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Sedbergh Orchestra presented a lovely Russian programme at St Andrew’s Parish Church, Sedbergh on Thursday 29 th November 2018. The programme was a mixture of familiar and favourite pieces by Glinka and Tchaikovsky, with a symphony by Kalinnikov, a composer new and refreshing to most of us in the audience. The orchestra playing under the baton o...

Everyone enjoyed the break in our final rehearsal with the surprise appearance of the Sugar Plum Fairy atop a delicious cake made by Sheila, one of our cellists. Our conductor, Roland Fudge, is very enthusiastic about the coming concert. Here’s what he says about it and us:- “In this concert we shall be energized by the power of “Russianism” in...

A happy and enjoyable afternoon was held this week at Sedbergh Primary School, where Sedbergh Orchestra played some of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite to the children of Dent Primary School, Sedbergh Primary and Rylands Primary School from Lancaster. Roland Fudge, the conductor, introduced the Orchestra and gave the children a talk on the instrumen...

The next Sedbergh Orchestra concert, entitled The Nutcracker Suite and more music from Russia, will take place at 8.00pm on Thursday, November 29th, in St Andrew’s Church Sedbergh. Roland Fudge will conduct and Val Snelling will be leading the orchestra. Russia is very much in the news these days and usually for not very pleasant seasons. Sedbergh...

I have been playing the clarinet in Sedbergh Orchestra for about six years now and have enjoyed the Thursday evening rehearsals and concerts, which certainly helped me feel part of the Sedbergh community when I was new to the town. When I first attended, my clarinet had not been out of its case for 10 years and I surprised myself with how quickly t...