Brentwood Centre Saturday 12 July, 7.30pm

brentwoodartsfestival.org.uk

Brentwood Arts Festiva Karl Jenkins The Armed Man A Mass for Peace Combined Brentwood Choirs & Orchestras

with special guests: The Royal British Legion Youth Band

presents

The Internat ional Hal l , B r en twood Centre Saturday 12th July 2014

As part of the Brentwood Arts Festival 2014 BRENTWOOD ARTS COUNCIL

presents: SPECIAL GUESTS:

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION YOUTH BAND Followed by:

KARL J E N K I N S T H E A R M E D M A N : A M A S S F O R P E A C E

HUTTON & SHENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY BRENTWOOD CHORAL SOCIETY HOWARD WALLACE CHORALE

BRA-VISSIMA TIMES & SEASONS

BRENTWOOD SONGSTERS and guest singers

BRENTWOOD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PHOENIX YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Leader Bradley Winand

Conductor Tim Hooper

Julia Wilson-James - Soprano Susan Marrs - Mezzo-soprano

Matthew Haas - Tenor Daniel Rudge - Baritone

Rokib Ali - Muezzin

There will be a 25 minute interval before The Armed Man

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TlM H O O P E R studied music at Ox fo rd University where he was Organ Scholar at St. Edmund Hall. He was also the conductor of several col lege choral societies and the Oxford Sinfonietta. Performances included Elgar The Dream of Cerontius in the Sheldonian Theatre.

In his home t o w n of Bournemouth, Tim became conductor of the orchestra Gli Amic i Delia Musica (Dorset Young Musicians) in 1983, performing works such as Shostakovich Symphonies 5 and 10 and Mahler Symphony No. 5. For Gli Amici 's 2 5 t h Anniversary Reunion Concert, Tim was invited as guest conductor to per form Mahler's No . 2, Resurrection, in the Winter Gardens.

Tim became the conductor of the Bournemouth Bach Choir in 1992, and w i th them has given many highly acclaimed performances, including all the major choral works of J.S. Bach; the Brahms, Durufle, Faure and Moza r t settings of the Requiem; Mozar t mass in C minor; and annual performances of Handel Messiah in Christchurch Priory at Christmas.

Tim was also a member of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus for ten years whilst he was a music master at Canford School.

Since moving to London in 1997, he has worked with Goldsmiths College Sinfonia and Chorus, wi th w h o m performance have included Tippett A Child of Our Time, Sibelius Symphonies 1 and 3, Beethoven Symphony No 9 Choral and Orf f Carmina Burana as wel l as Saint-Saens Organ Symphony and Mozar t Requiem in Southwark Cathedral. Tim is now Conductor-in-Association at Goldsmiths which includes being the Musical Director of OperaGold, the opera company at Goldsmiths which is directed by Nan Christie. His opera debut was Bizet Carmen in 2007 ; this was fo l lowed by Britten Peter Crimes, Mozar t Le Nozze di Figaro, Verdi Rigoletto, Puccini La Boheme, Verdi La Traviata and Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream.

From 1998 to 2 0 0 1 , Tim was Musical Director of The Grange Choral Society, Christchurch. W i th them he gave performances of large-scale choral works, including Elgar The Dream of Cerontius w i th Nei l Jenkins, Wa l ton Belshazzar's Feast in the Winter Gardens w i th the Dorset Youth Orchestra and Verdi Requiem for the Grange's 4 0 t h Anniversary Concert.

In September 2000, Tim formed Christchurch Sinfonia, a professional freelance chamber orchestra, for candle-lit performances of concerts including 'Baroque Classics', 'Serenade by Candlelight' and 'Mozart Classics'. The orchestra n o w performs regularly in the South, w i th Tim as Conductor and Musical Director.

In 2006, Tim conducted the combined societies of Cambridge Philharmonic and Ely Choral in a performance of Ellington's Sacred Music as the final concetr at the Cambridge Festival in Ely Cathedral.

Tim has also been a staff conductor at City University, London since 2010, work ing wi th the Chamber Choir.

Tim has been Musical Director of Hu t ton & Shenfield Choral Society since the autumn on 2001 and has led the Society in performances of most of the major choral repertoire.

J U L I A W I L S O N - J A M E S was born in l l ford and began singing seriously when, at the age of eleven, she entered Redbridge Music School, studying under the late Edna Graham, until she gained a place at the Royal Academy of Music. At the Academy, Julia studied w i th Patricia Clark and Clara Taylor, and w o n the Benjamin Britten Prize and a St. Mary lebone scholarship. She now studies w i th Patrizia Kwella.

