In this weeks Cobweb News
– Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Fenella Humphreys
– Haydn Symphonies Project No.9
– Cello Day at Dalston – all welcome! 
– 200 Club August Draw
– Shepherds Dene Residential

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Fenella Humphreys
Sunday 30th September
2-6pm
Eldon Community Centre, 2 Main Road, Eldon, DL14 8XB
Members £17
Non Members £20

We’re incredibly fortunate to have secured services of the wonderful Fenella Humphreys (Fenella Humphreys – about), who will play Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto with us in an afternoon workshop. It’s always a pleasure to accompany brilliant soloists and this concerto has great parts for the whole orchestra.  
You can see the music ahead of the day by clicking on the link below:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto%2C_Op.35_(Tchaikovsky%2C_Pyotr)

Sign up as soon as you can so we know how much music to provide – don't miss out on working with Fenella! 

The enrolment form with more information can be found here.

Join Peter Wood for the latest instalment of the Haydn Symphonies Project. 
He says:
Now everybody is back after the Summer break we are resuming our journey through Haydn's symphonies,  With 45 Haydn symphonies now behind us the 9th Haydn Project day will be held at Wylam Institute on Sunday October 21 2018 from 11.00 until 4.00.  The Symphonies we will be looking at will include: 26 (Lamentation), 65, 44 (Mourning), 43 (Mercury) and 47 all of which are "Sturm und Drang" ("Storm and Stress’") symphonies written between 1768 and 1772. Haydn is now in his late 30's and is the Musical Director at the Esterházy court. These symphonies are scored for strings, oboes and horns and bassoons would probably have supplemented the cellos and basses.  As usual flutes and clarinets are welcome to join us to play with oboes but please note the parts are written for instruments in C and transposed parts will not be available.  This day will take us roughly to the half way point (which I think we have already celebrated a bit prematurely!) and the project will continue on 12 January 2019 in York.  The enrolment form is attached and I look forward to seeing you all at Wylam for the next step in this marathon journey. 

Please find attached the enrolment form here.

Cello Day with Informal Performance
Sunday 28th October
Dalston Victory Hall, Dalston, Carlisle, CA5 7QA
£5/6.50 for the afternoon and evening session with the orchestra 
£10/13 for the whole day for cellists

Due to a kind bequest from the husband of Pam, who used to play cello at the Dalston group, we are able to put on a rather unusual event which brings together several of Pam’s interests – working with young people, making things happen in Cumbria and playing the cello. The excellent young cellist Neil Sild, who recently played the Elgar Cello concerto with us at Middlesbrough Town Hall will be performing the Haydn Cello Concerto, conducted by the ever popular Joe Davies. The morning will be devoted to a workshop just for cellists, but, of course, we will need an orchestra for the concerto, so the afternoon and evening session will run just like a normal Cobweb study day followed by and informal performance.

Times:
10.00 -12.30 Cello workshop. 
12.30 -13.30 Lunch for morning and afternoon participants
13.30 – 17.30 Rehearse Haydn cello concerto + Rossini’s “William Tell” overture
17.30 – 18.30 Evening meal break 
18.30 – 20.30 Performance
Repertoire: We’re still working on the repertoire for the cello workshop, and details will be posted soon.

Please sign up with the enrolment form here and any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. 

– 200 Club August Draw
The results of last months draw are as follows: 
 
1^st C Jenkin £25
2^nd J Bush £13
3^rd C Myers £8

Shepherds Dene Residential

That's all – it was plenty! I hope you all have a lovely week, and I look forward to receiving your enrolments soon.

Best wishes,