May 8, 2008
More outside gigs for Amadeus Orchestra
More and more promoters of classical music are turning to the Amadeus Orchestra for their live music. Two more Choral societies, the Frome Festival Chorus and the Athenaeum Singers of Warminster have booked us to accompany them in May and June this year. We will be playing Bach’s B minor Mass in Wells Cathedral on May 26th and Brahm’s Requiem at the Minster in Warminster on June 7th.
January 24, 2008
Third visit to Burntwood
The Burntwood Wakes have invited the Amadeus Orchestra back for a third time this August to give a fireworks concert that includes playing the Dambusters while a Spitfire flies overhead.
November 29, 2007
World’s Newest Concert Hall?
The Amadeus Orchestra is to play in what is perhaps the world’s newest concert hall. Opened in July 2006 the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre will host the Amadeus Orchestra in January for two concerts titled “Imagine Olympics”.
Skandia and LSO St Lukes
Three more dates are announced for the Amadeus Orchestra. Skandia, (savings, pensions, investments etc) has booked Amadeus to add a sense of occasion to their forthcoming conference in Newport in January. We have also been booked to play at LSO St Lukes on May 23rd. February will see the entire orchestra play at a private wedding. Now there’s style!
September 5, 2007
Concerts in Ipswich and Chelmsford
As the fame of the orchestra spreads, our bookings increase. After the success of this year’s concert, Ipswich school have asked us back next year and Bishops Stortford Choral Society have made their first booking with us to perform Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius in Chelmsford Cathedral.
August 13, 2007
Amadeus goes Carbon Neutral
As our forthcoming tour to China is likely to use around 2 tonnes of CO2 per person in flights alone, we decided to do something about it. We will therefore be planting 200 trees in Gloucestershire this autumn. This will replace the CO2 over the course of the trees’ lifetimes. Players in the orchestra will be invited to come and help dig!
July 26, 2007
New CD released by Musical Director
Our Musical Director and Principal Conductor, Philip Mackenzie, has just released a new CD on the Dutton Digital label. “Over the Water” was recorded by Philip and the Manchester Camerata last summer and features John Turner as soloist.
June 23, 2007
School visit
The orchestra has been booked by Ipswich School to give workshops and a concert on 22nd August this year. See the concerts page for details.
June 12, 2007
3rd Tour to China
The dates have now been fixed for the 3rd Amadeus Tour to China. These are 26th December - 9th January. More details will be published on the website when they are available.
May 21, 2007
Getty Images
The photographs that Getty Images took of the Amadeus Orchestra last year are now up on their website. These pictures are used by newspapers worldwide to illustrate stories as well as being bought by advertising companies etc.
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