CONCERTS
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2018 CONCERTS
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Saturday 21st April at 7.30 pm
St Eustachius’s Church, Plymouth Road, Tavistock
TAVISTOCK FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
Andrew M Wilson: 'Tros an Treys'
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5
Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne from Incidental Music to 'Shylock'
Malcolm Arnold : Concerto for Two Violins
INTERVAL
Clive Jenkins: Majesty
Malcolm Arnold: Five Pieces for Violin and Strings arr. Lane
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Serenade
Sponsored by the Malcolm Arnold Society, Eldreds Auctioneers and Valuers, Plymouth Music Accord
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Saturday 19th May at 7.30 pm
RHS Garden Rosemoor, Torrington
GARDEN MUSIC
Noël Coward: London Pride
Tchaikovsky: Valse des fleurs
Billy Mayerl: Marigold
Trad. arr. Jenkins: Scarborough Fair
Katie Moss: The Floral Dance
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Edelweiss
Rossini: I Crisantemi
Johann Strauss II: Roses from the South
INTERVAL
Clive Jenkins: Honeysuckle Waltz
Rimski-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
Paul Lincke: Glow Worm
Billy Mayerl: Evening Primrose
Ivor Novello: We’ll Gather Lilacs
Weatherley / Wood: Roses of Picardy
Dubin / Burke: Tip Toe Thro’ The Tulips
Vivaldi : Summer
Brown / Tobias / Stept: Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Friday 25th May at 7.30 pm
Plaza Centre, Southend-on-Sea
MUSIC OF THE THAMES
Sullivan: Overture to The Yeomen of the Guard
Farnon: Westminster Waltz – Farnon
Eccles: Suite – Eccles
Jenkins: Thames Reflections – Jenkins
Boyce: Symphony No.1
Jenkins: Variations on The Eton Boating Song
Shearman: London River
INTERVAL
Holst: St Paul’s Suite
Jenkins: London Bridge
Handel: Water Music
Coward: London Pride
Gay: Lambeth Walk
O’Hogan: Old Father Thames
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Sunday, 23rd September at 3pm
Dartington Great Hall
Clive Jenkins’ 80th Birthday Concert
Celebrating the 80th birthday of Westcountry composer, Clive Jenkins.
The Chamber Ensemble of London, directed by Peter Fisher - violin, wih renowned pianist Margaret Fingerhut.
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Jenkins: Piano Concertino
Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro
Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Finzi: Eclogue
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Weber / Bizet / Rossini Arr. Jenkins: Sport in Opera .
Tickets £20 from Dartington Box Office, tel 01803 847070. For further information contact: Jeanie Moore MVO, Programme Director, 01752 770345 jeanie@jeaniemooremvo.co.uk
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Saturday, 10th November at 7.30
St James’s Piccadilly
WE WILL REMEMBER
A World War 1 Concert
Edward Elgar: Chanson de Matin
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (1914 version)
Clive Jenkins: No Man's Land - a suite for double bass and strings with readings from English, German, French and Russian poets to introduce the movements. Soloist: Chris West
Selection "On the Home Front" (incl. Ivor Novello)
INTERVAL
Sydney C Baldock: Angels of Mons
Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro
Paul Hindemith: Five Pieces for String Orchestra
Selection "What We remember" (American popular songs of the period incl. Irving Berlin)
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Sunday, 16th December 2018 at 6.30
Conway Hall, London
POPULAR STRINGS
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Schubert: Ave Maria
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Britten: Simple Symphony
INTERVAL
Vivaldi: Overture to L’Olimpiade
Bach: Air on the G String
Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro
Ireland: Cavatina and Bagatelle
Jenkins: Tarte au citron
Mozart: Serenade ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’
Copland: Hoedown from ‘Rodeo’
2017 CONCERTS
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Storyteller/Narrator: Jacqui Dankworth
Saturday, 25th November, 2017 evening (time tbc.)
