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Orchestra
Leader:
JOHN LUDLOW
VERNON HANDLEY
Conductor
HUGH POTTS
Horn
BRIAN RAYNER COOK
Baritone
PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
This concert is promoted by Guildford Borough Council with financial support from the South East Arts Association.
MUSICIANS UNION
The South East Music Trust (the orchestras’ management body
for concerts outside the Guildford series) acknowledges with
great appreciation the continuing support of the Musicians
Union. The financial assistance the trust receives from the
union enables the employment of a concerts assistant to help
with the administration of the orchestras extended activities.
Vernon Handley
Vernon Handley was for twenty-one years Guildford
Born in Carisbrooke, in the Isle of Wight, Hugh Potts
Borough Council’s Director of Music and under his
went
direction the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra has
economics and psychology, and continued his studies
to
Durham
University
to
read
theology,
developed into a highly successful professional body of
on the french horn with the then principal player in the
major
the
Northern Sinfonia. Before long he was playing occa-
Orchestra of the South East. Vernon Handley’s work in
sionally with the Sinfonia. Despite such distractions,
Guildford has been recognised for its championship of
British music and an established series of enterprising
was regularly occupying the sub-principal horn chair
and
with the Orchestra. He then went to London and was a
importance,
stimulating
now
firmly
programmes
established
which
have
as
been
he obtained his degree; and by the 1967/68 season he
acclaimed nationally. Vernon Handley now holds the
permanent
position of the Orchestra’s Artistic Adviser.
Orchestra during Sir Georg Solti’s musical directorship
between two periods of free-lancing in which he played
Vernon Handley is now one of the front rank of British
conductors, and a recently conferred string of appointments highlight his position at the centre of British
member
of
the
Royal
Opera
House
with the major London orchestras both in this country
and on overseas tours.
music. In September of 1983 he was appointed Princi-
In 1973 the Northern Sinfonia found itself looking for
pal Guest Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony
both a principal and a sub-principal horn. Hugh Potts
Orchestra and Associate Conductor of the London
was invited to apply for the principal’s post, was
Philharmonic Orchestra. The latter position has been
selected, and chose the sub-principal to bring with him.
specially created for Vernon Handley in the recogni-
They have formed a much-admired team ever since,
tion of his long and enormously successful association
quite often exchanging principal and sub-principal
with the Orchestra. This year he takes up two new
chairs. Since 1981 Mr. Potts has been a tutor in horn at
appointments as Principal Conductor: in January with
the Malmoe Symphony Orchestra and in August with
the Ulster Orchestra. He is also Director of the 1985
Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Festival.
the Royal Northern College of Music.
In
1978 Tyne Tees Television
decided
to
make
a
documentary on the Northern Sinfonia and sent a
researcher to talk to every member of the Orchestra
In April 1986 he will take the Ulster Orchestra on their
and administration. Her name was Miss Lowri Gar-
first European tour, which includes an appearance at
land; it is now Mrs. Hugh Potts. They have one child,
the Musikverein in Vienna. He will also be visiting the
and another is on the way.
Oslo Philharmonic and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestras as well as paying regular visits to other European
orchestras.
Vernon Handley has made many memorable record-
ings, and in 1981 he was the recipient of the annual
Audio Award presented by Hi-Fi News. His records
range
throughout
the
orchestral
repertoire,
from
Dvorak and Tchaikovsky to Vaughan Williams and Tip-
pett. His recording of Elgar’s Symphony No. 2 with the
London Philharmonic Orchestra was described in the
Gramophone as being ‘among the finest versions availa-
ble... a superb account’.
However, in spite of his busy schedule, Vernon Handley manages to follow his keen interest in ornithology.
Guildford Philharmonic Choir
Guildford Philharmonic Choir (formerly the Festival
Choir) was formed in order to perform the major
choral repertoire with the Guildford Philharmonic
Orchestra. The choir made its first recording in 1973 of
Finzi’s “Intimations of Immortality” with the
Guildford Philharmonic, and in 1976 recorded Hadley’s “The Trees So High” with the Philharmonia
Orchestra, both recordings being conducted by Vernon
Handley. The Philharmonic Choir (in collaboration
with the Goldsmiths Choral Union) made its debut
with the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra in the Festival Hall in March this year in a performance of Verdi’s
Requiem, conducted by Brian Wright. Simon Halsey
was appointed Chorus Master in 1984 and in this he
acknowledges the assistance of Neville Creed and the
choir’s accompanist, Christopher Mabley.
