Dear Friend
Borders Chamber Orchestra accompanied the Borders Chamber Choir and 5 professional soloists in a fantastic performance of Bach's St John Passion on 30th March in Melrose Parish Church. There was a large audience in Melrose Parish Church who obviously greatly enjoyed the performance. Photos are now available on our website.
Our next concert will also be in conjunction with the Borders Chamber Choir performing Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music in a Preview Concert for the Melrose Music Festival. Further information about the concert is detailed in the news articles below along with the professional musicians joining us.
Future BCO concert dates for your diaries, all at Melrose Parish Church:
Saturday 11th May 2024: Preview Concert for Melrose Music Festival: Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music, Lambert - Aubade Heroique and Rachmaninoff - Intermezzo from Aleko. The orchestra will be joined by Borders Chamber Choir and the Melrose Vocal Ensemble.
Saturday 7th September 2024: Opening concert of the Melrose Music Festival: Mozart - Requiem in conjunction with Borders Chamber Choir
Saturday 14th September 2024: Closing concert of Melrose Music Festival. Programme to be announced.
Saturday 2nd November 2024: Autumn Concert. Programme to be announced
If you have any comments or suggestions about the newsletter then you can you can email me at webmaster@borderschamberorchestra.org.uk
Hope to see you at our next concert.
Paul
Table of Contents - Photos from Bach St John Passion now on our website
- Marie Curie thank you
- Melrose Music Festival Preview Concert 11th May
- Derrick Morgan conducts our concert on 14th September
- Eleanor Hetherington Concert Harpist
- Sir James MacMillan Guest Speaker
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Photographs from the Bach St John Passion concert held on 30th March are now available on our website on the Photos page
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We have received a letter and certificate from Marie Curie to thank the orchestra and our supporters for the fantastic donation of £1024.46. Thank you to our musicians and audience members for raising this magnificent sum.
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The Borders Chamber Orchestra will next be performing at the Preview Concert for the Melrose Music Festival. The concert is on Saturday 11th May at 6:30pm in Melrose Parish Church. The Festival, at its new dates of Saturday 7th - ...
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Derrick Morgan, Assistant Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, will be conducting us at our Melrose Music Festival Concert on Saturday 14th September. Derrick, who was born in the Scottish Borders and is now based in Glasgow, is already ...
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Eleanor Hetherington, who now lives in the Scottish Borders, will be our guest Harpist at the Melrose Music Festival Preview Concert on 11th May. She is a classically trained harpist with a deep-rooted background in Gaelic traditional music. Eleanor completed ...
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Sir James MacMillan will be the guest speaker at the Melrose Music Festival Preview Concert on 11th May. He is the pre-eminent Scottish composer of his generation and performs internationally as a conductor. He studied composition at the University of ...
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