Music Unlimited 2010The Friends of St. Andrew’s Church, ChippenhamLunchtime Recitals
The Friends of St. Andrews are pleased to extend a warm invitation to the Fifth Season of Music Unlimited. This year all proceeds will be towards the repairs to the Church spire. Thirteen lunchtime recitals are planned to take place on Wednesdays at 1.15pm from April until October. Admission by programme is £4.50 (concessions £3.50) inclusive of a soft drink.
1810 was a vintage year for the births of composers including, Chopin, Schumann and Samuel Sebastian Wesley, but to keep us in the present, many of the student performers will be playing and/or singing their own compositions, in a great variety of styles. Brochures are available, and please take every opportunity to distribute them as widely as possible.
Details of the full 2010 programme can be downloaded here 
The programme is as follows:
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Wednesday 7th April |
1.15 pm |
Christopher Kent (organ)
William Byrd: Fantasia in A minor (MB XXVII)
Michael Tippett: Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi (1610)
J. S. Bach: Pièce d’orgue: Très vitement - Gravement – Lentement (BWV 572/2)
Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Andante in F
Robert Schumann: Fugue on BACH Op.60 no.2 |
Wednesday 14th April |
1.15 pm |
Adam Hodges (voice, guitar and piano), Verity Easton (voice), Siôn Evans (guitar) and Friends. A Medley of Popular Songs
D.J. Sammy: ‘Heaven’; Basshunter: ‘Now you're gone: The Calling’; Snow Patrol: ‘Open your eyes’; Jason Mraz: ‘I'm yours’; James Morrison: ‘Broken strings’; Avril Lavigne: ‘When you’re gone’; Enrique Iglesias: ‘Hero’; Oasis ‘Wonderwall’; Ronan Keating: ‘When you say nothing at all’: Adam Hodges: ‘Betrayed’ and ‘Knowing’ (words and music by Adam Hodges) |
Wednesday 21st April |
1.15 pm |
Meryl Thomas (soprano), Ruth Henley (violoncello), Anna Roberts (pianoforte)
Vivaldi: Sonata for Violoncello. Lieder by Schumann: Der Nussbaum ;Du bist wie eine blume; Mondnacht; Widmung. Fantasiestucke for Violoncello: Schumann
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Wednesday 5th May |
1.15 pm |
Anthony Hammond (organ)
Samuel Sebastian Wesley, A. Herbert Brewer and James Lyon |
Wednesday 19th May |
1.15 pm |
Katie Stevens (clarinet) David Price (pianoforte)
Sonatas by Brahms and Poulenc |
Wednesday 2nd June |
1.15 pm |
Wynne Harries (oboe) Andrea Harries (violoncello)
Christopher Kent (harpsichord and pianoforte)
J. S. Bach, Bloch, Elgar, Loeilliet and Schumann |
Wednesday 16th June |
1.15 pm |
David Dewar (organ) Hilary Dewar (viola)
Music by Bach, Handel and their contemporaries |
Wednesday 7th July |
1.15 pm |
Michael Whytock (organ)
Gade, Alain, Mendelssohn, Stanley, Liszt & Whytock |
Wednesday 21st July |
1.15 pm |
Robert Willington (pianoforte)
Chopin & Cesar Franck |
Wednesday 4th August |
1.15 pm |
Lauren Rawlings (horn) Mark Davies (pianoforte)
Mozart, Franz Strauss, Richard Strauss, Gilbert Vinter and Paul Whalley |
Wednesday 18th August |
1.15 pm |
Joshua Lynch (violoncello) Sally Halsey (pianoforte)
J. S. Bach, Martinu, Tompkins, Prokofiev |
Wednesday 8th September |
1.15 pm |
Lorna Davis (violoncello) accompanist Charles Matthews
Chopin: Sonata for Violoncello & Pianoforte |
Wednesday 6th October |
1.15 pm |
Christopher Kent (organ)
Elgar: Sonata No.1 in G Op.28. |
Saturday 27th November |
7.30 pm |
Hilary Summers and Bethan Dudley-Fryar
Celebration of the bicentenary of Robert Schumann’s birth in a joint recital of solo songs and duets |
As this season of concerts draws to a close it is time to renew our thanks to all who have performed such a wide variety of music in aid of the Tower Fund. To date we have raised in excess of £670. Audience numbers have varied considerably and there is clearly scope for more sustained pro-active publicity next year.
Our thanks are also due to our sponsors whose support has aided the costs of brochure printing and not least to Eric Harding who has faithfully tuned and regulated the pianoforte each time it has been required.
On 8th September we welcome back the ‘cellist Lorna Davis accompanied by Charles Matthews; their main work will be Chopin’s ‘Cello Sonata in G minor and pieces by Lalo and Ravel. Now that the repairs to the organ have been completed Christopher Kent will conclude this year's lunchtime series on 6th October with a complete performance of Elgar’s Sonata in G Op.28.
An extra date for your diary is Saturday 27th November at 7.30pm when we shall welcome the internationally acclaimed contralto Hilary Summers and former Welsh National Opera member Bethan Dudley-Fryar for a final celebration of the bicentenary of Robert Schumann’s birth in a joint recital of solo songs and duets.
Plans for 2011 are in hand, and the season will begin on the evening of Good Friday (22nd April) with a concert of seasonally appropriate Baroque music given by The St. Nicholas Consort mainly on period instruments. The composers include Buxtehude, François Couperin, Marin Marais, Kirnberger and a Passiontide Cantata by J.S. Bach.
Enquiries about Music Unlimited from listeners and interested performers, are most welcome on 01249 740294. We have been pleased to promote performances by gifted students whuch have become a noteable feature of the series.
The Friends of St. Andrew’s extend their thanks to the following companies and individuals who have generously sponsored the administration and publicity costs of these concerts, as well as to the performers:
> The Cellar Gallery and Causeway Framing, 45 The Causeway
> Thomas Chippendale: Chartered Accountant, 39 Market Place
> Cook & Boatman Associates Ltd, 149 London Road
> The Salon, Hairdressing, 13 Market Place
> E. Wootton & Son Funeral Directors, 47 Market Place
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