Bromley Symphony Orchestra is a large, friendly, successful amateur orchestra based in south London with a reputation for interesting concerts of almost professional standard. We welcome applications from new members, patrons and helpers.
Saturday 17th May 2025 at 19:30
Book nowBrahms Double Concerto for violin and cello
Soloists Thelma & Lionel Handy
The sizzling power of Shostakovich’s Fifth – in May – follows Ravel’s piquant Alborada del gracioso and Brahms’ passionate Double Concerto performed by Lionel and Thelma Handy who last played it with us over thirty years ago!
Sunday 15th June 2025 at 17:00
Book nowSaint Saëns Carnival of the Animals
Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba
Narrator: (tbc)
Richard Brown Pageant of the Seas
June’s Children’s Concert includes the classic Tubby the Tuba, famously narrated by Danny Kaye back in 1947. The programme also includes Richard Brown’s Pageant of the Seas and Saint-Saëns’ much-loved Carnival of the Animals. Book now to avoid disappointment!
Saturday 15th Nov 2025 at 19:30
Coming soonWeber Bassoon Concerto op75
Soloist Stephen Fuller
We open with Mozart’s Don Giovanni overture and Beethoven’s pithy Eighth, and finish with Strauss’s rapturous Don Juan. In the middle is Weber’s poised and tuneful bassoon concerto, featuring Stephen Fuller.
Saturday 24th Jan 2026 at 19:30
Coming soon
Boulanger D’un matin de printemps
Berlioz Harold in Italy
Soloist Scott Storey (viola)
Saint-Saëns Symphony No 3
Soloist Lucy Morrell (organ)
Adrian Brown perfectly understands Berlioz, whose Harold in Italy is both moving and colourful. This follows the celebrated D’un matin and precedes Saint-Saën’s thunderously rousing ‘Organ’ symphony. Earworms for days or your money back!
Saturday 14th Mar 2026 at 19:30
Coming soonVaughan Williams Symphony No 9
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Soloist Mabelle Young-Eun Park
Appears courtesy of The Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists (PDGYA) Scheme
A perfectly balanced programme, with Vaughan Williams’ visionary Ninth offset by Mendelssohn’s youthfully glowing violin concerto and Gershwin’s irresistibly jazzy ‘American in Paris’.
Saturday 16th May 2026 at 19:30
Coming soon
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1
Soloist Rustam Khanmurzin
In this crowd-pleaser, de Falla’s melody-crammed Three-Cornered Hat partners Ravel’s iconic La Valse and Tchaikovsky’s scaldingly passionate First Piano Concerto, with Rustam Khanmurzin.