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Timothy Redmond

Conductor

Steve Bingham

Leader

Cambridge Philharmonic Society

Saturday 4 December 2010 � West Road Concert Hall Cambridge

Christmas

On Broadway

Photograph © Mike McDonough

Rebecca Bottone

Soprano

Nicolas Garrett

Bass Baritone

Timothy Redmond

Conductor

Steve Bingham

Leader

Rebecca Bottone

Soprano

Nicolas Garrett

Bass Baritone

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Cambridge Philharmonic Society acknowledges the continued support of our Corporate Patrons and Friends

Honorary Patron The Right Worshipful Mayor of Cambridge

Corporate Patrons

Domino Printing Sciences plc We put our mark on a world of products

D H Thomas The Pye Foundation

Charles Russell LLP

Friends

Richard and Anne King Jon Short and Debbie Lowther Rob and Janet Hook Ed and Gill Coe Sebastian and Penny Carter Paul Faulkes Elizabeth Hall

Cambridge Philharmonic Society is a member of Chesterton Community College Association. Registered Charity 243290

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Programme

Curtain Up arranged Bob Krogstad

One music Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics Edward Kleban

I Could Have Danced All Night music Frederick Loewe, lyrics Alan Jay Lerner

Don�t Rain On My Parade music Jule Styne, lyrics Bob Merrill

Night and Day music and lyrics by Cole Porter

Bring Him Home music Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics Alain Boublil

Let�s Face the Music music and lyrics by Irving Berlin

Unforgettable music and lyrics by Irving Gordon

Holiday Songs music John Williams, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse

Christmas on Broadway arranged John Higgins

Interval

West Side Story Selection music Leonard Bernstein

Over the Rainbow music Harold Arlen, lyrics E Y Harburg

Cabaret music John Kander, lyrics Fred Ebb

S�wonderful music George Gershwin, lyrics Ira Gershwin

By Strauss music George Gershwin, lyrics Ira Gershwin

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire music and lyrics by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells

Baby, It�s Cold Outside music and lyrics by Frank Loesser

That Old Black Magic music Harold Arlen, lyrics Johnny Mercer

Winter Wonderland music Felix Bernard, lyrics Richard B Smith

New York, New York music John Kander, lyrics Fred Ebb

White Christmas music and lyrics by Irving Berlin

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

Last summer I was recording an album at Abbey Road Studios with a Finnish pop star and the Philharmonia orchestra. The project was an absolute pleasure from

beginning to end � not least because all the songs we were recording were classics from the stage and screen. There is something irresistible about this kind of

repertoire: the unbeatable combination of nostalgia, charm and showbiz glitter makes it appeal to all generations.

It struck me during the sessions that a similar programme would make a

fantastic Christmas concert for the Cambridge Philharmonic � and so here we are � ready to celebrate Christmas on Broadway!

Our soloists, Rebecca Bottone and Nicholas Garrett, are firm favourites with the

Cambridge Phil and we�re delighted that they are joining us again for this concert. They are renowned both for their operatic pedigree and their wonderful singing of musical theatre, most recently at the Châtelet in Paris for the critically-acclaimed

French premiere of Sondheim�s A Little Night Music.

I have loved putting this programme together especially for the Cambridge Philharmonic. We hope it starts your festive season with a sparkle and we wish you

Happy Holidays, as they say on Broadway!

Tim Redmond Principal Conductor

Cambridge Philharmonic

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FIRST HALF 1. Curtain Up � arranged Bob Krogstad An overture of Broadway hits including There's No Business like Show Business, Phantom of the Opera, Don't Rain on My Parade, If He Walked into My Life, and Everything's Coming Up Roses. 2. One (1975) - music Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics Edward Kleban, from the musical

A Chorus Line With nineteen main characters, the show is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for a musical. The show provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers. One is a number created to showcase an un-named star and it is reprised as the big finale. The show was an instant success that ran for more than 6130 performances and won numerous Tony awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1976 and, in the UK, the Laurence Olivier Prize for best new musical in 1977. 3. I Could Have Danced All Night (1956) - music Frederick Loewe, lyrics Alan

