St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Programme to be announced
Inextinguishable: Bacewicz, Honegger and Nielsen – 18 June 2022
Grażyna Bacewicz – Overture
Arthur Honegger – Symphony No. 3 (‘Symphonie Liturgique’)
Carl Nielsen – Symphony No. 4 (‘Inextinguishable’)
Tom Evans, leader
Marc Dooley, conductor
18 June 2022, 7.30pm,
St John’s Smith Square
Tickets £12 (concessions £10) available online or on the door. Pre-booking recommended. Booking fees apply.
One of London’s finest amateur orchestras, Fulham Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of music celebrating life and hope during times of darkness. Written in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, Grazyna Bacewicz’s Overture blazes defiantly with light and optimism. In his ‘Symphonie Liturgique’, Arthur Honegger reflected on his experience of the same war, from turmoil and destruction to peace, embodying his belief in the human spirit’s triumph over adversity. This ‘inextinguishable spirit’ also inspired Carl Nielsen’s dramatic Symphony No. 4, composed during World War I, in which he set out to capture the idea of a fundamental life force that runs through all creation.
Wagner, Messiaen, Berlioz and Pärt – 26 March 2022
Richard Wagner – Parsifal Prelude and Good Friday Music
Olivier Messiaen – Les offrandes oubliées
Richard Wagner – Lohengrin Prelude
Hector Berlioz – Scène d’amour from Roméo et Juliette
Arvo Pärt – Symphony No. 3
Hindemith, Maconchy, Brahms and Janacek – 27 November 2021
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
Elizabeth Maconchy – Sinfonietta
Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Leoš Janáček – Sinfonietta
Weir and Vaughan Williams – 3 July 2021
Judith Weir – Winter Song
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 5
General pause: FSO during the coronavirus pandemic
Find out what we got up to in those difficult months after Covid struck.
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Prokofiev, Britten and Copland – 27 June 2020 (cancelled)
Sadly this concert has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Aaron Copland – Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Benjamin Britten – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor
Tallis, Vaughan Williams and Bruckner – 21 March 2020 (cancelled)
Sadly this concert has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Thomas Tallis – Spem in Alium
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 7
Bartók, Brahms and Webern – 16 November 2019
Anton Webern – Passacaglia
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1
Béla Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
Family Concert: Whitley, Tchaikovsky, Janacek, Williams – 29 June 2019
Kate Whitley – The Animals
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite
Leoš Janáček – The Cunning Little Vixen Suite (arranged by Charles Mackerras)
John Williams – Jurassic Park Suite
John Williams – Adventures on Earth (Suite from E.T.)
Shostakovich and Ustvolskaya – 30 March 2019
Galina Ustvolskaya – Symphonic Poem No. 2 (UK premiere)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 4
60th Anniversary Concert: Mahler and Wagner – 17 November 2018
A gala concert to celebrate Fulham Symphony Orchestra’s 60th anniversary.
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1
Richard Wagner – Excerpts from Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)
Tom Evans leader
Marc Dooley conductor
Zoe South soprano (Brünnhilde) Continue reading
Vaughan Williams and Nielsen – 16 June 2018
Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 3 “Pastoral”
Nielsen – Symphony No. 3 “Espansiva”
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Mozart at Westfield – 9 June 2018
We are delighted to be performing at Westfield London as part of Hammersmith and Fulham ArtsFest.
Mozart Symphony No. 21 in A, K134
Mozart Symphony No. 24 in B flat, K182
Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A, K201 Continue reading
Grieg, Sibelius and Rachmaninov – 17 March 2018
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Jean Sibelius – Tapiola
Sergei Rachmaninov – Symphony No. 2
17 March 2018, 7.30pm
Hammersmith Town Hall, London
Stephen Montague Birthday Concert – 9 March 2018
Stephen Montague – Piano Concerto (soloist: Rolf Hind)
Stephen Montague – “Disparate Dances” – Concerto for Flute and Harp (soloists: Nancy Ruffer and Oliver Wass)
Friday 9 March 2018, 7.30pm, St John’s Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF Continue reading
Varèse on Radio 3 – 9 December 2017
The BBC Symphony Orchestra invited us to record Edgard Varèse’s “Ecuatorial” and “Dance for Burgess” at Maida Vale Studios in May 2017, and to perform them at the Barbican Centre as part of the “Total Immersion” festival.
Our Maida Vale recording was broadcast on Radio 3 on Saturday 9 December 2017, 9.15pm.
Suk, Martinu, Bartok and Strauss – 18 November 2017
Suk – Scherzo Fantastique
Martinů – Rhapsody Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (Rosalind Ventris, viola)
Bartók – Four Pieces for Orchestra
Strauss – Tod und Verklärung
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Beethoven and Walton – 17 June 2017
Beethoven – Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello featuring the Linos Piano Trio
Walton – Symphony No. 1
Saturday 17 June 2017, 7.30pm
Hammersmith Town Hall, London W6 9JU
Mahler Symphony No. 9 – 18 March 2017
Saturday 18 March 2017, 7.30pm
Hammersmith Town Hall, London W6 9JU
Varèse at the Barbican – 6 May 2017
Edgard Varèse:
Dance for Burgess
Ecuatorial
6.15pm, Saturday 6 May 2017
Barbican Freestage, Barbican concert hall foyer
The Nutcracker (complete ballet score) – 3 December 2016
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker (complete ballet)
Saturday 3 December 2016, 7.30pm
St John’s Smith Square
Fulham Music Showcase: Arts Fest – 11 June 2016
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
11 June 2016, 3pm
St John’s Church, Fulham
London SW6 1PB
Sibelius and Lutosławski – 18 June 2016
Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra
Saturday 18 June 2016, 7.30pm
Hammersmith Town Hall, London W6 9JU
Ravel, Chausson and Adams – 19 March 2016
Ravel Alborado del Gracioso
Ravel (arr. Grainger) La vallée des cloches
Chausson Poeme de l’amour et de la mer – Catherine Hopper mezzo soprano
John Adams Harmonielehre
Saturday 19 March 2016, 7.30pm
Hammersmith Town Hall, London W6 9JU
Stravinsky, Rodrigo and Poulenc – 14 November 2015
Poulenc – Les Biches Suite
Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez (soloist: Manus Noble, guitar)
Stravinsky – The Firebird (complete version)
Saturday 14 November 2015, 7.30pm
St John’s, Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HF
Beethoven and Dvořák – 13 June 2015
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Dvořák – Symphony No. 8
7.30pm, Wathen Hall, Barnes, London SW13 9JT
Strauss and Shostakovich – 21 March 2015
Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 1 (soloist: Benjamin Baker)
Strauss – Ein Heldenleben
Saturday 21 March 2015, 7.30pm
Hammersmith Town Hall, London W6 9JU
Bach, Wagner and Schoenberg – 29 November 2014
J.S. Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (orchestrated Stokowski)
Wagner – Final scene (Wotan’s Leb’ Wohl) from Die Walküre (Stephen Holloway – Wotan)
Schoenberg – Pelleas und Melisande
Afternoon concert: Elgar, Beethoven and Mendelssohn – 21 September 2014
Beethoven – “Leonore” Overture No. 3
Elgar – Cello Concerto (soloist Paolo Baroni)
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5
3pm, Wathen Hall, Barnes SW13 9JT
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