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Newent Orchestral Society
Next Concert
Celebrating some local classical talent:
Saturday, 17 May, 2008, 7.30 p.m.,
Newent Memorial Hall
The Newent Orchestra's
Spring Concert
"Newent's Classical Connections"
Programme includes:
Bruch, Violin Concerto in G Minor, soloist, Alice Earll;
(Alice lives in Kempley, near Newent, is a sixth-form
student at Newent School and will soon be studying at the Royal Northern College of Music.
She is the leader of Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra and "Prima Corda".)

Suite, "Three Folk Dances": Rutland Boughton
(Boughton (1878 - 1960) lived in
Kilcot, just outside Newent and is composer of the famous and record-breaking opera,
"The Immortal Hour", an Arthurian saga. More info. at www.rutlandboughtonmusictrust.org.uk
.)
First performance of "The Well-Tempered
Orchestra": Bill Anderton
(Bill lives in Newent and is the
leader of the Newent Orchestra)
Other items on the programme are:
Vaughan Williams: Folk Dances
Tchaikovsky: Song Without Words
Bellini: Overture, "Norma"
The orchestra will include musicians from
Newent Community School
and the Gloucester Academy of Music, www.gamweb.co.uk
Conductor, George Taylor,
Refreshments during the interval
and our irresistible Chocolate Stall!
Advance tickets, £6.00 (£5.00 concession).
On the door, £8.00 (£7.00 concession). Includes tea/coffee.
Tickets can be purchased at Newent Tourist Information Centre, Church
St., Newent.
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