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CONCERTS 1985/86
GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL

SATURDAY 3 MAY 1986
at 7.45 p.m.
(By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter)

Guildford
Philharmonic
Orchestra
Associate Leaders:

HUGH BEAN

JOHN LUDLOW

SIR CHARLES GROVES
Conductor

JO ANN PICKENS
Soprano
LINDA STRACHAN

Alto
TAN CALEY

Tenor

MATTHEW BEST
Bass
PHILHARMONIC CHOIR

GOLDSMITHS CHORAL UNION

This concert is is promoted by Guildford Borough Council with
financial support from the South East Arts Association.

Sir Charles Groves

Charles Groves was born in London and spent his
boyhood as a chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral. His
exceptional musicianship was early recognised as a
pianist, organist and conductor, and while still a
student at the Royal College of Music he accompanied
Toscanini’s choral rehearsals for the BBC.

On leaving the Royal College of Music he joined the
BBC Opera Unit and when 29 was appointed
conductor of the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra.
In 1951 he left Manchester to become Music Director
of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and after
ten years he became Music Director of Welsh National
Opera, with whom he had been associated for many
years.

IN 1963 he moved to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra where he spent fourteen productive
years including the first complete cycle of Mahler’s
symphonies by a British conductor, and conducting
much contemporary music as well as encouraging
many young conductors and artists. He made
numerous records for EMI with the Orchestra, and
took them on regular foreign tours.

In 1977 he became Music Director of English National

Opera, a post he relinquished in 1980 to devote more

time to freelance opera and orchestral concerts both
here and abroad.

Since 1967 he has had an affectionate relationship with
the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as their Associate
Conductor and early in the 1983/84 season conducted
a complete cycle of the Beethoven symphonies with
them in London.

Sir Charles enjoys a regular association with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and other
forthcoming overseas engagements include concerts
in West and East Germany, Holland, Israel, Hungary,
Japan and Hong Kong.

In 1985 Sir Charles celebrated his 70th birthday and
during the weeks surrounding this anniversary he
appeared in London with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the
Philharmonia, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and for
the Royal Philharmonic Society.

Sir Charles Groves conducted the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra in Guildford last month and we are
delighted that he is continuing his association with the
orchestra.

Festival; London’s Barbican Centre in a Beethoven
programme

and

“Requiem”,

this

Guildford

the

Royal

latter

Philharmonic

Festival

Hall,

performance
Orchestra,

Verdi

with

the

Philharmonic

Choir and Goldsmiths Choral Union.
In

1985

alone

she

appeared

with

the

City

of

Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz’ “Nuits

d’Eté” under the direction of Okko Kamu — the concert
was such a success that she was immediately re-invited
to take part in a Grand Opera Gala; at the Festival
Hall; in Leicester for a performance of “Elijah”; in

Guildford, a Verdi “Requiem”; Malvern Festival, “A
Child of Our Time”; return visits to the Aldeburgh

Festival;

St

John’s

Smith

Square;

another

recital

recording for the BBC; and a return visit to the
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for performances
of the Verdi “Requiem” and “A Child of Our Time”.

Further engagements this season for Jo Ann Pickens
include

“War

Requiem”

in

Bournemouth;

Verdi

“Requiem” performances at the Royal Albert Hall

(the Malcolm Sargent Birthday Concert) and Fairfield
Hall.

Engagements

Beethoven

Ninth

Sanderling

and

abroad

include

Symphony

the

Los

a

concerts

Angeles

series
with

of

Kurt

Philharmonic

Orchestra; a series of Mozart Requiems in France,
and appearances at the Aréne at Nimes in Verdi’s “Il

Corsaro”.

