Spring Concert - Saturday 22nd March 2025 - 7.30pm Blackburn Cathedral Conductor: Richard Howarth Leader: Anita Naughton Soloist: Rose McLachlan Coleridge-Taylor Ballade in A minor, Op.33 Grieg Piano Concerto in A min Op16 Vaughan Williams Symphony No 2 … [Read more...]
Newsletter Summer 2024
The orchestra is looking forward to our final concert of the 2023 – 2024 season on 6 July 2023 at Westholme School (Croston Theatre) starting at 7.30pm. Interval drinks will be available. We are delighted to welcome back Slava Sidorenko who will be the soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 … [Read more...]
Summer Newsletter
An overcast sky, cool wind and frequent showers didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of either the orchestra or the audience at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert promoted by Cherry Tree Cricket Club on 5 June. It was wonderful to see and hear folks singing patriotic songs and waving Union Flagsas the … [Read more...]
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert promoted by Cherry Tree Cricket Club on 5 June 2022 from 2.00pm to 7.30pm promises to be an outstanding event for all the family. Blackburn Symphony Orchestra will lead an open air concert with a large choir and other artists supporting the Orchestra on the … [Read more...]
2019 / 2020 Season
Please provide your suggestions for music to play next season. The theme is: November – audience friendly, based on stories March – serious, ambitious, include challenging and crowd-pleasing items July – themed around a country, or film, or dance. Ties in with European cup – is that an … [Read more...]