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SUMMER LOVING...

DULWICH CHORAL SOCIETY

with guest soloist

RODNEY CLARKE baritone

AIDAN OLIVER conductor

St Stephen’s Church, College Road

Saturday 27 June 2015, 7.30pm

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Dulwich Choral Society

Summer Loving…

George Gershwin Summertime English traditional, arr. Chilcott Greensleeves Matyas Seiber Three Hungarian Folk-Songs Rodney Clarke sings: Vaughan Williams Silent Noon Finzi O mistress mine (from A Shropshire Lad) Finzi It was a lover and his lass Somervell On the idle hill of summer Johannes Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes op.52 O die Frauen! Wie des Abends schöne Röte Wenn so lind dein Auge mir Am Donaustrande O wie sanft die Quelle sich (piano duet) Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen Schlosser auf! und mache Schlösser Nachtigall, sie singt so schön Rodney Clarke sings: George Gershwin I got plenty o’ nuttin’ (Porgy and Bess) George Gershwin Love walked in (Goldwn Follies) Rodgers and Hammerstein Come home (Allegro) Rodgers and Hammerstein This nearly was mine (South Pacific) Samuel Barber Sure on this shining night Jacques Offenbach Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann Percy Grainger Shallow Brown

DULWICH CHORAL SOCIETY

with

David Elwin and Richard Pearce piano

Rodney Clarke baritone

Aidan Oliver conductor

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RODNEY EARL CLARKE Hailed by Gramophone as a “singer to be watched”, Rodney Earl Clarke is recognised for his versatility in performance. At home with the music of 1940-1960 Broadway, Rodney has appeared in many shows including Carmen Jones at the Royal Festival Hall, London, Kismet at the English National Opera, Jude Kelly's award winning production of Bernstein's On the Town, Kenneth Branagh's epic film version of Mozart's The Magic Flute, Sondheim’s 80th Birthday Celebration Prom, The Broadway Sound BBC Prom with the John Wilson Orchestra, Jake in Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle and Crown in Porgy & Bess under the direction of John Doyle with the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. He also stars in Raymond Gubbay's popular show Crazy for Gershwin which recently toured the UK. Rodney travelled to Australia in 2014 where he performed songs from the Gershwin Songbook alongside Australian soprano Julie Lea Goodwin and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Boston Pops Orchestra conductor Keith Lockhart. He will be returning to Australia to perform the bass solos in Handel's Messiah at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Philharmonia under the baton of Brett Weymark and he will kick off 2016 with an arena tour of West End/Broadway hits concert with the Czech Philharmonic under the baton of Keith Lockhart. Rodney performs regularly with major orchestras and conductors with repertoire including Bernstein's Mass with London Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop, title role in Porgy and Bess with the Orchestra of Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome under Wayne Marshall and Jake in Porgy & Bess with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Rodney was delighted to join the BBC’s team of TV presenters in last year's Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Rodney remains grateful for the guidance and support shown from the Royal Academy of Music where he was awarded the Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Award 2001 and generously supported by the Sir Peter Moores Foundation. Rodney was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music for his services and contributions to the music industry.

DAVID ELWIN

David Elwin studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Jean Harvey, Max Pirani and Rex Stephens. His first professional work was as staff pianist with the Royal Ballet, and later with the English National Ballet. He regularly performed as piano soloist with both companies in nationwide venues.

In 1992 he left ENB to go freelance, and is now engaged combining activities as an accompanist/répétiteur, duo partner, soloist, instrumental and vocal coach and piano teacher.

From 1987 until 1995 he was accompanist and répétiteur for the distinguished voice trainers Audrey Langford and Andrew Field, working with established singers such as Joan Rodgers, Susan Bullock and Stephen Varcoe, to name but a few.

Until 2011 he worked for 15 years with students at the Kent Music Academy in Maidstone, as pianist and coach for concerts and examinations. In 2002 he was accompanist in residence for the first London Lieder Competition.

David has wide experience as a choral accompanist: he is currently engaged at the Dulwich Choral Society under musical director Aidan Oliver, and at OSJ Voices with former King’s Singer and now chorus master and conductor Jeremy Jackman.

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RICHARD PEARCE

Richard Pearce was organ scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where as conductor and organist he toured and recorded extensively with the chapel choir. After graduating with first class honours in music, he studied piano accompaniment for two years at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Richard is fortunate to work in a variety of musical fields, but working with chamber choirs and choruses has become a speciality. He records and broadcasts regularly with the BBC Singers on both piano and organ, and conducted them on a trip to Vezelay, France, in August; he enjoys the challenge of preparing an extremely wide variety of repertoire including much contemporary and new music. Richard has a long-standing association with the Royal Choral Society, and performs with them several times a year at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In addition, he makes twice-yearly trips to Sweden to work with groups in the Stockholm and Malmö areas.

Richard is a sought-after accompanist for chamber choirs in London and elsewhere, and has recorded several CDs over the last year for Oxford University Press, championing new compositions and composers, and also released a CD for Naxos with Oxford-based choir ‘Commotio’ last year. He conducts the Waverley Singers, a choral society based in Farnham, Surrey.

