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We are a friendly amateur orchestra based at Beckenham Methodist Church. This and next Thursday 7:30pm, we'll be playing through Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances for fun, without the pressure of a performance. Suggested donation of £10 per evening. Violins, violas, and lower brass especially welcome 😁
January 18, 2026 at 5:52 PM
We are a friendly amateur orchestra based at Beckenham Methodist Church. This and next Thursday 7:30pm, we'll be playing through Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances for fun, without the pressure of a performance. Suggested donation of £10 per evening. Violins, violas, and lower brass especially welcome 😁
Happy New Year! Have a resolution to get back into playing your instrument? What better way to fulfill than coming along to SELO's repertoire evenings later this month! We'll be working through Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances on 22 and 29 January. Violins, violas, and lower brass especially welcome!
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Happy New Year! Have a resolution to get back into playing your instrument? What better way to fulfill than coming along to SELO's repertoire evenings later this month! We'll be working through Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances on 22 and 29 January. Violins, violas, and lower brass especially welcome!
🎉 Final concert of 2025 in the bag! With cellist Yoanna Prodanova's stunning interpretation of the Kabalevsky being a highlight 🎻 Special mention as well to Chloë Meade for being guest leader since rehearsal 1👑 Here are some photos of a very memorable evening. Thank you everyone 🙏
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🎉 Final concert of 2025 in the bag! With cellist Yoanna Prodanova's stunning interpretation of the Kabalevsky being a highlight 🎻 Special mention as well to Chloë Meade for being guest leader since rehearsal 1👑 Here are some photos of a very memorable evening. Thank you everyone 🙏
⚠️ It's concert day! 🎶 Amid the usual mix of excitement and nerves comes a renewed appreciation of the music we're about to perform. 😀 We'd be delighted if you joined us - 4:30pm at St Michael and All Angels, Beckenham BR3 4TN!
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
⚠️ It's concert day! 🎶 Amid the usual mix of excitement and nerves comes a renewed appreciation of the music we're about to perform. 😀 We'd be delighted if you joined us - 4:30pm at St Michael and All Angels, Beckenham BR3 4TN!
Our final rehearsal on Thursday included a Christmas jumper stipulation 🎄 And that being our final rehearsal means we have a concert tomorrow! 😁 Tickets available here and at the door:
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December 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Our final rehearsal on Thursday included a Christmas jumper stipulation 🎄 And that being our final rehearsal means we have a concert tomorrow! 😁 Tickets available here and at the door:
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Movement 3 of Pictures at an Exhibition is "Tuileries" (Children's Quarrel after Games). It depicts the famous garden near the Louvre, with nurses intervening figuratively and musically in the "dispute d'enfants"!
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Movement 3 of Pictures at an Exhibition is "Tuileries" (Children's Quarrel after Games). It depicts the famous garden near the Louvre, with nurses intervening figuratively and musically in the "dispute d'enfants"!
Pictures at an Advent Calendar day 2! "The Old Castle", depicting a medieval castle before which a troubadour sings a song. Come to our concert on 7 December to hear the whole thing! www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Pictures at an Advent Calendar day 2! "The Old Castle", depicting a medieval castle before which a troubadour sings a song. Come to our concert on 7 December to hear the whole thing! www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
It's the first of December so as a sort of musical Advent Calendar, what's behind the first door in Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition? It's "The Gnome" - Hartmann's sketch (on which these vignets are based) is thought to represent a design for a nutcracker displaying large teeth.
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's the first of December so as a sort of musical Advent Calendar, what's behind the first door in Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition? It's "The Gnome" - Hartmann's sketch (on which these vignets are based) is thought to represent a design for a nutcracker displaying large teeth.
Only one week to go! Time always flies when we rehearse a challenging set of pieces, but the pieces are also wonderful. We'd be delighted if you joined us on 7 December in Beckenham for Borodin, Mussorgsky, and a cello concerto!
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November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Only one week to go! Time always flies when we rehearse a challenging set of pieces, but the pieces are also wonderful. We'd be delighted if you joined us on 7 December in Beckenham for Borodin, Mussorgsky, and a cello concerto!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
Another photo from our rehearsal with cellist Yoanna last week. She plays a key role in SELO's history having performed Dvorak with us in our first concert after lockdown back in Oct21. Now she's back to perform Kabalevsky's 2nd cello concerto. Check out her excellent website www.yoannaprodanova.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Another photo from our rehearsal with cellist Yoanna last week. She plays a key role in SELO's history having performed Dvorak with us in our first concert after lockdown back in Oct21. Now she's back to perform Kabalevsky's 2nd cello concerto. Check out her excellent website www.yoannaprodanova.com
Our Thursday rehearsal featured cello super soloist Yoanna Prodanova! She is playing Kabalevsky’s rarely performed 2nd cello concerto with us in two weeks' time - why not give it a listen in advance of coming to our concert? 😀 All details here! www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our Thursday rehearsal featured cello super soloist Yoanna Prodanova! She is playing Kabalevsky’s rarely performed 2nd cello concerto with us in two weeks' time - why not give it a listen in advance of coming to our concert? 😀 All details here! www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
Happy Birthday Borodin! 192 years young today. We're performing his famous Polovtsian Dances overture from Prince Igor on 7th December, details here! www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy Birthday Borodin! 192 years young today. We're performing his famous Polovtsian Dances overture from Prince Igor on 7th December, details here! www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
🎆 Bonfire Night is done so the next good thing is Christmas, right? Wrong!
