Concerts
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We give four concerts in St John’s Church each year and we have now staged six very successful MusicFests. These have included a diverse mix of orchestral, jazz and chamber music.
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Sunday November 11th 2018 • 7.30pm
Remembrance Day Concert
Laura Rossi The Battle of The Somme
introduction by Laura Rossi and Philip Bowen
The silent film The Battle of the Somme was a moving cinema documentary made in 1916, and seen in that year by around 20 million people. The film has been restored, and to mark this milestone the Imperial War Museum commissioned a new work by Laura Rossi - who will be present - to accompany it. Join us for this unique occasion in which we screen the film and perform Rossi’s evocative score to mark the 100th anniversary of the ending of WW1.
There will be a peal of bells at 7pm at St Johns Church, and a beacon will be lit. Film is rated PG (parental guidance).
Richard Jenkinson, conductor
Routh Hall, Bromsgrove School, B61 7DU
Saturday 8th December 2018 • 4.30pm and 6.30pm
The Snowman
This wonderfully evocative piece makes the perfect Winter treat whatever your age - young or old. How could it be Christmas without the Snowman?
The concert is brought to you by the Orchestra of St John and the Friends of St John's Church.
Come along early for a selfie with the snowman and pre-concert activities.
Supported by Bromsgrove District Council
*image reproduced by permission of Snowman Enterprises Ltd
Orchestra of St John
Richard Jenkinson conductor
Kevin Ward narrator
Our 2019 Season will include..
Weber Bassoon Concerto
Schubert Symphony No.9 'The Great'
Wagner Tännhauser Overture
Orchestra of St John
Charlotte Moseley, leader
Richard Jenkinson, conductor
Past Concerts
Saturday 30th September 2018
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
McCunn Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Richard Jenkinson, conductor
Charlotte Moseley, violin
Sunday 22nd July 2018
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1
Beethoven Fidelio
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Richard Jenkinson, conductor
Benjamin Frith, piano
Saturday 21st July 2018
Bite-sized Classics
Richard Jenkinson, conductor
Benjamin Frith, piano
Saturday 5th May 2018
Elgar Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Worcester Cathedral
Richard Jenkinson, conductor
Charlotte Moseley, violin
Saturday 28th April 2018
Elgar Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
St John's Church, B61 7JW
Richard Jenkinson, conductor
Charlotte Moseley, violin
Saturday 25th November 2017
The Snowman
Howard Blake The Snowman
Prokofiev Winter Bonfire Suite
Richard Jenkinson, conductor
Brian Williams, narrator
Saturday 25th October 2017
Venables Venetian Songs
Dvorak Symphony No. 8
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Schumann Konzertstucke for four horns
Richard Jenkinson, conductor
Anando Mukerjee, tenor
Claire Burnell, Graham Stroud, Lauren Storey and Helen Rudeforth, horns
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