VOLUME 1 ISSUE 8 The Insight 16TH MAY 2014

The Insight is a College newsletter INSIDE THIS ISSUE: produced by VI Book II boys in an attempt to bring Lords XI Pre – 2 parents and Old Wykehamists up to date with current season Tour events. We hope you enjoy it. Election Roll 2014 4

College Piano 4 Concert

What The Quelle 5

Winchester Chapel Choir Tour of Russia American Football 6 Society Following the previous Chapel Choir tour to the Netherlands, the choir travelled Awards 7 further Eastward to Russia. The week was split between St Petersburg and Moscow, with the opportunity to visit some of the country’s, and indeed the Dates For The Diary 8 world’s, greatest sites. The India Trip 2014 8 The winter snow had recently melted, so although giving the city a slightly unkempt look, we could experience the beauty of St Petersburg unimpeded. The SPECIAL POINTS tour of the Hermitage Museum was a highlight; it combined the architectural OF INTEREST: magnificence of the Winter Palace with a vast collection of European artwork. • ATCL Music Diploma The museum was a project started by Catherine the Great, and the palace’s Awards interior served to underpin the splendour of the art.

We sang one concert in the ‘Venice of the North’ and fortunately it was in St Peter’s Lutheran Cathedral. Acoustically, it was reminiscent of the protestant churches of the Netherlands, as we later discovered of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour too. To sing works like the Lotti Crucifixus, Bruckner Christus factus est, or Rachmaninov’s Bogoroditsye Dyevo made it a thrilling occasion, and it was very well received by the audience.

After a revealing train ride through the Russian countryside we reached Moscow. If St Petersburg was a refined but stunning city, structurally limited by its network of canals, Moscow was another experience all together.

The choir was lucky enough to be given a private guided tour around the Kremlin Palace. It was impressively decorated in gold, and to see it was a privilege. The rest of the Kremlin compound was just as interesting. The Annunciation Cathedral was the oldest, decorated mainly with carved ornaments. The multi-tier iconostasis of the Dormition Cathedral was particularly striking, while the rest of the cathedral was covered in frescoes, and the Archangel Cathedral was the main burial site for the Russian tsars.

The choir sang at three separate locations while in Moscow. The first was the Elohovo Church, on Spartakovska Street, where we sang as an introduction to the service. Beforehand, however, thanks to the immense generosity of the clergy, we had dined with them. Our next venue was the Rachmaninov Hall in the Moscow Conservatory, where we sang our full concert program again, albeit this time in a much drier acoustic. Nevertheless, the concert was an outstanding performance from all, received with rapturous applause. The third and final location was the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, again as an introduction to the service. Built only in 2000, it was on a far grander scale than the Elohovo Church, despite original plans to build it twice the size. Although it was not as intimate an experience, the acoustic was spectacular, and the decoration much like that of the Kremlin Palace. The choir was fortunate to have VOLUME 1 ISSUE 8 PAGE 2

been able to sing at such memorable sites, under the brilliant direction of MDA and JJS. After our introduction was done, we were then able to participate in a service at the Church of the Consolation of All Sorrows. The singing, although not our own, of the Rachmaninov Vespers was breath-taking, and spiritually, it was an unforgettable experience to be a part of.

Edward Cunningham

Lords Pre-season Tour

This April, during the Easter holidays, the first XI cricket squad went on a five day tour to Torremolinos in southern Spain. Arriving to 28 degree sunshine and the promise of more good weather for the rest of the trip, the atmosphere was very buoyant as soon as the plane had landed. After some afternoon training and an early night, we woke up the next morning to face Trent College who had flown out with Radley and us from .

Having been inserted on a very slow, soft wicket, we made good progress, with the opening partnership reaching nearly 70 and Alex Sachak top scoring with 33, before a collapse ensued. The wicket was so unlike back home that incoming batsmen were quickly dismissed, and we soon found ourselves in the precarious position of 87 for 8. However, Robin Richards and second year Ewan Evans dug us out tremendously, despite both being in the side more as bowlers. They added 51 for the ninth wicket and ensured that we batted all of our overs. 138 didn’t appear to be a massive score but everyone who had spent time at the crease knew just how hard it was to score runs on the testing pitch. Sure enough, some tight bowling and neat fielding reduced Trent to a final score of 118 all out, with wickets spread fairly evenly amongst the bowlers. Robin Richards was given man of the match for his outstanding figures of 6.3 overs 2 for 9 as well as his crucial runs at the end of our innings.