STORIES IN MUSIC
Concert for Loughborough University Arts
Rimsky-korsakov: Scheherazade - The Young Prince and the Young Princess, arr. Kreisler/Fisher
Clive Jenkins: The White Bird (An Old Dartmoor Legend)
Alan Ridout: Ferdinand the Bull
INTERVAL
Antonio Vivaldi: Winter from The four Seasons
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Georg Philipp Telemann: Don Quixote (Suite)
Booking details www.arts.lboro.ac.uk
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Sunday, 19th November 2017 at 2.30 pm
Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth
Soloist: Chris West (double bass)
WE WILL REMEMBER
A World War 1 Concert
Edward Elgar: Chanson de Matin
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (1914 version)
Clive Jenkins: No Man's Land - a suite for double bass and strings with readings from English, German, French and Russian poets to introduce the movements.
Selection "On the Home Front" (incl. Ivor Novello)
INTERVAL
Sydney C Baldock: Angels of Mons
Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro
Paul Hindemith: Five Pieces for String Orchestra
Selection "What We remember" (American popular songs of the period incl. Irving Berlin)
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Tuesday, October 10th 2017 at 7.30 pm
Concert for Campden Music
St James’s Church, Chipping Campden
Pachelbel: Canon
Telemann: Don Quizote Suite
Bach: Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042
Mozart: Serenade in D major K239
INTERVAL
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.11
Delius: Legende
Jenkins: Pastorale & Allegro
Warlock: Capriol Suite
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Friday 8th September, 2017, 4.00- 7.30pm
THE THAMES THROUGH MUSIC AND PICTURES
Join Thames Estuary Partnership and Tideway for a Musical Boat Tour of the Tidal Thames. Thames Clippers will welcome the Chamber Ensemble of London, with accompanying film and commentary, to delight, inform and entertain the audience. You will also get a live commentary on the progress of the Thames Tunnel.
Book through Eventbrite on the Thames Estuary Partnership web page
Tickets available for £10 upon the mention of Peter Fisher's name to Meghna.
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Storyteller/Narrator: Jacqui Dankworth
Saturday 16th July, 2017, The Old Rectory Garden, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, 3.00pm
The Dankworth Family Festival
STORIES IN MUSIC
Rimsky-korsakov: Scheherazade - The Young Prince and the Young Princess,
arr. Kreisler/Fisher
Clive Jenkins: The White Bird (An Old Dartmoor Legend)
Alan Ridout: Ferdinand the Bull
INTERVAL
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Georg Philipp Telemann: Don Quixote (Suite)
John Dankworth: Tom Sawyer’s Saturday
Booking details www.perdido.co.uk/dff
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Sunday, 19th March 2017 at 2.30 pm
Stables Gallery, Twickenham TW1 3DJ
Edward Bostock Memorial Concert
‘On Stage’ featuring Caroline Zeghibe (soprano)
Lehar: Overture to ‘The Land of Smiles’
Purcell: Suite from ‘The Fairy Queen’
Copland: Hoe Down from ‘Rodeo’
Soprano Songs tba.
Mozart: Overture to ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
Handel: Suite from ‘Alcina’
Opera Selection – Weber, Bizet, Rossini
Tickets £20 to include complimentary glass of wine and post-concert reception, from www.richmond.gov.uk/musicanddrama or from 020 8831 6000
2016 CONCERTS
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Sunday, 4th December at 3pm
Duke of Cornwall Hotel Plymouth
23rd International Concert Series
CHRISTMAS GALA CONCERT
Traditional arr. Andrade: Deck the Halls
JS Bach : Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings ‘Il Reposo per il Santissimo Natale’
George Frideric Handel arr.Frackenpohl: Allegro for Strings from Violin Sonata Op.1 no. 3 . ‘Exultation of the Angels’ !
John Ireland: ‘The Holy Boy’
Traditional arr. Andrade: Good King Wenceslas
Giuseppe Torelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 8 no. 6
INTERVAL
Clive Jenkins : Hang High the Mistletoe
Felix Mendelssohn arr. Lane: Selection from Mendelssohniana (A Children’s Christmas Suite)for String Orchestra
Robert Schumann arr. Jenkins: Knecht Ruprecht
Franz Schubert- Wilhelmj arr. Fisher: Ave Maria
Arcangelo Corelli: Christmas Concerto Op. 6 no. 8 ‘Fatto per la Notte di Natale’
James Lord Pierpont arr. Andrade: Jingle Bells
Tiokets £20 from The Duke of Cornwall Hotel 01752 275850, Jeanie Moore MVO 01752 770345 jeanie@jeaniemooremvo.co.uk and www.wegottickets.com/event/362622.
