Ati Fisher Jazz Quintet

30 June 2008
On Monday night the Ati Fisher Jazz Quintet played their first gig in the Edwin Evans Music Room to an appreciative full house. The quintet was made up of Ati Fisher - vocals (A2), Jon Moody - piano (A3), Jay Yates - drums (A3), Toby Moss - guitar (A2) and Andy Baker - double bass. The program featured classic jazz covers and also tunes which had been arranged by Jonathon Moody, taking influences from many different versions of a song. An example was the famous "My Favourite Things" tune which was loosely based on a version by John Mclaughlin & Joey Defrancesco, but also managed to find room for the "Pink Panther" theme tune and the original lyrics over the top! Other songs in the programme included covers from artists such as Nina Simone, Eva Cassidy and Gene Harris.
(4.7.08)
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Visiting Music Teachers play 'Hot Rock'

25 June 2008
A ‘Hot Rock' Concert took place in the Edwin Evans Music Room on Wednesday. All the performers were Visiting Music Teachers and the audience was treated to an amazing display of popular music consisiting of ‘Traditional’, ‘Lennon and McCartney’, ‘Tower of Power’, ‘Joe Satriani’, ‘Stevie Wonder’, ‘Cream’, ‘Wild Cherry’ and ‘AC/DC’. Our sincere thanks to the performers – Dan Baker, Richard Baker, Terry Cheeseman, Jack Shaughnessy, Russell Parker, Dugald Clark, Diston Dryburgh, Dave Price, Kevin Morgan, Debbie Cassell, Simon Wood and Sean McGregor Willey.

(30.6.08)
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Informal Singers Concert

10 June 2008
A delightful programme of arias and songs ranging from the 16th century to the present day was given by pupils at the summer informal singers concert. Held in the Edwin Evans Music Room, eight pupils performed a wide and varied programme of music to an appreciative and receptive audience. For some, this was the first time they had performed a solo vocal item and for the more experienced singers, this was another invaluable opportunity to continue developing their performance skills. Each singer demonstrated important personal strengths in preparation, discipline and enthusiasm and it was a pleasure to hear such wonderful singing. Thank you to all the performers; Rosalie Curlett, Christopher O'Rorke, Polly Meyer, Henrietta Nelson, Oliver Janion, Jago Poynter, Camilla St Aubyn and Eliza Heneage.
(16.6.08)
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Open-air Summer Fireworks Concert

31 May 2008, Beechwood Lawn
Duncan Emerson, Director of Music writes "A good starting point when considering ideas for a concert is the question: Who are you aiming it at? The answer for the Fireworks concert was simple – everybody! Pupils, staff and parents – musicians and non-musicians. The whole concept behind this event was about participation, fun and entertainment. I thought that the bottom end of Beechwood lawn would make a perfect setting for the concert, with space behind for the fireworks and a slope to the lawn to act as a natural rake so that everyone could see well.

Stuart Miles and his Coade Hall crew set up a fantastic stage with very professional lighting and attractive white draped material forming a back-drop. They also did a magnificent job at controlling the amplification of the sound of the many various groups. Richard Ball also did a great job at providing food and drink from a marquee.

Thankfully the forecast rain never came and the warm evening started at 7.00 p.m. with the senior brass trio; two saxophone quartets and the ‘Salisbury’ quartet singers. A pupil band with ‘C’ pupils performed superbly well and led into an impressive and highly enjoyable session by the Jazz Band.

50 pupils in the concert band played different medleys including Les Miserables, Grease and Joseph. The ever-popular band ‘The Yearning’ played with great style and it was good to see the students dancing. Nina Brooke and Lotti Cutrupi sang a duet which was followed by the impressive Dance Band. Most of the numbers were instrumental, but two numbers featured Olivia Boswell and Ati Fisher on vocals.

The ‘Symphonic concert band’ consisting of a massive orchestra and dance band combining forces to perform Goldfinger with Ati Fisher singing the solo in a stunning gold dress and Come on Baby, Light my Fire with Richard Mitchell and three female backing vocalists.