Julia has performed for many celebrated conductors for both concerts and recordings, inc luding the late Richard Hickox, as wel l as regularly wi th the BBC Singers, Nicholas Kraemer, Sir Simon Rattle, the King's Consort, Richard Cooke, Roger Norr ington, John Rutter's Cambridge Singers and the Monteve rd i Choir. Julia's international solo performances have inc luded Mozart 's Coronation Mass and Requiem, which she sang on tour w i th the Israel Chamber Orchestra. She later performed the Bach Mass in B Minor wi th the same orchestra in Israel, a performance which was much acclaimed. In Norway, she sang Faure's Requiem w i th the Norwegian Soloists Choir and has worked for several seasons with the London Opera Chorus in Lyon and Vienna.

In the UK, Julia is a frequent soloist for choral societies, especially in the South East of England. She has appeared at St. Mart in in the Fields, Norwich Cathedral, The Purcell Room, Thaxted Church and Brentwood Cathedral. Julia has recently comple ted a recording of church choral and solo music w i th Andrew Wright , Master of Music at B rentwood Cathedral, and these are available on CD.

In addit ion to her professional singing engagements, Julia is currently Director of Vocal Studies at Brentwood School and head of Vocal Tuition for the boy choristers at Brentwood Cathedral. She is also a Lay Clerk in Brentwood Cathedral Choir. In spring 2007, fo l lowing a long-held desire by Julia to create a ladies' choir, Bra-vissima was formed.

SuSAN M A R R S . It is w i t h great pleasure that we we lcome Sue to sing wi th us tonight. Original ly f rom Shenfield, Sue was the first recipient of the Mary Cook Award Bursary wh i ch was set up by Hu t ton & Shenfield Choral Society and Brentwood Arts Counci l t o support young people entering tertiary educat ion to study music.

Susan graduated f rom Trinity College of Music, London, after w inn ing The Ricordi Opera Prize and The Trinity College Singing Department Prize.

Susan works extensively as a concert soloist and her wide orator io repertoire includes performances of Elgar's major works, Verdi's Requiem, Dvorak's Stabat Mater, Mozart 's C Minor Mass, Bach's Mass in B Minor and St Matthew Passion, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle and Stabat Mater, Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky and Karl Jenkins The Armed Man.

Susan enjoyed twelve years as a member of the Extra Chorus at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and performances included Wagner's Parsifal, Verdi 's Simon Boccanegra, Britten's Peter Grimes and Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov. Susan has also sung for English National Opera in their product ion of The Pearlfishers.

Sue sings with "London Voices" under the direct ion of Terry Edwards and Ben Parry, and has participated in numerous concerts and recordings of works by Bach, Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez, John Tavener, Sir Michael Tippett and Sir Paul McCartney. Film score recordings

have included Star Wars and Harry Potter conducted by John Williams, The Lord of the Rings conducted by Howard Shore and The Hobbit.

Recently Susan travelled to China to sing in performances of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem and the opera Peter Grimes wh ich were premiered in Shanghai and Beijing.

Recent solo appearances have included performances of Verdi 's Requiem, Gounod 's St. Cecilia Mass, The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins conducted by the composer at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius in Chester Cathedral, Elgar's The Apostles at Arundel Cathedral and The Music Makers at St. George's Hall, Liverpool w i t h the Orchestra del l 'Arte.

2014 season wi l l include performances of Mozart 's C Minor Mass in London, Elgar's Sea Pictures w i th Cheshire Sinfonia, Vaughan Wil l iams' Dona Nobis Pacem and Elgar's Fallen Heroes in Liverpool Anglican Cathedral w i th Manchester Camerata and Bach's Magnificat 'or Edinburgh Bach Society.

Susan is a Fellow of Trinity College, London.

M A T T H E W H A A S is a 26 year o ld tenor w h o originally comes f rom America. Before :oming to the UK, he received his BA in General Music Studies w i th an emphasis in voice rom Mill igan Col lege in Tennessee, USA. Once completed, he relocated to London to urther his educat ion, receiving a M M u s in Performance and Related studies f rom Goldsmiths College, University o f London. While in London, Mat thew has per formed in lumerous operas w i th the Opera Go ld programme, including Rigoletto, La Boheme, La 'raviata, A Midsummer's Night Dream, and The Magic Flute. He has been invited mult iple imes to sing w i th the Wimbledon Choral Society for their annual Christmas concert. Matthew is also the tenor in the group 'Opera D'oro' wh i ch performs various concerts ind galas across London and the southeast. During the school year, Mat t works as a 'iano and Voice Tutor at Cobham Hall Independent School in Cobham, Kent. His ult imate ;oal is to be a full-time opera singer.

