Doctors’ Orchestra play in aid of torture charity

The 75-strong Doctors’ Orchestra will take to the stage at Cadogan Hall to raise funds for Freedom from Torture

Rehearsals: orchestra leader and conductor Stephen Brearley

Louise Brocklehurst

Robert Dex @RobDexES7 March 2016

A group of musical medics have got together for their seventh annual concert to help torture victims.

The 75-strong Doctors’ Orchestra, led by surgeon and conductor Stephen Brearley, has been rehearsing at the Royal College of Surgeons before taking to the stage at Cadogan Hall tomorrow, March 8, to raise funds for Freedom from Torture.

The orchestra will be joined by cellist Gemma Rosefield to perform works by Brahms, Wagner and Tchaikovsky. Dr Brearley, who is based at Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone, helped set up the group in 2010. The charity runs one of the world’s only purpose-built centres for the treatment of torture victims in north London.

For tickets, go to cadoganhall.com or call the box office on 020 7730 4500