Finally, the orchestra performed a medley from Pirates of the Caribbean which had fireworks set in time to the music. There was a terrific atmosphere and it provided a dramatic and highly effective finish to a wonderful evening. I think the objective was achieved – ‘everybody’ had a great time." Duncan Emerson.
See more pictures in the photo gallery
(4.6.08)
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C/D Strings Concert

20 May 2008
On Tuesday the Edwin Evans Room saw performances on the violin, cello and double bass showcased by Sam Bower, Theo Walters, George Cooper, Alice Beverley and Bethan Humphrey in the C/D strings concert. All performances were well polished and at the end of the concert the pupils received advice on how to improve stage presence. This was an impressive range of string talent from the two most junior years of the school.
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Bryanston Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Choir at St James' Church, Kingston

9 May 2008
Mixed forces from Bryanston gave a memorable concert in the stunning location of St James’ Church at Kingston, high in the hills of Purbeck. After an admirably sensitive and polished account of the Allegretto from Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony from the Senior Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra were joined by cello soloist Lucinda Thompson Mainland (the versatile Lucinda came to this challenge fresh from her outstanding lunchtime song recital the previous week) for a performance of the beautiful Adagio by Clara Schumann’s half brother, Woldemar Bargiel. Lucinda’s playing was lucid, deeply felt and stylishly phrased, and the Finzi Prelude for string orchestra which followed was given equally effective treatment. Indeed, what could be more apposite repertoire for such an idyllic English country setting?

It was a delight to hear a repeat of the visionary slow movement from Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, given with exemplary care and attention to detail by two warm-hearted and instinctively musical soloists, violinist Lucia Giles and violist Lucy Antrobus, with the diligent and alert Chamber Orchestra under the watchful baton of Christina Scott.

Choral works by Stanford, Bruckner and Mathias worked wonderfully in St James’ opulent acoustic, voices sounding entirely fresh and spontaneous yet firmly disciplined and beautifully controlled under Graham Scott and Duncan Emerson’s able direction. These piquant morsels offered moments to treasure, as did Georgie Martin’s lively performance of Alexandre Guilmant’s swashbuckling Morceau Symphonique for trombone and orchestra. Georgie commanded an excellent variety of tone, summoning our rapt attention in the quieter episodes and capturing the necessary robust good humour in the more extrovert moments. This was a splendid end to a magical and memorable concert, enthusiastically received and marking a new and happy association between the Bryanston Music School and yet another external concert promoting society in the region.
(29.5.08)
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SATIPS Junior Orchestral Day

8 May 2008
One hundred and eleven pupils from Castle Court, Chafyn Grove, Clayesmore, Dumpton, Knighton House, Leweston, Sandroyd, Sunninghill and Yarrells Prep Schools enjoyed rehearsing and performing three full orchestral pieces in Coade Hall.

The concert started with Triumphal March from Aida and finished with two fun pieces called Union Street Express and Flip Flop Squeak. The pupils were very well behaved and each school also produced their own very fine chamber music performances.
(14.5.08)

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Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concert

7 May 2008
Rozzie Curlett (A2) and Jonathan Moody (A3) travelled to Weymouth on Wednesday 7th May to give a recital as part of the Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concert series organised by Duncan Honeybourne. A large and appreciative audience in St. Mary's Church enjoyed a programme contrasting works by two 20th century English composers and concluding with a showpiece for cello and piano by Chopin. Kenneth Leighton was represented by his mournful Elegy for cello and piano and Edmund Rubbra by his sinewy and dramatic Sonata for Oboe and Piano, after which Rozzie and Duncan despatched Chopin's dashing Polonaise, op.3 with considerable relish. The Dorset Echo review, headlined "School's gifted young players excel" recorded that "The latest concert featured two gifted young players holding music scholarships at Bryanston School, Blandford, a school famous for its musical tradition ... (Leighton) has a very distinctive style and the Elegy's tragic nature was admirably expressed by Roz's deep rich tone. In contrast, the oboist Jonathan Moody produced the pure, clear tone that distinguishes the oboe from all other orchestral instruments ... Finally, Roz and Duncan played a spectacular and technically demanding Chopin Polonaise, ... So ended a most enjoyable concert, in which all the players excelled themselves". The recital was recorded by Ridgeway Radio, the broadcast service for West Dorset County Hospital, and transmitted to patients a few days later.
(19.5.08)
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Informal Brass Concert

29 April 2008
Many of the younger brass players in the School took part in an informal brass concert in the Edwin Evans Music Room on Tuesday. Impressively, Angus Gibson (trumpet) and George Butler (trombone), who have only been playing since the start of this academic year, had the courage to play solos and played very well. Edward Routh, Henrietta Nelson, Eleanor Grugeon and Fergus Kidd also played enjoyable solos. The concert finished with the Brass Ensemble playing ‘Slow Blues’ by Daniel Perrotet and ‘Rumba’ by Bruce Fraser. Many thanks to Mr Price for organising the concert.
(02.5.08)
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Viol Workshop and Lecture Recital

27 April 2008
On Sunday 27 April viol specialists Alison Crum and Roy Marks arrived at Bryanston with a van full of different sized viols. The afternoon workshop was spent teaching Bryanston musicians how to play these instruments. At first it seemed hard to believe that so much could be covered in two hours. The names of the strings were first memorised and the students quickly learnt how to pluck playing on gut frets.The bow hold was then introduced and it was quite amazing to see how quickly the group began to transform into a respectable group of viol players.

By the end of the afternoon the group had learnt to play three pieces in harmony and great fun was had by all. The evening lecture recital was very informative and we heard music ranging from the 15th century to the 18th century played on a variety of different viols, lutes and a theorbo. The recital included a most unusual piece by Marin Marais vividly depicting the painful operation of a gallstone removal!
(28.4.08)

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Choral Evensong at Salisbury Cathedral

17 April 2008
Bryanston School Chamber Choir sang choral evensong at Salisbury Cathedral on Thursday 17 April, following their successful visit to Sturminster Newton in January. The service included music by Walmisley (Canticles in D minor), Ayleward (Responses) and Mathias (the anthem Let the people praise thee, O God). The congregation included a large number of parents. The choir sang superbly and enjoyed the experience.
(29.4.08)
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BSO Trips

In the autumn and spring terms, the Music Department organises trips for its music scholars to the Poole Lighthouse Theatre to hear the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The BSO trips are an excellent opportunity for our young musicians to hear a first-rate orchestra performing the greatest masterpieces in Western musical history, and listening to live music is considered an important and worthwhile activity. In January, the B, C and D scholars heard Grieg’s Peer Gynt and a spectacular performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Henning Kraggerud as the soloist. In the second half, the orchestra were taken stylishly through Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony by evergreen Welsh conductor Owain Arwel Hughes. A month later, the senior music scholars attended a rather more heavyweight concert of nineteenth-century German masterpieces conducted undemonstratively but sensitively by Dmitry Sitkovetsky, to whom the orchestra responded with clear admiration and affection. After Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, the audience witnessed an absorbing performance of the Schumann Piano Concerto by Katia Skanavi. Moving extravagantly at the keyboard, she demonstrated an intense and emotional involvement in the music, and, while there were questionable points of interpretation in the concerto, her encore of the Schumann Träumerei from Kinderszenen was absolutely sublime. After the interval, the orchestra tackled Beethoven’s 4th Symphony; not his best known symphony, but certainly among the most interesting and well crafted of his orchestral works.
(21.3.08)
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Choral Concert at Christchurch Priory

7 March 2008
The beautiful and historic setting of Christchurch Priory was packed for an outstanding evening concert given by Bryanston's senior orchestra and choirs, and showcasing the remarkable gifts of two outstanding soloists drawn from within the ranks of the school's A2 music scholars. The opening work, a picturesque tone poem entitled Journey, composed and conducted by Director of Music Duncan Emerson, was memorable for its lush and imaginative orchestration and for the warm, questing lyricism of its melodic contours. This moving piece, dedicated to Emerson's late father, was lovingly and vibrantly rendered. The orchestra was then joined by Rozzie Curlett, destined next year for the Royal Northern College of Music, who proved herself a highly gifted, musically imaginative soloist in Saint-Saëns' First Cello Concerto. Rozzie's interpretation of this richly romantic work was characterized by an impressive maturity of conception and delivery; the bubbly, extrovert moments projected with fire and vigour and the more intimate episodes drawn with affecting tenderness and shaped by a sensitive ear for colour and phrasing. This magnificent performance was well deserving of the terrific reception accorded it upon its conclusion, and no less impressive was Ed Davison's account of Vaughan Williams' magical Five Mystical Songs, in which the school forces were joined by members of the Bryanston Choral Society. These exquisite gems are all the more difficult to perform convincingly on account of their great familiarity and, not only did Ed succeed in a charismatic, technically-assured reading, but he illuminated their subtle, intimate musings afresh, casting many well-loved moments in a new and captivating light and demonstrating his characteristic sensitivity to line and texture.

