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INSPIRATION CHOIR SOUTHAMPTON AND BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENT MAKE THEM HEAR YOU As part of BSO’s Proms in the Park, Inspiration’s spectacular summer concert will featuring songs of triumph and defiance including ‘Love Never Dies’, ‘With One Look’, ‘Defying Gravity’ and ‘You Raise Me Up’. Entry tickets allow access to the whole day including Inspiration’s concert, a BSO Strings concert, lots of participatory events and a 70 minute finale son et lumiere! SSSUNDAY 7 AUGUST 2016, 7PM MEYRICK PARK, BOURNEMOUTH MUSIC DIRECTOR: PETE HARRISON BOX OFFICE: 01202 669925 BOOK ONLINE: WWW.BSOLIVE.COM INSPIRATION CHOIR SOUTHAMPTON AND BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENT Would you like to sing with Inspiration Southampton? Our ethos is simple – anyone can sing. We have no auditions to SEIZE THE DAY join, you don’t even have to read music, you just simply have to SUNDAY 10 APRIL 2016 enjoy it. Rehearsals take place every Wednesday evening between 7.15pm and 9.30pm at Richard Taunton Sixth Form College starting on 11 May 2016. Come along and give it a go! For more information or to download a registration form please visit www.inspirationuk.com MUSIC DIRECTOR: PETE HARRISON WELCOME… INSPIRATION INSPIRATION’S SINGERS TEAM This, our third concert, marks our first year as a choir, and Jeanette Pauline Hand Kerry Pringle what a year it’s been. Our membership has grown, we’ve Albinson Music Director and Founder Sue Harper Liz Ralls performed two successful concerts, we’ve had our first Gary Griffiths Michael Albinson baby (well, Caroline had it for us!) but most importantly, Laura Havercan Sandie Ramplee we know that we have a successful, hardworking and Deputy Music Director Joan Anderson Beth Hawken Carol Rawlinson Andy Booth fun choir that can tackle a broad range of repertoire and Ann Bambury Helen Hawkins Alison Rouse perform with the world’s favourite orchestra (officially!). Assistant Music Director Hazel Beaumont Ruth Heine Diane Sebon This concert is without a doubt our toughest yet as the Mark Deeks Lucy Beaumont Laura Hepburn Pat Simmonds wonderful music of Alan Menken can be rather complex, Southampton Mandy Belton Rebecca Hewitt Marie Smith but we know our process of learning does work allowing Music Director Jeremy Bishop everyone to join in, have a good sing and stretch their Pete Harrison Sue Hibberd Tom Snell giggle muscles. Christine Helen Hodrien David Spratt Southampton Blackmore Our other big news is that our summer concert will be Rehearsal Accompanist Anne Holmes Gill Spratt part of BSO’s Proms in the Park series which is returning Mary Blake Teresa Barlow Sally Hunt Laura Stephen to Meyrick Park, Bournemouth. This will be our first open Philippa Booker Director of air concert in a lovely venue and will feature a typically Diana Ibbitson Katrina Stout Community Involvement Lisa Booth broad mix of songs, all given the Inspiration treatment. Wendy Jones Dee Sullivan Sue Mitchell Margaret Bradley So would you like to join a friendly group of people who Robert Le Grice Irene Surgeson Concert materials, Kathy Bradley love to sing? Well, there’s no audition process – all we ask programmes and website Sheila Leete Allison Thomas for is commitment, a bit of hard work, but mainly the ability Victoria Brown Penny Wilson Stephanie Lees Sandra Timms to join in and have fun. We are now accepting applications www.penny-wilson.co.uk Claire Buchan Anne Macleod Mark Tipper for next term so please do come and give it a go! Richard Calton Jim Malpuss Maya Tipper Pete Harrison, Music Director, Inspiration Southampton Sharon Calton Rosemary Jane Tudor BSO TEAM Julie Court Marcuse Elaine Urben Jennifer Crittell PROLIFIC AND VERSATILE Chief Executive Meriel Marshall Mark Dougie Scarfe Katherine Daniels Alan Marshall Wall-Bradfield Welcome to the first of our occasional series of Arthur Dennett concerts featuring the work of just one composer. Head of Marketing Mandy Matlock Margaret Welling Anthony Brown Pat Dennett Alan Menken is such a prolific and versatile writer that Alan Matlock Alison White Jan Donovan the only problem we really had was knowing what to Head of Projects Gill Miller