Jay Lerner, from the musical My Fair Lady This song hardly needs an introduction. Sung by Eliza Doolittle having finally �got it� and after dancing round the room with Professor Higgins, she�s just too exhilarated to go to bed! The show is based on the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and has been called the perfect musical. There is to be a new film of the show due in 2012, this time properly filmed in London and at Ascot rather than the Warner Brothers back lot and with a screenplay based on the original show and play by Emma Thompson. 4. Don�t Rain On My Parade (1964) - music Jule Styne, lyrics Bob Merrill, from

the musical Funny Girl Famously sung by Barbra Streisand on stage and in the film and still one of her signature songs. In the musical, which is a semi-biographical story of the life of Broadway star Fanny Brice, she sings this song showing complete determination to succeed and to marry Nick Arnstein, despite his gambling past. Needless to say it all goes horribly wrong and he goes to prison. The song is reprised at the end as Fanny picks up the pieces of her theatrical life again. Like many Broadway songs, this one has been sung by men and women alike, and the arrangement we hear tonight was written for Bobby Darin.

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5. Night and Day (1932) - music and lyrics by Cole Porter for the musical play Gay Divorce

Famously sung by Fred Astaire in the 1934 film of the play renamed the Gay Divorcee, it has become a classic in what is often called the Great American Songbook. When Hollywood filmed Porter�s life story, the film was called �Night and Day�. It has been sung and recorded by more people than you can shake a stick at; this a cappella arrangement is by Peter Gritton. 6. Bring Him Home (1974) - music Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyrics Alain

Boublil, from the musical Les Miserables Herbert Kretzmer adapted the French lyrics for the British production at the Barbican in 1985. The main character Jean Valjean sings Bring Him Home hoping for the safe return of the student Marius from the barricades. The show is a dramatisation of Victor Hugo�s epic 1862 novel and is still showing in London, having celebrated its 10,000th performance in January 2010. 7. Let�s Face the Music (1936) - music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, from the film

Follow the Fleet The film followed on the enormous success of the film Top Hat. A rather thin plot is enlivened by wonderful Berlin songs and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers� amazing dance routines. This arrangement for strings, flutes and rhythm section was made by Tim Redmond for the soprano Natasha Marsh. 8. Unforgettable (1951) - music and lyrics by Irving Gordon Another contribution to the great American songbook. Nat King Cole is the most famous singer of the song, first to record it with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. It became Cole�s signature tune and Jack Benny on his TV show once introduced Cole as �the best friend a song ever had�. In 1991, Nat King Cole�s daughter, Natalie, released a duet version, which, with the help of technology, allowed her to sing with her late father. It is this arrangement that we hear tonight. 9. Holiday Songs (1990) - music John Williams, from the soundtrack of the film

Home Alone The film is a story of an 8-year old boy left behind when his family heads off to spend Christmas in Paris and how he outwits two would-be burglars with a series of booby traps. It all ends happily-ever-after of course with the family returning just in time. The three John Williams pieces, the theme song Somewhere in my Memory, the carol Star of Bethlehem and the Merry Christmas finale all add to the happy mood.

