The Rendcomb Magazine, May 1975 - The Old Rendcombian

Jonathan PedleyRichard StibbardPeter StroudCalum WatsonWinchcombe County Junior SchoolCoberley C. of E. SchoolGotherington County Primary SchoolMinchinhampton Parochial SchoolThe girls‟ scholarship for entry to Rendcomb in September, 1975, was awarded to Diane Crew (Sir William Romney‟s,Tetbury).COLLEGE MUSICSUNDAY SERVICE MUSICAutumn Term13th September: Jesu, Joy of Man‟s Desiring Bach22nd September: If Ye Love Me Tallis29th September: Now Thank We All Our God Bach13th October: O, How Amiable Vaughan Williams20th October: Ave Verum Corpus Mozart17th November: Lord For Thy Tender Mercies‟ Sake Farrant8th December: Rejoice In the Lord Always PurcellThe Advent carol service was held in Rendcomb church on Sunday evening, 1st December.The Christmas carol service was held in Cirencester Parish Church on Sunday, 15th December.Spring Term19th January: The Shepherd's Farewell Berlioz2nd February: Sicut Cervus Desiderat Palestrina9th February: Love Of The Father Gibbons2nd March: Turn Thy Face From My Sins Attwood16th March: O Bone Jesu PalestrinaOn 23rd March a special service of readings and music for Palm Sunday was held.THE MASS IN TIME OF WARTHIS work, known also as the Drum Mass, was composed by Haydn in 1796 while Austria was being ravaged in theNapoleonic Wars. It gives plenty of scope for singers and players, and, for the first time in a major work, the collegechoir and orchestra combined to perform it on Sunday, 10th November, in St. Peter‟s Church.SPRING ORCHESTRAL CONCERTTHE college orchestra‟s concert was given on Sunday, 23rd March, in the gymnasium. The programme consisted ofGluck‟s Overture Iphigenie en Aulide, Mozart‟s Horn Concerto No. (in which the soloist was Andrew Medhurst), andthe first movement of Schubert‟s Unfinished Symphony.ORGAN RECITALSON 19th January Stuart Honeyball played a Prelude and Fugue by Bach and Chorale Preludes by Brahms andVaughan Williams.On 16th March Mr. Willson gave a recital of music for Passion-tide by Bach.J.W.14