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Author: Andrew Taylor

News 

In pictures: October 2024 concert and rehearsals

December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 Andrew Taylor
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Season Launch Event 2024-25

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 Andrew Taylor

Members, patrons and their guests gathered in early September for our season launch event – a chance to come together

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Photos from string workshop

July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 Andrew Taylor

We had a great time at the end of April playing string repertoire by Ruth Gipps and Benjamin Britten, working

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Music Director Report to 2024 AGM

February 3, 2024February 3, 2024 Andrew Taylor

In my report to last year’s AGM, I talked about the challenges presented by the post-pandemic world and how this

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Guest blog: Dancing between cultures

October 8, 2023October 8, 2023 Andrew Taylor

Helen Julia Minors (who plays trumpet) offers her appreciation of our concert’s diverse programme and celebrates the importance of dancing.

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Photos – season launch event and autumn concert rehearsals

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 Andrew Taylor

Our 2023/24 season launch event saw members, patrons and their friends come together for a lovely couple of ours of

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Photos – Beethoven on the Bridge

August 14, 2023August 14, 2023 Andrew Taylor

Our Beethoven on the Bridge event at Reading station was a huge success, with over 30 ‘guest’ conductors having a

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APO to return to Reading station for ‘Beethoven on the Bridge’

April 23, 2023April 23, 2023 Andrew Taylor

We’re very excited to be returning to transfer deck at Reading station for the first time since the start of

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Music Director’s report to APO AGM – 4th February 2023

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 Andrew Taylor

2022 saw APO present its first full orchestra performances since the start of the pandemic. In February, we presented a

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A musicians’ non-musician

October 22, 2022October 22, 2022 Andrew Taylor

Several things have brought my late dad, Mike Taylor, to the forefront of my mind, this week. On the day

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Next event

Sunday 15th June 2025, 6pm – All Saints Church, Wokingham

Serenity amid the storm

  • Louise Farrenc – Symphony No.3
  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No.4

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Berlioz – Rákóczi-induló (Hungarian March) from ‘The Damnation of Faust)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqxVYcLqqKI

Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherezade (1st movement)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCN-79_QO9Q

Conclusion of Jupiter from The Planets, with sign language realisation by Ruth Montgomery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5NJvRoFmSA

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Excerpt – Uranus from The Planets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G1AHl-0kqI

Video – APO and Tamesis Chamber Choir concluding Mahler’s Symphony No.2

https://youtu.be/wsxN7adULQM

Video – APO’s award-winning ‘Route to the River – Schumann at the Station’

https://youtu.be/ooqkiAQ3uGM
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