Friday 19th December 2025, 7pm
Members and patrons (click here for details of how to join the scheme) are invited to join us for a festive treat, as we informally work through some of Antonín Dvořák’s beautiful serenade, before Mel’s now traditional (well, we did it last year!) “Christmas Cheese” arrangement no doubt has some windy surprises in store. Will we see the return of Mari-oboe Carey? Either way, there’ll be plenty of joyful company and Christmas refreshments to get us in the mood.
Festive Strings* Workshop
- Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings
- An arrangement of Christmas Cheese (*other instruments can get a special part by arrangement with Mel)
Members will have received details of the venue and should complete the fixing form to confirm attendance. Patrons, please get in touch with Mel Hopkin for details.
Saturday 31st January 2026, 7.30pm
- Alexander Borodin – Prince Igor Overture
- Frederick Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- Claude Debussy – Petite Suite
- Alexander Borodin – Symphony No.2
Mel Le Breuilly – Conductor
All Saints Church, Wokingham
Sunday 12th April (times tbc)
Wind and Strings Workshop Day
- String repertoire to be confirmed
- Symphonic wind repertoire to be confirmed
Andrew Taylor and Mel Le Breuilly – Conductors
St. Joseph’s College
Saturday 18th July and Sunday 19th July (times tbc)
¡Fiesta on the Footbridge! / ¡Arriba at All Saints!
Join us for a free performance and a chance to conduct the orchestra at Reading Station, or if you prefer, a more formal performance at All Saints, Wokingham, the day after. Or both!
- Emmanuel Chabrier – España
- Georges Bizet – Carmen Suites 1 & 2
- Camille Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnole
Andrew Taylor and Mel Le Breuilly – Conductors
Reading Station Transfer Deck (18th) / All Saints Church, Wokingham (19th)
Saturday 24th October 2026, 7.30pm
A programme that combines a sequence of music inspired by dark, dramatic mystical literature in the first half – including the world famous film music of Hans Zimmer – with the bright, sweeping Third Symphony of Sergei Rachmaninoff, whose glorious sound inspired the composers of the golden age of Hollywood.
- Richard Wagner – Prelude to Götterdämmerung
- Hans Zimmer – Chevaliers De Sangreal
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini
- Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphony No.3
Andrew Taylor – Conductor