Summer playing session 1: Brahms

7:00pm, Wed, 9 Jul 2025

  • Event Details
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  • Production: Open Summer Sessions 2025
    Type of event: Workshop
    Start time: 7:00pm
    Venue: Community Centre, 3 Castle St, Kendal LA9 7AD
      See map below
    Ticket pricing/options: Cost is £6 per session, payable on the night, or £20 for all four, payable in advance. Students in full-time education free.
    Description: Summer playing session 1: Brahms

    Conductor: Martin Budgett
    We plan to play Brahms: Symphony no. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
    Loaned copies will be available on the night.  We will make bowed parts available to string players in due course.
    Scored for orchestra with:

    double woodwind, with A clarinets (but we do have Bb parts) AND A CONTRA BASSOON!
    4 x French Horns in E and C, but we do have F parts
    Trumpets in E, but we do have Bb parts
    Trombones x 3

    Notes:

    Playing standard guide - grade 5 or above
    There will be a break - bring your own refreshments
    We will start playing promptly at 7:15 and finish at 9:30
    Parking is limited - please allow time to find some!

    If you aren't a member, but are interested in attending, click here.  Email invites have now been sent for this session - ifyou have signed up but not received an invite, please check your Spam or Junk folders.  Reminder invites will follow to those who haven't responded.  It helps us provide enough parts and chairs if you book in advance -

    But even if you just turn up on the night, we'll provide music and a warm welcome

    Under 16s may play if a parent or guardian is present.  To discuss this, or if the cost is too much, please contact the treasurer - we want you to play!

  • Programme
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  • Start timeActivityMusicMinutesRun byDetails/Notes
    7:00pmTune up 15  
    7:15pmRehearse workBrahms: Symphony no. 460Martin Budgett 
    8:15pmBreak 15  
    8:30pmRehearse workBrahms: Symphony no. 460Martin Budgett 
    Programme Duration: 150 minutes; Finish time: 9:30pm
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