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• To The Charity of Robert Phillips for sponsoring this event. Adrian Warren and his musical family live in Woking. His wife Caroline plays violin, daughter Jacqueline also plays violin and son Nicholas plays • St. Peters Church for their inspiring venue. French Horn. This makes it entirely logical that Adrian is an Organist, Tuba player and in between manages to squeeze in working during the • To our hard working Conductor Graham Chambers. day as a Petrochemicals Business Manager for the Japanese trading house, Mitsui. • To the volunteers in the Parish Office for their great support. Adrian claims that he took up organ “by accident” – as the organist at the • To Church Members who organised Tickets and Refreshments. church at which he was a chorister, forgot to put his clock forward, and at short notice he • To Reeds School, Cobham for the splendid rehearsal and deputised! From such an auspicious early recording facilities in their Music School. start, his reputation spread rapidly and since then he has Thank you for listening to Surrey Brass. been organist in St We really like to listen to you too! Katherines Knockholt in Kent, Holy Trinity Please take a moment to fill in our Anglican Pro- Questionnaire! Cathedral in , The American Church at Waterloo, Belgium, You can also respond online. St Mary Coity, Bridgend, Mid Thanks! Glamorgan, and St Peters Church, Hersham as well as Surrey Brass is most grateful to having a busy time The Charity of Robert Phillips for their freelancing generous sponsorship of this event. throughout the Elmbridge area.

The Charity aims to promote education in He started playing tuba at 11, when the instrument was larger than he the appreciation of music, drama and the was. One of his many claims to fame was that while in Belgium, he was fine arts in The Ancient Parish of Walton-on- only the second non-national to play with Pandore, the orchestra of the Thames. Belgian Gendarmarie, the National Police force! [The first non-national player was his wife Caroline]. Adrian currently plays tuba for Surrey Brass, and freelances in and the Home Counties. Programme compiled by John Goodwin

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Pavane pour une infante défunte - Maurice Ravel Surrey Brass was founded in August 2001 by John Goodwin and aims to develop the fine tradition of ensemble brass The pavane was a slow processional dance that enjoyed great popularity performance originated by the internationally famous Philip in the courts of during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Jones Brass Ensemble, by widening the audience for brass Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a well- ensemble music, enlarging the repertoire, and providing known piece written for solo piano by the French composer Maurice Ravel enjoyment for everyone. in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré. Ravel described the piece as "an evocation of a Surrey Brass plays a wide, innovative and entertaining pavane that a little princess might, in former times, have danced at the repertoire to a high standard, incorporating fresh influences from diverse Spanish court". musical sources including Classical, Jazz, Film, and World Music.

Sabre Dance - Aram Khatchaturian Our talented musicians are some of the best players in the county of Surrey. We are particularly keen on encouraging young brass players and

every year performs at least one concert involving them - hopefully some Perhaps the best known piece by this Armenian composer, it evokes a will join us in future. whirling war dance in an Armenian dance, where the dancers display their skill with sabres. Its middle section incorporates an Armenian folk Surrey Brass aims to promote the Arts in all its forms and is keen to form song. The music from the ballet Gayane, completed in 1942 has been new performing relationships with local Arts organisations, composers traditionally used to accompany travelling circuses. For example, the and arrangers in the county of Surrey. We publish sheet music of our tune is frequently featured on the TV series “The Simpsons”, usually to own and other peoples’ arrangements for brass ensemble on our website emphasise fast pace of some situation. It has also been used as the to help widen the performance of this music. theme tune for the “Keystone Kops”! Sabre Dance has been covered by many performers and genres such as jazz musician Woody Herman, The We also try to perform at least one Charity concert every year and have Andrews Sisters, Vanessa Mae, the string quartet Bond, and British punk raised many thousands of pounds for various causes including Tsunami rock bands UK Subs - and many others! relief, help to the Third World, and fundraising for a new Village Hall.

