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Sutton Symphony Orchestra: Heroes & Villains

Join us for our next concert, with classical music, and scores from the stage and screen, on the theme of Heroes and Villains!
Featuring music from Harry Potter, Raiders March, Robin Hood, Gladiator, Danse macabre, Finlandia, Montagues & Capulets, James Bond, Phantom of the Opera and more.
Tickets £12 (under-18s free), available online or at the door
Sutton Symphony Orchestra is a group of orchestral music enthusiasts and amateur performers, primarily local to Sutton and South London, conducted by Philip Aslangul and led by Annmarie McDade.

Erato Orchestra Concert – May 2023

For this right royal month La Reine, Romances, Romanian Dances and a rapidly written refreshing symphony by Schubert are just the ticket for the Erato Orchestra’s May 20th concert. Lovers of violins and string music will be in seventh heaven.
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Saturday 20th May 2023 7.30pm
St. Mark’s Church, Church Road, Woodcote, Purley CR8 3QQ
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Symphony No.85 in B flat “La Reine” – HAYDN

Violin Romances in F, Op.50. and G, Op.40 – BEETHOVEN

Romanian Dances for Strings – BARTÓK

Symphony No.5 in B flat, D.485 – SCHUBERT
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CHRISTIAN PERSINARU – violin
JONATHAN REGAN – conductor
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Please see our website www.erato.org.uk for the ‘Next Concert’ page where you will find a map of the venue. You can also download a flyer from there or else save the image from this page.

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Prices: at the door – £12 (Seniors £10; Students £7; Members £6-£8; Student Members and Children free)

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A South London concert close to Croydon, Sutton, Carshalton and Redhill.
Easy parking

Epsom Choral Society – Visions of Eternity

Epsom Choral Society presents Visions of Eternity – an evening of contemplative music from the 1850s to the modern day.

In a programme of radiant works, Visions of Eternity will explore the different ways in which composers depict the idea of eternity, tracing the celestial journey towards the unknown from ‘chariots of clouds’ and ‘flaming fires’ in Jonathan Dove’s dramatic Bless the Lord O my Soul to the hushed simplicity of Brahms’ Geistliches Lied.

The programme also features an ethereal setting of the Son of God Mass by James Whitbourn for choir, saxophone and organ, Arvo Pärt’s minimalist setting of the Salve Regina text and John Tavener’s moving response to the death of a friend’s father in Svyati for choir and solo cello.

A concert of uplifting music to divert and delight our audience.

Sutton Symphony Orchestra: Spring Concert 2023

Sutton Symphony Orchestra present their latest concert, featuring Elgar’s Sea Pictures with soloist Maggie Cooper, Dvořák’s Symphony No 7 and a brand new piece by Carshalton-born composer David Hackbridge Johnson, River Wandle Suite. Join us on Saturday 25th March 7.30pm at St Andrews URC, Cheam.

David Hackbridge Johnson has had his music performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Welsh National Opera, among others. His commission for Sutton Symphony Orchestra, River Wandle Suite, takes us along the Wandle from Carshalton Ponds, past the water grasses and mills into a rousing finale.

From the Wandle to the ocean – Elgar’s Sea Pictures set to music five poems inspired by the sea’s beauty, power and even danger, and are full of the same melodic richness that made his famous Enigma Variations such a success. And then there is Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony. From its foreboding opening to the lyrical second movement (largely considered some of the composer’s finest work) and the lilting rhythms of the third movement, it ends with a resounding and satisfyingly-brassy finale.

‘I am now busy with the new Symphony and wherever I go I have no thought for anything but my work, which must be such as to move the world — well, God grant that it may be so!’ Dvořák on his Symphony No 7

Sutton Symphony Orchestra is a group of orchestral music enthusiasts and amateur performers, primarily local to Sutton and South London, conducted by Philip Aslangul and led by Annmarie McDade. We are thrilled to be joined on-stage by London-based mezzo-soprano Maggie Cooper for this concert.

 

PROGRAMME & PERFORMERS

David Hackbridge Johnson River Wandle Suite
Elgar Sea Pictures
Dvořák Symphony No 7

Philip Aslangul conductor
Maggie Cooper mezzo-soprano
Annmarie McDade leader
Sutton Symphony Orchestra

 

TICKETS £12, free for under-18s. Available online or on the door.

The Mayor of Epsom & Ewell’s Music & Magic Night

Join The Mayor of Epsom & Ewell for an evening of music, storytelling, illusion, magic and laughter.  David Alnwick is “the best magician” and is bringing the Edinburgh Fringe vibe to Epsom.  Opening the evening is Dragonfly Sky.  A local singer/songwriter duo performing their own music and some well known classic covers.  Suitable for ages 12+.

Ample free parking.  Cash bar.  Exciting raffle.  All profits going to The Mayor’s chosen charities:

Epsom & Ewell Foodbank, Shine Cancer Support, JDRF Diabetes Research, Cardiac Risk in the Young, Epsom Sports Club, Racing Welfare, Bliss.

Our last event was sold out so BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment.

Tickets are just £20. To Book CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

Ashtead Choral Society – A Sea Symphony

Ashtead Choral Society presents a concert celebrating the 150th Anniversary celebrations in 2022 of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birth. This concert features three of his well-known works.
Our main offering will be A Sea Symphony – a compelling work, in which a choir is used throughout and is an integral part of the musical texture. The text comes from American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.
The programme includes The Lark Ascending – a popular evocative well-known single movement work with solo violin played by leader of the orchestra Christian Halstead.
Also featured will be Five Mystical Songs – a showcase for baritone solo and piano.
We are pleased to be welcoming back Kent Sinfonia and soloists Eleanor Pennell-Briggs (soprano), Philip Tebb (baritone) and Stephen Ridge (piano). The concert will be conducted by Musical Director Andrew Storey.

Erato Orchestra Concert – March 2023

The “Clock” Symphony was enthusiastically reviewed at its première. “HAYDN; the inexhaustible, the wonderful, the sublime HAYDN! The first two movements were encored; and the character that pervaded the whole composition was heartfelt joy.”

Two compositions by Mozart complete the Erato Orchestra’s March concert programme: the most requested concerto in the bassoon repertoire and the “Haffner” Symphony one of Mozart’s most famous. Definitely an evening to look forward to!
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Saturday 18th March 2023 7.30pm
St. Mark’s Church, Church Road, Woodcote, Purley CR8 3QQ
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Symphony No.35 in D “Haffner”, K.385 – MOZART

Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K.191 – MOZART

Symphony No.101 in D “Clock” – HAYDN
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SHARUDDIN ROSUNALLY – bassoon
RUSSELL KEABLE – conductor
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Please see our website www.erato.org.uk for the ‘Next Concert’ page where you will find a map of the venue. You can also download a flyer from there or else save the image from this page.
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Prices: at the door – £12 (Seniors £10; Students £7; Members £6-£8; Student Members and Children free)
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A South London concert close to Croydon, Sutton, Carshalton and Redhill.
Easy parking