- / A N I E L R U D G E Shropshire born baritone Daniel Rudge read music at Goldsmiths, Jniversity of London and in spring 2013 completed his postgraduate studies at the juildhaii School o f Music & Drama.

ecent roles inc lude Bobby in Kurt Weill 's Mahagonny Songspiel w i th the London hilharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall and Pilate in Jonathan Miller's product ion f Bach's St Matthew Passion at the National Theatre. He has covered the roles of Carvalho ^hilips The Yellow Sofa) for Glyndebourne Touring Opera and Snug (Britten A Midsummer light's Dream) for the Guildhall School.

oncert solo engagements have included: Faure Requiem; Handel Messiah; Haydn "Nelson" lass and Mozart Requiem. Daniel most recently sang w i th the Hutton & Shenfield Choral ociety for their performance of Bach St John Passion at Chelmsford Cathedral last year.

former member of the Glyndebourne Chorus, Daniel appeared in Festival product ions

o f La Boheme (Puccini) and Billy Budd (Britten), as wel l as tour ing productions of Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart ) , Rusalka (Dvorak), and L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti ) . He also travelled to New York City in January 2014, when Billy Budd was presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Daniel recently worked wi th Birmingham Opera Company as a Chorus Mentor for KHOVANSKTGATF: A National Fnquiry.

Daniel joins Garsington Opera for the summer, singing in the chorus for their productions of Fidelio (Beethoven) - in which he also covers Second Prisoner - and for the British premiere of Vert-Vert (Offenbach).

HuTTON A N D S H E N F I E L D C H O R A L S O C I E T Y was fo rmed in 1967 by a small group o f singers f rom Hu t ton & Shenfield Un ion Church , w i th their conductor, Gerald Bates, w h o retired as Musical Director in 2 0 0 1 . Over the years it has grown to become one o f the leading choral societies in Essex w i th a membership of some 130.

In 1967 Brentwood Cathedral became the principal concert venue until it was closed for rebuilding. When the Brentwood Centre opened in 1988, the challenge was accepted to take on huge addit ional costs and to cont inue to provide high-quality music to an expending audience at a competit ive price.

The normal annual programme is of three concerts f rom the mainstream choral repertoire, including a considerable amount of 2 0 t h century music, plus occasional concert versions o f opera and instrumental items. There is also a concert o f lighter music and an ever popular Christmas concert which takes place on the last Saturday before Christmas.

W e do not have formal auditions for membership and enquiries should be addressed to our Secretary, Esme Burton on 01277 228077 email: hscburton@yahoo.co.uk. Rehearsals take place on Monday evenings at 7.30 at Holly Trees School, Vaughan Wil l iams Way.

Full details of our 2014-2015 programme can be found on our website www.hscs.org.uk W e are delighted this evening to be privi leged to lead the choirs in Brentwood in a performance of the very popular The Armed Man.

B R E N T W O O D C H O R A L S O C I E T Y was founded in 1941 and is a medium sized society of about 40 members. W e sing major choral works, often combin ing with other local choirs to sing in large venues, such as Brentwood Cathedral. W e also perform lighter music, such as our Christmas and Summer concerts. We rehearse on Monday evenings in the Music Room at Brentwood School under our conductor Mich Sampson and we lcome enquiries f r om prospective new members to jo in us. W e do not audit ion for membership. Please contact our Secretary, Robin Derbyshire on 01277 651689 or via the contact page on our website www.brentwoodchora l .org .uk.

THE H O W A R D W A L L A C E C H O R A L E Making Friends Making Music is the slogan of this large friendly chorale, which enjoys popular support at all its concerts. Its 3 5 , h anniversary wi l l take place in 2015 ; founder Howard Wallace remains Honorary President and after his retirement in July 2005, continues to be a member of the choir. Much of the music wh i ch is sung by the Chorale has been arranged specially by Howard Wallace.

Musical Director, T im Rhys-Morgan continues the tradit ion of a wide variety of music genres for its membershin w h i r h r o v p r s t h p w h n l p p o o ranoo Fn t rw ic c« t/-» i . ,A',*i^n

Rehearsals take place on Monday evenings at Becket Keys School, Sawyers Hall Lane,when approximately 90 enthusiastic singers prepare for a busy schedule of concerts. As w i th all of the choirs, more men, especially tenors w i th some choral experience w o u l d be we lcome to balance the ladies' voices. Sight reading is useful as are both commi tment and enthusiasm. Website: www.howardwal lacechora le .com

TlMES & S E A S O N S is a chamber choir of some 18 voices based in Ingrave. The choir was fo rmed in 1985 by David Bayley, our conductor and musical director. Our aim when giving concerts has always been to perform a w ide range of music in an informal atmosphere, thus hopefully conveying to our audiences our versatility and our love of singing. W e always sing a cappella and have a large repertoire f r om which to select our items. In addition we sometimes include readings or instrumental pieces as interludes between the choir items.

