A New and Exciting Season Ahead – 2017.2018 Programme Announced

September 11, 2017

We will start the season on November 4th with a celebration of romantic music conducted by Andrew Morley and featuring Brahms’ Double Concerto with soloists Benjamin Baker, who we are excited to be playing with again, and cellist Michael Petrov. This will be followed by a performance of the magnificent 4th Symphony by Tchaikovsky, with its recurring "Fate" theme.

Our season continues with our now popular Christmas family concerts for children on December 9th in Wimbledon Town Centre for which there will be two performances at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. which will be conducted by Leo Geyer, with narration by Zeb Soanes and Mezzo-Soprano Rachel Maby.

Once again, we will partner with MacMillan Cancer Support for our spring concert on March 17th to be conducted by Andy Morley. Further details for this concert will be announced soon.

We are also very excited to be holding another of our triennial 'composerthon' events on April 29th, 2018.  For those of you who have not experienced this event before, it is a whole day playing the music of one composer – whose identity will  be revealed shortly – where we welcome audience as well as guest players and conductors in order to raise funds for the orchestra whist enjoying a day of playing and meeting new players as well as friends of WSO. This will take place at The Burntwood School in Earlsfield, SW17.

And on June 16th we will close the season with an exciting “Latin & Jazz Spectacular!” featuring Gershwin's Cuban Overture & An American In Paris, as well as the dramatic and evocative Danzón No. 2 by Arturo Márquez and made popular by the eminent conductor Alondra de la Parra.