With the Botanic Gardens concert behind us, the orchestra can look forward to 6 weeks rest before we kick off again with rehearsals on September 2nd. Full marks to the hardy Sheffield public who braved a (rightly) pessimistic weather forecast to support us and the Rotary Charities last night. Despite conditions more akin to the South Col the loyal revellers stayed on till the end, which was well past 10pm. The organisers are already talking about next year when hopefully global warming will have got back into its stride.
Ewa has one more concert in London before a well earned brake in her native Poland. She has 10 concerts with the Halle next year, so watch her web site for dates and venues which include Wigan, Bradford and the Bridgewater Hall (also linked from this Blog). People may wish to read the revue of her most recent concert in the Bridgewater Hall to get some idea of what is in store! http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=6071
Keep an eye out for infrequent posts here (to while away the long balmy summer ahead). The SPO wishes that, in the coming weeks, visitors to this Blog will enjoy a few precious moments of relaxation from those pointless treadmills we all seem to have jumped on. (Sorry about the preposition at the end of the sentence).
Finally, I understand that the Botanic Gardens concert was recorded. More information about this will be posted as it emerges.
D
PS Note change of date for the Christmas concert. Saturday 13th December, not Sunday 14th. There is a straw in the wind suggesting the programme might be built around the theme of ‘trains’. Anyone know any good train music?!
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Re Train music:
Comment by Andrew September 20, 2008 @ 11:14 amthere are some pieces mentioned on http://www.calowclassics.net/tim.html
At the risk of sounding like an anorak, the Americans seem to have a one track mind: what they call a 231 (as in Pacific 231) is what we’d call a 4-6-2.
Thank you for your comment. I enjoyed reading the link. I have passed it on to Ewa as there may be a slot for one more work in the Christmas concert.
Comment by sheffieldphilharmonic September 21, 2008 @ 9:20 amI suppose the Americans just look at their locomotives from the side It takes a mathematical brain to appreciate the symmetry of the situation.
David