The Record 2014 - 2015

THE ARTS

St Edward’s at St John’s Smith Square 2nd February 2015

The event at St John’s Smith Square was a very special occasion, being, as the Warden put it in his opening address, a ‘once in a lifetime experience’ particularly for the three cello soloists in Haydn’s Cello Concerto No.1 , Aaron Gruen (Cowell’s, Fifth Form), Horatio Holloway (Segar’s, Upper Sixth) and Benedict Swindells (Sing’s, Lower Sixth), and the soloists in ‘The Heavens are Telling’ from Haydn’s Creation , Sasha Holland (Macnamara’s, Upper Sixth), James Buxton (Apsley, Upper Sixth) and Tom Montgomery (Field House, Fifth Form). The Concert Band rendered Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute with great panache before the delicately poised Cello Concerto . The Symphony Orchestra then performed the final two movements of Haydn’s Symphony No.101, the ninth of his 12 ‘London’ symphonies, before being joined on the platform by the combined Chapel Choirs to perform two anthems by Haydn, ‘Insanae et Vanae Curae’ and ‘The Heavens are Telling’. The performances were worthy tribute to this adopted British composer, an almost exact contemporary of the church itself.

Insanae et Vanae Curae (Hob.XX1:3c), FJ Haydn

Overture to Die Zauberflöte (K.620), WA Mozart Concert Band Conductor: Richard Powell*

The Heavens are Telling from Die Schopfüng (Hob.XXX1/2), FJ Haydn Chapel Choirs, Symphony Orchestra

Cello Concerto No.1 in C major (Hob.V11b/1), FJ Haydn Soloists: Aaron Gruen, Horatio Holloway, Benedict Swindells, Chamber Orchestra Leader: Viktoria Fichtenbauer Conductor: Gabriele Damiani*

Conductor: Alex Tester* Soprano: Sasha Holland Tenor: James Buxton Bass: Tom Montgomery

Symphony No.101 in D major (Hob.1/101), FJ Haydn Symphony Orchestra Leader: Viktoria Fichtenbauer Conductor: Alex Tester*

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