Trianon Music Group President: John Rutter CBE

Artistic Director: Emeritus Professor Christopher Green OBE

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Trianon Symphony Orchestra and Choir Orchestra Leader: Steve Browne

Conducted by

Emeritus Professor Christopher Green OBE

Saturday, 16th September, 2017 at 7.30 p.m. at Ipswich Corn Exchange

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FOREWORD

‘Special relationship?’ I was asked, ‘What special relationship?’ Such are the changes in geopolitics that the once-close relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States of America (leaving aside one War of Independence) is often questioned. Trianon programmes are planned at least 18 months in advance of the concert and so tonight’s choice was made before the American Presidential Elections. Had it been made after, then perhaps the choice of music might have been different. However, the selection takes very familiar and not so familiar pieces from five countries and offers them to you for your enjoyment, and if we have cheated slightly by including non-folk material from Wales, it is only because Karl Jenkins seems to be very much the musical face of his homeland, whilst Johann Strauss took the commercial opportunity to offer up the Americans some waltzes to mark his arrival on the shores of the USA. ‘Special relationship?’ Well look around you – towns and cities in the USA such as Ipswich, Boston, Cambridge, Danbury, Haverhill, Braintree, and even Martha’s Vineyard are all reminders of the legacy of East Anglian folk journeying to the New World. No present political challenges can diminish that, and we only have Otley Hall on the doorstep as it were to remind us that voyages were planned by merchants of Suffolk which would establish new American colonies. So enjoy tonight, and I commend to you the programmes Trianon members offer up with performances in Charsfield and Needham Market in October and November, five concerts in Worcester and Hereford areas in October and then a splendid trio of major concerts in 2018. Finally, this concert is dedicated to the memory of a long-time member of Trianon and, together with his wife, Helen, a great supporter:-

Horace (Harry) Lloyd Cochrane 1st September, 1935—10th June, 2017

Chris Green Emeritus Professor

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Bob Chilcott (b.1955) The Isle is Full of Noises (The Tempest)

John Ansell (1874-1948) Nautical Overture: Plymouth Hoe

MUSIC FROM FOUR NATIONS

ENGLAND:

John Rutter (b.1945) A Sprig of Thyme (selection)

(i) The Bold Grenadier (ii) Down by the Sally Gardens (iii) O Can ye Sew Cushions (iv) The Keel Row

IRELAND:

Trad. Arr. Bob Chilcott (b.1955) Londonderry Air

Herbert Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) The Fair-Day (from An Irish Symphony)

WALES:

Karl Jenkins (b.1944) I’ll Make Music Cantate Domino

SCOTLAND:

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Scottish Dances Op. 59 (i) Pesante (ii) Vivace (iii) Allegretto (iv) Con Brio

—Interval of twenty minutes—

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Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Fanfare for the Common Man

William Walton (1902-1983) March: A History of the English-speaking Peoples

H. T. Burleigh (1866-1949 My Lord What a Mornin’

Programme

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Please, no photography (video or still) or audio recording during the performance, and also turn off mobile phones and watches with audible alarms.

Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) Greetings to America

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) West Side Story (medley)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Saturday Night Waltz (Rodeo) Hoe-down (Rodeo) Ching-a-ring-chaw (Old American Songs)

Trad. arr. James Erb (1918-1990) Trad. arr. Daryl Runswick (b.1946)

Shenandoah Yankee Doodle

Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II(1805-1960) orch. Andrew Burke

South Pacific (medley)

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IPSWICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conductor: Adam Gatehouse Soloist: Sheku Kanneh-Mason Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no.1 Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2 Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina This sensational young cellist won BBC Young Musician of the Year 2016 with a highly persuasive and mature performance of this inspiring concerto.

Ipswich Corn Exchange 25th November at 7.30 p.m.

