Last Night Concert Programme

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Last Night Concert Programme
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2010 - 2011 Season
The City’s own...
Milton Keynes
City Orchestra
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With thanks...
Milton Keynes City Orchestra thanks the organisations and individuals
whose support enables it to continue, on stage and in the community…
Access Legal from Shoosmiths
Arts Council England, South East
Baker Tilly
City Print (MK) Limited
EBS-IT
Interdirect Limited
John Lewis Partnership
Kate Everall Photography
Keens Shay Keens MK
Livingstone White Ltd
Milton Keynes Community Foundation
Milton Keynes Council
Milton Keynes Theatre
Milton Keynes Theatre and Gallery Company
MK Flyers
Old Possum’s Practical Trust
Open University
Orchestras Live
Ramada Encore Hotel
Routeco
Santander
Waitrose
Woodland Flowers
Wolverton Park
Yamaha Music Europe GmbH (UK)
Sponsorship When was the last time your business was applauded by 1,000 people?
Opportunities are available for your organisation to benefit from sponsoring Milton Keynes City Orchestra, highlighting
your business to a captive audience. Packages include opportunities to invite and entertain guests at concerts,
promotional and publicity opportunities; and the knowledge that your business sponsorship plays a vital role in keeping
Milton Keynes City Orchestra live both on the concert platform and within the community.
If you would like to find out more about aligning your business with our business, please contact Anna J Denny in the
Milton Keynes City Orchestra Office on 01908 558311 or at anna.denny@mkco.org
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Milton Keynes Theatre
Friday 24th June 2011 - 7.30pm
Last Night...
Festive Overture, Op. 96
Fast Colours (World Première)
Juno (UK Premiere)
Overture: 1812, Op. 49
Shostakovich
Powers
Turnage
Tchaikovsky
INTERVAL
Tchaikovsky
Jerusalem
Parry
Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1, D major
Elgar
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Wood
Rule, Britannia!
Arne, arr. Sargeant
The National Anthem
Anon.
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Pre-Concert talk led by Adrian Boynton in discussion with composer Anthony Powers at 6.30pm in the Napleton Room.
Principal Conductor
Soloist
Sian Edwards
Cheryl Hawkins, Soprano
Please note
Milton Keynes City Orchestra reserves the right to make changes to the advertised
programme of performers as necessary.
The management reserves the right to refuse admission. Smoking is not permitted in
the auditorium, nor is the use of camera and recording equipment. Glasses may not be
taken into the auditorium. Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the
performance. The public may leave at the end of the performance by all exit doors and
such doors must be at all times kept open. Sitting or standing in gangways is not
permitted. All stairways, exits and passageways must be kept free of obstruction.
The theatre is fitted with an infra red system for people with impaired hearing. To use
this service please collect a headset from the kiosk. A £5 deposit is required.
Concert kindly sponsored
by Keens Shay Keens MK
For booking and information call : 01908 558311
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Welcome
Many people have asked us over the years
to stage a Proms-type concert, so finally,
here it is! I am very happy indeed to be able to
welcome you this evening to our very own Milton
Keynes City Orchestra version of ‘The Last Night
of the Proms’.
“
We are performing all the fabulous old favourites,
including Land of Hope and Glory and Rule
Britannia of course, and featuring Cheryl Hawkins
in Jerusalem and the Sea Songs.
True to the London tradition, in amongst the wellknown pieces are two new works - premieres by
two established British composers which will offer
us all a few moments of new sound-worlds and
vistas.
Then back to the familiar, featuring three big
Russian works; Tchaikowsky’s Capriccio Italien is
a flamboyant celebration of everything he loved
about Italy, and makes special use of two cornets added to the usual brass section. His
1812 also has cornets and cannons(!) and for this and Shostakovich’s Festive Overture we
are thrilled to be joined by local band Olney Brass to play the additional parts that the
composers wrote for special occasions. Be prepared to be blown away!
“
Sian Edwards
Principal Conductor
For booking and information call : 01908 558311
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Festive Overture, op. 96
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)
No composer of our age has attained maturity as early as Dmitri Shostakovich. His first symphony, which appeared
when he was only 19, holds its place in the repertoire by sheer musical merit and emotional authority. The next few
years saw the publication of a stream of fascinating works – varied in genre, searching in their blend of wit and
spiritual conviction.
