Please see below a note to everyone after Saturday’s concert!
Thank you for a brilliant evening on Saturday. Well done! It was challenging in the heat, but I think the orchestra coped well and delivered another excellent concert.
The Wagner was lively and exciting, with terrific playing from the brass, wind and percussion. It was a great opening number. I think the highlight of the concert for me was Colin Dance’s Thoughts of Cambridge. I had several members of the audience tell me that it was their favourite piece of the concert and how much they had enjoyed it. Many thanks and congratulations to Colin – it was a privilege for the orchestra to give the premiere performance! Espana was great fun to play, and somewhat of a coincidence that we played it during the weekend of Spain’s triumph at the World Cup! The Borodin was also a great success and very well received. Thank you to you all.
Thank you to everyone in the orchestra – for your hard work, energy, and enthusiasm throughout the term. I very much enjoy being the Leader of the Orchestra, and it was great to have a meal with a lot of members of the orchestra after the rehearsal on Saturday. This is becoming a tradition!
Thank you also to the players who supported us on Saturday –thank you for coming along and supporting the orchestra.
A huge thank you once again to Arturo for another successful term and concert. We are very appreciative of the time and hard work you put into conducting the orchestra. Thank you.
My next thank you is to Miles, who once again did so much work behind the scenes and who continues to support the orchestra so much with his time and expertise. Thank you for everything that you do.
Thank you to Merrill for her continuing work as our librarian. As ever, your efforts are very much appreciated.
Thank you to Josh, who designed another fantastic programme and poster and continues to manage the website. Thank you to Trevor and Katie for their advertising/social media roles. Thank you to Caroline as Treasurer, Helen as Membership Secretary, and to everyone who helps out front of house and during the interval. Thank you to Judith who takes care of booking the hall each term. There are a lot of people who help to run the orchestra, so I’m sorry if I have forgotten anyone, but thank you to you all on behalf of the whole orchestra.
I hope that you have a lovely summer, and I look forward to seeing you all next term on 8th September.
With Best Wishes
Clare
Miles