Tickets: £12.00—£15.50 U18s and FT students free with ID www.ipswichcornexchange.com

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Programme Notes THE ISLE IS FULL OF NOISES (The Tempest) Bob Chilcott (b.1955) Before we set off on our journey around the British Isles tonight we evoke the mystery and magic of island life with the atmospheric and beautiful The Isle is Full of Noises arranged by Bob Chilcott for choir. Using just a few lines from Act 3 Scene 2 of The Tempest by William Shakespeare: ‘Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices’ Chilcott’s piece has a dream-like quality that starts and ends quietly but look out for the climax in the middle as a thousand twangling instruments are depicted. The piece was commissioned in 2005 in celebration of the centenary of the Leith

Hill Musical Festival. ©Cathy Johnson

NAUTICAL OVERTURE: PLYMOUTH HOE John Ansell (1874-1948)

Known as a composer of light music and a conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Plymouth Hoe is one of Ansell’s best known works. In 2014 the piece substituted for Henry Wood’s Fantasy on British Sea Songs at the last night of the Proms. The Anglo Saxon meaning for Hoe is ‘a sloping ridge shaped like an inverted foot

and heel.’ The Hoe at Plymouth is, and would have been, topped by Smeaton’s Tower which was formally the lighthouse at Eddystone rocks that lies twenty-two and a half kilometres south of Plymouth. The piece features references to well known works including Rule Britannia and Jack’s the Lad (the hornpipe that also features in Henry Wood’s Fantasia) as well as the odd arcadian melody from

Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe. ©James Kent

A SPRIG OF THYME (i) The Bold Grenadier (ii) Down By the Sally Gardens, (iii) O Can Ye Sew Cushions (iv) The Keel Row John Rutter (b. 1945)

Journeying around the British Isles, we commence with four of John Rutter’s collection of eleven folk songs, ‘A Sprig of Thyme.’ These are delightful arrangements that convey the complexities of human life, particularly where love is concerned. Rutter (b.1945) notes that ‘For children growing up in post-war England as I did, traditional songs still form a common musical currency. These songs brought me delight and pleasure then, and they still do now, though pleasure has become tinged with nostalgia because, for the most part, they are forgotten and gone from our lives, perhaps forever. The Sprig of Thyme is an affectionate tribute to their composers and poets; a few were renowned, most were obscure or unknown, but the songs they created were famous, and I remember them fondly.’

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The Bold Grenadier warns young ladies of the dangers of falling for dashing soldiers, only to be left surely heartbroken, Down by the Sally Gardens is from the perspective of a mature man who is yearning for his lost love and lost youth, O Can Ye Sew Cushions is a gentle lullaby concerning maternal love and The Keel Row is the love song of a Geordie lass. LONDONDERRY AIR arr. Bob Chilcott (b.1955) The original melody of Londonderry Air was collected from a local fiddle player in the mid-nineteenth century by Jane Ross of Limavady, County Londonderry. The words were actually written by an Englishman, Fred Weatherly in 1910 and then modified in 1913 for use with the well-known melody. Bob Chilcott, a choral composer, conductor and singer now based in Oxford writes a soothing, atmospheric arrangement of the work, the most noticeable difference to the original being the piano accompaniment. IRISH SYMPHONY, 2

nd MOVEMENT

‘THE FAIR-DAY’ Hamilton Harty (1879 – 1941) We remain in Ireland for the second movement of Hamilton Harty’s Irish Symphony, ‘The Fair-Day.’ Composed in 1904, Harty notes that the work ‘is an attempt to produce a symphony in the Irish idiom, and it has, for poetical basis, scenes and moods intimately connected with the North of Ireland countryside to which the composer belongs. The themes have therefore been given a characteristically Irish turn; often based on traditional melodies.’ The Fair-Day