In

this

country,

most

exciting

is

the

forthcoming complete performance of Berlioz’ “The
Trojans” at the Portsmouth Festival, in which she will

Jo Ann Pickens
Jo Ann Pickens started her singing career in Chicago

where

she was associated with the Chicago Lyric

Opera, presenting roles such as Mimi in “La Bohéme”
and Annina in “La Traviata”. She also participated in

the Santa Fe Opera Program. Her operatic repertoire
includes The

Countess,

Donna

Elvira,

Fiordiligi,

Madame Lidoine, the Leonoras in “Forza” and “Trovatore”, and various roles in “Porgy and Bess”.

Since winning the Concours International de Chant
de

Paris,

the Benson & Hedges Gold Award for

Concert Singers and the Metropolitan Opera Regional
Auditions in New York, she has become recognised
as a world-class artist in both her native USA and
particularly in Europe. Important concerts in the USA
include a performance of “Elijah” at the Carnegie
Hall; Britten’s “War Requiem” also in New York; a

recital at the Merkin Concert Hall and an appearance _
with the

Chicago Symphony

Orchestra

under the

direction of Sir Georg Solti. In France she gave a
highly

praised

series

of Verdi

“Requiem”

mances

with

Michel

Plasson

after

perfor-

winning

the

Concours International, and is now much in demand

as a recitalist.
She made her German debut in 1984 with concert
performances of “Porgy and Bess” and the Verdi
“Requiem”.

In Britain she has appeared at the Benson & Hedges

Festival, replacing Teresa Berganza in Rossini’s “Petite
Messe Solonelle”; the Aldeburgh Festival in Britten’s
“War Requiem” conducted by Simon Rattle; Britten’s

“War Requiem” again, with Richard Hickox and the
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at the Portsmouth

take the role of Cassandra.

It was at the Guildhall that Linda Strachan began her
work with Margaret Lensky with whom she still
studies. She was a finalist in the 1981 Kathleen Ferrier
Memorial Scholarship and in 1982 a Peter Stuyvesant
Scholarship enabled her to further her studies at the
National Opera Studio.

Linda Strachan has given many concerts throughout
Scotland, including Prokofiev’s “Alexander Nevsky”
with the Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus in
the City Hall, Glasgow. She returned to the Scottish
National Orchestra in April 1984 for performances of
Mahler’s “Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen”
conducted by Sir Charles Groves.

Linda Strachan has appeared in the Queen Elizabeth
Hall with the Chelsea Opera Group and other recent
engagements have included a broadcast recital in
Jerusalem and concerts for both the 1982 and 1983
Dartington Summer Schools. Her interpretation of the
role of Lucretia in Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia”
has been broadcast on BBC Radio London.

Linda Strachan won first prize in the 1983 Grimsby
International Competition for Singers.

Engagements in 1984/85 included a series of London
concerts with the Orchestra of St John’s Smith Square
and concerts with the Scottish National Orchestra, the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Amongst the forthcoming engagements in 1986, she
has been invited to take part in Benjamin Britten’s
“Spring Symphony” at the Aldeburgh Festival.

Born in Preston, he studied at the Royal Manchester
College of Music, entering as a pianist and turning

subsequently to singing.

Ian Caley’s work covers opera and operetta, concerts,

recitals and recordings and his repertoire covers music

ranging from the pre-classical to the contemporary.

Ian Caley sings as a guest with a number of opera
companies. In Britain, he made his Royal Opera
House debut in 1978 in Verdi’s Otello and sings
regularly with the English National Opera, Opera
North and Scottish Opera. Abroad he has been
acclaimed for his performances in the title roles of
Tom Rakewell in Paris, Benedict in Beatrice et
Benedict at the Festival Berlioz in Lyon, Idomeneo
in Palermo and Albert Herring in Geneva. He has
also performed in many other major houses including
La Fenice, Venice, and the operas of Rome, Lyon and
Marseilles.

