Meadows Chamber Orchestra    40^th Anniversary Celebration concert

Saturday 9^th June 2012                  The Queens Hall, Edinburgh at 7.45pm

(Pre-concert talk at 6.45pm, when Peter Evans will be in conversation with Richard Michael in the Queen’s Hall auditorium. Entry free to all ticket holders.)

 Tickets £11   concessions £9   students £5   children £1 available from the Queens Hall Box Office Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9JG, tel. 0131 668 2019, www.thequeenshall.net, from orchestra members and at the door.

Peter Evans       conductor                      Andrew Haveron        violin

Gershwin           Cuban Overture          Korngold                         Violin Concerto

Michael               The Meadows Suite for Jazz Piano and Orchestra   (World premiere)

Gershwin           An American in Paris

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Peter Noke – Feb 2011