depicts ‘horses and cattle-noise and dust-swearing, bargaining men. A recruiting sergeant with his gay ribbons, and the primitive village band. In the market place, old women selling gingerbread and ‘yellow-boy’ and sweet, fizzy drinks. The movement begins with the reel The Blackberry Blossom and leads into The Girl I Left Behind Me. It is light in style with odd patches of humour and to recreate the musical character of an Irish fair. I’LL MAKE MUSIC and CANTATE DOMINO Karl Jenkins (b.1944) On into Wales, featuring two choir motets by Karl Jenkins, I’ll Make Music, the slow, serene fourth movement from his 2010 sacred choral composition Gloria and also the well-recognised Cantate Domino, which is in fact Adiemus, the opening from the Songs of Sanctuary in a cappella form. FOUR SCOTTISH DANCES OP 59 Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) We head North for Four Scottish Dances. Composed in 1957, these were inspired by Scottish country folk tunes and dances and written for the BBC Light Music Festival. The first dance is in the style of a Strathspey; a dance similar to the hornpipe in 4/4 time. The second movement is a lively reel which begins in the key of E flat and gradually ascends a semitone at a time until the pace suddenly slows with a solo bassoon passage featuring upward and downward glissandi and staggered rhythms. The third dance is much more lyrical and graceful, to depict a ‘calm summer’s day in the Hebrides’ and the final movement

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is a lively Highland fling and features the open strings of the violins.

©Natasha Free FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Born on the 14

th November in Brooklyn,

New York, Aaron Copland was the youngest of five. His parents had emigrated from the Russian Empire changing their surname to Copland from Kaplan. Copland studied with Rubin Goldmark who also briefly tutored George Gershwin. The Fanfare was composed for Eugene Goossens as part of a morale boosting programme as America entered World War Two. The title was inspired by a speech given by Vice President Henry A. Wallace proclaiming the dawning of the ‘Century of the Common Man.’ Copland later took the theme and developed it further in his Third Symphony. The Fanfare has sent astronauts to space and welcomed them back home to Earth. It shares its 75

th Anniversary with

Trianon’s Artistic Director and Conductor, Emeritus Professor Christopher Green.

©James Kent MARCH: A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES William Walton (1902-1983) Soon after Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1953, he published his History of the English-Speaking Peoples which spans many centuries of the UK’s history, from

Caesar’s invasion right up to the start of World War 1. In 1959 William Walton was commissioned to compose music for a planned BBC series based on Churchill’s chronicles. Although the TV series was never released, Walton’s orchestral overture March: A History of the English-speaking Peoples' has withstood the test of time and continues to be a firm favourite with orchestras. Starting with a bright fanfare, it progresses through lilting strings and ceremonial passages before enjoying a reprise of the opening themes. Building to a magnificent maestoso that might lead naturally to a joyful, yet solemn conclusion if it were not for the cheery, opening theme returning and leading us to a brighter end. It is fitting that Trianon should perform this piece now as the film Churchill was recently released.

©Cathy Johnson MY LORD WHAT A MORNIN’ H. T. Burleigh (1866-1949) A black professional baritone, composer and arranger, Burleigh brought spirituals to the wider world. When attending the National Conservatory he came to the attention of Antonin Dvorak, inspiring the composer with his singing which he would integrate into his Symphony from the New World. Burleigh arranged many spirituals into a form accessible by classically trained musicians and audiences thereof. The spiritual My Lord what a Mornin’ may have taken inspiration from the hymn Behold the Awful Trumpet Sounds. When sung the morning could also be interpreted as mourning.

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GREETINGS TO AMERICA Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)

The composer also known as Johann Strauss Junior was the son of Johann Strauss. His father was against his son entering the music profession to such an extent that his son was secretly instructed in the violin by the leader of his father’s orchestra. The conflict between father and son continued for the rest of his father’s life.

Strauss is well known for his Blue Danube Waltz which featured in Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey. Other waltzes are used by the cartoon characters Tom and Jerry.

The Greetings to America Waltz was composed around 1872 and published 1873, when Strauss and his orchestra were touring the United States.

