Chetham’s School of Music Dectet & Chamber Choir
Martin Bussey, Conductor
| Mass | Igor Stravinsky |
| Pageant | Michael Ball |
Concert Review
Timothy Reynish (an excerpt from his article published in the September 2007 WASBE Newsletter)
It was a great shame that so few braved the horse carts and the traffic gridlocks to attend this extra afternoon concert, with the ideal programme juxtaposition of the cool neo-classicism of Stravinsky and the red-hot virtuosity of Michael Ball. It was the premiere of Pageant which made me immediately commission Omaggio for the Boston Conference, and I was lucky enough later to be called in at the last minute to conduct it at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the National Youth Choir. It is a wonderfully passionate extrovert work, which probably needs ideally a professional choir to punch the vocal lines through. It taxed the choir, but they will have learned an enormous amount from it; the Chethams players threw it off with aplomb. Again, any department with a fine mixed choir should consider this for performance; they will have a lot of fun in its challenges.
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Concerts by Ensemble Name
Birmingham Symphonic Winds, UK
Chetham’s School of Music Symphonic Wind Orchestra and Chamber Choir, UK
Chetham’s School of Music Dectet and Chamber Choir, UK (@ Killarney Cathedral)
Gothenburg Symphonic Band, Sweden
International Youth Wind Orchestra
Irish Youth Wind Ensemble, Ireland
Nagoya University of Arts Wind Orchestra, Japan
Nanset Wind Ensemble, Norway
National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain, UK
Percussion Ensemble Crescendo, The Netherlands
Royal Irish Academy of Music Percussion Ensemble
Royal Symphonic Band Vooruit, Belgium
Swiss Army Symphonic Band, Switzerland
University of Cincinnati CCM Chamber Players, USA
University of Louisville Wind Ensemble, USA
Concerts by Day
Sunday 08
Irish Youth Wind Ensemble, Ireland
University of Cincinnati CCM Chamber Players, USA
Monday 09
Gothenburg Symphonic Band, Sweden
University of Louisville Wind Ensemble, USA
Tuesday 10
Royal Irish Academy of Music Percussion Ensemble
and Percussion Ensemble Crescendo, The Netherlands
Nagoya University of Arts Wind Orchestra, Japan
Wednesday 11
Chetham’s School of Music Symphonic Wind Orchestra and Chamber Choir, UK
Thursday 12
National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain, UK
Chetham’s School of Music Dectet and Chamber Choir, UK (@ Killarney Cathedral)
Nanset Wind Ensemble, Norway
Friday 13
Birmingham Symphonic Winds, UK
Royal Symphonic Band Vooruit, Belgium
Saturday 14
International Youth Wind Orchestra
Swiss Army Symphonic Band, Switzerland
Venues
Concerts and Pre-concert Talks were held in Ireland's National Events Centre (INEC) (Talks were held in the Emporium Room, upper lobby).
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