For further informat ion contact David Bayley on 01245 226452 .

B R A - V I S S I M A was formed in the spring of 2007 and held its first concert in Oc tober of that year. Since then it been booked for formal and informal concerts inc luding the Mayor's Christmas concert at Chelmsford Cathedral in 2008. Bra-vissima has g rown its repertoire and reputation for varied and beautiful singing. W e have been honoured to have had short pieces and who le works composed specifically for us and have performed these at 'composers' concerts ' as well as be ing integrated into other repertoire. W e were thrilled that Andrew Wright rearranged his 'Requiem' for our ladies choir and this was performed in Apri l this year, together w i th Sue Hughes' 'Mass' and David Pickthall's 'Praise!'

In addition to larger and formal concerts, w e sing at various events and gatherings; weddings and funerals, soirees and social evenings.

Performing both accompanied and a cappella, Bra-vissima sing a varied programme f rom Bach, Hoist, Elgar, Faure, Jenkins and Rutter to Bacharach, Gershwin, Porter and McCartney. W e are often invited to perform in conjunct ion w i th other choirs as part of larger choral events. Our most recent jo int choir events have been w i th five Essex choirs performing the Mozart C Minor Mass and the Verdi Requiem. Earlier this year, w e were del ighted to have been invited by Andrew Wr igh t to form the 'ladies' side of the choir to per form Messiah at St Bede's Church, Chadwel l Heath. In the summer, we wil l be the visiting choir at Chelmsford Cathedral on 31st August at their morn ing service.

B R E N T W O O D S O N G S T E R S are t w o youth choirs prov id ing the opportuni ty for girls and boys aged between 5 and 16 to learn to sing, and enjoy all kinds of music. Directed by Sophie Biebuyck and Isabella Valentini, Brentwood Songsters sing a variety of repertoire ranging f rom pop through to light classical music. W e sing at many concerts and events, and are delighted to be involved this evening. W e are especially pleased to we lcome some friends f rom St Peter's School Choir to jo in us for this special event. To f ind out more about B rentwood Songsters, and for information on how to jo in , please visit www.brentwoodsongsters.co.uk

Tonight's Choir First Sopranos Second Sopranos First Altos (cont'd)

Elizabeth Anderton (Guest) Elizabeth Baker Elaine Bailey (HWC) Christine Bailey (T&S) Mary Baldock (HWC) Liz Biebuyck (BCS) Linda Bostock (T&S) Wendy Boulton (Guest) Angela Broad (HWC) Judith Brooks Pat Chaplin Alex Charlesworth Jo Clarke (Bra-vissima) Christine Cozens Melinda Dawson Kate Davies Joan Dewhirst Deborah Gill Anna Green Frances Hall (BCS) Sue Hammond Sarah Hardy (T&S) Sandra Harmer Audrey Harris (HWC) Suzanne Hill Mary Hobson Kay Kelly (T&S) Suzanne Kuyser Rosemary Lancaster-Clark (HWC) Eileen Lockhart Betty Moore Susan Neal Tamsin O'Hagan Margaret Pearson (HWC) Vanessa Randall Ann Sanders-Hewitt Amanda Scrivener (HWC) Sandy Scrivener (HWC) Lydia Tate-Lovery (BCS) Michelle Wain Margaret-Kristine Wallace Sarah Webb (BCS) Valerie Webb Jenny Wells (BCS) Eryn Wright

Margaret Amery Hilary Beck Morag Bennett Hilary Bishop Sue Butterworth (BCS) Jean Crawley (HWC) lill Davis (BCS) Eileen Davy Ann Dean (Guest) Beryl Ford (HWC) Kae Freeman (HWC) Rosalind Garrod Sandra Griggs (BCS) Alison Harker Angela Harris Glynis Hayden (HWC) jacqui Hewitt Margaret Holden Sue Jervis Catherine Kelly (Guest) Sue Kortlandt Janet Larkey Diane Martin Tracey Mutch Bridget Pender Pamela Piatt (BCS) Penny Ravis Frances Rumball (BCS) Julia Seaman (BCS) Nancy Southwood Carol Terry Anne Veale

