Spring Concert 2023

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Published on: February 1, 2023

Date:  Saturday 1st April  2023

Start Time: 7:30 pm

Venue: Newnham On Severn Church

Programme:

  • Gounod: Petite symphonie, for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons in E flat major, CG 560
  • Grieg: Holberg Suite (Strings) Op. 40
  • Faure: Pavane. Op. 50
  • Emilie Mayer: Symphony in E major (1853)

Conductors:  Fiona Crawley and William Sharma

Leader:       Ros Taunton

 

Tickets:  Adults £10 on the door, including programme.

Free entry to those in full time education.

Refreshments: Will be available

Supporting St. Mary’s Church: Chepstow

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Published on: September 5, 2022

A Concert supporting St. Mary’s Church in Chepstow

Date:  Saturday 8th October  2022

Start Time: 7:30 pm

Venue: St Mary’s Church, Chepstow

Programme:

Vaughan-Williams – Rhosymedre
Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Butterworth- By The Banks of Green Willow
Rameau- Entree de Polymnee from Les Boreades
Marcello- Oboe Concerto- solo Oboe (Caron)
Interval
Faure Pavane- Strings, double wind, two horns
Mozart 40 – Strings, double wind, two horns.

Conductor:  Fiona Crawley

Leader:       Ros Taunton

 

Tickets:  TBC

Refreshments: Will be available

Future Date: Winter Concert: 10th December. Coleford Baptist Church. 3 p.m. k.o.

Summer 2022 Concert

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Published on: June 21, 2022

Date:  Saturday16th July 2022

Start Time: 7:30 pm

Venue: St Paul’s Church, Parkend (GL15 4HJ)

Programme:

  • Rossini: ‘The Silken Ladder’ Overture
  • Finzi: A Severn Rhapsody
  • Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’

Conductor:  Fiona Crawley

Leader:       Ros Taunton

Soloist:        Alan Holder

Tickets:  Adults £10 including programme. On the door. Free entry to those still at school.

Programmes: Download here or available on the gate.

Retiring Collection: The British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal

Refreshments: Will be available

Music and Afternoon Tea for Ukraine

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Published on: March 3, 2022

Date:  Sunday March 13th 2022    

Start Time: 2-4 pm

Venue: St. Paul’s Church, Parkend, Gloucestershire

 

 

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Important Dates

Saturday 14th December 2024. Christmas concert, Newnham Church. “Northern Lights”. Music by Sibelius and Rautavaara and two new compositions.

Saturday 12th April 2025. Spring Concert – Newnham Church. Music by Skempton, Ravel, Dvorak

Saturday 5th July 2025. Carmen at St, Mary’s Church Chepstow. Soloists from RWCMD and new libretto by Euan Tait.

Saturday  12th July 2025. Summer Concert – Parkend Church.

Saturday 5th December 2025. Christmas and Winter Concert – Coleford Baptist Church.

 

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