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Friday, 16th September at 7.30
Newton Abbot and District Society of Arts
A SOUTH WEST CONCERT (programme tbc)
Richard Mudge: Concerto Grosso
Clive Jenkins: Pastorale & Allegro
Peter Fisher: Variations on Widecombe Fair in the Style of Paganini
John Ireland arr. Parlett: Cavatina and Bagatelle
Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony
Andrew M Wilson: Tavy Dance Suite
Edward Elgar.Serenade
Sponsored by the Estate of the late Albert Nutty
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Monday, 12th September at 7.30
Wilton’s Music Hall, London
The Thames Estuary Partnership presents
MUSIC OF THE THAMES
Sullivan: Overture to The Yeomen of the Guard
Farnon: Westminster Waltz – Farnon
Eccles: Suite – Eccles
Jenkins: Thames Reflections – Jenkins
Boyce: Symphony No.1
Jenkins: Variations on The Eton Boating Song
Shearman: London River
Interval
Holst: St Paul’s Suite
Jenkins: London Bridge
Handel: Water Music
Coward: London Pride
Gay: Lambeth Walk
O’Hogan: Old Father Thames
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Thursday, 19th May at 7.30
Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames
ROYAL MUSIC
Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen Overture
William Boyce: Symphony No.2 in A
Felix Mendelssohn: Wedding March
Prince Albert: The Rider
John Eccles: Suite for Strings
Edward Elgar: Serenade
INTERVAL
Arthur Sullivan: Overture to The Yeomen of the Guard
George Frideric Handel arr. Jenkins: Suite from the Water Music
Clive Jenkins: Majesty
Ronald Binge: Elizabethan Serenade
Duke Ellington: Sunset and the Mocking Bird
Peter Maxwell Davies: A Birthday Card for Prince Charles
Edward German: Three Dances from Henry VIII
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Tuesday, 17th May at 7.30
Leighton House – Kensington & Chelsea Music Society
William Shield: Overture to 'The Poor Soldier'
William Boyce: Symphony No.1
John Ireland: Cavatina and Bagatelle
Clive Jenkins: Sinfonietta
INTERVAL
Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Frederick Delius: Legende
Harold Darke: Meditation
Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony
Sponsored by the John Ireland Trust
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Saturday, 14th May 2016 at 7.30
St James’s Church, Piccadilly
Special guest soloist: Maya Iwabuchi - violin
SIR MALCOLM AT HIS CLUB
Malcolm Arnold in the company of fellow Savile members:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasy on Greensleeves
Frederick Delius: Légende (solo violin: Peter Fisher)
Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings
William Alwyn: Love Scene from The Fallen Idol (solo violin: Peter Fisher, solo cello: Michael Mace)
Malcolm Arnold: Five Pieces for Violin and Strings
INTERVAL
Charles Stanford: March from Becket
William Walton: Two Pieces from Henry V
Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for Two Violins (solo violins: Peter Fisher and Maya Iwabuchi)
Hubert Parry: Lady Radnor’s Suite
Book online at We Got Tickets or via ConcertDiary.com
Sponsored by the Malcolm Arnold Trust
NEW CD “A BRITISH SERENADE”, Solos with String Orchestra (HERITAGE RECORDS)
LAUNCHED AT THIS CONCERT
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Friday, 29th April, 2016 at 7.30
St Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock
TAVISTOCK FESTIVAL
PROGRAMME FOR UNESCO WORLD DANCE DAY
Solo dancer: Heather Rees
Henry Purcell: Dances from The Fairy Queen
Peter Tchaikovsky: Valse des Fleurs
Clive Jenkins: Fiddler and Dancer
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
Gioacchino Rossini: La Danza
INTERVAL
Emil Waldteufel: Les Patineurs
Andrew M Wilson: Tavy Dance Suite
Clive Jenkins: Tarte au citron
Noël Gay: Lambeth Walk
Aaron Copland: Hoe-Down from Rodeo
Sponsored by Eldreds Auctioneers
2015 CONCERTS
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Friday, 4th December at 7.30
St James’s Piccadilly
CLASSICS AT CHRISTMAS
Traditional arr. Andrade: Deck the Halls
JS Bach : Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings ‘Il Reposo per il Santissimo Natale’
George Frideric Handel arr.Frackenpohl: Allegro for Strings from Violin Sonata Op.1 no. 3 . ‘Exultation of the Angels’ !
