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Conductor James Ross to leave SASO after nine years of achievement
Conductor James Ross, who has led St Albans Symphony Orchestra’s to new heights of achievement is to leave the orchestra when its season ends in July. After nine years at the helm, he has decided it is time to take up new challenges, including a growing volume of international work with professional orchestras around the …
Harpenden concert features dance music with a dash of genius
Harpenden concert features dance music with a dash of genius Music spanning three eras of composition – baroque, classical and romantic – will feature when St Albans Symphony Orchestra performs in Harpenden on Saturday April 24th (7.30pm Methodist Church, High Street). Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 for strings, continuo and solo flute has …
Young ‘cellist makes SASO spring concert a family affair
A prize-winning ‘cellist from a famous family of local musicians will make his solo debut with the St Albans Symphony Orchestra (SASO) on Saturday March 13th playing the much-loved concerto by Dvorak (7.30pm, St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans). Michael Wigram, 26, since graduating with distinction in his Master’s studies at the Royal College …
Orchestra raises record sums for charity
1st January 2010 Musicians from St Albans Symphony Orchestra (SASO) raised more than £1,300 for charities over the Christmas and New Year period – a record figure for their seasonal collections. The audience at the traditional New Year’s Day concert in the Abbey donated just over £1,000 to a retiring collection to be shared equally …
Rare brass instrument hits the low notes for Verdi’s Requiem 17th October 2009 Chris Ludwig & cimbasso
What do you get if you cross the body of a tuba with the bell of a very big, bass trombone? The audience for Verdi’sRequiem in St Albans Abbey this Saturday won’t have to puzzle too hard because the answer – known as a cimbasso – will be hitting some of the lowest notes in …
Elgar Symphony Concert, 14th March 2009
Russian violin star English symphonic genius combines with Nordic passions for SASO’s spring concert A darkly passionate violin concerto by Finland’s most celebrated composer and arguably the greatest symphony ever written by an Englishman will be brought together by St Albans Symphony Orchestra for its spring concert on Saturday March 14th (7.30pm, St Saviour’s Church, …
SASO launches new season with stirring hymns against tyranny
St Albans Symphony Orchestra will launch its 2008-9 season on Saturday 18th October with Finlandia by Sibelius, one of the most stirring and best-loved compositions in the classical music repertoire (7.30pm, St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans). Written in 1899, when the composer was ardently committed to the Finnish struggle for freedom from Russian …
St Albans Symphony Orchestra collects more than £1,000 for charity
20th January 2008 For the second year running, St Albans Symphony Orchestra has raised more than £1,000 for charities through its musical activities over the Christmas and New Year period. A retiring collection at the orchestra’s Scottish-themed New Year Family Concert in St Albans Abbey collected £701. The money was divided between Cardiac Risk in …
For Auld Lang Syne: St Albans Symphony Orchestra plan a New Year Scots celebration
20th December 2007 Scots wa’hae! The traditional New Years Day Family Concert in St Albans Abbey is turning tartan to welcome 2008 – with possibly the most unusual soloist that the St Albans Symphony Orchestra has ever accompanied in its 75-year history (7pm, Tuesday January 1st). Highland bagpiper Steve McGuinness, a Chief Technician with the …
St Albans Symphony Orchestra starts its new season with Sax appeal!
14th October 2007 Most people may think of the saxophone as a jazz instrument, but classical composers have also been intrigued by its plaintive sound – as St Albans Symphony Orchestra will demonstrate on Saturday 27th October at the opening concert of its 2007-8 season (7.30pm, St Saviour’s Church, Sandpit Lane, St Albans). David Wigram, …
