Herald - Issue 387

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Under the inspirational Simon Wilkins, the orchestra’s conductor and director of music, an almost full-house was treated to an outstanding early Spring concert of classical music. e a ernoon started with Mendelssohn’s ‘Fingal’s Cave’ from the well known ‘Hebrides Overture’ followed by Faure’s ‘Pavane’. e vivid imagery of the sea rolling back from the coastal rocks of Fingal’s Cave contrasted nicely with a somewhat pensive interpretation of the ‘Pavane’. en we had three pieces by Dvorak which provided a wide range of musicality, rstly the ‘Waltz No.2’ followed by the delicate ‘Slavonic Dance No.2’ and thirdly, the rumbustuous ‘Slavonic Dance No. 8’. e second half opened with three dances from ‘Le Roi s’amuse’ by Delibes delightfully played by the orchestra, however, the highlight of the a ernoon was about to follow, namely, the ‘Symphony No. 4 in C minor ( e Tragic)’ by Franz Schubert. Perhaps, as Simon said in his short preamble, it might have been better described as ‘( e Dramatic)’ rather than the ( e Tragic). is brought the very best out of the orchestra. e short sombre opening was suddenly replaced by a rip-roaring Allegro Vivace. A similar pattern occurred when the Andante and Menuetto preceded the sheer pace and high octane of the nal Allegro . e concert was obviously enjoyed by the appreciative audience as was shown by their prolonged applause at the end. Over £200 was raised for the Society of St. James, which supports the homeless in Southampton, in addition to a goodly sum for the Christ Church funds. Future concerts by the Solent Concert Orchestra will take place at 3pm Sunday 17th May at the Lymington United Reform Church and at 7.30pm on Saturday 17th October at All Saints Church, Milford- on-Sea. Further information is available on www. solentconcertorchestra.org.uk In 2010 a small group of people met to sing together for pleasure and the Beaulieu Warblers was established. For ten years the Warblers have met in the Village School on a ursday evening to sing a wide range of music from musical theatre, jazz, traditional songs and Warbling in Beaulieu for Ten Years a wide range of seasonal Christmas music. To celebrate their tenth anniversary e Beaulieu Warblers will be presenting two concerts in May to mark the VE anniversary. On Saturday 9th May at All Saints Church Fawley and at St Mark’s Church Pennington on Thursday 21st May . e programme will include many Wartime favourites including ‘Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree’, ‘Sentimental Journey’, ‘White Cli s of Dover’ and ‘We’ll Meet Again’. Celebrations will continue in June when eWarblers will be singing at aMusical Extravaganza in Beaulieu Abbey and on Friday 2nd October in St Katherine’s Church Exbury the choir will perform an evening of their favourite songs from ten years of singing together. e Celebrations will culminate with a Christmas Concert on Thursday 10th December in Palace House Beaulieu (by kind permission of Lord Montagu). e Beaulieu Warblers are a friendly, social group – parties feature regularly and there is a Warblers quiz team!! Open to anyone who has a genuine love of singing, new members are always welcome. For more information about joining e Beaulieu Warblers email ‘BeaulieuWarblers@gmail.com