First Altos

Deirdre Allee (T&S) Margaret Ballantyne (HWC) Lyn Broadhurst Margaret Castle Barbara Clark (BCS) Pat Clark Emmanuelle Darut (BCS) Sue Dives (BCS) Jane Duffill (Bra-vissima) Christine Evans Teresa Giles Julie Gilligan (BCS) Celia Hatt (Bra-vissima) Sue Hirst (HWC)

Cynthia Hogben Janet Jardine Linda Joyce Margaret McGeary (T&S Mary Nicolle Sue Nuttall Helen Purdie Wanda Ratsma Sheila Roycroft Susan Rygate (T&S) Joanna Smith Heather Steel (Bra-vissirr Angela Watkins Hilary Weal

Jean Willoughby (HWC)

Second Altos Margaret Bolton Esme Burton Annie Charlesworth Julie Church Linda Cochrane Wendy Cowell Jean Crook Margaret Dunn (BCS) Sylvia Flint Siobham Giles (BCS) Emilie Guest Alix Holmes (HWC) Jean Honour Norma Jeffery Ros Kelk Margaret Langley (HWC Marina Maher Liz Morgan (HWC) Helen Norris Jenny Pennick Margaret Perry Jackie Ramshaw (HWC) Jill Roberts Pamela Slater Suzanne Smith (HWC) Maureen Stone (BCS) Gloria Turner Kay Tyler (HWC) Jenny Wallace (HWC)

First Tenors Adrian Cowell Charles Daborn Byron Davies Robin Derbyshire (BCS) David Long Jenny Moss Tony Mullord Richard Randall Steve Scrivener (HWC) Brian Sheirmuir (BCS) Howard Wallace (HWC)

Second Tenors

Nigel Bennett Peter Brisbourne (BCS) Michael Cox Neil Hammond Albert Hayden (HWC) Roland Hopwood (BCS) Geoff Jenkinson (Guest) John Lambert (HWC) George Larkey John Moore Bob Scott Jane Winter

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First Basses John Brecknell David Brice (BCS) Roger Dines Brian Duffield Bill Gray John Hocking (BCS) Leigh Jenkins John Kelk Tim Miles Colin Peak (BCS) Barry Ryan John Seaman David Worsfold (Gu

Second Basses

Mike Briggs Fred Brown (Guest) Eric Crook Richard Enever (BCS) Alan Foskett (Guest) Dennis Hamilton Andrew Hewitt (Guest) John Holland John Howden Gordon Reid Bob Southgate Ian Turner Michael Wand Peter Webb (BCS)

Key:

Unmarked - Hutton & Shenfield Choral Society BSC - Brentwood Choral Society H W C - Howard Wallace Chorale T&S - Times & Seasons

Rehearsal Accompanists

Tim Smith (HSCS) Delia Nicholson (BCS)

B R E N T W O O D 3 0 N G S T E R S & TR I ENDS F R O M S T P ETER'S 3 C H O O L

Brentwood Songsters

Lauren Brown Emma Coote Felishia Elvin Mary Hirst Rebecca McDiarmid Amelia McLintock Julia Mul l ins Julianne Punwani Nia Richards Poppy Skingle Amelia Smith Rushil Uppal

St Peter's School Choir

Sam Kingston Lily Kingston Emily M i l roy Lucy Gelderbloem Olivia Nickless Gracie Schooling-Attfield Amelia Pearson Yasmine Puchakayala Pranita Arun Prasadh

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEG ION Y O U T H BAND The main a im of our group is to give young persons between the age of 10 and 18 an opportuni ty to learn a musical w i n d or percussive instrument and to perform in public, within a marching and concert w i n d band. W e take both beginners and competent musicians and train them musically, w i t h aural music skills, and h o w to march and play in a military band. W e rehearse throughout the year twice a week in t w o 2 hour sessions, come rain or shine, w i t h instruction given for a subscription of £1 per band member.

The band's ethos remains the same today as it was in the beginning, aiming to create a good team spirit, a passion for music, self-discipline and other social graces to enable our young members to be confident in whatever they do.

Band members are regularly exposed to a variety of musical experiences such as performing wi th professional military bands performing concerts and displays extensively in the UK and abroad. The Band's main endeavour is to participate in engagements of a ceremonial nature and as such leading Brentwood's Remembrance Parade and through its young members to help to keep alive acknowledgement of the sacrifices made by service men and w o m e n of the Armed services, www.brentwoodleg ionband.co.uk

B R A D L E Y W I N A N D studied violin w i th Alexander Baenascu prior to becoming a student at Trinity College of Music, London. Whilst there, he jo ined w i th three colleagues to form the Sterling String Quartet , wi th w h o m he played for six years, giving recitals in Spain, Hol land and Northern Ireland, as wel l as throughout Southern England. Bradley has wo rked wi th the Young Persons' Concert Foundation and the Midlands Symphony Orchestra and is much in demand as an experienced teacher and conductor of youth orchestras. He is a busy freelance musician and also leads the Aurelian String Quartet .