John Ireland: ‘The Holy Boy’
Traditional arr. Andrade: Good King Wenceslas
Giuseppe Torelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 8 no. 6
INTERVAL
Clive Jenkins : Hang High the Mistletoe
Felix Mendelssohn arr. Lane: Selection from Mendelssohniana (A Children’s Christmas Suite)for String Orchestra
Robert Schumann arr. Jenkins: Knecht Ruprecht
Franz Schubert- Wilhelmj arr. Fisher: Ave Maria
Arcangelo Corelli: Christmas Concerto Op. 6 no. 8 ‘Fatto per la Notte di Natale’
James Lord Pierpont arr. Andrade: Jingle Bells
Book online at https://www.wegottickets.com/event/332447
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Friday, 27th November at 7.30
Cadogan Hall, London
WALTZES WITH SULTANS
European Music at the Ottoman Court –
Waltzes, polkas and marches composed by members of the Ottoman Imperial family
And famous Italian pashas Giuseppe Donizetti and Callisto Guatelli
Orchestra conducted by Dr Emre Araci and led by Peter Fisher
Concert organised by Yurus Emre Institute London and Turkish Culture and Information Office London
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Sunday, 22nd November at 2pm
Dillington House, Somerset
Soloist: Chris West (double bass)
WE WILL REMEMBER
A World War 1 Concert
Edward Elgar: Chanson de Matin
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (1914 version)
Clive Jenkins: No Man's Land - a suite for double bass and strings with readings from English, German, French and Russian poets to introduce the movements.
Selection "On the Home Front" (incl. Ivor Novello)
INTERVAL
Sydney C Baldock: Angels of Mons
Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro
Paul Hindemith: Five Pieces for String Orchestra
Selection "What We remember" (American popular songs of the period incl. Irving Berlin)
Book online at www.wegottickets.com/event/335375
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Monday, 25th May at 2.15 pm
At Radley College in the Silk Hall
Soloist: Suzanne Manuell (soprano)
ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL
John Christopher Smith: Overture to The Fairies
John Ireland: Cavatina
Henry Purcell: Music For A While
Clive Jenkins: White Bird – a Dartmoor ghost story in six scenes
INTERVAL
Richard Mudge: Concerto Grosso No.5 in Bb
Frederick Delius: Légende
Thomas Arne: The Sycamore Shade
Thomas Arne: My Heart’s My Own
Henry Bishop: Weave, O Weave Me Garlands Gay
Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony
New CD to be launched at this concert.
2014 CONCERTS
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Sunday. November 23rd at 4pm
In the Great Hall, Dartington, Devon
WE WILL REMEMBER
A World War 1 Concert
Edward Elgar: Chanson de Matin
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (1914 version)
Clive Jenkins: No Man's Land - a suite for double bass and strings with readings from English, German, French and Russian poets to introduce the movements. Soloist: Chris West
Selection "On the Home Front" (incl. Ivor Novello)
INTERVAL
Sydney C Baldock: Angels of Mons
Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro
Paul Hindemith: Five Pieces for String Orchestra
Selection "What We remember" (American popular songs of the period incl. Irving Berlin)
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Sunday, 28th September, 2014 at 7.30pm
Kings Place
British Music for Strings Programme 1
John Blow: Overture to Venus and Adonis
John Ireland: Five Pieces - Bagatelle, Soliloquy, Cavatina, Merry Andrew (new arrangements by Graham Parlett)
The Holy Boy (arr. Christopher Palmer)
Frederick Delius: Légende (arr. Clive Jenkins)
Granville Bantock: In The Far West
Interval
Richard Mudge: Concerto V
Harold Darke: Retrospection (arr. Graham Darke)
Clive Jenkins: Two Jazz Pieces - Thames Reflections, Tarte au Citron
John Ireland: Pastorale Concertante
CONCERT GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE JOHN IRELAND CHARITABLE TRUST
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Wednesday, 4th June, 2014 at 7.30
Loughborough University Arts
Henry Purcell: Overture and Rondeau from Abdalazer
John Eccles: Suite
Charles Avison: Concerto Grosso in A Op.9 No.11
Harold Darke: Fantasy in E major
Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite
William Boyce: Symphony No.1
Clive Jenkins: Sinfonietta for Strings
Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Friday, 9th May, 2014 at 7.30
