Players' Information

Rehearsals

The rehearsals for the next Radcliffe concert will take place at 8pm-10pm on Tuesdays, in either Tingewick Hall, Sandhills Primary School** or Beckley Village Hall*

The first rehearsal is on Tuesday 29^th September 2026, then on the six subsequent Tuesdays - see below.

There will also be a rehearsal on the afternoon of the day of the concert, Saturday 14^th November 2026, starting at 1:45pm, in St. Andrew's Church***.

The rehearsal schedule is as follows:

	Location	8:00pm	9:00pm (or as stated)
Tuesday 29 September	Tingewick Hall	Beethoven 4, 5; Overture	Beethoven 1, 2, 3
Tuesday 6 October	Tingewick Hall	Concerto	Beethoven 1, 2
Tuesday 13 October	Tingewick Hall	Beethoven 4, 5; Overture	9:30 Beethoven 3
Tuesday 20 October	Tingewick Hall	Concerto with soloist	Beethoven 1; Overture
Tuesday 27 October	Tingewick Hall	Beethoven 4, 5; Overture	9:30 Beethoven 2
Tuesday 3 November	Tingewick Hall	Concerto with soloist	Beethoven 4, 5
Tuesday 10 November	Tingewick Hall	Concerto with soloist	Beethoven 1, 3

Saturday 14 November	St. Andrew's Church	1:45pm to 4:15pm approx.

Publicity

You can also download a poster or flyers for this concert.

*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!).

Donations

There is no subscription for playing with the orchestra, but we do ask players to consider making a voluntary contribution of £30 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

Beethoven: Overture - Fidelio
2.2.2.2 4.2.2.0 timp, strings

Myaskovsky: Cello Concerto
2.2.2.2 4.2.0.0 timp, strings

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
2+1.2.2.2 4.2.2.0 timp, strings

Dates of Future concerts

Saturday 13^th March 2027
Saturday 12^th June 2027
Saturday 13^th November 2027

Rehearsals

The rehearsals for the next Radcliffe concert will take place at 8pm-10pm on Tuesdays and one Monday, in either Beckley Village Hall, Sandhills School, or St Andrews.

The first rehearsal is on Tuesday 26^th 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 14^th March 2025, starting at 1pm, in St. Andrew's Church.