Friends of Classical Music at The Sands

Version 24, 12 May 2009

Latest News (May 2009).
  • Dates for the 2009-2010 season. Full details if the concerts next season are now available. Highlights are the RLPO with their MD Vasily Petrenko, together with Freddy Kempf as soloist in the Ravel G major piano concerto, and a performance of Rachmaninov's 3rd symphony, which hasn't been on concert programmes in Carlisle for a very long time. The Halle are coming with their MD Sir Mark Elder and will bring us a piece by Sir Arnold Bax and the Sibelius 7th symphony. The season also sees both Chopin piano concertos being performed, and some Elgar played by the Polish National Radio SO. Altogether there is a lot of music this season which hasn't been played in Carlisle for a very long time. The details appear at the bottom of the page
  • Programme for the 2008-2009 season. Dates for the concert this season  and also the details of the programmes appear at the below.  Attendance needs to better to ensure a healthy future for the series. The Halle concert was very well attneded, but attendance at some of the others has been rather disappointing. Please get your friends to come along.
  • Pre-concert talks. These again have been very interesting and informative. The one by Gianandrea Noseda was again very amusing as well as informative. The talks (at 6.30 pm) are now very popular, and you are advised to get your free tickets in good time. The guest on 22 May will be the conductor, Petr Altrichter.
  • The AGM of the Friends again will be on the night of the opening concert, Saturday 10 October 2009, at 6.00 pm - before the Pre-Concert Talk.

The Friends has been set up with the following objectives:

The Friends have been set up on a formal basis. You can find a copy of our constitution here (this is the revised version, agreed at the AGM in November 2006).  If you are interested in being involved, please send an E-mail with your details to: contact@thesandsfriends.org.uk  or, better still, complete a membership application form and send it with your subscription of £5.

The Sands Centre itself has a  web-site,

Dates of Concerts in the 2008 - 2009 Season

(LP 3 means Last Played in Carlisle 3 years ago)

 Friday 22 May 2009 -  Prague Symphony Orchestra

conductor - Petr Altrichter

Dvorak - Carnival overture

Dvorak - Cello concerto - soloist, Nina Kotova (LP 3)

Smetana - Ma Vlast (Vlava, Tabor, Blanik)

 

Dates of Concerts in the 2009 - 2010 Season

Unless otherwise noted, all works are being played for the first time in Carlisle since the 1999-2000 season

Saturday 10th October 2009 — St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

conductor - Vladimir Altsculer

Mussorgsky - Prelude & Persian Dance from Khovanschina

Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Roccoco Theme - soloist: Guy Johnson, cello

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 1 (Winter Daydreams) [Last played 8 seasons ago]

 

Friday 13th November 2009 — Polish National Radio Symphony

conductor - Jacek Kaspszyk

Elgar - In the South

Chopin - Piano concerto No 1 - soloist, Mikhail Rudy [Last played 5 seasons ago]

Beethoven - Symphony No 7 [Last played 5 seasons ago]

 

Friday 19th February 2010 — Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

conductor - Vasily Petrenko

Weber - Invitation to the Dance

Ravel - Piano concerto in G - soloist Freddy Kempf [Last played 5 seasons ago]

Rachmaninov - Symphony No 3

 

Friday 19th March 2010 — Hallι Orchestra

conductor - Sir Mark Elder

Bax - Spring Fire (with introduction)

Chopin - Piano Concerto No 2 - soloist Polina Leschenko

Sibelius - Symphony No 7

 

Friday 16th April 2010 — Royal Scottish National Orchestra

conductor - Christof Perick

Weber - Overture Der Freischutz [Last played 3 seasons ago]

Mozart - Piano concerto No 27 - soloist Steven Osborne [Last played 6 seasons ago]

Wagner - Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn

 

Saturday 22nd May 2010 — Moscow State Symphony Orchestra

conductor - Pavel Kogan

Borodin - Polovstain Dances from Prince Igor

Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - soloist Igor Tchetuev, piano [Last played 5 seasons ago]

Rimsky Korsakov - Scheherezade [Last played 2 seasons ago]

 

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