Horn Trios by Brahms & Richard Bissill (World Premiere) at St George's Church, London on Tuesday 27th June 2017

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Horn Trios by Brahms & Richard Bissill (World Premiere)

Add to my Calendar 27-06-2017 14:30 27-06-2017 16:30 36 Horn Trios by Brahms & Richard Bissill (World Premiere) Members of St George's Chamber Orchestra make a 2nd appearance in this year's St George's Festival for Beckenham with a concert of horn trios. Its musical director, Dominic Moore, is joined by local superstar concert pianist Martin Cousin and the Philharmonia's principal horn, Katy Woolley. As well as the masterpiece by Brahms, truly one of his greatest works, the trio will also give the world premiere of Richard Bissill's Horn Trio. Here are a couple of quotes about Richard's music to give a flavour of his sumptous style: “As the principal horn of the Royal Opera House, Richard Bissill knows exactly how to write music that orchestras love to play.” Stephen Bell (conductor) “A splendid evocation of a style and era of British (film) music to be treasured.” David Wishart (recording producer) St George’s Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2004 as the professional orchestra for the South East in order to give local music lovers the opportunity to hear orchestral concerts of the highest standard on their own doorstep, and indeed for the musicians to enjoy making music together on their own doorstep! The orchestra is drawn from an extraordinarily talented, experienced and versatile pool of musicians, a large number of whom are past winners of prestigious awards and musical competitions in the UK and elsewhere. Many either are or have been members of the leading London orchestras and a significant number are principals in those orchestras. Many others are members of Britain’s best known chamber ensembles. We are proud to be resident at St George’s Church, Beckenham which has a long, strong and respected musical heritage, and boasts one of the finest church choirs in the UK. With its spaciousness, good acoustics and warm friendly atmosphere the church is an ideal venue for a chamber orchestra. A few comments from our audience: 'St George's Chamber Orchestra is pure gold.'‘St George's Chamber Orchestra has got to be one of the best things about being a Beckenham local. At the end of each concert I’m already looking forward to the next one.’'Your programmes are always imaginitive and the playing first class.''I have really enjoyed the concerts over these last years. So good and so convenient for me. Long may you continue!''I greatly value the opportunity and experience you provide of "going round the corner" and hearing professionals at work. Thank you so very much.''It was a wonderful concert, very special. No need for any of us to travel up to the Wigmore Hall etc for a performance of the quality we have here in Beckenham. And afterwards we were home again in 10 minutes - fantastic!!''An absolutely first class concert - I wonder how many locals actually realise how lucky they are to have performances of such high quality on their doorstep. It was a privilege to be there.' St George's Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St George's Church
High Street
Beckenham
London
BR3 1AX
England

Tuesday 27th June 2017
2:30 PM

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Sonata in G major, K.301/293a
Richard Bissill – Horn Trio
Johannes Brahms – Horn Trio, Op.40

Performers

Katy Woolley – Horn
Martin Cousin – piano
Dominic Moore – Violin

St George's Chamber Orchestra

Programme Note

Members of St George's Chamber Orchestra make a 2nd appearance in this year's St George's Festival for Beckenham with a concert of horn trios. Its musical director, Dominic Moore, is joined by local superstar concert pianist Martin Cousin and the Philharmonia's principal horn, Katy Woolley. As well as the masterpiece by Brahms, truly one of his greatest works, the trio will also give the world premiere of Richard Bissill's Horn Trio. Here are a couple of quotes about Richard's music to give a flavour of his sumptous style:

“As the principal horn of the Royal Opera House, Richard Bissill knows exactly how to write music that orchestras love to play.” Stephen Bell (conductor)

“A splendid evocation of a style and era of British (film) music to be treasured.” David Wishart (recording producer)

St George’s Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2004 as the professional orchestra for the South East in order to give local music lovers the opportunity to hear orchestral concerts of the highest standard on their own doorstep, and indeed for the musicians to enjoy making music together on their own doorstep!

The orchestra is drawn from an extraordinarily talented, experienced and versatile pool of musicians, a large number of whom are past winners of prestigious awards and musical competitions in the UK and elsewhere. Many either are or have been members of the leading London orchestras and a significant number are principals in those orchestras. Many others are members of Britain’s best known chamber ensembles.

We are proud to be resident at St George’s Church, Beckenham which has a long, strong and respected musical heritage, and boasts one of the finest church choirs in the UK. With its spaciousness, good acoustics and warm friendly atmosphere the church is an ideal venue for a chamber orchestra.

A few comments from our audience:

'St George's Chamber Orchestra is pure gold.'
‘St George's Chamber Orchestra has got to be one of the best things about being a Beckenham local. At the end of each concert I’m already looking forward to the next one.’
'Your programmes are always imaginitive and the playing first class.'
'I have really enjoyed the concerts over these last years. So good and so convenient for me. Long may you continue!'
'I greatly value the opportunity and experience you provide of "going round the corner" and hearing professionals at work. Thank you so very much.'
'It was a wonderful concert, very special. No need for any of us to travel up to the Wigmore Hall etc for a performance of the quality we have here in Beckenham. And afterwards we were home again in 10 minutes - fantastic!!'
'An absolutely first class concert - I wonder how many locals actually realise how lucky they are to have performances of such high quality on their doorstep. It was a privilege to be there.'

Katy Woolley (Principal Horn Philharmonia)

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