His concert work has taken him to most European
countries, to Israel and Japan, and to Eastern Europe,
and has led to his working with many distinguished

conductors, including Barenboim, Boulez, Giulini,
Groves, Ozawa and Rattle. Ian Caley sings regularly
with the London and provincial orchestras and has
taken part in important recitals series in the Paris
Opera and the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels.
As well as regular television and radio broadcasts,
both in Britain and abroad, Ian Caley has made several
recordings, the most important being Hippolyte et
Arcie (Rameau) conducted by Jean-Claude Malgoire
and The Seven Deadly Sins (Weill) conducted by
Simon Rattle.

Current and future engagements include major
productions in Bordeaux and Luzern and this month
he will make his German operatic debut by singing
the leading tenor role in the world premiere of Hanz
Zenders opera “Stephen Climax” at the Frankfurt
Opera.

Matthew Best

Matthew Best was born in 1957 and educated as a
choral scholar at King’s College Cambridge and at the
National Opera Studio where he worked with
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Tito Gobbi among others.
Between 1977 and 1980 he was a pupil of the late
Otkar Kraus and at present studies with Robert Lloyd.
While at University Matthew Best made his opera
debut as Seneca in the Coronation of Poppea which
brought him immediate recognition in the national
press. After appearing in the 1980 Aldeburgh Festival
production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he joined
the Royal Opera as a Principal Bass in September of
that year and has since appeared in many productions
under such conductors as Muti, Davis, Mackerras,
Mehta, Haitink and Svetlanov. In 1982 he made his
debut with the WNO as Count Ribbing in Un Ballo
in Maschera and returned there in spring 1984 to sing
Colline in La Boheme. In 1983 he made his debut

choral repertoire with the Guildford Philharmonic

Orchestra. The choir made its first recording in 1973
of

Finzi’s
Guildford

“Intimations

of Immortality”
Philharmonic, and in 1976

with

the
recorded

Hadley’s “The Trees So High” with the Philharmonia

Orchestra, both recordings being conducted by Vernon
Handley. 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.
The

Guildford

Philharmonic

Orchestra

and

the

Guildford Philharmonic Choir previously joined forces
with the Goldsmiths Choral Union in performances
of Brahms Requiem and Verdi Requiem - this latter
work being performed in Guildford Cathedral in 1984

and repeated in the Royal Festival Hall last year.
Concert programmes given this season have included
works

by

Bach,

Handel,

Britten

and

Holst with

conductors Sir David Willcocks, Simon Halsey and
Brian Wright.
In November this year the Philharmonic Choir will
perform Berlioz Te Deum in Paris in collaboration
with the University of Warwick Chorus under Simon
Halsey.
The choir welcomes young singers with good sight

reading ability. Applications to the Choir’s Office for
audition: The Lodge, Allen House Grounds, Chertsey
Street, Guildford, GU14HL. Telephone: 0483 573800.

This season Matthew Best has sung Sparafucile in the

Welsh National Opera’s production of Rigoletto and
in Covent Garden’s productions of Turandot, Salome
and Barber of Seville. Future engagements include
Arabella, Eugene Onegin, Fidelio, and concert performances of Semiramide at the Royal Opera House.

Matthew Best also appears regularly on the concert
platform

and

concerts

last season

included Missa

Solemnis with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Jesus Lopez-Cobos, the Messiah also
with the LPO in the Royal Albert Hall, the Verdi
Requiem with the Brighton Philharmonic conducted
by Heltay and the Messiah and Petite Messe Solenelle
with the Philharmonia Chorus in Istanbul.
Future engagements include concert performances of

The Trojans at the Portsmouth Festival, and the Missa
Solemnis in Salisbury Cathedral.