The Festive Overture was commissioned literally days before the intended concert celebrating the 37th anniversary
of the 1917 October Revolution. The conductor found himself in the position of having no suitable work with which
to open this very important concert. He therefore approached Shostakovich hoping the composer might be in a
position to help.
The Overture opens with a brass fanfare, instigated by two trumpets, acting as a curtain call. A sequence of unison
chords then introduces the first presto theme. After a restatement of this theme, by all bass instruments, the second
theme emerges as a lyrical melody for horns and celli.
The first presto theme itself is restated and the music then builds to the first of two major climaxes in the work
combining both presto themes in counterpoint, employing the entire orchestra. The second theme is then given full
attention before building to the final and most profound climax of the work, a repeat of the opening brass fanfare.
This explodes into the coda ending an overture that, in the words of Lebedinsky, is a `brilliant effervescent work, with
its vivacious energy spilling over like uncorked champagne’.
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Fast Colours (World Première)
Anthony Powers (born 1953)
I originally wrote Fast Colours as a piece for chamber ensemble in 1997. As I worked on it I could easily imagine an
orchestral version in which the instrumental colours and sonorities would be much more various and multi-coloured,
and the virtuosity entailed in performance excitingly extended onto the larger canvas of a symphony orchestra.
Fast Colours was designed to be a showpiece and a relatively lightweight divertimento which plays for about eight
minutes. Although there are two slower episodes the pace of the music is generally very rapid, and the colours in the
sense of instrumentation, harmony, manner of playing etc also tend to change quickly. But there are also many
constants as the intentionally punning title suggests.
The first impetus for the piece was a visit to a Howard Hodgkin retrospective at the Hayward Gallery in London: the
impact of Hodgkin’s vivid, colourful and life-affirming paintings on a grey winter’s day at the equally grey South Bank
Centre stayed in my mind as I wrote this piece.
© Anthony Powers 2011
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Juno (UK Première)
Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)
Turnage’s music has a characteristic personal style, with strong rhythmic thrust, involved jazz harmonies, colourful
orchestration with prominent use of percussion, and hints of various orchestrational sounds from Duke Ellington to
1970s, TV detective series theme tunes. He enjoys the reputation of being one of the few modern classical composers
who can write ‘proper modern jazz’. Most recently Turnage wrote Anna Nicole - an opera in 2 acts with English libretto
by Richard Thomas. It premiered on 17 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House, London, directed by Richard Jones.
The story is based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith
Juno is the middle movement of a larger work entitled ‘Three Asteroids’. Turnage chose to focus on the asteroid’s
massive destructive potential in the event of a possible collision with Earth. His music wisely refrains from scenepainting the apocalypse, instead uses a large orchestra to illustrate the vastness of the universe acoustically.
Overture:1812, Op. 49
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Tchaikovsky was approached by Nikolai Rubenstein to
write a work to celebrate the consecration of a new
cathedral which had been built to commemorate
Russia’s deliverance from Napoleon Bonaparte’s
invasion in 1812. He composed the overture in just
five weeks in late 1880. Unfortunately, soon after, the
Tsar was assassinated and the consecration of the
cathedral postponed indefinitely. The work was finally
given its first performance in August 1882.
The Overture is a spectacular work - it combines large
orchestral forces with cannons and bells, which depict
the battle for Russia defeating the French army (who
can be heard by the use of the French National anthem
The Marseillaise) and finishing in a blaze of glory as
Russia triumphs.
©IGS 2011
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Capriccio Italien Op. 45
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
During the winter of 1880 Tchaikovsky went for a three month stay in Rome. Here he set out to write a piece inspired
by his impressions of Italy. The result was this musical tourist guidebook to Italy which has been popular with concert
audiences ever since its premiere.
The Capriccio Italien is of symphonic proportions and is an ingenious string of unrelated contrasting themes
orchestrated in Tchaikovsky’s naturally brilliant way. It begins with a trumpet call inspired by the nightly bugle heard
from Tchaikovsky’s hotel room which overlooked the barracks of the Royal Cuirassiers. With occasional returns to
material from the introduction, the various themes proceed: a melancholy melody first heard in the lower strings, a
gently swaying folk song presented in thirds, a march, and then the tarantella which brings the piece to a dazzling
finale.
© IGS 2010
Jerusalem
C. Hubert H. Parry (1848 – 1918)
As a composer Parry is best known for the choral song “Jerusalem“, the coronation anthem “I was glad“ and the hymn
tune “Repton”. He was director of the Royal College of Music from 1895 until his death and was also professor of
music at the University of Oxford from 1900 to 1908. He also wrote several books about music and music history.
