Tickets must be booked by 28/02/2019. Our coach will leave The Sands Centre at 1.15pm. There will be a secondary pick up point at Penrith Railway Station (To avoid delays Penrith pick ups must be arranged individually in advance please contact the box office for further information)
We hope that you will be able to join us for this lovely excursion. As ever, a minimum number of participants are required to make the trip viable.
 
Dvorak Violin Concerto 32'
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique 49'

Smetana Overture: The Bartered Bride 7'

Sir Mark brings the 2018-19 Opus One Series to a boisterous close with the overture to Smetana's folk-opera, a huge favourite in the concert hall and a brilliantly virtuosic show-piece for the orchestra. The rustic Czech mood continues with Simone Lamsma's interpretation of Dvorak's Violin Concerto, bursting with typical sunny lyricism and a memorable dancing finale. Our exploration of the music of Berlioz could hardly be complete without his best-known and admired work, full of the passions and dreams, fantasies and phantoms of the most creative mind in French 19th-century music.