Four Sea Interludes — Peter Grimes
Benjamin Britten 1913 — 1976
Dawn
Brian Rayner Cook graduated in music from Bristol
University, developing his interests as an organist and
as a conductor before devoting himself wholeheartedly
to singing. He won all the major prizes for singing during his postgraduate studies at the Royal College of
Music, and in 1969 was awarded a Kathleen Ferrier
Memorial Scholarship.
After many European engagements, Brian Rayner
Cook made his South American debut at the Teatro
Colon, Buenos Aires, in 1980, and was immediately
invited to return. He has given opera, oratorio and recital performances at many British and European Festivals (including Poland’s Warsaw Autumn Festival). He
has recently made return visits to Poland, Denmark,
Switzerland and Spain, and future engagements
include Italy, Greece, Israel, Egypt and Canada. He is
a frequent broadcaster both here and abroad, and his
BBC engagements have included two First Nights of
the Proms and also the Last Night of the 1980 series. A
champion of contemporary (especially British) composers, he has given first performances of a number of
song cycles, including several written specially for him.
He is currently working on two music-theatre pieces
which were composed for him.
Brian Rayner Cook’s numerous gramophone recordings range from Charpentier to Elgar and include
“Halle Christmas” for Classics for Pleasure. The same
company has now released “Carmina Burana”, his solo
contribution in which has been very favourably
reviewed by the critics, and he recently gave two performances of this work in Madrid for Spanish TV and
Radio. A world premiere recording of songs by Havergal Brian was released in 1983. Earlier this year he took
part in a new series of television’s popular programme
“Face the Music”.
Sunday Morning
Moonlight
Storm
“Peter Grimes”, which was composed in 1944/45, is
held by many to be Britten’s best Opera. It is a very
dramatic piece and certainly very successful in capturing the atmosphere of a small fishing town and the
town’s relationship with the hardest of protagonists,
the sea. Sea Interludes are played before or between
the scenes into which they lead without a break.
“Dawn” is based on three short themes: a bleak tune
for violins and flute, surely suggesting the cold morning
breezes and the cries of sea birds; harp and clarinet
runs, and quiet brass clashes. It is a masterly piece of
musical illustration and one can read all sorts of sea pictures into it: the slow swell of the waves and the receding of water down the beach.
“Sunday Morning”, which is the prelude to Act II,
suggests a very bright day. The horns, in thirds, begin
with forte piano chords, which are followed by a syncopated staccato woodwind theme. When the strings
have stated this sparkling tune, a broad melody from
the violas and ’cello takes over. This tune it is that
works up to a brilliant statement of the woodwind
theme on the trumpets, and the whole noise is suddenly cut into by the deep note of the church bell.
“Moonlight”, the Interlude before Act III, suggests a
very calm and still atmosphere, with the lower strings
and wind setting a background of rising and falling
chords, against which occasional flashes of light are
represented by octave drops in the flutes and harp.
“Storm”, is built on the opening two bar figure which
recurs frequently throughout the piece. The orchestra
throws this figure about impetuously until the turmoil
suddenly dies down and there is a quiet lull followed by
a strange staccato passage. This is repeated, and then
the fury of the storm returns to bring the Interlude to
its violent close.
In these four pieces Britten is concerned mainly with
effects, although the music of them is used elsewhere in
the Opera. His brilliance and atmospheric illustration
is nowhere better than in these Interludes.
the literature of music, Belshazzar, “weighed in the
balance and found wanting” by the men’s voices, is
“slain” by the whole choir. The last section is a mighty
hymn of praise, ecstatic Alleluias and the joy of liberation alternating to bring the work to a triumphant
close.
Horn Concerto
William Mathias b. 1934
Prelude
Scherzo
Nocturne
Capriccio
Commissioned by the 1984 Llandaff Festival (in association with the Welsh Arts Council), this work was written for Hugh Potts (to whom it is dedicated) and the
Northern Sinfonia. The scoring is for solo horn, timpani and string orchestra.
The opening Prelude exhibits both the declamatory
and lyrical qualities of the horn, and the succeeding
Scherzo its capacity to play at speed. The Nocturne is
the most deeply felt movement, and the final Capriccio
is both capricious and rhythmic.
© William Matbhias.
Thus spake Isaiah:
Thy sons that thou shalt beget
They shall be taken away,
And be eunuchs
In the palace of the King of Babylon
Howl ye, howl ye, therefore:
For the day of the Lord is at hand!