Victoria & Albert Museum
Georgian Music to complement the William Kent Exhibition
John Chistopher Smith: Overture to The Fairies
George Frideric Handel: Water Music Suite
John Eccles: Suite
George Frideric Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Thomas Arne: Sonata V for Two Violins and Continuo
William Boyce: Symphony No.1
William Shield: Overture to The Poor Soldier
George Frideric Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Friday, 25th April, 2014 at 7.30 POSTPONED
The Woodville, Gravesend
Music for the Royals
Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen Suite
William Boyce: Symphony No.2 in A
George Frideric Handel: Suite from the Music for the Royal Fireworks
Felix Mendelssohn: Wedding March
Prince Albert: Suite
Edward Elgar: Serenade
Arthur Sullivan: Overture to The Yeomen of the Guard
Clive Jenkins: Majesty
Ronald Binge: Elizabethan Serenade
Duke Ellington: Sunset and the Mocking Bird
Peter Maxwell Davies: A Birthday Card for Prince Charles
Edward German: Three Dances from Henry VIII
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Thursday, 3rd April, 2014
Concert for Tavistock Music and Arts Festival
St. Eustachius Church, Tavistock at 7.30pm
Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen Suite
Giles Farnaby: Seven Pieces for String Orchestra arr. Bantock
Richard Mudge: Concerto No.5 in Bb major
John Ireland: Minuet from A Downland Suite
Clive Jenkins: Pastorale and Allegro
Andrew M Wilson: Cornish Overture
Harold Darke: Fantasy in E major
John Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
Peter Fisher: Variations on Widecombe Fair in the style of Paganini
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Wednesday, 2nd April, 2014 at 7.30
Deer Park Country Hotel, Honiton
Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen Suite
Giles Farnaby: Seven Pieces for String Orchestra arr. Bantock
Richard Mudge: Concerto No.5 in Bb major
John Ireland: Minuet from A Downland Suite
Clive Jenkins: Pastorale and Allegro
Andrew M Wilson: Cornish Overture FIRST PERFORMANCE
Harold Darke: Fantasy in E major
John Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
Peter Fisher: Variations on Widecombe Fair in the style of Paganini
Concert supported by John Ireland Trust.
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Tuesday, March 11th 2014 at 7.30
Concert for Campden Music
St James’s Church, Chipping Campden
Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons
Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Harold Darke: Meditation on Brother James’s Air
Clive Jenkins: Sinfonietta for Strings
Peter Fisher: Variations on Widecombe Fair in the style of Paganini
2013 CONCERTS
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Monday, 11th November, 2013 at 7.45 pm
Soloists: Peter Fisher, Maya Iwabuchi (violins), Peter Adams (cello)
ENGLISH MUSIC FOR STRINGS
Purcell: Suite from The Fairy Queen
Farnaby: Seven Pieces for String Orchestra arr. Bantock
Ireland: The Holy Boy (version with cello solo)
Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso
INTERVAL
Jenkins: Sinfonietta for Strings
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Arnold: Concerto for Two Violins
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Friday, 18th October, 2013 – Plaza Centre, Southend-on-Sea
Telemann: Don Quixote Suite
Vivaldi: Trio Sonata no. 12 in D minor
Monteverdi: Final Duet from 'L' Incoronazione di Poppea'
J.S. Bach: Violin concerto in E major BWV 1042
INTERVAL
Rossini: Sonata for Strings no. 1 in G major
Jenkins: Sinfonietta for Strings
Britten: Simple Symphony
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
CONCERT FOR TONBRIDGE MUSIC CLUB
Saturday, 5th October, 2013 at 7.45
Purcell: Fairy Queen Suite
Eccles: Suite
Avison: Concerto Grosso
Warlock: Capriol Suite
Darke: Brother James's Air
Interval
Boyce: Symphony No.1 ’
Jenkins: Romance for Viola and Strings (solo viola: Levine Andrade)
Britten: Simple Symphony
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
MUSIC IN THE GARDEN
Sunday, June 30 th, 2013 at 3pm
Old Rectory Garden, Wavendon
Soprano: Eve Sherratt, Solo violin: Peter Fisher, Solo piano: Mike Hatchard
WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS and other floral pieces
music by Tchaikowsky, Rossini, Vivaldi, Strauss Ivor Novello, Billy Mayerl etc.
