Thursday 27 June 2019 - 7pmSouthbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall

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Welcome to Southbank Centre.

We hope you enjoy your visit. We have a Duty Manager available at all times. If you have any queries, please ask a member of staff for assistance.

Eating, drinking and shopping? Enjoy fresh seasonal food for breakfast and lunch, coffee, teas and evening drinks with riverside views at Concrete Cafe, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Riverside Terrace Cafe, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall. Visit our shops for products inspired by our artistic and cultural programme, iconic buildings and central London location.

Explore across the site with Foyles, EAT, Giraffe, Strada,wagamama, YO! Sushi, Le Pain Quotidien, Las Iguanas, ping pong, Honest Burger, Côte Brasserie, Skylon, Topolski and Spiritland.

If you wish to get in touch with us following your visit, please contact the Visitor Experience Team at Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, phone us on 020 3879 9555, or email customer@southbankcentre.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you again soon.

A few points to note for your comfort and enjoyment:

PHOTOGRAPHY is not allowed in the auditorium.

LATECOMERS are only admitted to the auditorium if there is a

suitable break in the performance.

RECORDING is not permitted in the auditorium without the

prior consent of Southbank Centre.

Southbank Centre reserves the right to confiscate video or

sound equipment and hold it in safekeeping

until the performance has ended.

MOBILES, PAGERS AND WATCHES should be switched off before

the performance begins.

A very warm welcome to Lewisham Music’ s 2019 Summer Gala at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. Each year, we deliver and support great music-making throughout Lewisham, working with 6000 children and young people via a broad range of opportunities including tuition, ensembles, holiday activity, projects, and performances.

On this very special evening, you will hear from over 1200 children and young people who represent over one third of the borough’s schools. It’s a source of huge pride for us to be able to showcase their skill, joy and love of music making.

The Summer Gala features an exciting mix of groups performing a diverse range of musical styles and genres. This year it is also a particular pleasure to be able to share with you the world premiere performance of ‘Endurance’ with words by Hazel Gould and music by James Redwood. Specially commissioned for tonight’s concert, it tells the story of Lewisham resident Ernest Shackleton’s extraordinary expedition to the Antarctic in 1914. Many schools include the history of this remarkable adventure in their curriculum studies, and the music and words of ‘Endurance’ have brought our young people a new perspective on the themes of resilience, aspiration and courage. We are privileged to be joined by professional artists Abimaro Gunnell and Robert Hayward who will perform this moving and exhilarating work alongside our fantastic young people. The huge forces will be marshalled under the inspirational leadership of Clare Caddick, our Singing Leader.

Our young musicians have been working very hard to prepare their performances for you this evening. Please give them a warm reception and tell us what you thought about tonight’s performance via the link on the back page. Your feedback is vitally important to us.

It’s a particular sadness for me to be saying goodbye to you all at the end of this term. I am retiring from what has been an incredibly rewarding career in music and music education, including my 11 years with Lewisham Music and the former Music Service. I am delighted the current Head of Essex Music Service, Charly Richardson, will be succeeding me later in the summer and I wish him well. I know how much he is looking forward to getting to know Lewisham, its young people, and the parents, carers, teachers, tutors, artists, and partners who support their music making every day. And I don’t blame him! I know better than anyone what a privilege that is.

I have been fortunate to have such a committed and talented team of colleagues at Lewisham Music and I shall miss everyone very much indeed. However, I am certain that Lewisham Music will continue to ensure music-making in Lewisham thrives as a vibrant and inspirational force for all the borough’s residents, especially in the lives of our young people.

Have a great evening!

