MUSIC IN ROMSEY 2020
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Saturday HAMPSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH 21 MAR 7.30pm ORCHESTRAS SPRING CONCERT A concert given by the Hampshire County Youth String Orchestra and Hampshire County Youth Chamber Orchestra. REBEL 'Chaos' from Les Éléments STRAVINSKY Pater Noster BEETHOVEN Prelude and Fugue THE WHITE HORSE GRAINGER Molly on the Shore BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’ HOTEL - BAR - RESTAURANT - EVENTS Conductor Carl Clausen & Brian Lloyd-Wilson Reserved £15, £10 Concessions £10, £8 Unreserved £6 Concessions £3 Yo wi b amaze a Concessions: seniors 60+, disabled, carers, under 16s
Saturday wha w oer! 4 APR ROMSEY SINGERS 7.30pm Locally sourced food, expertly prepared STAINER The Crucifixion Morning coffee and treats GORECKI Totus Tuus Plus arias by Handel, Mozart and Bizet and spirituals Afternoon Tea to die for & cosy log fires arranged by Jonathan Rathbone and Philip Lawson • A PLACE TO MEET Conductor Philip Lawson • EAT Soloists Richard Rowntree (tenor) • DRINK Simon Gallear (bass) • CELEBRATE In advance Reserved £14, £12 Unreserved £10 • REST Privat Events On the door Reserved £16, £14 Unreserved £12 • ONE DESTINATION Under 18s half price • ENDLESS OPTIONS & Functions from 10 to 100, we can help you make the occasion Saturday MONTEVERDI VESPERS OF 1610 25 APR a memorable one! CHOIR & ORCHESTRA OF UNIVERSITY MUSIC, 01794 337 810 7.30pm BOURNEMOUTH [email protected] The choir and chamber choir of University Music Bournemouth perform www.whitehorseromsey.co.uk this remarkable work accompanied by a professional orchestra. 19 Market Place, Romsey SO51 8ZJ MONTEVERDI Vespers of 1610 (Vespro della Beata Vergine) Conductor Ian Davis Reserved £18, £15 Unreserved £12 Under 18s and those in full time education half price
2 www.romseyabbey.org.uk www.romseyabbey.org.uk 3 Saturday WINCHESTER & COUNTY Saturday 9 MAY 6 JUN WAR AND PEACE 7.30pm MUSIC FESTIVAL 7.30pm BOURNEMOUTH BACH CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA MOZART Mass in C minor Come and hear the wonderful rousing victory music of Haydn and the HANDEL O Praise the Lord with One Consent sublime Mozart’s Laudate Dominum. Conductor David Burgess HAYDN Nelson Mass Soloists Helen Bailey (soprano) MOZART Solemn Vespers Philippa Boyle (soprano) (Vesperae Solennes de Confessore) Andrew de Silva (bass) Conductor Tim Hooper Reserved £27, £21 Soloists Abbi Temple (soprano) Unreserved £17 Charlotte King (mezzo-soprano) Richard Rowntree (tenor) Half price tickets for those in full time education Jonathan Prentice (bass) Reserved £20, £16 Saturday CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Unreserved £12 23 MAY Under 17s and those in full time education free 7.30pm ORCHESTRA A concert showcasing the strength and power of the orchestra, from Hindemith’s exploration of the orchestra’s breadth, through Bartok’s Saturday ORCHESTRAL MASTERWORKS wonderfully lithe viola concerto, to Beethoven’s monumental symphonic 13 JUNE tribute to Napoleon. 7.30pm SOUTHAMPTON CONCERT ORCHESTRA HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Join SCO in an exploration of some of classical music’s masterworks. An evening of pure Orchestral Ecstasy. BARTOK Viola Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' SCRIABIN The Poem of Ecstasy Conductor John Traill MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition Soloist Rachel Maxey (Viola) Conductor Paul Ingram Reserved £18, £15 (seniors 60+ and those in full time education) Reserved £16 Concessions £14 Unreserved £10 Unreserved £14 Concessions £12 Under 18s: £1 Concessions: seniors 60+,disabled, under 16s and those in full time education
Thursday Friday 25 JUNE + 26 JUNE SCHOOLS CHOIR FESTIVAL 7.0 0 pm 7.0 0 pm Joyful choral music from our local schools. Part of the Romsey Festival of Youth Music, which runs from Saturday 20th June to Friday 3rd July. For more details, please visit www.rfoym.org.uk Concert supporting Jane Scarth House and the Romsey Festival of Youth Music
Unreserved £8, £5 (under 12s)