The next day, we played old rivals Radley in another forty over game. Full of confidence after victory the day before, the openers posted another seventy partnership, Sachak eventually going for around 30. Dan Escott batted on though and Mike Hargrove and he put on 80 for the third wicket. Escott fell for 92, caught at mid-off trying to accelerate at the end, while Hargrove lasted until the very last ball of the innings, selflessly running himself out for 43. A final score of 203 from the forty overs was a great result on such a slow pitch, and the team was confident of another win. That is exactly what they got, bowling Radley out for 128. Henry Portman was the star bowler, taking four wickets to kill off the game. A victory margin of over 80 runs was a huge result against a school which is often one of the best on the circuit.

A well-earned rest day followed before a final T20 tournament on the last day. Both games were lost, the first only by a few runs, but whilst it was a disappointing note on which to end the tour, our two big games had ended in victories. This was something to take confidence from, and as we boarded the plane back, there was a positive atmosphere amongst the boys. All in all, it was a very successful trip.

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Election 2014

Scholarships

AGUSTO Oloruntele Ibrahim Horris Hill Newbury BENTON Rory Alexander Thomas’s Clapham DANYLYUK Richard The British International School Ukraine DAVIES Alexander Stuart Macbeth Dragon School Oxford DUNCAN Iain Herschel Walhampton JANCZUK Wladyslaw Rafal Horris Hill Newbury LAM Nathan Shang-Rong The Pilgrims’ School Winchester LI Simon Sai Man Canadian International School of Hong Kong ODEYEMI Adedamola Horris Hill Newbury PARKER Benedict James David Twyford School Winchester PHIPATHANANUNTH Siraphob Shrewsbury International School Bangkok RODGERS Oliver Henry Brambletye School Sussex SCULL Joseph Somerset Hazlegrove Somerset SELWOOD Inigo Aelfred Deering Edge Grove HertfordshireHo

Exhibitions

CULLERNE Thomas Liu The Pilgrims’ School Winchester MEEK Ollie Lennox Westminster Under School London SMITHERS Jude David Waldron Horris Hill Newbury TRUELL Robert Charles Walhampton Hampshire

College Piano Concert

Over the past few years, the conclusion was reached that the College Hall piano was beyond repair. There was therefore an appeal to raise money for a new piano in Hall. So much money was raised, however, that two new grand pianos and an upright arrived in College.

The College Piano Concert took place to thank the donors for their incredible generosity. It was a lovely evening: College’s best pianists performed and there was champagne afterwards to celebrate the official ‘christening’ of the Yamaha in Hall.

Michael Turner started things off with Chopin’s ‘Polonaise in C# minor op.26 no.1’. It was a musical performance, whilst keeping the piece under firm control.

Some wonderful performances followed, particularly Angus Robinson (Liszt: Ssonneto no.104 del Petrarca), James Fraser (Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E major) and Christopher Cheng (Medtner: Skazki op.20 no.1). These performances were full of musicality and technical skill.

Jacob Thorn rounded off the concert with an incredible performance of ‘Le Baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus’ by Messiaen. It was a piece full of contrast and dissonant harmony which conveyed the composer’s passion for Christianity exquisitely.

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What The Quelle

Quelle (pronounced kwell-āh) is a bi-weekly magazine written by the boys, for the boys. We accept articles from anyone willing to put the effort in, editing them before publication. It is managed, edited, and printed by four boys in VIbk2, the equivalent of lower sixth, as their community service activity. The question I imagine you’re asking yourself now is why write for Quelle? Well, this is the question that many pupils find themselves asking, many of whom don’t come up with a valid answer. Thus we are often left scrabbling for articles and, in a most unprofessional way, we advertise ourselves shamelessly. When blanket emails encouraging boys to write fail, we target individuals, guilt-tripping them into writing. The result is always far better than we expect: a mix of satirical, serious, and non- sensical articles, intertwined between interviews, jokes, puzzles, polls, and pictures. The average issue is about sixteen pages of A5 print, filled entirely by the boys. We try to make it as addictive as possible by including weekly caption competitions and polls about the school. The boys reply to the poll question via email, and the result is published in the next issue. For example, the last one was, “who is the most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse?” We suggested a few dons and, unsurprisingly, the ex-marine, head of corps, soon-to-be-B-house-housemaster (Mr Hart) won. We aim to entertain rather than educate. The whole process is enjoyable for us as editors and the general populous seem to enjoy reading it as well - we haven’t got any complaints yet (from pupils, at least). Dr Cullerne, housemaster of H house, does a final check through before we print to make sure that we haven’t included anything too scandalous or lewd, and often we have to go back to change things. We take into account that dons read our magazine as well, but try to make it as cutting-edge as possible. Indeed, if you can convince your son to bring home one of our issues I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