Golden Jubilee Fanfare - John Hughes We are self-supporting, but would like to do much more than our resources currently permit. We invite sponsorship for future projects, so The winning fanfare in a fanfare contest, and performed at the inaugural if you know someone who might help please contact us! concert by Surrey Brass in 2001, which celebrated the Golden Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II. John is a prolific composer and arranger, with a Event Information, Instant Tickets, Sheet Music, CD sales and much particular talent for accessible, light music. He has collaborated with more are available from our website at http://www.surreybrass.co.uk/ Surrey Brass on numerous occasions and wrote several pieces of music to accompany the innovative live performance of silent films by Cecil Hepworth, which were performed in The Playhouse at Walton, the last remaining building of the Hepworth studio, which produced hundreds of internationally acclaimed films between 1896 and 1924, predating the rise of Hollywood. Please join our emailing list to keep in tou

Visit our website at surreybrass.co.uk Grand Choeur Dialogué - Eugène Gigout

Eugène Gigout (1844 –1925) was a French organist and a composer of European late-romantic music for organ. A pupil of Camille Saint-Saëns, he served as the organist of Saint-Augustin Church in Paris for an astonishing 62 years. He became widely known as a teacher and his output as a composer was considerable. Renowned as an expert improviser, he also founded his own music school. His pupils included Léon Boëllmann, André Messager, and Albert Roussel. The 10 pièces pour orgue (composed 1890) are Gigout's most celebrated compositions and the Toccata in B minor is his best-known creation, which turns up as a frequent encore at organ recitals. Grand Choeur Dialogué is also frequently featured, and this evening marks the first performance of the arrangement of this piece by tonight’s organ soloist Adrian Warren.

Theme from “The Big Country” - Jerome Moross

Everything about this 1958 classic is Big. The tag line for the movie is “Big they fought! Big they loved! Big their story!” The characters are larger than life, the huge vistas of the American Midwest provide a great backdrop to the strong screenplay featuring a star-studded cast including Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston and Burl Ives. Then there is the theme tune, which helped to made the movie a smash hit from the opening title sequence and is one of the greatest pieces of movie music ever written.

The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein

This Oscar-nominated was perhaps one of the first Spaghetti Westerns, set in Mexico. It featured music by Elmer Bernstein. The score is, of course, one of the all-time classics. An oppressed Mexican peasant village assembles seven gunfighters to help defend their homes. They must prepare the town to repulse an army of over 100 bandits who will arrive wanting food. This gave the perfect excuse to use seven major stars in one film, guaranteeing its success. Ironically, composer John Williams who later wrote the music for “Star Wars” was a member of the orchestra that recorded Elmer Bernstein's score; he played the piano.

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The Children of Sanchez is a 1961 book by American anthropologist The evergreen Brass Band favourite was written by one of the eminent Oscar Lewis about a Mexican family living in the Mexico City slum of men in brass band music. Born in 1921, Trevor Sharpe was Director of Tepito, which he studied as part of his program to develop his concept of Music of the Coldstream Guards (1963-1974) and of The Royal Military culture of poverty. Due to criticisms expressed by members of the family School of Music (1974-1978) after which he remained at Kneller Hall as regarding the Government and Mexican presidents such as Adolfo Ruiz Professor of Instrumentation . His name was familiar to millions of Cortines and Adolfo López Mateos, and its being written by a foreigner, television viewers as it appeared in the final credits of the ‘Dad’Army’ the book was banned in Mexico for a few years before pressure from television programme, conducting the Coldstream Guards in the theme literary figures resulted in its publication. The film based on the book and tune. With Bernard Keefe, he was one of the adjudicators on the BBC with the same title was directed by Hall Bartlett and was released in television series ‘Best of Brass’ which started in 1978 and ended in 1986. 1979. The musical score of the movie was written by Chuck Mangione Trevor died earlier this year and this is our tribute to him. and won a Grammy award. This is the title track, in a brilliant arrangement by Surrey Brass trumpeter Michael Chapple. The Earle of Oxford’s March - William Byrd arr. Elgar Howarth

Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger 'The Earle of Oxford's March' is one of the pieces most requested by Surrey Brass audiences – so we are playing it tonight! It is also known as "Molly on the Shore" was written in 1907 by Grainger as a birthday gift “The Batell” or “The March before the Battle”. Being purely programme for his mother. Originally composed for string quartet or string orchestra, music, The Battell is rare in Byrd’s output, which largely comprises set this piece was arranged in 1920 for wind band by the composer, as well musical forms. It was probably written after 1588 when was in a as for orchestra. It is an arrangement of two contrasting Irish reels, mood of national celebration after victory over the Spanish and French "Temple Hill" and "Molly on the Shore" that present the melodies in a Armadas. The movement which Byrd calls Marche Before The Battell variety of textures and orchestrations, giving each section of the became known as The Earl of Oxford’s March, though it is not entirely ensemble long stretches of thematic and countermelodic material. clear why – it appears with that title in an early manuscript copy of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Written while Byrd was at the height of its In a letter to Frederick Fennell (who would later go on to create the powers, it still stirs the soul to this day. definitive full score edition of Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy), Grainger says that: "in setting Molly on the Shore, I strove to imbue the accompanying Greensleeves - Trad arr. Elgar Howarth parts that made up the harmonic texture with a melodic character not too unlike that of the underlying reel tune. Melody seems to me to provide "Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, a ground of music with initiative, wheras {sic} rhythm appears to me to exert an the form called a romanesca. A broadside ballad by this name was enslaving influence. For that reason I have tried to avoid regular registered at the London Stationer's Company in 1580 as "A New rhythmic domination in my music - always excepting irregular rhythms, Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It then appears in the such as those of Gregorian Chant, which seem to me to make for surviving A Handful of Pleasant Delights (1584) as "A New Courtly Sonnet freedom. Equally with melody, I prize discordant harmony, because of of the Lady Green Sleeves. To the new tune of Green sleeves." There is a the emotional and compassionate sway it exerts". persistent belief that Greensleeves was composed by Henry VIII for his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn. Boleyn allegedly rejected King Henry's attempts to seduce her and this rejection may be referred to in the song when the writer's love "cast me off discourteously". However, Henry did not compose "Greensleeves". The arrangement performed tonight is by Elgar Howarth, trumpet player of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, and uses a number of interesting effects to add innovative colours to this familiar tune.

Visit our website at surreybrass.co.uk The Shepherd’s Song - Trad arr. Goff Richards adapted Michael Chapple Graham Chambers - Conductor Graham Chambers started playing the trombone as a boy at school in Canteloube took more than thirty years (1924 to 1955) to complete the Oxfordshire. He started lessons with Denis Wick at the age of 14 and at the same compilation of his most admired and famous collection of songs, Chants time gaining a place in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain where he was principal trombone for three years, and later represented Great Britain in the d'Auvergne. Passionate, sometimes to excess, the songs reflect the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra playing under such conductors as Leonard landscapes of the Auvergne in lush orchestral colors and have enabled Bernstein and Pierre Boulez. French folklore and rustic melodies to become better known. This folk tune tells the story of a woman teasing a shepherd who is on the other A degree in music followed at Surrey University side of a river but who cannot cross to join her. where he studied conducting under Brian Brockless and conducted the University Wind Band. After Prelude Air and Gigue – Robin Wells University Graham spent some time as a freelance trombone player and brass instrument teacher before This little suite for trumpet was written for Will Spencer to play at the joining the BBC music department in 1981 where he worked for Radio 3 and later BBC TV Music and Arts wedding of Robin’s daughter Alison to Matthew. The pieces are very Department. During this time he became musical loosely based upon the letters of their names, and there is an unabashed director of the Redbridge Brass Band which under his reference in the second and third movement to Gershwin's song "The coaching became the leading brass band in the man I love". Tonight it is performed by the trumpeter it was written for. London and Southern region – a position it still holds today. Hymn to the Fallen – John Williams Graham ceased playing and conducting activities in With Saving Private Ryan, John Williams has written a memorial for all the late 1980’s when he took on the role of librarian for the London Symphony the soldiers who sacrificed themselves on the altar of freedom in the Orchestra. During this time he travelled worldwide with the LSO and worked Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944. "Hymn to the Fallen," never appears closely with some of the world’s greatest conductors e.g. Leonard Bernstein, Sir Georg Solti, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davies, André Previn, anywhere in the main text of the film, only at the end credit roll. It's a Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Antonio Pappano, Sir Simon Rattle and Valery piece of music and a testament to John Williams' sensitivity and brilliance Gergiev, to name but a few. that will stand the test of time and honour forever the fallen of this war and possibly all wars. His work with the LSO included preparing performing materials for the extremely busy recording schedule, including a vast number of film recordings including Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael films such as Brave Heart by James Horner, and the more recent much famed Star Wars recordings composed by John Williams and Patrick Doyle and many "Stardust" is an American popular song composed in 1927 by Hoagy other well known film composers such as Jerry Goldsmith. He also worked closely Carmichael with lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell Parish. Bing Crosby with a wide variety of popular recording artists such as Paul McCartney, Diana released a version in 1931 and by the following year over two dozen Ross, Shirley Bassey, Luciano Pavarotti and many many others. bands had recorded "Stardust". It was then covered by almost every He also programmed film music concerts and made a number of arrangements prominent band of that era. It became an American “standard”, and is that the LSO and LSO Brass Ensemble played regularly at film music and considered one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, with over children’s concerts. 1,500 total recordings to date. Tonight it features horn soloist Tim Costen in an arrangement by John Iveson, trombonist with the Philip Jones Brass Graham left the LSO in 2007 and currently works as a freelance music editor and Ensemble. has had the time to rekindle his love of conducting brass and is delighted to have been asked to direct Surrey Brass.

