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Programme Notes CRAWLEY RIDGE FIRST SCHOOL EARLY MUSIC CONSORT Camberley, Surrey Conductor: Milton Lowdon AlIemande Pas time with Good C om pan y Fclicitas Ko nigscanz
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Killg Henry V III ErasTIIlls W idlllnllll SIISI'I/O
Most of che (; First School musicians starred learning to play t h~ recorder at the age of five and some joined the Co nsorr ac thal age. Their rehea rsals have been nuinly in lunch an d play times am [hey cau all play at least three types of recorder. They became ai' Ea.r ly M usic Consort when che school's Parent Teacher Associatior bought the cornemuscs for them. As the children leave the school at 8 years of age, a new consor has to be fo r med and trained each year. T hey performed at ch, N ationa l Festival of Music for Youch .in. 1977, have broadcast an , appeared o n television and recendy fea mred in an edu ca tiona film made by Surrey Count y Council Media R eso urces Centre.
NEW END SCHOOL STRING ENSEMBLE London Conductor: Peter Watmough Concertino in D, Op. 15
Ferdinand Kuchler
The N ew End School String Ensemble h as its roo ts in the srrin teaching do ncin New End Primary School, which is ser ved by th lnner London Education Authori ty . Pupils are given an opportunity to learn the violin . viola. cell, double-bass an d piano from the ti me they enter che school. J they progress. they jOil1 the school orchestra string qU 3r-tcrs all tills stri.l lg ensem ble. Thc schoo l choir ~ nd vari.o us percussic groups also play an impo rtant part in the musical experien. pupils receive. Parental participation in lessons and ill practice very mu ch enco uraged and we arc now begill.n.Ulg to explo re tl Lise of cas ettes in strin g tcachi ng. Concertino in D - Kluhler This is written in ~ style typical of a concerto by Vivaldi al with the technical ability of young string players sensibly kept mind.
ROWLANDS CASTLE RINGERS Rowlands Castle, Hampshire Conduc/or: Diana E. Sims Pavane fr o m 'Capriol Suite' Largo
Warlock, aYr. Diana Sim Handel, aYr . Diana Sims
H andb ell ringing was ti rs! introd ll ccq in St. john's First a Middle School, R owlnnds Castle. in Septe mber 1973 . when Di: E. Sims, an enthusias ri c ringer and music specialist. joined the st; The prese nt team of 1 2 r i.n gers has been ringing since Sepccml 1978 and gained an Outstanding Perfo rm a.nce Award in che l! N ational Fes tiv al of M usic for Youth . As some members h; left to go to secondary school. the team now mee ts as a dub, an hour once a week co conrin ue their handbell r ingillg ; c me mber of the team has returned from Warwick for coaigi performance . The te. m wi ll be the gues t a.rris ts of the P o rtsmo C horal Union in their Ch ristm as Co ncert in the Guildh Portsmouth, on 15 December. Capriol Suite - Warlock This w~ s co mposed in 1926 for strings and all but one movem was based entirely On ancient dance tunes quoted in Arbe: Orelllfsographit of the r6th century. Tonight, the Ringers playing the second m ove ment, Pavalle. Largo - Hill/del This was origi nally th e aria Ombra mai fil, from the op Scr.'~ , fint produ ced ill London in 1738. The opera is now ra performed in its entirety, although the aria is often heard ur its pop ular title, LttI:~o.
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