Several members of our orchestra were present at the manifistatie voor vrede en gerechtigheid, last Friday at the City Hall square in Leiden. Under guidance of the local famous conductor Wim de Ru, a huge crowd sang the canon 'Dona Nobis'.
On November 24th we celebrated our 75th anniversary with a concert in the Regenboogkerk. The audience enjoyed, among others, Adriaan Kramer who performed in the trumpet concerto of Alexander Arutiunian.
After the concert we had dinner together. As a dessert, a small group of members surprised us and performed some with cheerful contemporary music pieces.
As long as memory lasts, the orchestra has rehearsed in the Youth Village in Leiden South. However, this idyllic park will become an industrial area, so we had to find a new location. We are very happy that the school De Thermiek allows us to use their auditorium for our rehearsals. Starting from September 4, 2024, our weekly Wednesday 20:00 rehearsal address is:
Today we celebrate your 75th birthday. In 1949, the catholic Leidse Harmoniekapel was founded. After breaking with the Catholic Church, the name was changed to the Leidse Harmonie Orkest.
On May 5, 13:30 the Leids Harmonie Orkest opened the musical season of the Waterlieconcerts in De Leidse Hout. These concerts are organized by Vrienden van De Leidse Hout. Due to a nice sun and almost windless conditions, many people showed up to listen and enjoy our music. Next year we must remember to bring some WD40 for the swings in the playing garden ...
The concert with Excelsior Pijnacker last Sunday had a lot of attention: we sold more tickets than available seats. Nevertheless enjoyed all guests the performance to the last tone. Tribute to both orchestras and our shared director Harry Tazelaar.
After many interviews and three trials, we have come to an agreement with Harry Tazelaar to be our new conductor. Harry has an impressive experience as professional trombone player and conductor of wind and brass orchestras. His warm and inspiring way of conducting the orchestra was conclusive for our choice. He took over the baton from our concertmaster Josien van der Tweel and is conducting our orchestra since the middle of November.
Our authumn concert was on Sunday October 8 15:00 in the Lokhorstkerk. This year we performed Royal music ! The recordings can be seen and listened on Youtube.
Christian Hamster presented our orchestre and the details of this concert in the Cultuur071 program of Radio Sleutelstad. Listen this broadcast back (34:54 tot 49:20) or read the summary
March 28, 2023 Today we received the sad message that our concertmaster Harry Wijshoff has passed away. For more than 25 years Harry played a central role in our orchestra. His musicality and enthusiasm have inspired all of us. We will miss him.
