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St  Dunstan's Choir
St Dunstan's Choir

JRCM Chamber Orchestra
JRCM Chamber Orchestra

Mark Wilde
Mark Wilde

The Oboe Band - Saturday April 26
The Oboe Band
- April 26

Saccioni Quartet
The Sacconi Quartet
- May 7

 

Sunday 4th May
8.30am

MAY CAROLS FROM THE PARVIS TOWER

St Dunstan’s Parish Church Choir
Andrew Benians (Director of Music)

c.8.50am

Quarter peal by the
St Dunstan’s Bellringers
Jo Woodliffe (Tower Captain)

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Sunday 4th May
Mayfield Parish Church
7.30pm

SERENADE BY CANDLELIGHT

JRCM Chamber Orchestra
Mark Wilde (tenor)
Richard Watkins (horn)
Richard Dickins (conductor)

Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K525
Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Op 31
Britten - Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Peter Maxwell Davies - Sea Eagle        
Tchaikovsky - Serenade Op 48

From its inception over thirty five years ago, the Festival has enjoyed close links with the Royal College of Music, London, one of the world’s leading conservatoires providing specialised musical education at the highest international level for performers and composers.  This evening’s ‘Serenade by Candlelight’ concert continues the tradition with a performance by the College’s Junior Department Chamber Orchestra under the baton of the distinguished conductor Richard Dickins.  The orchestra, whose members are between the ages of 16 and 18, have been selected by invitation and represent some of the finest talent in the RCM Junior Department.  In recent years they have toured France, Germany, Austria and Hungary.

They are joined tonight by the international soloists Mark Wilde and Richard Watkins for an enchanting programme to include Benjamin Britten’s atmospheric Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.

I was enormously impressed by the Junior Department Chamber Orchestra….. I found the sheer beauty of sound particularly striking
John Payne (Principal Clarinet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)

Sponsored by Alan and Shirley Parry

Tickets £20, £14, £7

     

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