Come & Play Day
10:00am, Sat, 21 Sep 2024
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Type of event: Workshop Start time: 10:00am End time: 4:30pm Venue: Victoria Hall
Main St
Grange-over-Sands
LA11 6DPSee map below Description: 
Focussing on Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 (which we will perform at our concert in June 2025!)
This is an opportunity for players who relish the idea of spending a day on this challenging work under the baton of Melvin Tay, culminating in a play-through.
Open to members and non-members, we hope to have a very full orchestra to do this magnificent work justice!
Perhaps this is a piece you have always wanted to play.... Maybe you played a long time ago.... Maybe think you might want to join the orchestra but aren't sure if you're good enough to.... Come and enjoy yourself with us for this musical adventure!
If you are a member or already on our database you can sign up on this page, if not, register here https://forms.gle/Nj9aMK5Ls2APBeEh7 and you will receive an email inviting you to sign up.
Cost for the day will be £20 per player (concessions are available) - students in full-time education free; those aged 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult."The Fifth Symphony was composed in an atmosphere of heart-stopping terror just as Moscow’s elite seemed to be devouring itself. For some, it was forced labour camps in Siberia; for others, a brutal end at the hands of the much-feared NKVD, Stalin’s secret police. Shostakovich knew he had one chance to redeem himself and, incredibly, he pulled it off without sacrificing his artistry.
The Fifth Symphony opens with glistening rivers of colour from the strings, interrupted by doom-laden fanfares from the brass and percussion. The slow largo develops into a lament of such power, it left listeners in tears, and the final movement is set off by a furious explosion of brass and timpani, with flurries of strings and woodwinds rushing through to a thunderous finale.
In the end, what may have saved Shostakovich was the ecstatic 45-minute ovation received at the premiere.."
