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Performance TitleSchools Prom 1994 - Music for Youth (MFY), in aid of A Music Wing at Hagley RC High School as a Lasting Memorial to the Lives of the Children and Teachers of the School
Performance Date22 April 1994
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersDiane Louise Jordan - speaker
John Dankworth,
Peter Skellern,
Kenny Baker - trumpet,
Nicola Loud - violin,
Nicholas Daniel
Secondary PerformersThe National Youth Music Theatre
Orchestra or BandGuildhall Junior Brass Band,
Nicolaou Chamber Ensemble, Orpington, Kent,
Bendy Cat, Thomas Mills High School, Framlingham, Suffolk,
Norwich Students Jazz Orchestra,
Egglescliffe School Orchestra, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland,
Vote Rigsby, Homefield School, Sutton, Surrey,
Hampshire County Youth Band,
Guildhall Junior Brass Band,
Hampshire County Youth Orchestra,
Southampton Youth Orchestra
ChoirsTreble Chants, Halesworth, Suffolk
ConductorsAntony Hopkins - guest conductor,
Dave Amis,
Sian Edwards,
Keith Hewson,
John Clark,
Iain Carnegie,
Andreas Nicolaou,
Leighton Rich,
Christopher Barnett,
Richard Hanley
Set List'Trumpet Tune and Cantabile', James, arr. Geldard (Guildhall Junior Brass Band),
'Three Kings Swing', Himes,
'Puttin' on the Ritz', Berlin, arr. Peter Skellern,
'Concerto Op. 3, No. 4 in E Minor - Movements 1 and 2', A Vivaldi (Nicolaou Chamber Ensemble, Orpington, Kent),
'For the Beauty of the Earth', John Rutter (Treble Chants, Halesworth, Suffolk),
'Jazzacaglia', Berud Frank,
'Sanctus', Edward Gregson,
'Eighty One', Miles Davis (Bendy Cat, Thomas Mills High School, Framlingham, Suffolk),
'The Ragged Child: London Town; Here's to the Bootblacks; Botany Bay; The Ballad of Joe Cooper; Now Ain't That A Bloomin' Shame! Paddy Lay Back; Come Rude Boreas; Come Away, Come Away' (The National Youth Music Theatre)
INTERVAL
'North Shore Morning', Matt Harris (Norwich Students Jazz Orchestra),
'Cowabunga', Marc Shaiman, arr. Gordon Goodwin,
'Anything Goes', Cole Porter, arr. Les Hooper,
'Sinfonietta - Op. 68', Kenneth Platts (Egglescliffe School Orchestra, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland),
'Allegro Vivace, Passacaglia and Finale',
'Oh, But On The Third Day' (Happy Feet Blues), Wynton Marsalis (Vote Rigsby, Homefield School, Sutton, Surrey),
'Soul Limbo Medley', trad.,
Enigma Variations - 'Nimrod', Elgar (Hampshire County Youth Band and Guildhall Junior Brass Band)
'Festival Overture, Op. 96', Shostakovich (Hampshire County Youth Orchestra, Southampton Youth Orchestra),
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1: 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar, (Hampshire County Youth Orchestra, Southampton Youth Orchestra)
Royal PresenceHRH Prince Edward
Performance NotesMore than 400 young musicians joined top performers for a memorial concert.

The concert was in aid of Hagley Roman Catholic High School's fund to create a Music Wing as a lasting memorial to the lives of the children and teachers of the School who had died in a road traffic accident on the M40 on 17 November 1993, after attending a Music for Youth Schools Prom.

Cardinal Basil Hume was in the audience.

Lieutenant Colonel Sean O'Dwyer was in attendance.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1994/24),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1994/13)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/1994/13Schools Prom 1994 - Music for Youth (MFY), in aid of A Music Wing at Hagley RC High School as a Lasting Memorial to the Lives of the Children and Teachers of the School22 April 1994
RAHE/1/1994/24Schools Prom 1994 - Music for Youth (MFY), in aid of A Music Wing at Hagley RC High School as a lasting memorial to the lives of the children and teacher of the school22 April 1994
Work
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Aihokcgob_ZoixSchools Prom 1994 - Music for Youth (MFY), in aid of A Music Wing at Hagley RC High School as a Lasting Memorial to the Lives of the Children and Teacher of the School1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5148Daniel; Nicholas (1962-); British oboist, conductor
DS/UK/5025Jordan; Diane Louise (1960-); English television presenter
DS/UK/7311Dankworth; Sir; John (20 September 1927-6 February 2010); CBE; English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinetist and writer of film scores
DS/UK/2269Skellern; Peter (1947-2017); English singer-songwriter, pianist
DS/UK/7310Baker; Kenny (1 March 1921-7 December 1999); MBE; English jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn player, and composer
DS/UK/15511Holness; Bob (1928-2012); British radio and television presenter
DS/UK/9240Hopkins; Antony (1921-2014); CBE; English composer, pianist, conductor, radio broadcaster, writer
DS/UK/2271Stilgoe; Sir; Richard (28 March 1943); OBE DL; British songwriter, lyricist and musician
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