Members

Our Next Concert
Saturday 6 Feb 2027 at 7:30pm
The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds
Conductor: Richard Laing
Leader: Dan Kent
Violin: Fenella Humphreys
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Overture - The Wasps
9'
2[1.2/pic]222 4200 timp+2 hp str
Benjamin Britten
Violin concerto No.1, Op.15
31'
3[1.2/pic2.3/pic1]2[1.2/Eh]22 4331 timp+2 hp str
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64
44'
3222 4231 timp + opt cymbal str
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Concert Dress
Women: long, all black, Men: DJs, black bow-ties

Tickets

Tickets are available now from
The APEX Box Office
Adults £19 and £17, Children / Full-time Students £5
(a booking fee of £2 is included...)

Rehearsal Details

Sunday 24 Jan 2027
10:30 - 16:30 (Lunch: 13:30 - 14:30)
Waldringfield Village Hall
Waldringfield
IP12 4QP
Sunday 31 Jan 2027
10:30 - 16:30 (Lunch: 13:30 - 14:30)
Waldringfield Village Hall
Waldringfield
IP12 4QP
Saturday 6 Feb 2027
14:30 - 17:30
The APEX
Charter Square
Bury St. Edmunds
IP33 3FD
    Waldringfield Village Hall, Waldringfield
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    Committee

    • Jonathan Armitage
    • Catherine Everitt
    • Chris Herbert (Treasurer)
    • Graham Jones (Secretary)
    • Alex Sharpe (Chairperson)
    • Dave Smith
    • Susan Smith

    Music Committee

    • Jonathan Armitage
    • Dan Kent
    • Rob Rogers
    • Dave Smith

    Subs

    Subscriptions are £30 per concert and preferably should be paid online before each concert using your name and the words "subs" as a reference.
    Players who have not played with the orchestra before are exempt from paying, and full-time students pay £15 per concert.
    Please ask a committee member if you are unsure about the Wolsey Orchestra bank details.

    Future Concerts

    Saturday 15 May 2027 at 7:30pm
    Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich
    Conductor: Dexter Drown
    Leader: Dan Kent
    Violin: Braimah Kanneh-Mason
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Overture - The Marriage of Figaro, K.492
    4'
    2222 2200 timp str
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61
    42'
    1222 2200 timp str
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92
    36'
    2222 2200 timp str

    Rehearsals

    Sunday 2 May 2027
    Sunday 9 May 2027
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    Saturday 9 Oct 2027 at 7:30pm
    Corn Exchange, Ipswich
    Conductor: Richard Laing
    Leader: Dan Kent
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Festive Overture, Op. 96
    7'
    3[1.2.pic]333[1.2.cbn] 4331 timp+4 str
    Frederick Delius
    A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
    8'
    22[1.Eh]22 4230 timp hp str
    Richard Wagner
    Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
    17'
    3[1.2.3/pic]3[1.2.Eh]3[1.2.bcl(A)]3 4331 timp hp str
    Sergei Rachmaninov
    Symphonic Dances, Op.45
    35'
    3[1.2.pic]3[1.2.Eh]3[1.2.bcl]3[1.2.cbn] 4331 asax timp+5 hp pf str

    Rehearsals

    Sunday 26 Sep 2027
    Sunday 3 Oct 2027
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    Saturday 5 Feb 2028 at 7:30pm
    The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds
    Conductor: Andrew Morley
    Leader: Dan Kent
    Emmanuel Chabrier
    España
    8'
    3[1.2.pic]224 44[2tp, 2crt]31 timp+4 2hp str
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Capriccio Espagnol
    15'
    3[1.2.pic]2[1/Eh.2]22 4231 timp+5 hp str
    Maurice Ravel
    Boléro
    13'
    3[1.2/pic2.pic1]3[1.2/ob d’am.Eh]3[1.2/Ebcl.bcl]3[1.2.cbn] 44[pic tp.1.2.3]31 ssx, tsx timp+4 hp cel str
    Antonín Dvořák
    Symphony No.9 - 'From the New World'
    40'
    2[1.2/pic]3[1.2.Eh]22 4231 timp+1 — str

    Rehearsals

    Sunday 23 Jan 2028
    Sunday 30 Jan 2028
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    Saturday 13 May 2028 at 7:30pm
    Venue to be confirmed
    Leader: Dan Kent
    Programme to be confirmed.

    Rehearsals

    Sunday 30 Apr 2028
    Sunday 7 May 2028
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    Saturday 14 Oct 2028 at 7:30pm
    Corn Exchange, Ipswich
    Programme to be confirmed.

    Rehearsals

    Sunday 1 Oct 2028
    Sunday 8 Oct 2028
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    Saturday 3 Feb 2029 at 7:30pm
    The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds
    Programme to be confirmed.

    Rehearsals

    Sunday 21 Jan 2029
    Sunday 28 Jan 2029
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