Some contemporaries rated him as the finest English composer since Henry Purcell, but his academic duties
prevented him from devoting all his energies to composition. More recently his qualities as a composer have begun
to be recognised again.
“And did those feet in ancient time“ is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton a Poem. It
was set to music by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916. The poem was inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus,
accompanied by his uncle Joseph of Arimathea, travelled to the area that is now England and visited Glastonbury. The
Christian church in general, and the English Church in particular, used Jerusalem as a metaphor for Heaven, a place
of universal love and peace. In the most common interpretation of the poem, Blake implies that a visit of Jesus would
briefly create heaven in
England, in contrast to the
“dark Satanic Mills” of the
Industrial Revolution. The
poem says that there may, or
may not, have been a divine
visit, when there was briefly
heaven in England!
© IGS 2010
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Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major
Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934)
The five Pomp & Circumstance marches give an accurate reflection of the contrasting sides of Elgar’s character.
The best known is March No. 1 which was composed in 1901 and had its premiere, along with the more reserved
second March, in Liverpool in October 1901.
The March opens with an introduction which leads to a new theme: strong pairs of beats alternating with short notes,
and a bass which persistently clashes with the tune. A little rhythmic pattern is played by the strings, then repeated
high and low in the orchestra before the section is concluded by a chromatic upward scale from the woodwind. The
whole of this lively march section is repeated. The Trio contains the tune known as “Land of Hope and Glory“ and has
since become a fixture at the Last Night of the Proms. The whole march is repeated and ends, not with the big tune,
but with a short section which has another brief reminder of the brisk opening march, sweeping the piece to a
resounding end.
©IGS 2011
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Henry Wood (1869 – 1944)
Bugle Calls : The Anchor’s Weighed : The Saucy Arethusa : Tom Bowling : Jack’s The Lad (Hornpipe) : Farewell and
Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies : Home, Sweet Home : See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes : Rule, Britannia!
Fantasia on British Sea Songs is a piece arranged by Sir Henry Wood in 1905 to mark the centenary of the Battle
of Trafalgar. It is a medley of British sea songs and for many years was seen as an indispensable item at the BBC’s
Last Night of the Proms concert.
Wood’s arrangement comprised nine parts which follow the course of the battle from the point of view of a British
sailor, starting with the call to arms, progressing through the death of a comrade, thoughts of home, and ending with
a victorious return and the assertion that Britain will continue to ‘rule the waves’.
The fantasia commences with a series of six naval bugle calls and their responses. These calls were traditionally
used to convey orders on a naval warship.
Rule, Britannia! was originally included in the Fantasia, but is usually performed in the arrangement by Sir Malcolm
Sargent, with the solo singer encouraging the audience to sing the refrain. This is the way it will be performed tonight.
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Sian Edwards
Principal Conductor
Sian Edwards studied at the Royal Northern College
of Music and with Professor A.I. Musin at the
Leningrad Conservatoire. She has worked with many
of the world’s leading orchestras including Los
Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland, Orchestre de Paris,
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Berlin Symphony, the
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, MDR Leipzig,
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic,
Finnish Radio Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic,
Royal Flanders Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, the
Hallé, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
She has a close relationship with Ensemble Modern in
Germany.
She made her operatic debut in 1986 conducting
Weill’s Mahagonny for Scottish Opera and her Royal
Opera House debut in 1988 with Tippett’s The Knot
Garden. From 1993 to 1995 she was Music Director
of English National Opera for whom her repertoire
included Khovanshchina, Jenufa, Queen of Spades
and Blond Eckbert (also recorded on Collins). For the
Glyndebourne Festival she has conducted La Traviata
and the Ravel Double Bill, and for Glyndebourne
Touring Opera Katya Kabanova and Tippett’s New
Year. She conducted the world premiere of Mark
Anthony Turnage’s Greek at the Munich Biennale in 1988. Recent engagements have included the world premiere
of Hans Gefors’ Clara for the Opéra Comique in Paris, Cosi fan tutte in Aspen, her return to English National Opera
for Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni in Copenhagen, Damnation de Faust in Helsinki, Peter Grimes and Tchaikovsky
Queen of Spades in Frankfurt; Previn A Streetcar Named Desire and Heggie Dead Man Walking at the Theater an
der Wien, Weir A Night at the Chinese Opera for Scottish Opera, Jenufa for Welsh National Opera, Hansel and Gretel
for the Royal Academy of Music, Aquarius by Karel Goegvaerts for Flanders Opera, a new ballet, Orlando, for the
Staatstheater Stuttgart and, most recently, The Rape of Lucretia for the Theater an der Wien.