By the waters of Babylon,
By the waters of Babylon
There we sat down: yea, we wept
And hanged our harps upon the willows.
For they that wasted us
Required of us mirth;
They that carried us away captive
Required of us a song.
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How long shall we sing the Lord’s song
In a strange land?
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Belshazzar’s Feast
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem
Let my right hand forget her cunning.
If I do not remember thee,
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth.
Yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
By the waters of Babylon
There we sat down: yea, we wept.
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed,
Happy shall he be that taketh thy children
Walton 1902-1983
And dasheth them against a stone,
Belshazzar’s Feast, Walton’s Oratorio, with its text
from the Bible selected and arranged by Osbert Sitwell, is one of the outstanding landmarks in English
music of this century. Just as Holst’s “Hymn of Jesus”
took an entirely original view of religious musical utterance, so did Walton in his conception of biblical
oratorio. The music was composed between 1929 and
1931, and probably because of its almost unrelieved vitality, it sometimes gives the impression of being brilliant but superficial in its setting of the story of the writing on the wall. A careful examination of Walton’s
means, however, reveals searching imagination at
For with violence shall that great city of Babylon be
work.
The music is scored for double mixed choir, baritone
solo, a very large orchestra, including an array of percussion, and two brass ensembles placed to the right
and left of the conductor. First comes a trombone
flourish and Isaiah’s prophesy, sung in harsh dissonance by the male voices. Next the Exiles’ lament: “By
the waters of Babylon”. In the midst of their lament,
they state their confidence in the overthrow of Babylon. The baritone soloist in unaccompanied recitative
paints a picture of glorious Babylon, and the choir and
orchestra describe the feast itself. Then the soloist
describes in sinister music the appearance of the writing on the wall, and with one of the boldest moves in all
thrown down
And shall be found no more at all.
Babylon was a great city,
Her merchandise was of gold and silver,
Of precious stones, of pearls, of fine linen,
Of purple, silk and scarlet,
All manner vessels of ivory,
All manner vessels of most precious wood,
Of brass, iron and marble,
Cinnamon, odours and ointments,
Of frankincense, wine and oil,
Fine flour, wheat and beasts,
Sheep, horses, chariots, slaves
And the souls of men.
In Babylon
Belshazzar the King
Made a great feast.
Made a feast to a thousand of his lords.
And drank wine before the thousand.
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine,
Commanded us to bring the gold and silver vessels:
Yea! the golden vessels, which his father, Nebuchadnezzar,
Had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem.
Then sing aloud to God our strength:
Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
While the Kings of the Earth lament
And the merchants of the Earth
Weep, wail and rend their raiment.
They cry. Alas, alas, that great city.
He commanded us to bring the golden vessels
Of the temple of the house of God.
That the King, his Princes, his wives
And his concubines might drink therein.
Then the King commanded us:
Bring ye the cornet, flute, sackbut, psaltery
And all kinds of music: they drank wine again.
Yea, drank from the sacred vessels,
And then spake the King:
Praise ye
In one hour is her judgement come.
The trumpeters and pipers are silent.
And the harpers have ceased to harp,
And the light of a candle shall shine no more.
Then sing aloud to God our strength.
Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
For Babylon the Great is fallen.
The God of Gold
Praise ye
The God of Silver
Alleluia!
Praise ye
The God of Iron
Saturday 25 May 1985 at 7.45 p.m.
Praise ye
Civic Hall, Guildford
The God of Wood
Praise ye
REQUIEM - VERDI
Guildford Choral Society
The God of Stone
Praise ye
The God of Brass
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor
Praise ye the Gods!
Jo Ann Pickens, Soprano
Gillian Knight, Alto
John Treleaven, Tenor
Thus in Babylon, the mighty city,
Belshazzar the King made a great feast.
Made a feast to a thousand of his lords
And drank wine before the thousand.
Paul Hudson, Bass
Belshazzar whiles he tasted the wine
Commanded us to bring the gold and silver vessels
That his Princes, his wives and his concubines
Might rejoice and drink therein.
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After they had praised their strange gods,
The idols and the devils,
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False gods who can neither see nor hear.
Called they for the timbrel and the pleasant harp
To extol the glory of the King.
Then they pledged the King before the people.
Crying, Thou, O King, art King of Kings
O King, live for ever. . .
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And in that same hour, as they feasted
Came forth fingers of a man’s hand
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And the King saw
“In honour of our Lady”
And this was the writing that was written:
Saturday 11th May 1985
The part of the hand that wrote.