WEST SIDE STORY Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Bernstein, a gifted musician in all disciplines from conducting piano concertos from the keyboard, to giving the first televised classical music lectures. His composition skills were informally supported by Aaron Copland who he met on Copland’s Birthday in 1938. West Side Story contains some of Bernstein’s most recognised melodies. The musical was conceived as a modern day setting of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with the initial story having the star crossed lover coming from Irish Catholic and Jewish families being titled East Side Story. When the characters origins were revised to Polish of Irish decent and Puerto Rican the East changed to West.

The choral selection features: Tonight, I Feel Pretty, One Hand, One Heart, Maria and America.

©James Kent SATURDAY NIGHT WALTZ and HOE-DOWN (Rodeo) CHING-A-RING-CHAW (Old American Songs) Aaron Copland (1900-1990) The orchestra now performs the final two of five segments from Copland’s ‘cowboy’ ballet, Rodeo, composed in 1942. Copland was chosen as composer by choreographer Agnes de Mille, who described the ballet as ‘Taming of the Shrew with cowboys.’ The story of Rodeo centres around a tomboy cowgirl who sets out to get herself a man, experiences setbacks but eventually succeeds. Saturday Night Waltz begins with cowboys and town girls pairing off to dance. Sadly, the cowgirl is left standing alone until the champion roper approaches her. The opening evokes sounds of fiddlers tuning before the main theme is introduced by the oboe. The movement presents the theme of innocent budding courtships on the dance floor. Copland made masterful use of folk tunes to develop his intended ‘American’ school of classical music. The recognisable Hoe-Down contains the folk songs: Bonaparte’s Retreat, McLeod’s Reel and the traditional Irish tune, Gilderoy. Listen out for the final major chord featuring a high ethereal string sound—signifying the much- anticipated first kiss between the cowgirl and her man. The ballet’s premiere in October 1942 was a huge

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success; among the audience, who applauded for 22 curtain calls, were Rodgers and Hammerstein, with whom we will conclude our concert. The choir now takes up the Copland baton with the jaunty Ching-a-Ring Chaw, the last of the five songs in Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs, Set 2 (1952). Interestingly for us in Suffolk, Copland wrote this second set after the great success of Set 1, which he composed when asked by composer Benjamin Britten to arrange a set of American folk tunes for his Music and Art Festival in Aldeburgh. An early minstrel song, most likely sung by black and white minstrels throughout black-face and non-black-face minstrelsy periods of the 1840’s to 1890’s, its origin seems to be African American. Singers create a basic imitation of the banjo, an African instrument. In addition, the lyrics talk of ‘crossing over to the Land of milk and honey’ and bring in ‘the coach with four white horses’— symbolic language used repeatedly by African Americans in spirituals and stories to represent going to a place of safety or in this case, to heaven. Copland rewrote some of the minstrel words, saying ‘I did not want to take any chance of it being construed as racist.’ In 1950’s America, this was a very enlightened viewpoint. SHENANDOAH Trad. arr. James Erb (1918-1990) The choir continue unaccompanied with James Erb’s 1971 arrangement of the American folk song Shenandoah, which probably came from the American or Canadian voyageurs who sought their fortunes as trappers and traders of beaver fur as far west as the Missouri

River. Also in the early 19th century,

flatboatmen who plied the river were known for their shanties, including Oh Shenandoah. Sailors heading down the Mississippi River picked up the song and made it a capstan shanty that they sang while hauling in the anchor. This boatmen's song found its way down the Mississippi River to American clipper ships, and thus around the world. YANKEE DOODLE Trad. arr. Daryl Runswick (b.1946) Next for the choir comes Daryl Runswick’s arrangement of Yankee Doodle, a well-known British-American song, the early versions of which date back to before the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution (1775–83), though the tune is thought to be much older than the lyrics, being well known across western Europe. A doodle is a simpleton, and a dandy was a British middle-class man from the late 18th to early 19th century who impersonated an aristocratic lifestyle. The Macaroni refers to an extreme fashion wig of the 1770s and became contemporary slang for foppishness. The song was originally sung by the British military to mock the disheveled, disorganized colonial ‘Yankees’ with whom they served in the French and Indian War, making fun of their stereotype of the American soldier as a Yankee simpleton who thought that he was stylish if he simply stuck a feather in his cap. It was also popular among the Americans as a song of defiance, additional verses to mocking the British troops so by 1781, Yankee Doodle had turned from being an insult to being a song of national pride.

