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FORTHCOMING CONCERTS for 2012: BRAND NEW PIECES : THE WILLOW WALTZ for Full Orchestra (Cat. No.2712) - a light-hearted waltz with contrasting 2/4 middle section. Duration : approx. 6 minutes . Performance to be given by the Square Chapel Orchestra, Halifax at their New Year Concert on Sunday 8th January, 2012 @ 3.00pm; and by The Promenade Concert Orchestra, Morecambe at The Platform, on Sunday 18th March, 2012 @ 3.00 pm WIND QUINTET to be premiered by players from The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham as part of a concert given by The Boots Orchestra at Ruddington Church, Saturday 23rd June, 2012 SUMMER SERENADE (Cat. No.2742) is to receive its premiere by TODMORDEN ORCHESTRA at the Town Hall on Saturday 23rd June at 7.30pm, 2012 as part of a concert celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee PROMS (IN THE PARK). SUMMER CONCERT at Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags (National Trust), West Yorkshire : indoors on Saturday 14 July, 2012 @ 3.pm, and outdoors at OAKWELL HALL Sunday 15th July, 2012 @ 4.30pm ( Nutter Lane, Birstall WF17 9LG). Tel: 01924 326240 Conductor and solo violinist : Mark Ostyn (former MD of The Spa Orchestra, Scarborough) MIDSUMMER MOODS A Shakespearean Suite (first perfromed by the Boots Orchestra in June, 2011) is to be performed by the Leeds Summer Orchestra during Summer 2012 Recently performed by The Mark Ostyn Orchestra and Hebden Bridge Little Theatre Choir at Oakwell Hall Seasonal Concert 15 December, 2012 : LULLABY, HOMELESS BABY - a choral carol for SATB Choir and Full Orchestra (premiere given at Southwell Minster on Saturday 18th December, 2010 7.30 pm as part of the Carols for Everyone service. The Southwell Choral and Orchestral Societies joined forces for this new piece): LULLABY, HOMELESS BABY (Lyrics by Freda Kelsall) (Catalogue Nos. 2706/1240)
Lullaby, homeless baby,
You need a kind world to care for you,
Lullaby, homeless baby,
All children will say a prayer for you.
Lullaby, homeless baby,
Whoever you are, be safe and well,
Lullaby, homeless baby,
What you will become, who can foretell?
In the morning, bells will chime (Ding-a-Dong)
And awaken love in time to sing a song,
In the morning, bells will chime
And awaken love in time to sing a song,
Of hope for a homeless baby,
Of hope that the human heart, and mind,
Can cherish a homeless baby,
And bring out the best in all mankind,
So lullaby, Christmas baby,
New life is a joy to all the earth,
Lullaby, Christmas baby,
We nations will sing for all we're worth,
To welcome you with love, (Ding-a-Dong)
While Christmas bells above ring along,
Into our hearts come hush-a-bye, (hush-a-bye)
Into our hearts come hush-a-bye, (hush-a-bye)
With your gift of peace,
With your gift of peace.
In the morning, bells will chime
And awaken love in time to sing a song,
Bring hope for a homeless baby,
Of hope that the human heart and mind,
Can cherish a homeless baby,
And bring out the best in all mankind,
We welcome you with love, (Ding-a-Dong)
While Christmas bells above ring along,
Into our hearts come hush-a-bye, (hush-a-bye)
Into our hearts come hush-a-bye, (hush-a-bye)
With your gift of peace,
With your gift of peace. Sunday 30th January, 2011 at 3 pm at The Platform, Morecambe : Promenade Concert Orchestra - presented a sell-out New Year Viennese Concert which included SOUTHWELL SLEIGH-RIDE (composed for the Carols for Everyone service at Southwell Minster, Christmas 2009) (see Catalogue ID 2638). Revew by David Alder : "Whereas the first part of the concert definitely looked forward to the arrival of spring the second half included reminders of winter.One of these was the ‘Southwell Sleigh Ride’, a recent composition by Christopher Irvin, which was being heard for the first time in Morecambe. The piece proved very popular – with the composer personally contributing to the percussion section’s effects by playing the sleigh bells". | >|
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| MIDSUMMER MOODS (adapted from FOREST AIRS FROM SHAKESPEARE) was given a first performance by the Boots Orchestra (Nottingham) at Chilwell Road Methodist Church, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1EH on Saturday 18th June, 2011 at 7.30 pm Rochdale Light Orchestra (RLO) was founded in 2008 by a group of enthusiasts led by local composer/conductor Graham Marshall. In Spring of 2010, a song-cycle ELIZABETH'S GARDENS, was composed for and premiered by Bridget Budge (contralto), Musical Director of the Pennine Spring Music Festival. Published by Da Capo Music Ltd. pp29 (2010) @ £6.00
Listen to a short clip from the ELIZABETH'S GARDENS Song Cycle (Song No.2) here:-
Picture a senior gardener, Less frequently on his knees, Surrounded by amateur gardeners Who beg for his expertise. Words drift by in abundant splendour, (“Those are hardy, but these are tender,”) Names with an aim to please. (“Azalea, wygelia, Lobelia, camellia”), In the gardens at Harlow Carr, He knows them for what they are. | |