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American Football Soc

Once a week a group of fifteen to twenty boys, with abilities ranging from having never played before to being a member of a Southampton club, meet down at Hunter Tent to practise or learn how to play American Football. It is organised entirely by the boys, although within this comes asking a don to supervise the proceedings. The sessions usually last about an hour, in which the boys organise themselves into teams and play a game. However, during the game, advice will be given by the more experienced players to those who may have never played before. The games themselves are touch- contact, that is to say, there is contact blocking and a tackle is a two-handed touch, to ensure that there are no injuries, which means none of the expensive protection kit is needed. Therefore enabling anybody who wants to come, but does not have any kit or perhaps any clue how to play American football, to come if they are free.

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Awards

The Queen’s Gold Medal for Latin Prose

JA Johansen (I) Prox Acc: CF Garner (H) Hon Ment: TEA Howard (I)

The Warden and Fellow’s Prize for Greek Prose

CF Garner (H) Hon Ment: JA Johansen (I)

The Ross Homer Prize

RHKB Metrebian (Coll:) Prox Acc: HDC Scriven (F) Hon Ment: TA Apthorp (E) and KC Wan (G)

Headmaster’s Commendations

JA Anderson (A) – For an excellent Div Task GHF Ewing (F) TJ O’Callaghan Brown (G) For excellent work on describing their home and their PN Patel (Coll:) interests in German

Headmaster’s Distinguished Achievement Awards

HCA Au (G) – For attaining an ATCL Music Diploma in piano with distinction BS West (G) – For attaining an ATCL Music Diploma in clarinet with distinction AE Stern (Coll:) – For attaining an ATCL Music Diploma in trombone CF Stern (Coll:) – For attaining an ATCL Music Diploma in bassoon WRA Andrews (A) – For winning the Oxford German Olympiad WH Nestor-Sherman (B) AGM Roberston (Coll) For coming second in the national finals of the ESU JHB Sharp (H) Schools public speaking competition The Insight The India Trip 2014

The Porters’ Lodge This summer holiday, boys from will be embarking on College Street Winchester an expedition to India. Their objective: to build a new community school in Hampshire the remote Himalayan village of Mussoorie, a one-time British Hill Station in the colonial era. Living standards in Mussoorie are poor, and the villagers E-mail 1: [email protected] E-mail 2: [email protected] have complained that there is only one school in the area that is up to standard. This school operates in a small rented building that can only accommodate around 60 students; the demand for enrollment in the school is much higher than that. To compound the problem, the school’s lease for the building has recently expired, and they have been asked to leave the premises. The children are now at risk of missing out on a substantial education. The expedition’s aim is to build a new international primary and for the community. The facilities are planned to accommodate around 200 pupils.

The expedition is part of the Lotus Flower Trust, which is running numerous development projects in India, although the project itself will be financed by the fund-raising efforts of 19 Winchester boys. The goal is to reach £42,000. To achieve this objective, the boys have embarked on numerous projects: running for charity, cycling, bake sales, an old clothes sale, a charity rock concert, and even a jazz show. To date, more than £14,000 has already been raised, and several fund-raising schemes are waiting to be implemented. With the boys’ concerted effort, the goal should be within reach.

For more information visit http://www.justgiving.com/WinchesterCollege- India2014

Punn Tengtrirat

Dates for the Diary

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Thanks to: Dan Escott Edward Cunningham James Beaumont Young Enterprise James Song Punn Tengtrirat Aia Nzsdejan Maxim Bird George Dunlop Jasen Soopramanien George Garnett Michael Turner