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Interest in performing music has been given a tremendous boost by “The Trumpets Trombones Choir”, “X-Factor”, and several similar TV shows desperately seeking Michael Chapple Michael Straker talent. So we are delighted you decided to give them a miss tonight and Will Spencer Dave Gale come to see the real thing instead – Steve Dawes Evatt Gibson John Goodwin THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LIVE MUSIC! Hannah Buswell We are particularly grateful if children are in the audience, for they are Bass Trombone our musical future and Surrey Brass aims to encourage them always. Horn Tony Somerville Tim Costen However as you look around the venue and count the number of Lisa Ridgway performers it might become apparent that putting on concerts like this Percussion throughout the year is an expensive proposition. Surrey Brass receives Tuba Neil Marshall absolutely no routine sponsorship. Adrian Warren Katriona Pett

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“A Golden Jubilee Fanfare”: John Hughes Surrey Brass Horn Soloist “Stardust”: Hoagy Carmichael arr John Iveson Tim Costen Organ Soloist “Grand Choeur Dialogue”: Eugene Gigout Adrian Warren Trumpet Soloist “Prelude Air and Gigue”: Robin Wells Will Spencer “The Big Country”: Jerome Moross Surrey Brass "Sabre Dance": Aram Khatchaturian Surrey Brass Organ Solo “Hymn to the Fallen”: John Williams Adrian Warren “The Magnificent Seven”: Elmer Bernstein Surrey Brass

INTERVAL (Approximately 20 minutes) Bar Open “Hangar at 3am” – Black night outside, but inside l ights “The Earle of Oxford’s March”: William Byrd Surrey Brass blaze as Concorde sleeps. A small army of engineers go about their tasks quietly and efficiently, making “Greensleeves”: Trad arr Elgar Howarth Surrey Brass preparations for the flight ahead. • “Molly on the Shore”: Percy Grainger Surrey Brass ”Departure Lounge” – A buzz of anticipation. Many “Pavane pour une infante défunte”: Ravel Surrey Brass languages are heard. Urgency and excitement increas e s but serenity is maintained. “Blades of Toledo”: Trevor Sharpe The Trombones • ”Afterburner” – Concorde takes off and switches on the “The Shepherd’s Song”: Trad Surrey Brass afterburner with a roar. Passengers feel a kick in the Flugelhorn Soloist back, and the aircraft speeds up and climb steeply and “Children of Sanchez”: Chuck Mangione John Goodwin quickly disappears out of sight. Peace returns. • ”Mach 2” – Following a monstrous sonic boom, Concor d e Visit the Surrey Brass Online Shop accelerates to Mach 2. Screaming through the air at high altitude, inside, all is calm and genteel. http://shop.surreybrass.co.uk • for concert tickets, mp3 downloads, sheet music and more ”Droop Snoot”- A jazzy sophisticated cosmopolitan f eel, showing Concorde from a different angle. In the interests of SAFETY we ask all SWITCH OFF MOBILE PHONES • members of the audience to ensure they are and other noisy devices to avoid ”Arrival” – A distant rumble. Concorde is spotted i n the familiar with the clearly marked location of embarrassment. skies over the destination. People stop to turn and stare FIRE EXITS . Thank you. at the beautiful sight coming ever closer. Triumpha ntly, the ambassador of the sky lands at its destination.

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