An exciting season shaping up
Plans for our 2022-23 season of concerts are well advanced and it is going to be another exciting one including a mix of familiar works, well-known ones rarely tackled by local orchestras and a rarity.
In November we will be paying tribute to the letter S with Schumann's Manfred overture and two symphonies, Schubert's unfinished and Sibelius' seventh conducted by Music Director Christopher Stark. We will then join again with the Finchley Chamber Choir for a Christmas concert of carols and popular favourites.
In March we will perform Beethoven's violin concerto and his fourth symphony together with the Suite en Forme de Valses by Mel Bonis. It will be a British programme in May with Britten's serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Hamish MacCunn's Land of the Mountain and the Flood and Vaughan William's fifth symphony. To round off the season we will be back with the Chamber Choir for a major concert, for which details will be finalised very soon.
Come and play with us
With a big programme this year we have room for new string players and in some other sections. There is no membership fee in your first term. Rehearsals begin on Thursday September 15th - so if you would like to try us out do get in touch. See the 'Members' page for more details.
We are...
Finchley Symphony Orchestra – a successful and friendly amateur orchestra in north London, rehearsing weekly and normally giving five or six high standard concerts each year. We are constantly looking for new challenges and opportunities..
We play everything...
...from baroque to large scale romantic works, 20th century music, new commissions, symphonies, concertos and – at Christmas – carols!
We've played with...
Tasmin Little, Valeriy Sokolov and many others - see our Artists page.
We care about...
Playing great music together, working hard for a high-quality performance while having fun, and celebrating it afterwards!
The voice of Tom Hammond
During the first lockdown Tom Hammond, our previous Music Director who died suddenly last winter, recorded two fascinating podcasts. He is sadly missed. To hear his thoughts on conducting and how he became a conductor click on these links:
part 1a :::: part 1b :::: part 2 :::: part 3
Quick links
- Finchley Chamber Choir – our sister choir with whom we perform regularly.
- Book for our next concert
- Support us at no cost via The Giving Machine
Find us
Our normal concert and rehearsal venue is:
Trinity Church, North Finchley
N12 7NN
Finchley Symphony Orchestra is affiliated with Making Music.
For general queries email: info@finchleysymphony.org
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