Concerts 2009


Many of the same people came along to the second concert in the series, to enjoy the Summertime Jazz Trio's arrangements of some jazz and swing classics. The Summertime Jazz Trio are Terry Gregory (bass), Frank Weatherly (flute/saxophone) and John McGinley (guitar).			They started with their arrangement of Minor Swing by Django Reinhardt ...

... then improvised around the theme of Hawaii Five-O before Frank Weatherly changed over to his saxophone bought on e-bay, to play an instrumental arrangement of Honeysuckle Rose, made famous by Fats Waller, and a variation on Black Orpheus loosely based on the Sonny Rollins version.

After an introduction to the unloved nature of the instrument, followed an arrangement of Sonny Rollins' St Thomas on the recorder ...	... a version of Erroll Garner's Misty with as an alto-sax as lead instrument interspersed with story and comment ...	...including a discussion of jazz techniques as a business tool ...	and teaching the audience a clapping pattern so making them into the rhythm section for a piece.

The set finished with a piece to show case John McGinley on guitar ...		... and Terry Gregory on bass. The whole concert was a very warm and friendly affair, with much laughter all round.

The first two concerts in the series raised around £450 towards the restoration of the Organ.

Song Recital - 20 June 2009


Suzanne Higgins, contralto, and Eileen Broster, pianist, provided the last summer concert in the series raising money for work on the organ	Singing a mixture of songs such as When Laura Smiles and If She Forsake by Rossiter, 'Twas within a furlong by Henry Purcell, Foolish maid by Eccles, Storace, Ferrari, Lully, Morin and a series from Brahms, Suzanne and Eileen sang and chatted their way through another enjoyable concert.	Behind them can be seen the scaffolding to allow cleaning of the outside of the organ case, the work already in progress

The last of the fund-raising events held in aid of the organ and its restoration.


The concert was billed as from Renaissance to Ragtime and the music featured a trio by Hank Badings, Orlando Gibbons, Johann Mattheson, and shown above the Sonata in G minor for two trebles by Telemann		The Sonatina for recorder and piano Op 41 by Malcolm Arnold, with Adam Dopadlik on recorder and Ross Winters on piano (Simon Winters turning the pages)

Explaining the music between pieces	Highstreet Dixie for descant, treble and tenor by Matthias Friederich as a finale, joined by Nathan Winters

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Around 50 people, from babes in arms to those in their 80s attended the first concert on 30 May 2009 ...	... featuring Ian McDonough on violin and David Boarder on piano, playing Sonata in A Major by Brahms, Sonata for Violin by Debussy, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Saint-Saëns and a couple of bonus pieces.	Also shown is Simon Winters, who arranged the concerts, turning the pages for David Boarder.