B R E N T W O O D PH I LHARMONIC ORCHESTRA brings together professional musicians and experienced amateurs f rom the Brentwood area and further afield to per form three concerts a year in or around Brentwood. A number of our players are playing in tonight's orchestra.

This year the BPO was delighted to we l come David Pickthall back to conduct a sell-out concert of f i lm music. The season ended w i th a concert in Ingatestone under Dean Foley w i th tonight's soprano soloist, Julia Wilson-James, singing Richard Strauss' beautiful Four Last Songs in a performance dedicated to the memory of Jack Major, our long serving former treasurer and principal viola w h o sadly died earlier this year.

Looking forward, on 18 October, tonight's leader, Bradley W inand , wil l conduct a popular programme including Max Bruch's v iol in concerto No 1 w i th Beth Spendlove as soloist and Beethoven's fifth symphony. Next season wil l also see a concert of f i lm and TV music o n 7 February, in t roduced and conducted by David Pickthall, and an evening of favourite opera highlights on 16 May conducted by David Todd.

We look forward to welcoming you at our concerts and are keen to hear f rom prospective players. See www.bren twoodph i l .o rg .uk and fo l low us on Twit ter ©brentwoodphil. W e are grateful to Brentwood Arts Counci l for its generous financial support.

P H O E N I X Y O U T H ORCHESTRA is the 'flagship'' of Brentwood's Orchestras for Young Musicians (BOYM), a lively, independently run organization that ensures that all Brentwood's young people of school age, w h o take up an orchestral instrument, have the oppor tun i ty to jo in an orchestra and enjoy making music w i th others of their own age, encouraging their love of music and often forging long lasting friendships. Through training in the skills and disciplines of orchestral playing, BOYM aims to use music to build a sense of personal achievement, self-confidence and feeling of teamwork in young people. The desire is for music to enrich the lives of, not just our members, but also the wider communi ty by performing live music.

BOYM consists of nine, extremely friendly and sociable orchestras and music groups: The Phoenix Youth Orchestra; Phoenix Flames (a training youth orchestra); Brentwood Junior String Orchestra (BJSO); Brentwood Beginner Strings; the B O Y M Big Band; Phoenix Flutes; Phoenix W i n d Band; and the B O Y M Percussion Ensemble and Percussion School. At present the youngest member of Brentwood Beginner Strings is 5 years o ld and the oldest member of the Phoenix Youth Orchestra is 18.

BOYM is a registered charity; if you wou ld like to k n o w more about B O Y M - the dates of fo r thcoming BOYM concerts, how to jo in or h o w you can support the orchestras please contact our administrator at bovm@btinternet.com or te lephone 07900 518205.

IN SUPPORT OF

THE. ROYAL BRITISH

LEGION

A retiring col lect ion wil l be taken this evening as you leave the hall in aid o f The Royal British Legion. If you are able, please give generously to this wor thy

cause.

First violins Bradley Winand (BPO) Pam Ambrose (BPO) Lois Brisley (Phoenix) Ed Caines (BPO) Charles Clark (BPO) Emily Jessop (Phoenix) Jessa Lee (Phoenix) Stephanie Moothoosawmy (Ph'nix) Anne O'Keeffe (BPO) Elish Smyth (BPO)

Second violins Ann Elderton (BPO) Christine Brice (BPO) Charlotte Clews (Phoenix) Colin Drummond (BPO) Margaret Drummond (BPO) Emma Jeffrey (Phoenix) Diane Lee (Phoenix) Christopher Moore (Phoenix) Sophie Munnings-Tomes (Phoenix) Rachel Samuels (Phoenix) Alice Ward (Phoenix)

Violas Christian Beck (BPO) Stephanie Coles (Phoenix) Jenny Reckless (BPO) Sarah Brialey (Phoenix) Jenny Meakin (BPO) John Simmons BPO)

'Cellos Oliver Farrant (BPO) Bill Brooks (BPO) Cara Mullen (Phoenix) Naomi Poole (BPO) Elliot Tolaini (Phoenix) Double basses Angelo Tsocos (BPO) Sue Moss (BPO) Robert Veale (BPO) Flutes Michael Applewhite (BPO) Sophie Pether (Phoenix)