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In that night was Belshazzar the King slain
And his Kingdom divided.
Then sing aloud to God our strength:
Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Take a psalm, bring hither the timbrel.
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon.
Blow up the trumpet in Zion
For Babylon the Great is fallen, fallen.
Lassus
Stabat Mater
Bruckner
Motets
Stanford
Magnificat (double Choir)
Britten
Hymn to the Virgin
Mendelssohn
Ave Maria
St. Joseph’s RC Church
Alleluia!
Eastgate Gardens,
Guildford
Admission by programme £3.00
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GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Tonight’s concert marks the end of the 1984/85 season,
a season when the Orchestra undertook a very wide
variety of engagements. This year was particularly notable in that it marked the Festival Hall debut of both
the Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra in a perfor-
mance
of Verdis Requiem promoted by the
Goldsmiths Choral Union and conducted by Brian
Wright.
The Orchestra gave the first concert in the re-furbished
Staines Town Hall with conductor John Forster, and
was, for the first time, the supporting Orchestra in this
year’s Leith Hill Festival under the directorship of William Llewellyn. Other engagements fulfilled by the
Orchestra were concerts in Folkestone, Eastbourne
and Ipswich.
Exciting plans for the 1985/86 season are nearing completion when guest conductors will include Doron Salomon, John Forster, Brian Wright, Volker Wangenheim,
Simon Halsey (the Choir’s Chorus Master), Sir David
Willcocks, Sir Charles Groves and Vernon Handley
(the Orchestra’s Artistic Adviser). The usual variety of
internationally famous soloists together with young
artists at the beginning of their careers will be appearing with the Orchestra in its forthcoming series.
Full details about the season and Subscription Series
benefits will be available from the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra’s Office early in June.
LEARN ABOUT THE MUSIC TO BE PERFORMED
NEXT SEASON:
The 1985/86 concert programmes by the Guildford
Philharmonic Orchestra will feature in 10 meetings
promoted by the WEA. These meetings will be led by
Mr Charles Thompson on Thursday evenings (7.30. 9.30p.m.) fortnightly from 10 October onwards at the
Guildford Institute in Ward Street. The course fee is
likely to be £18, with concessions for Senior Citizens.
Further details about this course will be released
through the local press during July and August, but
anyone interested in taking part should contact Mrs
Noel Adams, Tel: Guildford 577309.
Guildford Borough Council acknowledges with very
grateful thanks the help it has received in the promotion
of this concert season from the Guildford Philharmonic
Society, pupils of the County School and members of the
Red Cross organisation.
GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Artistic Adviser — Vernon Handley
First Violins:
Basses:
Off Stage Trumpets:
Leader: John Ludlow
Michael Lea
Peter Goy
Arthur Price
Stephen Williams
Susan Bishop
Sheila Beckensall
Jeremy Gordon
Dennis Egan
Andrew Bentley
Mary Scully
Edgar Riches
Kathleen Atkins
Susan Borret
Ian Eyres
Colin Clague
Charlotte Edwards
Judith Edwards
Concerts Assistant:
Flutes:
Barbara Moore
Peter Newman
Roland Roberts
Alec Suttie
Philip Sutton
Susan Thomas
Second Violins:
Nicholas Maxted Jones
Rosemary Roberts
Emer Calthorpe
Ruth Dawson
Marilyn Downs
Peter Fields
Hywel Jones
Ruth Knell
Alan Pook
Adrienne Sturdy
Howard Walsh
Violas:
John Meek
Katharine Burgess
Jean Burt
Frederick Campbell
Julius Bannister
Celi Azulek
Leonard Lock
Cellos:
Robert Bailey
John Stilwell
Christina McCrae
Robert Hoppe
John Kirby
John Macrae
Charlotte Ward
Henry Messent
Catharine Hill
Piccolo:
Simon Hunt
Oboes:
James Brown
Deirdre Dods
Clarinets:
Hale Hambleton
Victor Slaymark
Bass Clarinet:
Michael Farnham
Saxophone:
Paul Harvey
Bassoon:
Joanna Graham
Anna Meadows
Contra Bassoon:
John Hargreaves
Horns:
Peter Clack
George Woodcock
David Clack
Duncan Hollowood
Ronald Harris
Trumpets:
Michael Hinton
Clifford Haines
Patricia Reed
The audience may be interested to know that the violin
sections are listed in alphabetical order after the first
desk because a system of rotation of desks is adopted in
this orchestra so that all players have the opportunity
of playing in all positions in the section.
