 Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Blackheath Halls orchestra was re-established in September 2006 and has gone from strength to strength. The orchestra has been involved in numerous projects including accompanying all the Blackheath Halls Community operas. The orchestra now has around 60 members.
We would particularly welcome violinists and percussionists. Anyone interested in joining the orchestra should email Rose Ballantyne at RBallantyne@blackheathhalls.com.
Forthcoming concerts
Sunday 3 October 7.30pm
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas staged in a weekend
Dido: Wendy Dawn Thompson
Aeneas: Grant Doyle
Belinda: Helen Bailey
Sorceress: Fiona James*
Second Woman: Emma-Claire Crook*
First witch: Hannah O'Reilly*
Second Witch: Hanneke Verkaart*
Blackheath Halls Chorus
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
* Vocal student at Trinity College of Music
Musical Director: Leigh O'Hara
Director: David John
Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions)
promenade performance
Sunday 28 November 2.30pm | Sunday 28 November 7.30pm | Monday 29 November 7.30pm
DANSE MACABRE: a concert of music and dance with Laban Adult Dancers and Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Danse Macabre: Saint Saens
Night on Bare Mountain: Mussorgsky
Symphonie Fantastique: Berlioz
When I am Laid in Earth: Purcell
La Spectre de la Rose: Berlioz
Musical Director: Leigh O'Hara
Choreographers: Stella Howard and Sara Malin
Mezzo: Wendy Dawn Thompson
Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions)
**the Danse Macabre performance on Monday 29 November will be part of the 'Sampler' festival of classical music in the London Borough of Lewisham. Audience and orchestra will be asked to dress up in a spooky way, and there will be themed food and drinks on sale at Blackheath Halls Cafe Bar'!!**
Friday 17 December 7.30pm
Blackheath Halls Christmas Concert
Night on Bare Mountain: Mussorsky
The Heaven's are Telling from The Creation: Haydn
Ave Verum Corpus: Mozart
The Shepherds' Farewell: Berlioz
Carols for All
Blackheath Halls Chorus
Blackheath Halls Orchestra
Local singing groups
Musical Director: Leigh O'Hara
Tickets: £13 (£11 concessions) to include a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine
Rehearsal details:
Dido and Aeneas: Monday 20 September 7 to 10pm | Monday 27 September 7 to 10pm | Saturday 2 October 10am to 5pm | Sunday 3 October 10am to 5pm
Danse Macabre: Joint rehearsal with dancers at Laban Sunday 19 September 2.30 to 5.30pm | Monday 4 October 7.30 to 9.30pm | Monday 11 October 7.30 to 9.30pm | Monday 18 October 7.30 to 9.30pm | Sunday 24 October 2.30 to 5.30pm | Sunday 31 October 10.30am to 5.30pm | Sunday 7 November 2.30 to 5.30pm | Sunday 14 November 10.30am to 5.30pm | Sunday 21 November 10.30am to 5.30pm | Sunday 28 November 10.30am to 1.30pm
Christmas Concert: tbc
Previous Concerts
October 2006: Dvorak 'New World' Symphony; Bizet 'Carmen' Suites Nos 1 and 2
November 2006: Brahms Academic Festival Overture; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5;
Haydn Horn Concerto
March 2007: Beethoven Coriolan Overture; Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3;
Brahms Symphony No.2
July 2007: Accompanying Blackheath Halls Opera Bizet's Carmen
November 2007: Mozart 'Magic Flute' Overture; Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22;
Brahms Requiem with Eltham Choral Society
December 2007: Accompanying Vivaldi 'Gloria'
March 2008: Schubert Symphony No. 8
July 2008: Accompanying Blackheath Halls Opera Puccini's La Boheme
November 2008: Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake'
December 2008: Accompanying excerpts from Handel's Messiah
March 2009: Sibelius Symphony No. 2; Mozart Piano Concerto for 2 pianos
May 2009: Grieg piano concerto; Dvorak Symphony No. 8
July 2009: Accompanying Blackheath Halls Opera Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice
November 2009: Rossini William Tell Overture;
Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture;
Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suites Nos. 1 and 2
December 2009: Accompanying opera choruses
March 2010: Rossini The Italian Girl in Algiers; Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Dvorak 'New World' Symphony
May 2010: Elgar 'Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma); Mozart 'Haffner' Symphony
July 2010: Accompanying Blackheath Halls Opera Donizetti's The Elixir of Love
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