Northamptonshire Orchestral Winds presents Romantic Classics.
Featuring bassoonist and director Andrew Bassey with NOW’s Wonderful Wind Ensemble
6.30pm Saturday 27th February 2010.
St Michaels Church, Perry Street, Northampton, NN1 4HL.
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven: Adagio fur die Spieluhr arr Wily Hess.
Johannes Brahms: Variations Opus 23 arr Justin Connolly.
Frank Jordan: Unto the Hills.
Issac Albeniz: Tango arr Arthur Campbell
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Gustav Lange: Nonetto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Octet in E flat opus 103.
Frederick Delius: La Calinda arr Arthur Campbell.
Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
arr J. N. Wendt.
Players of NOW Wind Ensemble
Flute: Julie Lloyd
Oboes: Simon Cooper, Alison Johns
Clarinets: Michelle Kerby, Polly Rolfe
Horns: Nigel Moore, Martyn Ford
Bassoons: Andrew Bassey, Frank Jordan
Woolfenden Festival 2009
or information only: After a very successful weekend of wonderful music last year Northamptonshire Orchestral Winds is gearing itself up for NOW’s 2nd Guy Woolfenden Festival. For only £15 a day any player (whether a member of NOW or not) can apply for a place YES any wind band instrument player in the community can participate on the course. Any players from grade 2 to grade 6 standard can apply to play in the community band, and players form grade 7 upwards please apply for the Advanced band.
The Advanced band will be conducted by Guy Woolfenden and the Community band by Andrew Bassey NOW’s Musical Director, but for one session only the conductors will swop podiums.
The community band will be playing fun popular repertoire from film, show, television and ‘classics’ while the advanced band will be studying 3 of Guy’s wonderful band works, Curtain Call, Divertimento and Firedance. The NOW dectet will be rehearsing Guy’s 2nd Serenade for wind called ‘Reflections’ written in memory of the great bassoonist and historian William Waterhouse. If enough players apply for a second dectet then they will study Guy’s first wind dectet ‘Serenade for Sophia’, written to commemorate the birth of his first granddaughter.
Guy Woolfenden’s association with NOW began in the summer of 2007 when he conducted the NOW dectet in a concert in Northampton and was invited to perform in a showcase at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in the Final concert of the BASBWE International Wind Festival. Since then the NOW wind ensemble was invited to play in a course at Music For You Summer Schools in Devon http://musicforyousummerschools.co.uk/symphonic.htm .
NOW invited
For more about Guy Woolfenden please follow the link http://www.arielmusic.co.uk/composers.html
Working with composer Adam Gorb.
Our first weekend course with a composer was arranged for April 14th and 15th 2007 with the international respected and Head of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music, ADAM GORB. This was a tremendous success!! Check this review...
'Internationally recognised wind orchestra Northamptonshire Orchestral Winds (NOW) joined forces with word-renowned composer Adam Gorb to launch the first composer festival of its kind.
The debut event place on 14-15th April, at Wellingborough School, Wellingborough. It was a two-day marathon of full-rehearsals, personal practice and other enhancing workshops focussing exclusively on Gorb’s challenging and contemporary works.
Adam Gorb, who is the Head of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, personally coached the band in approaching a selections of his very challenging pieces. The composer also introduced each of his pieces to guests at the concert which drew the weekend to a celebratory close.
Highlights of the concert were the band's fiery performances of two UK premieres, the fascinating and atmospheric Towards Nirvana (representing the life of the Buddha); from sin and vice to a perfect state of peace and tranquillity, with its tuned gongs, temple bell, off-stage Tibetan Pipes, woodwind doubling recorders and monastic humming: and Adrenaline City a fast rhythmic excursion through a colourful city with sleazy night-life. Both of these pieces are due to be performed by the group in a Showcase concert at the BASBWE International Wind Band Festival in Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow on 1st July 2007.
The concert closed with Adam’s extraordinary, witty and fun Dances from Crete, with its drunken trumpet players rolling in late from the pub, and smashing plates as they do in parties on the Greek islands.
Smooth-running and well-organised with lunches and tea breaks provided, the event was a chance for musicians to meet and mingle. Musical Director of the band Andrew Bassey said, ‘It was a very successful and enjoyable weekend - the first of many to come. The band improved enormously in such a short space of time. We are very grateful to Adam for his guidance and hope he will join us again in a couple of years; perhaps with some more premieres.
Serving, educating and entertaining the community is part of NOW’s project. NOW places high importance on promoting modern day composers and offered the concert for free with wine and cheese for the guests. Donations were gratefully received and contributed towards NOW’s trip to Carnegie Hall, New York in March 2008'.26th September 2009 NOW in Weston Favell Shopping Centre Northampton.
Display and Information all day.
NOW Wind Ensemble performing from 1pm – 3pm.
Free Helium filled balloons and sweeties for children, chance to come ask some questions and sign up.
BEAT THE RECESSION - Lessons £2 an hour on any wind band instrument.
Sextets
Weber Adagio and Rondo
Beethoven Sextet
Octet
Komer Octet in Bb
Nonets
lbeniz Tango
Gounod Petite Symphony
Octet( no horns)
Woolfenden Suite Francaise
Dectets
Haydn Serenade no. 5 in Eb
Francaix Les Malhaurs des Sophie
Haydn Serenade no. 2 in F
Delius La Calinda
Players:
Julie Lloyd
Caroline Smith
Simon Cooper
Christine Griggs
Michelle Kerby
Polly Rolfe
Andrew Bassey
Frank Jordan
Nigel Moore
Martyn Ford
26th September NOW in Weston Favell Shopping Centre Northampton.
Display and Information all day.
NOW Wind Ensemble performing from 1pm – 3pm.
Free Helium filled balloons and sweeties for children, chance to come ask some questions and sign up.
BEAT THE RECESSION - Lessons £2 an hour on any wind band instrument.
Sextets
Weber Adagio and Rondo
Beethoven Sextet
Octet
Komer Octet in Bb
Nonets
lbeniz Tango
Gounod Petite Symphony
Octet( no horns)
Woolfenden Suite Francaise
Dectets
Haydn Serenade no. 5 in Eb
Francaix Les Malhaurs des Sophie
Haydn Serenade no. 2 in F
Delius La Calinda
Players:
Julie Lloyd
Caroline Smith
Simon Cooper
Christine Griggs
Michelle Kerby
Polly Rolfe
Andrew Bassey
Frank Jordan
Nigel Moore
Martyn Ford