Richard is regular organist with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. He also performs with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Promenade concerts and recordings, most recently at the Last Night of the Proms. He frequently conducts and plays for services at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster and at the Houses of Parliament.

Richard is a vocal coach and staff accompanist at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

AIDAN OLIVER Aidan Oliver pursues a varied career as conductor and chorus master across the full range of operatic, symphonic and choral repertoire. As Director of Philharmonia Voices he is involved in many of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s most ambitious projects, while as conductor he holds positions at St Margaret’s Church Westminster, the St Endellion Festival and Dulwich Choral Society. He also assists regularly on the staff of the Royal Opera House, and works with many of London’s leading choirs. Aidan is one of the UK’s most sought-after chorus masters. He has prepared the BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers, New London Chamber Choir and the Chorus of English National Opera for numerous broadcasts and performances, including several BBC Proms. This summer he will make his conducting debut with Huddersfield Choral Society in a performance of Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil. As Assistant Conductor to Esa-Pekka Salonen, Aidan has toured with the Philharmonia to the USA, Europe and Russia. This autumn he will act as Assistant Conductor to Christoph von Dohnányi in performances of Ives The Unanswered Question in a Europe-wide tour, and prepare Philharmonia Voices for their Proms debut in Shostakovich’s Orango. As the Associate Conductor of the St Endellion Festival in Cornwall he has conducted works as varied as Macmillan Seven Last Words, Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5, and Wagner Wesendonck Lieder. As Director of Music at St Margaret’s Westminster, Aidan works with organist Thomas Trotter and a professional choir to provide the music for many high-profile Parliamentary occasions, including memorial services for many leading public figures.

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Dulwich Choral Society Honorary President Dame Emma Kirkby Vice Presidents His Honour Judge Michael Goodman; Roger Page Musical Director Aidan Oliver Chairman Dr Iain Saville CBE Accompanist David Elwin

Dulwich Choral Society was founded in 1944. Today it is a thriving, friendly choir that performs at least three concerts a year, including two with professional orchestras and top-class soloists. Since 2006 Aidan Oliver, one of the UK’s leading choral conductors, has been the choir’s Musical Director. As well as giving concerts in the Dulwich area, the choir has performed more widely in central London and abroad. Since 1998 the choir has undertaken tours to Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Germany and Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina; in recent years the choir has toured to Italy and Portugal. Closer to home the choir performs in several of the beautiful churches in and around Dulwich, and enjoys a strong local following.

Would you like to join us?

New choir members are always welcome. If you are interested in joining the choir, please contact Jo Merry, our Membership Secretary, on 020 7737 3169 or membership@dulwichchoralsociety.org.uk for more details. Entry is subject to an informal audition by the Musical Director who, besides a reasonable singing voice, will be looking for basic sight-reading ability and general musicality. Membership costs around £160 a year, with discounted rates for those aged under 25. Rehearsals take place on Monday evenings from 7.30 to 9.30pm at All Saints Church, Lovelace Road, West Dulwich, London. The church is about 5-10 minutes’ walk from either Tulse Hill or West Dulwich stations and is served by a number of bus routes, including the 3, P13 and 201. For further details, visit:

www.dulwichchoralsociety.org.uk

Sopranos Nicola Alexander Margaret Bailey Nicola Blaney Sue Chandler Mary Cooper Marie Pierre Denaro Honor Gay Rachael Gibson Rebecca Harrison Cecilia Hill Tamar Howard-Pearce Juliana Kirby Asha Last Denise Lawson Heidi Lempp Deborah Lucas Emily Lodge Fenella Maitland-Smith Teresa Marshall Diane Pengelly Catherine Parkes Hilary Putt Jane Tippett Isabel Wagner Jessica Watson Tenors Roger Atkins Forbes Bailey Robert Foster Peter Frost Andrew Lang Jonathan Palmer Michael Palmer John Quigley Iain Saville Nick Vaisey

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Dulwich Choral Society gratefully acknowledges the financial support it receives from its valued Friends:

Inge Kelly June Cleall-Harding John & Judy Clark

Denise & John Lawson Peter Thomas Roger & Scylla Page Carmo Ponte Iain Saville

The Friends of Dulwich Choral Society are a group of people who enjoy coming to our concerts and social events whenever possible and are interested in ensuring the future stability of the choir. Supporters of the choir (and current choir members) will be warmly welcomed as new Friends. Benefits of membership of the scheme include:

• reserved seats at concerts for you and your guests;

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• direct mailings about future programmes. Dulwich Choral Society is a registered charity with number 264764. Donations made under Gift Aid will enable the income tax to be recovered as an additional benefit. For more information, please contact: Fenella Maitland-Smith 5 Rockwell Gardens London SE19 1HW fenella.maitlandsmith@bankofengland.co.uk 07786 060640

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MESSIAH Performed with period instruments amid

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