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Director / solo violin: Peter Fisher, with Eri Konii (solo violin) and Gillian Rae-Walker (soprano)
A FANFARE FOR FRAN
Friday 17th May, 2013 at 7.30 - St James's, Piccadilly
Celebrating Frances Andrade (1964 - 2013)
Clive Jenkins: Fanfare and Fugue – in memoriam Frances Andrade
Georg Philipp Telemann: Don Quixote Suite
Monteverdi (arr. Martelli): Final Duet from L'incoronazione di Poppea
Franz Schubert: Rondo for Violin and Strings in A major, D438
Interval
Henry Purcell: Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas
George Frideric Handel: 'Lascia ch'io pianga' from Rinaldo
Clive Jenkins: Pastorale and Allegro
Harold Darke: Meditation on Brother James's Air
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Plymouth Museum
Thursday, 16th May, 2013 at 7.30 pm
Telemann: Don Quixote Suite
Vivaldi: Trio Sonata no. 12 in D min. ('La Follia'),
Monteverdi: Final Duet from 'L' Incoronazione di Poppea' (arr. for strings by Carlo Martelli)
J.S. Bach: Violin concerto in E major
Interval
Rossini: Sonata for Strings no. 1 in G major
Clive Jenkins: Tarte au Citron
Clive Jenkins: Thames Reflections
Duke Ellington arr. Clive Jenkins: 'Sunset and the Mocking Bird'
Britten: Simple Symphony.
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
A ‘ THAMES’ CONCERT
THURSDAY APRIL 18th 2013, the Woodville, Gravesend
Sullivan: Overture to The Yeomen of the Guard
Farnon: Westminster Waltz – Farnon
Eccles: Suite – Eccles
Jenkins: Thames Reflections – Jenkins
Boyce: Symphony No.1
Jenkins: Variations on The Eton Boating Song
Shearman: London River
Interval
Holst: St Paul’s Suite
Jenkins: London Bridge
Handel: Water Music
Coward: London Pride
Gay: Lambeth Walk
O’Hogan: Old Father Thames
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
A ‘ THAMES’ CONCERT
including film produced by the London Film Museum
Sunday, 17th March, 2013 at 4pm – Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames
Sullivan: Overture to The Yeomen of the Guard
Farnon: Westminster Waltz – Farnon
Eccles: Suite – Eccles
Jenkins: Thames Reflections – Jenkins
Boyce: Symphony No.1
Jenkins: Variations on The Eton Boating Song
Shearman: London River
Interval
Holst: St Paul’s Suite
Jenkins: London Bridge
Handel: Water Music
Coward: London Pride
Gay: Lambeth Walk
O’Hogan: Old Father Thames
2012 CONCERTS
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
MOVIE MUSIC to complement the
V & A’s HOLLYWOOD EXHIBITION
Friday, 16th November 2012 at 8pm In the Raphael Gallery
Max Steiner – Tara’s Theme from Gone With The Wind
William Walton – Two Pieces from Henry V
Patrick Doyle – Selection from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings from Platoon (and other films)
Bernard Herrmann – Prelude from Psycho
Charlie Chaplin – Selection from Limelight, The Great Dictator etc.