Peter Hayward (Chief Executive, Lewisham Music)

LEWISHAM OPEN ORCHESTRA (GREENVALE SCHOOL AND BONUS PASTOR CATHOLIC COLLEGE) DIRECTED BY GARY DAY AND ARTHUR LEAThe Reason I'm Human

VOCALIZE (SEDGEHILL SCHOOL) DIRECTED BY ANDY GILBERT NobodyDiamonds

PRENDERGAST SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA DIRECTED BY JANE BODENHAM AND MICHAEL HUMPHREY Medley from GreaseThis Is Me from The Greatest Showman

LEWISHAM SCHOOLS BRASS BAND AND CONCERT BAND DIRECTED BY DAVE HOWELL AND SAM BECKER La Bombonera Mambo from West Side Story Soul Bossa Nova

RATHFERN PRIMARY SCHOOL IN COLLABORATION WITH BOLOMBA ARTSWEST AFRICAN DJEMBE DRUMMING AND DANCE DIRECTED BY REMI UZDRAS (music) AND VANESSA GUEVARA AND JAQUELINE UZDRIENE (dance)Moribayassa Traditional

Christina Perri, Pink, Ed Sheeran, arr. Lewisham Open Orchestra

Arr. Michael Story and Michael HumphreyArr. Michael Humphrey

Traditional Matt KingstonLeonard BernsteinQuincy Jones, arr. Peter Hayward

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ENDURANCE COMPOSED AND WRITTEN BY James Redwood and Hazel Gould CONDUCTED BY Clare Caddick

LEWISHAM SCHOOLS MASSED CHOIR NARRATOR Abimaro GunnellERNEST SHACKLETON Robert HaywardPERCE BLACKBOROW Daniel Osei KuffourTHE CREW Singers from Bonus Pastor Catholic College and Conisborough CollegeTHE BAND Sam Becker - Woodwind, David Brinkley - Trumpet, Arthur Lea - Keyboard, Theo Tsoumanis - Bass Guitar, Nigel Thompson and David Holmes - Percussion

THE WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF A BRAND NEW VOCAL WORK FOR YOUNG VOICES. PERFORMED BY LEWISHAM SCHOOLS MASSED CHOIR WITH SINGERS FROM. . .

Adamsrill, Beecroft Garden, Bellingham Children's Choir (Athelney & Elfrida), Bonus Pastor Catholic College, Brindishe Manor, Conisborough College, Coopers Lane, Dalmain, Deptford Park, Eliot Bank, Fairlawn, Forster Park, Haseltine, Holbeach, Marvels Lane, Prendergast Primary, Prendergast School, Prendergast Vale, Rangefield, Rushey Green, Sandhurst, St Stephen's CE, Stillness Junior, Sydenham, Trinity CE Primary and Trinity CE Secondary

“THE ONLY TRUE FAILURE WOULD BE NOT TO EXPLORE AT ALL"

When we were first thinking about writing this piece, we wanted to find a connection with the history and community of Lewisham. Ernest Shackleton is both a local boy (having moved to Sydenham at 10 from Ireland) and famous across the world for his inspiring story of survival. On losing his boat to the antarctic ice, Shackleton’s dreams of crossing the continent were sunk, but rather than go down with the boat, he refused to give up and all 28 of the men on the crew came home alive. The story of Shackleton and his crew on The Endurance asks us to really think about what success is, and reminds us that, along the road to greatness, we will be faced with challenges and sometimes with disappointment. It is not our ability to avoid failure, but our ability to face the challenge and carry on, that is the real mark of strength and resilience.

It has been a great story to work with and create music and words for. The story is filled with fascinating characters, Shackleton himself who grows from a young boy, with a head too full of big ideas to concentrate in school, into the great explorer he became, Frank Wild his trusted second in command & Perce Blackborow the Stowaway. We have introduced a narrator character, who guides us through the story, questioning what it means to be a hero, and pokes fun at the idea that our heroes must be perfect and without flaws.

The chorus of young people play the crew, and the world who looked on from a distance, and who, more than 100 years later, are still enthralled by this incredible journey.