Nicky White Andrew Burn leave out. We have had great fun this term delving down Hazel Douglas Diana Sandra Williams to find our inner princesses. The sheer variety of styles Head of Development Melanie Draper Morrell-Glenister Claire Wilson Jackie Tanner has been a challenge, but one to which the singers Alice Dummons Virginia Osmond always rise with aplomb. From the epic pop ballads to Sarah Wilson Development Manager Joanna Gerrard Carol Paddison the cartoon exaggerations, they can cope with it all. Joanne Madders Julie Winkworth Ami Giles Rachel Paul Although new to our Southampton singers, our medley Diana Woodfin General Administrator Sarah Greenham Elsie Porter from The Hunchback of Notre Dame will forever be Janet Male Glenda Young associated with a trip a few years ago to Paris, where Bob Grimble Douglas Powell we sang it while floating down the Seine, underneath Marketing Manager Johanna Büker Ann Grimble Barry Price the magnificent cathedral itself. That was an experience that could never be recreated but we will be returning Orchestra Manager to Disneyland Paris later this year to perform in their Alexa Butterworth Bringing Inspiration to Southampton has been made Christmas Choral Celebration. Librarian possible through the extraordinary gift of BSO and If you fancy joining us then see our website for details on Kim Matthews Inspiration Southampton Principal Patrons, David and how to join the choir. Who knows where it will take you. Senior Stage Manager Jill Peters. We want to thank David and Jill for their Gary Griffiths, Inspiration Music Director and Founder Scott Caines generous support of this exciting singing project. SEIZE THE DAY SEIZE THE DAY ACT ONE ACT TWO

Seize the Day Little Shop Of Horrors Medley Newsies | Menken Little Shop Of Horrors | Menken and Ashman Listen out for… the ‘a cappella’ choir opening. Literally meaning Soloist: Ami Giles ‘as in chapel’ – the singers alone, with no accompaniment. Listen out for… the very tongue-in-cheek grand opening section which soon gives way to the more upbeat, sixties feel. When A Whole New World the choir are singing the song ‘Downtown’ the strings of the Aladdin | Menken and Rice orchestra play Petula Clark’s hit of the same name. Listen out for… when our arrangement becomes a duet between choir and orchestra, with the orchestra on the tune (‘a whole The Life I Never Led new world’), and the choir singing the countermelody (‘every Sister Act | Menken and Slater turn a surprise’) echoing the original song which was a duet. Soloist: Helen Hodrien Listen out for… an interesting structure, beginning quite Prince Ali resigned, soon growing in confidence with phrases beginning Aladdin | Menken and Rice on ever higher notes, then retreating back into self doubt before Listen out for… the animals and try and count them. There are rising again, finishing with an air of quiet resolve. hundreds! I See The Light Pocahontas Medley Tangled | Menken and Slater Pocahontas | Menken and Schwartz Listen out for… the simplicity of the melody and underlying Listen out for… the contrast in music between the unyielding harmony, nevertheless this packs quite a punch. incoming Virginia Company (‘in sixteen hundred seven’ and ‘mine boys, mine’) and the beautiful fluid music for the indigenous Ever Ever After people (‘just around the riverbend’ and ‘colours of the wind’). Enchanted | Menken and Schwartz Listen out for… lots of overlapping vocal lines creating a layered Part Of Your World effect of echoes and ambience. The Little Mermaid | Menken and Ashman Soloist: Laura Havercan Beauty And The Beast Overture Listen out for… the drooping phrases for the singer (e.g. ‘wish I Beauty And The Beast | Menken and Ashman could be’), indicating a sense of resignation, contrasting with the rising phrases (e.g. ‘up where they run’), indicating hope. If I Can’t Love Her Beauty And The Beast | Menken and Ashman Under The Sea Soloist: David Spratt The Little Mermaid | Menken and Ashman Listen out for… what starts off as a plaintive plea becoming Listen out for… more animals! This time in a band, carp/harp, stronger and stronger towards the end with unprepared rising newt/flute, bass/brass. key changes, creating a sense of mounting anger.