INTERVAL
Henry Mancini – Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Jules Massenet – Meditation from Thaïs from Titanic
Louis Gugliemi – La Vie En Rose from La Môme Piaf
Georges Bizet arr. Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy from Humoresque
John Williams – Theme from Schindler’s List
Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5 from Lemony Snicket (and others)
Monday, 4th June at 2.30 pm in Silk Hall, Radley College, Abingdon OX14 2HR
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
A ‘ LONDON’ CONCERT
Monday, 2nd July, 2012 at 12.15 at the Banqueting House, Whitehall –
Buffet lunch followed by concert
Sullivan: Overture to “The Yeomen of the Guard”
Farnon: Westminster Waltz
Holst: St Paul’s Suite
Jenkins: Thames Reflections
arr. Jenkins: Hippodrome Empires (Edwardian music hall)
Boyce: Symphony No.1 ( Vauxhall Gardens)
Coward / Gay: London Pride / Lambeth Walk
Coates: Knightsbridge March
Monday, 4th June at 2.30 pm in Silk Hall, Radley College, Abingdon
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Concert for English Music Festival
Avison: Concerto in A Op. 9 No.11
Farnaby: Seven Pieces (arr. Bantock)
Boughton: Three Folk Dances
Britten: Simple Symphony
Darke: Fantasy in E minor (reconstructed Jenkins)
Jenkins: Pastorale & Allegro
INTERVAL
Purcell: Fairy Queen Suite
Boyce: Symphony No.1
Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
Fisher: ‘Widecombe Fair’ Variations in the style of Paganini .
Thursday, 10th May, 2012 at 7pm
At St George's Church, Campden Hill Road, W8
Kensington & Chelsea Music Society
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
CHILDREN’S CONCERT
Programme:
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Saint-Saens: Elephant
Saint-Saens: Swan
Jenkins: Allegro
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
Rossini: La Danza
Britten: Simple Symphony
Fisher: Variations on Widecombe Fair in the Style of Paganini
Sunday, 15th April, 2012 at 2.30pm – at St Peter’s Church, Shaldon
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
AN AFTERNOON OF ENGLISH MUSIC
Soprano soloist: Suzanne Manuel
Handel: Overture and dances from Alcina
Handel: Tornami – aria from Alcina
Jenkins: White Bird – a Dartmoor legend with narration and soprano vocalise
Elgar: Serenade
Wilson : Huckworthy Bridge
Purcell: Chacony in G minor
Purcell: Dido’s Lament
Darke: Meditation on Brother James’s Air
Fisher: Variations on Widecombe Fair in the style of Paganini
Saturday, 14th April, 2012 at 7.30 pm –
Tavistock Music & Arts Festival - St Eustachius’ Church
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
AN EVENING OF ENGLISH MUSIC
Soprano soloist: Suzanne Manuel
Handel: Overture and dances from Alcina
Handel: Tornami – aria from Alcina
Jenkins: White Bird – a Dartmoor legend with narration and soprano vocalise
Elgar: Serenade
Wilson : Huckworthy Bridge
Purcell: Chacony in G minor
Purcell: Dido’s Lament
Darke: Meditation on Brother James’s Air
Fisher: Variations on Widecombe Fair in the style of Paganini
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
MUSIC FOR THE OLYMPICS
Monday, 26th March, 2012 at 12.15
Buffet lunch and concert at the Banqueting House, Whitehall
Vivaldi: L’olimpiade suite
Sport on Screen Selection
- Chariots of Fire
- Ski Sunday
- Wimbledon
- Sailing
Mozart: Musical Joke (Horse of the Year)
Satie: Gymnopédie No.1
Elgar: Serenade (cycling)
Fauré: Pavane (BBC World Cup 98)
Euripides George: Aquathlete (First performance)
Clive Jenkins: Variations on The Eton Boating Song
Opera Sports Selection
- Der Freischütz (shooting)
- Carmen (boxing!)
- William Tell (archery)
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
Concert for ASHFORD MUSIC SOCIETY
Monday 12th March, 2012 at 7.30
Purcell: Fairy Queen Suite
Avison: Concerto
Farnaby: Seven Pieces
Jenkins: Pastorale & Allegro
Boyce: Symphony No.1
INTERVAL
Handel: Concerto grosso
Elgar: Serenade
Purcell: Chacony
Fisher: Widecombe Fair Variations in the Style of Paganini
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
MUSIC FOR THE ROYALS
Victoria & Albert Museum ( Raphael Gallery) Friday, 9th March, 2012 at 7.30
Purcell: Fairy Queen Suite
Boyce: Symphony No.1
Sullivan: Yeomen of the Guard
Eccles: Suite for Strings
Elgar: Serenade
Handel: Water Music
Mendelssohn: Wedding March
Prince Albert: Pretty Baby
Mendelssohn: Nocturne
Binge: Elizabethan Serenade
Maxwell Davies: A Birthday Card for Prince Charles
Ellington: Sunset and the Mocking Bird
Jenkins: Majesty
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba