Coming up from Ely Sinfonia ... Sunday December 4th 2011 Ely’s Christmas Children’s Spectacular, with (Date to be confirmed) Father Christmas and fun for all the family, and President: Raphael Wallfisch The Maltings, Ely Ely Sinfonia playing The Snowman , Christmas carols presents and lots more! Saturday March 3rd 2012 Ely Sinfonia plays Benjamin Britten’s A Young Ely Cathedral Person’s Guide to the Orchestra , as well as Raphael Wallfisch 7.30pm Shostakovich’s Symphony no 5 and Ravel’s stunning playing and highly evocative orchestral piece, Boléro . Dvořák’s Cello Concerto Saturday May 26th 2012 Ely Sinfonia makes its debut at the Linton Linton Village College Music Festival with a delightful programme 7.30pm featuring Bruch’s violin concerto, Rossini’s Ely Cathedral Thieving Magpie Overture, Elgar’s Serenade for Saturday October 1st 2011 strings and Mozart’s Symphony no.40 . at 7.30pm Saturday September 29th 2012 Fauré’s Requiem complements two works by Conducted by Steve Bingham Ely Cathedral Samuel Barber: his Adagio for Strings and 7.30pm Knoxville - Summer of 1915 for soprano and small orchestra. Other forthcoming events: PROGRAMME Saturday October 22nd 2011 Ely Choral Society sings A celebration of Italian Zoltán Kodály Háry János suite Ely Cathedral music, 'Gloria Italia' . Tickets from 01353 660349 7.30pm https://tickets.elycathedral.org . Richard Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser Antonín Dvořák Cello concerto no 2 in B minor Saturday December 3rd 2011 Ely Choral Society’s annual Christmas Concert St Mary’s Church, Ely Ely Sinfonia expresses its grateful thanks to its corporate sponsors: Aitchison Mnatza- Ely Sinfonia wishes to express sincere thanks to all who helped ganian, Anthony Baylis, Bardwyck Ltd, Burrows Bookshop, The Wine Store at La Hogue. with this concert and especially: To find out more about how your company can help Ely Sinfonia, please contact The Kings School, Ely Patricia Mathieson in the Ely Sinfonia publicity office on 01353 721007 or email Chris Flatman, Sallyann Ford and the staff of Ely Cathedral [email protected]. There will be a 20 minute interval after the Wagner Programme £1 www.elysinfonia.co.uk (free to premium ticket holders) Anthony Baylis Bows of Distinction are pleased to support Ely Sinfonia is proud to support Raphael Wallfisch and Ely Sinfonia A selling exhibition of over 100 contemporary violin, viola and cello bows by international Anthony Baylis, maker of fine baroque and classical bows. makers will take place in Ely from 10 October to 10 December. Please call 01353 668559 to book an appointment. The bows are generally made from snakewood and have either fixed (clip- Aitchison & Mnatzaganian are dedicated cello specialists, providing cellists with a unique in) or adjustable frogs in wood or mammoth ivory. and comprehensive service, focussing our expertise on every aspect of cello care 7 C A M B R I D G E R O A D · E L Y · C A M B R I D G E S H I R E · C B 7 4 H J 7 Newmarket Road T E L : 0 1 3 5 3 6 6 8 5 5 9 E M A I L : [email protected] Cambridge CB5 8EG Tel 01223 562020 www.aitchisoncellos.com Ely Sinfonia is sponsored by The Wine Store at La Hogue — a wine store with attitude! A visit to The Wine Store is a unique experience—you will be impressed by our knowledge and feel cosseted by our friendly team in the most congenial surroundings. Come to us for: • advice on wine for any occasion Ely’s oldest established bookshop has supported Ely Sinfonia for many years and is • tutored tasting evenings to find great wines for yourself or the perfect gift for a proud to sponsor this concert. friend or loved one • We started our newsagents in Ely in 1899 and the bookshop opened in 1994. Today special tastings for groups • we specialise in local history and children’s books, with one of the area’s largest Gifts, presentation boxes ranges of these specialist titles. • Gift vouchers ... and a selection of wines that you can’t find anywhere else! We also sell hand and finger puppets, as well as toys and other items related to The Wine Store - left off the A11 just north of Newmarket for East Anglia's most children’s books. Look out for our Gruffalo range, recently updated. interesting selection of wines....for drinking or laying down. Look out for our children’s parties and word perfect parties! Burrows Bookshop Open Monday to Saturday The Wine Store at La Hogue, La Hogue Road, Chippenham, Cambs, CB7 5PZ 9 High Street Passage 9am to 5pm Phone: 01638 555190 Email: [email protected] Ely www.winetasting.co.uk Tel: 01353 669759 www.elysinfonia.co.uk www.elysinfonia.co.uk Raphael Wallfisch plays Dvořák’s Cello Concerto Welcome to this concert, which features the return of our Honorary President, Raphael Wallfisch. We're absolutely delighted that he's agreed to play one of the