Brass and Organ Spectacular

Brass and Organ
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7:30pm Saturday
9th October 2010
St Peter’s Church,
Burwood Road,
Hersham,
Surrey KT12 4AA
Tickets £10
Available from
Parish Office
01932 253452
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Our Thanks
Adrian Warren, Organ Soloist
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To The Charity of Robert Phillips for sponsoring this event.
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St. Peters Church for their inspiring venue.
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To our hard working Conductor Graham Chambers.
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To the volunteers in the Parish Office for their great support.
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To Church Members who organised Tickets and Refreshments.
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To Reeds School, Cobham for the splendid rehearsal and
recording facilities in their Music School.
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Surrey Brass is most grateful to
The Charity of Robert Phillips for their
generous sponsorship of this event.
The Charity aims to promote education in
the appreciation of music, drama and the
fine arts in The Ancient Parish of Walton-onThames.
Adrian Warren and his musical family live in Woking. His wife Caroline
plays violin, daughter Jacqueline also plays violin and son Nicholas plays
French Horn. This makes it entirely logical that Adrian is an Organist,
Tuba player and in between manages to squeeze in working during the
day as a Petrochemicals Business Manager for the Japanese trading
house, Mitsui.
Adrian claims that he took up organ “by accident” – as the organist at the
church at which he was a chorister, forgot to put his clock forward, and
at short notice he
deputised! From such
an auspicious early
start, his reputation
spread rapidly and
since then he has
been organist in St
Katherines Knockholt
in Kent, Holy Trinity
Anglican ProCathedral in Brussels,
The American Church
at Waterloo, Belgium,
St Mary Coity,
Bridgend, Mid
Glamorgan, and St
Peters Church,
Hersham as well as
having a busy time
freelancing
throughout the Elmbridge area.
He started playing tuba at 11, when the instrument was larger than he
was. One of his many claims to fame was that while in Belgium, he was
only the second non-national to play with Pandore, the orchestra of the
Belgian Gendarmarie, the National Police force! [The first non-national
player was his wife Caroline]. Adrian currently plays tuba for Surrey
Brass, and freelances in London and the Home Counties.
Programme compiled by John Goodwin
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Programme Notes
Pavane pour une infante défunte - Maurice Ravel
The pavane was a slow processional dance that enjoyed great popularity
in the courts of Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a wellknown piece written for solo piano by the French composer Maurice Ravel
in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris
under Gabriel Fauré. Ravel described the piece as "an evocation of a
pavane that a little princess might, in former times, have danced at the
Spanish court".
Sabre Dance - Aram Khatchaturian
Perhaps the best known piece by this Armenian composer, it evokes a
whirling war dance in an Armenian dance, where the dancers display
their skill with sabres. Its middle section incorporates an Armenian folk
song. The music from the ballet Gayane, completed in 1942 has been
traditionally used to accompany travelling circuses. For example, the
tune is frequently featured on the TV series “The Simpsons”, usually to
emphasise fast pace of some situation. It has also been used as the
theme tune for the “Keystone Kops”! Sabre Dance has been covered by
many performers and genres such as jazz musician Woody Herman, The
Andrews Sisters, Vanessa Mae, the string quartet Bond, and British punk
rock bands UK Subs - and many others!
Golden Jubilee Fanfare - John Hughes
The winning fanfare in a fanfare contest, and performed at the inaugural
concert by Surrey Brass in 2001, which celebrated the Golden Jubilee of
HM Queen Elizabeth II. John is a prolific composer and arranger, with a
particular talent for accessible, light music. He has collaborated with
Surrey Brass on numerous occasions and wrote several pieces of music
to accompany the innovative live performance of silent films by Cecil
Hepworth, which were performed in The Playhouse at Walton, the last
remaining building of the Hepworth studio, which produced hundreds of
internationally acclaimed films between 1896 and 1924, predating the
rise of Hollywood.
About Surrey Brass
Surrey Brass was founded in August 2001 by John Goodwin
and aims to develop the fine tradition of ensemble brass
performance originated by the internationally famous Philip
Jones Brass Ensemble, by widening the audience for brass
ensemble music, enlarging the repertoire, and providing
enjoyment for everyone.
Surrey Brass plays a wide, innovative and entertaining
repertoire to a high standard, incorporating fresh influences from diverse
musical sources including Classical, Jazz, Film, and World Music.
Our talented musicians are some of the best players in the county of
Surrey. We are particularly keen on encouraging young brass players and
every year performs at least one concert involving them - hopefully some
will join us in future.