Goldsmiths Choral Union

Goldsmiths Choral Union was founded by the late
Frederick Haggis and now ranks as one of London’s
finest amateur choirs. Under its present conductor,

Brian Wright, it has performed at all the capital’s major
concert venues and has broadcast frequently. In 1981,

the choir won the UK final of the Large Choirs section

in the BBC’s Let the Peoples Sing Competition and
appeared

in

Tony

Palmer’s

documentary

about

Sir

award-winning

William

Walton,

‘At

ITV

the

Haunted End of the Day’. In 1982 the GCU celebrated
its Golden Jubilee and made its first appearance at
the Barbican Centre. In 1983 the choir gave Royal
Festival Hall performances of Beethoven’s “Mass in
D”,

Carl

Orff’s

“Carmina Burana”

and Constant

Lambert’s “Rio Grande”, and Barbican performances
of Beethoven’s “Mass in C” and Bruckner’s “Mass in
E Minor”. In January 1984, the GCU were invited by

Also involved in conducting and composing, Matthew

the Royal Philharmonic Society to take part in a

Best

performance of Delius’s “Requiem” at their Sir John

founded

Orchestra in

the

Croydon

Singers

and

Chamber

1973 and has since directed them in

numerous performances and commercial recordings

including a concert of the St Matthew Passion in the
1983 Sevenoaks Festival. He also conducted two performances

of his own

opera

“Alice”

at

the

1979

Aldeburgh Festival.

Barbirolli concert.
Recent

concerts

have

included

performances

of

Handel’s “Messiah” at the Fairfield Hall, Croydon,
two

performances

of

Elgar's

“The

Dream

of

Gerontius”, one of which was in celebration of the
100th Anniversary of the Brompton Oratory, Delius’s
“Sea Drift” with Brahms’s “A German Requiem” at
the Royal Festival Hall and a Barbican performance

Guildford Philharmonic Choir

of Bach’s “Mass in B Minor”.

Guildford Philharmonic Choir (formerly the Festival

Sir Charles Groves currently holds the position of

Choir) was formed in order to perform the major

Patron of the GCU.

Symphony No.1 in C Major
Beethoven 1770-1827

Adagio molto — Allegro con brio
Andante cantabile con moto
Menuetto

Adagio — Allegro molto

Beethoven’s First Symphony had its début in 1800 and,
unlike some of his later symphonies, poses no
problems at all. It is predominantly bright and full of
good humour, relying a good deal on the examples of
Mozart and particularly Haydn in its formal procedure.
Tovey describes the introduction to the first movement
as “mysterious and groping”, but the first theme of
the Allegro con brio, says the same writer, is a “quietly
energetic business-like proposition”. There is nothing
experimental about this sonata movement, but it is
beautifully controlled, and the sforzandos, later to
become such a feature of Beethoven’s symphonic style,
are liberally used. The beginning of the Andante might
have come straight out of Haydn, but soon the texture
becomes much heavier than that composer would have
allowed, and an idea which is very characteristically
Beethoven follows the first theme. It is an insistent
rhythm, first heard low in the strings and bassoons,
and then taken over by the timpani. Probably the most
original movement in the symphony is the Menuetto
which is really a full scale Scherzo in all but name,
and must have served as a trial run for the third
movements of the Third and Fourth Symphonies.
The finale, once again with a slow introduction, is a
cheerful rondo very reminiscent of Haydn.

INTERVAL

A Child of our Time

Sir Michael Tippett (Born 1905)

That Sir Michael Tippett is the greatest living British
composer is beyond dispute. When he celebrated his
80th birthday, that year the commemorations reached
far beyond his native land, confirming his status in
world music.

But, we had to ask ourselves, could the man really be
80? Spritely of step, bright of eye, always abreast of
events in conversation, Sir Michael’s enduring youth
defies statistics.

This zestful spirit also characterises the music, which
has always been notable for its stimulating joy of
discovery. Ideas proliferate but discipline ensures logic
in their succession. One senses a razor-sharp intellect
progressing from one point to the next, yet Sir Michael
is never out of touch with his audience.

There is a line towards the end of “A Child of our
Time” which itself is a clue to much of Sir Michael’s
work. The tenor sings “I would know my shadow and
my light, so shall I at last be whole”. These words in
an early Tippett success surely describe the self-examinations of “The Midsummer Marriage” (staged so
splendidly by the Welsh National Opera in 1976) and
the dilemmas of “The Knot Garden”. It surely foretells

the motivations of Jennifer and Mark, of Thea and
Faber. So Sir Michael’s music seems to follow a charted
road.