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SOUTH PACIFIC (MEDLEY) Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II(1805-1960) We finish our concert with choir and orchestra performing medley of songs from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s South Pacific, orchestrated by Andrew Burke. Set on a paradise island during World War II, the story - based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific - features two parallel love stories threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Rodgers and Hammerstein aimed to send a strong progressive message on racism and

remained unapologetic despite controversy in the Southern U.S. states in particular. The musical was a huge critical and financial success, many of its songs becoming standards which we bring you tonight: Bali Ha'i, I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy, Younger Than Springtime, There is Nothing Like a Dame and finally, as we hope you have had with Trianon tonight, Some Enchanted Evening!

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Acknowledgements Trianon gratefully acknowledges the help and support of all those who have assisted

with this concert, in particular: Tonight’s sponsors: Pensure Financial Management Ltd., Linda Wines and the Regent Box

Office staff, Music World, Queen Street, for ticket sales, John Barratt and team on the Trianon Ticketline, the Trianon Music team including Be Bird, Steve Browne, and Jean Shaw, Neville

Reeder for preparation of orchestral music, David Christie for accompaniment, Trianon members for programme notes, Rebecca Conway for publicity, Sophie Watson the design of

concert posters and flyers, Gipping Press Ltd., Needham Market, and Vertas, Ipswich, for printing services, Archant Ltd. for press coverage of Trianon’s activities, Geoff Rogers for his photography (Ideas into Print), the headteachers and staff of Stone Lodge Academy and St. John’s Primary School, Ipswich, and the ministers, elders and deacons of Bramford Road

Methodist and Cauldwell Hall Road Baptist Churches, Ipswich for rehearsal facilities, Ipswich Entertainments front-of-house and technical staff, Trianon’s stewards and programme sellers,

and Musical Ambassadors.

Mrs. C. Boar Mr. A. Brown Mr. & Mrs. J. Buckley Mr. & Mrs. M. Burren Mr. & Mrs. C. Burrows Mrs. A. Cheeseman Mrs. L. Cheshire Mrs. H. Cochrane Mr. T. Ellis Mr. N. Feldman Mr. & Mrs. S. Flowitt-Hill Mr. & Mrs. R. Fern

Mrs. C. Free Mr. & Mrs. J. Garfield Mr. J. Green Mr. R. Howlett Mr. D. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. R. Lewis Miss V. Lloyd Mrs. M. Morton Mr. C. Paterson Mrs. P. Plumbly Mr. & Mrs. R. Read Mr. M. Rhodes

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Friends of Trianon

The Friends of Trianon are full members of the group and pay the same subscription rates as performing members. Membership gives early ticket booking facilities, regular newsletters produced by the group, the opportunity to join in our social activities and local discounts. Trianon benefits from the Friends’ subscriptions by using the income to sponsor one concert each year, thus enabling us to continue to perform a wide range of music. Friends are given hospitality at the concert which they sponsor. You will find information about becoming a Friend in our current brochure, copies of which are available tonight, or from our website tmg.org.uk, or by using the contact details below.

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Trianon Community Concerts

Trianon Music Group singers and instrumentalists.

An entertaining musical evening for all ages and tastes. Full programme on www.tmg.org.uk

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th October, St. Peter’s Church, Charsfield with Debach, Suffolk IP13 7QB.

