Author Archives: Bill Gray
Merchant Sinfonia’s next season
The next season of rehearsals will start on 19 April 2022. We will be back at Studio 1 in the City Halls, but will be starting at 19:15 rather than 19:30. The earlier start is to allow us to be … Continue reading
Helensburgh Orchestral Society concert, 27 March 2022
Sunday 27th March 2022, 7:45 pmVictoria Halls, Helensburgh Schubert: Rosamunde OvertureWeber: Bassoon ConcertoSchumann: Symphony No. 3 Conductor: Leon ReimerLeader: Christine SinclairBassoon soloist: Fergus Butt Tickets: £10; students £6; accompanied children under 12 freeAvailable from: • Orchestra members • The Scandinavian … Continue reading
Risk assessment for rehearsals
We are hoping to resume rehearsals in January. We have booked the Fotheringay Centre, 57 Fotheringay Rd, G41 4NN, for a total of 10 Tuesday evenings starting on 18th January. We realise that in the last few days the Omicron … Continue reading
Rehearsals starting again in January 2022
After a lengthy lay-off because of Covid-19, the orchestra’s live rehearsals will start again on 18 January 2022. The City Halls aren’t available, but the committee has managed to arrange an alternative venue in the south side of Glasgow, near … Continue reading
Virtual orchestra, December 7
The second and last of the winter online sessions will take place on Tuesday December 7, at 7:30 pm. Invitations to the session, with login details, will be sent out by email. If you don’t receive an email and would … Continue reading
Virtual orchestra, November 23 & December 7
With the support of Glasgow Life, we have been able to organise two further online playalong sessions under Louise’s direction. These will take place on Tuesday November 23 and Tuesday December 7. The sessions will start at 19:30 and last … Continue reading
Virtual orchestra, June 1
The last session of the virtual orchestra will take place on Tuesday June 1, at 7:30 pm. In this session, we will revisit favourite pieces from previous sessions and also try to squeeze in a few new ones. The pieces … Continue reading
Virtual orchestra, May 18
The next session of the virtual orchestra will take place on Tuesday May 18, at 7:30 pm. This will be our second last session. For this session, we will play the same pieces that we played in the previous session: … Continue reading
Virtual orchestra, May 4
The next session of the virtual orchestra will take place on Tuesday May 4, at 7:30 pm. For this session, Louise has chosen two new pieces: Purcell: Rondeau from Abdelazer. Parts can be downloaded from the BBC Ten Pieces website. … Continue reading