Concert 1 – 6.30pm on 31 October 2021, St Andrew’s Holborn
Conductors: Chris Stark and William Barnes-McCallum
Rameau – Suite from Les Boreades – flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings
Schubert – Symphony no 5 – flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings
#Bring Back the Brass – 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 horn
1) Earle of Oxford March by Byrd
2) Elgar Serenade for Strings arr. Chris Stark
3) Kraken by Chris Hazell
Strings required 8.6.5.4.2
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Schubert / Rameau players |
Brass players |
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25th September |
2.30 – 5.30 Full with Chris |
****NO BRASS THIS WEEK**** |
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2nd October |
2.30 – 3.30 Strings with John 3.30 – 5.30 Full with Chris |
2.00 – 2.30 Elgar with Chris 2.30 – 3.15 Byrd with Chris 3.15 – 4.00 Kraken with Chris 4.00 – 4.10 Kraken with Will 4.10 – 5.00 Elgar with Will |
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9th October |
2.30 – 3.15 Strings with John 3.15 – 5.30 Full with Chris |
2.00 – 2.30 Elgar with Chris 2.30 – 3.15 Byrd with Chris 3.15- 4.10 Kraken with Will 4.10 – 5.00 Elgar with Will |
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16th October |
2.30 – 5.30 Full with Chris |
2.00 – 2.30 Kraken with Chris 2.30 – 3.15 Byrd with Will 3.30 – 4.30 Elgar with Will 4.30 – 5.00 Kraken |
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23rd October |
2.30 – 5.30 Full with Chris |
2.00-2.30 Elgar with Chris 2.30 – 3.15 Elgar with Will 3.30 – 4.30 Byrd with Will 4.30 – 5.00 Kraken with Will |
31 October 2.30–5.30pm, concert 6.30pm
November – workshops and classical playthroughs
2.30-5.30pm November 6th – First read through of our winning composer’s piece of solo tuba and orchestra
Alex Papp Flashes of Light in a Hall of Mirrors with tuba soloist Grady Hassan
*2,*2,*2,2; brass at 4,3,3,1; timpani plus 2 percussion (standard orchestral percussion instruments); harp; and strings
Strings required 10.8.6.6.4
2.30-5.30pm November 13th – Classical playthrough
Haydn The Bear Symphony no 82 – flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (or 2 trumpets), timpani, strings
Strings required 8.6.5.4.2
NB DIFFERENT START TIME TO OTHER WEEKS!
2-5pm November 20th – Afternoon workshop with the Camden Training orchestra
Strings required TBC
2.30-5.30pm November 27th – String only playthrough of Bartok Divertimento
Strings required – as many as possible!
Concert 3 – 4pm on 6th March 2022 – 90th Birthday concert at the Duke’s Hall, RAM
Conductors: Chris Stark, Peter Stark, Howard Williams
Soloist: Grady Hassan
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Piece |
Conductor |
Orchestration |
Length |
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Papp – Eurythmia |
Chris |
2222-4221 – perc WITH KIDS
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3 |
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Bonis – Danse Sacree |
Howard |
1(Picc.).1.2.1.-2.0.0.0., Timp, Str WITH KIDS |
4 |
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Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps |
Peter |
2+1, 2+1, 2+1, 2+1; 4331, triangle, suspended cymbal, small snare drum (alternatively castanets), harp, celesta, and strings. |
6 |
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Arnold – Cornish Dances |
Peter |
(picc.2.2.2.2 – 4331 – timp – perc(2): t.bells/cyms/tam-t/vib/BD/susp.cym/tamb/SD/TD – harp – strings ) |
10 |
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Papp – Flashes of light in a hall of mirrors |
Chris |
3222 – 4431 – perc, harp
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10 |
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Length excluding talking 33 minutes |
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INTERVAL |
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Debussy –Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune |
Chris |
3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (A), 2 bassoons, 4 horns (F), 2 harps, 2 crotales, strings |
10 |
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Williams audience participation song |
Howard |
WITH KIDS |
10 |
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Sibelius Karelia Suite |
Chris |
(piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, strings WITH KIDS |
16 |
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Length excluding talking 36 minutes |
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(Strings required 12.10.8.6.4)
Rehearsals (8 half days) will probably begin on weekend of 8/9th January.
Dates TBC including whether we will move to Sunday rehearsals again.
Includes workshop time with the children from the Camden Sinfonia – either one whole day or two Saturday afternoons.
Concert 4 – 6.30pm on 19 June 2022 – Waterloo Festival concert at St John’s Waterloo
Conductor: Chris Stark
Soloist: winner of 2022 ERSO Soloist of the Year
Papp – Birthday Fanfare 2222-4221 – perc
Strauss – Alpine Symphony (2 piccolos (also flutes), 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn (also oboe), heckelphone/bass oboe, clarinet (E♭), 2 clarinets (B♭), bass clarinet (B♭, also clarinet (C)), 3 bassoons, contrabassoon (also bassoon), 4 horns (F), 4 Wagner tubas (also horns 5-8), 4 trumpets (2 B♭, 2 in E, C), 4 trombones, 2 tubas, timpani (2 sets), percussion (snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tam-tam, cowbells, wind machine, thundersheet, glockenspiel) 2 harps, celesta, organ, strings,
Offstage brass (12 horns (E♭), 2 trumpets (C), 2 trombones)
Concerto – TBC (Winner of ERSO Finalist of the Year 2022)
(Strings required 14.12.10.8.6)
Rehearsals (10 half days) will begin in April.
Dates TBC including whether we will move to Sunday rehearsals again.
Includes:
12 June 2-5pm. Open Event at St John’s Waterloo
19 June 2.30–5.30pm, concert 6.30pm
