Record

Performance TitleGrand Concert, in aid of The British Council for the Prevention of Blindness
Performance Date13 April 1995
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersDavid Chesterman - speaker
Orchestra or BandBedfordshire County Youth Orchestra,
Bedfordshire County Youth Second Orchestra,
Bedfordshire County Youth Third Orchestra,
Bedfordshire County Youth Fourth Orchestra,
Bedfordshire County Youth Concert Band,
Bedfordshire County Youth Second Concert Band

Schools:
Alameda Middle,
Alban Middle,
Ashton Middle,
Beauchamp Middle,
Bedford High,
Bedford Modern,
Bedford School,
Biddenham Upper,
Brewers Hill Middle,
Brooklands Middle,
Burgoyne Middle,
Bury Lawn,
Cedars Upper,
Challney Girls High,
Dame Alice Harpur,
Daubeney Middle,
Denbigh High,
Edward Peake Middle,
Fulbrook Middle,
Gilbert Inglefield Middle,
Goldington Middle,
Harlington Upper,
Harrold Priory Middle,
Hastingsbury Upper,
Holmemead Middle,
Holywell Middle,
Icknield High,
Lancot Lower,
Lea Manor High,
Lealands High,
Leighton Middle,
Lincroft Middle,
Linslade Middle,
Luton V1th Form College,
Manshead School,
Margaret Beaufort Middle,
Mark Rutherford Upper,
Mill Vale Middle,
Newnham Middle,
Northfields Upper,
Parkfields Middle,
Priory Middle,
Putteridge High,
Queensbury School,
Redborne Upper,
Robert Bloomfield Middle,
Robert Bruce Middle,
Samuel Whitbread Upper,
Sandy Upper,
Sandye Place Middle,
Sharnbrook Upper,
South Luton High,
St. Andrew's School,
St. Bede's Middle,
St. Gregory's Middle,
St. Thomas More Upper,
Stopsley High,
Stratton Upper,
Streetfield Middle,
Vandyke Upper,
Woodland Middle,
Wootton Upper
ChoirsCombined Choir from Bedfordshire Middle Schools (Alban, Ashton, Brooklands, Daubeney, Harrold Priory, Linslade, Newnham, Parkfields, Robert Bloomfield, Streetfield)
ConductorsMichael Rose,
Ian Smith,
Uwe Raddock,
Dafydd Billinghurst,
Jim Hibbert,
Kevin Nicholls
Set List'Fanfare to the Common Man', Copland (Combined Brass of the County Youth, Orchestra and Concert Band),
'Bonny Sweet Robin', Giles Farnaby, arr. Billinghurst (County Youth Orchestra),
'Two Rags: Empty Room abd Cucumber Slice', Billinghurst (County Youth Orchestra),
'Prebend Street Blues', Billinghurst (County Youth Orchestra),
'Royal Tournament, Op.115', Derek Bourgeois (County Youth Concert Band),
'Cartoon', Paul Hart (County Youth Concert Band),
Appeal (David Chesterman),
'Overture' from Little Suite No.2, Op.78, Arnold (County Youth Third Orchestra),
'Russian Sailors Dance' from The Red Poppy, Rheinhold Gliere (County Youth Third Orchestra),
Psalm 150', Britten (Combined Middle Schools Choir, County Youth Second Orchestra),
'The Skye Boat Song', arr. Vic Bainbridge (Combined Middle Schools Choir, County Youth Second Orchestra),
'The Heavenly Aeroplane', John Rutter (Combined Middle Schools Choir, County Youth Second Orchestra),
'London Suite (Covent Garden: Westminster: Knightsbridge)', Eric Coates (County Youth Second Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'Little Suite for Brass (Prelude - Siciliano Rondo)', Malcolm Arnold (County Youth Second Concert Band)
'Toccata', J S Bach, arr. Ray Farr (County Youth Second Concert Band),
'Capriccio Espagnol', Rimsky Korsakov (County Youth Orchestra),
'Pomp and Circumstance March No.1', Elgar
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1995/16)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/ndXnRAnjN7HJ
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1995/16Grand Concert, in aid of The British Council for the Prevention of Blindness13 April 1995
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ebab_Zowh_VexGrand Concert, in aid of The British Council for the Prevention of Blindness1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/18384Chesterman; David (fl 1970s-); British Director of the British Council for Prevention of Blindness
DS/UK/11890British Council for Prevention of Blindness (BCPB); 1976-; British charity to fund research into blindness
DS/UK/19737Godfrey; Frances Helen "Fran" (1953-); British radio newsreader
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