BLACKBURN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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You don’t need your passportbut you’ll need a ticket!

2018/2019 CONCERTS

Gideon currently studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is a recipient of the Christopher Horn Trust Award, the Craxton Memorial Trust Award and the Coro Nuovo Young Musician of the Year Award and a prize winner in the Charlton House Society Lyrical Brass Competition. Last year he was appointed principal trumpet of the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra.

Gideon has performed with Welsh National Opera, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Sinfonia Cymru and as principal trumpet with the English National Ballet and the City of London Sinfonia. Gideon has performed for HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

If you are interested please get in touch at blackburn.s.o@btopenworld.com

or visit www.blackburnsymphony.org.uk

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Blackburn Symphony Orchestra are a group of amateur and professional musicians drawn from across Lancashire and Manchester.

We meet regularly to build a musical identity and work with our professionals, Music Director Richard Howarth and leader Alexandra Stemp, to achieve a high standard of performance. We are keen to widen our repertoire and expand the orchestra. We are particularly

looking for string players.

During his illustrious career, Martin Roscoe has become one of the UK’s most loved and respected pianists. With his extensive repertoire, consummate musicianship and immediate connection with audiences, he is in great demand as a concerto soloist, chamber musician and recitalist. Martin appears regularly at Wigmore Hall and has long-standing associations with many of the UK’s leading orchestras such as the

BBC Philharmonic and BBC Scottish Symphony. A prolifi c recording artist, Martin has a distinguished discography and is one of the most broadcast pianists on BBC radio.

We are delighted to invite Leader, Alexandra Stemp, to perform Bach’s Violin Concerto in E. A treat not to be missed!

Alexandra has a long established career as a professional orchestral and chamber music player and is increasingly in demand as a solo violin recitalist. Repertoire include the violin concertos of Bruch, Bach, Mendelssohn and Mozart; Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Cappriccioso and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

Recitals have seen Alexandra touring Europe and the UK, from St James Picadilly, London to much closer to home in and around her birthplace of the Fylde coast.

Richard will draw on his many years of experience in the profession to guide the orchestra on its journey around the world. If only we could travel to all these countries in real time! As a violinist, he led and directed orchestras for over thirty fi ve years and now enjoys conducting top quality professionals as well as training and educating amateur and youth orchestras. He believes passionately that orchestral music has the power to change people’s lives, and that it is nothing short of a miracle how orchestras work.

The Spring concert will see Richard take on an exciting new collaborative venture with Sale Chamber Orchestra, when players from both orchestras join forces in a performance of Mahler’s mighty 5th symphony.

SOLOIST: Gideon Brooks

SOLOIST: Alexandra Stemp

SOLOIST: MARTIN ROSCOEYou don’t need your passport

but you’ll need a ticket!

MUSICAL DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR: Richard Howarth

The orchestra is thrilled to welcome our President, Martin Roscoe, to our Summer Concert, which is in partnership with RVIPW. Martin will also be holding a piano masterclass on the evening of the concert.

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READY FOR SOME MUSICAL GLOBETROTTING?

GOT YOUR TICKET? LET’S GO!READY FOR SOME MUSICAL GLOBETROTTING?

summer concert

In partnership with RVIPWChabrier: Marche joyeuseGershwin: Rhapsody in BlueSoloist: Martin Roscoe

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side StoryBizet: L’Alrlesienne Suite no.2Ravel: Bolero

Saturday 13th July 2019Westholme School, 7.30pm

Conductor: Richard Howarth

autumn/winter concert

Rossini: William Tell OvertureArutunian: Trumpet ConcertoSoloist: Gideon Brooks

Borodin: In the Steppes of Central AsiaProkofi ev: Lieutenant Kije SuiteTchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien

Sunday 25th November 2018Accrington Town Hall, 3.00pmConductor: Richard Howarth

autumn

spring concert

In partnership with Sale Chamber OrchestraBach: Violin Concerto in E major

Soloist: Alexandra StempMahler: Symphony no.5

Saturday 30th March 2019Blackburn Cathedral, 7.30pmConductor: Richard Howarth

First destination, Baroque Germany with Bach’s violin concerto. No words needed here, just timeless music that speaks for itself.

It’s Mahler next and his magnifi cent 5th symphony. Conductor Herbert von Karajan once said of his experience of listening to Mahler 5 “you forget that time has passed.

A great performance of the Fifth is a transforming experience. The fantastic fi nale almost forces you to hold your breath.” Little wonder that its famous Adagietto has been used countless times for fi lm, TV and commemorative events.

Our journey starts in the Wild West with the overture to William Tell. Its fanfare theme was famously used to signal the arrival

of the Lone Ranger and his trusty steed. Next it’s the mountains of Armenia and Arutunian’s virtuosic

showpiece, his trumpet concerto...Then to the Steppes of Central Asia. Take a camel ride across the desert

and let Borodin’s enchanting folk tune beckon you to our next destination...

It’s Russia and Prokofi ev’s Lieutenant Kije Suite with its festive ‘Troika’. Pizzicato strings and sleigh bells set the scene for this virtual sleigh set the scene for this virtual sleigh ride through the snow... Last stop, ride through the snow... Last stop, sunny Italy and Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio sunny Italy and Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien. Its upbeat melodies and colourful Italien. Its upbeat melodies and colourful instrumentation will chase away any instrumentation will chase away any winter blues.

All aboard for the French / American experience?All aboard for the French / American experience?We begin our journey in France with Chabrier’s We begin our journey in France with Chabrier’s uplifting Marche Joyeuse, it’s sure to get your uplifting Marche Joyeuse, it’s sure to get your foot tapping. America next and Gershwin’s foot tapping. America next and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, its trademark clarinet Rhapsody in Blue, its trademark clarinet glissando opening will instantly transport you to glissando opening will instantly transport you to New York and its soaring skyline. Soak up the New York and its soaring skyline. Soak up the sultry atmosphere of downtown Manhattan sultry atmosphere of downtown Manhattan with Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from with Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from

West Side Story. West Side Story.

Famous tunes include Cha Cha (Maria), Somewhere Cha Cha (Maria), Somewhere and Mambo. The last leg in and Mambo. The last leg in this musical journey takes this musical journey takes us back to France and to us back to France and to the music of Bizet and Ravel with the famous Bolero wending its way to take us to the end of our travels.

Our journey starts in the Wild West with the overture to William Tell. Its fanfare theme was famously used to signal the arrival

of the Lone Ranger and his trusty steed. Next it’s the mountains of Armenia and Arutunian’s virtuosic

showpiece, his trumpet concerto...Then to the Steppes of Central Asia. Take a camel ride across the desert

and let Borodin’s enchanting folk tune beckon you to our next destination...

Tickets: Adult £13 / 18 and under FREE Available from: www.blackburnsymphony.org.uk, Blackburn Information Centre, Time & Tune (Blackburn) and On The Door

CLIMB ABOARD FOR HORSES, CAMELS AND SLEIGH RIDES!

TIME TRAVELING IN EUROPEAN CITIES OF CULTURE

“BON VOYAGE” AND “HAVE A NICE DAY!”

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