Future events

Saturday 19th October 2024, 7.30pm

  • Hector Berlioz – Hungarian March from ‘The Damnation of Faust’
  • Claude Debussy – La Mer
  • Cesar Franck – Symphony in D minor
The Great Hall, University of Reading (London Road Campus)

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Christmas String Workshop and Festive Social – Friday 20th December, 7pm

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Four Novelletten for strings
  • Seasonal string orchestra music
  • Any other seasonal chamber music proposed by members

Open to APO string players, guest string players, other APO members, patrons and their friends who want a nice evening of music and socialising.

Venue tbc


Saturday 15th February 2025, 7.30pm

  • Aaron Copland – Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
  • George Gershwin – Variations on “I Got Rhythm”
  • Witold Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini
  • Ottorino Respighi – The Pines of Rome

Piano – Semra Kurutaç

The Great Hall, University of Reading (London Road Campus)


Saturday 14th June 2025, 7.30pm (tbc)

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

St. Joseph’s College, Reading