We’re performing Mahler 7 and Roxanna Panufnik's "Alma’s Songs Without Words" at Smith Square Hall on 21 June. Book now at: fso.org.uk/summer-2025/

Tickets for tonight’s concert are currently sold out but we’re working with the venue to try to make some more seats available. See our website for the latest information: fso.org.uk/spring-2025/

We’re delighted to have organ soloist Hannah Gill performing with us on 22 March at Smith Square Hall. Born in Wales, Hannah was awarded a scholarship to study at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and was a concerto finalist in the Texaco Young Musician of Wales....

Book now for our concert on 22 March 2025 at Smith Square Hall. fso.org.uk/spring-2025/ A rare chance to hear Tchaikovsky’s great Manfred Symphony, Jeanne Demessieux’s exuberant Poème for organ and orchestra, and Janáček’s Taras Bulba, an orchestral rhapsody inspired by a Cossack hero.

We have been devastated by the untimely death of our principal trumpet Steve Hicks. His glorious playing, enormous personality and total confidence inspired us all. We have not the words to describe our sense of loss, but all our love is with his wife Andrea and family.

We’ve made a fascinating discovery in the archives: newspaper cuttings announcing our very first concert in 1958! We knew very little about our early years, so these have thrown up some surprises… 🧵

Hello, BlueSky! 👋 We’re a big, ambitious amateur symphony orchestra based in west London. Our last concert featured birdsong in Rautavaara’s ‘Cantus Arcticus’, Lutosławski’s dazzling Fourth Symphony, the folk-inspired ‘Suita Rustica’ by Kaprálová, and Martinů’s big-hearted Fourth Symphony.