Surrey Brass aims to promote the Arts in all its forms and is keen to form
new performing relationships with local Arts organisations, composers
and arrangers in the county of Surrey. We publish sheet music of our
own and other peoples’ arrangements for brass ensemble on our website
to help widen the performance of this music.
We also try to perform at least one Charity concert every year and have
raised many thousands of pounds for various causes including Tsunami
relief, help to the Third World, and fundraising for a new Village Hall.
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Grand Choeur Dialogué - Eugène Gigout
Eugène Gigout (1844 –1925) was a French organist and a composer of
European late-romantic music for organ. A pupil of Camille Saint-Saëns,
he served as the organist of Saint-Augustin Church in Paris for an
astonishing 62 years. He became widely known as a teacher and his
output as a composer was considerable. Renowned as an expert
improviser, he also founded his own music school. His pupils included
Léon Boëllmann, André Messager, and Albert Roussel. The 10 pièces pour
orgue (composed 1890) are Gigout's most celebrated compositions and
the Toccata in B minor is his best-known creation, which turns up as a
frequent encore at organ recitals. Grand Choeur Dialogué is also
frequently featured, and this evening marks the first performance of the
arrangement of this piece by tonight’s organ soloist Adrian Warren.
Theme from “The Big Country” - Jerome Moross
Everything about this 1958 classic is Big. The tag line for the movie is
“Big they fought! Big they loved! Big their story!” The characters are
larger than life, the huge vistas of the American Midwest provide a great
backdrop to the strong screenplay featuring a star-studded cast including
Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton
Heston and Burl Ives. Then there is the theme tune, which helped to
made the movie a smash hit from the opening title sequence and is one
of the greatest pieces of movie music ever written.
The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein
This Oscar-nominated was perhaps one of the first Spaghetti Westerns,
set in Mexico. It featured music by Elmer Bernstein. The score is, of
course, one of the all-time classics. An oppressed Mexican peasant village
assembles seven gunfighters to help defend their homes. They must
prepare the town to repulse an army of over 100 bandits who will arrive
wanting food. This gave the perfect excuse to use seven major stars in
one film, guaranteeing its success. Ironically, composer John Williams
who later wrote the music for “Star Wars” was a member of the orchestra
that recorded Elmer Bernstein's score; he played the piano.
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Children of Sanchez - Chuck Mangione
Blades of Toledo - Trevor Sharpe arr. Michael Straker
The Children of Sanchez is a 1961 book by American anthropologist
Oscar Lewis about a Mexican family living in the Mexico City slum of
Tepito, which he studied as part of his program to develop his concept of
culture of poverty. Due to criticisms expressed by members of the family
regarding the Government and Mexican presidents such as Adolfo Ruiz
Cortines and Adolfo López Mateos, and its being written by a foreigner,
the book was banned in Mexico for a few years before pressure from
literary figures resulted in its publication. The film based on the book and
with the same title was directed by Hall Bartlett and was released in
1979. The musical score of the movie was written by Chuck Mangione
and won a Grammy award. This is the title track, in a brilliant
arrangement by Surrey Brass trumpeter Michael Chapple.
The evergreen Brass Band favourite was written by one of the eminent
men in brass band music. Born in 1921, Trevor Sharpe was Director of
Music of the Coldstream Guards (1963-1974) and of The Royal Military
School of Music (1974-1978) after which he remained at Kneller Hall as
Professor of Instrumentation . His name was familiar to millions of
television viewers as it appeared in the final credits of the ‘Dad’Army’
television programme, conducting the Coldstream Guards in the theme
tune. With Bernard Keefe, he was one of the adjudicators on the BBC
television series ‘Best of Brass’ which started in 1978 and ended in 1986.
Trevor died earlier this year and this is our tribute to him.
Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger
"Molly on the Shore" was written in 1907 by Grainger as a birthday gift
for his mother. Originally composed for string quartet or string orchestra,
this piece was arranged in 1920 for wind band by the composer, as well
as for orchestra. It is an arrangement of two contrasting Irish reels,
"Temple Hill" and "Molly on the Shore" that present the melodies in a
variety of textures and orchestrations, giving each section of the
ensemble long stretches of thematic and countermelodic material.