In aid of St. Peter’s Fabric Fund (conservation of the Tudor tower). Tickets: £8 (students £5) at the door or in advance by email: pulham@btinternet.com

8th

November, Needham Market Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market, IP6 8BB. In aid of St. John the Baptist Church Roof Appeal Fund. Tickets: £8 Tel: 01449 722202, email: margaret@redmays.plus.com or at the door

Trianon Singers and Ensembles enjoy performing chamber concerts and sharing our music with a wider audience. These take place in churches and community halls around Suffolk and NE Essex, usually four each year, raising money for local charities. If you would like Trianon to help raise funds for your good cause in 2018/19, please email: margo.pigott@btinternet.com

Dates for your diary………

TWELTH NIGHT REVELS

Trianon Symphony Orchestra and Choir Orchestra Leader: Steve Browne

Conducted by

Emeritus Professor Christopher Green OBE

6th JANUARY, 2018

Ipswich Corn Exchange, Grand Hall IP1 1DH Banish any post-seasonal blues with an evening of foot-tapping music and maybe some dance as well. Trianon invites you to celebrate Twelfth Night with them as the musicians explore the way this occasion is celebrated in many countries, so be prepared to meet Kings and the Lord of Misrule during a musically-packed tour.

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Emeritus Professor Christopher Green OBE

Christopher Green is one of the busiest conductors in the region. He formed Trianon Music Group in 1959 with a small group of friends and it has now become one of the largest amateur classical music organisations in the East of England. Born in Ipswich, he first qualified as a psychologist with a degree in psychology and sociology. He went on to gain a doctorate in the psychology of music from the University of Leeds and has enjoyed a career in teaching and educational administration with many Universities and educational agencies. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in 1995 for his services to mental health and to the arts, and remains an active writer and broadcaster. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Universities of East Anglia and Essex. Chris received the Mayor of Ipswich's Community Award at the Mayor's concert in 2012, organised by Ipswich Arts Association on which Chris sits as chair. He conducts Trianon Music Group, the Anglia Singers, the choir of Anglia Ruskin University, Essex, and for the 2015-2016 season, was Guest Conductor of the Braintree Choral Society.

BUSKING!

Busking before this concert and collections during the evening will be in aid of the Mayor’s Charities. Councillor Sarah Barber Mayor of Ipswich for 2017-2018 has nominated the following charities to support during her year of office:

FIND (Families in Need)

Lighthouse - Women's Aid Ipswich

The Ipswich Hospital Charity

Trianon Music Group is pleased to be able to support these charities, and asks you the audience to give generously. Thank you.

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Violins Steve Browne Elizabeth Carpenter Rose Carpenter Ivan Gilson Anna Goodge Cara Goodier Chris Herbert Peter Hodge Chris Holt Jennifer Holt James Kent Jeremy Mason Wendy Matthews Susie Mawson Gemma Morton Josh Mundy Roshni Patel Francesca Reid Emma Seggar Karen Smith Madeline Smith Margaret Tubbs Nigel Walker

Violas Rachel Ademokun Helen Hawker Sandra Holmes Clare Kelly Adrian Kitchen Fiona Kuribayashi- Coleman Rebecca Piper Janet Rowe Imogen Tink

Cellos Sara Bloor Daniel Harrison Naomi Kemp Micky McBurnie Margo Pigott Sheila Pugh Rachel Raval

