Version 43, May 2017
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About the Friends of Classical Music at The Sands
The International Classical Concert Series, 2017 - 2018
The Friends has been set up with the following objectives:
as a communications and advisory channel between the concert audiences and the management of The Sands Centre on matters such as
future concert programmes,
presentation and ambience.
concert talks and so on
developing concert audiences for the future - schools programmes, and the like.
assisting in bringing the concert series to the attention of more people in more areas
having our own activities outside the concerts in Carlisle, e.g. trips to concerts elsewhere.
The Friends have been set up on a formal basis. You can find a copy of our constitution here. If you are interested in being involved, please send an E-mail with your details to: contact@thesandsfriends.org.uk or, better still, complete a membership application form and send it with your subscription of £5.
The Sands Centre itself has a web-site,
Dates of Concerts in the 2017 - 2018 Season (Full details not yet available)
Unless otherwise noted, all works are being played for the first time in Carlisle since the 1999-2000 season
Friday 27th October 2017 — St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
conductor - Vladimir Altschuler
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony New
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No 4 - soloist Peter Donohoe New
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade 4 years ago [NB This is instead of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony]
Friday 26th January 2018 - RSNO - Royal Scottish National Orchestra
conductor - Jamie Phillips
Mozart - Symphony No 31, Paris New
Korngold - Violin Concerto, soloist - Ning Feng 7 years ago
Sibelius - Symphony No 5 2 years ago
Friday 9th March 2018 - Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor - Valery Polyanski
Khachaturian - Masquerade suite New
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No 2 - soloist Tatiana Polyanskaya 9 years ago
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 4 4 years ago
Saturday 21st April 2018 - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor - Petr Altrichter
Smetana - The Moldau 9 years ago
Beethoven - Piano concerto No 5, The Emperor, soloist - Pavel Kolesnikov 11 years ago
Piazzolla - Libertango New
Dvorak - Symphony No 7 New
Friday 12th May 2017 - Hallé Orchestra
conductor - Sir Mark Elder
Stravinsky - Dumbarton Oaks New
Mozart - Piano concerto No 18, K456, soloist - Hong Xu New
Mendelssohn - Symphony No 3, Scottish New
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