Programme for 2017 - Chatteris Music Society

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Programme for 2017

Our concert season last year was by all accounts our best ever. We are determined to maintain this very high standard and have secured the artists listed below for our 2017 season. We believe this programme includes the very best music of varied genres - from the classical composers to jazz and ragtime with some light hearted opera in the mix as well. We really hope our audiences will once again be delighted by these performances.

Tickets for the concerts below may be booked by phone - 01354 669104/694833, purchased from

Elizabeth's Florist, High Street, Chatteris, PE16 6BE or from Greetings Ltd, 3 High Street, March, PE15 9JA, or through this web site via the Contact Us page.

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Sat Jan 28th. The Annual General Meeting of the Society will

again be held in our normal concert venue of the

Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul, it will start at

3pm. Business will be followed by music and

afternoon tea.

This year 'Charles Schneider and Friends' from

Ely have kindly agreed to sing and play for us.

Charles has a fine tenor voice and simply loves to

entertain. With his friend Paul Stephenson who has

a rich baritone voice and accompanied by

Constance Heald on our grand piano they will be

singing the famous and moving duet from Bizet's

'The Pearl Fishers'. The rest of the programme is a

secret but there may be some Flanders and Swan

songs and perhaps even a surprise or two.

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Sat March 11th. The Falcon Ensemble Orchestra brings together

the best young musicians in the university of

Cambridge under the baton of their conductor

Alan Bowman. Tonight's performance will include

Beethoven's 4th piano concerto performed by

Canadian pianist Naomi Woo as well as

Mendelssohn's Italian symphony and a Mozart

overture.

The concert will start at 7.30 pm.

Tickets £12.50 pre-booked, £15 at the door.

Please see the Past Performances page for a

review of this concert.

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Sat May 20th The Hatstand Opera Company makes a very

welcome return to Chatteris. Tonight they will

be performing their 'Opera on a Mission… a

mission to entertain'. The exact contents of this

new show are strictly classified, but our inside mole

informs us it'll be an entertaining mix of opera,

operetta, song and some rather unusual items

acquired by the singers whilst working undercover

across the world! Clearly this perfomance is not to

be missed.

The performance starts at 7.30 pm.

Tickets £12.50 pre-booked, £15 at the door.

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Wed June 28th. Music Society Outing.

Our outing this year will be to the Theatre Royal Norwich

where we will be seeing Funny Girl. This critically

acclaimed show stars West End leading lady

Natasha J Barnes as Fanny Brice and Darius Campbell

reprises his role as Nick Arnstein.

We will leave the Furrowfields car park at 9.30 am and

will see the matinee performance at 2.30 pm.

The cost will be £43 which includes entry, coach, and tip

for driver. For tickets please contact Joan Deller on

01354 693279 or joandeller@talktalk.net.

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Sat August 5th The Harliono Trio Now Cancelled

We regret to say this much anticipated concert featuring

George Harliono, his sister Adelaide and his brother

Joshua, has had to be cancelled. George Harliono will

now be in Moscow in early August to perform

Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 at the invitation

of two of Russia's leading conductors Dennis Matsuev

and Valery Gergiev.

Naturally we are very disappointed but do understand

this is a fantastic opportunity for George to enhance his

career, so we wish him every success while in Moscow.

Any tickets purchased for this concert will be fully

refunded at the place of original purchase, so please

return your tickets for a refund.

We do aologise for having to cancel this concert and

hope all who were looking forward to seeing this very

talented trio will understand.

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Sat Sep 16th. We consider The Hertfordshire Chamber

Orchestra to be a founder member orchestra

for our Society. They originally came to Chatteris

in 1991 and have been delighting audiences here

ever since.

Tonight, under the baton of Harry Ogg and with

soloists Clive Miller (trumpet) and Janie Shillito

(cor anglais), the orchestra will play music by

Beethoven, Brahms, Stravinsky, and Mozart.

This performance will commence at 7.00 pm.

Tickets £12.50 pre-booked, £15 at the door.

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Sat Nov 25th. Keith Nichols is one of the UK’s leading jazz

historians and performers. He will be presenting

a jazz evening with his Trio: Piano, Saxophone/

Clarinet and Guitar/ Banjo. The music will be from

the 1920’s and 30’s, and include improvised

accompaniment to two short silent movies.

The performance starts at 7.30 pm.

Tickets £12.50 pre-booked, £15 at the door.

Charles Schneider

The Falcon Ensemble/Naomi Woo

The Hatstand Opera members

Funny Girl

The Harliono Trio

The Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra

Keith Nichols