HAZEL GOULD AND JAMES REDWOOD

Adamsrill Primary School Level 2 - Display Area - Blue Side (next to Clore Ballroom)Beecroft Garden Primary School Level 4 - Blue BarBellingham Children's Choir (Athelney and Elfrida Primary Schools) Level 4 - Blue BarBonus Pastor Catholic College Level 1 - Cloakroom - Blue SideBrindishe Manor School Level 5 - Function Room Conisborough College Sunley Pavilion Coopers Lane Primary School Level 6 - St Paul's PavilionDalmain Primary School Level 2 - Display Area - Blue Side (next to Clore Ballroom) Deptford Park Primary School Clore Ballroom - Blue Side Eliot Bank Primary School Clore Ballroom - Green SideFairlawn Primary School Clore Ballroom - Green SideForster Park Primary School Clore Ballroom - Green SideGreenvale School Artist EntranceHaseltine Primary School Level 2 - Display Area - Green Side (next to Clore Ballroom)Holbeach Primary School Level 6 - St Paul's Pavilion Lewisham Schools Brass Band Level 1 - Cloakroom - Blue SideLewisham Schools Concert Band Level 1 - Cloakroom - Blue SideMarvels Lane Primary School Clore Ballroom - Blue Side Prendergast Primary School Level 2 - Display Area - Green Side (next to Clore Ballroom)Prendergast School (Choir and Orchestra) Level 1 - Cloakroom - Blue SidePrendergast Vale School Clore Ballroom - Blue SideRangefield Primary School Level 4 - Green BarRathfern Primary School Level 5 - Balcony BarRushey Green Primary School Level 5 - Function Room Sandhurst Primary School Level 4 - Green Bar St Stephen’s CE Primary School Level 4 - Green Bar Stillness Junior School Level 5 - Function Room Sydenham School Sunley Pavilion Trinity CE School (Primary) Level 5 - Function Room Trinity CE School (Secondary) Sunley PavilionVocalize (Sedgehill School) Level 1 - Cloakroom - Blue Side

ABIMARO GUNNELLAbimaro is a singer song-writer from London. She will be releasing her most recent work in August of this year. Having previously lent her vocals to bands such as Zero 7, Cinematic Orchestra and The Free, Abimaro is also a Music Facilitator, regularly leading projects for organisations including The Roundhouse, Spitalfields Music & The Albany. Chosen for her art led approach to music, Abimaro was profiled as one of the subject artists in the much acclaimed 2017 exhibition by Hassan Hajjaj 'La Caravane' at Somerset House, which she will be performing live in LA in October 2019. Abimaro is also currently exhibiting her sound installation collaboration with artist Lakwena Maciver, 'Sing me high, sing me low, bring me back, let me go' in New York's The Colour Factory. She is inspired by life, faith and stories.

ROBERT HAYWARDRobert Hayward is one of this country’s leading bass-baritones and has performed at major opera houses and concert platforms around the world including Covent Garden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Frankfurt Opera, and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Recent and forthcoming highlights include Moses in Moses und Aron and Don Pizarro/Fidelio for WNO, Scarpia/Tosca, Balstrode/Peter Grimes, Wotan/Die Walküre for Opera North, The Caller/The Mask of Orpheus and the Chief of Police/Jack the Ripper for ENO the title role in Bluebeard’s Castle and Telramund for Frankfurt Opera and the title role in Falstaff for The Grange Festival. He recently performed Alberich/Das Rheingold in concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski and will reprise this role in their future concert performances of the Ring. Robert Hayward appears courtesy of Grange Festival Opera.

HAZEL GOULDHazel Gould is a writer, director and workshop leader who specialises in the creation of new opera. At the core of all of Hazel’s work is her belief that art has the power to change and enhance lives. Her work as a librettist and director is based on collaborative practice, and she creates work both with and for a diverse range of professional and non-professional artists and participants.

JAMES REDWOODJames is an award-winning composer and music leader who has been creating new music with and for groups for nearly 20 years. His work has taken him all over Europe and as far afield as New York and Jamaica. He is passionate about introducing people to new musical experiences as listeners, performers and creators.

WITH THANKS TO. . . All performers, music teachers and leadersClare Caddick, Emily Smith, Emma Chalk, Maria Turley, Peter Hayward, Robbie Hurst and Sarah Plummer (Lewisham Music)Southbank Centre staff Zoe Mendelson and Graham Chalk at the BRIT School (films)Open OrchestrasRichard Mallett (production)Arts Council EnglandLewisham Music Trustees

Ernest Shackleton

Lewisham Music is a music education charity and the music education hub lead organisation for Lewisham. Our mission is to enable young people and the wider community to make great music and develop music skills. We do this by working with a network of partners to deliver high-quality creative programmes, support the music workforce, and promote the rich musical resource and talent of our borough.

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The Endurance crew awaiting rescue on Elephant Island