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Lower School Musicians’ Concert 5th October 2014

Mozart Requiem and Haydn Cello Concerto in C major (1st movement) 12th October 2014 This magnificent concert opened with the first movement of Haydn’s Cello Concerto . The soloist, Fifth Former Aaron Gruen, demonstrated excellent technique and performed with the musical intelligence of a much older player. The St Edward’s Singers, Chapel Choirs and a professional orchestra then performed Mozart’s Requiem . The soloists were former pupils Megan Baddeley, Rosalie Warner, Benjamin Durrant and Edward Price who all showed individual excellence but were particularly well blended in the quartet moments. The combined choirs packed the stage and produced a thrilling sound. The large audience was treated to an exciting performance with some ambitious tempi chosen by the conductor Neville Creed.

Horn concerto No. 1 (2nd movement), Mozart; Fair Sweet Cruel , Ford: George Drewry Allegro moderato, Fibich: Jamie Chen Panis Angelicus, Franck: Lotty Hope To a Wild Rose , MacDowell: Guy Fabian-Hunt Flute sonata (2nd movement: Cantilena), Poulenc: Tom Wyles Spring Sorrow , Ireland: Benjy Bailey A change in me from Beauty and the Beast: Naoki Kishida Losing my mind from Follies, Sondheim; Rondo in D major, Mozart: Annabel MacDonald-Smith Allegro, Handel: Sophie Robertson-Acolet My Love is like a red Rose , Anon: Willa Robertson March in G, Korda: Jamie Fabian-Hunt 6 Studies in English Folksong (No. 1), Vaughan Williams: Eva Cottingham-Mayall Bist du bei mir , attrib. Bach: Flora Lloyd Se tu m’ami , Parisotti: Ella Davis Per la gloria d’adorarvi from Griselda, Bononcini: Lucy Higgins Sonata in E flat, Telemann: Myles Docherty Sonatina (Allegro assai), Jardanyi: Noah Smith If I Would , Koeppen: Kitty Lloyd Adelita, Tárrega: Aaron Gruen Summertime , Gershwin: James Colson Lake

Cello Concerto in C major, Hob. V11b/1, FJ Haydn St Edward’s School Orchestra Leader: Viktoria Fichtenbauer Cello: Aaron Gruen Conductor: Gabriele Damiani*

Requiem Mass in D minor, K.626, WA Mozart St Edward’s Singers, Chapel Choirs, St Edward’s Singers Orchestra Leader: Olivier Bonnici*

Conductor: Neville Creed* Soprano: Megan Baddeley

Alto: Rosalie Warner Tenor: Ben Durrant Bass: Ed Price

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