Basses Melanie Bidgen Astrid Coxon Stephen Hogger Nigel King

Flutes Nikki Davis Sue Jayasuriya Claire Lyes

Oboes Roger Hanes Judith Nichols

Clarinets Ruth Symington Mike Vorndran

Bassoons Natasha Free Jane Walker

Horns James Bailey Marian Hellen Lucy Salmon Rob Spivey

Trumpets Mark Cheadle Claire Haskins Kevin Woollard

Trombones David Charles Colin Matthews Kathryn Sutton

Tubas Paul Cannard

Percussion Jonathan Armitage William Baldry Jonathan Ferguson Tom Rumbold

Harp Meriel Barclay

Piano Andrew Burke

Orchestra librarians: Emma Grant Josh Mundy

Orchestra Key: Section Leader

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Choir

Sopranos Michaela Bienikova Catherine Bury Jo Bush Beatrice Carpenter Heather Carpenter Bethany Colbear Christina Day Elizabeth Ellis Sandra Feasey Celia Fisher Brenda Green Rachel Gregory Gillian Hayley Jenny Huff Izzy Ixer Cathy Johnson Jacky Meehan Mary Odam Gillian Papworth Gillian Price Fiona Reid Maddy Rhodes Monika Rohtla Elizabeth Rose Helen Sewell Debbie Sharman Jean Shaw Sheila Stannard Margaret Strawson Liz Watson Sophie Watson

Altos Anna Andrews Jean Annis Margaret Baldry Be Bird Susanna Bishop Joy Bounds Wendy Caiels

Rebecca Conway Carole Cowgill Janet Dann Diane Dickinson Linda Eastwood Charlotte Fisher Doreen Gant Yvonne Graham Alice Guy Diana Hanes Beryl Hughes Helen McGlynn Raquel Martins Julie Offord Jane Robinson Dilly Ridge Bev Ruddock Tracey Smith Julie Taylor Margaret Wilcox Gillian Williams

Tenors John Barratt Peter Brisley Ian France Ed Gildersleeves Barry Hall Chris Hall Peter Hollis Mike Johansen Robert McClellan Peter Norton Ken Odam Neville Reeder Martin Richmond-Hardy Tim Sewell Colin Wright

Basses

Brian Annis Barry Crawford John Dangerfield Simon Fisher

David Flemming-Brown Bob Frost Mike Gregory Gordon Hughes John McGlynn Giles Meehan Stephen Pugh David Ruddock Martyn Shakespeare Eric Thorndyke Alan Wilcox

Rehearsal accompanist: David Christie

Choir librarian: Peter Norton

These lists are correct at time of

going to print. Trianon thanks any

additional performers whose

names are not included.

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President: John Rutter CBE

Vice Presidents: The Worshipful Mayor of Ipswich The Chair of Suffolk County Council

Meriel Barclay Be Bird Adrian Brown Steve Browne Janet Dann Andrew Fairley Ivan Fisher

Pat Fisher Ivan Gilson Sylvia Green Nigel King Thelma Lewis Susie Mawson Neville Reeder

Madeleine Rhodes Beverley Ruddock David Ruddock Jean Shaw Alan Shotton Alan Wilcox

Management Committee:

Chair: Vice Chair: Artistic Director: Treasurer: Group Administrator: Publicity Officer: Recruitment Co-ordinator: Choir Secretary Orchestra Secretary: Choir Representatives: Orchestra Representatives: IAA Representative: Friends Representative: Community Concerts Co-ordinator: Concert Manager: Trianon News Editor:

Simon Fisher Nigel King Chris Green Carole Cowgill Dominique Nightingale Rebecca Conway Margaret Nicholls John Barratt Nigel Walker Paul Thomas, Gillian Williams Josh Mundy, Margo Pigott Beverley Ruddock Madeleine Rhodes Margo Pigott Jonathan Green Tracy Smith

Music Committee:

Cath Bury (Chair), Steve Browne (Orchestra Leader), Paul Cannard, Astrid Coxon, Natasha Free, Yvonne Graham, Chris Green (Artistic Director), Barry Hall, Peter Hodge, Cathy Johnson, James Kent, Monika Rhotla and David Ruddock.

Music Ambassadors:

Elizabeth Carver, Charlotte Fisher, Alex Hedge, Jennifer Holt, Clara Kheradmadi Heather McGlynn, Roshni Patel and Hannah Reid.

Ticket Sales:

John Barratt assisted by:- Anna Goodge, Giles Meehan, Margaret Nicholls and Jane Walker

Concert Programme Editor:

Patricia Hall