In a letter to Frederick Fennell (who would later go on to create the
definitive full score edition of Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy), Grainger says
that: "in setting Molly on the Shore, I strove to imbue the accompanying
parts that made up the harmonic texture with a melodic character not too
unlike that of the underlying reel tune. Melody seems to me to provide
music with initiative, wheras {sic} rhythm appears to me to exert an
enslaving influence. For that reason I have tried to avoid regular
rhythmic domination in my music - always excepting irregular rhythms,
such as those of Gregorian Chant, which seem to me to make for
freedom. Equally with melody, I prize discordant harmony, because of
the emotional and compassionate sway it exerts".
The Earle of Oxford’s March - William Byrd arr. Elgar Howarth
'The Earle of Oxford's March' is one of the pieces most requested by
Surrey Brass audiences – so we are playing it tonight! It is also known as
“The Batell” or “The March before the Battle”. Being purely programme
music, The Battell is rare in Byrd’s output, which largely comprises set
musical forms. It was probably written after 1588 when England was in a
mood of national celebration after victory over the Spanish and French
Armadas. The movement which Byrd calls Marche Before The Battell
became known as The Earl of Oxford’s March, though it is not entirely
clear why – it appears with that title in an early manuscript copy of the
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Written while Byrd was at the height of its
powers, it still stirs the soul to this day.
Greensleeves - Trad arr. Elgar Howarth
"Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, a ground of
the form called a romanesca. A broadside ballad by this name was
registered at the London Stationer's Company in 1580 as "A New
Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It then appears in the
surviving A Handful of Pleasant Delights (1584) as "A New Courtly Sonnet
of the Lady Green Sleeves. To the new tune of Green sleeves." There is a
persistent belief that Greensleeves was composed by Henry VIII for his
lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn. Boleyn allegedly rejected
King Henry's attempts to seduce her and this rejection may be referred
to in the song when the writer's love "cast me off discourteously".
However, Henry did not compose "Greensleeves". The arrangement
performed tonight is by Elgar Howarth, trumpet player of the Philip Jones
Brass Ensemble, and uses a number of interesting effects to add
innovative colours to this familiar tune.
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The Shepherd’s Song - Trad arr. Goff Richards adapted Michael
Chapple
Canteloube took more than thirty years (1924 to 1955) to complete the
compilation of his most admired and famous collection of songs, Chants
d'Auvergne. Passionate, sometimes to excess, the songs reflect the
landscapes of the Auvergne in lush orchestral colors and have enabled
French folklore and rustic melodies to become better known. This folk
tune tells the story of a woman teasing a shepherd who is on the other
side of a river but who cannot cross to join her.
Prelude Air and Gigue – Robin Wells
This little suite for trumpet was written for Will Spencer to play at the
wedding of Robin’s daughter Alison to Matthew. The pieces are very
loosely based upon the letters of their names, and there is an unabashed
reference in the second and third movement to Gershwin's song "The
man I love". Tonight it is performed by the trumpeter it was written for.
Graham Chambers - Conductor
Graham Chambers started playing the trombone as a boy at school in
Oxfordshire. He started lessons with Denis Wick at the age of 14 and at the same
time gaining a place in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain where he
was principal trombone for three years, and later represented Great Britain in the
Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra playing under such conductors as Leonard
Bernstein and Pierre Boulez.
A degree in music followed at Surrey University
where he studied conducting under Brian Brockless
and conducted the University Wind Band. After
University Graham spent some time as a freelance
trombone player and brass instrument teacher before
joining the BBC music department in 1981 where he
worked for Radio 3 and later BBC TV Music and Arts
Department. During this time he became musical
director of the Redbridge Brass Band which under his
coaching became the leading brass band in the
London and Southern region – a position it still holds
today.
Hymn to the Fallen – John Williams
With Saving Private Ryan, John Williams has written a memorial for all
the soldiers who sacrificed themselves on the altar of freedom in the
Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944. "Hymn to the Fallen," never appears
anywhere in the main text of the film, only at the end credit roll. It's a
piece of music and a testament to John Williams' sensitivity and brilliance
that will stand the test of time and honour forever the fallen of this war
and possibly all wars.
Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael
"Stardust" is an American popular song composed in 1927 by Hoagy
Carmichael with lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell Parish. Bing Crosby
released a version in 1931 and by the following year over two dozen
bands had recorded "Stardust". It was then covered by almost every
prominent band of that era. It became an American “standard”, and is
considered one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, with over
1,500 total recordings to date. Tonight it features horn soloist Tim Costen
in an arrangement by John Iveson, trombonist with the Philip Jones Brass
Ensemble.