After the interval, the audience enjoyed a warm-hearted account of Mozart's famous Requiem, in which the Bryanston Choral Society, school choirs and orchestra were joined by four professional soloists: Old Bryanstonian Amy Carson, Penelope Davies, Richard Rowntree and Stephen Foulkes. This was a thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying performance and provided an invigorating climax to the evening. The concert, given in a major regional venue, represented a large-scale triumph for the Bryanston Music Department. The massively ambitious programme was superbly brought off with terrific style and polish and was an immense credit to all concerned, not least to Duncan Emerson who conducted the entire programme with unflagging energy and verve.
(10.3.08)
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Weymouth Festival

1 March 2008
On the 1st March Charlotte Routh and Suzy Duggan competed against students from all over the South West of England in the Weymouth Music Festival. Both pupils were commended but particular congratulations go to Suzy as she was one of only a highly selected few invited back to repeat her performance of Schumann’s Traumerei. Her class was adjudicated by Graeme Humphrey.
(12.5.08)
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C and D Bands Concert

27 February 2008 witnessed some of Bryanston’s most talented young solo performers and rock bands take to the stage for the annual C and D bands concert. The evening saw many great performances of both covers and original material. The opening act was an original tune by Charlie Alford, played by Charlie and sung by Beth Heald. Other fine solo and duo performances from the evening included those by Georgie Malcolm, Georgia Strange, Tilly Thompson and Amy Christensen, Max Simons-Dukes and Alex Byers.

The first band was Hughie and the Maids, who played an original track. Perhaps the biggest roars of the evening were for our new D bands, one fronted by singer Jago Poynter, who sang Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes, and the other fronted by Jordan Lees, who performed a great version of Back in Black by AC/DC. Ed Graves deserves a special mention for his great dedication to working out Angus Young’s solos from the original track! Genuine Yellow featured Sam Chapman on guitar who played a blistering couple of rock covers.

Nature of 93 saw some of C’s finest playing three of their original tunes. These included the melodic Butterfly sung by Alex White and the truly thunderous Rolly Drums, the latter featuring Raf Cross and his flashing drumsticks! An amazing performance by all involved.
(7.3.08)
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Valentine’s Ball

16 February 2008
Over 185 guests, made up mainly of parents, had their spirits lifted from the gloom of February by a colourful and exciting musical event on 16 February. Director of Music, Duncan Emerson, said, “I wanted to try something completely new in my first year and a ball using the three grand and beautiful rooms – Grosvenor, Cowley and Dorchester – seemed an obvious choice. Rather than just inviting parents to meetings to hear comments on their son’s or daughter’s progress, I wanted to invite them to dress up and enjoy a champagne reception, a stunning three-course meal and then dance to music. Musical events should be entertaining and fun and, considering the overwhelming positive feedback I had after the event, I feel confident that we achieved our goal.” The Jazz Band (run by the students) played directly after the meal and then the Dance Band followed (directed by Duncan Emerson); both groups performed brilliantly, leaving everyone asking when the next one would be. [ ...more pictures ]
(10.3.08)
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Chamber Music Masterclass with Malcolm Layfield

12 February 2008
Five different chamber groups were extremely fortunate to have the benefit of the expert advice from Malcolm Layfield, Head of Strings at The Royal Northern College of Music. Malcolm’s guidance allowed all of the groups to immediately perform with greater depth and musicality.

The groups involved were two string quartets, a piano trio, a piano quartet and a piano quintet (with wind instruments). The pupils played to a high standard and the two groups who have advanced to the second round of the ‘Pro Corda’ competition gained enormous confidence from the experience.
(27.2.08)
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Informal concert

1.35 p.m. Tuesday 26 February 2008 in the EEMR
Fourteen pupils took advantage of the opportunity to perform their pieces in public before their Associated Board exam next week. All of the performances were well polished and confident. Congratulations to: Rosalie Curlett, Matilda Bourchier, Nina Attwood, Eleanor Vardigans, Camilla St Aubyn, Lucia Giles, Robin Hughes-Chamberlain, Isabella Jenkins, James Pulman, Eliza Heneage, Suzanna Duggan, Verena Himmelreich, Lucy Hosford, Ella Marchment.
(27.2.08)
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Chamber Music Success

Two Bryanston chamber groups have been selected to participate in the semi-finals of the Pro Corda Chamber Music Festival for Schools which will take place at Millfield School on 6th March.
Piano Trio - Pippa Goodall, Rozzie Curlett, Lizzie Post
Piano Quartet - Robin Hughes-Chamberlain, Sam Bower, Theo Walters, James Pulman.
(13.2.08)
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String Chamber Concert