Sian Edwards’ recordings include Peter and the Wolf, Britten’s Young Person’s Guide, and Tchaikovsky’s 5th
Symphony, all with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Judith Weir’s Blond Eckbert with English National Opera.
Recent and future concert engagements include the Ensemble Modern, Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich, SWR
Sinfonieorchester Freiburg, Kuopio Symphony, Turku Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milton
Keynes City Orchestra, Palestinian Youth Orchestra, Edinburgh Youth Orchestra, Musikfabrik, London Sinfonietta,
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, concerts at the Edinburgh International Festival as well as a UK tour with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. She has also recently taken part in a new film
by Tony Palmer on Holst. Future operatic engagements include The Rake’s Progress for Scottish Opera and A
Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Royal Danish Opera.
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Cheryl Hawkins
Soprano
Cheryl Hawkins studied with Marjorie Thomas at the Royal Academy of Music where
she was a frequent prize winner. Her solo career has taken her throughout the UK and
Europe. Having performed on the South Bank and in many of the major Music Festivals
she has also premiered many works including those by Tunde Jegede with this
orchestra as well as Sounds and Sweet Airs, a work for soprano, chorus and orchestra
written by Michael Rose and performed with Bedford Choral Society which was
broadcast by the BBC.
After many years of recital and oratorio performances, this is a happy return visit to
Milton Keynes City Orchestra for whom she has sung on many occasions, notably the
Strauss Four Last Songs under Hilary Davan Whetton and Barber’s Knoxville with
Sian Edwards.
Cheryl Hawkins
She has an extensive oratorio repertoire which ranges from the Monteverdi Vespers,
Bach St. John and St Matthew Passions, Mozart Requiem and Solemn Vespers, Haydn
Creation and many of his masses, Brahms Requiem, Rossini Stabat Mater and Messe
Solennelle to Tippett’s Child of our Time but opera performances of leading roles such
as Adele in Count Ory, Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin and
Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte have also figured significantly.
Cheryl now takes great pride in her role as singing teacher. She devotes much of her time exploring ways in which she may
help a singer find a beautiful sound through vocal freedom and enjoy the power of performance by relishing text and
language. Her students range from 7 to 70 years old, from young choristers, aspiring professional singers to those who are
aiming for the West End who need to belt safely. Consequently she has also learned how to belt!
A few years ago, she pioneered the Dawn Chorus early morning singing sessions for those who desperately want to sing
but daren’t. This attracted much media attention and due to its continuing popularity, special sessions still run for those who
crave vocal confidence and release.
Forthcoming performances include the Mozart Coronation Mass and Elgar Coronation Ode.
For booking and information call : 01908 558311
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Milton Keynes City Orchestra
Milton Keynes City Orchestra gave its first performance under the baton of its Founder, Conductor, Hilary Davan
Wetton, in February 1975. Over 35 years since, it has built a national reputation, establishing itself as the live classical
music resource for Milton Keynes and the surrounding area. The Orchestra is unique in that it is a professional
orchestra which is resident, active, here in Milton Keynes – it plays an important part in the cultural life of the city,
engaging particularly with the education sector, the business community and as a valuable arts resource.
The Orchestra presents an annual concert season – details for the forthcoming 2011 – 2012 season have just been
announced (see inside back cover for details) – with a series of concerts at Milton Keynes Theatre. Highlights include:
a performance by Young Musician of the Year 2008, trombonist Peter Moore; a Patrons’ concert with a piece
personally chosen by the Patrons of the Orchestra; and works by Ludovico Einaudi, Michael Nyman, Mozart, Grieg,
Bach, Haydn and more. The Orchestra will also continue the “Chamber Roots” season of small orchestra concerts,
presented at Stantonbury Campus Theatre. Highlights of this series include a performance of The Four Seasons
featuring the Orchestra’s leader, Diana Cummings.
Members of the Orchestra regularly work within the community enabling people of all ages and experiences to
participate and enjoy music making though practical workshops, composition projects, family and schools concerts,
coaching, orchestral training and other creative projects. The Orchestra frequently collaborates with the
Danesborough Chorus and Milton Keynes Chorale; and smaller ensembles regularly perform in the city including at
the Open University, John Lewis, Milton Keynes Central Station, The University Centre, as well as for many private
and Corporate events.