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10. Christmas on Broadway The first half ends with a selection of well-known numbers from the shows including God Bless Us Everyone, It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas, March Of The Toys, My Favorite Things, Pine Cones and Holly Berries, Toyland and We Need A Little Christmas.

~~~ INTERVAL ~~~

SECOND HALF 11. West Side Story Selection (1957) � music Leonard Bernstein, from the 1967

Broadway musical and 1961 film Music from the classic love story of Tony and Maria, set in the New York of the 1950s. This selection was arranged by Jack Mason, one of the leading orchestrators of his day. 12. Over the Rainbow (1938) � music Harold Arlen, lyrics E Y Harburg, written

for the film The Wizard of Oz Over the Rainbow has been rated by the American Film Institute as the greatest movie song of all time, and along with Irving Berlin�s White Christmas was one of the songs best loved by American troops in World War II. Judy Garland pre-recorded the song in 1938, and it was released as a single in 1939. Strangely, it was cut from the original version of the film, and it was only in 1956, when MGM released the first �true� soundtrack album from the film, that the film version of the song was heard. 13. Cabaret (1966) � music John Kander, lyrics Fred Ebb, from the 1966

Broadway musical and 1972 film of the same name The film version of Cabaret, and its title song, sung by Liza Minnelli, has come to epitomize the nightlife of 1930s Berlin, set against the ominous gathering strength of the Nazi party. The film is derived from the original 1966 musical based on Christopher Isherwood�s The Berlin Stories and the subsequent play I Am a Camera. 14. S�wonderful (1927) � music George Gershwin, lyrics Ira Gershwin, introduced

in the Broadway musical Funny Face: film version released 1957 S�wonderful is one of the standards and has been performed and recorded by numerous singers. It was also one of only four of the original songs from the Broadway musical to be included in the 1957 film starring Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, and Kay Thompson. This choral arrangement is by David Blackwell.

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15. By Strauss (1936) - music George Gershwin, lyrics Ira Gershwin, included in the film The Show is On

By Strauss was performed by the Gershwins at private parties before being included in the 1936 film The Show is On. It is also included in the 1951 film An American in Paris where it is performed by Gene Kelly and Oscar Levant. This brilliantly inventive arrangement was made by the composer Adrian Williams � and was revised especially for tonight�s performance. 16. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (1944) � music and lyrics by Mel

Tormé and Bob Wells The Christmas Song � subtitled Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire - was reportedly composed in the hot American summer of 1944, and according the performing rights association BMI, is the most performed of all the Christmas songs. It has been recorded many times by a variety of artists, including the co-composer, Mel Tormé, who has recorded it three times, in 1954, 1965 and 1992. The sumptuous orchestration we hear tonight is by Bob Lowden. 17. Baby, It�s Cold Outside (1944) - music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, made

famous in the film Neptune�s Daughter in 1949 This was a piece Loesser wrote for himself and his wife to sing at parties. She was furious when he sold it to MGM for the film, but it won the Academy Award for the best original song of the year 1949. It has been performed by many duos over the years, including, recently, by Norah Jones and Willie Nelson; tonight�s version was arranged for Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae. Loesser wrote more than 700 songs, many of which became standards, most famously Two Sleepy People and Slow Boat to China. His most famous musicals are probably Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without ReallyTrying. 18. That Old Black Magic (1942) - music Harold Arlen, lyrics Johnny Mercer The lyrics of That Old Black Magic were specifically written with Judy Garland in mind, and she duly recorded it in 1942. Since then it has become a standard, recorded by many artists over the years, including, amongst many others, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Marilyn Monroe also sang the song - in a slightly off-key version - in the film Bus Stop in 1956.

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19. Winter Wonderland (1934) � music Felix Bernard, lyrics Richard B Smith This classic Christmas song has been recorded by countless artists and is widely held to have contributed to the classic vision of Christmas. The reference in the song to �He'll say �Are You Married?� We'll say �No man, but you can do the job when you're in town!" � was at one time thought to be inappropriate for children�s ears and the words were changed, but they are now normally included as in the original. 20. New York, New York (1977) � music John Kander, lyrics Fred Ebb: theme

