Report of Summer Festival 2008

Sunday 27th July : 2.30pm
Benedict Holland (violin) and John Gough (piano)

Leclair - Sonata in D
Dvorak - Sonatina
Schubert - Sonatina in A Minor
Ravel - Sonata

Wednesday 30th July : 8pm
Adam Walker (flute) and John Reid (piano)

JS Bach - Sonata in B minor, BWV. 1030
Debussy - Syrinx (solo flute)
Poulenc - Sonata for Flute and Piano (1957)
Saint-Seans - Romance Op.37
Prokofiev - Sonata No.1 in D, Op. 94 (1943)

Friday 1st August : 7.30pm
City of London Chamber Orchestra

Thomas Hull - conductor
Susanna Candlin - leader and soloist

Handel - Concerto Grosso in G, Op.6 No.5
Vivaldi - Concerto in G Minor for 2 Cellos, P411
Vivaldi - Concerto in A Minor for 2 Violins, Op.3 No.8
J S Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in Bb, BWV1051
Concerto Grosso in B Minor, Op.6 No.12
This concert sold out

Sunday 3rd August : 12.30pm
The Chamber Players

Susanna Candlin, violin
John Mills, violin
Judith Busbridge, viola
Oliver Wilson, viola
Sarah Butcher, cello

Vaughan Williams - Phantasy Quintet (1912)
Vaughan Williams - Nocturne and Scherzo for String Quintet (1906)
Mozart - String Quintet in C K515

Report of Summer Festival 2007

Sunday 22nd July : 2.30pm
Per Arne Glorvigen

Born and raised in Dovre, Norway, Per Arne Glorvigen is one of the foremost bandoneon players on the international scene. He played tango pieces by Piazzolla and others and we even had a couple dancing a tango in the Chancel.

Wednesday 25th July : 7.30pm
London Youth Wind Band

The London Youth Wind Band was formed in 2003 as a companion ensemble to the London Schools Symphony Orchestra, providing wider opportunities for wind, brass and percussion players to work at the high musical levels achieved by the LSSO and to perform in major venues - and Dingley!

Their repertoire is eclectic and challenging, including traditional and contemporary works for band and arrangements of all kinds of music from classical through to film, stage and big band. Concerts are preceded by intensive rehearsals during the school holidays and they took an evening out of their residential week at Grendon Hall for our concert. 42 clarinets, flutes, horns etc started off with Shostakovich's Festive Overture and delighted us all evening with their playing.

Friday 27th July : 7.30pm
City of London Chamber Orchestra

Thomas Hull, Conductor
Allan Clayton, Tenor

They performed a wonderful evening of English Music - Elgar, Holst and Britten - and as usual the audience were thrilled with the treat of being so close and involved with the music.

Sunday 29th July : 12.30pm
The Chamber Players

Susanna Candlin, Maya Magub — violins
Tom Dunn — viola
Sarah Butcher, Jane Fenton — cellos

The Chamber Players are very keen that music is presented within its social and historical context and gave an interesting spoken introduction to each piece. They played Elgar - continuing our theme of honouring his 150th anniversary - and mesmerised the audience with the Schubert quintet in C.

Report of Summer Festival 2006

Sunday 23rd July
Marat Bisengaliev (violin) and Benjamith Frith (piano)

Marat and Ben played pieces by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Jenkins, Bassini, Serkebayev, and Choping and finished with Wieniawski.

Wednesday 26th July
Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson (tenor) and Alice Turner (piano)

Eyjolfur sang pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Fauré, Duparc and Hahn.

Friday 28th July
City of London Chamber Orchestra

Thomas Hull - conductor and soloist
Rossini : Overture to La Cenerentola
Mozart : Clarinet Concerto in A major K622
Beethoven : Symphony No 7 in A major Op 92

Sunday 30th July
The Chamber Players

Ben Nabarro and Ania Safonova (violins)
Tom Dunn (viola); Sarah Butcher (cello)
with Tim Horton (piano)
Brahms : Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34
Schumann : Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 47