Whilst the Orchestra has been traditionally committed to Milton Keynes and its environs, it continues to work further
afield – performing as part of the English Music Festival at Dorchester Abbey and a touring “Song and Dance” in
Bedfordshire venues. The Orchestra has also undertaken tours to the USA and France. It has released six recordings
on the Unicorn-Kanchana and Hyperion labels. Also under the Baton of Hilary Davan Wetton, the Orchestra broadcast
the Classical FM Masterclass series of introduced works.
President
Lady Thompson
Milton Keynes City Orchestra
Vice Presidents
Luing Cowley
3 Theatre Walk
Peter Donohoe
Central Milton Keynes
Sir Peter Thompson
MK9 3PX
Tel: 01908 558311
Chairman
Simon Cuthbertson
Principal Conductor
Sian Edwards
Email: info@mkco.org
Leader
Diana Cummings
Web: www.mkco.org
General Manager
Anna J Denny
Operations Manager
Nick Cutts
Financial Controller
Donald Edwards
Registered Charity Number: 271108
Administrative Assistant
Christina Holmes
VAT Registration Number: 536 467620
Registered in England Number: 1268436
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Milton Keynes City Orchestra
VIOLIN 1
VIOLA
FLUTE
Diana Cummings
Shulah Oliver
Charlotte Edwards
Elisabeth Wilson
Sue Kinnersley
Marina Solarek
Gillian Brightwell
Phil Gibson
Catriona Hepburn
Clare Turk
Donald McVay
Graeme Scott
Lynne Baker
Liz Maskey
Sharada Mack
Wendy Jones
Graham Mayger
Mary Parker
Julie Lloyd
Sally Adams
VIOLIN 2
Clara Biss
Cathy Fox
Emer Calthorpe
Helen Brown
Rachel Bunn
Michiko Negami
Helen Bartlett
Elana Eisen
CELLO
Toby Turton
Nigel Blomily
Anne Waddington
Dinah Beamish
Emma Vidgeon
Louise McMonagle
BASS
Peter Smith
Jackie Dossor
Kate Saxby
Imogen Fernando
OBOE
Graham Salter
Kenny Sturgeon
Eugene Feild
CLARINET
SOPRANO
SAXOPHONE
Hannah Marcinowicz
HORN
EUPHONIUM
Becky Smith
TUBA
Martin Jarvis
Richard Wainwright
Tim Locke
Ted Chance
Richard Stroud
TRUMPET
Nick Cox
Helen Paskins
Catriona Scott
Christopher Deacon
Peter Wright
Miles Maguire
Matt Wells
BASSOON
TROMBONE
John Whitfield
Rachel Edmonds
Kim Murphy
Graham Lee
Phil Judge
Brian Lynn
TIMPANI
Charles Fullbrook
PERCUSSION
Dan Gresson
Matt Turner
Matt Greene
Darius Chatfield*
CELESTE
Helena Brown
HARP
Rhian Hanson
*student from Milton Keynes Music Service
performing “side by side”
Olney Brass
CORNET
David Wilson
Jack Wilson
David Rose
Martin Mills
Chris Petty
Andrew Spooner
Daniel Wilcoxson
Kieran Gould
FLUGEL
HORN
Lawrence May
TENOR HORN
Jan Bower
Luke Wilson
Alex Colson
TROMBONE
BARITONE
TUBA
Martin Wakeley
Tom Dixon
Daniel Moroney
Tony Moroney
Chris Petty
Keith Underwood
Kieran Gould
Alan Bruce
Malcolm Nevin
Richard Colson
Andrew Harris
Simon Harris
EUPHONIUM
Vaughan Bower
Lawrence May
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23rd BUCKINGHAM SUMMER FESTIVAL
2nd to 9th July 2011
SEVENTEEN CONCERTS IN ONE WEEK
SAT JULY 2ND
Buckingham Choral Society
MON JULY 4TH
Craig Green:
Piano recital
Paul Harris
Pizzetti Trio
TUE JULY 5TH
Haruko Seki:
Piano recital
Robert Secret
Demon Barbers
11.00
1.00
8.00
11.00
1.00
8.00
WED JULY 6TH
Mami Shikimori:
Piano Recital
Antonia Kesel
Maurizi Ensemble
THUR JULY 7TH
Nathan Williamson:
Piano recital
Jenny Broome &
Frances Mason
Wicked Women
11.00
1.00
8.00
11.00
1.00
8.00
FRI JULY 8TH
Ning Chaiporn
Pookhaothong:
Piano recital
Piano Trio
Ashu
SAT JULY 9TH
GALA CONCERT
8.00
Orchestra of Stowe Opera
Vaughan-Williams
Elgar
Barber
For more information see: www.buckinghamfestival.org
Festival office 12 Bristle Hill Buckingham MK18 1EZ Tel: 01280 813834
e-mail: bsfestival@btinternet.com
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Patrons’ Club - Supporting the Orchestra
The Orchestra’s Patrons’ Club has existed since Milton Keynes City Orchestra began some thirty five years ago. It
supports the Orchestra by raising funds, while enabling members to become more involved in the Orchestra. Your
support is a charitable donation, which is vital in enabling the Orchestra to thrive and continue its activities both on
the concert platform and within the wider community which include:
●
Continuing its ‘Music for Life’ programme of education work in the local area.