He has never been a composer in the ivory tower, or

an artist watching events from the sidelines. He is
intensely involved in the world around. It was, then,
natural that he should be deeply disturbed by the
increasisngly cruel persecutions which darkened the
1930s. “A Child of our Time” was based on an actual
incident, but that incident is simply the basis from
which springs a general protest against man’s
inhumanity.

In 1938, a young Jewish boy who had found refuge
with an uncle and aunt in Paris, driven to distraction
by the appalling treatment of his people by the Nazis
at home in Germany, shot and killed the German
diplomat von Rath. In France, he was sent to prison.
In Germany, the Nazis seized on the murder as an
excuse for even more savage treatment of the Jews
and wreaked a terrible vengeance. So his action
unwittingly increased the dreadful oppression of a
whole community.

The oratorio, completed in 1942, balances the
particular against the universal. Sir Michael wrote his
own text and has explained that Part One deals with
“the general state of affairs in the world today as it
affects all individuals, minorities, classes or races who
are felt to be outside the ruling conventions — man at
odds with his shadow.” Part Two introduces the child,
his action and the resulting vengeance, but Part Three
ends with a message of consolation, perhaps even of
hope.

Sir Michael’s design resembles that of Bach in the “St
Matthew Passion”. The soloists sometimes narrate,
sometimes comment, the chorus do the same, and
sometimes participants in the drama.

Bach interspersed the “St Matthew Passion” with the
chorales of his day. Sir Michael provides a parallel in
negro spirituals, five of which are blended into the
score with hauntingly beautiful and tenderly poignant
effect.

PART ONE

1.

Chorus

The harsh opening bars suggest the cruelty out of
which events arise, the answering strings tell us we
shall learn about compassion as well. Sir Michael’s
pattern is characteristically rich as the chorus sing “The
world turns on its dark side... it is winter”.
2.

Contralto. The argument

“Man has measured the heavens with a telescope,

driven the gods from their thrones.”

3. Chorus and contralto
Following a trio for two flutes and a viola, the chorus
demand, almost in desperation “Is evil then good? Is
reason untrue?” The contralto answers “Reason is true
to itself, but pity breaks open the heart.” The choral
outburst “We are lost” cuts dramatically across the
tranquility of the repetition of the flutes-viola trio.
4.

Bass. The narration

A recitative describing how in all nations the outcast

is the scapegoat, made to suffer for the general
wrong.... “pogroms in the east, lynchings in the
west”.... “A great cry went up from the people”....
5.
Chorus of the oppressed
...and that cry asks “When shall the usurer’s city
cease”, and is treated fugally.
6. Tenor
An agitated area in tango rhythm describes the plight
of the poor child. “I have no money for my bread, I
have no gift for my love. I am caught between my
desires and my frustrations as between the hammer
and the anvil. How can I grow to a man’s stature?”
7.

Soprano

The plea is echoed. “How can I cherish my man in
such days, or become a mother in a world of destruction?”

8. Chorus, soprano and tenor
Here Sir Michael introduces the first of the spirituals.
The luminous line of the soprano soaring over the
chorus in “Steal Away” makes this one of the most
beautiful episodes in a score which contains many.
PART TWO

9.
Chorus
In Part Two we move to the specific, and the scapegoat

already prophesied in No.4 appears. The chorus tells
us “A star rises in mid-winter. Behold the man. The
scapegoat. The child of our time!”
10.

Bass. The narration

“And a time came when in the continual persecution,
one race stood for all.”

11.
Chorus of persecutors and persecuted
The music becomes more agitated as the persecutorss
demand “Away with them.... curse them.... Kkill
them....” and the victims cry “Why, why?”
12.