music from the film of the same name The film, directed by Martin Scorcese, is a musical tribute to the town and starred Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli as a pair of musicians and lovers. Liza Minnelli sang the song in the film but it has been particularly associated with Frank Sinatra. He used it in his concert performances at the Radio City Music Hall and subsequently recorded it in 1979. It became one of his signature songs but the composers never did like the fact that Sinatra changed some of the words! 21. White Christmas (1942) � music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, from the film

Holiday Inn White Christmas is without doubt the most famous of all the Christmas songs. It was sung in the film Holiday Inn as a duet between Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds, her voice being dubbed by Martha Mears, but it was Bing Crosby�s solo 1942 recording, re-recorded in 1947, that is the familiar version we know today. Much of the original appeal of the song seems to have been its comforting references to home at a time when American forces were heavily engaged in WWII, but it rapidly became a world-wide favourite, and it is still reckoned to be the biggest selling single of all time, with estimated total sales of over 50 million copies to date. This arrangement is by perhaps the greatest of all Broadway orchestrators, Robert Russell Bennett.

Hilary Jackson/Chris Fisher

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REBECCA BOTTONE Soprano

Rebecca was born in Bedfordshire, England, studied at the Royal Academy of Music and has since been in great demand on the operatic stage. She has sung Blonde in Die Entfürung aus dem Serail for the Aix-en-Provence Festival conducted by Minkowski, Carolina in The Secret Marriage for Scottish opera, Casilda in The Gondoliers and Amanda in Liget�s Le Grand Macabre for English National Opera, Hansel and Gretel, and the Cricket and Parrott in the World Premiere of Jonathan Dove�s Pinocchio for Opera North and US premiere for Minnesota Opera, Dalila in Handel�s Samson for the Buxton Festival, Tytania in Britten�s A Midsummer Night�s Dream for Garsington

Opera, Nanetta for English Touring Opera, 1st Innoccent in the World Premiere of Harrison Birtwistles The Minotaur, Semira in Thomas Arne�s Artaxerxes and the Maid in Thomas Adés� Powder Her Face at Covent Garden. In Paris, she has sung Charmeuse in Thais under Eschenbach and also the role of Anne Egerman in Sondheim�s A Little Night Music at the Chatelet and Ades Five Eliot Landscapes at Radio France with the composer. At the Edinburgh Festival she has sung Adelaide di Borgogna with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Giuliano Carella, which was recorded for Opera Rara, Beethoven�s C Minor Mass and Christ on the Mount of Olives with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson and Soeur Constance in Poulenc�s Dialogues des Carmelites with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Stéphane Denève. Other recordings include �Cis� in Albert Herring with Richard Hickox and EMI and also two Rossini roles for Opera Rara, Eurice in Adelaide di Borgognia and also Cleone in his Ermione. She has made appearances in BBC2�s Television documentary The genius of Beethoven with the English Chamber Orchestra and the role of a singer in Steven Poliakoffs acclaimed BBC2 film Capturing Mary. Other concert engagements include the title role of Patience with Sir Charles Mackerras at the BBC Proms and the St John Passion with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan and The Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall. Future engagements include a reprisal of the Cricket and Parrott in Jonathan Dove�s Pinocchio for Opera North, Yum-Yum in Raymonds Gubbay�s Mikado with Alistair McGowan, Joanna in Sweeny Todd for the Chatelet, Paris and 1st Niece in Peter Grimes at Covent Garden.

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NICHOLAS GARRETT Bass Baritone

Nicholas Garrett studied at Trinity College of Music and was the recipient of a Wolfson Foundation Award.

He has sung over forty stage roles including Baron Duphol/La Traviata (ENO); Don Giovanni (Opera Holland Park); Pinellino/Gianni Schicchi (Royal Opera House); Angelotti/Tosca (ENO); Escamillo/Carmen (Opera North); Federzoni/Sagredo/Galilee (Grand Theatre de Geneve); Laurent/Therese Raquin (Linbury Studio); Gralsritter/Parsifal (Scottish Opera); Nikitich/Chernikovsky/Boris Godounov (Opera de Nantes); Fiorello/Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Flemish Deputy/Don Carlos (Opera National de Paris); Wolf and

Cinderella�s Prince/Into the Woods (Linbury Studio); Scarpia/Tosca for Opera Holland Park, Escamillo/La tragedie de Carmen for English Touring Opera.

Nicholas has recorded Zuniga/Carmen; Ernesto/The Thieving Magpie for Chandos and was the narrator for Enoch Arden (Richard Strauss) for Litmus records. He has also arranged and recorded for Sony/BMG.

