Dunblane Chamber Orchestra

 

Dunblane Chamber Orchestra
Carron Shankland clarinet
Alistair Warwick conductor

Victoria Hall, Dunblane
Sunday 9 November 2008
7.00pm

• Grieg: Holberg Suite for strings
• Mackenzie: Benedictus
• Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
• Mozart: Serenade in C minor for wind ensemble
• Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat

 

Ticket price: £8 (adults), £2 (children and students)
Please note the starting time: 7pm

Notes on the pieces

Following our sell-out first concert in June, our second concert presents music by Mozart, Schubert, Grieg and Mackenzie.

The strings – who played in the first concert – play Grieg's Holberg Suite, and the new woodwind section have their solo opportunity with another Serenade by Mozart for pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns.

The strings and woodwind combine for the unashamedly romantic Benedictus by the great Scottish melodist Alexander Mackenzie, Mozart's sublime Clarinet Concerto with Carron Shankland as soloist, and Schubert's joyful 5th Symphony.

About the Dunblane Chamber Orchestra

Hilary Dalby leader

The Dunblane Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2008 and consists of string and woodwind players from around the area (Allandale, Avonbridge, Balquidder, Blair Drummond, Bridge of Allan, Callander, Crieff, Denny, Drymen, Dunblane, Falkirk, Glasgow, Lenzie and Stirling).

Our first concert was for strings only (with Simon Rendell as our solo oboist):

Violin 1 Hilary Dalby Lois Stewart Trudie Ford Sarah Hinds Carol Watson Jennifer Willmer Jean Thewlis	Violin 2 Katharine Neil Judith Fry Joan Clarke Leslie Mair Bethan Benwell Rowan Cruft
Viola Carolyn Smith Helen Mcintyre Lynda Stewart	Cello Ilse McFarlane Valerie Carson Jill Brown Fiona Shearer
Double Bass Ron Thewlis

Musical director

Alistair Warwick holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in music from Surrey University, specialising in Scottish early music and in conducting.

His conducting studies include work with Sebastian Forbes, Owen Rees and Alasdair Mitchell; he has also taken part in masterclasses in choral direction with Mike Brewer and David Hill.

Extra-musical studies include theology and liturgy.

Alistair Warwick is the RSCM's Programme Director for Sacred Music Studies and Co-ordinator for Scotland, as well as director of The Art of Music.

For ten years he was Director of Music and Master of the Choristers at Arundel Cathedral, where he started the flourishing junior choir. He was also Organist at Worth Abbey (home of "The Monastery" as shown on BBC television).

He has produced and directed a number of CD recordings; these include the choirs of Dunblane, Ely and Winchester Cathedrals. Television appearances include two live broadcasts from Arundel.

The Art of Music

The Art of Music combines many of these skills by providing music and typesetting services and choral publications.

The Art of Music's typesetting portfolio includes music for the Church of England's Common Worship liturgy, publications for The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society, the Royal School of Church Music, and academic books for Ashgate and The University of Wales Press.

Past concerts

A Little Night Music
22 June 2008 : Dunblane Cathedral Hall
Our first concert "A Little Night Music" with Simon Rendell oboe was a sellout.

The programme included:

• Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
• Morricone: Gabriel's Oboe
• Elgar: Serenade for Strings
• Pergolesi, arr. Barbirolli: Oboe Concerto
• Britten: Simple Symphony

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Rehearsals

Friday 24 October (7.00-9.00pm in Victoria Hall) to run through and collect music
Sunday 2 November (2.15 – 5.15 in Dunblane Cathedral Halls)
Sunday 9 November (2.15 – 5.15 in Victoria Hall)
Please bring a stand.

Tea and coffee etc. will be available during the afternoons; please bring along something towards a buffet after the rehearsal on the 9th (unless you wish to make your own arrangements).

Concert

The concert will be in Victoria Hall, Dunblane on Sunday 9 November at 7p.m.
(Dress code – black bottoms and plain-coloured tops.)