Bass. The narration

“Where they could, they fled from the terror. And
among them, a boy escaped secretly, and was kept in
hiding in a great city.”

13.
Chorus of the self-righteous
“We cannot have them in our empire.... let them starve
in No-Man’s Land.”

19.Chorus. The terror
An almost hysterical fugue tells us what the vengeance
was. “Burn down their houses. Beat in their heads.
Break them in pieces on the wheel.”

20. Bass. The narration
Sorrow is implicit. “Men were ashamed of what was
done. There was bitterness and horror.”
21.
Chorus and bass
The third spiritual, this time combining a dignified
plea with mounting anger. “Go down Moses, way down
to Egypt land. Tell old Pharaoh to let my people go.”
22.
Tenor. The boy sings in his prison
An eerie figure high in the violins gradually descends.
The boy’s music is heavy with disillusionment. “My

dreams are all shattered in a ghastly reality.” The high
violins return. Despairingly, he cries “Mother!”
23.

Soprano

The mother mourns. “What have I done to you my
son?”
24.

Contralto
“The dark forces rise like a flood. Men’s hearts are
heavy. They cry for peace.”

25.

Chorus and soprano

Hope answers despair. Soprano (another glorious line)
and chorus sing the fourth spiritual “O by and by, I'm
going to lay down my heavy load.”
PART THREE

26.

Chorus

“The cold deepens. The world descends into the icywaters wherein lies the jewel of great price.”
27.

Contralto

The music quickens and becomes syncopated. “This
soul of man is impassioned like a woman. Her face
will be illumined like the sun. Then is the time of his
deliverance.”

28.
Chorus and bass
Questions and answers between chorus and bass

culminate in the choral demand “What of the boy,
then?” The bass replies “He too is outcast, his
manhood broken in the clash of powers. God
overpowered him, the child of our time.”

14.

Bass. The narration
“And the boy’s mother wrote a letter saying”....

29.
Chorus and soloists
A peaceful interlude for two flutes and a cor anglais

15.
Quartet
The mother (soprano) “O my son, in the dread terror,

begins the build-up to the oratorio’s climax. The tenor
sings “I would know my shadow and my light”, and
after the chorus have dealt with this music, the soloists

they have brought me near to death.” The boy (tenor)
declares he will defy the world to save her. His aunt
(contralto) and uncle (bass) urge caution, but he is
determined.
16.
Chorus, soprano and tenor
The second spiritual. “Nobody knows the trouble I
see, Lord.” In a jaunty rhythm. Again the setting of
the solo voices against the chorus is most effective.

17. Bass and contralto
Recitatives describe how the boy becomes “desperate
in his agony” and when authority meets him with
hostility “he shoots the official”.
18.
Bass. The narration
A single comment tells the result of his action. “They
took a terrible vengeance.”

have an elaborate wordless passage.
30.
Chorus and soloists
Now the oratorio climbs to its radiant peak, as tragic
lamentation gives way to consolation and hope. The
soloists continue to weave patterns over the chorus in

the fifth and last spiritual, Deep River, the soprano line
is ecstatic, then the music fades on a final whispered
choral “Lord”.
Kenneth Loveland

(author’s copyright)

GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Tonight’s concert marks the end of the 1985/86 season
and 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.

During the season, the orchestra undertook a large
number of engagements throughout the South East
and will be appearing for the first time in the
prestigious St David’s Hall Cardiff next week when
tonight’s programme will be repeated with the same
artists.

GUILDFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Artistic Adviser: Vernon Handley
First Violins:

Associate Leaders: Hugh Bean, John Ludlow
Arthur Price
Sheila Beckensall
Andrew Davies
Charlotte Edwards
Judith Edwards
Susan Kinnersley
Barbara Moore
Peter Newman
Alex Suttie
Philip Sutton

Oboes:

Deirdre Dods
Ann Greene
Cor Anglais:

Janice Knight
Clarinets:

Hale Hambleton

Plans for next season are nearing completion and guest
conductors will include Sir Charles Groves, Sir David
Willcocks, John Forster, Simon Halsey, Bramwell
Tovey, Nicholas Cleobury, Brian Wright and Vernon
Handley, the orchestra’s Artistic Adviser.

