The London Recorder Orchestra currently has around 30 members but always welcomes new players of an appropriate standard. Prospective members should have a good standard of playing and sight-reading – and be prepared to play any of the usual sizes of recorder (descant, treble, tenor or bass) as required. Players of larger instruments (great bass and contrabass recorders) are particularly welcome.

For more information about playing standards required etc, please contact Joanna Brown

The orchestra normally rehearses from 10.30am – 1pm on the second Saturday of each month. Rehearsals are held at St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, 6 Durham Street, London, SE11 5JA. Members are asked to pay a modest annual subscription of £60 (£25.00 students) to cover the hire of the hall.

The 2025/26 season will begin on Saturday 13th September so this is probably the best time of year to join the orchestra.  Please contact Joanna Brown 

We usually give a concert at the end of each season (June/July). The music we play covers a wide range of styles and includes both ‘in house’ arrangements and original compositions. Sometimes we invite other groups to perform in the concert – either on their own or with the orchestra. If you are interested in seeing us in action, you will be very welcome at our next concert! You can also visit our Facebook Page.

Our last concert was at 6.30pm on Saturday 28th June 2025 at St James Garlickhythe Church, Garlick Hill, London EC4V 2AF.

The programme included works by Mozart, Dvorak, David Moses, Elizabeth King – and others!

 

If you would like further information about the orchestra, please contact Joanna Brown

 

To mark the start of 2021 some of our members put together a video of Howl-Around by Paul Richards – a piece that we had last rehearsed 12 months ago.  This was followed by the companion pieces Night Waves and Wild Rumpus.

The London Recorder Orchestra is affiliated to the Society of Recorder Players a Registered Charity No. 282751, Scottish Registered Charity No. SC038422

For those of you who missed our last concert, you can hear a couple of items on our  Facebook Page.