🎶 We are resuming rehearsals for our next concert TONIGHT!
✅ Time to mark 7th December in your diary - all the details in the attached picture!
🎶 We are resuming rehearsals for our next concert TONIGHT!
✅ Time to mark 7th December in your diary - all the details in the attached picture!
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🎆 Bonfire Night is done so the next good thing is Christmas, right? Wrong!
🎶 We are resuming rehearsals for our next concert TONIGHT!
✅ Time to mark 7th December in your diary - all the details in the attached picture!
🎶 We are resuming rehearsals for our next concert TONIGHT!
✅ Time to mark 7th December in your diary - all the details in the attached picture!
⚠️ Concert Alert ⚠️
🎶 We are performing an awesome selection of film music later today - we'll be at our alternative venue of All Saints Church, West Dulwich, at 4pm. See you there!
🎶 We are performing an awesome selection of film music later today - we'll be at our alternative venue of All Saints Church, West Dulwich, at 4pm. See you there!
October 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
⚠️ Concert Alert ⚠️
🎶 We are performing an awesome selection of film music later today - we'll be at our alternative venue of All Saints Church, West Dulwich, at 4pm. See you there!
🎶 We are performing an awesome selection of film music later today - we'll be at our alternative venue of All Saints Church, West Dulwich, at 4pm. See you there!
⌛ Exactly 24 hours till our next concert and first of the season! SELO will performing a delightful selection of film music, including Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Jurassic Park! We'll be in All Saints, West Dulwich - see you there!
October 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
⌛ Exactly 24 hours till our next concert and first of the season! SELO will performing a delightful selection of film music, including Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Jurassic Park! We'll be in All Saints, West Dulwich - see you there!
Thank you everyone for coming to our performance of Back to the Future yesterday! Don't worry, you haven't missed it and neither has SELO messed up its social media scheduling. It's a joke to publicise that we are performing the time travelling film's soundtrack at our next concert, details below!
October 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thank you everyone for coming to our performance of Back to the Future yesterday! Don't worry, you haven't missed it and neither has SELO messed up its social media scheduling. It's a joke to publicise that we are performing the time travelling film's soundtrack at our next concert, details below!
Just one week till SELO's first ever film music concert! What a corking selection of films...and the music will be good too 😁
October 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Just one week till SELO's first ever film music concert! What a corking selection of films...and the music will be good too 😁
Did you know that 25 October marks 610 years since the Battle of Agincourt? And on 11 October, SELO will perform Walton's Henry V Suite. Come join us and listen to an intruguing work that draws on music from both the 15th and 20th centuries, details below!
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October 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Did you know that 25 October marks 610 years since the Battle of Agincourt? And on 11 October, SELO will perform Walton's Henry V Suite. Come join us and listen to an intruguing work that draws on music from both the 15th and 20th centuries, details below!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
It's been 32 years since Jurassic Park was released. No, we can't quite believe it either. But the good news is that it's only 11 DAYS until SELO performs the film's equally iconic music at our opening concert of the season. Tickets here!
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September 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's been 32 years since Jurassic Park was released. No, we can't quite believe it either. But the good news is that it's only 11 DAYS until SELO performs the film's equally iconic music at our opening concert of the season. Tickets here!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/south-east-l...
Just two weeks to go!
September 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Just two weeks to go!
🎉 Happy 119th Birthday Dmitri Shostakovich! We are performing his Suite for Variety Orchestra No 1 at our next concert in Dulwich on 11 October. See you there 😀
Image source: Public domain.
Image source: Public domain.
September 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🎉 Happy 119th Birthday Dmitri Shostakovich! We are performing his Suite for Variety Orchestra No 1 at our next concert in Dulwich on 11 October. See you there 😀
Image source: Public domain.
Image source: Public domain.
Happy Birthday Hans Zimmer! The German composer turns 68 today. What's that you ask, is SELO performing any of his music soon? Yes! We're performing music from Gladiator at our next concert - pop 11 October in your calendar now!
Image source: Collider Video.
Image source: Collider Video.
September 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Happy Birthday Hans Zimmer! The German composer turns 68 today. What's that you ask, is SELO performing any of his music soon? Yes! We're performing music from Gladiator at our next concert - pop 11 October in your calendar now!
Image source: Collider Video.
Image source: Collider Video.