Second Violins:

Full details about the season and subscription series
benefits will be available from the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra’s office early in June.

Stephen Dinwoodie
Peter Fields

Contra Bassoon:
Nicholas Reader

Martin Gill

Horns:

Ruth Knell

Peter Clack

Susan Thomas
Nicholas Maxted Jones
Rosemary Roberts
Andrew Bentley

Jane Platt
Alan Pook
Claire Sansom
Thursday 8 May 1986 at 7.30 pm

St Davids Hall, Cardiff
A Child of Our Time

Sir Michael Tippett

John Graham

Ian Caley, Tenor
Matthew Best, Bass

Philharmonic Choir
Goldsmiths Choral Union
Information: Tel: 0222 371236

Saturday 12 July 1986 at
Civic Hall, Guildford

FESTIVAL CONCERT

GUILDFORD’S LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
Tam O Shanter

Malcolm Arnold
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Ravel
Bolero
Pomp and Circumstance No.l
Elgar
Excerpts from the Nutcracker Suite
Tchaikovsky
Sea Songs
Henry Wood
Pomp and Circumstance No 4
Elgar
Parry
Jerusalem

Ronan O’Hora, Pianoforte
Brian Wright, Conductor
Tickets available from Civic Hall Box Office from June
— £6.00, £5.00, £4.20, £3.60.

Tel: 0483 67314/5

Anna Meadows

David Clack

George Woodcock
Ronald Harris

Matthew Hart-Dyke

Violas:

Linda Strachan, Alto

Nicholas Hunka

Trumpets:

Beethoven

Jo Ann Pickens, Soprano

Bassoons:

Geoffrey Smith
Adrienne Sturdy

Symphony No 1 in C

Sir Charles Groves, Conductor

Victor Slaymark

James Walker
Frederick Campbell
Paul Appleyard
Celi Azulek

Patricia Reid
Simon Chaney
Trombones:

Ian White
Arthur Wilson

Justin Ward

Bass Trombone:

Paul Morris

Martin Nicholls

Daniel Lyness

Timpani:

Cellos:

Simon Archer

Geoffrey Thomas
Martin Thomas

Percussion:

Tina Macrae

John McCrae

Charles Fullbrook
Administrator:

John Franca

Kathleen Atkins

John Kirby
Robert Hoppe

Concerts Assistant:
Paul Hilliam

Basses:

Peter Hodges
John Holt

Jeremy Gordon
Martin Myers

Paul Moore
Peter Box
Flutes:

Henry Messent

Simon Hunt

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.

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with the provision of the fiances for considerable extra publicity
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12 October 1985

Schubert Songs

Guildford Civic Hall

Handel Dixit Dominus

Guildford Civic Hall

15 December 1985

Carol Concert

Guildford Civic Hall

1 February 1986

Holst’s The Planets Suite

Guildford Civic Hall

Holst’s The Planets Suite

Leas Cliff Hall

Britten War Requiem
Conductor: Simon Halsey

Warwick

Britten War Requiem

Guildford Cathedral

TippettA Child of Our Time

Guildford Cathedral

Conductor: Simon Halsey

24 November 1985

Bach Magnificat
Conductor: Sir David Willcocks

Conductor: Simon Halsey
(Ladies Chorus)
Conductor: Vernon Handley

9 February 1986

(Ladies Chorus)
Conductor: Vernon Handley

7 March 1986

8 March 1986

Conductor: Simon Halsey

3 May 1986

Conductor: Sir Charles Groves

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PHILHARMONIC CHOIR

GOLDSMITHS CHORAL UNION
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IAN CALEY

Tenor

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GOLDSMITHS CHORAL UNION

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SIR CHARLES GROVES

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