Past Events 2023

Spring Concert 2023

Sun, 5 Mar 2023

Conductor: Chris Parsons - Leader: Nicki Lancaster

The Padstow Lifeboat - Malcolm Arnold
En Bateau - Claude Debussy
Handel's Water Music (No. 6 ‘Air’ & No. 12 ‘Alla Hornpipe’) - George Frederick Handel
Swan Lake (Scene 1 & Dance of the Cygnets) - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Gwavas Lake from Havas - Judith Bailey
Adagio from Spartacus - Aram Khachaturian
Songs of the Sea arr. Lawrence Yates (Premiere Performance)
i. Rio ii. The Wellerman iii. Hanging Johnny iv. Drunken Sailor
By the Sleepy Lagoon - Eric Coates
Titanic Main Theme - James Horner arr Chris Parsons
The Blue Danube - Johann Strauss II

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Rehearsal with Britten Sinfonia

Tue, 28 Mar 2023

Sybil Andrews Academy

At our last rehearsal of the the term we were privileged to be tutored by members of Britten Sinfonia:
Joy Hawley, Bridget Carey, Joy Farrell, Jason Koczur and others.

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Summer Concert 2023

Sun, 2 Jul 2023

The Apex

Conductor: Chris Parsons - Leader: Nicki Lancaster

Soloist: Sarah Baillie

Choir: Thetford Singers

Feel The Spirit - John Rutter
Mars from The Planets - Gustav Holst
In a Monastery Garden - Albert Ketelbey
Can-Can (Galop Infernal) from Orpheus in the Underworld - Jacques Offenbach
Libertango - Astor Piazzolla
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 - Edward Elgar

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BFO Celebration of life; Olive Endersbee and Lawford Smith

Tue, 26 Sep 2023

Following our rehearsal, we gathered in the dining room for refreshments and savoury/sweet canape-style nibbles (kindly provided by Olive's son-in-law Tony) to toast the lives of our two honorary members Olive Endersbee and Lawford Smith.