Wednesday 6 February at 8.15pm
Bryanston Church was a most appropriate venue for the Cantata performance at the Ash Wednesday concert. The concert opened with a lyrical performance of the first movement from the quartet no. 2 in D major by Borodin performed by Philippa Goodall, Robin Hughes-Chamberlain, Lucy Antrobus and Rosalie Curlett. This was followed by a performance of two movements from Jansa’s B flat major quartet performed by Lucia Giles, Alice Beverley, Alexander Dunn-Sale and Lucinda Thompson Mainland. The concert ended with a most memorable performance of the first three movements of Cantata no. 82: Ich Habe Genug by JS Bach directed by Christina Scott. The sublime singing and playing by Edward Davison and Jonathan Moody transported us to another world and the sensitive accompaniment by the String Chamber Orchestra demonstrated some very fine string ensemble playing.
(13.2.08)
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Piano Duet Concert

Several pupils took part in a Piano Duet Concert on Tuesday 12 February in the Marriner Room. The performers were Alice Beverley, Lizzie Post, Mia Kosminsky, Georgie Malcolm, Ed Davison, Hannah Caplin, Maddie Breen, Christa Stengard-Green, Molly Adkin, Annie Hosford, Anna Jay, and Katie Holland, with teachers Duncan Honeybourne and Lisa Lewis.
(13.2.08)
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Collegium Regale Visit

Collegium Regale visited Bryanston on Wednesday 9 January and provided a packed church with a superb concert in aid of Save the Children. The whole occasion was organised by the Save the Children Blandford office led by Anne Dearle.

In addition to the concert, the students arrived at lunchtime to give an hour’s workshop to Bryanston’s female close harmony group. The pupils – Alice Beverley, Pippa Goodall, Georgie Malcolm and Lizzie Post – really enjoyed the advice they were given and they visibly grew in confidence throughout the afternoon. Collegium Regale also gave three inspiring performances and a good time was had by all.
(1.2.08)
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Fiona Cross Recital

A good-sized audience were treated to a wonderful clarinet recital given by Bryanston’s own Fiona Cross and accompanied by Duncan Honeybourne on Tuesday 15 January. Fiona is an Old Bryanstonian and, since appearing as a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Festival Hall, is considered one of Britain’s most outstanding and established clarinettists.

Fiona played a broad-ranging programme to show the versatility of the clarinet: Popular Song from Walton’s ‘Façade’; Schumann’s Fantasiestuck; 3rd movement of Horovitz’s Sonatina; 3rd movement of Hesketh’s Aphorisms and the virtuosic Carnival of Venice by Jean-jean.
(1.2.08)
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Congratulations

Congratulations to the following pupils who gained a distinction in last term's Associated Board Music exams:
Grade 2 Piano Alex Dunn-Sale
Grade 7 Piano Pippa Goodall
Grade 8 Clarinet Emily Cooper
Grade 8 Trumpet and Singing Ed Davison (a particular achievement to get two grade 8 distinctions in the same session!)

And many congratulations also to Rozzie Curlett who has had three offers from prestigious music colleges.
(18.1.08)
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The Christmas Concert

Bryanston School’s Christmas Concert featured an impressive range of musical groups this year, from the Symphony Orchestra to the newly formed Dance Band.

The Orchestra set the tone for the first half with a powerful performance of Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 (the “Unfinished”) in B minor. Their interpretation showcased the full spectrum of the piece’s dramatic intensity, seamlessly passing the lyrical second theme between sections. Leaping from the rich tonal and melodic contrasts of Schubert’s romanticism, they then wowed the audience with music from The Pirates of the Caribbean. Capturing all the drama and suspense of the popular films, their performance swept the audience off on a high sea adventure. The effect was heightened by projections from the film and dramatic lighting. Yo ho!

The String Chamber Orchestra followed with Finzi’s evocative Prelude for Strings, beautifully rendered by solo violinist Lucia Giles. Then it was time to Cha Cha Cha with the Percussion Group, whose performance of Tito Puente’s Oye Como Va got feet tapping. Jamie Hajigeorgiou contributed an impressive solo performance that would have set the Buena Vista Social Club abuzz.