Nicholas recently appeared as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm in A little Night Music at the Paris Châtelet and sang the title role in Don Giovanni for Opera Holland Park this summer. This season he has appeared as Edmund in the world premiere of The Promised End, a story based on King Lear, by Alexander Goehr at the Linbury studio at ROH. He returns to the Châtelet in 2011 to sing Anthony in Sweeney Todd.

TIMOTHY REDMOND Conductor

Timothy Redmond has been principal conductor of the Cambridge Philharmonic since 2006. He recently made his debut at St Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, conducting the Russian premiere of Thomas Adès' Powder Her Face. The production was filmed for Russian TV and he was immediately re-engaged to conduct the opera in Valery Gergiev�s Stars of the White Nights festival. He conducted the same work in Carlos Wagner�s new production for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2008 and 2010.

His 2010/11 season opens with a return to the Wexford Festival for the European premiere of The Golden Ticket, Peter Ash and Donald Sturrock�s new opera based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which he premiered for Opera Theatre of St Louis last season. Other highlights this season include a series of concerts with the London

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Symphony Orchestra and the Hallé, return engagements with orchestras in Finland, Macedonia and Slovenia and his debut with Italy�s Filarmonico Arturo Toscanini.

Timothy Redmond is a regular guest conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, both in the recording studio and the concert hall and he has conducted the Manchester Camerata every season since 1997. He has conducted many of the UK's other leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Ulster and BBC Philharmonic Orchestras, the Orchestra of Opera North, Northern Sinfonia and the Philharmonia. He has recorded several discs for EMI, Type Records and Harmonia Mundi and his recent CD, Dreams, with the French cellist Ophèlie Gaillard and the RPO is shortly to be released in the UK, having reached number one in the French classical charts.

In the opera house he has conducted productions for Opera North (Don Giovanni), English Touring Opera (Daughter of the Regiment, The Magic Flute, Carmen), Tenerife Opera (Gianni Schicchi, The Miserly Knight, Carmen) and the Wexford Festival (Weill�s Die Silbersee). His particular interest in contemporary music has led him to give premieres in Bregenz (Richard Ayres� The Cricket Recovers) for Almeida Opera/Aldeburgh Festival (Raymond Yiu�s The Original Chinese Conjuror), at English National Opera (Will Todd�s Damned and Divine) and for Opera Theatre Europe at the ROH Linbury (Tobias Picker�s Thérèse Raquin). He has also conducted for Glyndebourne, Garsington, Strasbourg, De Vlaamse Opera, at the UKLA Festival in Los Angeles and for New York�s American Lyric Theater.

Timothy Redmond read music at Manchester University and studied the oboe at the Royal Northern College of Music. He later held the RNCM's Junior Fellowship in Conducting and furthered his studies in masterclasses with Yan Pascal Tortelier, Ilya Musin, George Hurst and Pierre Boulez.

STEVE BINGHAM Leader

Steve Bingham studied violin with Emmanuel Hurwitz, Sidney Griller and the Amadeus Quartet at the Royal Academy of Music from 1981 to 1985, where he won prizes for orchestral leading and string quartet playing. In 1985 he formed the Bingham String Quartet, an ensemble which has become one of the foremost in the UK, with an enviable reputation for both classical and contemporary repertoire. The Quartet has recorded numerous CDs and has worked for radio and television both in the UK and as far afield as

Australia. The Quartet has worked with distinguished musicians such as Jack Brymer, Raphael Wallfisch, Michael Collins and David Campbell.

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Steve has appeared as guest leader with many orchestras including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, English National Ballet and English Sinfonia. He has given solo recitals both in the UK and America and his concerto performances include works by Bach, Vivaldi, Bruch, Prokofiev, Mendelssohn and Sibelius, given in venues as prestigious as St John�s, Smith Square and the Royal Albert Hall. Steve is also Artistic Director of Ely Sinfonia.

In recent years Steve has developed his interest in improvisation, electronics and World music, collaborating with several notable musicians including guitarist Jason Carter and players such as Sanju Vishnu Sahai (tabla), Baluji Shivastrav (sitar) and Abdullah Ibrahim (piano). Steve�s debut solo CD Duplicity was released in November 2005, and has been played on several radio stations including BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. The Independent gave it a 4-star review. Steve released his second solo CD, Ascension, in November 2008. You can find out more about Steve on his web site at www.stevebingham.co.uk.

LEO TOMITA

Chorus Master

