Music Calendar

Click here for a pdf version of the Autumn Term Music Calendar 2010.



Forthcoming events at St Edward’s
:


Friday 9th July at 7.30 pm, in the School Hall: the annual Gaudy concert, featuring the Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Concert Band, Chamber Choir and Chapel Choir. All are invited afterwards to refreshments in the Dining Hall, where lighter items will be performed by other bands and Jazz ensembles.




St Edward’s Musical Events

September 2009-ongoing:

 

When

Ensembles

Event

Sunday 27th September 2009

Chapel Choir

Choral Evensong in the Chapel:

Dyson in D

Wesley – O Lord my God

Responses Smith

Sunday 18th October 2009

St Edwards Singers

Chapel Choir and Orchestra

Choral and Orchestral concert in the Hall:

Beethoven - Piano Concerto no 3 (Soloist: Christopher Burrows)

Haydn - Nelson Mass

Friday 6th November 2009

St Edward’s Musicians

Concert in aid of Vale House in the Chapel

Including Mozart ‘s clarinet concerto, Handel’s  flute sonata and organ works by J. S. Bach

Saturday 7th November 2009

Chapel Choir

Royal Albert Hall Festival of Remembrance

Broadcast on BBC television; live performance in front of HRM The Queen and Members of the Royal family.

Friday 13th November

Chamber Choir

Choral Evensong at St Nicholas’ Church, Islip

Walmisley in D minor

Tallis – O nata lux

Responses Smith

Thursday 19th November

The Fiorini Piano Trio

SES Piano trio

SES String Quartets

SES String Trio

Workshop and concert in the Music School

Music by Tansman. Abel, Sussdorf  and Dvorak (workshop)

Music by Stephenson, Beethoven, Meldelssohn (concert)

Sunday 6th December

Chamber Choir

Chapel Choir

Vox

Carol Services  in the Chapel

Wednesday 9th December

Chamber Choir

Northern House Carol Service in the Chapel

In the bleak mid-winter (Darke)

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (Gardner)

Sunday 7th February

Chamber Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra

Orchestral Concert in the Hall

Including works by Beethoven (Symphony no. 1), Mozart (Magic Flute Overture), Berlioz (Symphonie Fantastique), Strauss  and Kodaly

Sunday 28th February

Chapel Choir

Confirmation Service in the Chapel

Including Anthems by Ireland and Bullock

Sunday 28th February

Jazz Band

Wind Band

Big Band

Modern Jazz Septet

Concert Band

Bands Concert in the Hall

Including guest performances by the Bands of The dragon School

Saturday 20th March

Various student bands

Adjudicators: Rob Stevenson and Spencer Walker (OSEs)

Battle of the Bands

Including songs by L. Zeppelin, Fightstar and original compositions

Sunday 21st March

Chapel Choir

Chamber Choir

A Festival of Readings and Music for Passiontide in the Chapel

Including Five Spirituals by Tippett, the motet  Jesu Meine Freude by J. S. Bach and Lotti’s Crucifixus

Friday 26th March

St Edward’s Boarding Houses

The 2010 House Singing Competition

Adjudicators: Prof. M. Stokes OSE (Oxford University) and Mrs E. Cohen

Winners: Sing’s House (Unison)/Tilly’s House (Harmony)

Sunday 2nd May

Upper Sixth Musicians

Upper Sixth Soloists’ Platform at the Jacqueline du Pre’ Building, St Hilda’s College

A programme of solo repertoire from Purcell to songs from musicals.

Monday 10th May

Concert Band

CCF Inspection Parade in the Quad

Traditional marching band music

Sunday 16th May

Chapel Choir

Confirmation Service in the Chapel

Including the Anthem “Lo, the full final sacrifice” by G. Finzi

Sunday 16th May

St Edward’s Singers

St Edward’s Chapel Choir

Musicians of the Dreaming Spires

A Child of Our Time by M. Tippett in the Hall

Soloists: S. Young, K. Symonds-Joy, D. Norman, R. Williams

Wednesday 26th –Thursday 27th May

St Edward’s Musical Production

Little Shop of Horrors

in the North Wall

Book and Lyrics by H. Ashman

Music by A. Menken           


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
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