4 www.romseyabbey.org.uk www.romseyabbey.org.uk 5 Saturday ROMSEY SINGERS th th 11 JUL 4 to 19 JULY 7.30pm AND ROMSEY ABBEY CHOIRS Entente Cordiale - a joint concert by these two local choirs. A celebration of English and French sacred music from the late 19th and Romsey Festival is a celebration and showcase of the 20th centuries, with Vierne Messe Solennelle, and works by Duruflé, Elgar, Parry and others. exceptional expressive arts, crafts and musical talent from Conductor Philip Lawson & Martin Seymour Romsey and the surrounding villages. It is a focus for community events. In advance Reserved £14, £12 Unreserved £10 On the door Reserved £16, £14 Unreserved £12 For the full Festival programme, please visit Under 18s half price www.romseyfestival.org Thursday THROUGHOUT ALL AGES 16 JUL 7.30pm VOX HUMANA & GREGORIANA An intriguing whistle-stop survey of sacred music from the plainchant of St Ambrose and St Gregory to the tropes of Winchester Cathedral of the 10th century and the free-flowing melodies of St Hildegard; and on to the early and late mediaeval motets and the Renaissance masters, and beyond... Conductor Julien Chilcott-Monk Soloist Elizabeth Barlow (mezzo-soprano) Saturday ELGAR’S THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS Unreserved £10 4 JUL ROMSEY CHORAL SOCIETY Under 16s free 7.30pm CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON ORCHESTRA In 1898, Elgar was asked to write a piece for the 1900 Birmingham Triennial Saturday MEN AND MAGNIFICENT MUSIC Music Festival. He chose text from Cardinal Newman’s dramatic poem 18 JUL ROMSEY, BRISTOL, HART, RUSHMOOR about life, death and what comes afterwards. 7.30pm AND SWINDON MALE VOICE CHOIRS Come and enjoy Elgar’s epic masterpiece, The Dream of Gerontius. Choirs will perform individually, and jointly, choral classics old & new and ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius songs from the shows. Conductor Richard Pearce A full mix of music to suit all tastes. Reserved £20, £16 Reserved £18, £15 Concessions £12, £10 Unreserved £12 Unreserved £12 Concessions £8 Those in full time education and carers half price (reserved tickets only) Concessions: under 18s, disabled and carers
6 www.romseyabbey.org.uk www.romseyabbey.org.uk 7 Friday AN EVENING WITH THE GENTLEMEN Saturday 14 AUG 10 OCT CHARITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 7.30pm OF ST JOHN’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE 7.30pm WITH ROMSEY ABBEY CHORISTERS AND CHORA Described by the BBC Music Magazine as “an immaculately blended, Charity Symphony Orchestra embarks on Mahler’s epic exploration of the responsive, interactive consort”, the Choral Scholars of the world-renowned world and human emotions in his life-affirming Third Symphony. One of the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, the Gentlemen of St John’s enjoy a great symphonies in the standard repertoire, it is a concert not to be missed. busy schedule of concerts and recordings. Ticket holders are welcome to attend a pre-concert talk at 7pm. They are noted for their versatility and wide repertoire, performing music MAHLER Symphony No. 3 spanning over 600 years, from Tudor music all the way through to close harmony arrangements of modern-day hits. Conductor Craig Lawton Concert supporting Friends of Romsey Abbey Music Concert supporting Countess Mountbatten Hospice Reserved £16 Unreserved £14 Under 18s £5
Reserved £15, £12 (under 16s, seniors 60+, disabled & carers) Unreserved £12 Saturday DIVINE CLASSICS 5 SEP NOVA FORESTA CLASSICAL PLAYERS 7.30pm With The Romsey Singers Wednesday Sunday We welcome the return of the acclaimed Nova Foresta Classical Players & 14 OCT TO 18 OCT ETHELFLAEDA FESTIVAL Romsey Singers, for a colourful programme of Mozart, Haydn and Fauré. Founded as a Benedictine Convent a thousand years ago, Romsey Abbey MOZART Divertimento in F is dedicated to St Ethelflaeda, who was one of the early abbesses of the HAYDN Cello Concerto in C convent. FAURÉ Requiem The annual Ethelflaeda Festival brings to the fore the place and legacy of women in the history of the church, Christianity and the arts. It combines Conductor Paul Ingram & Philip Lawson art, music, words, and prayer into a reflective and inspiring few days. Soloist Lionel Handy (cello) For information on this year’s festival, please visit the Abbey website at Reserved £18 www.romseyabbey.org.uk/ethelflaedafestival. Unreserved £15 Under 18s free