Piccolo

Hazel Arnill (BPO) Oboes Clare Greenwood (BPO) Janet Blade (BPO) Cor anglais

Charlotte Butcher (BPO) Clarinets Carole Mann (BPO) Theo Clark (Phoenix) Bass clarinet David Adams (BPO) Bassoons Mary Toft (BPO) Jane Chivers (BPO)

Contra bassoon Leigh Thomas (BPO) French horns Catriona Igoe (BPO) Brian Jack (BPO) Victoria JonesfBPOj Jeremy Lewin (BPO) Trumpets David McCallum (BPO) Robert Domingue (BPO) Paul Hollingsworth (BPO) Trombones Matthew Lewis (BPO) Sam Freeman (BPO) Bass trombone Jeremy Lewis (BPO) Tuba

Leslie Shadrake (BPO) Timpani Graham Brown (BPO) Percussion Shaun Bajnoczky (BPO) Lindsay Hollingsworth (BPi Glen Mead (BPO) Neil Stevenson (BPO) Thomas Woollatt (Phoenix

T H E MASS begins w i th a marching army and the beat of military drums, the orchestra gradually bui ld ing to the choir's entrance, singing the 15th-century theme tune - The Armed Man. After the scene is set, the style and pace changes and we are prepared for reflection by first the Mos lem Call to Prayer (Adhaan) and then the Kyrie, wh i ch pays homage to the past by quot ing (in the Christe Eleison) f rom Palestrina's setting of L'Homme Arme. Next, to a plainsong setting, we hear words f rom the Psalms asking for God's help against our enemies. The Sanctus that fol lows is full o f menace, and has a primeval, tr ibal character that adds to its power. The menace grows in the next movement as Kipling's Hymn Before Action builds to its final devastating line "Lord grant us strength to die."

War is now inevitable. Charge opens w i th a seductive paean to martial glory wh i ch is fo l lowed by the inevitable consequence - war in all its uncontrol led cacophony of destruction, then the eerie silence of the battlefield after the battle and, finally, the burial of the dead. Surely nothing can be worse than this? But think again. At the very centre of the wo rk is Angry Flames, an excerpt f rom a poem about the horrors of the

atom bomb attack on Hiroshima wr i t ten by a poet w h o was there at the t ime and died in 1953 of leukemia brought on by exposure to radiation. But if we think that the obscenity of this mass destruction is new to our consciousness, w e must reconsider as we listen, to the eerily similar passage f rom the ancient Indian epic The Mahabharata.

From the horror of mass destruction the work turns to remember that one death is one too many, that each human life is sacred and unique. First the Agnus Dei, w i th its lyrical chorale theme, reminds us of Christ's ult imate sacrifice and this is fo l lowed by an elegiac setting of some lines I wrote (to accompany one of the dramatic interpretations we use in the museum) about the feelings of loss and guilt that so many of the survivors of the First Wo r ld War felt when they came home but their friends did not.

Even the survivors can be hurt to destruction by war. The Benedictus heals those wounds in its slow and stately affirmation of faith and leads us to the final, positive, cl imax of the work. This begins back where w e started in the 15th century wi th Lancelot and Guinevere's declaration, born of bitter experience, that peace is better than war. The menace of the 'A rmed Man ' theme returns and vies for a t ime wi th Malory's desire for peace. But t ime moves on and we come to our moment of commitment . D o w e want the new mi l lennium to be like the last? Or do we jo in w i th Tennyson when he tells us to "Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace"? It may seem an impossible dream, we may not have begun too wel l , bu t the Mass ends w i th the affirmation f rom Revelation that change is possible, that sorrow, pain and death can be overcome. Dona nobis pacem.

Programme note by Guy Wilson, former Master of the Armouries

KARL JENKINS (Born 1 7 t h February 1944)

Karl Jenkins studied music at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and the Royal Academy of Music. He received his initial musical training f rom his father, a schoolteacher and organist. For a whi le , he played oboe in the National Children's Orchestra.

Although best known today for his classical music, it was the field of jazz in wh ich he made his first mark. Jenkins established himself as a composer within the advertising industry on campaigns including those for Levi's, British Airways and Pepsi, be ing the recipient of several awards. His breakthrough as a composer came in the fo rm of the innovative crossover project called Adiemus.