Graham ceased playing and conducting activities in
the late 1980’s when he took on the role of librarian for the London Symphony
Orchestra. During this time he travelled worldwide with the LSO and worked
closely with some of the world’s greatest conductors e.g. Leonard Bernstein, Sir
Georg Solti, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davies, André Previn,
Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Antonio Pappano, Sir Simon Rattle and Valery
Gergiev, to name but a few.
His work with the LSO included preparing performing materials for the extremely
busy recording schedule, including a vast number of film recordings including
films such as Brave Heart by James Horner, and the more recent much famed
Star Wars recordings composed by John Williams and Patrick Doyle and many
other well known film composers such as Jerry Goldsmith. He also worked closely
with a wide variety of popular recording artists such as Paul McCartney, Diana
Ross, Shirley Bassey, Luciano Pavarotti and many many others.
He also programmed film music concerts and made a number of arrangements
that the LSO and LSO Brass Ensemble played regularly at film music and
children’s concerts.
Graham left the LSO in 2007 and currently works as a freelance music editor and
has had the time to rekindle his love of conducting brass and is delighted to have
been asked to direct Surrey Brass.
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our musical future and Surrey Brass aims to encourage them always.
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performers it might become apparent that putting on concerts like this
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The Players
Trumpets
Michael Chapple
Will Spencer
Steve Dawes
John Goodwin
Hannah Buswell
Horn
Tim Costen
Lisa Ridgway
Trombones
Michael Straker
Dave Gale
Evatt Gibson
Bass Trombone
Tony Somerville
Tuba
Adrian Warren
Percussion
Neil Marshall
Katriona Pett
Organ
Adrian Warren
Conductor
Graham Chambers
Surrey Brass thanks their regular players who are unable to play tonight
and whose loyal support is gratefully acknowledged. We also thank our
talented deputies, whose assistance is vital to our performance tonight.
The Committee
President: Denis Wick
Chairman: Steve Dawes
Secretary: Huw Evans
Treasurer: Michael Straker
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The Programme
“A Golden Jubilee Fanfare”: John Hughes
Surrey Brass
“Stardust”: Hoagy Carmichael arr John Iveson
Horn Soloist
Tim Costen
“Grand Choeur Dialogue”: Eugene Gigout
Organ Soloist
Adrian Warren
“Prelude Air and Gigue”: Robin Wells
Trumpet Soloist
Will Spencer
“The Big Country”: Jerome Moross
Surrey Brass
"Sabre Dance": Aram Khatchaturian
Surrey Brass
“Hymn to the Fallen”: John Williams
Organ Solo
Adrian Warren
“The Magnificent Seven”: Elmer Bernstein
Surrey Brass
INTERVAL (Approximately 20 minutes)
Bar Open
“The Earle of Oxford’s March”: William Byrd
Surrey Brass
“Greensleeves”: Trad arr Elgar Howarth
Surrey Brass
“Molly on the Shore”: Percy Grainger
Surrey Brass
“Pavane pour une infante défunte”: Ravel
Surrey Brass
“Blades of Toledo”: Trevor Sharpe
The Trombones
“The Shepherd’s Song”: Trad
Surrey Brass
“Children of Sanchez”: Chuck Mangione
Flugelhorn Soloist
John Goodwin
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In the interests of SAFETY we ask all
members of the audience to ensure they are
familiar with the clearly marked location of
FIRE EXITS.
SWITCH OFF MOBILE PHONES
and other noisy devices to avoid
embarrassment.
Thank you.
“Hangar at 3am” – Black night outside, but inside lights
blaze as Concorde sleeps. A small army of engineers go
about their tasks quietly and efficiently, making
preparations for the flight ahead.
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”Departure Lounge” – A buzz of anticipation. Many
languages are heard. Urgency and excitement increases
but serenity is maintained.
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”Afterburner” – Concorde takes off and switches on the
afterburner with a roar. Passengers feel a kick in the
back, and the aircraft speeds up and climb steeply and
quickly disappears out of sight. Peace returns.
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”Mach 2” – Following a monstrous sonic boom, Concorde
accelerates to Mach 2. Screaming through the air at high
altitude, inside, all is calm and genteel.
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”Droop Snoot”- A jazzy sophisticated cosmopolitan feel,
showing Concorde from a different angle.
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”Arrival” – A distant rumble. Concorde is spotted in the
skies over the destination. People stop to turn and stare
at the beautiful sight coming ever closer. Triumphantly,
the ambassador of the sky lands at its destination.
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