Saturday PROMS IN THE ABBEY 19 SEP 7.30pm MICHELMERSH SILVER BAND With a reputation for top-quality entertainment, Hampshire’s premier brass band returns with a concert packed full of music to suit all tastes. From the classics to the movies, the brass band repertoire to the pop charts - there will be something for everyone in this programme, culminating in a ‘Last Night of the Proms’ finale to lift the roof off the Abbey in its 900th birthday year! Conductor Melvin White Reserved £15, £12 Unreserved £10
8 www.romseyabbey.org.uk www.romseyabbey.org.uk 9 Saturday MISSA SOLEMNIS ROMSEY ABBEY 7 NOV ROMSEY CHORAL SOCIETY 7.30pm With Southern Sinfonia FREE LUNCHTIME RECITALS Described as one of the greatest masterworks in the realm of music, the Lunchtime recitals are held in the Abbey on two or three Tuesdays a monumental Missa Solemnis was considered by Beethoven to be his month from February to November. Recitals start at 1.00pm and last greatest achievement. Join us in celebrating his 250th birthday. approximately 40 minutes. Admission is FREE, with a retiring collection to support the Abbey’s young choristers and musicians. BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis Artists include professional concert pianists and opera singers, organists, Conductor Richard Pearce talented local musicians and gifted students from Hampshire schools. Reserved £20, £16 The music ranges from Beethoven to the Beatles, Corelli to Coward and Unreserved £12 Liszt to Louis Armstrong. For further information on these and other recitals throughout the Those in full time education and carers half price (reserved tickets only) year, please see the Abbey website: www.romseyabbey.org.uk/visit/concerts/ Saturday NUNS AND ROSES 14 NOV 7.30pm PAPAGENA Come and hear the extraordinary voices of Papagena, described as the “Crème de la crème of a cappella”, as they explore the wealth of music, both sacred and secular, written for female voices. Concert supporting Friends of Romsey Abbey Music MUSIC IN Reserved £16 Unreserved £14 ROMSEY Under 18s £5 Music in Romsey provides visiting musicians Tuesday CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT with advance booking information, ticket advice 15 DEC and sales, concert staging, seating plans, stage 7.0 0 pm With Aurum Vocale managing and front of house facilities. A selection of Christmas music including traditional and modern carols. If you would be interested in helping in any Ticket price includes wine/soft drink and mince pies. capacity, please contact Conductor David Clegg [email protected] or Concert supporting Gift of Sight visit www.romseyabbey.org.uk
Reserved £40, £35 Unreserved £25
Friday IN A STARLIT STABLE 18 DEC 7.30pm ROMSEY SINGERS Carols for choir and audience Conductor Philip Lawson In advance Reserved £16, £14 Unreserved £12 On the door Reserved £18, £16 Unreserved £14 Under 18s half price
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LONG STAY ROMSEY MEDIUM STAY RAPIDS SHORT STAY TO SOUTHAMPTON PARKING There are car parks in Lortemore Place (off Latimer Street) with pedestrian access to Church Street and the Abbey. Newton Lane car park, (which has 70 places) has pedestrian access to the Abbey via Abbey Water. The Bus Station car park off Broadwater Road also has pedestrian access to The Cornmarket and Market Place. There is also a car park off Alma Road.
Disabled facilities are available at Romsey Abbey FOR ONLINE TICKETING www.ticketsource.co.uk/musicinromsey For ticket purchases and enquiries please contact Romsey Visitor Information Centre, 13 Church Street, Romsey Tel: 01794 512987 For the latest information on events in Romsey Abbey, please visit www.romseyabbey.org.uk/visit/concerts 12 www.romseyabbey.org.uk