Scarborough Spa Orchestra
For many years, most seaside resorts had a resident summer
season orchestra. Now there is only one left in the entire
UK: The Legendary Scarborough Spa Orchestra.
Every week during an extended summer season, the Spa Orchestra
plays no fewer than nine concerts - mornings from Sunday to
Thursday, and Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings. Every programme is different, and the Orchestra's
repertoire is so vast that pieces are rarely repeated within five
weeks.
Weather permitting, morning concerts are held in the idyllic
setting of the Sun Court Enclosure, with the sea as the backdrop,
and music on the lighter, brighter side. Evening performances
are presented in the concert hall, with guest vocalists and
specially themed gala concerts on Thursday evenings.
No orchestra in the land plays such a wide and varied repertoire
of music: waltzes, marches, film and TV themes, selections from the
shows, novelty items - the very best in light music together with
popular and well-loved classics.
Summer audiences travel from all over the UK (and even from
Germany and the USA) just to experience this unique professional
orchestra. They have made frequent radio and tv appearances,
and plans are already in hand for some very special events to
celebrate the Orchestra's Centenary Year in 2012.
If you want to know what all the fuss is about, visit the
Orchestra at home on the Spa for some of the best musical
entertainment around.
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Provisional 2012 Centenary Season Dates*
Sunday 3rd June-Thursday 13th September
We cannot truthfully say that 2012 will be the Spa Orchestra's
100th season because there were no concerts during most of the
Second World War. It seems that throughout the First World War, in
time honou...
Paul Laidlaw
Piano & Musical Director.
Paul's talents are as a musician and actor with a
range of productions to his credit. His 25-year career has seen him
performing or directing shows on three great continents -
travelling to Vienna, Canada and, his personal highlight, Afric...
People have gathered at the Spa since the 1620s. Then, they came
to benefit from the magic healing qualities of the water, today
they come to enjoy the music of its orchestra.
When the railway opened in 1845 visitors began to arrive in
their thousands and a few years...