Leo was Organ Scholar at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where in addition to conducting and running the choir and playing the organ for services, he conducted the college orchestra. He is now a counter-tenor Lay Clerk at St John�s College, Cambridge, where he sings in the choir in their daily services (including weekly webcast services), Radio 3 broadcasts, concerts and tours. Leo is Assistant Conductor of the Cambridge University Chamber Choir, and will be touring North Germany in July with them. Leo has been Assistant Conductor for several operas including a Yorke Trust production of Rameau�s

Castor et Pollux and a Cambridge Festival production of Britten�s Noye�s Fludde. In September, Leo began studying for an MA in vocal studies at the Royal Academy of Music, and has been awarded a Postgraduate Performance Award administered by the Musicians Benevolent Fund.

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ORCHESTRA

1st Violins Steve Bingham (leader) Kate Clow (co leader) Hilary Crooks Naomi Hilton Maydo Kay Jeanette Langford Sean Rock Merial Rhodes John Richards Debbie Saunders Victoria Stelzhammer Pat Welch

2nd Violins Emma Lawrence Jenny Barna Joanna Baxter Vincent Bourret Leila Coupe Fiona Cunningham Rebecca Forster John Mascall Anne McCleer Sarah Ridley Ariane Stoop Theresa Traynor

Violas Ruth Donnelly Gavin Alexander Liz Andrews Alex Cook Jeremy Harmer Robert Heap Jo Holland Maureen Magnay Emma McCaughan Janet O�Boyle Robyn Sorenson

Cellos Vivian Williams Sarah Bendall

Angela Bennett Helen Davies Melissa Fu Clare Gilmour Helen Hills Richard Merriam Lucy Mitchell Lucy O�Brien Amy Shipley Alex Sicola

Double Bass Sarah Sharrock Stephen Beaumont Elspeth Cape Susan Sparrow

Flute Cynthia Lalli Alison Townend Sally Landymore

Oboe Jenny Sewell Rachel Dunlop

Oboe/Cor Anglais Gareth Stainer

Clarinet Graham Dolby

Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Sarah Whitworth

Alto Saxophones Julian Landymore Frances Richmond

Tenor Saxophones Viv Halton Theresa Traynor

Baritone Saxophone Angela Bennett

Bassoon Neil Greenham Jenny Warburton

Horn Carole Lewis Martin Childs Guy Llewellyn Steven Orriss

Trumpet Andy Powlson Mike Ball Paul Garner Naomi Wrycroft

Trombones Gary Davison Denise Hayles Al Smith

Bass Trombone Alex Crutchley

Tuba Christopher Lawrence

Harp Lizzie Scorah

Timps Dave Ellis

Percussion Zoe-Laura Arkinstall James Shires

Kit Derek Scurll

Guitar Craig Oxley

Piano Frank Dudbridge

Bass Joel Humann

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CHORUS Soprano 1 Jane Cook Caroline Lamaison Ros Mitchell Ruth Pegington Caroline Potter Amanda Price Josephine Roberts Mary Richards Anne Sales Pat Sartori Paddy Smith Ruth Tricker Alison Vinnicombe Rebecca Wood Soprano 2 Cathy Ashbee Eleanor Bell Nicola Brown Susannah Cameron Joanne Clark Hannah Curtis Jennifer Day Susan Earnshaw Christine Halstead Maggie Hook Diana Lindsey Ursula Lyons Valery Mahy Suzie McCave Anne Read Caroline Sivasundaram Pip Smith

Alto 1 Margaret Cook Caroline Courtney Alison Dudbridge Ruth Jordan Kimmy Leung Jan Littlewood Marie Lynn Janet Mills Julia Napier Alice Parr Sarah Upjohn Helen Wheatley Alice Willitts Alto 2 Kate Baker Jane Bower Hilary Burch Elizabeth Crowe Alison Deary Tabitha Driver Jane Fenton Jane Fleming Stephanie Grey Hilary Jackson Sue Purseglove Chris Strachan Amanda Van de Poel

Tenor Aiden Baker Jeremy Baumberg Geoff Forster David Griffiths Ian MacMillan Jim Potter David Reed Stephen Roberts Martin Scutt Graham Wickens Bass Richard Birkett Neil Caplan Chris Coffin Brian Dawson Dan Ellis Chris Fisher Patrick Hall David Lynn Richard Monk Martin Pennell Paul Rendle Harrison Sherwood Hervé Van de Poel Mike Warren David Watson David White Chorus Master Leo Tomita

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Cambridge Philharmonic Society 2010 � 2011 Season Programme

29 January 2011 West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge �Family Concert� including Robert Kapilow Green Eggs and

Ham, Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre, Stravinsky music from The Firebird, Badelt Pirates of the Caribbean

26 March 2011 King� College Chapel, Cambridge 3 April 2011 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Verdi Requiem Joint Choral Concert with the Amersfoort Choral Society With soprano Tinuke Olafimihan, mezzo-soprano Anna

Burford, tenor Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts and bass Piotr Lempa Conductors Tim Redmond (Cambridge) and Peter den Ouden

(Amsterdam)

7 May 2011 Emmanuel United Reform Church, Cambridge �Mozart 1791�, including La Clemenza di Tito (Overture),

Horn Concerto in D, Piano Concerto in Bb, Clarinet Concerto in A, The Magic Flute (concert performance), Requiem (come & sing) with soprano Natasha Marsh, tenor Nicky Spence and horn Guy Llewellyn

9 July 2011 Ely Cathedral Bruckner Ave Maria, Pange Lingua, Chritus factus est, Strauss Also

Sprach Zarathustra, Walton Belshazzar�s Feast with bass Stephen Richardson

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