Matthew Harp-Dyke
Trombones:
Ian White
David Hissey
Martin Nicholls
Off Stage Trombones
Michael Crowther
Graham Bolton
Peter Davies
Jeremy Gough
Tuba:
John Elliot
Off Stage Tubas:
Kevin Morgan
David Powell
Percussion:
Charles Fullbrook
John Cave
Stephen Lees
George Lawn
Arthur Soothill
Timpani:
Roger Blair
Piano:
John Forster
Harp:
Helen Tunstall
Administrator:
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and
clude:
® Priority booking at the beginning of each concert season
MUSIC
lllustrated — Steinway Grand
See
these
and other new fine grand and
upright pianos, or browse in our unrivalled
sheet
music
department.
We
are
always
pieased to help or advise.
Pianos for hire, music by post
T. ANDREWS & GO. LTD.
62 MEADROW, GODALMING
Tel: 22459 (Pianos) or 6414 (Music)
® An additional discount on Subscription Series Tickets
® The Society’s newsletter
® Special Events such as visits to other concert venues,
musical evenings in members’ homes and certain social
gatherings during the season
® Discount facilities at Merrow Sound Tunsgate Guildford
on records and cassettes
® The opportunity to attend rehearsals of the Orchestra by
applying to the Orchestra’s office
By being a member you are also helping to ensure the continued success of the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra.
The membership rates are as follows:
Annual Subscription
Husband and Wife-Joint Subscription
Persons under the age of 18
Retirement Pensioner
£5.00
£8.50
£3.50
£3.50
If you would like to join the Society please send your remittance together with your name and address to:
Mr R A Forrow
Flat 3, 6 Mareschal Road
Guildford Surrey GU2 5JF Tel: Guildford 575274
or alternatively you may enrol at the Society’s stand in the
foyer of the Civic Hall on concert days.
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IT
NEEDS You!
for
a total service
encompassing typesetting,
artwork, photography, platemaking,
lithographic and letterpress
printing
all under one roof
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Guildford Philharmonic Choir
CHORUS MASTER - SIMON HALSEY
The Choir performs regularly with the fully professional Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
in its annual series of concerts.
PROGRAMME FOR 1984/85 SEASON:
13 October 1984
Te Deum
Conductor — Norman Del Mar
December 1984
Christmas Concert
Conductor — Simon Halsey
2 March 1985
German Requiem
Brahms
Conductor — Brian Wright
Guildford Cathedral
18 March 1985
Requiem
Conductor — Brian Wright
Royal Festival Hall
4 May 1985
Belshazzar's Feast
Guildford Civic Hall
Walton
Conductor — Vernon Handley
Guildford Cathedral
The Philharmonic Choir meets on Monday evenings from 7.15 p.m. t0 9.15 p.m.
The Choir welcomes applications from young singers (all voice parts) with good sight reading ability.
Enquiries: Administrator, Guildford Philharmonic Choir Office,
The lodge, Allen House Grounds, Chertsey Street, Guildford, GUT 4HL.
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UNIVERSITY
OF SURREY
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
#&| University of Surrey Bookshop
Guildford Surrey GU2 5XH tel. 570679
THE UNIVERSITY BOOKSHOP
is open to all members of the general
public. We stock a wide range of
This Department has gained for itself an
enviable reputation for its high quality of
performance. Members of the public are
most welcome at all our concerts — these
take place during term-time every
general and literary titles, as well as
being H.M.S.0. agents and Open
University stockists.
We are open Monday to Friday from
9.00 a.m. t0 5.00 p.m. and are also
open on Saturday mornings during
Wednesday at 1.15 pm and on selected
term-time from 9.00 a.m. to 12.30
Sunday evenings.
p.m.
Further information is obtainable from:The Secretary
Department of Music
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey
(Tel: Guildford 571281)
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A classic
collection of
the classica
Go to Guildford for probably the
finest collection of Classical music,
on tape or record, outside London.
Expert knowledge, advice
and guidance is all freely
available. “Out of the ordinary”
or “out of stock” selections
we’ll order for you.
Sound us out soon. If we
can’t help you no one can.
Merrow Sound
21-22 Tunsgate,
Guildford, Surrey. Tel: 33227
Record Department direct line
MERROW
SOUND
GUILDFORD
for a classical service
Large selection of Compact Discs.
Marks and Spencer is delighted to continue its
support for the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
as part of its involvement in the Arts.