It was wonderful to start our 25/26 season performing a fantastic selection of film music to a packed audience in Dulwich, thank you to everyone who joined us us for pirates, dinosaurs and gladiators! We’ll be back on Sunday 7th December in Beckenham for music by Borodin, Mussorgksy and a chance to hear again the wonderful cellist Yoanna Prodanova who will perform Kabalevsky’s Cello Concerto No 2.
Our Next Concert
SELO’s next concert will be on Sunday 7th December 2025 at 4.30pm at St Michael and All Angels Church, Beckenham. We will be featuring music by Borodin, Kabalevsky and Mussorgsky.
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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-london-orchestra
About Us
South East London Orchestra is one of south London’s leading amateur orchestras with a reputation for exciting, high quality concerts and a genuine connection with our community.
Our concerts feature great pieces of classical music by composers such as Beethoven, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Weber. SELO is equally at home with the music of the twentieth-century, performing works by Bartok, Copland, Britten, Shostakovich, Debussy, Nielsen, Ravel and Sibelius.
We are proud of our tradition of performing music by British composers, from Boyce, Elgar and Vaughan Williams to more recent works by Lennox Berkeley, Joseph Horovitz and Richard Rodney Bennett. In 2016 we gave the UK premiere performance of a work by Fung Lam.
Based in Beckenham, we have many members from the local area and others from further afield. Our short rehearsal periods, led by conductor David Smith, are designed to appeal to busy musicians, and rehearsals are a fine balance of hard work and enjoyment.
SELO was founded in 2012 by our Music Director, David Smith, and Natalie Cole. Since then we have grown the orchestra and embedded ourselves in the heart of Beckenham’s cultural life.
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We are very interested to hear from all strings and brass players of grade 8 standard or above and/or substantial experience of playing with large ensembles. See our Joining page for more details
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