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Forthcoming Concerts
11th December 2009 at the Chantry House, Henley on Thames, with Andy Spiceley, piano (programme to include Mozart's quintet for piano and wind, K.452). In aid of Amnesty International. Tickets £12 (£8 unwaged) available from amnesty.reading@googlemail.com (tel. 077 40 42 38 94).
14 November 2009 at St. Mary's Church, Great Milton (programme to include excerpts from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for winds).
Some recent performances by Syrinx:
9th July 2009 at St. Mary's Church, Henley on Thames
12th October 2008 at Blenheim Palace
2nd July 2008 at Holton Church
14th June at Cherwell School, Oxford: Aesop's fables, by John Whittaker (first performance)
6th June 2008 at the Chantry House, Henley-on-Thames
26th April 2008, at St. Mary's Church, Great Milton
9th March 2008 at the Sheiling School, Ringwood
17th November 2007 at Mary's Church, Great Milton
7th October 2007 at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
27th June 2007, in Holton Church, with the choir Musica Viva.
22nd June 2007, at the Chantry House, Henley on Thames, in aid of the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture
Some audience comments:
"Thank you so very much for making it all such a success last night; we had masses of favourable comments and are very grateful to you for taking so much trouble on our behalf and playing so wonderfully."
"... Our sincere thanks for a truly wonderful evening. I have had some fantastic feedback from our co-workers (carers) and our young people, and without a doubt, you will always be welcome back."
"It was great to welcome brilliant musicians with a sense of humour as well, and such empathy towards our people..."
"I didn't know you were so good!"
Our repertoire in recent concerts has included:
Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties
Malcolm Arnold: Divertimento for flute, oboe and clarinet
Claude Arrieu: Quintette in C
Sam Baker: Dances and fugues for Wind Quintet (first performance)
Beethoven: Sextet Op. 71, arr. Stark for Wind Quintet
Georges Bizet: Jeux d'enfants
Alexander Borodin: Allegro Moderato from string quartet No. 2, arr. Emerson
Emmanuel Chabrier: España Rhapsody, arr. Holcombe
Franz Danzi: Quartet in B flat
Ferenc Farkas: Early Hungarian dances
Jean Français: Quatuor (for Fl, Ob, Cl, Fag)
John Frith*: Three sketches
Norman Hallam: Dance Suite
Gustav Holst: Wind quintet in A flat
Jacques Ibert: Trois pièces brèves
Gordon Jacob: Swansea Town
Györgi Ligeti: Six bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Cecilia McDowall: Winter Music
W. A. Mozart: Serenade in C minor, arranged for Wind quintet
Jim Parker: Boulevard: street band
Gwyn Parry-Jones: Chadkirk
Paul Patterson: Westerly Winds
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (condensed version!)
Anton Reicha: various quintets
Giacchomo Rossini: Wind Quartet No. 4
Gilbert Vinter: Two miniatures
(* - Philip's former horn teacher!)