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Medley Beauty And The Beast The Hunchback Of Notre Dame | Menken and Schwartz Beauty And The Beast | Menken and Ashman Would you like to join Keep up to date with all Listen out for… the opening motif representing the bells of Notre Soloist: Julie Court Inspiration on the risers for Dame. This recurs throughout to punctuate the medley and the latest news from Listen out for… the original ballad version initially sung by a solo our next concert in August? returns triumphantly at the very end, defiantly in a major key. Inspiration by visiting voice, with the choir then taking over in the same style. The key change and introduction of the rhythm section (drums, bass) is For more information turn www.inspirationuk.com then a nod to the successful pop version recorded by Celine Dion. to the back cover or visit or join us on Facebook www.inspirationuk.com at www.facebook.com/ Be Our Guest inspirationandecho Beauty And The Beast | Menken and Ashman Soloists: Jan Donovan and Jeremy Bishop Listen out for… cartoon interjections from the choir when backing the soloists exaggerating the feeling of being completely over the top, and a huge Broadway finish. Serving the South and South West of England, but with a BOURNEMOUTH First Violin Viola Oboe Bass Trombone national and international reputation, the BSO has been a Amyn Merchant Tom Beer Edward Kay Kevin Smith cultural beacon since its foundation in 1893. The Orchestra SYMPHONY Ben Buckton Steve Doman has worked with such illustrious figures as Bartók, Sibelius, Clarinet Tuba ORCHESTRA Kate Turnbull Eva Malmbom Holst, Stravinsky and Vaughan Williams and more recently Kevin Banks Andy Cresci Magdalena Judith Preston with Michael Tippett, John Tavener, Peter Maxwell Davies, Gruca-Broadbent Christine Roberts Rodion Shchedrin and James MacMillan. Kirill Karabits Nigel Giles Timpani Jennifer Curiel is the BSO’s Chief Conductor – a role which will see him John Murphy Bassoon Geoff Prentice Tim Fisher lead the Orchestra to its 125th Anniversary in 2018 and Emma Selby Kate Hawes Cello beyond. He succeeds founder Sir Dan Godfrey and a host Percussion Jesper Svedberg of conducting greats including Charles Groves, Constantin Laura Kernohan Horn Matt King Silvestri, Rudolf Schwarz, Paavo Berglund, Andrew Litton, Joan Martinez Philippa Stevens Nicolas Fleury Alastair Marshallsay Yakov Kreizberg and Marin Alsop. Emma Martin Lorna Davis Ruth Spicer Alison Gillies Harp The BSO tours worldwide and has performed at Carnegie Second Violin Trumpet Eluned Pierce Hall and the Lincoln Center, New York; Concertgebouw, Carol Paige Double Bass Chris Avison Amsterdam; Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Vienna; Keyboard Samantha David Daly Peter Turnbull Rudolfinum, Prague; and Philharmonie, Berlin. It makes Wickramasinghe Teresa Barlow Nicole Boyesen Matt Williams For more information regular appearances at venues in London and across the Penny Tweed David Kenihan Bass Guitar about Bournemouth UK as well as promoting over 130 concerts in its home Vicky Berry Trombone Symphony Orchestra visit region of over 10,000 square miles - from full symphonic Andy Baker Lara Carter Flute Kevin Morgan www.bsolive.com concerts in Poole, Bournemouth, Exeter, Bristol, Rebecca Clark Owain Bailey Robb Tooley Kit Portsmouth, Truro, Torquay, Winchester, Cheltenham, Janice Thorgilson Barbara Brown Gregg Walker Guildford, Brighton and Basingstoke to a variety of ensembles, including Kokoro, the BSO’s new music group, Ines Montero Fuentes which perform at smaller and more unusual venues across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Pete studied at the Royal College of Music going on Gloucestershire and Hampshire. BSO musicians also take PETE HARRISON to work with many top orchestras as well as working part in an extensive portfolio of education and community extensively in the West End. He has conducted Crazy projects, from national curriculum based workshops in SOUTHAMPTON For You (Prince Edward Theatre), Disney’s Beauty & the schools, through to tea dances for the elderly, performing MUSIC DIRECTOR Beast (Dominion Theatre) and Lautrec (Theatre Royal, alongside enthusiastic amateur players, working with Plymouth and Shaftesbury Theatre). community groups and 18 Music Education Hubs. He is a regular guest conductor with Bournemouth The BSO has over 300 recordings to its name since Symphony Orchestra and for Raymond Gubbay Ltd pioneering beginnings in 1914. Recent releases of where he has conducted The Last Night of the Summer Bernstein, Vaughan Williams, Finzi, Howells, Dvořák, Proms in Symphony Hall, Birmingham and their Bartók, Weill, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Khachaturian Spectacular Classics and Space Spectacular concerts have all been highly acclaimed. The current project with in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. He has also just Onyx of recording all the symphonies of Prokofiev completed a tour of sell-out film concerts with the with Kirill has just seen the release of the third volume, BSO – Heroes & Aliens and will be working with them following from the success of the first two which have again for this summer’s ABBA Symphonic Spectacular received rave reviews and high critical acclaim. The BSO also partnered with Nicola Benedetti in her CD Pete was the Musical Director for the Yeovil Operatic The Silver Violin which was the top-selling classical Society for several years working on many shows For more information visit recording of 2012. In 2013 the BSO became Classic FM’s including HMS Pinafore, Gigi, Carousel, Broadway www.peteharrison.biz Orchestra in the South of England and continues to Pirates, Hello, Dolly! High Society, Mame and Beauty give regular live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. And The Beast.