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CBSO Memories
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An
audio contribution from CBSO concert-goer Anne O'Leary (pictured
above).
Anne O'Leary was invited to see Puccini's La Bohème at Symphony Hall in November when a colleague organised a ticket. She had never been to a CBSO concert before and was a bit nervous about going on her own. Anne came to the concert through a colleague who is a CBSO Ambassador - where concert goers introduce new people to the CBSO.
Find out more about becoming
an Ambassador for CBSO Concerts.
Bill Hales is a Patron and this season celebrates 60 years as a subscriber.
‘It's been a thrill to see the Orchestra develop since those early days and they really are one of the tops now. None of the others compare - this is my Orchestra. In fact, nothing stops me coming to a concert. When my wife Rita was heavily pregnant, she started having pains on a Thursday afternoon. I cleared off to my concert - I can still remember the music - Richard Strauss' Don Quixote and Schubert's Ninth Symphony. Some other subscribers who sat next to me at the time couldn't believe it when I told them and said ‘what are you doing here? You should be at home looking after your wife.' To be fair, when I got home she was alright really. And our second son was born at eight o'clock the next morning. I must admit, we laugh about it now but I felt terribly guilty at the time.'