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Making a broad spectrum of classical music easily accessible to all.
To join the Patrons’ Club please contact Donald Edwards in the Orchestra’s office on 01908 558311 or
donald.edwards@mkco.org New membership is a minimum donation of £120.
For booking and information call : 01908 558311
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Our Patrons
The Orchestra would like to thank its Patrons, whose support enables us to keep music live, both
on stage and within the community. Thank you.
Margaret Abrahams
Mrs Caroline Adams
Mr P Allen
Peter and Diane Barnes
Mr R Bates
Mrs R Beckett
Michael Benn
Mr & Mrs Bill Blyth
Mrs E Bodill
Alexander Boswell
Malcolm & Jenny Brighton
Janet & Peter Brinsmead
Mr & Mrs P Butler
Mrs L M Cantor MBE
Mr & Mrs B R Carstens
David Chamberlain
Mr B Clark
Mr & Mrs D J Clinch
Mrs P Coombes
Mr & Mrs A H Cooper
Mr L H Cowley
Michael Cuthbertson
Simon Cuthbertson
Chris & Ursula Dancaster
Miss Avril Dankworth
Robin & Rosie Dawson
Mr J W Dolman
Glenda Dryer
Ms P Eccles
Mrs B Edmondson
Dr & Mrs D A Evans
Mr & Mrs J H Fellingham
Ms A Gaisford
Mr & Mrs B Geerlings
Mr J J M Glasse
The Hon & Mrs R Godber
Mrs C Goddard
Mr & Mrs J J Grafftey-Smith
Mrs Judy Grainge
Françoise Guegueniat
Mr & Mrs D Hadfield
Mrs E Halmos
Mr R N & Dr J G Hart
Cheryl Hawkins
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Drs P and J Haynes
Don and Felicity Head
Frank & Jane Henshaw
Bob & Marion Hill
Mr B Hind
Mr & Mrs M Hodder-Williams
Mr & Mrs B Hogan
Mr P W Humphreys
Christine Humphries
Dr & Mrs B Hundy
Mrs Sarah Jameson
Mrs Jenkins
Keith & Heather Jennings
Mr F X Kay
Mr & Mrs P J Kiddle
Mr W J King
Mr & Mrs D Knapman
Mrs C E Konig
Mr L Law
Sir Bruce and Lady Jane Liddington
Dr A G Limb
Jennie Linden
Mrs M Livingstone
Linda Llewellyn
Jan Lloyd
Mr C T Lousada
Mr & Mrs P A Lousada
Mrs Helen Macario
Rev & Mrs R C Macaulay
Mr & Mrs D Macdonald
Margaret Macer
Mr P Mackenzie-Young
Mr & Mrs R Macpherson
Mr & Mrs M Mann
Mr & Mrs P Martin
Ms K L Mason
Mr & Mrs J P Matthews
Christopher Matthews
Mr R Maycock
Mrs L McComie
Miss M McGowan
Mr & Mrs D S Mercer
Mrs Jean Merrill
Mr & Mrs Graham Missen
Mrs E Mitchell
Beryl Mortimer
Mrs Amanda Nicholson
Mrs M Pawley
Mr & Mrs E A Payton
Mrs Ann Prosser
Mrs M Quick
Mrs P Robeson
Mrs A M Rhodes
Colin & Jacky Scott
Mr K J Siddons
Dr & Mrs Paul Singer
Mr & Mrs A Skennerton
Winifred Skipper
Mrs Andrea Smith
Elaine and Neil Smith
Sue & Ian Smith
Sir John and Lady Southby
Mr I A Stewart
Professor Keith Straughan
Mr & Mrs G G Strutt
Mark & Ann Strutton
Mr & Mrs M Telfer
Mr & Mrs W B Thompson
Peter Thorogood & Associates
Lady Tudor Price
Mr & Mrs N Turnbull
His Honour Judge Christopher Tyrer
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Music for Life - Education and Outreach
Milton Keynes City Orchestra’s ‘Music for Life’ programme takes music-making experiences beyond the concert
stage and into the local community – offering high quality, exciting and innovative musical experiences for all. The
Orchestra works closely with schools, colleges, family centres and local communities, collaborating with people of
all ages and abilities and enabling participation in music projects and wider arts working.