great concer- tos in the repertoire, following his wonderful performance FRIENDS WANTED! of the Elgar cello concerto in 2008. Symphonic in scale, it's an amazing piece, which Raphael tells me he doesn't get to play as often as he would like - so we're delighted to give Why not join the FRIENDS of ELY SINFONIA? At just £10 a year, it’s a him an opportunity to do it in these superb surroundings! great opportunity to support your local community orchestra and, through it, music and musical education in East Cambridgeshire. Complementing the Dvořák is Wagner's exciting Overture to Tannhäuser. Listen out in particular for the great tuba part - which Alan, Being a friend will give you the following advantages: our tuba player, has been keen to do for many years - followed by the superbly orchestrated Háry János Suite by Kodály. Bells, chimes and more • Personal email giving advance information of concerts and and, as none of the small handful of cimbalom players in the UK was available, special events featuring Ely Cathedral's organist, Jonathan Lilley, playing the piano, celeste • 10% discount on tickets to concerts promoted by Ely Sinfonia and cimbalom parts on a specially prepared keyboard! • Friends’ newsletter Steve Bingham, artistic director • Free Friends concert once a year • Opportunity to meet the conductor and players at rehearsal Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Háry János suite As the local community orchestra, Ely Sinfonia aims to give players the chance of orchestral experience close to home, to provide local Prelude: the An old soldier sits in the pub telling exaggerated stories of his schoolchildren with the opportunity to learn about music and Fairy Tale great exploits when he was a younger man. They are probably instruments, and to bring a wealth of wonderful music to local Begins all lies - or in the most charitable interpretation, embellish- music-lovers. Viennese ments. After all, János Háry (to put his names in the right order) Musical Clock claims that, among other things, the empress was in love with Your subscription will go towards developing the orchestra, allowing Song him (or was it the other way round?) and that singlehandedly he it to give more concerts in Ely and to take live music out to rural East defeated Napoleon's army! Cambridgeshire and beyond. Our Friends help us to give concerts in Battle and local venues and to run workshops, which give young players the Defeat of This, in essence, is the plot of the opera for which Zoltán Kodály chance to play alongside more experienced musicians and learn new, Napoleon wrote the music and from which he created the Háry János suite challenging pieces. Intermezzo - one of the quirkiest and most enjoyable pieces of twentieth century music. And what does it matter if the old man told fibs? Entrance of For more information about becoming a Friend, please ask for details As Kodály seems to be suggesting, they can be as beautiful and the Emperor and a membership form at the Friends’ stall or email and His Court in some way as truthful as the real thing. [email protected]. The suite starts with an orchestral 'sneeze' - a Hungarian sign that your listener believes what you are saying - and then we are www.elysinfonia.co.uk www.elysinfonia.co.uk off. In the second movement there are clocks (so lots of percussion, of course). There's a beautiful elegiac song - and then just listen to Háry János defeat Napoleon all on his own ! Ely Sinfonia The intermezzo has, perhaps, the suite's greatest tunes and Artistic Director Steve Bingham then in the grandiloquent finale we are back with the emperor and his court. Violin 1 Christina Everson (Leader), Donna Allum, Ann Claydon, Truth and fiction … this most enjoyable, affectionate and Fiona Gloag, Chris Moule, Louise Topping, Pat Welch, amusing music beguiles us with its wit and sophistry - a bit like Richard Williamson the old soldier himself! Violin 2 Roz Chalmers, Ian Claydon, Esther McLeish, Rob Millman, Christina Revett, Melanie Siddall, Jane Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Overture to Tannhäuser Stevens, Peter Threfall, Ijmkje van der Werf Viola Katy Baker, Becky Brown, Hannah Chapman, Jeremy Whatever went on in Richard Wagner's head (and we know about some of his Harmer, Patricia Mathieson, Marlen Moss-Eccardt, more unpleasant opinions and his singular lack of musical modesty), he could Hilary Sellars, Yvonne Williamson certainly crack out good tunes and embed them in the richest tapestry of Cello Dave McLeish, Bryan Austin, Nick Balaam, April melodic and thematic sophistication. This was a man who didn't like compos- Bowman, Laura Daish, Charlotte Dean, Roger Lunn, ing when the weather was bad (he clearly wasn't British) but who could Joan Marchbank, Rachel Mycock, Sally Parnell surprise