On Thursday 20 October members of the Middle Fourth Form performed in a slick, high-quality concert in Big School. The programme included a wide variety of musical genres, from Baroque sonatas to Edwardian art song and 21st century pop music.
Mr Paul Johnson-Hyde, Director of Music, commented afterwards that he was impressed by pupils’ maturity and courage in performing so confidently, and was grateful to various Middle Fourth pupils in the audience supporting their peers.
The programme for the concert was as follows:
Sonate no. III in D minor, first movement: Siciliana– de Fesch
Mara Savastre (Cello)
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
James Bedford (Electric Guitar)
Writing’s on the Wall – Sam Smith
Casper Maxwell Randeria (Voice)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in F minor, third movement: Allegretto grazioso – Brahms
Daisy Gillespie (Clarinet)
Nobody Does It Better from ‘James Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me’ – Hamlisch
Harry Jones (Trumpet)
On Green Dolphin Street – Kaper
Matthew Jarrett (Saxophone)
Nostalgia: petite mélodie – Kaper
Reuben Smith (Classical Guitar)
Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
Coco Veillard (Drums)
Is she not passing fair – Elgar
Lucas Jones (Voice)
Sunstreams – Clarke
Lara Sennaro (Flute)
Concerto per Oboe e archi – Albioni
Lea Yuen Cheuk Ying (Oboe)
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay – Redding
Brandon McGuinness (Voice)
