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THE 600th ANNIVERSARY CONCERTPupils & staff past & present concert13 October 2007 at St Oswald’s ChurchChoirThe Heavens are Telling (Haydn)trio: Carolyn Chadwick, Robin Woollam, MichaelBirchwoodMedley from Les Misérablessoloists: Biba Gonzalez, Tanny Gliksman, TomGonzalez, Michael Birchwood, Emily Middleton,James WoollamHarp DuetElizabeth Hulme and Quiana BookerThe Ash Grove (trad)Vocal SoloHannah-May ElmasryTime to Say Goodbye (Sartori and Quarantotto)Brass SoloAlister TalbotAve Maria (Bruckner)Organ SoloEric JonesToccata and Fugue in D minor (Bach)Concert BandMusic (John Miles arr Philip Sparks)Birdland (J Zawinul arr Sweeney)Vocal SoloBiba GonzalezVoi Che Sapetefrom The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)Flute SoloJenny CollingeFlute Sonata opus 120 (York Bowen)Vocal SoloLibby GliksmanSongbird (C McVie)ChoirRebecca Adcock, Louise Aust, Paige Baker, Mr D Banks (F), Ms MelanieBarth, Catherine Bateman, Mrs Val Baty, Emma Bell, Chelsea Bentley,Christian Blount Powell, Mr Michael Birchwood, Roy Cheung, Ms JennyCollinge, Charlotte Dingwall-Fordyce, Mrs Mary Croft (F), MrsCatherine Eve, Ms Caroline Fisher (F), Ms Libby Gliksman (OO),Nathaniel Gliksman, Ms Abigail Gomina, Mrs Arabella Gonzalez, BibaGonzalez, Tom Gonzalez, Lorna Hankey, Tristan Hartey, ChristopherHarvey, Mr John Marvey (OO), Alexander Herbert, Ms SamanthaHerbert (OO), Mrs Margaret Hogg (PS), Mr Mikael Hopkins (OO), KatieHughes, William Hung, Evie Lacey, Douglas Laundy, Mrs Karen Lentink,Ms Sarah Lentink (F), Ms Fiona Lloyd (PS), Emily Lunt Evans, IsabelleMakin, Natalie Makin, Ms Katie McNeil, Mrs Kath Mellor (PS), EmilyMiddleton, Ms Louisa Mitchell (OO), Polly Morgan, Mrs S Morris,Alexandra Mowbray, Tom Niblock, Mrs Madge Paggett (F), Alice Parker,Mrs Anne Payne, Ruth Reynolds, Mrs Geri Richards, Mr Edward Roberts(OO), Brooke Simons-Akwah, Jade Taylor, Ms Liz Thomas (OO), IsobelTomley, Daisy Tickner, Kendal Welsby, Lara White, Lucy Whitthread,Lucy Williams, Natasha Williams, Mr James Woollam (OO), Mrs JulietWoollam, Mr Robin Woollam (OO)Saxophone SoloTom NiblockAria (Bozza)Piano SoloRobin WoollamRosemary (Frank Bridge)DuetJohn Croft and Chris SymonsBanjolele and PianoMelody in F (Rubinstein)I N T E R V ALThe Spirit Carries OnDream TheatreMikael Hopkins, Edward Roberts, John HarveyString EnsembleUpstairs, Downstairs (Paris arr Frazer)Romance, Minuet and March (Mozart)Vocal SoloJames JonesBravo, Signer Padrone, Se Vuol Ballarefrom The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)Brass SoloRachael KingBallade (John Gotland)Vocal SoloCarolyn ChadwickOrchestraFinale, Symphony no 5 (Beethoven)Choir and OrchestraZadok the Priest (Handel)String GroupDr Jim Ayres (PS), Victoria Bateman, Mr Abbas Bowen (OO), MatthewBunby, Laura Doyle, Emma Duncombe, Ms Hannah-May Elmasry (OO),Tristan Hartey, Mandy Kwan, Evie Lacey, Natalie Lee, Vivian Lee, MsSarah Lentink (F), Nichola Lawrence Millard, Ms Louisa Mitchell (OO),Ruth Reynolds, Ms Elizabeth Thomas (OO), Daisy Tickner, JasmineTickner, Victoria Whittingham, Mr Robin Woollam (OO)Concert BandStacey Baker, Catherine Bateman, Mrs Val Baty, Mrs Sarah Bromley, MsJenny Collinge, Vincent Chu, Mr Colin Hooper, Charlotte Dade, MatthewDundon, Lorna Hankey, Seren Heyward-Jones, Katie Hughes, Mr RoyJohnson, Annie Keogh, Ms Rachael King, Douglas Laundy, Natalie Lee,Vivian Lee, Mr Mark Parry, Dr Martin Phillips, Victoria Martoccia,Jonathan Molesworth, Callum Morris, Tom Niblock, George Read,Thomas Rose, Sophie Serrell-Cooke, Alister Talbot, Dougie Williams,Lucy Williams, Tom Wilson, Mr Robin Woollam (OO), Katy YatesGuest Conductor: Mr James JonesAccompanists: Mr Christopher Symons, Mrs Sue MorrisF = friend of Oswestry School, PS = past staff, OO = past pupil76 – The Oswestrian
