Knoll Classical Music Group
If you like listening to classical music, the Knoll Classic Music Circle, in Sedgemoor, may be the group for you. Going strong for over 30 years, it was originally the brainchild of the Brent Knoll Women’s Institute who approached the Burnham Further Education Centre with the idea to start a music appreciation class. Under the title “Exploring Music”, it quickly grew to become one of the Centre’s most popular courses and when in 2003, the FE Centre reluctantly ceased their involvement with the class, the group continued on their own as a separate club.
The emphasis of the meetings is basically to listen to good music: from Albinoni to Arnold, from Bach to Bartok, whilst learning something about the background to the music, the composer and how the piece is put together. The Circle meets on Monday evenings 7.00pm until 9.00pm during the autumn and spring months at Ball Copse Hall, Brent Knoll, and a more perfect venue could not be imagined.
If you want to come along and learn a bit more about classical music, then why not give it a try. For more information, contact Rosy Nevill either by email (rosy@henrynevill.co.uk) or by telephone on 01278 788103, or Alan Spencer either by email (alanspencer2@compuserve.com) or by telephone on 01278 760572.
SPRING TERM 2020
The theme this term will be continuing pieces of music with titles from the British Isles (items marked *).
Week 1: 6th January: Norfolk
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
German: Symphony No 2 "Norwich"*
Miki: Marimba Spiritual
Chopin: Les Sylphides
Ginastera: Estancia
Week 2: 13th January: Cambridge
Parry: Symphony No 2 "Cambridge"*
Boyce: Overture No 4
Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Week 3: 20th January: Suffolk
Carwithen, Doreen: Suffolk Suite*
Moeran: 6 Suffolk Folksongs*
Marcello: Oboe Concerto
Dvorak: Carnival Overture
Finzi: 5 Bagatelles for Clarinet & Orchestra
Strauss J II: Roses from the South
Sibelius: Swan of Tuonela
Week 4: 27th January: London
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 2, “A London Symphony” *
Coates: London Suite*
Schnittke: Ritual for Large Symphony Orchestra
Schnittke: Es Geschah from Faust Cantata
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2
Week 5: 3rd February: London
Elgar: Cockaigne
Phillips: Hampton Court*
Haydn: Symphony No 104 "London"*
Kabalevsky: Comedian’s Gallop
Wagner: Tristan & Isolde
Week 6: 10th February: London
Tate, Phyllis: London Fields*
Holst: Hammersmith*
Ireland: A London Overture*
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 “Italian”
Victoria: Salve Regina
Week 7: 17th February: Sussex
Ireland: Downland Suite*
Lewes: Sussex Symphony Overture*
Schubert: String Quintet in C
Week 8: 24th February: Sussex & Film Music
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms*
Butterworth: 6 songs from Billingshurst, Sussex*
Grainger: Sussex Morris Xmas*
Mozart: Exultate Jubilate
Bizet: Symphony in C
Week 9: 2nd March: Hampshire, & Dorset & Isle of Wight
Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea*
Walton: Portsmouth Point*
Trad: Portsmouth/Bonny Kate*
Howells: The Winchester Service*
O’Regan: Dorchester Canticles*
Holst: A Hampshire Suite*
Warlock: Yarmouth Fair*
Berlioz: Le Corsair Overture
Schumann: Carnaval
Week 10: 9th March: Somerset & Wiltshire
Holst: Somerset Rhapsody*
Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs from Somerset*
Holst: Egdon Heath*
Marsh: The Quantocks*
Coates: The Green Hills o’ Somerset*
Trad: Bridgwater Fair
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2
Week 11: 16th March: Cornwall & Devon & Light Classic Music
Bax: Tintagel*
Sullivan: Overture to Pirates of Penzance*
German: Glorious Devon*
Arnold: Padstow Lifeboat*
Other light music (TBA)
