What is the Tudor Orchestra?
The Tudor Orchestra is a long-established and friendly amateur orchestra based in North Finchley, North London. We are open to amateur and professional musicians of all levels of ability (no auditions required!) and play under the guidance of a professional conductor, leader and principal cello. The orchestra provides a friendly and supportive environment for musicians to develop their skills, and prides itself on its adventurous programming.
What do we play?
We generally play more adventurous repertoire than a typical community orchestra (NOT Tudor music!) and each concert includes a concerto with a soloist of a professional standard. Recent programmes have featured Sibelius's 3rd Symphony, Dvořák's 5th and 8th, and Borodin's 2nd - as well as concertos by Brahms, Beethoven, Glazunov, and Prokofiev.
Why is it called Tudor?
The name relates to the old Tudor (883) telephone exchange in Muswell Hill where the orchestra was originally based and not to the type of music performed!