THE RECITAL SERIESAnother memorable recital seriesANOTHER FANTASTIC series ended with aconcert of such quality as befits an institutioncelebrating 600 years of existence: a recital bythe pianist Alfred Brendel. Playing music byMozart, Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven, he showed whyhe has been regarded for so many years as one of the world’sgreatest pianists.In September, the Allegri String Quartet played to apacked PHC and gave us another chance to hear the greatBrahms F minor Sonata—this time in its piano quintet form,with the Allegri being joined by the series director,Christopher Symons.In November, the wind section of the City of LondonChamber Orchestra played in Holy Trinity, being a rareopportunity to hear the magnificent Gran Partita of Mozart,for 13 wind instruments. The Serenade in D minor by Dvorakcompleted the programme.A rare visit by a choir to the series happened in February,when the Sirenian Singers (under their charismaticconductor Jean Stanley Jones) presented a wonderfullyvaried programme of secular and sacred music.Cello and piano appeared in March. Adrian Brendel (yes,you are right, he is Alfred’s son!) and pianist Tim Hortongave a thrilling recital in the PHC, despite both of themhaving had horrific journeys to reach Oswestry: Adriancoming from Africa via Germany via Hampstead via abroken-down car via a flood-beset railway system andeventually a lift from Telford, arriving at the PHC just 25minutes before kick-off! Tim’s problems from SheffieldChristopher Symons and Alfred Brendelseemed minor in comparison. Rather than be downcast, theirperformance was a highlight of the season.Then, in May, we had the thrill of hearing the Orchestraof the Age of Enlightenment—conducted by Rattle just theprevious week, and next week helping to celebrate thereopening of the Royal Festival Hall. Under the warm andinspired leadership of Rachel Podger, we heard baroquemusic at its liveliest, played by consummate early musicspecialists.A review of the concert given by theOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentApacked audience at Holy Trinity Church, Oswestry,was fortunate to hear what is regarded as the finestbaroque orchestra in Europe—the Orchestra of the Age ofEnlightenment—on Sunday, 20 May 2007. Their stringsection, with harpsichord and chamber organ continuo,performed a programme of lesser-known music, entitledBohemian Baroque, by composers such as Biber, Muffat andSchmelze.The renowned early music violinist Rachel Podger (whodirected the orchestra) gave a pre-concert talk about theworks to be performed. Her revealing comments about theimaginary narrative that lies behind the music provedhelpfully illuminating, and the audience was duly rewardedwith the sounds of drunken soldiers, rifle shots andanimated chatter. Other moments of tenderness andpolyphonic intricacy were handled with consummateartistry. These players (conducted only a week earlier in theBarbican, London, by one of their founder conductors, SirSimon Rattle) produced that sound of rich but restrainedcharacter such as can only really be made from periodinstruments. Their different shape, gut strings and unusualbows create a warmer tone, one of the fascinating pointsmade by Rachel when being interviewed the followingmorning on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.This visit was part of their current tour—Bristol,Oswestry, Brussels, Amsterdam and finally back to theQueen Elizabeth Hall in London—and was the secondtripartite collaboration between the Oswestry School recitalseries, the Shropshire Music Trust and Orchestras Live.Bearing in mind that the next concert features the legendarypianist Alfred Brendel, it is not surprising that this series isbecoming more and more popular, with record audiencenumbers and increasingly recognized reputation.The Oswestrian – 77
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