The City of Carlisle Orchestra will welcome two talented young musicians to its summer concert later this month.
The programme, on June 27, features two powerful works: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor and Bruch’s Symphony No.1.
The soloist in the Dvorak is Will Archibald, an 18-year-old Langholm-born cellist who has recently completed his sixth form studies at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester.
While there, he served as principal cello of the Symphony Orchestra and studied with Tim Smedley, having previously studied with Alex McQuiston.
He has participated in masterclasses with distinguished musicians including Paul Watkins, Raphael Wallfisch and Karine Georgian.
Will has performed throughout the UK as both a soloist and chamber musician, with repertoire ranging from sonatas by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff to the Cello Concerto by Dvořák.
As an orchestral musician, Will has performed with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and appeared in a side-by-side project with the BBC Philharmonic at MediaCity Salford for HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
In September, he will begin undergraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Félix Schmidt.
Will is making his concerto debut with the City of Carlisle Orchestra. He performs on an Armando Monterumici cello loaned by benefactors.
Conducting Will and the orchestra is Claudia Jablonski, a British-Swedish conductor and cellist from London, but with Cumbrian connections – her grandmother hailed from Workington and she still has relatives in Whitehaven.
Described as “a conductor to watch out for”, Claudia is a mentee of Paavo Järvi and student of Martyn Brabbins at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she is currently pursuing a masters degree in orchestral conducting, on the generous Leverhulme Scholarship.
The concert is at the orchestra’s regular venue of St John’s Church on London Road, Carlisle, starting at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £10 in advance from orchestra members or the Tourist Information Centre, Greenmarket, Carlisle, or £12 at the door; under-18s free.
