A great concert on Monday!
Well done everyone for a great performance on Monday! I think this must surely have been one of our most successful concerts. Several of us felt that we really raised our game for the occasion, and played all three works better than we had ever done.
We were delighted to welcome Rosie Townhill as our guest soloist and are grateful to her for taking time off from her busy life as a professional cellist to play with us. For me it was a particularly lovely experience for us to accompany Rosie in her beautiful rendition of Kol Nidrei.
We had the largest audience ever – estimated to be between 80 and 100 guests. Present in the audience was Thursa Sanderson, the CEO of Drake Music Scotland, who agreed to speak briefly about the Charity and the wonderful work they do with disabled people. Her words inspired our audience to donate a total of £323.50, the highest sum we have ever raised for any of our chosen charities! Of course I like to think that the quality of our playing may also have contributed to their generosity! Many thanks to everyone who helped with setting up and clearing away after the concert, and generally making sure the afternoon ran smoothly.
I hope you all have a lovely summer break wherever you spend it, perhaps enjoying more Schumann and Bruch at some of the forthcoming musical events here in Edinburgh and further afield. I would like to express my thanks to our conductor Vaughan Townhill for the immense amount of hard work he has put in over the past year into making this concert and the two previous ones so successful. I hope he is now enjoying a well deserved rest!
Rehearsals resume in September when we tackle our new programme of Sibelius, Butterworth, and more . We meet again on Monday 14th – I look forward to seeing you there!
As ever we’re keen to recruit new members – particularly strings. If you are interested in joining us, do please get in touch using our contact form here join us . It would be lovely to have you with us.
Sheila Barker
Chair