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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
The London Concert
Alex Tester, Director of Music, writes:
St John’s Smith Square is always such
an evocative place to perform in. I was
so proud of our 120 musicians at the
Concert in February. The large audience
was captivated by the majesty of the
Brass Band overture, the stately
Pictures
at an Exhibition
by Mussorgsky from the
Concert Band and the amazing trumpet
solo from Tom Powell in the Boehme
Concerto, ably accompanied by the
Symphony Orchestra. The Concert
concluded with the vibrant Karl Jenkins’
Gloria
– with our massed Choirs and
Orchestra, and with solos from Ella Davis
and Sassy Hammersley. Our pupils really
do impress when given the challenge to
perform difficult music in high-profile
places. Nothing stands still, of course, and
we are already preparing for a Bernstein
and Britten Choral and Orchestral
Concert just after the start of term, a
Britten workshop with Royal Holloway
University and the two major Concerts
at the end of Gaudy Week – so there is a
great deal more musical magnificence to
look forward to.