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Saturday 20th November 2010 at St John's Methodist Church, St Austell. the Society will present an evening concert entitled by our musical directors, Paul Drayton and Simon Dunbavand. * * * * * * * * * * * *
Saturday 7th May 2011 Our 100th Anniversary Concert - more details follow later
Past Concerts: Saturday 17th April 2010 at 7.30pm A Spring 2010 concert
or via the Cornish Riviera Box Office Admission £10. Under 16s free.
Supported by
The National Lottery * * * * * * * * * * * * Saturday 12th December 2009 at 7.30pm * * * * * * * * * * * Saturday 21st November 2009
ST JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH, BODMIN ROAD, ST AUSTELL This year is the 250th Anniversary of the death of Handel and
works will include the composer’s
Tamsyn Rose-Steel (Soprano) Tickets were £10.00 to include programme and supper. St Austell Information Centre - Tel: 01726 879500 - or on line:-
Saturday 25th April 2009 An Easter programme of music by Brahms
and
Played by Paul and Benjamin Comeau on two pianos.
Paul Drayton - conductor There were several
strong women in the life of Johannes Brahms, the 19th century’s
most famous bachelor-composer. Most important was the concert pianist Clara
Schumann, wife of Robert Schumann and a composer in her own right. In 1853,
with a glowing introduction from the great Hungarian violinist Joachim, the
20-year Brahms visited the Schumanns in Dussledorf, and was hailed by them
as the “young eagle” who would save German music. Even with such a weight
of expectation he delivered triumphant results, his music combining warmth
and humanity with a robust technique. This short motet uses a text by the 17th century Paul Flemming – Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren (Let no sad thought oppress thee…) Until the final Amen the tenor part follows the soprano almost exactly, four beats later and a ninth (an octave plus one step) lower in pitch. The alto and bass parts have the same relationship, the whole fitting seamlessly together – a remarkable technical feat. KAY DEEMING (Soprano): Two songs from Myrthen (Myrtles) Op.25 Schumann (!809 – 1856) Widmung (Devotion) Die Lotosblume (The Lotus Flower) 1840 was a wonderful year in the life of young Robert Schumann. His marriage to the beautiful Clara Wieck after months of turbulent wrangling with her father, was marked by an outpouring of romantic song. She became the foremost interpreter of his piano music but their happiness was short-lived. The unstable and suicidal Schumann was committed to an asylum in 1854 where he died two years later. GAVIN DAVIES (Bass): From Vier ernste gesange (Four Serious Songs) Op.121 Brahms
Denn es gehet dem Menschen
Ich wandte mich und sahe an alle * * * * * *
To some extent the Requiem articulates Brahms’s grief over the death of his mother The original title, Ein deutsches
Requiem, points to the use of a German text in preference to the Latin
of the Roman Church. Some felt the work was not a Requiem at all, since the
words are a series of meditative extracts drawn from the vernacular German
bible rather than the authentic version of the Mass. The first performance,
complete except for No. 5 (written a few weeks later) was given in Bremen on
Good Friday 1868. With so little mention of Christ or of Redemption the
organisers included an aria each from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and
Handel’s Messiah as a way of redressing the balance. The success of
the work spurred Brahms on to begin his first symphony and onto the
triumphant career predicted for him by the Schumanns. The two-piano version used tonight
was made by the composer himself and first heard in a private house in
London (1871) where the pianos were played by Lady Thompson, the host’s
wife, and the elderly English composer Cipriani Potter, who had studied in
Vienna with Beethoven. * *
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An Evening of Christmas
Music Conductor: Simon Dunbavand * * * Handel's "Messiah" ST JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH,
ST AUSTELL
Saturday 12th April 2008 A Spring Concert ST PETROC'S CHURCH,
BODMIN
* * * Saturday 15th December 2007 Drop down, ye heavens, from above
An evening of music and readings for Advent To include music by Praetorius,Rachmaninoff, Stainer and Bruch At St. Bartholomew’s Church Lostwithiel Saturday 15th December at 7.30 pm
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Saturday 17th November 2007 ST JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH, ST
AUSTELL
Saturday 21st April 2007 ST PETROCS CHURCH, BODMIN
With David Nettle and Richard Markham (Pianos)
Click Here or on the link above for more details of these
Saturday December 16th 2006 MUSIC FOR ADVENT BY LANTERN LIGHT ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, CHARLESTOWN This included:
AUTUMN CONCERT Saturday November 18th 2006
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRAL ENSEMBLE Music included:
There was also a small chamber orchestra led by Philip Montgomery Smith with Paul Drayton on the harpsichord.
6th May 2006 at St. Petroc’s Church, Bodmin A Spring Concert
Fowey Fanfare –
Paul Drayton Symphony No. 2 (Hymn of Praise) – Mendelssohn Soloists: Tamsin Steel (Soprano), Philip Slane (Tenor) Please note: Double CDs (£12) of this concert are available from Margaret Waters on 01726 813424
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19th
November 2005
A concert to
commemorate the two hundredth anniversary
Soloists:
Tamsin Steel (Soprano), Shirley Tyack (Mezzo-soprano) * * * 16th April 2005 at St. Petroc’s Church, Bodmin
A
concert commemorating the 60th anniversary
Dona Nobis
Pacem –
Vaughan
Williams Soloists: Kay Deeming (Soprano), John Hobbs (Baritone) Please note: CDs (£10) of this concert are available from Margaret Waters on 01726 813424
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