A message from Maidstone Symphony Orchestra

Posted on May 10, 2016 by rogerpinnock

Dear Season Ticket Holders,

As we approach our final concert, it is time to start thinking about renewing your season tickets! Along with holding our ticket prices for the 2016/17 season, you are able to save up to 20% on all 5 concerts by being a subscribing member. We have an exciting series of concerts, including Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique as part of Brian Wright’s 70th Birthday Concert, Sibelius’ 2nd Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony and more. As ever, we welcome five top soloists, including our president, John Lill, who will be performing Beethoven’s dramatic 3rd Piano Concerto in our February concert. The dates for next season are:

Saturday 15th October 2016
Saturday 3rd December 2016
Saturday 4th February 2017
Saturday 25th March 2017
Saturday 20th May 2017

I have attached the brochure for next season as a PDF. To renew, you can either print out the booking form and bring it along (with a cheque made payable to Maidstone Orchestral Society) to our next concert on Saturday 21st May 2016. Alternatively, you can fill it out and return it with the cheque and a stamped addressed envelope to:

MOS Membership Secretary
Nicci Whitaker
Sunbeams
Bayview Road
Whitstable
Kent
CT5 4NP

Should you wish to pay online by BACS , please email tickets@mso.org.uk for the necessary details.

We look forward to welcoming you to our final concert on 21st May for an exciting programme of Russian music!

Warmest Wishes

MSO

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Kent Chamber Choir Performance 21 May 2016

Posted on April 28, 2016 by rogerpinnock

28th May 2o16

I should be most grateful if you would display or circulate this poster or for the interest of your members.

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The Kent Chamber Choir enjoys a reputation for the highest quality singing and will be performing a programme that ranges from the 15th to the 21st century. Part of the programme reflects Shakespeare’s Anniversary and includes arrangements of his songs and sonnets by Vaughan Williams and by Sir George Shearing, while madrigals by Thomas Morley, a contemporary of Shakespeare  also feature.

J S Bach’s jubilant motet ‘Sing to the Lord a new song’ is the main work in the first half of the programme which includes music by Josef Rheinberger and  Richard Allain, as well as ‘Lullaby for Lily’ written by Alan Vincent, Musical Director of the Choir.

Alice Brown, a brilliant young soprano from Kent, is the concert’s soloist.

The concert will raise funds for Canterbury Oast Trust, a charity based in Woodchurch which supports adults with a learning disability. The Trust also owns and manages the Rare Breeds Centre, a popular family tourist attraction at Woodchurch.

Thank you for your trouble

Mrs Margaret E Hanlon    Canterbury Oast Trust, fundraising dept.   01233 861493 ext 241

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Bank Holiday Monday – May 2nd

Posted on April 26, 2016 by rogerpinnock

There will be no rehearsal on Bank Holiday Monday – our next meeting will be May 9th. See you then!

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Primavera Concert

Posted on April 26, 2016 by rogerpinnock

Primavera 15 May

Dear Music Lover

Visited by Queen Elizabeth 1 and Charles 1, the Gilt Hall at Cobham Hall is a truly regal setting for our concert on May 15 which features the sublime string quintet of Schubert.

It’s a varied programme. In jest, Beethoven added to the duo title, ‘with eyeglass obligato’ ribbing the myopic musicians to whom the duo was written – Beethoven himself on viola and Baron Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanowecz, a talented amateur cellist.

Arensky’s rather unusual scoring of a string quartet employing two cellos is instrumentally the perfect bed partner to the Schubert Quintet, that quintessential desert island disk.  The Russian carol  ‘crown of thorns’ is the basis for an alluring and virtuoso set of variations within the work.

Cobham Hall has easy access from all parts of Kent being just 10  minutes from the M25 along the M2 at the Shorne exit, in the heart of Dickens country. The Leather Bottle in Cobham village was frequented by Dickens himself and the church opposite has interesting brasses.

Do contact Ray McCormack for reservations on 01233 622971. Tickets include interval drinks and are £24 for a great programme in a great venue. We hope to see you again.

With all good wishes. Paul  Manley – Artistic Director.

 

 

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Rehearsal cancelled

Posted on April 18, 2016 by rogerpinnock

Tonight’s rehearsal has to be cancelled due to unavoidable absence of conductor. See you next week!😔

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Folkestone Camerata

Posted on March 19, 2016 by rogerpinnock
The next workshop will be on Sunday 17th April. Please read the attached letter which gives you all the details you need to know at this stage, including the programme, of course.
If you have never attended, I really really encourage you to give it a try. If you know of anyone who might be interested in attending, feel free to forward them this email (don’t forget to forward the attachment also 🙂
I am really looking forward to hearing back from you very soon.
Gayna, Alison and Ophelia, thanks for having booked your place already. Terry, I do remember you will be away for the April workshop, but hopefully see you at the next one in June (see provisional dates on the letter).
With warm wishes,
Flo Peycelon
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Sacconi Festival

Posted on February 19, 2016 by rogerpinnock

20-22 May 2016, St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone

We’ve got lots on offer!:
– The WORLD PREMIERE of a new piece for Tenor and String Quartet by composer Jonathan Dove, performed by the Sacconis and Mark Padmore. This new commission ‘In Damascus’ tells the story of one man’s harrowing experiences of daily life in a war-torn country.
– Our Sunday afternoon concert will see no less than ten violists, including the eminent Roger Chase, take to the stage in various formations to perform an English programme including Bridge and Ireland
– Pianist Charles Owen returns to the Festival to play Jonathan Dove’s Piano Quintet with the Sacconis, and guitarist Morgan Szymanski plays a late-night programme of Latin and British music
– Plus Haydn, Mendelssohn and Mozart Quartets, Elgar’s Serenade for Strings, Mozart’s Violin Concerto in A major and the Brahms Sextet

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Elijah by Folkestone Choral Society

Posted on February 18, 2016 by rogerpinnock

Elijah FlierFolkestone Choral Society always produce an excellent performance, close to professional standard, and it is well worth spending an evening with them.

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Half term

Posted on February 9, 2016 by rogerpinnock

Monday 15th February is half term so there will not be a rehearsal on that evening. See you all on 22nd!

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2015 in review

Posted on December 30, 2015 by rogerpinnock

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Here’s an excerpt:

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