below)      Flyer: Concert Flyer

Dress Code

Dress code for our concerts is as follows:

Ladies: plain coloured (preferably red, purple, or dark blue) top and black bottoms (long black or short black with black tights)

Gentlemen: DJ with plain coloured (preferably red, purple, or dark blue) shirt and suitably matching bow tie. (If no such colours, black/white tops as fall back!).

A qr code on a white background

Donations

There is no subscription for playing with the orchestra, but we do ask players to consider making a voluntary contribution of £10 or more per concert to help us to cover our costs.

On the right is a QR code for donations which will take you to https://www.hospitalcharity.co.uk/donate/area-of-greatest-need-2023

Please tick ‘Yes’ to add Gift Aid and in the ‘leave a comment’ box put ‘For Radcliffe Orchestra Fund 0307’ (important!). 

Instrumentation

Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad
2.2+1.2+1.2 4.2.3.0 timp, harp, strings
Gershwin Piano Concerto
2+1.2+1.2+1.2 4.3.3.1 timp, 3 perc, strings
Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances
2+1.2+1.2+1.2+1 4.3.3.1 alto sax, timp, perc, harp, strings


Dates of Future concerts

  • Saturday 6th June 2026
  • Saturday 14th November 2026


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