Progra 111111e Notes SHREWSBURY SCHOOL STRING ORCHESTRA Conductor: Hamish Drummond Age range of performers: 12-19 years Simple Symphony: Sentimental Saraband Benjamin Britten The String Orchestra rehearses weekly and consists of boys from Shrewsbury School and girls invited to join from local schools. The Orchestra performs regularly in local concerts and has toured Scotland, Italy, France, Germany and Norway. Simple Symphony: Sentimental Saraband Benjamin Brittell The Simple Symphony is based entirelv on material from works which the composer wrote between the ages of 9 and 12. In the Sentimental Saraband he uses his Suite '\0, 3 for piano, composed in 1925 and the \\ alu for piano, composed in 1923,
STOKE BRUNSWICK SCHOOL CHOIR, EAST GRINSTEAD, SUSSEX Conductor: Sue Barber Accompanist: Sue Harvey Adam Lay Y Bounden Benjamin Britten All My Trials trad. arr. Gwyn Arch The Riddle Song trad. arr. Brian Trant The Gospel Train's a'Cumin'
trad. arr. Brian Trant Stoke Brunswick School Choir is affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music and the children wear robes for Sunday Chapel Services. They have regular lessons in musicianship based on the Kodaly \1ethod of music training, In Mav 1991 the choir performed the UK premiere of the children's opera The Shi\'ering King'. by the Hungarian composer Elizabeth Szcimi in the :\rtaud Theatre London, This ewnt was Nrt c'! the British Kc-.jah :\cadem\' s Wth '-\nrm ersar.' .:eleb~a :: c':cS and was'ic,llowed by a tnr to Hur.ยง:a~' :c' ;:-artC1~te !n an International ChOIT Fe-s::\'ai
SURREY COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Conductor: Keith Willis Age range of performers: 13-18 years Marche Slave Op. 31 Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1: 'Land of Hope and Glory' Edward EIgar The orchestra in its present form was established in 1967. The aim of the orchestra has always been to provide orchestral training and experience of a high standard for gifted young mstr wntmtalists. Many SCYO members continue their C!l[eers in the music profession, some as soloists and others as members of leading orchestras both here and abroad. Marche Slave Op. 31 Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky This march of 1876 was written in a mood of intense patriotic fervour for a concert in aid of soldiers wounded in conflict between Russia and Turkey. It is based on South Slavonic tunes, beginning in funereal mood and, after brief statements of the Russian โ ข 'ational Anthem, ending triu mphantly. Li e the 1 L O\'erture, which tIle composer described as ha \in little artistic worth, the 'Aarch ~ re aroused much patriotic mth Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1: 'land of Hope and Glory' Edward Elgar nu march was composed in 1901. Ref mng to the tune in the trio section, Elgar said one of hi 'Enigma' fri ends, 'Dorabella', ~ I ' \'e "ot a tune that will knock 'em - knock 'em Hat". The march was played at a London Promenade concert in the same vear conducted by Henry Wood. The march was indeed a knock-out, the audience calling for three encores.
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