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

Christmas Concert 2022

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Published on: November 22, 2022

Date:  Saturday 10th December 2022

Start Time: 3:00 pm

Venue: Coleford Babtist Church

Programme:

  • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Selection
  • Vivaldi: “Winter”
  • Lane: Overture on French Carols
  • Respighi: Adoration of the Magi
  • Selection of seasonal music

Conductors:  Fiona Crawley and William Sharma

Leader:       Ros Taunton

 

Tickets:  Adults £5 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

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Important Dates

Saturday 14th December 2024. Winter concert – St Peter’s Church, Newnham. “Northern Lights”. Music by Sibelius and Rautavaara and three world premiere compositions.

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

Saturday  5th July 2025. Summer Concert – St Mary’s Priory Church, Chepstow.

Saturday 13th December 2025. Christmas and Winter Concert – Coleford Baptist Church.

Saturday 4th July 2026. Carmen at St, Mary’s Church Chepstow. Soloists from RWCMD and new libretto by Euan Tait.

 

 

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