St Botolph’s Music Society

Hello Thursday! It’s rehearsal day today!

It’s also just 3 Thursday rehearsals until our next concert, A Little English Concert.

🎫 Tickets: sbms.org.uk/event/a-litt...

Vaughan Williams was an English composer influenced by English folk song and Tudor music.

This couldn't be more obvious than in 'Fantasia on Greensleeves' where he used the well-known C16th folk song.

We’ll be performing this on 22 Nov at A Little English Concert.

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Holst’s 'First Suite in E♭ for Military Band' was written in 1911. It was the first piece to convince other composers that serious music could be composed for bands.

Gordon Jacob later transcribed it for full orchestra. SBMS will be performing this on 22 Nov.

🎫 Tickets: sbms.org.uk/event/a-litt...

Hello Thursday! It's rehearsal day!

In just a few hours the SBMS musicians will be back rehearsing for our English-themed concert. This is also the last rehearsal before the half term break.

It’s just 1 month until A Little English Concert!

Tickets available from: sbms.org.uk/event/a-litt...

Hello Thursday! It's rehearsal day again!

With the weather turning cooler now for autumn, we'll be assessing the temperature of the church for rehearsals as we go. So, keep an eye out to see if we might be in the church hall at the rear instead!

Join us for an evening of quintessentially English music, featuring works by Holst, Vaughan Williams, Walton, and Elgar. This programme celebrates the rich musical heritage of England.

📅 Saturday, 22 November 2025
🕢 7:30pm
⛪️ St Botolph’s Church, Colchester

🎫 Tickets: sbms.org.uk/event/a-litt...

Hello Thursday! It's rehearsal day!

We'll be following on from last week's good work on our English-theme concert programme, continuing to take a closer look at the pieces.

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Hello Thursday! It’s rehearsal day!

It’s our third rehearsal back this term, and we’ve already had a first look at our programme over the past 2 weeks. Now we start to get into the details! All for our English-themed concert in November.

This Sunday, come and sing your favourite hymns with a live orchestra!

📆Sunday, 5 October 2025
🕡6:30pm
⛪️St Botolph’s Church, Colchester

Entry is free, all welcome.

Brought to you by St Botolph’s Church and St Botolph’s Music Society.

This event is not ticketed. Donations to St Botolph’s Church.

Hello Thursday! It's rehearsal day!

We'll be back this evening continuing to get to know our programme of music by English composers.

Come and sing your favourite hymns with a live orchestra!

📆Sunday, 5 October 2025
🕡6:30pm
⛪️St Botolph’s Church, Colchester

Free entry, all welcome.

By St Botolph’s Church and St Botolph’s Music Society.

Donations to the church.

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Hello Thursday! It's rehearsal day!

We're looking forward to being back to our weekly rehearsals this evening after the summer break. We'll be having a first look through the music for our November programme, a concert of music from English composers.

A Little English Concert

Join us for an evocative evening of quintessentially English music, featuring beloved works by Holst, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Arnold, and more.

📅Saturday, 22 November 2025
🕢7:30pm
⛪️St Botolph’s Church, Colchester

🎫Tickets via: sbms.org.uk/event/a-litt...

For SBMS musicians who are part of the ALB Festival Orchestra, rehearsals are this evening and tomorrow evening. Usual place, usual start time!

There are still a limited number of weekend tickets left for audience, which will cover entry for Sunday.

🎫Buy tickets: www.albfestival.com/tickets

A picture of a cream coloured house by a lake which Constable painted in The Haywain. With text reading: “A Little English Concert, 7:30pm, 22 November 2025, St Botolph’s Church, Colchester.”

Musical notes dancing at the top, conjured by a cartoon boy dressed as Harry Potter, stood on a yellow bolder and wearing an Indiana Jones type cowboy hat. Opposite him is a pirate’s hat with a map. Text reads: “Family Film Concert, 7:30pm, 7 February 2026, St Botolph’s Church, Colchester.”

A green background with gold art deco line decorations. In the middle is two photos in sepia tone, of Shostakovich and Copland. Text reads: “20th Century & Beyond, 7:30pm, 9 May 2026, St Botolph’s Church, Colchester.”

The image shows a white triangle at the top, a gold circle at the bottom, and the rest of the image is black. The image is representative of a grand piano and end of a trumpet. Text reads: “Young Soloists Concert, 7:30pm, 11 July 2026, St Botolph’s Church, Colchester.”

🎫Tickets for the 2025-26 season are now on sale!🎫

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We were sent these lovely photos from our last concert. What a wonderful evening it was!

As July ends, we’re now heading into our quiet period of August, with fewer posts. Stay tuned for news, though!

🎶Question time!🎶

Which was your favourite piece of music that we performed in our 2024-25 season?

We’d love to know! Was it 4 Scottish Dances, Beethoven’s Symphony No.7, or maybe Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2? Perhaps the Egmont Overture, or even Haydn’s “London” Symphony?

Songs of Praise

Come and sing your favourite hymns with a live orchestra!

📅 Sunday, 5 October 2025
🕡 6:30pm
⛪ St Botolph's Church, Colchester, CO2 7EE

Entry is free, and all are welcome.

Brought to you by St Botolph's Church and St Botolph's Music Society.

Thank you to all who came to last night’s concert!

What a fantastic season finale! Thérèse’s performance of Rach 2 was simply exquisite. Plus, we were treated to an encore!

SBMB is now headed into a summer break. Stay tuned here for news on our 2025-26 season programme and ticket sales!

It’s a beautiful day, and rehearsals are well under way for this evening’s Classical Music on Film.

Ticket sales online have closed, but if you missed out there will be tickets available on the door from 7pm tonight.

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The day has arrived! It’s concert day!

In just a few hours’ time, the musicians will be going into final rehearsals for our season finale: Classical Music on Film.

🎫 Online ticket sales are available until 12pm today from sbms.org.uk. Doors open at 7pm, and tickets can be purchased on the door.

Hello, Thursday! It's rehearsal day!

Today is the final Thursday rehearsal before our concert this Saturday 12th July, Classical Music on Film. This evening we'll be welcoming Thérèse Miller, as well as our guest musicans.

🎫 Tickets available: sbms.org.uk/product/clas...

Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2, movement 2 was most famously used in Brief Encounter, but is also widely played during emotional scenes on film.

We’ll be playing this, with Thérèse Miller on piano, on Saturday 12 July.

🎫 Tickets available: sbms.org.uk/product/clas...

Just 5 days to go until our season finale on 12 July! Tickets for Classical Music on Film from sbms.org.uk

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No worries at all! I shall drop you an email tomorrow.

Hello Thursday! It’s rehearsal day!

We’re just 9 days away from our season finale, Classical Music on Film. With just two Thursday rehearsals to go, we’ll be going through our programme this evening.

🎫Tickets: sbms.org.uk

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