Jenkins' output since then has been extensive, stretching its reach to audiences all over the wor ld . Amongst it is a work that was commissioned originally by the Royal Armouries as a Mi l lennium project, The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace, in memory of the victims of the Kosovo crisis. In essence, it is an anti-war piece - much like Britten's War Requiem. A l though based loosely on the Christian setting of the mass and using the 15 t h century folk song L'homme arme as its root, it draws its text f rom a w ide variety of sources, inc luding the Bible, Kipling, Swift, Tennyson, Mallory, Dryden, the H indu Mahabharata and even the Koran, in the form of a muezzin's Call to Prayer, The who le work is a highly accessible piece of music which can be per formed by music groups of all types and sizes.

The Armed Man Text: Anon

L'homme arme doit on douter. The Armed Man must be feared: On a fait partout crier, Everywhere it had been decreed

Que chacun se viegne armer that every man should arm himself D'un haubregon de fer. with an iron coat of mail.

Call to Prayers (Adhaan)

Allahu Akbar Ashadu An La llla-L-Lah

Ashadu Anna Muhammadan Rasulu-l-lah Hayya-Ala-s-salah Hayya Ala l-Falah

Allahu Akbar La lllaha il la-lah

God is greatest I bear witness that there is no deity but Goc

I bear witness that Mohammed is his messen^ Hasten to worship Hasten to success

God is greatest There is no deity but God

Kyrie

Kyrie elesion, kyrie eleison Lord have mercy Christe eleison, Christe eleison Christ have mercy

Kyrie elesion, kyrie eleison. Lord have mercy

Save Me from Bloody Men (Text: Psalm 56 v 1-59 v 2)

Be merciful unto me, O God For man would swallow me up. He fighting daily oppresseth me.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: For they be many that fight against me.

O Thou most high. Defend me from them that rise up against me.

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. And save me from bloody men.

Sanctus

Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth Holy, Lord God of power and might. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest!

Hymn Before Action Text: Rudyard Kipling

The earth is full of anger, The seas are dark with wrath, The nations in their harness Go up against our path:

Ere yet we loose the legions Ere yet we draw the blade, Jehovah of the thunders, Lord God of battles aid!

High lust and froward bearing, Proud heart rebellious brow, Deaf ear and soul uncaring, We seek Thy mercy now!

The sinner that forswore Thee, The fool that passed Thee by, Our times are known before Thee, Lord grant us strength to die.

Charge! Text: John Dryden/Jonathan Swift

The trumpets loud clangour Excites us to arms, With shrill notes or anger and mortal alarms.

How blest is he who for his country dies.

The double double beat of the thundering drum, Cries Hark! The foes come;

Charge, Charge, 'tis too late to retreat!

How blest is he who for his country dies.

Charge!

Angry Flames Text: Toge Sankitchi

Pushing up through smoke From a world half darkened by overhanging cloud,

The shroud that mushroomed out And struck the dome of the sky Black, red, blue, Dance in the air.

Merge, Scatter glittering sparks already tower

over the whole city.

Quivering like seaweed The mass of flames spurts forward. Popping up in the dense smoke, Crawling out Wreathed in fire,

Countless human beings on all fours. In a heap of embers that erupt and subside,

Hair rent, rigid in death, There smoulders a curse.

Torches Text: The Mahabharata

The animals scattered in all directions screaming terrible screan Many were burning others were burnt.

All were shattered and scattered mindlessly, their eyes bulging. Some hugged their sons, others their fathers and mothe\

unable to let them go, and so they died. Others leapt up in their thousands, faces disfigured

and were consumed by the fire. Everywhere were bodies squirming on the ground,

wings, eyes and paws all burning. They breathed their last as living torches.

Agnus Dei

Agnus Dei Qui tollis peccata mundi

Miserere nobis Dona nobis pacem

Lamb of Goc who takes away the sins

Have mercy upoi Grant us peac

Now the Guns have Stopped Text: Guy Wilson

Silent, so silent now, now the guns have stopped.

I have survived all, I who knew I would not. But now you are not here -1 shall go home alone; And must try to live as before and hide my grief.

For you, my dearest friend, who should be with me now, Not cold too soon, and in your grave, Alone.

Better is Peace Text: Mallory/Anon/Tennyson/Revelation

Lancelot: Better is peace than always war. Guinevere: And better is peace than ever more war.

And better and better is peace.

L'homme arme doit on douter. On a fait partout crier,

Que chacun se viegne armer D'un haubregon de fer.

Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring happy bells across the snow.

The year is going, let him go.

Ring out the false, ring in the true Ring out old shapes of foul disease. Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old,

Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Ring the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand. Ring out the darkness of the land,

Ring in the Christ that is to be.

God shall wipe away all tears and there shall be no more death, Neither sorrow nor crying. Neither shall there be any more pain.

Praise the Lord.

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