The Saxophone Ensemble’s performance of the very challenging ‘Head’s up’ was stunning and the swinging rendition of When I’m Sixty-Four proved a perfect introduction to several numbers performed by the Concert Band - from Sophisticated Lady to Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - with soaring trumpet solos from Ed Davison.

Perhaps the greatest individual achievement of the evening belonged to Jonathan Moody, who performed his own composition with student band The Yearning. Fusing blues and psychedelic rock, the result was a nuanced and sophisticated performance. This was the first time that a student band had performed at one of the School’s headline concerts, and it is hoped that this has set a trend for years to come.

The evening ended with powerful performances from the Dance Band, featuring solo vocalists Olivia Boswell (Misty) and Ati Fisher (The Look of Love) and saxophonist Alex White. The Dance Band has quickly rocketed to Bryanston superstardom, moving from sultry lounge classics to the jubilant Respect with admirable panache. The concert concluded to warm applause: duly earned praise for all the students and staff who provided such a memorable end to the term.
(12.12.07)
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Dazzling London Concert at St Paul's Knightsbridge

The programme began with the first movement of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. This worked well as an introduction to the evening. It is a work both of drama and lyrical beauty, using the full range of the Symphony Orchestra to explore an immense variety of tones and textures. Every section took its opportunity to contribute to a most satisfying and moving whole.

Before the orchestra moved off, Rozzie Curlett joined them for an electrifying performance of Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto. In rapid succession followed the Saxophone Quintet; the Chamber Choir; and the String Chamber Orchestra with Rutter's Suite Antique, a wonderful showcase for Charlotte Routh's tingling flute-playing.

The Concert Band led us into the second half with two numbers new to their repertoire, demonstrating, even to the sceptical, just how possible it is for massed wind to be subtle. Then the newly formed Dance Band took us into an area of music hitherto little explored at Bryanston and the rapturous applause from the audience indicated our enjoyment of the music. We were back on more familiar ground with Church music from the A Choir and the new B/C/D Girls' Choir.

The orchestral overture was finely balanced by the stunning choral finale. We were treated by the combined choirs to two great warhorses of the English Cathedral tradition: Balfour Gardiner’s Evening Hymn, a late Romantic work of lush sensuality, and Parry's I was glad, a more Victorian, triumphalist work. Both showed superb control, not only when over a hundred voices gave their all, but even more strikingly in those moments when they undersang, giving us a magic snow-blanket of sound.
(19.11.07)
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Informal Lunchtime Concert

SATIPS Day

A fun-filled musical day known as SATIPS took place on Thursday 11th October. A total of nine Prep Schools attended the day with 130 pupils taking part. After a play through the chosen three pieces of music in the morning, the pupils worked hard in sectionals either side of lunchtime taken by Philip Rioch, Christina Ball, Dugald Clark, Richard Baker, Graham Scott and Dan Webb. Bryanston's new Director of Music, Duncan Emerson, directed the final afternoon rehearsal and the concert and commented on how superbly all the pupils behaved, as well as being truly impressed by the end musical result. One of the three pieces had been specifically commissioned for the occasion and was written by Richard Nye from Dumpton. There were also many fine chamber music performances played in the afternoon. Special thanks go to Roy Robinson from Castle Court who organised the whole event; the pupils clearly enjoyed the day very much.
(5.11.07)
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Weekly Singers Concert

On 9th October the following pupils took part in an informal singers concert: Jessie Reynolds, Daisy China, Clare Reid, Ed Davison, Naomi Richardson, Hermione Cox, Max Simons-Dukes, Georgia Le Strange, Flo Lunt, Alice Whitlock, Alice Beverley, Georgie Malcolm, Lizzie Post and Pippa Goodall.

These popular concerts provide a platform for the less experienced as well as our more high-profile singers and incorporate a range of styles and approach. On this occasion we had representatives from each year group and every item, whether confidently or tentatively offered, met with the exuberant applause associated with these concerts. From the room-filling resonance of Ed Davison’s singing of Mendelssohn to the funky rhythms of Max Simons-Dukes' I'm yours by Jason Mraz, and Pippa Goodall's arrangement of I will survive, there was something for everyone here. Well done to all those who took part!
(29.10.07)
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Cello Masterclass with Sue Lowe

On 2nd October, Bryanston pupils along with cellists from local prep schools received individual coaching by the distinguished cello teacher, Sue Lowe. The afternoon masterclass was a most beneficial and inspirational experience for all and it was particularly encouraging to see younger cellists responding so well in a public setting.
(3.10.07)
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