SWEETLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL AND
BATH CELEBRITIES EXHIBITION
AT
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, BROAD STREET, BATH
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DAY
TIME ORGAN RECITALS
TIM
CAMPAIN
Director of Music
at Warwick Road URC in Coventry
and Organist at Coventry Cathedral
21st September
JAMES SCOTT
Deputy Organist,
Bath Abbey
Wednesday 22nd September Recital
1
Thursday 23rd September Recital 2
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EVENING CONCERTS
FESTIVAL
Pre-concert two course dinner at
Woods Restaurant Bath
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OPENING CONCERT
Saturday 18th September
Internationally acclaimed Organist - City
of Birmingham and St Margaret's Church
Westminster Abbey. Thomas Trotter has
performed with leading orchestras
including the Vienna, Berlin
and London Philharmonic. In 2002 he was the
recipient of the
The Royal Philharmonic Society award for
Best Instrumentalist, the first organist to win
this award.
London (Royal Albert Hall) 'A very
fine performance indeed …
immaculate and stunningly clear.' Organists Review
'The
climax of [Barber’s Toccata Festival]
was a combination
of musical and athletic prowess: a punishing
cadenza
for the organ’s pedals, which Trotter played
with virtuosity and stamina.' The Guardian
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RUH CHOIR AND MUSICAL FRIENDS
SPONSORED BY MRS JENNIFER
SKELLETT
Sunday 19 September
Individual performances
by James Scott, Deputy Organist, Bath Abbey,
the RUH Choir
and
musical friends covered a range of traditional
and popular music in aid of the
Forever Friends Appeal and
Dorothy House Hospice.
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PARAGON SINGERS
Wednesday 22nd September
'Music
to be remembered and treasured', 'performed
by gifted singers with style and artistry.'
'The evening was a triumph of imaginative programme
planning and vocal excellence'. Bath Chronicle
A
feast of English church music from
Dunstable to contemporary,
some accompanied and some unaccompanied (including
Byrd, Purcell, Wesley, Britten and Skempton),
plus organ solos by Andrew Carter.
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CITY OF BATH BACH CHOIR
SPONSORED BY DUCK,
SON & PINKER
Thursday
23rd September
The Choir
sang favourites by Faure, Bruckner, Brahms, Whitacre
and others
Conducted
by Nigel Perrin and accompanied by Marcus Sealy,
organist at Bath Abbey
featuring the very talented CBBC Junior Choir
and young harpist Molly-Rowan Sharples, specialist
music student
at Wells Cathedral School who had previously
thrilled audiences in the Bath Pump Room
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AUTUMN
EQUINOX
SPONSORED BY MOSS OF
BATH
Friday 24th September
Steven Faux, an award winning
TV and radio composer and then curate of St Michael's,
who's work was the acclaimed Radio 4 series 'History
of the World in 100 Objects'.
The concert composed and created by Steven Faux
marked the autumn equinox.
Original music for organ, solo voice and solo
instrumentalists,
combined with stunning time-lapse film footage
(captured by TVB wildlife cameramen)
Steven Faux is a composer of TV and film scores
as well as
orchestral-choral music for concert
performances.
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VOCAL WORKS GOSPEL CHOIR
SPONSORED BY
THE SILVER SHOP of Bath
Saturday 25th September
Boasting a BBC Children in Need 2009 single they have
recorded
with artists including Peter Gabriel, Bill Wyman,
Bryan Ferry and Hayley Westenra.
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Unveiling
of New Painting
OPENING
NIGHT
Broad Street 2010
by Bath
Celebrity Artist Peter Brown