This year the Orchestra have been working in partnership with the Rowans Family Centre delivering an early years
music training project working with the Wolverton Multi Cultural Toddler Group as one of your key partners. This
project has been informative and great fun and we are grateful to Youth Music for their kind support which has enabled this project delivery.
For further details about our Education and Outreach work please contact: Milton Keynes City Orchestra,
3 Theatre Walk, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3PX, telephone 01908 558311 or email info@mkco.org
For booking and information call : 01908 558311
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Forthcoming Events
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The President’s Concert
Four Seasons
Sunday 2nd October 2011 at 7.30pm
Serenade for Orchestra no. 9, K. 320, D major
Verdi
Hummel
Weber
Vivaldi
Koenig
Berlioz
Morricone
Hess
Mozart
Principal Conductor:
Sian Edwards
Force of Destiny Overture
Trumpet Concerto, E major
Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
Concerto for two Trumpets, RV537, C major
Posthorn Gallop
Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21
Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission
Main theme from Ladies in Lavender
Soloist:
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Saturday 19th November 2011
at 7.30pm
Pachelbel
Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso Op. 6, no. 6, G minor
Handel
Fratres
Pärt
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV1048, G major
Bach
Canon in D major
The Four Seasons
Principal Conductor:
Sian Edwards
Soloist:
Diana Cummings
A Classical Christmas
Sunday 3rd December 2011 at 7.30pm
The orchestra will be joined by members of the
Music of Emotion
Danesborough Chorus, who will combine with the Orchestra
Thursday 19th January 2012 at 7.30pm
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Sibelius
Leonore Overture no. 3, Op. 72
Violin Concerto, Op. 35, D major
Symphony no. 5, E flat major
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Soloist:
Sian Edwards
Anna Liisa Bezrodny, Violin
Symphony no. 6, Op. 74, B minor
Piece selected by Patrons TBC
Sian Edwards
Soloist
Peter Moore
The Founders Concert
Mozart Plus
Saturday 11th February 2012 at 7.30pm
Berkeley
Mozart
Haydn
Arnold
Serenade for Strings
Conductor:
Soloist:
Hilary Davan Wetton returns to conduct a popular
programmeto include Beethoven’s Symphony no. 6,
Op. 68, F major ‘Pastorale’
Hilary Davan Wetton
Hilary Davan Wetton
Illeana Ruhemann, Flute
A Little Night Music
Saturday 21st April 2012 at 7.30pm
I Giorni
The Sacrifice from The Piano
Piano Concerto no. 1, BWV1052, D minor
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Sunday 1st July 2012 at 7.30pm
Conductor:
Sian Edwards
Sinfonietta no. 1, Op. 48
Macmillan
arr. Rimsky-Korsakov
Tchaikovsky
Principal Conductor:
Principal Conductor:
Symphony no. 44, E minor
Sunday 18th March 2012 at 7.30pm
Trombone Concerto, B flat major
Christmas festivities.
Flute Concerto no. 2, K.314, D major
Young Muscian
A Patrons supported concert
Confession of Isobel Gowdie
to perform Christmas favourites that will kick start your
Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Principal Conductor:
Soloist:
Einaudi
Nyman
Bach
Mozart
Grieg
Sian Edwards
TBC
Serenade for Strings
Saturday 12th May 2012
Vaughan Williams
Debussy
Serenade for Strings, Op. 22, E major
Dvorak
Simple Symphony, Op. 4
Britten
Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus
Danse Sacree et Profane
Principal Conductor:
16 Great Music LIVE.
Sian Edwards
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